Chapter 408: Formation of the Legion
There weren't actually a few people at this banquet, the main thing was that Phil's most powerful supporters were invited, after all, the protagonist of this banquet was still the Marquis of Bode, and no one else could steal the limelight.
And there was nothing else to do at this banquet, the main thing was to discuss how to deal with the relationship between Jason and Marquis Asa, and was glad that although the two of them seemed to be one in the north and the other in the south, they were far away and couldn't support it.
But in fact, it is this distribution that makes Phil sick to death, mainly because the army he already has in his hands cannot fight on both sides and win.
Even if it's too scattered, maybe Fat Jason's side will turn defeat into victory.
In this war, it was not only the Thunderbolt that had a range that surpassed most catapults today, but also the Black God ballista with unparalleled accuracy and destructive power, or the tenacious army, which made Phil tremble.
If he hadn't had the support of the Third Heavy Legion, perhaps the army of the province of Geralen and the Count of Hicks would have been defeated long ago.
Thinking of the Third Heavy Armor Legion, Phil was very distressed to ring the Second Heavy Armor Legion that was abducted by Marquis Garcia and is now missing.
After a night of silence, after Marquis Bode and several other nobles left the palace, Phil had no choice but to repair the book, in order to appease the Marquis of Asa, and in order to avoid the serious domestic consumption of the Kingdom of Lopez and let the Kingdom of Dolan take advantage of the loophole, he replaced his father and canonized Asa Lake as the Duke of Asa, and Jason Lopez as the Duke of Northland.
It bears the personal stamp of King Lopez, and even if anyone wants to question the decision, this edict alone will keep their mouth shut.
At the same time, the territories of the two men have also become the provinces of Lake and Lucca, respectively.
It's just that now three of the four northernmost provinces of the Lopez Kingdom have fallen into Jason's control, and the name of this fief is dispensable, which is also Phil's consideration, anyway, these provinces will definitely not come back if they fall into his hands, so it's better to just be like this.
After the edict was issued, although the 3rd Heavy Armor Legion gave up continuing the attack on the city of Morun, it retreated to the town of Dede and began to build walls and fortresses.
They received orders to stay here and continue to deter Jason.
On the other side, Count Hicks was also demoted to the title of baron, and the territory had changed from a large town to a remote mountain village, and it was impossible for him to set foot in the center of power in the kingdom of Lopez without an accident.
And Earl Bullock, who was originally full of joy and was about to take over a large legion and was about to make a big move, received another order from Phil before he arrived at the settlement fortress.
Although he was still appointed as the supreme commander of this legion, he did not have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions in a short period of time.
And because of the great mistake of this noble coalition, most of the nobles have been convicted, so their private soldiers have also been incorporated into the Kingdom Guard.
At the same time, this army, which numbered more than 40,000 soldiers, also got their own name, the Northern Goose Legion, and on the surface, it was the duty to eliminate the large number of thieves caused by the war in the north, but everyone knew that the duty of the Northern Wild Goose Legion was actually to monitor and defend Jason.
On the other side, the Marquis of Asa, nay, should be called the Duke of Asa, did not respond to Phil's edict afterwards, but dispersed his army and held all the main communication arteries and city fortresses of the province of Lake.
But in the eyes of the other nobles of the kingdom, this was a tacit acquiescence, and they did not feel that Duke Asa could hold his ground under such great temptation, so his gaze to the north became more and more intriguing.
As for Jason, he was relieved after receiving this edict, although he did not particularly approve of Phil's private use of King Lopez's name, because he could have regretted it afterwards.
But what made Jason feel relieved was that he could finally take a breath for a while, because if Phil didn't stop his army, his army really couldn't hold out.
Afterwards, they held a solemn mourning ceremony to commemorate the soldiers who died in the war and to praise their bravery on the battlefield.
Later, in the lord's hall of Ironfang, Jason held a grand celebration, and Atum was rewarded for his efforts, although he had no territory, he was given the title of earl and appointed governor of the White Sword Province.
Roland was made an earldom and ordered to form a large army of 30,000 men based on the garrison of Baria Pass in this war.
Named "The Sword of Valian", Roland was the first commander of this legion, responsible for garrisoning the Baria Pass and continuing to strengthen and repair the walls of the Barya Pass.
There were two lieutenants, one was Gareth, who participated in the defense of Dede Town and the defense of Moron, and the other was Viscount Siegfried, who led the cavalry to raid the army of Baron Donte.
In addition, the 9,000 troops who survived the defense of Moren City were also formed into another army by Jason, called the "Defenders" legion, which planned to expand by 40,000 people, and garrison the city of Morun near the junction of the three provinces of Lucca, Gelen and Baijian, and build the city of Morun as the fortress of Morun.
The Earl of Lancelot was the first Legion, with Viscount Lonnatt and Baron Astolford as Deputy Commanders.
As for Ranmaro, he was given the title of viscount, and he was the commander of the army of the province of Hierro, and the governor of the province of Hierro was the upright viscount of Senna, who perhaps never thought that although he lost his ancestral territory, he gained a more prominent status.
And Chris, who had shadowed the former commander of the garrison of the province of Hierro, Bron, became the administrative staff of the Viscount of Senna, and the paladin Tobin temporarily took the post of military staff of Ranmaroke.
The shortcomings of the strength of the navy in this battle were exposed, so Ranmarok still had the task of training the navy, which made him feel the most worried.
The governor of Lucca was replaced by Jason himself, and the actual executive power was handed over to his royal sister, Helena, Viscount Zola.
Originally, he wanted to move the administrative center of the territory to the province of Lucca, after all, the transportation there is convenient enough and the economy is relatively developed.
However, the changes in the northern ice fields forced him to abandon this tempting idea, because the dwarves finally agreed to leave the ice fields and join the construction of Jason's territory under the deliberate friendship of Beowulf.
Although there were only thirty-seven of them, this group of dwarves still made Jason feel like he had been hit by a huge pie.
Unexpectedly, because of the delay of the war, he had not been here for several months to deal with the important documents of Iron Tooth Town, and he encountered such a big surprise as soon as he came back.