Chapter 63: Assemble
There are two sides to everything.
The lords and nobles of the Manyu Army, including the Duke of Borg, did not care about the Bastille, but they did not trust him and Kleist, and they needed to wait for their own people to verify the accuracy of the information before they could take action.
It had been two weeks since Kleist the Fox had been invited into the Duke's Palace again, and by this time, the news that the Bastille had been captured by the Andes Hill Folk had spread through the streets of Solo.
Some say that this time the Andes mountain people sent out tens of thousands of troops, and the heads of the people killed in the Bastille were rolling and the blood was flowing, and the whole Bastille was sieve.
It is also said that there were traitors inside the Bastille, who opened the gates of the city and let the people of Andes in, and slaughtered them from top to bottom.
It is also said that the Andes mountain people who captured the Bastille were not ordinary Andes mountain people who were enslaved by them, but from the mixed blood of the group of barbarians who drank blood from the Kentana Ice Field, all of them were eight feet tall, eight feet waist, covered with one-foot-long black hair, walking like flying, and infinitely powerful, once they fell into their hands, life was worse than death, and the corpses of the Bastille soldiers were reduced to their food.
Others say that the Andes army is gathering, and that the Bastille is now so crowded that it is almost out of place, and it will not be long before they will come like a flood and reproduce the terrible scene of locusts thirty years ago.
All kinds of rumors are flying all over the sky, and even if Kleist Fox stays in the hotel without leaving home, he has heard no less than ten versions, and each one is more mysterious than the other.
In particular, the word locust aroused the sensitive nerves of some middle-aged and elderly people who came from that era, and they began to pack their property nervously one by one, and they were ready to run away with the whole family with a little bit of turmoil.
More people are excited, especially young people who are eager to make a difference.
Over the years, the general environment has been relatively stable, although there is some turmoil inside, but it is all a small fight, and it was strangled by Duke Borg before it could form a scale, and the last legion battle of thousands of people was ten years ago, which is not good news for those young people who are eager to use military merit to get rid of their origins.
Now the Bastille made them see the hope of war, and they ran excitedly, while preaching the necessity of war, and at the same time trying to find a way to join the army, hoping to take this opportunity to show themselves, reap the merits of war, and get out of the current state of life.
The entire territory of Solo City is filled with the smell of war.
The two weeks of Kleist the Fox were not easy, and the two guards of the Duke's Palace who sent him back did not return, nominally to protect his safety, but in fact put him under house arrest.
During this period, there were many lords and nobles who visited him under various names, but they were all very arrogant and self-respecting, and wanted to get first-hand information from him, but they did not trust him and did not want to have much to do with him.
The only Paleste with a relatively low posture and a solicitation intention is a big hole, unless his head is kicked by a donkey, how can he be recklessly involved in the whirlpool of the struggle for the inheritance of a military leader?
Re-entering the Ducal Palace is a very different experience.
Compared to two weeks ago, the Duke's Palace was obviously much more lively, entering and exiting with noble clothes, shiny leather boots, having to look at the sky at 60 degrees, walking as if measuring, coughing twice before speaking to adjust their breath, and singing a pure operatic aria, as if not doing so was not enough to show the nobility of their status.
Among them, there are many familiar faces, obviously people who have visited him in the past two weeks, compared to the poker faces they met last time, this time there are fake smiles on their faces to show their affection.
Obviously, this is the title of the so-called deputy military minister of the duke's palace that he is newly hung on his body, and this may also be the only role of this title, what kind of military minister is a military minister who only listens but does not have the right to admonish?
Whether it is the royal capital or the leading capital, these people's faces are the same.
When the Duke's Mansion War Summoning Order was issued, the local noblelords' reaction speed was much faster than Foxkleist expected, and many local nobles had already assembled their private armies when they participated in the war meeting of the Duke's Palace, and they were on their way to the Lingdu.
What the Andes Hillmen did in the Bastille stabbed the lungs of the entire Manyu army and touched their fundamental interests, so they couldn't help but be in a hurry.
In his half-asleep state, Kleist the Fox had already set the tone for the Bastille, and in the process, he was only useful in describing the information that was already about to be rotten.
As for how much use the information he controlled from two and a half years ago was still retained, Kleist Fox didn't know the slightest bit.
He had seen with his own eyes the terrifying efficiency of the strange Andes mountain people's army, and half a month was enough for them to tear down the Bastille, and possibly build a more magnificent defense system.
But these words can only be stuffed in the stomach, because no one will believe them when they say them, and in the eyes of these noble lords, the mountain people in the Andes Mountains are synonymous with barbarism, poverty, backwardness, and ignorance, and they are still in an uncivilized state, and they must rely on the clichéd tactics of the sea of people to take the Bastille.
The surprise attack described by the fox was, in their view, an exaggeration to cover up his incompetence, which was the main reason why he was not trusted.
As a fat-headed, big-eared little baron said, "What tactics do a bunch of monkeys know about a bunch of monkeys who have just come down from the mountains?"
No matter how loud your voice is, it is impossible to wake up the people who are pretending to be asleep, especially those who are self-righteous and smart, in the face of such people, Kleist can only choose to be silent, say more and make more mistakes, not to say that it is naturally right, as for whether something will happen in the future, that is their own business.
What is now boiling in the Duke's palace is the controversy over the supreme commander.
"The fall of the Bastille is related to the entire industrial layout of our military leader, and the daily loss is more than 10,000 yuan, which is the top priority of our military leader for more than ten years. ”
The person who proposed this proposal seems to be full of good intentions, but it actually contains murderous intentions, not to mention the danger of going to the battlefield in person, just the terrifying size of Duke Borg, and the Kentana barbarian's Kodo behemoth can carry him, and a long journey down will cost him half his life.
"How can a group of uncivilized savages be worthy of the Duke leading troops to recruit in person? As far as I can see, the Duke sits in the capital and maintains stability in the rear. Our Manyu army has many talented generals, and any general can take on this great responsibility, as long as we can fight a beautiful victory in the Bastille, the military posture of our military leader will naturally be played. ”
Naturally, there are people who take the initiative to relieve Duke Borg, even if the other party doesn't see it, he likes this kind of grandiosity.
"I think it's most appropriate for Lord Philip to replace Lord Duke on the expedition, Lord Philip has been stationed in the Broken Blood Castle for the past ten years, and his achievements are outstanding. ”
"You yourself said that Lord Philip is stationed in the Broken Blood Castle, and it is thousands of kilometers back and forth, is it possible that our army has gathered and waited for the commander to be in place? Not to mention, stationed in the Broken Blood Castle is the top priority of the entire alliance, every winter, it is the time when the beasts knock the side the most powerful, if Baron Philip is recalled at this time, this is not a joke for others to see our Manyu military leader? A dignified military leader is so scarce that he needs to go thousands of miles away to deal with a group of uncivilized barbarians, and he needs to transfer his commander thousands of miles away? You are not ashamed, I am ashamed!"
In recent years, the growth of Baron Patalem, you are also obvious to all, doing things steadily, quite a father and brother, now what is lacking is only the opportunity to experience, and when the time comes, he will be equipped with a steady general, and a small Bastille will not be a problem at all. ”
The selection of the commander is between the first and second heirs of the Faeron family, as for the Duke of the Desert Lion Borg, he is eager to try and wants to go out in person, but his lineage, from top to bottom, no one supports him, and the implication is self-evident, your physical condition is already like this, don't rob the young man of what he did.
The remaining two were evenly matched, and the two factions were at loggerheads, each with red faces, as if they were not fighting for a temporary commander, but for the supreme ruler of the Manyu military domain.
Seriously, Philip, the first heir of the Faeron family, has more advantages, and his name was killed in the course of the war with the Odin orcs, not to mention the Manyu military leader, even in the entire Byron Alliance, he is also a well-known young talent.
His biggest disadvantage is that he himself is not in Lingdu, but in the Broken Blood Fort thousands of kilometers away, even if he receives the news, he will have to rush back non-stop, it will take at least two weeks, and it is obviously unrealistic to let the entire army wait here, and when the time comes, a heavy snow will fall, and this battle will not have to be fought this year.
At the beginning, when he proposed that he personally lead the army to the battle, Duke Borg was still interested, and after this resolution was completely vetoed, he became the same as Kleist, sleepy, wandering in the world, although the impatience in his heart was not directly revealed, but it also indirectly showed that he had long been annoyed by this heir dispute.
He is still in the prime of life, and it will not be a problem to sit in this position for another thirty years, so it is a little early to find a new master for himself? Even if the new masters are his two own sons.
"Patlem!" Duke Borg strained himself to make his body more upright, and made the final decision.
It's not that the following argument has a result, but he is too lazy to continue listening, anyway, it doesn't matter who the two sons are in charge, it's just a nice name, and the one who really controls the army is his own general, who is in the capital and commands it remotely.