Chapter 421 [Do you want to try it?]

Nourin Provincial Border.

One hundred and forty miles west of Rova City.

Cochran chewed the tobacco in his mouth nervously and vigorously—a habit that was developed in those days in the imperial capital.

As a backbone member of the Second Division of Thunder Whip and a pure son born in the Rowling Plain, Cochran participated in the imperial capital coup in the New Year. Seeing Aker, the leader of the Rowling family, support Hilo ascend the throne and crown him, and at the same time transformed into the No. 1 military boss of the empire.

When rewarding merits and practices, people like Cochran were of course highly promoted.

He stayed in the imperial capital for more than half a month - the life he had over half a month was unforgettable for his entire life.

After the coup was successful, the men of the aristocratic class in the entire imperial capital were frightened all day long. Almost all the backbone of the Second Division and the "meanors" involved in the coup were attracted and promoted by various forces - most of them were hoping to get some information from them, or through them, try to get along with the Aker line.

Cochran could no longer remember how many people he killed on that bleeding night—including his colleagues who fell under his butcher knife in the warehouse at the port terminal of the Imperial Capital!

But he still remembered that during those days in the imperial capital, the nobles who were usually arrogant lowered their noble heads toward them.

Various banquet invitations, gifts of all sizes, pleaders, and inquiries.

Tobacco's hobby comes from a middle-class noble family. The cowardly nobleman was afraid that his family would be implicated in the liquidation, so he sent someone to invite him to a banquet and gave him a bunch of money - including ten barrels of good tobacco.

Cochran didn't like smoking, but the chewing taste of tobacco made him like it very much. He fell in love with this feeling of bitterness and a strange and rich taste.

In the second month after the successful coup in the imperial capital, he was promoted from a commander-level officer to a higher level and officially entered the general class of the imperial army.

Although Cochrane only upgraded to level three or four levels compared to most of her colleagues, it seems that Cochran only upgraded to one level one, but only he himself knew that the true value of this level!

For most officers of the Roland Empire, commanding rank is already the limit of middle-class officers. In peaceful times, it is almost impossible to get into the general level! Especially for people like Cochrane who have no deep background, he can climb to the commander of the infantry regiment of the Second Division of Thunder Whip at the age of forty, the fact that he can rely on the origin of the Rolling family and the absolute allegiance to Aker.

The commander and the general are only one word apart, only one level apart. But this level is very different!

He even clearly remembered that after putting on a new badge, the moment when the people around him called him from "Master Commander" to "Master General". That strong heat surged in his heart!

Even on my wedding night twenty years ago, I never felt so excited!

General!

What a nice title!

Cochran's current official rank is: Major General of the Roland Empire, deputy commander of the Third Division of Thunder Whip, and commander of the First Cavalry Regiment.

From the infantry commander of the Second Division to the Third Division as the cavalry commander, this is already a promotion. What's more, the military rank has become a major general... and the most important thing is the title of deputy division commander!

Because...after Hilo took office, relying on Aker's power to make personnel adjustments in the army, a subtle situation is: the chief commander of the Third Division of Thunder Whip is currently... vacant!

Yes, Cochran, the deputy division commander, is actually the most important commander of the Third Division of Thunder Whip.

Before he took office, he had received personal reception from Aker. The leader of the Rollin family told himself clearly: Do it well!

As the deputy division commander, Cochran certainly knew what Lord Aker meant to "work hard".

Obviously, as long as you work hard, the position of "the leader of the division" will continue to be vacant until you patiently wait for a suitable opportunity... and then...

What made Cochran feel a little excited at this moment was: I originally thought I would have to wait a long time - after all, after entering the general level, it was too difficult to go up one level!

But what I didn't expect was that this opportunity might have arrived early. Now it is in front of me!

Cochran received the military order issued by Aker: the entire Third Division entered the Nulin Province, and inspected and guarded the border line west of Rova City on the spot. Until the new order is obtained, no organized military groups are allowed to cross the provincial border line!

Although this order was not directly specified, Cochran certainly knew who the "any military group" mentioned in the order refers to.

In the northwest, besides the Tulips' army, what other "military groups" can there be? Could it be such a pitiful garrison army like the old, weak, sick and disabled in the Nulin Province?

His Third Division had been guarding this border for three days - the army was dispersed, with three infantry regiments plus one cavalry regiment distributed on the border line that was more than two hundred miles long.

The 4th Division of Thunder Whip is located south of Cochrane, but two hundred miles away, and is responsible for the inspection of another border line.

Rova City has temporarily become the logistics camp of Thunder Whip, and the army's logistics has temporarily taken over Rova City.

After all, the mobilization of the elite divisions of the two empires is already extremely rare in peaceful times - even in the imperial capital coup, only one was mobilized.

Originally, the two divisions of Thunder Whip had more than 50,000 troops. When they came to the northwest, the logistics were under great pressure.

The official warehouse of Rova City has been taken over, and the tax grains of the Nurin Province in the last quarter have also been temporarily allocated for use.

What surprised Cochran was that in order to solve the logistics problems, another force appeared in Rova City, which took the initiative to join its own Third Division and actively sold a sum of food to the army.

Cochran did not know the specific situation of this local force. He just heard from officials in Rova City that this was an alien religious group, which purchased thousands of acres of local land, operated its own industries, opened up land, farmed, attracted refugees, and formed villages and villages...

This kind of thing is not too strange in the northwest.

However, it is always good if there are local forces willing to take the initiative to share some of the pressure on military logistics.

After all, the two hundred sheep they bought for the logistics department were not enough for all the military to eat, but at least it was much better for the soldiers to drink broth than to eat dry food.

The army is placed on the border of the Nourin Province - in fact, it is also the border of the tulip territory.

Cochran was still feeling a little stressed in this kind of thing.

At least he can't send scouts like a normal garrison... he can't cross the border!

Because the order he received was to prevent military groups from passing through the border, but if he dared to release his cavalry scouts and run to the Tulips' territory... the meaning of the matter would be completely different!!

In fact, Cochran's army was stationed only one kilometer behind the border line, and every day he sent cavalry to patrol along the border line.

In the past few days, a small army of the Tulips family has patrolled the border - the other party has not crossed the border either. However, facing the Thunder Whip opposite, the attitude of these Tulips patrolling cavalrymen is obviously very unfriendly.

The number of patrol cavalry of the Tulips family appears more and more frequently, and the number is gradually increasing.

The Tulips' army responded very quickly to the large-scale invasion of the two divisions of Thunder Whip. Cochran has received news that an infantry regiment of the Tulips' private army has gathered on the other side of the border line, and another infantry regiment is also on the way.

Although the military strength is superior, Cochran will not relax. Although the Tulips family has not had many troops, its reputation has spread all over the world. Whether among the people or in the army, various flatteries and praises of the Tulips family's army have been around for more than a hundred years ago and have not stopped until today.

More importantly, the Tulip family has emerged in a variety of novel equipment and weapons. Although many things have been shared with the Imperial Army over the past hundred years, God knows how many of the Tulip people have hidden.

The cavalry scouts on the ground cannot cross the border, but the Thunder Whip also has its own way.

Hot air balloons are no longer novel in Roland. The army has raised the hot air balloons.

Although there is no crossing the border, the hot air balloons at high altitude have a natural advantage in vision. Dozens of hot air balloons serve as the "eyes" of local troops in the sky every day, paying close attention to the movements on the tulips.

On this day...

The news that made Cochran nervous finally arrived!

The division headquarters received a message from the hot air balloon, and on the other side of the border line, there were large-scale Tulip Cavalry approaching at high speed!

After Cochran received the news, he immediately ordered the entire army to assemble.

The Tulips' cavalry had a clear goal and was heading towards him.

Most of his troops were dispersed on the border, and there was only a complete cavalry regiment at hand - this was also the cavalry regiment he directly commanded.

The Thunder Whip is still very elite. After the horn of emergency assembly was blown, the cavalry regiment had already completed the assembly in just half an hour, and the entire army was ready to go.

When Cochrane rushed to the border with more than 3,000 of his own cavalry, he happened to see the opposite...

On the horizon, it seemed like a dark cloud fell from the sky, slowly rolling forward on the ground!

The large-scale cavalry running brought about dust, and in this dry northwest region, large tracts of sand and dust were raised!

The dense sound of horse hooves became closer and closer, turning into a silence like thunder.

Under the sunlight, Cochran could clearly see the light reflected by the armor of the opponent's cavalry, shiny.

Withdrawing the monocular lens, Cochran raised his hand. When the adjutant around him saw it, he immediately raised the flag...

Behind Cochran, the cavalry regiment of Thunder Whip was lined up horizontally, and the cavalry restrained the horses, nervously clamped the rifles in their hands, and sat in preparations before the war.

Cochran's heart was pounding - he had not experienced a real large-scale cavalry hedge - because it was a peaceful era, few soldiers in the entire empire had experienced such a thing.

But he still gritted his teeth tightly! At least he must complete the military orders he received! Otherwise, not only will the future that is within reach will fly away, but what is waiting for him will also be the punishment of military law!

At this moment, Cochran suddenly felt a strange absurdity in his heart:

Perhaps... the curtain of the imperial civil war will be pulled open in my hands?

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Finally, it seemed as if God had shown a hint of pity and could not bear too many killings on this land.

Or maybe it was a god who heard the prayer in Cochran's heart.

Just when Cochran's clenched fist was about to be put down... Once his fist was put down, the flag in the adjutant's hand would waving and the cavalry would start charging!

Thankfully, in the telescope's view, the Tulips' cavalry began to slow down!

According to the laws of cavalry warfare, because of the weight load of horses and the horse power limitation, cavalry has an effective sprint distance.

Therefore, when the battle is in front of the battle, qualified officers can determine whether the opponent will be ready to charge based on the distance of the enemy cavalry.

I saw the Tulips' cavalry coming from a distance and began to slow down before entering the sprint distance... instead of speeding up.

This action calmed Cochran's heart a little.

Then, he saw the cavalry team of the Tulips family opposite, with a flag bearer rushing in front and shook the flag a few times.

Cochran, who was familiar with the cavalry banner, became even more convinced: it was a signal to command the entire army to slow down.

The flowing dark clouds slowly stopped.

When it was completely still, it was less than five hundred meters away from Cochrane.

This distance is relatively safe. Everyone knows it.

A distance of five hundred meters is not enough to make large-scale cavalry rush up - the distance is too short. The acceleration of the horse is not enough to achieve the best charge.
To be continued...