Seeing the surprised look on Marquis Barton's face, Duke actually still had an irrepressible pride in his heart, after all, it was enough to make the veterans who thought they were in command of the Guards so surprised, it was enough to see that his achievements were good.

"That's right, Lord Marquis, the Storm Army's auxiliaries are different from the usual retinues, they also receive professional military training, and are equipped with the same equipment as the Storm Army. Of course, this is only wartime, and under normal circumstances, the equipment of the logistics army is still somewhat backward. ”

"Although I brought 5,000 men this time, unless it is a critical or crisis time, the general Storm Army auxiliaries will not participate in the battle. So to prepare, the Storm Army is still only 3,000 soldiers. ”

Hearing Duke's answer, Marquis Barton replied with a smile on his face: "Before, we were worried that Lord Duke's storm army would be underarmed, but now it seems that there is no problem in defending the Alakou Fortress, which is also a very happy thing for us. ”

"Okay, let's talk about it for the time being, and I will let Viscount Lac of the Guards give you a detailed introduction to the specific military arrangements and border situation in the future, he is also my grandson. ”

"Thank you very much, Lord Marquis. ”

Duke also replied with a smile, at least judging from the contact and chat just now, Marquis Patton is not a difficult person to get along with, so his life in the northern defense line will be easier. Another point is that even if Marquis Patton is a difficult person to get along with, Duke has his own way.

Because in the official sense, the real commander of the Imperial Army is Princess Jina. However, because of Marquis Patton's age and experience, His Majesty the Emperor did not order Marquis Patton to hand over the command, but used an ambiguous language to help Princess Jina command the Imperial Army.

In addition, Gina has just arrived after all, and there is still the shadow of failure in the first lead battle, so she is also very low-key to follow the arrangement of Marquis Patton. After all, there is no trivial matter in a soldier's family, and if he forcibly evades the command and commands indiscriminately without understanding the situation and the fighter, he may be at risk of losing the country.

So if you can get along well, Duke will be very low-key and then carry out his own plan. If it is not easy to get along, then Duke will help or even instigate Princess Gina to seize power, but Duke doesn't know how many bloody battles he has fought in the past two years, plus the experience of talking on paper in later generations, he really doesn't think he will lose to these so-called veterans!

After a pleasant discussion, Princess Gina was the host, and invited Duke to lunch in the manager's tent. At the dinner table, there was no talk about the things on the defense line, but some light-hearted homely words.

Duke also maintained the demeanor of a nobleman at the dining table, and he couldn't see his obscene appearance in Storm Castle at all, and his demeanor was very decent, which made Marquis Patton praise, thinking that he was really misled by the rumors of the imperial capital.

But Princess Jina looked at Duke with a smile and talked eloquently, but she thought in her heart that this guy was really easy to change, and his nature was difficult to change. Although he pretended to be serious, all the things he said were nonsense, if he hadn't been in Stormcastle and seen Duke's true appearance, maybe he would have believed that Duke was a young talent and took the initiative to save Stormcastle from danger.

After lunch, Duke was about to take his leave and return to his Storm Army camp, because he also had to beckon Alan to hurry up and take the 1st Regiment of the Storm Army to Alakou Fortress. The early withdrawal of the Second Legion of the Empire still led to a gap in the handover, and now the Alakou Fortress only has a hundred or so soldiers of the Guards to make a appearance, which is really empty, if the barbarians or the Hans Empire attack at this time, then it will be dangerous.

At this time, under the pretext of returning to her camp, Princess Gina left with Duke behind her.

The two of them tacitly walked out of Earl Barton's tent, and almost as soon as they walked out of the door, Princess Gina couldn't help but say, "Duke, I really didn't expect your straw bale to be like this." ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess, I already have the strength I have today, so it's not appropriate for you to call me a straw bag. Or maybe you haven't realized the consciousness of your vase after seeing my progress?"

Originally, Princess Jina just wanted to tease Duke, after all, the polite gentleman before should not be fighting with herself. As a result, I never expected that Duke would not give himself face at all, and poke at his own pain points, and sure enough, this straw bag will never have anything to do with a gentleman!

"Duke, you're still so annoying!"

Princess Gina said angrily.

"Each other, each other. Duke replied with a smirk, in fact, he didn't want to quarrel with Jena, or he was psychologically dark and liked to be scolded for being a straw bag. It's because it's only when Princess Gina is bickering that Duke can feel that this is his true self.

The identities of the imperial capital straw bag, the heroic lord, and the gentleman viscount are actually a kind of mask for Duke, maybe a person has worn a mask for too long, and always likes to be able to find the feeling of being able to find his true self.

After Duke laughed, he began to ask Jina seriously, "Okay, I won't quarrel with you, why are you here?"

"Of course, it's to command the Northern Imperial Army to defend against foreign invasion!"

Princess Jina replied a little proudly, in fact, she has always wanted to be a heroic female general in her heart, but the failure to lead the army for the first time was too big a blow to her, and now she finally has the opportunity to lead the imperial army, and in the face of a real strong enemy, she is still a little excited.

"Yes, I was finally able to lead the army again, and this time the opportunity to prove myself has come. ”

Duke saw Jena's proud little face, swallowed back the sentence that had come to his lips, "Even your vase can lead the army", but said a rare word of encouragement, sometimes it hurts if it blows too much. And Ji Na doesn't have a big heart like herself, after all, she has spent this kind of thing crossing, and the owner of this body has also been called a straw bag for more than ten years, and her heart has long been extremely strong.

"Of course, this time I'll prove myself!"

"By the way, Duke, how can your Storm Army develop so fast, when I remember Marseille City, you were only the strength of a regiment, and now there are 5,000 people here. Whether Storm Castle has enough troops to defend it, if the ice demons attack, it will be dangerous!"

Princess Gina looked nervous when she talked about the back, but she still had a deep affection for Storm Castle.