In October 477 of the year of the Neth calendar, on this late autumn morning, a ride of dust came from the north. This is the secret agent that Dimis planted in the north at the beginning, and he once again sent a report to Dimis in the north.

After receiving the latest report, Dimis went to the camp on the east side of the royal capital with an envelope and presented it to Carter.

Carter was sitting in the tent for breakfast, when he took a sip of milk, reached out and took the letter, opened it, and read it.

After reading it, Carter casually handed it to Dimis and said, "This Caldis is digging an artificial lake at a cost." Just because he tosses like this, those people in the north will make a ruckus sooner or later, isn't it okay to find trouble. ”

Dimis, who quickly read the contents of the letter, pondered and said to Carter, "There is a shortage of people in this northern country, and it is a trouble to resettle so many people. Caldis was probably cornered, so he thought of building an artificial lake to store water. But if they really build an artificial lake, then the northern country will become a fertile land, and its prospects are immeasurable! ”

Carter sneered and said, "Come on, I don't know what year or month it will be when they repair the artificial lake, and then maybe the entire Knight continent will be unified by us." ”

Dimis nodded, thought for a few seconds, frowned and asked, "What, what does Your Majesty mean, is it ......?"

Carter smiled slightly, got up and motioned for Dimis to come with him outside the tent. Carter said to Dimis as he walked: "Caldis still does not understand the truth that striking iron should take advantage of the heat, and he is hiding in the north today to recuperate in peace, waiting for the future to become strong and try to achieve great things." But he doesn't know that you are recuperating, others are also recuperating, and you are a strong enemy. There have been countless heroes and martyrs on our Knight continent, and they didn't want to complete the great cause of unifying the continent, but in the end, they still stood still, and the country has never changed much. ”

After hearing this, Dimis sighed: "Yes, if you just blindly follow the old people's ideas, the final result will be nothing more than defending the land and making peace, while the enemy is still at ease in their empire." For the descendants of future generations, wars between countries are still frequent, and the mainland will never be at peace. ”

Kark nodded and said, "Hmm." Now the entire continent is dragged down by the war, and although the battlefield is on the land of our Knight people, we Knight have suffered the greatest losses. But I'm a good man, that's our biggest advantage, and these losses are nothing to us at all. However, they were different from Tubis, Nila, and Beijung, in their empire the land was already very poor, food was always very scarce, and the repeated wars cost the people and money, and they must be living like a year now. The people of these empires are stupid, and the war competition between the two countries is the comprehensive national strength, not the victory or defeat of one or two wars. Their biggest failure is that they shouldn't have come to invade our Knight, and they are far from our Nate compared to the war attrition. ”

Dimis stretched out his hand and touched his face, and said very happily: "It seems that Your Majesty is very confident in the unification of the Nate Continent, and I can follow Your Majesty to complete the hegemony of the Unification Continent, and I Dimis is really fortunate to have three lives." ”

Carter shook his head and said, "Don't talk so much first, I don't have the confidence to unify the continent." However, judging from the current situation, the situation is still very favorable to Knight, and at this time we will have to take advantage of the victory and chase after the enemy, so that we can eliminate the disaster once and for all. ”

After speaking, Carter pointed to the new army of knights gathered on the plain of the royal capital, and continued excitedly: "After a year of hard work, we have newly trained tens of thousands of knight troops, and the follow-up new armies have also entered the camp one after another. ”

Dimis laughed and said, "That is, the land of our Knight is the most fertile on the whole continent, we need food, we need people, and now horses and leather can be replenished by the trade routes by sea." Now our Alto Empire lacks nothing, which is something that none of them can envy. This group of people in the north is really stupid, they are still refusing to join our Alto Empire for their own selfish interests, this glorious battle to unify the continent, they are afraid that they will not have a chance to enjoy it. ”

Carter smiled and said, "Thanks to their Cook, if he hadn't given us some inspiration, we wouldn't have thought of setting up centralized knight training camps in various places to strengthen these training programs." It's just that we think more comprehensively, do it more thoroughly, and give full play to the strengths of the soldiers by training different branches of the army. War cannot only rely on the army of knights, only equipped with excellent infantry and archers, such an army can become a real army, and in the future can sweep the continent invincible. ”

After saying that, Carter turned his head and asked Dimis and said, "How many infantry and archers have we trained now?" ”

Dimis replied: "According to the statistics at the beginning of this month, there are 36,000 infantry and 22,000 archers who have been incorporated into the corps. On the side of the Knights, plus the newly trained army, as well as the 3 territorial knights in Hwaseong, there are 22 knights in our empire, with a total of more than 55,000 knights. ”

Carter smiled pleasantly as he admonished, "Good, good." Remember, these more than 50,000 knights are still the main force of our imperial army, and they must be trained diligently, and there can be no quantity without quality. ”

Dimis said with a smile: "Of course, the military camps around the country are stepping up the training of knights every day, Lord Assel is the most efficient in handling affairs, Your Majesty, you can rest assured." ”

Carter nodded again and again and replied, "Yes, Duke Arcel, I trust him the most, and he is much better than Cook in the training of the Knights." At best, there are only about two million people in his northern country, if he Caldis wants to make a difference in the future, he has to compete with our Alto Empire. Even if I bear the notoriety of cannibalism, for the sake of the millions of people of our empire, I Carter will never be relentless. ”

Dimis shook his head and laughed: "If he Caldis plans to do so, then he is really stupid." The people of the entire northern kingdom are less than one-eighth of our empire, and with only two small Fengdu and Wutuo territories, he wants to compete with Your Majesty, and he Caldis is too self-conscious. ”

Carter's expression became stern after hearing this, and he said indignantly: "I tested him during the founding ceremony, and I can see from his attitude that they are now holding the northern country and not letting go, thinking that a northern fortress can help him to divide the territory and establish a new country, he should not dream." They don't dare to establish a new kingdom of Knight on the surface now, and they have always called themselves the northern kingdom, and it is not convenient for us to do anything to them at this time. Don't worry about the affairs of the northern kingdom for now, as long as they don't declare the founding of the country to the outside world for a day, our Alto Empire can continue to tolerate it. Now is not the time for infighting, and we must not be like the Tubis who have cheapened our enemies internally. ”

Dimiss smiled and asked, "Does Your Majesty already have a plan for the next battle?" ”

"Of course." Carter replied, "I said I was going to strike with a hot iron." Now that we have an imperial army of more than 100,000 men, we must make full use of our Knight advantage and seize the time to inflict heavy losses on the enemy one after another, until they are completely destroyed. The enemy must not be given any respite. ”

Dimis frowned and asked, "Then are we going to deal with the strongest Tubis first, or do we start with the weakest Beijung?" ”

Carter pondered for a moment, then replied in a low voice, "We must avoid fighting on both the east and west fronts, and it may be a little more troublesome on Tobis's side, and the hardest bones must be saved for the last to eat." At present, we are in a truce with Tubis, and he Bill has obtained the territory of Luo Khan, in order to solve the food gap within his empire, it is estimated that they will go to great lengths to govern Luo Khan, and they will not care about fighting us for a while. We need to seize the gap between the war in the west and give the empire all its strength to advance eastward, eat Nila and Beijon first, and completely eliminate the threat from the east, so that we can deal with Bill with peace of mind. ”

Dimis nodded and replied, "Wonderful, Your Majesty is really thoughtful and talented." So are we going to attack Nila or Pejung first? ”

Carter replied, "Our Alto Empire is very strong, and the commanders are all excellent, even if we attack these two empires at the same time, it will not be a problem. The point is that the royal capital still needs me to sit in the town, and I can't lead the army in person, so the question now is which two people should be selected to be the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army. Dimis, do you have a good proposal? ”

Dimis replied, "Well, I've got a good candidate for Nila's side. ”

Carter smiled and said, "You mean Spart, who captured the Handong Fortress, right?" ”

Dimiss nodded, but he quickly frowned and questioned: "Yes, Your Majesty, it's just that because of Cologne's relationship, once he goes east to destroy the Nila Empire and let Spartt sit big, I'm afraid it will be disadvantageous to Your Majesty." ”

Carter pondered for a few seconds and asked, "You mean, if Spartt knew the cause of his father's death, he might rebel?" ”

Dimis nodded again and again and said: "Yes, the revenge of killing his father is not shared, and with his Spart's temper, he has this possibility." ”

Carter sneered and said, "If you don't say it, I won't say it, the imperial concubine can't leave the palace, and she won't say it, how can he know?" O Dimis, this is a matter of political power, and it is necessary to remember that if it is used, it should be believed. If we don't trust this person, and that person doesn't trust us, how many people can we reuse it? Since I, Carter, have become the king of Alto's empire, even if he Spartt is going to rebel against our empire one day, I am just as sure that he will be able to deal with him. Do you understand? ”

After listening to Carter's domineering words, Dimis immediately dispelled the doubts in his heart, nodded again and again, and said: "Understood, if this is the case, then the commander of the Neila Crusade Army, Spartt is the most suitable." ”

"Hmm. That's him. Carter continued: "It stands to reason that Thomas has made a huge contribution to the capture of Haodong Fortress, and he should be made the commander of the Beirong Expeditionary Army. But I always felt that Thomas was not very suitable to be the commander-in-chief. ”

Dimis frowned and asked, "Why?" ”

Carter pondered, "Thomas turned out to be the Duke of Odosa's man, and Thomas was more or less tainted by Odosa's bad habits. Although Thomas's command ability is more outstanding, when he captured the fortress of Haodong, his methods were extremely immoral, and I am afraid that he will miss the major affairs of our empire after he goes to Beirong. ”

After hearing this, Dimiss sighed and said: "That can't be helped, Your Majesty just said that if you use it, you will believe it." Regardless of the means by which Thomas captured the fortress of Haodong, we cannot deny that his merits are on a par with Spartt. It would hardly be convincing if His Majesty had appointed Spartt as the supreme commander of the Crusade Corps of Nira, and had avoided Thomas and chosen someone else to be the commander of the Crusade Corps in Beijon. His Majesty, as the lord of Alto, should treat his subordinates with a bowl of water, and those who have the ability and merit must be reused. Otherwise, who will work hard to establish military exploits in the future, and who will still think that His Majesty is a fair and selfless person. ”

Karton nodded, "Well, I've thought about it too, so I've been hesitant. Since the Prime Minister said it in such detail, then I won't think about it, and the commander of Beirong will arrange for Thomas to be the commander. Go back and draft the edict, and use the titles of Nila and Beijon, and give each of them a prince. If they want to sit this prince down steadily, give me a complete capture of Nila and Beijung, or don't blame me for not giving them a chance. ”

Dimis immediately saluted and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

After leaving Carter's tent, Dimis rode his horse on his way back to the royal capital. For Dimis to play under Carter, as long as he has the ability and performs well, everyone has a chance to continue to improve. Thinking of this, Dimis was full of confidence in the future, he raised his horsewhip and galloped quickly towards the royal capital.