Things I wrote before, temporarily put here for backup

"Lin Xiaohui, the former 18 mixed association, received the emperor's kindness in the world, but did not know how to repay the favor. Instead, she became a wolf, colluded with foreign enemies, harmed friendly forces, set up private courts, intercepted taxes, and intended to rebel. Fortunately, my emperor was wise, found out the truth, beheaded the rebels in half, and passed them to the six towns..."

Bai Yunhang seemed extremely cold, and there was no sign of joy or anger on his face, but he just said lightly: "Your Majesty is wise! I have been following the rebel bandits for many years but I can't detect his conspiracy. It's really a crime to die!" Despite this, he was not passionate and extremely cold.

Then Katherine Romanov carefully observed Bai Yunhang. The young officer who was kneeling in front of him but was extremely arrogant was about twenty-seven or eight years old. He had short black hair, a handsome face, yellow skin, thin figure, wearing a white military uniform that was washed with a slightly white look, and his expression was a little cold. Under the deliberate arrangement of Lin Xiaohui, the officer of the 18th Mixed Association, immigrant descendants from the East Continent had an absolute advantage, and the vice-president was obviously one of them.

Catherine turned around and asked Ding Ying, who had read the edict, "Is this the Vice-Chairman of Bai? He is so successful that he has reached the top!"

Lin Xiaohui holds many important positions and often takes care of military affairs without flaws. Therefore, Bai Yunhang is called the Vice-Chairman, but the military affairs are managed by one person. What's more, he became the Vice-Chairman at the age of 27, and there are really not many in the Imperial Army.

Bai Yunhang smiled faintly and said coldly: "President Gatlin is the real success of a young man, what is the young man?"

As he spoke, Bai Yunhang raised his head and peeked at the beauty in front of him. As the rumors say, Princess Catherine is indeed a peerless beauty. She has a national beauty, her long golden hair drifting, bright eyes and white teeth, her shattered face and soft and rosy cherry lips together form a bright and perfect face. Her skin, which is as crystal clear as white jade, is as delicate and elegant as white jade, and her curved figure looks even more elegant and noble, with a wide range of demeanor. If she hadn't been frustrated in her early love scene and was as sad as she was, she might have really been moved.

Seeing the person in front of him complimenting his fiancé, Katherine Romanov couldn't help but be happy and replied: "Gatling, how could he be as good as the White League? The White League's Vice-Chairman has achieved a record with one blow!"

As soon as this sentence came out, the atmosphere in the room immediately eased a lot.

Bai Yunhang took the opportunity to change his tone and said, "The princess has something to ask for help from you. This little gift does not mean respect. I hope your princess will accept it with a smile!"

While speaking, Zhang Ziyin, who had been kneeling for a long time, took the opportunity to stand up. She had a pretty face as holy as a goddess, a little arrogant, with bright and divine pupils, flawless cheeks like white jade, and her fluffy curly hair was round on the back of her head, making her white and clean neck longer. Although her military uniform could not show the curves of her whole body, she could still vaguely exude the youthful and healthy atmosphere of a young woman, but all this could not hide the master's shrewdness and ability at all. As the chief of staff of the 18th Mixed Association, she was one of the few young female officers among the senior executives of the Imperial Army.

Zhang Ziyin respectfully presented a bag. Catherine took the bag and felt that it was very heavy when she held it. When she opened the bag, she saw that it was a whole bag of rubies, each as big as a pigeon egg, almost the same size, and excellent quality, with twenty or thirty pieces.

Catherine was born in the royal family and knew the goods. She secretly stuck out her tongue and said, "This Bai surname is so generous! These gems can be exchanged for at least two or three thousand gold coins!" This is the first time she has received such a huge amount of money. Even if the royal family distributes pocket money during the New Year, it is only a few dozen gold coins.

Catherine smiled and said, "What's wrong with Yunhang? Just say it bluntly. Catherine will definitely help! Do you think so, Lord Ding Ying?"

Ding Ying nodded slightly. She pretended to be light, and there was always sorrow between her eyebrows that could not be quietly removed, but she looked even more elegant and luxurious. Her pair of beautiful eyes were charming and charming, and her plain long skirt set off her slim figure. However, as a government official, she was always trusted by Lin Xiaohui, with great power and high power. No one could match except Bai Yunhang and two or three others. Ding Ying's rebellion seemed to indicate that the Lin family had reached a dead end, but Bai Yunhang could find something that others had not noticed in her eyes.

Zhang Ziyin first picked up a few unimportant things and said, and finally said, "Your Majesty asked us to arrest the Lin family traitors. We will definitely obey the order. However, the Lin traitors have always appointed private individuals, and the army is in charge. There are many best friends among the team officials. Can the princess be lenient for several days? So let us plan carefully and catch them all in one go! Please ask the princess to say more good words to me in front of several adults!"

Behind Catherine, Ding Ying looked at Bai Yunhang deeply, her eyes as if she was frost blade, and she said slowly: "When my husband was alive, he had a lot of trust in the dialogue between the Bai Xietong. I hope that the Bai Xietong would kill the rebels as soon as possible! The undead were waiting for him!"

Bai Yunhang understood that this was the time to make a decision. He saw that he stood at attention without saying a word, held his head up and gave the most standard military salute: "Don't worry, Lord Ding, Bai Yunhang will never let down the kindness of Lord first! I will immediately prepare to capture the traitor with the Chief of Staff!" Then, he said to Zhang Ziyin: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and kill the traitor!" Yan Ji turned around and left the room with Zhang Ziyin. At an angle that Catherine could not see, his eyes were full of resentment.

In the room, Ding Ying and Katherine continued to talk about the topic.

"Don't worry, Vice Chairman Bai is absolutely loyal to His Majesty. Will he go crazy and want to deal with the forty towns of the empire with a mixed standard? Your Highness, don't worry, please write a letter of good news to Lord Linda!"

"Don't worry, Lord Ding Ying, I'll write it right away!"

Bai Yunhang and Zhang Ziyin went out to the horse shed. Bai Yunhang suddenly jumped onto a strong horse and ran wildly. Zhang Ziyin also jumped onto a fast horse and followed closely behind. The two of them were very fast. Soon, they had already run out of six or seven miles.

When he reached the deserted place, Bai Yunhang flew off his horse, looking at the snow-covered plain, which was frozen for thousands of miles, suddenly fell to the ground, and his heart seemed to be cut by a knife. He smiled bitterly and said to himself: "Miss, have you left first? The wind sword and frost sword in the world finally knocked you down!"

Bai Yunhang's words had indescribable pain and desolation, and an indescribable sadness kept wandering in his mind. He was very talented and had a high reputation, but he had a major setback in his early years. He almost couldn't survive or died. Fortunately, he was rescued by Lin Xiaohui in this desperate situation. He repeatedly promoted and used it. In the future, he trusted himself even more. He handed over all military affairs to his own.

Thinking of this, his mood was in a state of great excitement and he couldn't help but sing a sad song: "Now I'm calling you for so many times and can't go back to heaven and earth to find you. It's a pity that I can't say a few words before I leave, and I can't help you with a seven-foot coffin in my life!"

This song was originally a song about reminiscing about his lover on the Eastern Continent. It was so desolate and melodious, but he regarded Lin Xiaohui as his first confidant in his life. Now he has lost his soulmate. Not only does it have a bit of generous and sad song from a passionate man, but it also has a loneliness and sadness.

After the song, Bai Yunhang suddenly stood up, and saw him close his eyes, draw out his long sword, and use all his strength to attack the snow. The sword was immediately broken into two sections, stirring up snow all over the sky.

Facing the fierce cold wind, mixed with the flying snow that rushes into his face, and the two lines of tears that burst out from his eyes without realizing it, they all mixed into the bitterest glass of bitter wine in his heart.

Seeing Bai Yunhang silent, Zhang Ziyin said softly: "Vice Councillor, Lu Biao brought the message, he listened to everything from the Vice Councillor!"

According to the imperial military system, in addition to the two infantry standards, the Mixed Association also directly under the cavalry, with one battalion in each city, one team in each project, and one team in each baggage. The entire Association has a total of more than 5,000 people.

In addition to the cooperation department and its direct troops, Bai Yunhang only brought one infantry, and another one, led by Lu Da, was stationed in various places in Milanko. The incident happened suddenly, only Lu Da's headquarters and the first battalion of infantry were stationed in the county town. Even the infantry in this battalion was taken away by Lin Xiaohui, with only one team of light and heavy infantry and one team of archers, with a total of less than 700 people. Facing a tenfold enemy, there was no chance of winning, so he had to lead his troops to surrender first and take the next plan.

After about two or three minutes, Bai Yunhang remained silent and finally said loudly: "I understand! I'll send an order immediately and call all officers above the army to have a meeting in the combat room of the headquarters of the Assistant Headquarters! Also, prepare the map, and study the battle situation together first! Then, prepare my sting!"

Bai Yunhang's voice returned to its previous strength and strength, and an eagle was flying against the wind on the ice field of Milano.

On November 14, 1784, the Ghana Royal Family personally lured the Countess of Milanco County to Rhodes to participate in mediation, preparing to forcibly arrest Lin Honghui, completely regain the power that the empire had long lost in Milanco, and resolved the financial problems that the empire had long been tight.

After Lin Xiaohui entered Rhodes County and found that he was deceived, he immediately led his troops to break through. Although he only brought a light infantry team around him, facing the two cavalry of Henry's family, facing dozens of times the enemy's army, Lin Xiaohui still led the troops to fight for half a day. In the end, the war was unfavorable, and the enemy cavalry attacked like a tide. Lin Xiaohui calmly slapped the horse to the enemy and died in a fierce battle. Ninety-three martyrs among his subordinates and more than 80 were captured, known in history as the "Lin Xiaohui's Change", which eventually kicked off the prelude to "The First Battle of the Thieves".

Nearly a hundred officers and above gathered in the combat room, and the officers were in the top of the position and the officers were in the order. No one knew anything about the meeting urgently convened by the superiors, but there were rumors that an unidentified powerful soldier entered Milanco, so the conference room was full of uneasy atmosphere.

A strong and murderous aura suddenly spread throughout the room, and the officers stood up straight.

With the heavy footsteps, Bai Yunhang slowly walked into the room. He looked grim, his eyes were red, his lips were closed, his face was filled with endless sorrow, and the whole room was filled with fierce murderous aura.

Although Bai Yunhang has a strong personality, even if the mercenaries rebelled back then, he could not see such a scene. I am afraid that something big will happen, so what is it...

In the uneasiness of the officers, Bai Yunhang walked to the table and slapped the table with his left hand. The table immediately cracked in half, further verifying the officers' speculation that something big happened. He only heard him say in extreme grief and anger: "The general was killed by a traitor and has been martyred! Now a infantry association of the Xiangli family has arrived in the county town, and Lu Biaotong has only one battalion in his hands, and he is forced to use a delaying plan."

There was an uproar in the room, with the sound of talking, slapping the table, scolding, sobs, and some even burst into tears on the spot.

Lin Xiaohui is known for her leniency. Most of the officers of the entire association have received great favors from Lin Xiaohui. She was promoted from the ranks, and some were even rescued by Lin Xiaohui from the quick knife of the firing squad.

The 18th Mixed Association is Lin Xiaohui's direct force. She was formed based on the standing army of the 200 Lin family's princes. Lin Xiaohui and the officers fought side by side, lived and died together, and gradually built a powerful army of hundreds of battles, not to mention that there are many Lin family children among the officers.

The murderous aura in the room was even more fierce, and all the private movements were forced to stop. Bai Yunhang said extremely heavyly: "Bai Yunhang was repeatedly promoted by the eldest lady, so he would never dare to be ungrateful. Even if he fought with one soldier, he would still swear to fight the thief to the death and avenge the general!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Dingbiao immediately made a generous speech: "Raising troops for a thousand days is used for a moment. Today is the day when we repay the alliance. I have two thousand officers and soldiers who are willing to follow the vice president!"

As the Regulations, who holds nearly half of the entire association's forces, made a clear statement, the team officials expressed their support.

"Second Leader, but are we sure of winning?" The cold tone brought a moment of cold silence to the fanatic atmosphere, but no one expected that it was Fang Ren who publicly opposed it.

He was promoted from the squad leader. He was always taciturn and never spoke all day long. Apart from obeying orders faithfully, he had no characteristics. Therefore, many people have such doubts: Is this what Fang Ren said?

Bai Yunhang glared at Fang Ren fiercely, waved his hand, and signaled everyone to sit down.

Faced with the anger of the superior, Fang Ren's thin body seemed particularly small, but he had no intention of shivering in his eyes.

In fact, there are not a few officers with this idea. Most of them are mercenary officers. They have no interest in the change of their masters. But Fang Ren has the courage to say what they think: "No matter how strong we are, we are just a mixed alliance..."

"The Kingdom of Ghana has more than forty towns..."

"If you don't say anything else, the Henry family alone has three towns and one association..."

...

Bai Yunhang sighed, carefully took out the copy of the edict, and said, "The arrow is on the string, I have to be fired! If I don't do this, how can I be worthy of the young lady!" Everyone knows that Bai Yunhang has always been strong and would rather break than bend. He is a passionate man who will be convinced by words.

Then he pointed to the edict and said, "What's more, the Henry family framed us before His Majesty and decided that all the funds and expenses of our association would be transferred to the treasury."

After hearing this, the bold people started to talk noisily again.

If it is another army, it is really thankful to the central government. It is extremely difficult to raise funds in the local area. Not only is it not possible to be in place on time, but it also deducts 20% or 30% for various reasons. Some miscellaneous troops can even receive military expenses from the previous year, so everyone had to drink the northwest wind together.

However, the Eighteenth Mixed Association is an alien among the aliens. Thanks to the rich minerals of Dagalo, Bai Yunhang can use more than 200,000 silver coins per month, which can be enough to cover the military expenses of the previous town. Because of this, the military pay alone is equivalent to one and a half times that of other troops, not to mention that Lin Xiaohui would kindly allocate a large sum of money to reward officers and soldiers every time during the holidays.

Once the military expenditure is provided by the treasury, even the most optimistic person will not think that he can get 100,000 silver coins every month, because those miscellaneous towns can only get this number every month. For the miscellaneous troops like his own, there may only be 50,000 or 60,000 silver coins a month.

But the shock brought by Bai Yunhang was not just a stop: "The next step is to transfer our army to Gedemis in the west."

"Gedmes?"

"Gedmes? That's that..."

"That's...hell..."

"It is said that no matter how strong the troops are, they cannot stay there for five years."

Even the most fierce murderous aura cannot suppress the discussion below, not to mention that Bai Yunhang deliberately eliminated the murderous aura. Because no one has a strong desire for survival, even these bravest soldiers.

From Milanco to the west, cross Rhodes County, and then through Qingshui County, it is the legendary "Purgatory" Gedemis.

Gedemis, a permanent resident of 920,000, and taxes over 6 million silver coins. The empire also throws millions of gold coins on this land every year, accounting for one-eighth of the imperial treasury income. In the seventy-eight counties of the empire, no county except the capital Chude can receive such financial sponsorship, but all this is like throwing it into the sea and has no effect.

The orc coalition of more than 500,000 on the Kunak continent never tires into the southern part of Grimes. Although the environment there is harsh, it is the only land passage to enter the Lea continent. The endless tug-of-war with them are six elite towns with irregular rotation, plus the seven security towns that assist in the battle, four armed mobile security columns and other troops, with a total of more than 200,000 people.

Just think about the lizard archers who were extremely troubled by the mercenary rebellion, and you can know the terror of the orcs. What's more, there are also advanced troops such as orcs, Minotaurs, Wolf Knights, and even Behemoths. Even if those elite towns in the Sixth Division of the Second Association have less than 20% of their casualties every year, it would be thankful. If you win the grand prize and encounter large-scale invasions held by the orcs from time to time, millions of orcs will surge like a tide. If you mix the various brands like yourself, you may be the first to sacrifice.

Just like the invasion nine years ago, among the six towns stationed on the front line, three lucky three were only "nearly half of the casualties", and the other three towns, one casualties exceeded 70%, and the other died more than 40%. As for the one who won the special prize, one of the two infantry teams could not even be organized into a battalion. The luckier one survivor was less than a thousand, and there were only one cavalry battalion left in the direct troops. In the end, the whole town gathered troops, and even one infantry standard could not be organized, so they had to revoke the number.

Although the troops trained by Grimis are always the favorites on all fronts. For example, the twenty-three towns transferred from Grimis eastward, wiped out a dragon cavalry brigade in Audis, the Dragon Kingdom at the cost of more than half of the casualties. This is a miracle among miracles. However, this is a price that must be paid. No unit can reduce the number of troops in Grimis by less than 30%. Take the twenty-three towns as an example. After staying in Grimis for a year and eight months, the entire town lost 40% of its combat personnel and more than 2,700 non-combat personnel.

"I understand!" Fang Ren saluted and expressed his loyalty in time.

No matter how hard Milanco's battle was, the survival rate was much higher than that of Grimis. Even if he died in Milanco, it was more cost-effective than making cheap consumables in Grimis. The Lin family would issue pensions of hundreds of silver coins as usual. If the level was high enough, it would reach thousands of silver coins. However, in other troops, the pensions of those who died in the battle were 48 silver coins, which could not be defeated, and it had been 26 years since the death. Because of this, the subtle opposition was quickly suppressed, and all expressed their support for Bai Yunhang.

At this time, Bai Yunhang turned around and pointed to the map and said, "What's more, our army still has a great chance of winning this time!"

He talked freely and his words were full of confidence: "According to the current situation, the enemy army plans all the twelve towns of Henry's family and the 47th associations of the thirteen towns, and there may be 48th associations and 144 towns participating in the battle. However, the enemy troops entering our county are only 47 associations, plus cavalry, each siege, and a battalion of supplies, with a total of less than 8,000. And now there is one infantry, one cavalry, and one cavalry, and one siege, and one siege, and one siege, and one siege, and one siege. As long as we are under the support of the Lu Biao, we can defeat the enemy of the county city in one fell swoop, and attack the front and back to avenge the general!"

Zhang Ziyin added on the side: "Even if all the twelve towns are put into the battlefield, there are less than 20,000 people. Now our army has 7,000 strong people. Are you afraid of these defeated generals?" In recent years, disputes between the Lin family and the Henry family have repeatedly started. The two sides have clashed dozens of times on the border, and the Lin family's elite troops are not at all inferior.

"You don't want to do anything with Bai Yunhang. Come and go freely, but no one should want to pull the troops away! Then let Yunhang be polite!"

The conference room was immediately silent, and no one dared to speak at this time.

"Does the discussion come to an end?" According to the established script, a pleasant but resolute voice sounded, breaking the silence of the conference room.

Bai Yun sailed a military salute: "Hello, Lord Ding Ying! We will never let down the general's expectations!"

Ding Ying changed her body to a white silk, lowered her head, and smiled faintly: "Vice General Bai, OK!"

"There is a small matter, do you want to ask Vice Chairman Bai?"

"Please speak with Lord Ding Ying!"

Ding Bai and the other two were Lin Xiaohui's right-hand man. They were in charge of government affairs and military affairs, which was extremely favored. Although she was smart and meticulous, she was also famous for her courage to act, be able to make good decisions, and be able to recognize good talents. She was known as a good minister in governing the world. Although the relationship between the two has always been poor, in this autumn of life and death, she had to put aside her prejudices, be sincere and devoted to turning the tide together.

Ding Ying said gracefully: "The county magistrate was unfortunately martyred. Who will succeed the head of the family?"

Hearing Ding Ying's speech, the whole room was immediately silent, and everyone looked at each other, even less daring to speak.
To be continued...