"Marshal!" Simak said to Higg, "Our Chinese Guards Battalion has been crawling and rolling in the mountains for eight months, because of the long hours of fighting, the war materials have suffered serious losses, and most of the equipment is so old and damaged that it is basically unusable. Now there are still 5,000 people left in the Pamela Mountains, stationed in the mountain pass of the Shinzawa Mountains, and I have brought back a total of 18,000 soldiers, but there are only more than 13,000 elite veterans who can fight, and more than 4,000 other wounded soldiers, originally nearly 40,000 people, and that's all left! Before crossing the new Ze, I left all the equipment and supplies in the mountains of Pamela for the troops left behind, so my current army is not equipped. ”

"Hey, hey!" Higg laughed, "It has nothing to do with me, you have to ask Mevo for it!" ”

"Looking for me?" Mavo was puzzled in surprise, and along with Simak and Benjamin, she didn't understand what Higg meant.

"General Simak, you should indeed ask for Mevo!" Lan Xian'er walked in from the back hall, and a few maids in the back followed behind Lan Xian'er with various dishes.

Lan Xian'er motioned to the maids to set the table and pack the dishes, then sat down beside Xige, and then said: "I will ask Altai to provide General Mevo with 40,000 infantry equipment within a month, which is guaranteed to be the best in the whole army, while I haven't placed an order with Altai now, it's best to tell me if you have any requirements!" ”

"If you want me to ask Mevo for equipment, won't my army be under the command of Mevo?" SMS was even more puzzled, "Are you telling me to retire?" ”

Lan Xian'er smiled and said to Mevo: "Mevo, tell the two adults about the situation!" ”

Maevo comprehended and told the whole story of the fair battle with Curdes two months later, including Lan Xian'er's analysis and the secret formation.

"A fair fight?" Simak gasped, "Infantry vs. cavalry on the plains? Even so, Curdes is an old rival with us, and a defeated opponent of ours, so why don't you let me lead the army? ”

"Can you win?" Higg asked with a smile.

Simak shook his head: "It's too hard! Could it be that General Mevo could? ”

Maevo smiled: "With everyone's full support, I am 70% sure!" ”

Simak was shocked: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, and a 70% chance of winning is equivalent to a sure win, General Mevo, if you really have this certainty of victory, I will definitely not rob you!" ”

"Then it depends on whether General Simak supports it or not!" Higg said with a smile.

"What?" SMS said, "How can I not support this kind of major event that concerns the face of the whole army and the camps of both sides?" My veteran is at the mercy of my generals! ”

"That's not enough!" Higg shook his head and said, "You give the army to Mevo, can Mevo command your veterans?" ”

"This ......" Simak Fox hesitated for a moment, then banged the ground, slapped the table, and said: "Even if I want to be a pawn in the Mevo army, I am willing!" ”

"There is no joke in the army!" Higg laughed, "General Simak, you've got to think about it!" ”

Simak smiled: "Lord Marshal, I know that you have fallen for it!" But I'm willing to fall for it! Well, from today onwards, I will be a pawn under General Mevo! ”

Mevo got up in panic and said, "General Simak, don't do it! The last general never meant that! ”

"That's it!" "Now I announce the rebuilding of the Chinese Guards Battalion, with Mevo as the commander and Simmak as the deputy commander!" Major matters in the army, big and small, you should discuss and handle them! Mevo listens to Simak's opinion, Simak guides Mevo more, and when there is disagreement, General Mevo's opinion prevails! ”

"Lord Marshal, this is too wronged by General Simak!" Maevo didn't dare to say yes and said.

"You kid, mother-in-law, mom talk too much nonsense!" Simak said angrily, "Lord Marshal wants me to elevate your identity in the Chinese Army Guards Battalion, why don't you understand Lord Marshal's good intentions?" Without me to set off your status and status, how can you command this army of more than 30,000 people with your qualifications? ”

Everyone stared at Mevo, who hesitated for a moment, then nodded with difficulty, made up his mind with difficulty, and then said categorically: "The last general takes the order!" ”

"General Simak, today Prince Ben has convinced you!" Benjamin lifted the jar and shook it at Simaks, then leaned his neck and poured it to the end!

Higg and Blue Fairy also judicially concocted a jar of wine for Simak and said nothing.

"General Mevo!" Lan Xian'er said, "You select seventy-two new officers from Fuxing City, you have to have a bright mind, starting tomorrow night, Lord Marshal and I will personally teach you and those officers the formation, and after a month, let the officers go to the Chinese Army Guards Battalion to organize actual combat drills." ”

"Yes, the last general commands!" Mevo said, getting up.

"General Simak!" Lan Xian'er said, "Starting tomorrow, you will be responsible for the run-in training of new and old soldiers, and the run-in of new and old soldiers will be completed in a month!" ”

"Good!" SMS said.

In fact, in Lan Xian'er's heart, the most suitable candidate for the commander of the army is not Mewo, but Shante! In the Valley of Flowers, Shante himself has a considerable study and understanding of the Bagua Array, and is indeed much better for Mevo, who started from a blank sheet of paper. But Lan Xian'er has complicated feelings for Shante, and she is not sure whether Shante can always stand on Hig's side, after all, this brainless guy only has his Queen Majesty in his heart, which was like this when he was in the Valley of Flowers, and it is still like this now, which makes Lan Xian'er feel that Shante feels a little like leaving.

And Maevo is a young officer of Fuxing City personally recommended by Rogson, who has been in Higg's camp from the beginning, and has always been loyal and hardworking to Higg, much cleaner than a person like Simak who has been in the army for half his life. If he can be trained to be Higg's right-hand man, it will undoubtedly reduce many things that need to be done by himself in the future war years, save a lot of time, and give Higg time to complete the task of Flower Valley.

After having eaten and drunk, Simak and Maevo began to go their separate ways. Mevo needed to retrieve some of the young officers who had been placed in the barracks and mobilize them centrally.

SMS needs to combine its own barracks with the current new barracks, which is not difficult but somewhat troublesome for SMS. SMS received sufficient funds from Lan Xian'er, which was more than enough for his military salary, pension, and military merit rewards in Pamela, and the establishment of a new Chinese Army Guards Battalion, everyone's military salaries and various benefits were doubled, which could also greatly appease the dissatisfaction of the veterans. But what SMS is worried about is the emotions of those middle and lower-level officers, who should have been promoted for meritorious service, but now they have been demoted to the commander of the corps who is at the mercy of a new recruit, even if more money is smashed, it is difficult to appease!

Benjamin did not leave, but remained in Marshal Higg's mansion to discuss his affairs with Higg.

"I admit that the combat experience of the past six months is extremely important to me and to the elves!" Benjamin said, "The elves haven't been through war for too long! In your words, forgetting the war will surely perish, and the forest country has not shown any signs of revival after thousands of years of decline, which is a profound verification of this truth! ”

"So what?" Higg asked, "Where does Uncle plan to go?" ”

Benjamin sighed, "I intend to return to the Forest Country and form a new army based on this expeditionary force. Whether my father is for it or against it, I'm going to do something about it! ”

Higg shook his head and said, "You're thinking too simply, or rather, you're looking too little!" What if you actually build a new army? What if your army is strong? Is your target just a military strategist? Is it just a tool for someone else to revive the Elven Empire? If this is the case, the forest country is even more dangerous! ”

"A military strategist who doesn't understand politics will always be someone else's slave!" Lan Xian'er continued Higg's words and said, "Because you don't know how to manage the country, you are not qualified for the position of emperor, so you can only obey the orders of others and be at the mercy of others!" If the emperor you are loyal to is not wise, you will find a way to overthrow him if you have military power, and if this emperor is wise enough, he will be jealous of your strength and will eventually clash with you! Whatever the outcome, it will make your country more and more chaotic! If you enter, you will not be able to leave home, and if you go out, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will die! Uncle, if the country's political and military system is always unchanged and harmonious, then the country is not far from the country of death, and the forest country is exactly like this! If we don't want to forge ahead, don't seek change, blindly compromise and seek perfection, blindly evade, where is the future of the country? ”

"Do you want me to take the line?" Benjamin was taken aback, then shook his head and said, "Although I had such an idea at the beginning, my position in front of my father is not very good, and in front of my brothers, my strength is also the weakest, so I feel too far away!" ”

"That's what you and I agreed on!" Higg said, "You help me, I'll help you get the heir, won't I?" Are you hesitating again? Have you ever thought that your opponent would hesitate to you? On the contrary, even if you don't rob it, you have the power at hand and the possibility of legal inheritance, and they will try their best to get rid of you because they are afraid of you! ”

"I want to take it one step at a time, go back and build an army first, how about it?" Benjamin asked.

"It should be a two-pronged approach!" Higg said.

"How?" Benjamin asked.

"Please stay here for a while, uncle!" Lan Xian'er continued, "The affairs of the army are easy to handle, your existing army, plus the army of the Silent Forest, is already a large force!" What my uncle said to Simak is that etiquette is not important, dignity is not important, and rank is not important, but it is okay to say these things in front of us. It doesn't matter whether it's important or not, His Holiness has the final say, because only the most powerful person is the one who makes the rules! Sigg's marshal status can tell Simak that you don't have to be formalized in front of him, but Simak himself cannot take the initiative to ask to give up these etiquette, because whether these etiquette wants to or not, in the hands of Sigg, the right is in the hands of His Holiness. In addition to military affairs, there are many things that the elves should learn. Why didn't my uncle stay in the Luojiahe Plain, study abroad for a while, and accept the political atmosphere, management methods and even folk customs here? ”

"Still staying here? How long will it take? Benjamin asked excitedly.

"It doesn't matter how long it is!" Lan Xian'er said, "We need an opportunity, maybe when the time comes, Higg and I will help my uncle!" ”

Benjamin said: "Well, anyway, it is not easy for me to take the people out of the Luojia River Plain and return to the Silent Forest, after all, it is still Arad's territory outside!" ”

"I still want to entrust my uncle with something!" Higg said with a smile, "Uncle knows that my Fifth Army is basically stationed around the Luojia River, and there are not many troops in the Luojia River Plain, and now the newly formed Chinese Army Guards Battalion is going to be fully closed for training, so I want to ask my uncle to take charge of the garrison of Bavaria City in case of accidents!" ”

Benjamin smiled awkwardly, "I knew you were scheming on me!" I told me so much because I wanted to be the commander of the garrison for you......"