Obviously, Count Devin knew Duke Nick very well, and on the afternoon of the same day after he met Duke Nick, the garrison barracks of the regiments in the town of Kwyn received an official order from the Prime Minister's Office: from the first of the next month, that is, November 1st, the Military Logistics Office will supply the supplies needed by the regiments in limited quantities.

Although the order displeased the commanders of the legions, it was not surprising,

Not even a few raised objections, thanks to the 'stinginess' of Emperor Laubert before! because, before the decisive battle of the Tefalo steppe, the army of more than 200,000 troops in the town of Kwen had always been in place with a limited supply.

However, the Prime Minister's Office is not simply a 'limited supply'.

Less than ten minutes after the 'Limited Supply' order was issued, another military order issued in the name of Emperor Laubert caught everyone off guard.

The Emperor assigned the Sixth, Eighth, Provisional Twelfth, and Provisional Fifteenth Legions to the Fifth Combined Legion of the Empire on the grounds of 'preventing the Orcs from continuing southward', and Count Devin was unexpectedly appointed commander-in-chief of the Fifth Combined Legion.

The first order given to the Combined Legion was to move to the Sumilo Forest north of Kwyn to stop the Orc army from moving south.

It was a very conventional order, but it aroused the dissatisfaction of the generals of the various legions.

Because it is stipulated in the order that the senior generals of the four major legions must stay in the town of Kwen as members of the command post of the fifth combined legion, that is to say, only the middle and low-level officers and soldiers of the four legions really go to the Sumilo Forest!

The four legion commanders wanted to reason with Duke Nick as soon as they received the order, and their reasons were very good, after all, it was wartime, and if the orcs really went south to attack the Sumilo Forest, the combined legions lacking the main general would be easily broken by each one.

However, the four Legion Commanders did not even meet Duke Nick's face, and it was the Marquis Nepdo-Quint who interviewed the four Legion Commanders on behalf of Duke Nick.

"Marquis Nepdo, our purpose is simple, just to know what Duke Nick thinks?" Ferro Ritter, the commander of the Provisional Twelfth Legion, had a bad face, as a local lord in the southern part of the Central Empire, almost all of his soldiers were his personal soldiers.

"I think it's been made clear in the military order. Marquis Nepdo motioned for the sword-wielding guards in the parlor to leave, and deliberately approached the location of the four legion commanders, with an old man's kind smile on his face, "Duke Nick just wants to reduce the command system of the army abscess and improve the mobility of the troops. ”

"I don't see in the slightest that separating us from the soldiers will help increase the mobility of the troops!" said the commander of the Eighth Legion, Britz, coldly: "If our headquarters is set up in the town of Kwen, then it will take at least ten hours for our military orders to reach the front line, dear Marquis Nepdo, ten hours is enough to decide the outcome of a battle." ”

Marquis Nepdo smiled, "It seems that you don't understand the key to group operations at all..."

"We don't need to know this, I just want to stay with my soldiers. As the youngest legion commander and the commander of the Sixth Legion, the most combat-ready of the four legions, Sir Donn was naturally a little arrogant, he put his hands on the brown belt under his belly armor, straightened his back and said in a commander's tone: "I need an explanation from Duke Nick." ”

"Haha!" the Marquis of Neptor suddenly laughed when he heard Sir Donne's words, his eyes skimmed over the cheeks of the four legionnaires when he laughed, and then the old general changed his pleasant face at the beginning, he took two steps back and distanced himself from the four, and after arranging the badge symbolizing the imperial general at the neckline, he said coldly: "In what capacity do you want to question the Imperial Prime Minister?"

The old general's tone of voice was very serious, and with a cold killing intent, his sudden change of face made the hearts of the four army commanders sink, and they were actually stunned on the spot for a while.

There was silence in the living room.

After a full ten seconds, Count Ferro, the eldest of the four, was the first to react, he subconsciously wanted to take a step forward to get closer to Nepdo, but he couldn't take that step in Napdo's fierce gaze, he could only stand in place and say: "We're not questioning, we're just trying to figure things out." "It's our right, and I have the right to do it," he argued. ”

"You just need to know that this is a joint order from the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of War. Marquis Nepdo's tone grew colder, "If you want me to explain what an 'order' is, I'm more than happy to do so. ”

"I'm very sorry, sir!" Viscount Stuven-Rachel, the commander of the Provisional 15th Legion, who had not spoken, gave a humble military salute, "We are just worried that our soldiers separating from us will affect the future of the war, and the goddess can prove our loyalty." ”

"Don't take yourself too seriously. Nepdo sarcastically said, "The High Command has decided that in the future, the battle against the orcs will only be carried out in a corps-level battle sequence. ”

"What do you mean?" Count Ferro's face was more ugly than anyone present.

Nepdo shrugged, "In other words, the Fifth Combined Legion does not have a corpsion-level commander, this army is directly under the High Command, and your command post is a department directly under the High Command, and its responsibility is to plan the tactical layout of the Fifth Combined Legion." ”

Earl Ferro's eyes bulged when he heard this, his teeth rattled, and when the others frowned and were silent, he said coldly: "My soldiers are all from my hometown, they..."

"They are now soldiers of the Empire, and the military department has the right to reorganize them!" "The Marquis of Nepdo also glared at Count Ferro, the general insignia on his military uniform seemed to be particularly dazzling at this moment, "If you want to challenge the authority of the military department, the guards should be very happy, after all, they are boring now." ”

The old general's words were not just spoken to Count Ferro, his gaze swept over the four captains... After he said this, he straightened his waist, did not ignore the changing faces of the four people, and turned around and walked towards the door after a light 'hum'.

"Squeak. The sound of the door opening was particularly harsh at this moment.

The four people left behind looked at each other, and their breathing gradually became heavy.

"Everyone—" Count Ferro was visibly unwilling.

"I still have some things. Viscount Stuyn chuckled lowly, "I'm sorry, I'll go first." Anyway, without waiting for the others to stay, he followed the door of the room where the Marquis of Nepdo had left at great speed.

"Is that all?" said Count Ferro, looking at the remaining two with a grim gaze.

"Do you want to disobey the orders of the Legion?" said Sir Donn, smirking wryly, as he suddenly realized that his identity as a Legion Commander was nothing.

"Anyway, Emperor Laubert has already..."

"I still have some things on my hands that I haven't handed over clearly, and I have to leave first. Viscount Bryze hurriedly took his leave.

"A bunch of cowards!" Count Ferro glanced at Sir Donn beside him, feeling bored, and walked away quickly.

...

Half an hour later, inside Duke Nick's office.

Baron Jonathan, Chief of Military Intelligence at the Military Headquarters, reported on the conversation between Sir Nepdo and the four Legion Commanders in the meeting room half an hour ago.

His report was detailed, down to the point where the expressions on each of them were recorded as they spoke.

"What's Count Devon's reaction?" Duke Nick didn't care about the attitude of the four legion commanders at all, if he wanted to, he could even remove these four from their positions on the spot, but Count Devin couldn't, because almost half of the middle and low-level officers in the Empire's newly recruited twenty major armies were selected from the original Empire's First Legion!

That is, Count Devon's cronies were almost all over the army.

"Count Devin didn't react, he completed the handover with his chief of staff as soon as he received the military order, and his man was already in the office of the command post of the Fifth Combined Legion. Baron Jonathan spoke slowly, apparently fearing that he had said the wrong thing.

"Well..."Duke Nick fell into a long thought after listening to the words of the Chief of Military Intelligence... After a few minutes, the Prime Minister waved his hand, "Let's go down first, remember, focus on Count Devon's movements." ”

Jonathan retreated quickly, and the moment the door closed, Duke Nick turned to Kerman, who had been staying by his side, and ordered: "I don't trust this man, he is too bureaucratic, you personally arrange for our people to keep an eye on Earl Devin." ”