"My lord, the southern border of Lucesin Province is under martial law, and several castles on the border are stationed with troops, and the local lords have rejected the Welsh Legion's request to cross the border, saying that Lucesin has declared neutrality, and they will not allow any foreign troops to enter their territory, otherwise they will attack the whole territory." At Wincheston Manor, Ron, who had just returned from the Luces-En border area, reported to Art about the negotiations.

After hearing Ron's words, Otto touched his head and said, "All the wagons have been loaded with military rations and baggage, and at the normal marching speed of the infantry of the Wells Legion, if you can pass through Lucesen, it only takes thirteen to enter the city of Jonah from the northeast of Lucesen, and if you detour from Wincheston Manor to Fort Andermatt from the southeast mountains into the southern border of Jonah Province, it will take at least twenty-two days to reach the city of Jonah." Jonah's court has asked us to assemble within half a month, and if Lucesine can't get through, I'm afraid we'll have to delay the order. ”

Art tapped his fingers on the edge of the long table, thought for a moment, and ordered: "Angus, you personally lead the cavalry and baggage team to set off first, and make a detour to the city of Jonah to report to the court of Jonah through Andermatt Fort, and I will lead the others to rush to the court of Jonah."

"After arriving at the Jonah Palace, ask the garrison where the Wells Legion is about to be deployed, and then take the cavalry and baggage team to the rear of the garrison to find a suitable place to establish a baggage fortress, and store all our military rations and baggage in the fortress, I have already told Spencer how to operate, you only need to take the cavalry team to protect the safety of the baggage and negotiate with the local lord as the adjutant of the legion."

Lucesin refused Art's request to march through the road, and it was impossible for Art to lead his troops directly, which would only push the neutral provinces to the enemy.

The cavalry marched quickly, and the baggage team could be relatively fast if they had enough carriages to control it, so Art asked the cavalry to escort the baggage team to the city of Jonah to assemble first.

"My lord, shall I take all the food with me?" Angus asked.

"The Welsh legionnaires carried two days' worth of special bread, and when we entered the province of Jonah, the food and grass for the march were supplied for one day from the places we passed, and we did not need to carry military rations. Rest assured, I won't let my soldiers march hungry. "Art has received orders from Earl Balwyn that once Art's Welsh legion enters the province of Jonah, the lords of all the places along the way will provide the army with a day's worth of food, and as long as Art does not stay in one place, the army will have enough food on the march.

In fact, after the assembly, the Jonah court will also supply food and baggage for the conquest army, but Art is not optimistic about the wartime supply and battlefield transportation capacity of Jonah Province, so he carries dozens of truckloads of food and baggage with the army, and once his own army is cut off, the soldiers will not be hungry.

"Sergeant Major, you leave as soon as possible and arrive at the garrison early to get ready."

"Yes, sir. We're going to pull it out early tomorrow morning. Angus withdrew from the hall and went outside the manor to assemble Lusignan and Spencer's team to prepare for the first move.

"Ron." Art shouted to Ron, who was sitting in the corner, pinching bread and nibbling on his hunger.

Ron quickly got up and took half of the hard special bread into his arms, "Master? ”

"Ron, what's going on on Stanley's leg?"

Stanley injured his leg in Besançon's assassination of Bernard, which was aggravated during his retreat, and returned to Wincheston Manor after completing his mission to recuperate with the medical team.

"Master, Stanley's injuries are basically healed, but some tendon injuries can't be healed for a while. Moreover, the losses of the contingent are not small, and I am afraid that recently it is not suitable for intense combat missions. "The task force succeeded in creating a storm in Besançon and the West, but the Marquis of Ivrea died of illness before the storm began, and what had been a storm became a trivial matter. However, the damage of the task force {including the temporary transfer of soldiers} was not small, three people were killed in the assassination mission outside Besançon, and several battles in which the assassination of Western Army officers cost them eight dead and two seriously wounded.

"The task force and the soldiers who were transferred have performed very well in this mission, and I have ordered the command tent to reward them for their meritorious service, and their salaries will be increased accordingly."

Ron said to Art, "I've thanked the master for the favor on behalf of the guys in the task force. ”

Art raised his hand, "It's all earned with the lives of the guys." ”

"The task force is not on combat duty for the time being, but now that the situation is in crisis, I can't let them sit idle. This time, the task force suffered a lot of losses, so Stanley once again selected a group of elite soldiers from the selected soldiers who participated in the assassination operation, and then divided into three groups to infiltrate the enemy territory {Saône Province and Besançon City} sentinels, our Hawkeye is temporarily difficult to function, and the task force is the eyes of the legion. Tell Stanley to let him find out as much as possible about the enemy's bīng lì bù shǔ, army behavior, grain and grass baggage, etc. You can discuss the plan on how to deliver the news and keep in touch, and send it to me for approval as soon as possible. ”

"Ron, you've been an intelligence officer for so long, you should know how to deal with it?"

"Yes sir, we will negotiate a plan of action tonight and submit it to you for approval."

"Okay, go get ready!"

Ron also turned to leave.

"Otto."

"Your Excellency!"

"The infantry of the Welsh Legion marches slowly, we can't delay any longer, you lead the rest of the Wells Legion early tomorrow morning, and rest and wait after you reach Fort Andermatt, I will go back to the valley first and settle down and catch up, and then we will go north from Fort Andermatt into the province of Jonah together."

"Yes, sir!"

After Otto left, there were three people left in the hall, namely the patrol captain Obote, the lieutenant Lynn of the cantonment, and the construction adjutant Gehr, except for Obote, who was wearing a chain mail robe, the other two were all dressed in thin linen robes, with a cowhide belt around their waists, and cowhide boots stained with mud on their feet, and all three of them were sitting upright.

These three have grown into the right-hand men of Arte, but they are different from the professional officers of the Wells Legion, so Art has a very gentle attitude towards them.

"Lynn and Gehr, you all know that my core territory is the Barony of the Valley, but since I have transferred two capable people from the civil administration system here, it means that I also value these enclaves. Needless to say, Ryan and Southwest Farm are my de jure territory, and I certainly hope they can do better. The Wincheston Manor is also very important, and if it is run well, it will definitely benefit more than Lane Manor and South West Farm. ”

"So, I hope you two can work together to get these three enclaves off the ground."

"Don't worry, sir!"

"Yes, sir!"

Lynn and Gehr stood up and bowed.

Art nodded approvingly, turned to Patrol Captain Obote, and said earnestly: "Obote, you are a member of our army, and you also know the significance of my transfer of you here. After the departure of the Legion of Wales, there will definitely be people with bad intentions who covet our territory, and in addition to the legion soldiers, only the patrol soldiers under your command still have the strength to fight, so once there is an invasion of foreign enemies, you will have to become the first line of defense, and the territory and thousands of people behind your shield can escape the war safely. ”

Yate got up, walked behind Obote, and patted Obote on the shoulder hard, "So your shoulders are going to be unusually heavy!" The patrol team is currently nearly 100 people, and 100 people are 100 sharp blades, I want you to use this 100 sharp blades to guard this home for me! ”

Obote stood up suddenly, and his tone was very excited, "Swear allegiance to your lordship, swear to defend the territory to the death!" ”

Art patted him on the shoulder again, "Good! Very good! ”

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"Good! Very good! Scream again. ”

"Okay, how old is the child, it's impossible to speak!" Lottie snatched little George, who was held in Art's arms and kept kneading his face.

"I heard him hum "papa" just now~" Art stretched out his hand and continued to knead little George's face.

Lottie slapped Yat's hand away, "Don't pinch his face, the nurse said that if you pinch your face too much, it will be easy to drool, and it will become a little gluttonous cat in the future." ”

Art immediately retracted his hand, "Really? That can't turn my son into a gluttonous guy who only knows how to eat. ”

Lottie handed little George to Ollie beside her, then put her hands on Art's shoulders and said, "Honey, I want to discuss something with you."

Art's gaze shifted from little George, "You say." ”

Lottie pinned Yate's face, "I want to take my mother to live in the valley, do you think it's okay?" ”

When Art heard that he was going to take his mother-in-law over, he still attached great importance to it, "Of course I'm glad to do it, but is my mother willing to come?" ”

"Last week my mother wrote that my father had been appointed Vice-Chancellor of the Exchequer by Cousin Flender, and that he had been away all day, and that this week he had taken someone to the court of Provence to ask for support from the treasury, and that he would not be able to return to Sapsburg once a month; And Felix was also busy training the army all day long, stationed at the border of the western border canyon, and rarely went back. ”

"I thought that instead of leaving my mother alone in Sapp, it would be better to bring her to the wooden castle, where she could help me take care of little George, and on the other hand, I would have little George by my company."

Art nodded repeatedly, "Ron." ”

Ron was making little George laugh with Ollie and didn't hear Art's words.

"Ron!"

"Huh? Sir, what do you call me? ”

"That's not what I called you! You go and give Bass an order to select a squadron of elite peasants to go to Sapburg and invite Baroness Galvin into the valley, and say that Madame and I strongly invite. ”

"Yes, I'll go at once." Ron took little George's hand again and amused, and reluctantly exited the door.

After Ron leaves, Art winks at Ollie.

"Master, madam, the little master is hungry, I'll take him to find a wet nurse." Ollie was very interested, and immediately left the room with little George in his arms, and took advantage of the situation to close the door.

"Lottie, I'm going to chase the army early tomorrow morning, and it will take a long time to come back after leaving this time, should we hurry up~"

Arte's vicious dog pounced on Lottie......

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"My lord, should we hurry up, Baron Antayas said that the bandits and bandits on the mountain road from Fort Andermatt to the southern border of the province of Jonah have been cleared by him, and there is no danger along the way, so you can march with confidence." In a makeshift garrison outside Fort Andermatt, Otto had just arrived at Fort Andermatt, and soon after Yat arrived with his guards.

"Agreed, let the flag teams collect the military tents and materials and load them into wagons (each flag team is equipped with a few wagons and mules and donkeys}, and set off again early tomorrow morning. As a precaution, each flag team sent a squadron of soldiers to patrol the road in turn to guard the two wings. ”

"Yes, I'll be ready right away. In addition, Baron Antayas prepared a batch of rations for the Welsh Legion, which was enough to nine thousand pounds. Should we accept gifts? ”

"The village estates along the way from Wincheston Manor have consciously given a batch of grain and grass to the Wells Legion, which we will have to supply along the way after entering the province of Jonah, and we can't take it with us. Besides, Baron Antaas needs food now, and we thank him for his kindness. ”

"Okay, I'll refuse."

"Forget it, you go and command the army to collect the camp. In a moment, I told Baron Antayas to his face when I took his leave. ”