Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Inside the city, in another slightly smaller house, the commander of the Hokkaido Division, Kudo Kubo, sat expressionlessly on a chair in the main hall. Next to him, Takeda Motoichi, a regiment commander of the Hokkaido Division and Kudo Kubo's confidant, was chattering to Kudo Kubo about the current situation faced by the remnants of the Hokkaido Division and the series of unfair treatments they had encountered.

There were still countless belt marks on Kudo Kubo's cheeks and the upper body wrapped in clothes, and the bruises had not completely disappeared.

"Captain, the people of the Suzuki Division are simply too much. We are all Class A divisions, and we are all fighting on the front lines for the Fuso Empire. In order to defend our positions, many soldiers of the Hokkai Division died in the flames of war, but how did the Suzuki Division treat us? Every time we went to the temporary canteen of the cooking squadron to eat, the people of the Suzuki Division deliberately mocked us in a sarcastic way. Even the distribution of food was extremely unfair. I saw with my own eyes that the people of the Suzuki Division ate noodle soup, but gave our soldiers half a cooked potato each in a tone of charity."

"Suzuki Kasanagi is just a dissolute son of a Fuso noble family. He attended the Imperial Army Academy for two or three years and rose rapidly in the army, obtaining a position that did not belong to him in the first place. He is arrogant and domineering. If it were not for his status as a descendant of aristocracy, you should have been the commander of the western battlefield. Look at the wounds on your body. Why does Suzuki Kasanagi put all the blame for the defeat on you? It is simply unreasonable."

"Yesterday our people clashed with the Suzuki Division again because their soldiers were not only sarcastic and rude, but also probably ruined the jobs of our soldiers. They also took the initiative to provoke us. The emotions of the soldiers below are already extremely suppressed. If this continues, there will definitely be a big mess, division commander."

Kudo Kubo's expression seemed calm, but in fact, his gradually clenched fists and the hint of resentment in his eyes revealed that his heart was not at peace at the moment.

"That's enough! Shut up! Can you solve the current situation by complaining to your superiors?"

Listening to Takeda Motoichi's constant complaints, Kudo Kubo's emotions finally exploded at this moment. He stood up and angrily scolded Takeda Motoichi, then returned to his room with a gloomy expression.

"Colonel Takeda, it's bad! Soldiers from our regiment have clashed with soldiers from the Suzuki Division again in the cafeteria area, and this time they even fired guns!"

"what!"

Takeda was shocked for a moment. He complained in front of Kudo Kubo, but he didn't expect that the soldiers under his command would dare to shoot directly. This matter was going to get out of hand.

After learning the details of what happened, Takeda Motoichi immediately informed Kudo Kubo. Kudo Kubo did not dare to delay at all and immediately asked Takeda Motoichi to drive him to the cafeteria.

At this time, the two division canteens temporarily built in the city were already in a mess. The instigator of the incident, an ordinary soldier of the Hokkaido Division, Matsuo Kojiro, had fallen in a pool of blood, with blood constantly overflowing from the bullet holes in his chest. Next to his body, there were several black-and-white photos that had been torn into pieces, and Matsuo Kojiro's bright smiling face could be vaguely seen in the photos.

After a while, Suzuki Yoshinori walked into the cafeteria hall which was converted from a warehouse with an angry look on his face. In the hall at that time, hundreds of soldiers of the Hokkaido Division were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands and bruised faces. A lieutenant colonel officer of the Suzuki Division was leading a large number of soldiers of the Suzuki Division, shouting and humiliating these soldiers of the Hokkaido Division unscrupulously.

"You are trash! Losers! Cowards on the battlefield should die on the battlefield, not run back like rats and share the remaining food with us! Giving you a bite to eat is good enough, but you still dare to attack and shoot! Who gave you the courage!"

Suzuki Yoshinori ignored the major who was abusing the soldiers of the Hokkaido Division, walked up to him quickly and asked, "What's going on? I need a reasonable explanation."

The major looked respectful and bowed in response, "Hai! Division Commander, when we were having dinner in the cafeteria today, a soldier from the Beihai Division suddenly opened fire on our soldiers and injured a soldier from our First Infantry Regiment. Fortunately, we have successfully killed him and controlled his accomplices."

In fact, what happened was not as described by the major of the Fuso army.

Time passed to half an hour ago. An ordinary soldier of the Hokkien Division, while gnawing on a small piece of potato in his hand, took out a family photo he had taken with his family in Fuso, which he kept close to him, and looked at it quietly, expressing his homesickness.

At this moment, several soldiers from the Suzuki Division came over with disdainful looks on their faces, snatched the family photo from Matsuo Kojiro, and not only passed it back and forth refusing to return it, they even made dirty remarks to Matsuo Kayako, the fourteen-year-old pretty sister in the photo, in front of Matsuo. Matsuo Kojiro begged for mercy, but in the end these soldiers unscrupulously tore up Matsuo's only family photo.

Matsuo left the cafeteria without saying a word, his eyes full of pain. When he returned again, he was holding a Type 38 rifle in his hand, and without hesitation, he pulled the trigger at the soldier who tore up his photo. The bullet hit the other party's shoulder, causing a large-scale riot. Unfortunately, before Matsuo could take the next step, he was shot in the chest by Suzuki, a major of the division who was carrying a pistol with him.

The other soldiers of the Hokkaido Division who were eating in the cafeteria also suffered the disaster. They were surrounded and beaten up by the angry soldiers of the Suzuki Division, but they dared not say anything.

Suzuki Kasanagi suppressed his anger and ordered the guards around him: "Contact Kudo Kubo immediately! Tell him to come to see me! This damn idiot can't even control his own soldiers. He is a shame to our Fuso Empire!"

As soon as Suzuki Kasanagi finished speaking, Kudo Kubo hurriedly walked into the cafeteria with his confidants and guards. After observing the current situation, Kudo Kubo came in front of Suzuki Kasanagi and lowered his head.

"I'm sorry, Commander Suzuki, I failed to discipline my subordinates and caused you trouble. Please forgive me."

In fact, both of them are commanders of Class A divisions and have the rank of lieutenant general, but there is a big gap in their status.

Suzuki Yoshihisa, who came from a prominent aristocratic family, the Suzuki family, had an innate sense of superiority when facing Kudo Kubo, and never regarded Kudo Kubo as a general of equal status with himself.

In Fuso, the polarization between nobles and common people is particularly serious. Class is something that you cannot see or touch, but can definitely feel. The gap between Kudo Kubo and Suzuki Yoshihiro was determined by their birth.