Egbert rubbed his forehead, and to be honest, he didn't look at most of the mercenaries very much.

It's not because of strength or other reasons, in Egbert's opinion, the mercenary door is free and loose, and the style of not listening to commands is what he hates the most.

Even those more famous mercenary groups are all over-the-top and unruly.

For a person like Egbert, who has been in the army for more than ten years and then climbed up step by step, even a militia soldier with poor combat effectiveness, incomplete equipment, and lack of training is much better than a scattered mercenary.

However, how he looked down on the mercenaries, he still knew that although the mercenaries were not disciplined, most of them were basically old fritters who licked blood from the knife edge, and they had rich experience in actual combat.

Especially for small-scale tasks such as reconnaissance, search, tracking, raiding, sabotage of logistics supply lines, etc., the role of mercenaries is no worse than that of regular armies.

Therefore, even if Egbert doesn't look at mercenaries very much, he has to admit that some of the roles of mercenaries are a great addition to his army.

You must know that the recruitment price they gave is not low, but now his adjutant actually told him that he can't recruit mercenaries?!

On the contrary, most of the mercenaries were recruited by the four major lords, which made Egbert a little waxy.

"In other words, most of the mercenaries in the entire Scanning Province and the Western Province of Kensas have been recruited by the four major lords, right?" asked Egbert.

Egbert saw his adjutant nodding and then asked, "What about the other than these two provinces, what about the neighboring provinces of Wangdu, Rensa, Maple Leaf, and Lowe, are there no mercenaries?"

The adjutant pondered for a moment and said, "The province of Lunsar is also facing the possibility of an attack by the armies of the four lords, so the governor of the province of Lunza is also recruiting a large number of mercenaries. ”

"Lowe Province is the farthest away from our side, and even if it is recruited, it may not be in time. ”

"As for the royal capital and the Maple Leaf Province, although they are closer, it will take a little time to recruit, and it is estimated that they will not be able to count on it in a short time. ”

Egbert waved his hand, signaling that he knew, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "Originally, I thought that after Harold and they occupied the entire Scanned Province, they would be busy digesting the results of the war, whether it was the native aristocratic forces of Scandandnik Province or the royal forces, Harold and them would be busy coping. ”

"But now, I still underestimate the power of the four major lords in the northern part of the kingdom! whether it is in such a short period of time, they have taken down the entire Scanning Province, or even the mercenary forces of the western province of Kensas have such great influence.

"It can all show that Harold and their power is huge, but it is conceivable that the western province of Kensas is not as reliable as we think!"

The adjutant couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he heard Egbert's analysis, if it was really like what Egbert said, then they were undoubtedly very dangerous at this time.

Egbert glanced at his adjutant and knew what the other party was thinking, waved his hand and said, "It's not as serious as you think, if the entire Kansas Westbound Province was infiltrated by the forces of the four major lords, the four major lords would have taken the Kansas Westbound Province together, and we can't sit here in peace." ”

"However, judging from the behavior of the local aristocratic forces and officials in the western province of Kensas these days, it is obvious that the four lords still have a lot of influence on this side, but I didn't pay attention to it at the time. ”

"Now that I think about it, there is a big problem, but these people obviously don't want to completely tear our faces, after all, we are just the vanguard battalion of the Zhenbei Corps, even if we are defeated, there is still the main force of the corps of Lord Duke Dak behind, and they are afraid of Lord Duke Dak. ”

"So these people won't and don't dare to directly fight against us now, at most, they will be slower in their work efficiency, and occasionally reveal some information to the north or something. ”

The adjutant said resentfully: "This group of politicians at both ends of the snake and rat, no wonder when communicating with them in the front, they always pushed back and forth, and they must have hoped that we would fail, and we should hang them all on the gallows." ”

"I'd love to let these bastards know what happened to them!" Egbert wasn't as angry as his own lieutenant, he had been in the army for many years, but he was also a nobleman after all, and he knew what these nobles thought.

"But our biggest enemies now are not them, but the four great lords! ”

The adjutant had a different opinion: "Lord Egbert, I think it's better to solve these wall grasses first, otherwise when we have a decisive battle with the four major lords, if we suddenly turn back, then we will be very passive." ”

"And we now have a total of nearly 5,000 people, although nearly half of them are militiamen, but it is absolutely enough to clear the wall grass in the west province of Kensas, as long as the speed is fast enough to deal with them before the four major lords react, there will be no problems. ”

But Egbert shook his head and said: "I also know your concerns, but we don't necessarily have time to deal with this group of wall grasses now, don't look at the number of people we seem to have a lot now, but before we integrate these foreign armies, our strength is actually not rising but falling." ”

"Duke Dak is still integrating the Guards Corps and the city defense army in the royal capital, and it is estimated that it will take a few days to reach us, although other provinces have troops supporting them one after another, but now only some of them have arrived, and they are not elite. ”

"On the contrary, now that the four lords have almost integrated the forces of the entire Scanning Province, the four major lords have specially recruited all the mercenaries in the surrounding areas, in addition to wanting to enhance their own military strength, they just want to fight a time gap. ”

"Defeat us when we seem to be strong now, but in fact we are extremely weak, and then fight a decisive battle with Duke Dark's army, if we are defeated, Duke Darke only relies on the Zhenbei Army, then the victory is really hard to say. ”

The adjutant said with a look of disbelief: "It's impossible, Duke Dake has been invincible for decades, how can he lose to these betrayers of the four major lords!"

"Nothing is impossible, Duke Duck himself said, 'As long as there is a war, there is no absolute victory'! Otherwise, there would not be so many classic battles in which the weak defeated the strong!"

"What's more, the gap between us and the four great lords is not really that big, don't forget that the [King of the North] is an ally of the four great lords, if that one also intervenes, we won't have any advantage. ”