"Chapter 18: Knocking the Prince"
The ideal school should be a bridge between the family and the wider real world, and the ideal school should not only be a place to teach book knowledge, but also a garden to teach life knowledge and art.
– Alfred Adler (Austrian psychologist)
On the evening of the last day of October, a messenger under the banner of Prince GLP arrived at the camp of the Fourth Route Army, and it was midnight when Luculus reported the incident to White Peak.
Tomorrow is the day when the army will be mobilized, and Bai Feng not only has to give specific combat orders to each legion, but also has to handle the coordination between the legions and distribute logistics materials, so he was busy until midnight before returning to his military tent.
After learning that the prince of Pros, who was far away in the imperial capital, quickly sent a messenger, Bai Feng, who frowned slightly, didn't say anything, just asked Luculus to bring this messenger in, and then, a middle-aged man in a purple power suit walked in with his head held high.
"Your Excellency Bai Feng, the commander of the Lower Purple Guard, Demps, is ordered by His Highness Pros, to forward this secret letter to you. ”
After saluting without humility or arrogance, Demps took out a magical secret letter placed in the spatial ring, and Lucurus, who was guarding Bai Feng's side, forwarded it to the handsome case;
Under Demps's reminder, Bai Feng slightly injected spiritual power according to a special pattern, and then broke the magic seal on the secret letter, which was that the prince of Pros asked Bai Feng to send a batch of food to the base of the Wind Thieves before November 5th.
The opened magic secret letter can only last for three minutes, and then it will dissipate into nothingness; after watching the secret letter on his handsome case turn into powder and disappear, Bai Feng, who had a slight understanding in his heart, slowly spoke:
"The food for our army was squeezed out of the rations of the million-strong army by the Duke of Gna, and it was only enough for the soldiers for three months, and His Highness Pross asked me to give a third of the food to the people of the Swift Wind Thieves, did he consider the feelings of my soldiers?"
"Your Excellency Bai Feng, you are the commander of the Fourth Route Army, aren't you?" Hearing Bai Feng's obvious refusal, Demps, who was still calm, said indifferently: "I think with your prestige in the army, this shouldn't be a difficult thing." ”
"It is true that a third of the rations are not difficult for me, but I am responsible for my own soldiers. ”
"Your Excellency Bai Feng, your food is not provided to the Wind Thieves for free, it only takes a month at most, and His Highness Pros will bring you three times as much food; ”
"Commander Demps, I want you to understand the fact that now, I am going to take my soldiers to fight the orc army, not to take them on a tour, and I can't put their lives on the line because of a letter from His Highness Pros!"
"General Bai Feng, I also hope you understand that His Highness GLP is not giving you advice. Demps, whose face gradually became ugly, said in an accentuated tone: "No matter how powerful the Bai family is, it is also a courtier, His Royal Highness Pros is the loyal monarch of your Bai family!"
As the leader of the Purple Guard, Demps is definitely the confidant of Prince Pros, and with the growing strength of Prince Pros, Demps's status is also rising, and even ordinary earls dare not speak loudly in front of him.
If it weren't for the fact that before he came to Nice Province to deliver a letter to Bai Feng, Prince GLP specially told him to be respectful to Bai Feng, he would not take the initiative to salute Bai Feng at all, let alone use honorifics such as 'Your Excellency' and 'you' in his salutation.
It wasn't until Bai Feng refused to carry out Prince Pros's request several times in a row that Demps, who couldn't restrain himself, finally revealed his arrogant nature, but he didn't know that his words completely angered Bai Feng, who was already in a bad mood.
"Go back and tell your Highness GLP, between our Bai family and him, there has never been a subordinate relationship between monarchs and ministers, and the alliance between our Bai family and him is not our Bai family looking for him, but he is looking for our Bai family, and he knows this better than anyone else!"
"Presumptuous, you are just the second son of the Bai family, what qualifications do you have...... Grid ......"
Before the enraged Demps could finish his insulting words, Luculus's short sword was on his neck, and the strength of the two people in the realm of the Great Swordsman was not even a chance to react, and Demps became a prisoner of Luculus's sword.
"Luculus, it's still up to the master to beat the dog, take him out and let him go back to the imperial capital to bring my words to his master, and if he dares to appear in your field of vision in the future, he will be killed!"
"No!"
Faced with the threat of death, Demps, who had just tasted the taste of power for less than two months, was driven out of the barracks by the tall and mighty Luculus without even symbolic resistance;
After driving away Demps, who was ignorant of current affairs, Luculus returned to Bai Feng's military tent, and Bai Feng, who had been busy in various other legion camps all day, asked Lucurus who walked in, "How are the preparations for the departure of the pro-soldier guards?"
"General Cabaye has already set out with a cavalry wing to the province of Brojansson to reinsee the enemy's situation, and the four infantry wings and other units are ready to go out to the province of Brojansson with you early tomorrow morning. ”
"Then you should go back and rest early tonight, it is enough for four Spartan heavy infantry teams to patrol in turn outside the military tent, and you, as the commander of the pro-guard guard, must maintain abundant energy before you can command the soldiers of the pro-guard well. ”
"General, I'd better stay outside the military tent, after all, ......" Facing Bai Feng's serious eyes, Luculus, who wanted to hold on a little longer, finally didn't say any more; after saluting and retreating, Luculus went straight back to his military tent.
Looking at the military tent where he was the only one left, Bai Feng, who had looked angry ten minutes ago, showed a satisfied smile;
In fact, as soon as he saw the secret letter sent by Prince Pros, Bai Feng knew that the Storm Thieves were facing an extremely serious food shortage, and if they thought about it, there was an orc army that was plundering in Brojansson Province, and the Wind Thieves who received a large number of refugees would definitely be short of food.
The Wind Thieves Regiment is Prince William's secret army, but now Prince Pros has come forward to ask him to provide food to help them, how can there be no insider trading in between? However, Bai Feng does not intend to be a pawn in the hands of Prince Pross.
Therefore, he deliberately used words to stimulate Demps, induce Demps to speak disrespectfully, and then pretended to be angry, so that the next thing would be logical, and Bai Feng also had enough reasons to refuse to help Prince Pross.
As for the Wind Thieves who are short of food, Bai Feng, who has countless grains in his hands, will not really die without saving, but whether the Wind Thieves Group that has been saved by him is his private army or Prince William's private army, that is another matter.
In addition to weakening Prince William's power, Bai Feng's move also has the intention of knocking Prince GLP, and in recent times, Prince GLP, who has grown in strength, has obviously not been as good as before in his attitude towards the Bai family, which is not a good sign.
The Bai family, whose main strength is in the south, cannot use normal means to express their dissatisfaction with Prince GLP, only Bai Feng, who is within the empire, is the most suitable; even if Demps does not send it to the door this time, Bai Feng himself will find an opportunity to knock Prince GLP.