The sudden outbreak of banditry on the southern border finally reached the Minister of Security at Besançon.

However, the Minister of Justice does not seem to have the slightest surprise, for a few days ago Earl Balwin had magically "foreshadowed" to the Minister of Justice of the sudden and intensive outbreak of banditry.

The Minister of Justice took the matter to the council of important ministers for a little discussion, and immediately signed an order document, the content of which was very simple - to order the court southern border patrol officer Atwood Wells to immediately quell the bandits, and temporarily detain the suspected bandits Dean and his son for investigation.

Will Count Bernard tolerate the Dean family being suppressed? Not before, but recently it will. Because Bernard had to minimize contact with the Dean family, others did not know why, but he himself knew very well that for the Dean family this was only a prelude to a storm, and the next period of time was the real test of life and death.

The cavalryman who had sent a message from Tinies Pegasus stood squarely in front of Count Balwin, the palace of Count Balwyn in the west of Besançon, and it was not the first time he had seen Count Balwin, but the innate fear still could not be dissipated.

Balwin was not too polite to such a small role, he directly handed an order signed by the Minister of Peace to the cavalry, and said: "Rush back to the south immediately with this letter of order, as for the sale of the Dean family's business that you have inquired about, I have already received the news, and I have arranged for people to deal with this matter." Tell Art that he will naturally have his bowl of broth after the deed is done. ”

"Yes~Yes, my lord."

"In addition, Art once asked me to borrow a pigeon trainer to train pigeons to pass on the news. I can't borrow a pigeon trainer, but I have recently trained more than a dozen carrier pigeons, you bring two back this time, and the things that are not confidential in the future can be passed on by carrier pigeons. ”

"You bring a message to your family, some things are either not done, or you must do it. Don't leave a tail for your opponent. ”

"Yes!"

On the day that the cavalry went south with the letter of the Minister of Justice, a number of premeditated caravan raids suddenly occurred in the north, and three caravans carrying valuable goods secretly into Besançon were intercepted and killed, and all the caravanserais were robbed, and none of the escort attachés survived.

The 1.6 million pfennigh that the Dean family had sold their property evaporated in an instant, and this money was completely enough to support the military salary and consumption of two thousand legionnaires for a year......

The Dean family seems destined to escape the righteous trial of the Inquisition, but the Dean family should be lucky that they will not have to be burned at the stake in the Inquisition.

On the third day of the outbreak of banditry in Tignats, while the messengers of the patrol were still on their way to Besançon, the Welsh Regiment had already assembled its officers for a regimental battle meeting.

The large stone house of Beiguan Military Fort is not only a college for training officers, but also a place for important military meetings and ceremonial banquets held by the Wells Regiment.

A number of officers from the Wells Regiment and the Valley Garrison Regiment were all gathered in the house, including officers of the Legion Squadron and above, the Commander of the Border Outposts and Patrol Teams, the Commander of the Valley Garrison Corps and three subordinate officers, and the Civil Administrator Cooper, who was also invited to attend the military meeting.

Dunnis, the political officer of the Legion who has not yet been officially appointed, was approved by Odoth to participate in the military council because of his excellent performance during this time, because the Legion is about to fight, and those recruits who have never had any experience in battle must be very nervous and anxious, and the skills to calm the morale of the soldiers This small businessman Dunnis does have a set.

Those officers who have been promoted step by step by virtue of their military achievements do not particularly like this Dunnis, who became an officer with a clever mouth, but the recruits are very receptive to this ideological and political officer. He has the kindness and kindness of a priest but not the seriousness and rigidity of a priest, and he is easy to approach among the soldiers every day.

When the officers had arrived, Angus and Otto sat down at the long table in front of the room, and the crowd began to fall silent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, following the orders of your lord and the Besançon court, the Welsh Legion is about to assemble and prepare for battle. The main goal of this battle is to rob the Dean family in the county, most of you here have a blood feud with the Dean family, everyone has been holding a bad breath in their hearts, I tell you, the opportunity for revenge has come. ”

"Some time ago, a brother asked me how to make a soldier's combat power increase rapidly, and I will tell you today that the best shortcut is to make the soldier's sword stained with the enemy's blood, and when the sword is stained with blood, their combat power will naturally become stronger. Most of you here have been slashed by ordinary soldiers with swords and swords, and you should know that a blood-stained army is the strongest army. ”

Odo paused, "Time is urgent, your morale does not need to be boosted, as for the morale of the soldiers, it is up to the officers and Dunnes to do it." Now I would like to ask Master Angus to tell us about the stinting of these men on the enemy. ”

Otto made a gesture of please to Angus.

Angus gets straight to the point, "In recent days, we have ascertained the number and deployment of the Dean family's army, and I will briefly describe it. ”

"Today, the Dean family has recalled all the caravan guards, plus the private army they recruited last year, the elite guard of the Dean family, and the border army that has been transferred from the province of Thorne, a total of two hundred and eighty men. Among the nearly 300 people, the real combat power is the elite guards of the Dean family, the Western Frontier Army, and a small number of elite guards in the caravan guards, the number of which is about one hundred and fifty. ”

"There are twenty men in armor in the western border army, and thirty elite guards all have armor and long and short weapons, these fifty men are well-armed and powerful, and the rest are basically civilian farmers who take up arms."

"The three hundred or so enemy troops were stationed in two places, the farm southwest of the county town and Wincheston Manor. The Southwest Farm is the nest of the Dean family, but there have been bandits who have broken through the outer wall, and the Dean family has basically moved their hometown to Wincheston, and now it is basically the Serf and hired farmer of the Dean family, mainly to store the grain of the Dean family, so the Southwest Farm has less than 30 ordinary guards stationed, and the weapons and armor are very rudimentary. ”

Angus got up and picked up a thin stick, pointed to a diagram of the manor drawn by the civil magistrate Cooper himself with a charcoal rod on a large piece of spliced wood behind him, and said in a loud voice:

"Wincheston Manor is different, the Dean family spent a lot of money to repair Wincheston Manor after being awarded the Wincheston Manor, not to mention the manor, they built an outer wall around the manor, the wall head battle position and arrow tower are readily available, only a wooden door can go out, the outer wall is also dug around the trench to set up a horse rejection, there are fifteen crossbows, more than 30 strong bows and more than 6,000 arrows in the manor, and there are a lot of fire oil and other weapons to defend the city."

"Wincheston Manor is a tough nut to crack, so our main task is to take Wincheston Manor......"

“...... Next, I assign combat missions. ”

A group of officers immediately sat up straight, and the baggage officer Spencer and the proposed ideological and political officer Dunnis, who were sitting in the last row, were drowsy when they heard this, and the officers around them suddenly sat up straight, and the two of them trembled in fright, and quickly learned to tense their bodies tightly.

Angus's voice raised again, "From now on, the valley garrison corps will enter a wartime state, and the North Pass and the barony of the valley will be garrisoned by you. Immediately conscripted peasant soldiers from the valley for training, the security team patrolled day and night, and the recruit team (the second batch of 30 new recruits was being trained) stopped training and was ready to replenish the battle damage. ”

"Yes!" Bass, who was in the front row, stood up and replied.

"The three squadrons of the patrol team left one squadron to garrison the camp in Jushi Town, and the remaining two squadrons were fully armed to go to various parts of the county to clean up bandits, patrol public security, check the bandit disaster in the county, and tell the peasants and private soldiers in all parts of the country to strictly guard the territory, and not to leave the country without an order, otherwise they will be killed according to the crime of banditry."

"Border posts, control border checkpoints, no military or armoured caravans, convoys, and pedestrians are allowed to enter, except by our own men or friendly forces."

"Yes, obey!" Simon, who was one-armed, also stood up to take the order.

"The 1st and 4th Banner Corps of the Legion and the 4th Banner Corps of the 2nd Company, the cavalry team, the bow and crossbow team, and the baggage team each sent a small team, a total of 98 people, to attack the southwest farm, and Bangada was in charge of the commander-in-chief."

Bangada, Passat, Lusignan, Jason, and Spencer stood up to answer.

"Task Force Stanley (not disbanded) will set off immediately, go to the vicinity of the target to lurk the sentry, keep an eye on Dean and his son, and intercept and kill anyone who absconds."

"Yes." Stanley replied aloud.

"Ron, from now on, the Legion will be martial."

"Yes." Ron's voice was low, and the enforcement of wartime military law meant that many of the military disciplines that would normally be flogged, beaten, or imprisoned would be turned into direct beheading.

"The arsenal of the baggage brigade immediately issued weapons and armor, prepared siege equipment, materials and utensils for making them, and began to calculate the wartime military pay and war readiness supply."

"Good! Master Angus. Spencer also learned from the other officers to get up and answer, but the momentum was a little less impressive.

Angus turned around and said politely to Cooper: "Old butler, the civil affairs side also asks you to immediately levy labor and be ready to go north to support." ”

"The civil affairs side has already prepared in advance." Cooper replied firmly.

"The rest of the Wells Legion is all concentrated at Wincheston Manor, and the Dean family is pacified in one day."

"Yes!" The rest of the officers all stood up and answered in unison.

"The combat officers above the flag captain stayed behind to discuss the specific battle plan, and the rest went back to receive armaments, control the soldiers, and mobilize before the war."

The Welsh Legion, which had been silent for more than ten days due to the suspension of training due to the snow in winter, suddenly became noisy and busy.

The high-ranking officers discussed the final details of the battle in the Beiguan military fort; The mid- and lower-ranking officers were busy controlling and agitating the soldiers, relaxing their nervous and anxious hearts; The ideological and political officer also followed the priest of the army to the various flag squadrons to pray for blessings.

But the busiest is the baggage team, they have been prepared a week in advance, the eight baggage soldiers of the arsenal have not touched the ground, the infantry's short spears, halberds, swords, axes, hammer shields, leather armor, iron armor, scale armor, chain mail all need to be issued to the squadron level according to the book, and the bows, crossbows, arrows and heavy armor of the bow and crossbow teams and heavy armor of the heavy infantry team need to be issued separately; In addition, it is necessary to prepare all the chores such as food, camp tents, and medical care for the soldiers during the battle......

Fortunately, the civil administration and the valley garrison corps sent more than two dozen peasant soldiers and laborers into the baggage team to help, otherwise the baggage team would have been paralyzed.

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Chapter 267: Combat Meeting