CHAPTER XLII VI Appointments to Libera

Kadir proved his political skills with practical actions.

He succeeded in inciting the conflict between Usubu and Andrasius, causing the two of them to attack each other in order to compete for the position of new commander-in-chief - Usubu spared no effort to save face for his son; Andrasius, who had been acting in secret, also smelled that Kadir had the intention to reduce Usubu's power, and this incident he thought was a godsend, so he finally showed his teeth and claws that he had hidden for many years and started a-for-tat struggle with Usubu. The result of the battle between the two sides is that the commanders nominated by both sides have all found out all kinds of shortcomings and are incompetent, when the two sides are exhausted, Kadir timely threw the card of Viscount Libera, and the result is that both sides think that although Libera is not from their side, it is better than being the commander of the other party, and Libera's appointment was finalized.

Libera is very satisfied with Kadir's skills this time - no wonder Kadir has stated that he wants to reuse himself early but has never made any public statement, maybe this plan has already been formed in Kadir's mind, but it just happened to be this unexpected event. In order to repay the king's trust and entrustment, Libera also had to put away her usual laziness and arrogance and start arranging her own army leadership team.

Although Libera's martial arts are incomparable in Yaqui, but as a commander, it is naturally difficult to charge forward, so Libera chose Campbell, a general who is also known for his martial arts. If it weren't for the fact that he wasn't good at commanding a large army, I'm afraid he would have soared a long time ago. Libera appointed him as the vanguard of the whole army, although Campbell was a general of the Andrasius faction. However, he has always admired Libera's martial bravery, and the first two expeditions were basically generals from the Usubu faction. Campbell didn't even get a penny, and he gladly accepted the appointment of him as a pioneer this time.

Candidates for adjutant generals. Libera originally intended to choose Zelda, the fourth son of his old friend Ulysses, who knew the enemy's virtual combat methods and had a deep enmity with the enemy to kill his father, but in the end Libera gave up this idea. The old general Ulysses is his rare friend, and he is now the only one left in the five generals of his family, and now Zelda is at home serving his elderly mother, if he takes him to the battlefield, if this young man has any mistakes, it will be too sorry for Ulysses. After thinking about it, he chose Bius, who was more experienced and prestigious.

As a military general of the Andrasius faction, Bius was originally nominated as the commander of this time, and his ability is naturally not a problem. Libera appointed him lieutenant general to appease Andrasius, after all, the last few military appointments were not in line with his wishes.

In addition, Libera is carefully selected for other middle and senior commanders at all levels, and from this point everyone can see that behind Libera's usual arrogance and laziness, he actually has a careful mind, and the officers he appoints do not care about factions at all, but only pay attention to ability. This is something that many sub-Qasan generals want to do but can't.

In the end, Libera arranged for a surprise candidate to be his aide-de-camp - Brooks. Brooks' role as a Yaggee general has always been controversial. The reason why this twenty-four-year-old young general was so controversial was that his ancestors were originally side branches of the royal family, and received a fief and title of earl. He served as the heir to the count's family. His father received the title of general from the king. And whether he became a general or before, he was a rookie who had never even been on the battlefield once. Therefore, among General Yagi, Brooks has always been the laughing stock of others, in the eyes of those generals who have been through a hundred battles and have made great achievements. He is a person who eats dry rice with the title of general. No one would expect him to lead the troops on the battlefield, and no one thought that he, a pampered young master, could survive on the battlefield.

But Libera is different. He discovered Brooks' abilities in previous aristocratic hunting tournaments. Brooks, though not always in the top three of the hunting conventions, was always the fourth or fifth holder. Libera had secretly observed Brooks' actions. It turned out that Brooks was not trying his best to compete, but was shooting selectively, and his goal was based on the top-three results. Libera learns that this young man has archery skills beyond the ordinary - it is far more difficult to deliberately maintain the fourth or fifth place than to win the championship without knowing what kind of prey will appear; At the same time, he also has extraordinary scheming, a person who does not want to appear particularly outstanding in front of others, must have his own calculations in his heart. In fact, due to Brooks's lack of outstanding performance in all aspects, he has never been included in the list of the two major factions, and he has always been easily out of the political vortex by virtue of his status as the heir of the earl family and the general. From this point of view, his approach is similar to Libera's, so Libera decided to take Brooks with him during this war to observe what this young man is capable of, and maybe this will be a person who can be entrusted with important tasks.

Immediately after the personnel decision was made, Libera rushed to the front with his own commanders to receive the troops that were unled. Of course, it was impossible for Kadir to just let him take over the remnants of Tulayan's inaccessibility, and in order to ensure victory, Kadir specially deployed 15,000 elite king's guards to Libera's command. This move also showed the entire Yaki kingdom that the king had absolute trust in Libera, so that the generals of the two factions would not deliberately make things difficult for Libera and delay the military situation.

When Libera arrived at the front line to receive the troops, the information he collected also gave him a headache: Epsmilton City is a granary located west of the Namra River, and it is also the key to holding the western front, so it is true that a large amount of grain for the Yaji army is on the western front, but the route east of the Namra River is not completely cut off, and if the security of the eastern front can be ensured, at least it will not completely lose contact with the Tulayan Department. However, in the process of mobilizing reinforcements from the Yaji Army, Li Tianhao had already led his troops to cross the Nanluo River and attack various towns and fortresses in the east, and the speed was simply incredible. Now the traffic on the eastern front has been almost destroyed by Li Tianhao, and the city defenses of all the towns in the east have also been burned down by Li Tianhao. Now Li Tianhao's troops control all the means of transportation on this section of the Nanra River, and the eastern front road is impassable and there is no city wall to defend, Li Tianhao's cavalry can come and go as the wind and attack at will. Although the access to the eastern front has not been completely cut off, it has lost most of its functions.

And Yaki's most elite chariot troops are in the hands of Tulayan, Libera's troops are mainly infantry, it is difficult to confront the cavalry in this vast land, there were some infantry who did not receive orders to continue to advance to the Epsommilton area, but they were all broken and defeated by Li Tianhao's cavalry, whether to let the army drive away Li Tianhao's troops entrenched in Epsommiton City, or reopen the lifeline of the Eastern Front? Or a two-pronged approach? However, the waterfalls of the Nara River prevented his ships from continuing southward, and if he had divided his troops, he would not be able to deal with each other when he entered the area of Epsommiton, and either option would leave a major danger, and Libera frowned. (To be continued......)