Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 173
The area where the Kaedwenian Independence Army is active is the Kestrel Mountains, and this mountain range is the border between Redania and Aedirn today.

Knowing his destination, Geralt felt he was in trouble.

In this situation, it would be strange if Redania and Nilfgaard did not intervene later.

However, there was no other way, he still had to bite the bullet.

After all, he had no choice.

The equipment prepared by the ceremonial officer for Geralt was quite good, from the wheel-wheel gun to all kinds of ammunition, from horses to supplies, all of them were used to the best of their ability.

The most important thing was to write him a note, relying on this note, Geralt will not be blocked by any Aedirn military forces now, and can go directly to the front line area.

Now, he was riding his horse into the Kestrel Mountains, but the sight here made Geralt feel very strange.

At a glance, the white wolf saw traces of war: captives hanged by the roadside, piles of burnt corpses, and armed soldiers everywhere.

But if you look closely, you will find something strange.

That is, despite the fighting, the villages here have not been damaged.

Even looking at the status of the locals, they have not been expropriated much.

They also didn't care much about the war and focused on living their own lives. They didn't look like a nation living in a war zone at all.

Most of these people complained that the energetic soldiers always came to the village looking for women.

And judging by the appearance of those corpses, they were from at least a month ago.

This is undoubtedly strange.

According to the information in Geralt's hands, the Kestrel Mountains should now be a war zone, and he is ready to witness all kinds of tragedies.

As a result, apart from the traces of the battle, there was nothing worthy of attention.

In addition to being strange, Geralt was even more vigilant, damn, this doesn't look right no matter what.

He felt more and more that he was involved in something extremely troublesome.

According to the information given by the chief civil officer, Geralt first came to the local garrison camp, but the situation there also surprised him.

The camp was well built, as good as any military camp Geralt had ever seen: tall wooden walls, deep and wide ditches, and a well-arranged camp.

However, the soldiers here are very disorganized, the soldiers on the watchtower are dozing off, and the sentries guarding the gate are standing there listlessly. It is impossible for people to realize that this is actually a suppressive army.

There are also some Cossacks here. They seem to be in a better state of mind. They are not as undisciplined as those soldiers, but they also appear to be doing nothing, dancing in the open space.

Geralt saw all this unusual, but he said nothing.

"Why are you here? Idlers are not allowed to enter the barracks."

The soldier with the spear asked routinely. Looking at the impatient expression on his face, he was probably wondering why someone came at this time.

"Geralt of Rivia, I am here on orders and need the assistance of your commander."

The demon hunter showed him the document Dunwa gave him, which was a document issued by the military department, which stated that the holder of the document was given the right to freely enter and leave the army camp, and to request the assistance of the garrison commander.

To be honest, the power given by this document is not great, and it doesn't look like what the chief civil officer should give out at all.

But Dunwa said that his position is just for looking good, and he has to be scared when doing anything, so he can only give it to Geralt.

But Geralt didn't care, for him, it was enough.

And the soldier glanced at Geralt's file, "Okay, it's another privileged person, let's go in, our boss is in the biggest tent."

Geralt walked past the guards and walked straight to the big tent, but as soon as he reached the door, his witcher heard a woman's moan and a man's panting.

unlucky.

Bai Lang said to himself in his heart, it felt like eating a fly in the soup.

He didn't expect that the commander of an army would be promiscuous in broad daylight. No matter how you say it, this is outrageous.

At this time, he couldn't go in and interrupt other people's good deeds, so Geralt had no choice but to wait outside.

The sound lasted for about ten minutes, and finally, as the climax passed, he heard the sound of getting dressed.

Soon, a blond woman with a pair of attractive breasts walked out, the flush on her face explained what had happened, look at the way she shook her ass, if it wasn't for something urgent to deal with, Geralt Definitely going to try it.

Geralt walked in immediately and saw the garrison commander, a middle-aged man with black hair and a beard that looked like it hadn't been trimmed for a long time.

Now he was putting on his soiled coat, which looked like it hadn't been washed for a long time, and was supposed to be brown, but now it couldn't be seen at all.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? Oh, it's a mutant. It's time to find someone to teach the gatekeepers. Why are you letting everyone in here? It seems that they are too relaxed, and they need to be strengthened. "

The man asked while gulping down the wine, his movements were very rough, and he looked like a barbarian.

"I'm not an unrelated person."

Geralt put his papers on the table. "I'm here for help."

"Okay, it looks like it's true. Tell me, what do you want me to do? Continue to maintain peace? Or start a few battles with the opponent? If you want me to say, those people are troublesome, and they are tossing them all day long. No, can’t you just be happy?”

"Whatever you're talking about, I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with me."

"Wh... well, then who are you representing? Which big shot wants to give us an order?"

There's a problem, Geralt thought, and it looks like there's a lot going on here.

"What do you mean by order?"

Instead of answering the question directly, White Wolf asked the question instead.

"What do you mean? You didn't know this when you came here?"

After confirming this through the white wolf shaking his head, the commander was obviously even more surprised, he didn't expect this person to know nothing.

"Well, the thing is like this: Our superiors gave us an order that the siege of the Kaedwinian Independence Army cannot be too ruthless, it must be suppressed, and it cannot be completely suppressed, so things have become like this, and then there are various The big man from the big man ordered to come to me to emphasize. Damn, may they all get the plague, with so many people, I'm the only one doing the work. But it's fine for me, at least I don't have to go to the front line gone."

The commander was very frank, so frank that even Geralt found it a little unbelievable that he actually said all this.

And judging from his expression, it was as if this was something not worth caring about at all.

"Aren't you afraid that people will find out about what's going on here?"

"Anyway, I did all the reports that should be done. No matter what happens here, the future has nothing to do with me."

The commander continued to answer frankly, and then he revealed a big news.

"I also found a way to deliver the news to Vengerberg. Hey, guess what, the chief civil officer actually suppressed the matter personally. Now that it's like this, why should I insist? Just keep going like this. When the time comes, it will mean It’s enough to fight the rebels.”

Hearing this, Geralt also understood why this man was acting badly here, all the above meant that, what else could he do.

He was also angry about one thing, may you all be infected with the plague, this fellow Dunwa really didn't tell him something!Take yourself out of this matter.

And when it comes to this, Geralt has a feeling that the commander in front of him must have done something similar to Dunwa, must have concealed something from himself, and picked himself out of it.

Next, Geralt asked about the Kaedwenian Independence Army. To his surprise, the commander actually knew the location.

And judging from what he meant, the two sides communicated with each other and communicated with each other when they were not fighting.

This is not like the relationship between the rebel army and the official army. The two sides are more like acting on each other, which makes the white wolf even more amazing.

There must be a lot of political wrangling involved, Geralt was pretty sure of that.

But he didn't care as always, it had nothing to do with him, there was only one thing that mattered to him, and that was to get the thing Dunwa asked for.

In this way, Geralt continued on his journey.

However, although he didn't care, in the dead of night, he would always think of these things involuntarily and wonder why those people did such things.

But thinking of the end, he still shook his head, he was just a demon hunter, how could he know what these big shots were thinking.

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"Regard your health, Lord Marcius."

"Regard your health."

"Oh, everyone, you are so polite, cheers, cheers, let us cheer for the completion of this theater!"

In Ad Kale, a banquet was going on to celebrate the completion of the new theater, and it was the governor of Kaedwin, Marcius, who promoted the construction of the theater.

Marsh built this theater in the name of improving the art appreciation ability of the people of Kaedwen, so the ticket price of this theater is very low, so low that ordinary citizens can buy it at will.

But everyone knows that theaters are open when most people are working, and ordinary people don’t have that time to watch plays, so they serve the urban elite and bureaucrats like them.

As for where the money will come from to repair theaters and maintain theater troupes, it is normal for the government to fund the development of arts that benefit the public.

And now, this meeting is full of these elites and bureaucrats, so they keep touting Malxiu's "virtuous governance."

Now Mansfield, another important figure in the Kaedwin government, is standing alone on the side, thinking about something.

"Oh my friend, why are you still standing here alone? Come on, join us in the carnival."

Malxiu held up his wine glass and came to his old friend drunk.

And Mansfield gave Marshall a look, and the governor immediately understood and asked the waiter to separate the others.

"Are you worried about the Kestrel Mountains again?"

At this time, there was no trace of drunkenness in Marcie's words, and they became very refreshing, which made people have to marvel at his acting ability.

"You are relieved enough, as if you don't care about things over there at all. You know, what you and I do here are enough to hang us both."

Mansfield's tone was full of bitterness. He had tossed about such a backup road just to find a way out.

Yes, the Kaedwinian Independence Army has his shadow, but he has no intention of using this organization for anything, just a way out for himself.

As a result, its tail is too big to fall off now, if my relationship in it is pulled out...

"Don't worry, my friend, haven't we ripped off enough people already? It's not a problem when it's gotten to the point where everyone is involved. If you're really worried, then don't worry about it." Send money to that frontline commander, he is the key figure in our operation."

Marshall said this with his customary smile, which only made Mansfield more terrified of the man.

In order to keep the power in his hands, he even did things to support the bandits and respect themselves, and even pulled down the chief civil officer of Vengerburg.

Marcius has been at home in Kaedwin for the past few years. As an old bureaucrat, although he has been in a high position for a long time, he has not lost his experience and quickly gathered a group of people.

Then it is to use profit sharing to unite all parties to him. Marcius is quite willing to cut flesh. Many times Mansfield is a little surprised at his decisiveness and willingness.

It was also because of these efforts that he was able to truly master Kaedwen, instead of being a puppet in Ad Kalai.

After news came out from Wengerburg that the higher-ups were going to take action against his status and planned to merge the Kaedwen region into the unified management bureaucracy, he started to make trouble.

In the end, he also got what he wanted. Relying on supporting the bandits, Wengerburg's plan to use war to strengthen centralization had to slow down.

As for how to lie about Wengerburg, his connections have played a big role, making things here have not been revealed until now.

"Besides, the matter has always been under our control. If the matter really gets out of hand, then we will follow the old rules and kill people to silence them."

Judging from Marciu's familiarity, it was not the first time he had done such a thing.

This is indeed the case. In the history of his fortune, he has done several times to create troubles to make his position unshakable.

"Are you sure the Nilfgaardians and the Redanians will cooperate?"

Mansfield said what he was most concerned about and worried about, but Marshall still responded with a smile.

"The most important thing about this kind of thing is the tacit understanding. Who will play with them after breaking the tacit understanding. And they just said that the higher ups are not so easy to move us. The benefit and power from the matter of raising the bandits' self-respect is the whole Kaedwen's bureaucrats, when the time comes, actively admit their mistakes, hand over some benefits, and then resign from their official posts, that's about it. And, most importantly, they won't know, things won't develop to that point, that's where Step by step, there is also the mediation of the chief civil officer."

Judging from Marciu's tone, he seemed to have completely grasped Dunwa.

Next, Maltheu left Mansfield, leaving the Kaedwen man to continue to suffer, and he continued to enjoy the banquet. This was a banquet of art.

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While Ad Kalai's elegant banquet was continuing, Geralt came to the stronghold of the rebels, the so-called Kaedwenian Independence Army.

The base of the Independence Army is the valley fortress in the mountains. Before the formation of Redania and Kaedwen, it was an important battlefield for the mountain lords. Countless vendettas took place here. Later it became Redania and Kaedwen. The focus of Wen's fight.

However, as the strategic situation continued to change, the fortress was abandoned and became unpopular.

A hundred years later, no one cared about this mountain fortress. Occasionally, there would be monsters entrenched here, but they left quickly because there was no food around.

The abandoned fortress has spent countless years like this. Later, with the increase of local residents, the fortress once became a place for nearby residents to obtain building materials.

But not long after they did so, a band of Redanian raiders arrived and killed everyone.

Therefore, the fortress was not damaged too much and has been preserved to this day. However, due to the bloody killings, the locals have never dared to approach this place.

So now, the Kaedwinian Independent Army has occupied this place.

The unicorn flag, which has not been seen in several years, flies over its city.

But now, in Geralt's view, it is a miracle that this fortress has not been breached until now. The city wall is too old and dilapidated, covered with ivy, and the layout is still the same as it was a hundred years ago. Totally outdated.

Geralt recalled the scene where the Temerian artillery team fired. In his opinion, the artillery team only needed one round of artillery to break down the city wall.

Moreover, the guards here are not strict, and anyone can come in and out at will. Outside the city gate, he saw many nearby residents transporting their own agricultural products for sale. There are some limitations at the core.

The equipment of the guards is quite good, but the eagle of Redania and the sun of Nilfgaard can still be seen faintly on some of them.

Good guy, you don't hide when you co-author and hide, right?

But they are well equipped. These people's fighting spirit is very average, and it is hard to see how much enthusiasm they have for "fighting for an independent Kaedwen".

But thinking back to what he heard and saw in the encirclement and suppression army barracks, he didn't find it strange anymore. Since it was a double reed, the performance of the actors was almost nothing.

Now, Geralt only hopes that everything will go smoothly, that he can find what he needs, and leave here safely.

And another voice in his heart told him that this was unlikely, so he could only hope that there would be at least less movement in the future.

(End of this chapter)