Northwest Fortress?!

Northwest Fortress??!!!

Chen Daolin really felt his legs shaking.

"You, you say it again. I just heard it wrong. You say it again, what do you accept?"

The officer's face was calm, and then he exhaled slowly, with a straight voice and said:

“Northwest Fortress.”

...It's really a Northwest Fortress?!

This is a military important military center facing the orc kingdom in the northwest frontier of the Roland Empire!

It is the military defense line in the northwest section of the Kaspersky Line of the Empire, an important gateway to the border... a place that must be fought for by military strategists!

Chen Daolin was stupid.

After a few seconds, he suddenly jumped up and shouted, "What a joke!!!"

He pointed at the officer: "Are you crazy, or are your dukes crazy! Northwest Fortress? What is the Northwest Fortress? How can I hand it over to me to accept the border guards of the empire?!"

Chen Daolin's face was ferocious, his face was red, as if he was about to pounce on him and bite him, and shouted: "Is that woman crazy? Even if she wants to get married, she can't use such a place to give it to others casually!! Isn't it the duty of your Tulip family to guard the border for the country? What, what, how can it be..."

The officer frowned and stared at Chen Daolin. It was obvious that he also suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Master Darling." The officer said in a deep voice: "Although the Duke ordered me to show enough respect when facing you, if you continue to humiliate our head of the family and be punished by the head of the family, I will... be crazy about getting married. Please don't mention it again!"

"Hmph!" Chen Daolin was angry and was about to curse, but suddenly a thought flashed through his mind.

Forcibly suppressing the impulse in his heart, Chen Daolin looked stern: "Let me talk about this... what happened to this Northwest Fortress? Your Tulips..."

The officer shook his head: "According to the order of the Duke, the entire Northwest Independent Division has been prepared for the departing. The Northwest Independent Division will withdraw the entire army from the Northwest Fortress. Withdraw from the Nulin Province, the entire army will return to the territory of our Tulips for renovation and training."

Chen Daolin gritted his teeth and his forehead was leaping: "When did this order be issued?"

"...about ten days ago." The officer did not hide the issue: "That is, the day before the Duke came to your visit."

Chen Daolin was stunned.

In other words... this woman did not suddenly have a whim to give this Northwest Fortress to herself as a dowry.

But... made this decision more than ten days ago?!

More than ten days ago, I haven’t touched you or kissed you yet!!!

OK, let’s not mention any bullshit proposal for now.

The most urgent task is the ownership of this northwest fortress!

Where can Chen Daolin dare to touch his hands in the Northwest Fortress?

What a joke! This is a military center!

It is a military fortress that defends the empire and resists strong enemies!

The Northwest Independent Division's 30,000 troops were stationed here to ensure the safety of the Northwest Fortress.

Leave such a fortress to yourself?

Chen Daolin's entire team is only more than 10,000 generals, and there are many elderly, weak, women and children among them.

Montoya and Martin are almost bleeding, and the military team is only a few hundred people now.

Hundreds of people went to guard the Northwest Fortress?

Oh, no...it's not accurate.

Because in fact, the so-called "Northwest Fortress" is not just a single Chengguan Fortress.

To be precise, the "Northwest Fortress" is the northwest section of the Kaspersky Line of the Roland Empire.

It covers about a...fortress group with a length of dozens of miles!

Yes, this is a fortress group!

There are dozens of military fortresses of all sizes, and more than a dozen important locations.

And the corridors and city walls that connect these fortress groups...

In the war era, the Northwest Fortress once stationed more than 100,000 troops!

Now there are more than 30,000 independent divisions in the Northwest.

And myself...

Relying on the hundreds of people in the military team to try to occupy this Northwest Fortress Group?

Among dozens of military fortresses, are there two or three people stuffed into each fortress?!

Chen Daolin took a deep breath. He stared at the officer and asked in a very serious tone:

"I want to ask... How much hatred does your Duke have with me?"

...

…………

The officer looked at Chen Daolin, and he blinked his eyes and answered in a meticulous tone.

"Master Darling, our head and you should have no hatred. To be precise, those who have had grudges with our family are in the imperial capital."

This is said without any ambiguity - you have a habit!

Chen Daolin's eyelids twitched.

"In fact, the news of the rebellion before the Northwest Independent Division is not a secret." The officer put his hands behind him, straightened his back and said slowly: "I think Master Darling should not be too unfamiliar with this news."

"...I've heard of some." Chen Daolin nodded: "But... have you duke successfully quelled the rebellion?"

The officer smiled coldly: "Since some people regard my Tulip family as a thorn in their eyes, why do my Tulip family men still guard the border for him? Did they have raised their butcher knives to us behind their backs, and would we still fight with orcs on the frontier? There is no such cheap thing in the world."

“…………”

Chen Daolin couldn't speak anymore.

After a long time, he smiled bitterly and said, "Then... there is no need to hand over this fortress to me, right? You can... hand it over to the Empire. Well, I heard that the Thunder Whip is in Mulan City, just let them take it."

The officer looked a little strange when he heard this. He glanced at Chen Daolin and said lightly: "Master Daling, you probably don't know much about the origin of the Northwest Fortress."

"Well?"

The officer's face became serious and his tone was awesome. He said in a deep voice: "The Northwest Fortress was built by us Northwest people. Every brick and every stone was poured by the Northwest people with sweat and blood. When it was built, all the expenses were paid by my Tulip family, whether it was manpower, material resources, or financial resources, all the money was borne by my Tulip family! Now, even if we don't want this thing... Humph, do you think we will happily give it to those bastards who have raised their butcher knives to us?"

"Then... then you will leave it to me?! If I don't want it!" Chen Daolin widened his eyes.

"Of course you can not. Of course you have the right to refuse to accept it." The officer spread his hands and looked very calm: "When the Duke sent me here, he said that if you don't want it, the Northwest Fortress will be thrown there! But... If this place is occupied by orcs, I'm afraid the first one who is unlucky will be Master Darling."

...You guys are cruel!!!

A cold sweat broke out on Chen Daolin's forehead.

After thinking about it carefully several times, Chen Daolin found that he was facing an extremely unlucky situation:

Even though I knew there was a big pit ahead, I still had to jump!

The current situation is that Chen Daolin's territory is like a newborn child living in a safe house.

Outside the house are jackals, tigers and leopards - orcs.

The child lived a good life before because the house had a very strong and safe gate - the Northwest Fortress.

And now, this gate is about to disappear!

Then, if the jackals, tigers and leopards outside run in, the first one that will be unlucky is Chen Daolin's territory closest to the border!

He has only three choices.

The first one is to hope that someone else will occupy the Northwest Fortress and act as a solid gate in front of you. The Tulips's house will no longer be done. Then it is best to take over the Thunder Whip - but Tulips have already expressed their attitude, and they will not give it to Hilo!

The officer said something, which made Chen Daolin feel a hint of coldness.

"If Thunder Whip enters the Northwest Fortress, then the day when their soldiers step into the Northwest Fortress will be the day when the entire Tulip family mobilizes and rushes to advance eastward!"

This is... ruthless!

Then the second choice is... I won't play with you crazy guys! One of you is Duke of Tulip and the other is the emperor. You have to fight with each other, you can break it yourself! I can't afford to mess with you, so I hide!

Unless Chen Daolin can give up the new city and this foundation that has been built now, and take all his troops to evacuate here and run to other places in the empire's inland land - but this is basically impossible.

The northwest part is beyond the reach of Hilo, and Chen Daolin can develop here. If he goes to other places, Hilo might send troops to wipe out himself.

Besides, Chen Daolin himself was reluctant to give up on such a foundation.

Then the third option is the only option at present.

That is...

Receive Northwest Fortress.

Finding a way to tighten the fence. Although your strength is empty, your defense is weak, which is much better than being completely unprepared?

"Fuck you uncle!!"
To be continued...