Chapter 507 [Then the question comes]

Although the name of Lengquan Pass contains the word "guan", there are actually no military fortresses here.

This is a border city that was abandoned thousands of years ago. It was originally because the western part of the empire was invaded by grasslanders. The area west of Lengquan Pass, which is the "northwest region" in the traditional sense of the Roland people, was invaded and robbed by grassland people all year round. The Roland Empire was in a strategic defense position for a long time, so such a "Lengquan Pass" was built here as an important stronghold to defend the advance of the grassland people eastward. In order to protect most of the empire east of Lengquan Pass, it will not be trampled by the iron hoofs of the grassland people.

Later, as the empire was powerful, the northwest army was established to take charge, gradually stabilizing the northwest region and gaining strategic advantages over the grassland people. Lengquan Pass no longer had any military value and became the "inner belly" of the empire.

Maintaining such a military city in the inner abdomen of the empire is undoubtedly a waste. So the empire completely abandoned this tube.

Over the past few hundred years, Lengquan Pass has long been turned into a ruin.

There is only a piece of earthen city wall left here, and even the main body of the city gate barrier no longer exists. It gradually disappears under the wind and sand year after year, and even grows weeds on it. From a distance, it looks like a mountain of earth.

After the carriage slowly passed Lengquan Pass, it led directly to the northwest from a road next to Lengquan Pass - this road was built later and was quite flat. It directly made a huge gap in a section of the earthen city wall on the side of Lengquan Pass.

Sitting in the carriage, Chen Daolin looked at the earthen mountain bag in Lengquan Pass and seemed to be in a daze.

After a moment, he withdrew his eyes and sighed softly.

"What are you sighing?"

Sitting beside him was Fiona, the woman staring at Chen Daolin... She always liked to quietly peek at Chen Daolin's face from the side.

Chen Daolin glanced at her and smiled and said, "The pass has turned into earth. Isn't this something that makes people sigh?"

Fiona's eyes flashed and suddenly said, "The location of Lengquan Pass is actually very critical. If something happens in the northwest and as long as an army guards Lengquan Pass, then the northwest will make a fuss. The fire cannot burn the east. But now..."

"Is there anything wrong with the northwest now?" Chen Daolin glanced at Fiona deeply.

"It's hard to say." Fiona smiled deliberately: "But after passing Lengquan Pass, go east, reaching the imperial capital thousands of miles away, and there is almost no danger to guard along the way. And... as long as you occupy the upper dock of the Lancang River, you can go down the river and go straight to the imperial capital by boat. Do you think this cold spring is important?"

Chen Daolin pondered for a moment and nodded: "It's really important... but this heroic pass has already been made into soil, why bother to talk about it?"

Fiona's eyes flashed and suddenly said, "Darling, you have read a lot of historical records about the empire, and I think you have read a lot of stories about the biography of my first Duke of the Tulip Family. Do you know that there is an allusion about Lengquan Pass?"

"allusion?"

Chen Daolin suddenly felt a little more energetic.

Fiona took a deep breath, stared at Chen Daolin's eyes, and slowly said: "In the past, when the first Duke of Tulip Du Wei was in power, at that time, the imperial war was in turmoil. There were aliens in the north, and the grasslands in the west could not be said to be stable...

The first Duke of Tulip once had an idea... He said that when doing things, you must make the worst plans.

The geographical location of Lengquan Pass is actually very important. He once wanted to rebuild Lengquan Pass as the last line of defense in the northwest of the empire.

Look, at the location of Lengquan Pass, as long as this heroic pass is rebuilt here, tens of thousands of elite soldiers are set up.

Then once something happens in the northwest, whether it is the grassland people moving eastward or the orc kingdom breaking the northwest fortress and heading southward... in the end, if you want to enter the empire, you have to pass through this cold spring pass!

If we rebuild the pass here and set up tens of thousands of elite soldiers, it will be the last line of defense to defend against the fertile land of the empire!!

As long as Lengquan Pass is not lost, the imperial capital will be safe!

If Lengquan Pass is lost, then go thousands of miles east and there is no danger to defend, and the enemy can gallop directly under the wall of the imperial capital.

Darlingchen, do you think the idea of ​​the first Duke of Tulip is interesting?”

Chen Daolin heard this and pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "This idea itself is correct. If something really happened, Lengquan Pass could indeed be the last line of defense. But... what big thing can happen in the northwest? That is the base camp of your Tulips family. If the situation is really so deteriorating that even the entire northwest is lost, and you need to guard Lengquan Pass to death... Then your Tulips family will have already perished.

I think the hero of Du Wei will not be so unconfident in his tulip family.”

"So... Although Lord Du Wei proposed this idea later, he quickly gave up the idea himself." Fiona seemed to be smiling.

"Oh?" Chen Daolin narrowed his eyes: "There is a possibility...unless...unless...it is the Tulips rebelled! Then the northwest is naturally no longer owned by the empire. Only when this happens will the empire need a place like Lengquan Pass as a barrier."

The smile on Fiona's face became a little reluctant: "You are joking, the Tulip family has been loyal for generations, how can it be against it?"

Chen Daolin said, "This is hard to say. At the beginning, everyone said that Hilo was a foodie prince with no ambitions, but what about now?"

Fiona shut up and didn't seem to dare to take on such sensitive topics.

For a moment, the carriage fell into silence.

Chen Daolin turned his head again and carefully looked at the Cold Spring Pass again.

After watching for a long time, Chen Daolin's heart moved.

Although Lengquan Pass has been abandoned, it is not impossible to rebuild it.

Although the main city wall and buildings have been abandoned, the foundation is still there. If it is to be rebuilt, as long as the original earth city wall is repaired, the project will not be too big.

As for the fortress level that has become a dirt slope, the outline of the main building is still there. Just make some fortifications, and then it can have some military value.

But after thinking about it, Chen Daolin shook his head and said in his heart: I'm afraid this Lengquan Pass will not be used anymore, and the kind of thing he had imagined would not happen...

The Tulips Rebellion?

What a joke!

That woman doesn't look like she wants to be an emperor no matter how she looks like.

Well?

If she really becomes the emperor... wouldn't she be the queen?

If I really marry her, wouldn’t that be... the future emperor?

Hahahaha... This kind of thing is too ridiculous.

It's so ridiculous...

...

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The carriage passed through the land of the Nulin Province and approached the capital of Mulan City, the capital of the Nulin Province, a few days later.

Although he knew that Paning was in this city, Chen Daolin did not intend to go into the city to reminisce about the old acquaintance.

Moreover, after the past few days in the Nulin Province, I clearly felt something was wrong with the atmosphere.

The towns along the way are all heavily guarded.

The local garrison troops have been mobilized. Although the city defense is not tighter than before, you can see cavalrymen from the local garrison troops running from time to time along the way.

These are all ranger scouts, patrolling around.

This is clearly an atmosphere of war approaching.

The closer you get to Mulan City, the more you can feel this atmosphere.

Near Mulan City, the two divisions of Thunder Whip seem to have been mobilized throughout the army.

Outside Mulan City, some military fortifications were still stored on several main roads. Chen Daolin even saw some transport teams in the army carrying various military supplies.

This large-scale mobilization and transportation of military supplies is an unusual signal.

While passing by a small town, Governor Fritz sent his men out to inquire and brought back the news.

Northwest General Panin has issued an order to place Mulan City and three nearby cities into the military area, and the two divisions of Thunder Whip completely took over the defense of this area.

In addition, the few local garrison troops in the territory of the Nulin Province were all mobilized. Even the logistics auxiliary troops were not spared, and all were mobilized and mobilized. More than 10,000 local garrison troops began urgent training - although the official explanation was that Governor Panin, the chief general of the Northwest, was preparing to conduct a military review before the New Year to rectify the military facilities of the Nulin Province.

But everyone understands that things will never be that simple.

When Governor Fritz was resting that night, he took out a map of the Nulin Province, smeared and painted it for a while, and then placed the map in front of Chen Daolin.

"It seems... there is a war here."

fight?

Chen Daolin looked at Governor Fritz with some surprise.

"Don't believe it?" Governor Fritz sneered: "Look at this picture carefully. This is what I compiled based on the information I found out from my subordinates. Panin put on such a posture in the northwest. If it weren't for a war... I would have been in vain for a few years in the Imperial Military Academy!"

Chen Daolin's face changed slightly, and he lowered his head to look at the map.

On the map, Governor Fritz has outlined two areas on the map with two different pens, red and blue. On this map at this moment, a red zone band and a blue zone band are closely linked together, showing a fan-shaped state.

"Red is centered on Mulan City, radiating the three cities around it. These three cities, plus Mulan City, happen to be a fan-shaped shape, blocking the westernmost side. The red area is currently all assigned to Thunder Whip to take over the defense. The blue area, after the red area, is the mobilized and assembled local garrison troops, composed of more than 10,000 people. After the red area, it is considered the second line of defense.

Panin has already put on a defensive posture."

Governor Fritz said here, deliberately paused, and laughed, "Then, the question is..."

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