The last day of each month is the usual office day in Adlerham. As the general of Arubania, he actually had a lot of military affairs to deal with, but due to the mentality of King Dikar II and Adlem himself, Adlem reduced his office hours to one day as much as possible. This day is called "Adlerm's Day of Duty as a General" in the mouths of the Arubanian generals, and in the mouths of Adlem it is called "the day of responsibility for the high amount of money paid to the General". There has never been a great general in the history of Arubania who has been as idle and idle as Adlem, but it is strange that despite his provocative behavior, no one has criticized his behavior. The reason is simple, because since he became a general, Arubania's military power has gradually recovered, and the day-to-day affairs have never been delayed.

Accompanied by his son Arufa, Adlem sat upright in his place and slowly took over the first file of the day from his secretary, Luke. The reason why Adlem was able to sit in the position of the general so easily and never delayed anything was the secretary Luke. This unattractive 32-year-old man is not excellent either as a military general or a soldier, and his ordinary martial arts and ordinary command skills can only be an intermediate military attache in his life. However, Adelim found the shining point in him, that is, he has extraordinary insight and ability to handle affairs. Coupled with his military background, his familiarity with military affairs is incomparable to that of ordinary civilian officials. Luke can easily handle all the ordinary daily affairs, and if there is an urgent business or major incident, he will let Arufa take it home and hand it over to Adlem to decide, so that Adlem can stay at home and enjoy a good drink. In addition to these qualities, another reason why Adelim values Luke is that he is a very low-key person. Luke knew that it was not his duty to take charge of affairs for the general, so all his activities were carried out behind the scenes, and to outsiders he was just an ordinary secretary, so as to avoid criticism from others who knew the inside story.

"What I said last time, is there still no result?" Adlem asked as he flipped through the file.

"The subordinates are afraid, and there has been no breakthrough so far." Luke replied softly.

"Breakthrough? So there's still some progress, right? Let's hear it. Adlem said with his head down.

"Yes. The subordinates learned that Parci's weapon was not invented by themselves, but was imported from a foreign country, and if the information was correct, it should be a weapon called a crossbow from the country of silk in the east. ”

"The Land of Silk?"

"Not bad. At present, one thing that can be confirmed is that Li Tianhao's father is from the country of silk, and his mother is from the Paz Empire, and his father has been doing business at sea for many years, so he has a fairly large business organization. Although the crossbow is a weapon that is strictly kept secret by the Silk Country, it should be said that it is not impossible to master the technical imitation in it. An example of this is the giant warship used by the opposing side in the Battle of Kinteen, which is also said to have come from the Silk Country. If the Li family merchant group can even get their hands on such a warship, then it is not difficult to master the weapon of the crossbow. ”

"Well, that's the case," Adlem stamped the dossier and picked up another volume, "Finding out where it came from doesn't have much practical effect, and what I want is how this weapon was made." ”

Luke shook his head and said, "According to the rumors, we can only know the approximate appearance and size of this weapon, and the specific details are unknown." Subordinates have tried to imitate the description of the appearance, but the effect is not ideal, especially the firing device, which is directly related to the power and accuracy of the weapon. ”

"So your replica crossbow can already shoot?"

"Yes, but it is not yet of practical value, the imitation is too far from the power of the rumors, and it is also very laborious to operate."

"I'll give you more skilled craftsmen and funds, and you must find a way to break through this bottleneck. In addition, it is necessary to continue to investigate in depth and find ways to get more accurate data. ”

"Yes! The subordinates immediately set about it! Luke walked out.

Adlem took care of a few more cases, then yawned, handed a few files into Arufa's hands, and closed his eyes. Arufa has been standing quietly behind his father, and his father's move is undoubtedly to let himself be a scholar to deal with these official duties, and Arufa naturally has to share his father's worries.

Arufa was a handsome young man, not only was he strong in martial arts, but he was more than thirty times more diligent than his father, so he had a good reputation among the Arubanian generals. It's just that his qualifications are too shallow, and he also lacks actual combat command experience, so he is nominally a general, but in fact he is more like his father's adjutant, and being able to accumulate experience in all aspects is a valuable resource for him to mature, and he is naturally willing to accept the experience given to him by his father.

At this time, Luke suddenly went back and forth, and his face became very nervous: "My lord, I just received an official letter, and the situation seems to be a little wrong. ”

Adlem opened his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Luke handed over the paperwork in his hand and said, "This is a copy of the order that I just received, our army withdraws from the fortress of Baroud!" ”

Adlem took the paperwork and looked at it, and was immediately surprised: "What?!" Evacuate all? How did the Navy withdraw along with it? Whose order is this! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Excellency."

Adlem closed his eyes, sighed and said, "Your Majesty, why is you so confused!" How can all the troops be withdrawn at once? At the very least, the troops should be stationed outside the city for a period of time! If Palch launched a sneak attack at this time, how could Gilmus have the strength to fight it? And even the navy was withdrawn, which is simply a wide open city gate. ”

Beads of sweat oozed from Luke's forehead, and he said, "My lord, my subordinates are negligent." When His Majesty gave this order, his subordinates did not even think of presenting it to His Excellency immediately. ”

Adlerm said with a calm face: "It's none of your business, this is Your Majesty's order, and it's just a withdrawal order, so it's normal that it didn't attract your attention." Just a little bit, how many days has this order been issued? ”

"It's been two days."

"That's still too late. We have no right to change His Majesty's orders, but they can be remedied. Three orders are issued in my name at once. 1. All garrisons withdrawn from the fortress of Barud shall immediately cease their withdrawal and return to camp in the vicinity of the fortress of Barud, and the place of cantonment shall not exceed one day's journey; Second, the small fleet that had been stationed near Baroud immediately turned back, and strengthened its maritime patrols in the surrounding area to prevent people from taking advantage of it; Third, in order to prevent the Palchi from attacking Baroud, and our side is not allowed to start a private war without His Majesty's permission, the original garrison of Baroud Fortress immediately selected a part of the elite soldiers to disguise themselves as Yaqui people to enter Baroud Fortress after being stationed. Later, I'll fix a letter for Lord Zelda myself. ”

"Obey the order, and the subordinates will do it immediately!" Luke said this and immediately withdrew.

Aderim also swept away his previous laziness, picked up his pen and began to write. What he had done at the moment was just a precautionary measure, but he didn't know that these three orders had actually saved Gilmus's life. (To be continued.) )