Stupidity! Stupidity! Stupidity!! ”

At Wincheston Manor, Dean is scolded by his father and can't hold his head up. ∈ 8∈8∈ read ∈ books, .≦.o≧

"We are merchants, do you know what businessmen need most? It's a stable order! It is a rule to strictly observe! ”

"How could you be stupid enough to bribe someone to assassinate him? Is he so easy to kill? Even if you succeed and a new noble knight is assassinated, won't the court pursue it? Don't you know that behind him are the vice-chancellor of the court and the bishop of Lucesen? Don't you know how many of our opponents are waiting to hold our handle? Once the matter is revealed, how do you face the court's punishment? You idiot have ever thought about it!! Old Dean was already scolding and dying.

Dean's mother hurriedly stepped forward to support the old Dean, who was so angry that she couldn't stand, and spoke out to relieve her son: "Isn't Dean also trying to eliminate an opponent as soon as possible~ Besides, fortunately, news came from the north that the guy was not dead at all, and the people sent were not caught alive."

"But the result? It turned out that the mongrel bought all fifteen carts of southern goods to our allies!! Do you know that according to my prior arrangement, all the goods of that bastard will be smashed in my hands, and not a single copper coin will be obtained. ”

"How could I have such a stupid son as you!!" Old Dean pointed at Dean's nose and scolded again.

Dean who was sitting in the corner was already red-eyed, but now he finally couldn't listen to it, jumped up and kicked down the chair, and said hatefully: "Then you let that bastard be your son!!" With that, he slammed the door and kicked over a servant who was delivering drinks.

Old Dean pointed to the door and shouted to his wife, "This is your habitual son!"

"What's wrong with my son? How is he worse than others? Why are you so jealous of an inconspicuous little knight? "Dean's mother is still defending her son.

"Little knight? Do you know how many people he has killed in the past two years? Do you know how many bandits' heads are nailed to the southern trade route? Do you know how many outlaws he has? He is a dangerous opponent, and once he wields a sword, such a person will not spare his life. If we send someone to assassinate him, won't he send someone to assassinate us? "Dean Sr. has already guessed that Art will definitely have countermeasures next.

Dean's mother heard that someone was going to fight with her family, and she panicked instantly, "Then ~ what should I do?" Why don't we take the initiative to make peace with that guy? ”

After a moment of silence in the room, Old Dean regained some composure, his yin eyes were swollen, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Peace? Even if he is a bandit, my Dean family is not a fat sheep! ”

"The Dean family is not a fat sheep, they have already begun to act, according to the news that has come back from Tignets City in the past few days, the Dean family is gathering rangers and mercenaries in the name of recruiting caravan guards, and the most elite guards of several caravans of the Dean family have also been transferred back to the Dean family's farm and Wincheston Manor in the southwest of Tignets City to strengthen their defenses. (5) ∨ eight (5) ∨ eight (5) ∨ read (5) ∨ book, .●.●o And there is also a secret message from Redogan, the people of the Dean family are contacting several bandits in the county, and want the bandits to act as their hunting dogs, but those robbers entrenched in the mountains have been scared by us, and few bandits have responded to the Dean family. ”

In the Wooden Fort of the Valley, due to Ron's serious injuries and not returning, the responsibility of gathering foreign intelligence was temporarily assumed by Angus, who was in charge of military intelligence.

Art tore off half of the honey bread on the wooden plate on the table and handed it to Angus, who was sitting opposite, then picked up the remaining half and took a bite hard, puffing out his cheeks and replying: "Look~ It seems that the Dean family thought that our group of "bandits" would be reckless enough to directly lead troops to attack their farms and manors. ”

Angus also took the bread to his mouth and chewed it, praising the road: "The bread made by Mrs. Lottie is delicious. ”

"Lottie has made a dozen of these honey buns, and she'll have someone deliver them to a few of you later."

"Thank you, Lord and Madam."

Art swallowed all the chewed bread in his mouth and said, "It's just a few loaves of bread, and it's not worth saying thank you." Sergeant Major, how is the countermeasure plan prepared? ”

Angus put down the bread in his hand, came closer and replied, "Simon has sent back a message that since this morning, the border post has begun to block the road, and all caravans and pedestrians carrying goods from north to south have been forcibly ordered to return on the spot. Before the army was expanded and redeployed to the border posts, the caravan guards were temporarily stationed at the border to help the outposts seal the border. In addition, I have asked Lusignan to patrol back and forth along the trade routes with sentry cavalry, and to seize any raiders who cross the border. ”

Art took a sip of his wine glass, and replied steadily: "Okay, the matter of blocking the border has been reported to the county, anyway, when asked, I said that I found out that there have been many southern profiteers who have secretly colluded with the bandits in the county to provide them with weapons and baggage, and I have recently sent troops to exterminate the bandits in the county in one fell swoop, in order to prevent the southern merchants from continuing to secretly communicate with bandits, I must block the border for a period of time." ”

Angus also took a sip of his wine glass, and replied with some concern: "In this way, it also offends other powerful people~Isn't it~"

"Don't worry, I'm only targeting the Dean family, and only one of them is transporting southern goods on this trade route, and I have already instructed Simon that as long as the powerful people we can't afford to provoke and the caravan that doesn't carry southern goods, they will be released after a day and a half of seizure. They cut off my Northland passage, and I choked their southern throat, and I don't believe they could cross Mount Carmel with the South. ”

"But whether this will anger the opponent or not, their strength should not be underestimated."

"Yes, so we have to be ready to respond and be ready to meet the opponent's sword, axe, spear and sword. How are preparations for the expansion of the army? ”

"According to your arrangement, the second and third squadrons are stationed in the Boulder camp, ready to respond to enemy attacks on Boulder or quickly reinforce border outposts."

"On the recruit team's side, Odo has completed the basic training of recruits, and this batch of twenty recruits who have completed the training are mainly war slaves {captives} who have performed well and obtained free status and serfs who have been rescued from Lane Manor, in addition to a small number of young and strong homeless people and guard peasants. The combat power of these recruits is stronger than the previously recruited homeless, and Otto feels that he can select a dozen or so of the best recruits to be incorporated into the first squadron, so that the first squadron can recover its combat effectiveness as soon as possible under the leadership of a few veterans. For the past two days, Otto has been training the miners and laborers you have returned from the Northland this time. ”

"As for the establishment of the fourth squadron, I think it can be postponed, because we are about to face a critical situation, and in order to ensure the core combat effectiveness of the army, I don't think the veterans of the second and third squadrons should be withdrawn. Recruits who are planning to form the 4th Squadron can be formed into a temporary squad separately, dispensed with weapons and armor, and transferred to the Boulder Town camp to assist in the defense. ”

After hearing this, Art did not rush to answer, according to the original plan, after the trip to the north to try to open the trade route, he will return to the valley to reorganize the legion again, in addition to rebuilding the first squadron, a new fourth squadron will be built.

But now he is facing a crisis that may erupt at any time, the veterans of the legion with combat experience must maintain the best combat effectiveness at all times, and Ron, who he originally planned to be the leader of the fourth squadron, was also left in Lucesin to recuperate, and there is neither a leading veteran nor a suitable officer, so now he can only try to get through the crisis in front of him.

"I have already discussed with Otto yesterday, and the reorganized first squadron will be temporarily led by Colin as the squadron leader, and the rest of the surviving veterans will be the squad leader and the combat team leader. As for the Fourth Squadron, it will not be newly established for the time being, and the ten recruits who will be assigned to the Fourth Squadron will be temporarily organized into the Fourth Squadron and treated as soldiers. Transfer Andrew, the combat leader of the second squadron, to be the leader of the fourth squadron. ”

"The reorganized 1st Squadron and the 4th Provisional Squadron were stationed in the Boulder Town camp. The 2nd and 3rd Squadrons and the Gōngnǔ Squadron were transferred to the border outposts. The other side of the border is where they are needed most. ”

"In addition, you tell Otto and Cooper to ask them to increase the training frequency of the Valley Guard, and once the order is given, the Valley Guard will immediately rush to the Beiguan Military Fort construction site to garrison, I am afraid that the opponent will bypass the Boulder Town camp and attack our Valley Knights."

"Yes, I wrote it down."

"Okay, you and Otto complete the reorganization as soon as possible, and then garrison Boulder Town and the border outpost in place. Otto will be in charge of Boulder after completing the latest batch of recruits, and you'll be in charge of the border outposts. I've been staying here in the valley for the past few days to personally dispatch the food baggage for the border outposts and the garrison troops in Boulder Town, and we may be isolated for some time to come, and I must make sure that the army has no worries. ”

Angus took a few mouthfuls of honeyed bread from the table and stuffed it into his mouth, then turned and walked out of the office.

After Angus left, Art shouted out the door: "Felix, you are ready, accompany me to the grain field in the afternoon, and I will personally supervise the collection of grain taxes and the purchase of surplus grain from the peasants." ”

Until the end of the fight with the Deans, Art can no longer send people out to collect food on a large scale, and he must be prepared to rely only on the grain produced in the grain to maintain the situation of increasing the situation, but fortunately, this year's grain harvest in the grain can be exchanged for money in addition to the agreed taxes......

In July, the southern border outpost.

A garrison camp and outpost rose from the ground more than a hundred paces apart. The camp is surrounded by four pointed wooden stakes to form a fence, and there are six military tents of different sizes in the camp, and the sound of soldiers' fighting training in the open space of the camp is earth-shattering, and there are two soldiers in armor and spears standing guard at the camp gate.

More than 100 steps away, the roadblock in front of the outpost has reached the stone bridge over the stream, and the outpost garrison is all dispatched, either intercepting and searching the passing pedestrians and caravans in front of the barricade checkpoint, or patrolling up and down the stream under the leadership of the commander.

The displaced people who used to stay here to rest also noticed that the atmosphere was becoming more and more tense, and they packed up their tattered packages and left this place of right and wrong, leaving only a dozen young people who had been registered as territorial subjects, still reinforcing the walls for the army, making horse rejections, and digging traps.

The southern border is already in the midst of war...... 11

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Chapter 155: Sealing the Border