"What did you say?" asked again when the Supreme Commander of the Fort of Versailles, General Arthur Patton, heard the report of the captain of his own army, a little incredulous.

Captain Tori, the "General," had to report again: "Burroughs is not dead, and now he should go to the North Gate." ”

"The latter sentence!"

"Uh...... The officer on duty at the North Gate now is Penn Yasser, General. "Captain Tori, who was still a little arrogant in front of the adjutant of the logistics team just now, has become submissive in front of the supreme commander of the fortress, and at the same time has a lofty appearance. If someone who doesn't know Captain Tori sees it, he will definitely praise him: This must be a talent!

"I remember I said that you should put Payne on duty in an unimportant place!" General Arthur said angrily: "How can you arrange for him to go to such an important place as the North Gate!"

"I'm ......" Captain Tori saw that the general was angry, and the righteous and awe-inspiring expression on his face began to be a little untenable.

"I'm still like a!" reprimanded the general.

"Why did you start training people at the gate of the headquarters?" a voice sounded next to him, and the appearance of this voice magically made Captain Tori breathe a sigh of relief.

"Holy Messenger. General Arthur, the supreme commander of the fortress, nodded after seeing the comer, and even took a step back!

In the Atlantic Empire, an emissary was a person appointed by the emperor of the empire to inspect the place from among his cronies. In fact, the Holy Envoy represents the emperor, and has power that exceeds the power of the highest local governor, and can even kill all personnel except the local military chief and administrative chief!

It seems normal for the Holy Messenger to visit one of the most important fortresses in the northwest of the Empire, but it was only normal ten years ago. You must know that the current Northern Legion is a power of the Parliament on the surface! Now this holy envoy can reach a fortress in the northernmost part of the empire, and the supreme commander and soldiers in the fortress know his identity and express their compliance, the significance is self-evident......

"What can make you, the Supreme Commander, angry?" the Holy Envoy walked in front of General Arthur and saluted the soldiers in return with a military salute before turning around and asking General Arthur with a smile.

"It's nothing, Holy Envoy, you know, there are always some thorns in the army who stir up trouble, and I was just asking Captain Tori to deal with it. General Arthur didn't reveal the truth, and concealed it.

"That's right, Holy Envoy. Captain Tori was also beside him, affirming General Arthur's explanation with a restored expression of justice.

"Oh, it's a thorn soldier named Burroughs, right? Okay, you can deal with it, it's a matter of time now, and you can't mess around. The Holy Envoy nodded, still speaking with a smile on his face, and was about to turn around and go to the headquarters, but before entering, he said again: "I'll go and prepare the materials for reporting first." ”

"Holy Envoy, you get busy first, and I'll take care of things. General Arthur replied.

After the envoy turned around, the soldiers saluted again, and General Arthur's face began to darken. He looked down for a moment, and then looked at the back of the Holy Envoy leaving, which made the soldiers around him feel a little depressed.

"Tori, you come with me, and the others go and inform the cavalry, archers, and infantry troops, and tell them to prepare for battle first, and wait for my orders!" General Arthur thought for a while, and finally gave the order.

"Yes, General!" replied everyone around them, and then scattered around to send notices.

"Tori, your team should call someone to inform you too. General Arthur looked at the scattered soldiers and said to Captain Tori, "By the way, I also called someone to inform the mage team, and then follow me directly to the north gate." ”

"Yes, General. Tori replied, but didn't move, as if he had something to say.

"Tori, your family and my family are now connected, and they are both prosperous, so if you have anything to say, just say it. General Arthur said again when he saw Captain Tory's expression.

"Hmm...... General," Tori thought about the wording and then said, "The Holy Envoy mentioned 'Burroughs' just now, and it should be ......."

"You still don't understand. When General Arthur heard the beginning, he understood what Captain Tori was going to ask, so he interrupted Captain Tori's words and said directly: "The meaning of the Holy Envoy is that if the matter of Burroughs is not settled, he will report it to the emperor, and when the time comes, the benefits we get in the hands of the emperor's faction will likely be discounted!

"Oh, let's ...... then," Tori was about to say something, but at this moment, a soldier who had gone and returned came running over, and this soldier looked a little panicked.

"General, Payne's men have left the camp without permission, and they may have reached the North Gate by now!" the soldier who came hurriedly saluted.

"......" General Arthur was not surprised, it seemed that he should have expected it, he immediately turned around and ordered Tori again: "You go and bring the pro-soldier team and the mage team over in person now, and then follow me directly to the North City Gate, remember, if this matter is not done well, the matter of even upgrading several levels may be gone!"

"Yes, General!" Captain Tori replied firmly, and after answering he hurried to his barracks.

After Captain Tori left, General Arthur stepped out of the door of the headquarters and walked over to the logistics lieutenant, who was still being pressed by a few soldiers.

When the logistics adjutant saw the general coming, he wanted to get up and salute, but he was forced down by the surrounding soldiers with weapons, so he had to continue to kneel on the ground and call "General".

General Arthur walked up to them, shook his hand, and told the soldiers to lay down their weapons.

"Where is your captain now?" General Arthur asked the kneeling lieutenant.

The adjutant of "......" was sweating profusely, but he really didn't dare to say it.

"It's time now, don't mention that he is hiding it, and don't be afraid of his backstage, his backstage is not in my hands!" General Arthur said in a tough tone.

"In 'Flower Alley'. The adjutant had no choice but to reply.

"Phew, that idiot. General Arthur spat out: "Regardless of him, let me ask you first, can you command your team?"

"Yes! Yes, for sure! I usually take care of the team's affairs. The adjutant replied very happily this time, and he knew that if he did not answer this time, he would probably be imprisoned and even "disciplined on the battlefield."

"Okay, wait and follow me to the North Gate!" General Arthur said, turning to look in the direction of the North Gate, and pondered as he waited for the team to come.

The Fort of Versailles is a small fortress of the Atlantic Empire, which can allow 20,000 soldiers and civilians to live in it without looking crowded. At the beginning of its establishment, the original plan was to allow this extremely important position to be able to station 800 men in 4 infantry teams, 300 men in 2 cavalry units, 300 men in 2 cavalry supplementary teams (servant corps of cavalry corps, also trainee cavalry), 600 men in 2 logistics teams, 300 men in 2 archer teams, 20 mage teams and 80 ranger brigades in a ranger brigade.

After the establishment of Versailles, the Imperial Military Department realized that the location was extremely important, but the possibility of a large-scale attack was extremely small. First of all, from the topography point of view, Versailles is located in a canyon, it is a fortress directly sealed the canyon, and if the enemy wants to attack Atlanta from this direction, he can only attack Versailles, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Versailles faces outward, and the only place that can be attacked is a section of the northern wall! Obviously, the defensive pressure is easier than those fortresses that can be besieged from all sides.

Not to mention the natural defense line of the Warcraft Forest, and if a large army rushes through the Warcraft Forest, it will be difficult to completely launch an attack formation in front of Versailles! Large siege equipment can't be placed much outside Versailles!

In the end, from the emperor to the parliament, down to the various military generals, they all thought that there were not many soldiers in Versailles, but fine!

After Versailles, the army establishment became 1 infantry team, 1 archery team, half cavalry team, half cavalry supplement team, 1 ranger brigade (because of the need for frequent reconnaissance, the ranger team was not reduced), 1 logistics team and a mage team (a mage team only has 4 mage squads, each squad has 5 people).

This was the result, but there was a contradiction in determining the reduction of the army of Versailles, and this contradiction was the starting point of the rift between the emperor and the parliament.

At first, the emperor, the parliament, and some representative nobles discussed how to streamline the Versailles army, and it went smoothly at first, because everyone agreed on this big goal before they sat together. When it came time to discuss the specific transfer of troops, the discussion began to become difficult.

At that time, in the troops stationed in Versailles, the cavalry team, the cavalry supplement team and the mage team were basically sent by the imperial capital, while part of the infantry team and the archery team were the private soldiers of several big nobles in the northwest of the empire, and the remaining part of the infantry team and logistics team were recruited locally......

It was in this "hodgepodge" that the parliament first expressed its position that the border areas were the defense of the empire and that the imperial capital should send troops to defend them, but the logistics units and supplies had to be provided by the local nobles, and even asked the local nobles to divide some land and commoners to serve the fortress! Obviously, the nobles would definitely resolutely oppose it.

And the emperor sat on the throne, and at this time he did not agree with the plan of the council!