Destiny is the master of man, and man cannot try to change it, but can only let it develop naturally.

—Victor Frank (Professor of Psychosology and Psychoanalysis)

Knight Woodrow became the head of the soon-to-be-formed Eastern Knights, Earl Abraham became the supreme administrator of the soon-to-be-formed Eastern Noble Alliance, and even the governor of the province of Brojansson was about to fall into the hands of Count Abraham.

From this point of view, Knight Woodlaw and Earl Abraham seem to have become the biggest beneficiaries of tonight's meeting, but Moritz and the others know that the real core meeting has not officially begun, and everything just now is just Bai Feng's 'performance'.

Sure enough, Bai Feng, who had achieved his goal, first warmly encouraged Woodlaw and Abraham, who were still excited, and then announced the end of tonight's meeting;

Auchinleck, who was born in the Swift Wind Thieves Regiment, won the recognition and respect of Moritz and others for his outstanding performance in the position of chief logistics officer of the five provinces, and as the leader of his own faction, Bai Feng had enough reasons to regard Auchinleck as a core member of his faction.

Employing people without suspicion, suspecting people without using them, this is Bai Feng's consistent employment criteria; even if such employment criteria are likely to give other forces the possibility of planting nails in their own forces, Bai Feng still feels that compared to the benefits obtained, a little risk is acceptable.

Looking at the conference room without Woodlaw and Abraham, Bai Feng, who had changed his previous relaxed demeanor, said to everyone present in an extremely serious tone: "Everyone, you are all my most trustworthy people, and it is up to you whether we can control the Eastern Provinces in the future." ”

"General, do we really want Abraham, who has changed his court repeatedly, to succeed him as the governor of Brojansson Province?" After feeling the strong trust expressed by Bai Feng, Auchinleck, who had been with Bai Feng for the shortest time, took the lead in raising his doubts.

"Auchinleck, I understand your concerns, but I really have no more choice, and if we don't nominate Abraham to succeed the governor of Brojansson, then the new governor of Brojansson will most likely be the second Marquis of Bedouin. ”

"There will never be a shortage of marquis and earls in the imperial capital who have no real power, but who are loyal to our Emperor Majesty, and if the successor governor of the province of Brojansson is parachuted in by the emperor, how can you resist the persecution of the new governor without the army under my command to rely on?"

"This ......" Auchinleck, who was speechless, hesitated for a moment before continuing: "General, if Abraham chooses to betray us after being promoted to marquis and succeeding him as governor, then how can we resist the comprehensive suppression of him who knows us well?"

"Your Excellency Auchinleck, you can rest assured of this. As soon as the uneasy Auchinleck finished talking about his worries, Wink on the side said: "As long as the elite of the city defense army I left behind is still there, Abraham will not dare to have any bad intentions!"

"Auchinleck, Wink's words are not false, as long as Abraham dares to have any bad intentions, the elite of the city defense force left in the city of Brocksson County is enough to strangle him in the cradle, and even if Wink is not there, I will not mind another fire!"

Bai Feng's murderous words reminded Auchinleck of the fire that he remembered vividly, and countless nobles who were once high in the sky were all wailing miserably in the raging fire, and were finally burned to a charred black corpse with an unrecognizable identity.

In fact, Bai Feng, who had other arrangements, did not regard the elite of the city defense army as his backhand, because the elite of the city defense army left by Wen Ke had been split into the newly expanded city defense army as officers at all levels, where was there any so-called elite of the city defense army.

What really reassured Bai Feng to hand over the position of governor of Bronjansson Province to Abraham were the ten shadow killers left by Ivan and the thirty battlefield ghosts left by Adrian, and there were no less than three shadow killers hidden by Abraham's side!

The development of Luo Wang is inseparable from Adrian's co-ordination, Sophia has become the core figure of the Sophia Chamber of Commerce, and Luo Wang and the Sophia Chamber of Commerce are the key to Bai Feng's secret control of the five eastern provinces;

As for Ivan and the shadow killers under his command, they will be taken by Bai Feng's side and go to the far north battlefield together, whether it is to fight back against the grassland army that invaded the south, or to attack the vast grassland, the value of the shadow killer is huge.

After relieving Auchinleck's worries, Bai Feng had a detailed conversation with Moritz and the others, listing in detail what they needed to do;

After the meeting in the county town of Brojansson, Bai Feng, who was pressed for time, ignored the darkness outside the window, and hurried back to the province of Nice with Wink, and the five commanders of the Eastern Legion, Bai Feng had already said it when he left them behind.

After returning to the province of Nice, Bai Feng first sent the Count of Adounis, who had been waiting for him for five days, to the pipeline back to the empire, and then led his 150,000 troops to embark on a journey to the northern battlefield.

The nominal 150,000 troops under Bai Feng's command were 50,000 soldiers each of the Feather Forest Legion and the Fire Legion, 20,000 soldiers of the Wind Legion, 10,000 soldiers of the Iron Blood Guard, and 20,000 soldiers of the Pro-Guard.

The three Pro-Guards, the four directly subordinate infantry wings and one cavalry wing commanded by Luculus, as well as the Spartan heavy infantry and other temple summoning troops, combined together, had a total strength of 20,000 troops, which was equivalent to the number of soldiers of the Pro-Guards on the surface.

The three wings of archers and two companies of crossbow archers under the command of Wink, as well as the 1,000 cavalry of the 1,000-man overseers, totaled 16,000 soldiers, and the 82 teams of iron artillery and spearmen and 10 teams of young sword warriors under the command of Goto Kiji, and there were more than 11,000 soldiers in Calais.

If you add the two armies on the left and right of the death battalion, which have not been counted in the regular army, the supernumerary officers and men under Bai Feng's command will reach 35,000, which means that Bai Feng's army, which led the 150,000 army to the north, has an actual strength of 185,000!

At this time, the number of troops assembled in the province of Besançon, which was connected to the province of Longchamp, had reached 100,000 to the south of the province of Longchamp in the north of the empire, among which the 14th and 16th legions were standing legions rebuilt after being defeated by the steppe cavalry.

The 56th, 57th, and 58th Army Corps were three of the newly established standing corps of the Imperial Military Department, and their combat effectiveness was not much stronger than the 50th Army Corps stationed in Mengtan Province and other newly established standing corps, but they had a slight advantage in weapons and equipment.

The route of the army of Bai Feng was to start from the province of Nice and arrive at the province of Besançon through the province of Pollini, and when the two armies were combined, Bai Feng, who had the highest title, would be the supreme commander of all the imperial armies in the province of Besançon, responsible for the counterattack on the province of Longchamp.

Compared with the six standing legions that were transferred from Bai Feng's command, the difference in combat effectiveness between these five standing legions newly under Bai Feng's command can be described as worlds apart; Bai Feng's plan to lead the army to counterattack may not have the conditions for implementation in the short term.

Bai Feng didn't know that the day after he led his army out of the province of Nice, the Knights Templar sent by the Holy See arrived in the province of Nice, and the white cardinal in charge of commanding the Knights Templar was none other than Bai Feng's old acquaintance Innocent!