It was a bright spring morning, and all the people who went out had been assembled in the formation of the return to the city behind the parliament building, two hundred magicians, two hundred young officers of the military academy, and one hundred dwarven craftsmen.

Higg and Blue Fairy rode on the back of Little White Cloud, and together with Lufasi, Thomas, Butterfly Cloud, and Jesse, they were saying goodbye to the crowd of Daniel, Rogson, Snowlin, Denilson, Charlie, and Sosa.

"Wait a minute!" Mary, dressed in military uniform, rode up, followed by thirty Crusader guards, and also arrived in front of Higg and the others.

Two hundred officers quickly surrounded them in the middle and confronted the Crusaders, and it was not until Higg waved them to stand down that tensions eased.

"Earl, where is this going?" Maria asked with a smile.

"Your Royal Highness, are you here to arrest me?" Higg didn't get off the horse, but let Xiao Baiyun carry himself and Lan Xian'er out of the queue, and said, "This bit of people and horses, it seems that it is not enough!" ”

"No wonder Your Majesty's mother said that the Earl has no awe, and it is true!" Mary said, "When you see this princess, you dare not dismount and salute?" ”

Higg smiled: "I am in the army now, there is only a commander here, no princess!" Is there any reason for a commander to dismount and salute? ”

Mary laughed, "The Earl hasn't answered me yet, where are you going?" ”

Higg smiled: "Since you are leading the troops, of course you are going to the front line!" Since Her Royal Highness the Princess is not here to arrest me, is she here to see me off? ”

"Is the Earl really going to ignore the Fifth Legion?" Mary asked, "The Earl resigned himself as marshal, but His Majesty did not agree!" The Earl just said goodbye, the position of marshal, do it if you want to do it, and leave if you don't want to do it, don't you think it's too child's play? ”

Higg asked: "Are these words meant by Her Royal Highness the Princess, or did Her Majesty himself let the princess convey them on her behalf!" ”

Maria smiled and said, "It's all the same, this time the princess is here on behalf of His Majesty to advise the Earl, don't be rash!" ”

"The position of marshal is a temporary deputy!" Higg smiled, "The Ministry of War is not registered on the job, and I have not received any salary from the marshal, of course I can resign if I want, since Your Majesty does not trust me, what reason is there not to allow it?" If I don't become a marshal, I'm still a subject of Erathia, and I can serve my country just as well! I have made up my mind, and if I advise you, please don't say it again! ”

"Then why did the Earl lead the troops to the front again?"

"Fuxing City is my earl's fiefdom, and I can keep part of the army!" Higg laughed, "The front line I went to was not the Luojia River Plain, but the Silent Forest, where not all the soldiers of the Fifth Legion were there!" Why, if I don't act as a marshal, can't I lead my own army and serve Your Majesty? ”

"It seems that the Earl is difficult to explain for the time being, and he doesn't want to change his mind!" Mary said, "However, I have already made a military order before Your Majesty, and if the Earl does not return to the Fifth Legion, this princess will never return to the court!" If the broadcaster insists on going to the front, then please allow me to follow the Earl until the Earl changes his mind! ”

"You're going to rely on me?" Higg said angrily, "What are you doing in our army, and in what capacity? What if I don't? ”

Mary laughed, "I'm on you!" Unless you don't admit that you are a subject under His Majesty's rule, you don't allow it, and this princess naturally has nothing to say, but Lord Earl proves it, of course, this will confirm some rumors! As for in what capacity Princess Ben exists, that's your business! ”

"Hey, hey!" Higg smiled, "I can't imagine that I used to be the only one who relied on others, but today I am relied on!" Whatever you want, I can't interfere with what you do, but I have to make it clear to you, in my army, there are no princesses, only generals and soldiers, and I can't guarantee your safety, if you want to go to the front, I can't stop you! Hmph, that's ridiculous! ”

"I don't need you to worry about this princess!" Mary said, "I'm not Charles, I'm not the idiots of Avantil!" After saying this, Mary took her thirty guards and walked into the city formation.

Everyone re-entered the return to the city, and Hig slowly activated the return to the city formation carrying more than 500 people, and marched towards the Silent Forest, the only military force available to him now......

Spring is silent in the forest, the snow is beginning to melt, so the weather is still very cold, at this time, neither the druid nor Auguston, can choose to march and fight in this muddy field, so there is no news of the battle report from the forest country.

"Young marshal!" "Marshal! "After getting the news that Higg and the others had arrived in the Silent Forest, Corincha and Siscori arrived at the tent at the same time.

Higg looked at the two generals stationed in the Silent Forest, one was his mother's chief of guard, and naturally it was needless to say; The other is the general he promoted from Fuxing City, Siscoli, who is as famous as Mevo, is now also a servant of the dust, and after two years of training, he has long been polished out of the immaturity that he has just brought out of the military academy.

"There is no more marshal!" "I have resigned as acting marshal!" Higg said. Corincha, what's the current situation in the Silent Forest? ”

"There are about 100,000 Arad coalition troops on the periphery of the Silent Forest who have blocked this place, and although there has been constant friction in the past two years, neither side has the strength to eat the other!" "The lockdown has caused us a lot of trouble, mainly because of the shortage of supplies. Originally, they could still buy some from villages and towns near the forest country, but since the civil strife in the forest, they seem to have blocked the border, and now most of the supplies are smuggled at high prices, which is very limited. ”

"What about troops?"

Siscori said: "Since the year before last, there has not been much change, now there are 25,000 infantry, 15,000 crossbowmen, 5,000 baggage troops, 15,000 dwarven warriors, 8,000 elven archers, and no cavalry!" ”

Higg nodded and said: "The dwarven warriors and elven archers are not soldiers of the Fifth Legion, they are assigned to Korincha, in addition, the newly recruited soldiers who go to the Silent Forest spend the money of Fuxing City, and I don't want anything else, General Siscori, you divide five thousand crossbowmen from it for me!" Other material funds, camps, etc., are divided proportionally according to the number of troops, and the others are jointly owned by both sides first! ”

Siscori was surprised, "Lord Marshal, you want to split up?" ”

"General Siscori, I said that there is no marshal here!" Higg said, "Call me General or City Lord in the future!" ”

Siskori asked: "What will I do, the last general is an officer from the Fuxing City Military Academy, and it should belong to Fuxing City, but the last general has already registered as an officer of the Fifth Army."

"Of course you belong to the Fifth Legion!" Higg said, "Renaissance City is also the territory of Erathia, whether it is the Fifth Legion or my Renaissance City Self-Defense Force, they all belong to Erathia's army, but the organization is different!" Your Royal Highness Princess, do you think this is okay? ”

"Princess?" Siscori and Corincha were taken aback, and Siscori hurried forward to pay their respects, but Corincha was unmoved.

Maria smiled and said: "Lord Earl, you can divide it however you want, this is all your army, I have no opinion if you want to put it in the Fifth Army or in the Self-Defense Force of Fuxing City!" ”

"Well, General Korincha, you immediately organize the army, prepare supplies, and as soon as the spring snow is over, we will immediately go on an expedition to the druid!"

"Expedition Druid?" Maria, Corincha, and Siscori screamed almost simultaneously.

Higg asked, "Why, General Korincha, you don't dare?" ”

"Hahaha!" Corincha laughed and said, "Young marshal, you are bolder than the marshal, I will obey you for this!" Okay, I'll go with the young marshal to the druids! ”

Siskori hurriedly said: "Lord of the city, with this amount of troops on an expedition to the druids, wouldn't that be a sheep into the mouth of a tiger?" Besides, with so many troops on an expedition, can I still hold on to the Silent Forest? ”

Higg said: "I will bring two hundred dwarven craftsmen, divide half of them for you, and immediately make a repeater chariot, and the fortress of Giscoll can be held by a repeater chariot, and you can't stand it?" ”

"A repeater chariot?" Siscori's eyes lit up, and then he said excitedly, "The last general must defend this base camp for the city lord!" ”

Maria said disdainfully, "Lord Earl, even if you are the self-defense force of Fuxing City, if you want to go on an expedition to the druids, you must report to Your Majesty, right?" Druids are not ordinary forces, not to mention whether you can win or not, if you provoke a druid, it will always lead to endless disasters, especially now that the civil war in the country is tight! ”

"Hmph, the druids have long been allied with Arad!" Higg said, "The year before last, they also jointly attacked the Silent Forest, and His Majesty knows about this!" Attacking Arad's allies is not a trivial matter, even if I don't provoke them, they will still come to us to trouble, and we will not attack first, disrupt the deployment of the druids, and buy time for His Majesty's army of King Qin. Otherwise, we will sit back and wait for the druids to attack us from both sides, and we will fall into an irretrievable passive situation! The general will be outside, the king's order will not be affected, the fighter plane will be fleeting, and when it is reported, it will be approved, and the fighter will be gone for a long time! If everything has to be reported before acting, then what do we generals want to do? ”

"This princess is here on behalf of Your Majesty!" Maria said angrily, "I'm afraid you already have a plan to expedition to the druids, why don't you report it in advance?" On behalf of Your Majesty, this princess does not agree with your expedition to the druids! ”

"Before I came, I said that there is no princess in the army, only a commander!" Higg said, "Your Highness, I didn't ask for your opinion, I don't need your consent!" You can now return to the Fifth Legion with General Siscori! ”

"You—" Maria was furious, but quickly suppressed her anger, "why do you want to build the Fifth Legion?" This princess is here to rely on you, and the princess reserves the opinion of your expedition, but this princess wants to go on an expedition with the team! ”

"You're going to the Druids with the Expeditionary Force?" Higg was taken aback, although he was not afraid of her, but if there was really any accident in his army, he would really be relied on by Catherine, and the trivial matters in the army made Higg very annoyed, and now Maria was on herself, her head was about to explode, "From here to the territory of the druids, including the whole territory of the druids, there are mountains and jungles, and there are countless fierce beasts, I'm afraid you will have a problem even marching, I advise you to think clearly!" ”

"Hey, hey!" Maria smiled, "You're afraid that this princess will have an accident, if you're afraid, don't go on the expedition!" ”

"I'm afraid you'll have an accident? You want to stop me from going on this expedition? Higg said angrily, "Whatever you want! I still say the same thing, no one will deliberately protect you, violate my military order, and deal with it by military law! General Korincha, go and prepare! ”

"Yes, young marshal!"