Duke also greeted the Marquis of Patton very politely, because the Marquis of Patton, who is nearly 80 years old this year, can be regarded as the elder of the three dynasties of the empire, and has seen the most powerful period of the French Empire when Henry IV was in power.

Therefore, such an old man, even Emperor Fran respected him very much, and also handed over the most powerful guards in the imperial army sequence to him to command, except for the forbidden army.

In the face of elders, Duke has never been an arrogant and impolite person, and he will be very polite when he should be polite.

Marquis Patton was very satisfied with the attitude of a junior gentleman like Duke, because he had heard that Duke was a well-known gentleman in the imperial capital, and what kind of virtue that group of gentlemen was, Marquis Patton knew very well, after all, the Guards were generally troops stationed in the imperial capital.

But Duke's performance was completely different from the gentlemen he had seen, and coupled with the well-equipped Storm Army before, Marquis Patton was a little skeptical at this time, whether the rumors about Duke Duke's disciples were true, could it be because Duke Otto's rivals could fabricate it in order to humiliate the Otto family?

At the same time, Duke also greeted the commander of the First Army of the Imperial Army, Marquis Stilwell, who was only forty-five years old this year. As long as you reach the high-level swordsman in this world, it is easy to surpass the hundred-year-old with the blessing of fighting spirit, so Marquis Stilwell is in the prime of life, and he looks full of energy, especially with military momentum, much like his father, Duke Otto.

In fact, there is really a relationship between the Marquis of Stilwell and the Duke of Otto. When Henry VII was still the crown prince, Stilwell and Duke Otto both assisted Henry VII, but because of the slightly inferior victory, Otto finally became a prince from the marquis.

Although Stilwell is also a marquis, but his status as the commander of the first army of the empire is too different from the commander of the lion army. And in the entire French Empire, they also know the god of Otto, but not the Marquis of Stilwell.

Life is like this a lot of times, if you lose one step, you lose every step. Eventually, the gap between Stilwell and Duke Otto grew wider, to the point where it was impossible to catch up.

So Marquis Stilwell also has a lukewarm feeling for Duke, he is not interested in Duke Otto's son, but as an iron-blooded soldier, Marquis Stilwell is not careful to target Duke, so it is this slightly embarrassing attitude.

After greeting each other, Duke and the others went to the Imperial Army's camp. The barracks of the entire Imperial Army are also divided into three ranges according to the different troops, but the camps of several commanders are very close to each other, just to facilitate coordination.

As soon as he entered the big tent, Marquis Patton took the initiative to tell the deployment of the Northern Empire's defense line. Duke will take over from the Second Imperial Army and garrison the area of the Alakou Fortress to prevent the barbarians or the Hans Empire's cavalry from raiding from the steppe.

Originally, the Second Army of the Empire was going to defend two fortresses, but because of the uncertainty of the number and combat effectiveness of the Storm Army, Marquis Patton just asked the Duke Storm Army to defend the Alakou Fortress, and the other one would have the Guards and the First Army of the Empire each send a part of their troops to defend, which can be regarded as Duke who takes care of him very much.

However, Marquis Patton also said it in front, although the storm army is in the defense line of the imperial army, but the supply is not in the supply of the imperial army, so the supply and equipment of the Alakou fortress in the future need to be asked for by Duke Otto's lion army. According to the concept of Marquis Patton, Duke is also the son of Duke Otto, and it should not be difficult to get supplies.

After listening to Marquis Barton's description, Duke nodded very indifferently, and even had a kind of delight. He likes this way of leading the army alone, which belongs to the two sides in the eyes of others, but in a sense, it is also a great independence of non-interference. In this way, in the future in the Alakou Fortress, whether it is to contact the satisfaction or the Hans legion, it will be much simpler and more convenient.

Seeing Duke agreeing so easily, Duke Patton was a little surprised, but there was another thing that surprised him, before the emperor's edict announced that the storm army was only 3,000 people, but when I saw it just now, it was indeed 5,000 people!

You must know that the private soldiers of ordinary lords are recruited to garrison the border, and these lords are eager to send fewer people over, after all, this kind of period is thankless, and there is no benefit. Generally, if the number of people is not enough, it is already very good, and Duke's troops actually exceeded the specified number, which is the first time that Marquis Patton has encountered this kind of thing in more than 60 years of military service.

"Viscount Duke, in the previous edict of His Majesty the Emperor, the Storm Army was three thousand soldiers. But I saw the queue of the Storm Army just now, it should be about 5,000 people, what the hell is going on?"

Marquis Patton finally asked, not just because of his curiosity, but because as a commander in the actual sense, he had to know the true number of troops under his command.

"Lord Marquis, the number of the Storm Army's official soldiers is indeed three thousand, and the other two thousand are logistics soldiers, that is, auxiliary soldiers in the popular sense. ”

"Auxiliaries?"

Marquis Patton said in surprise, not only him, but even Marquis Stilwell and Princess Gina looked at Duke with a surprised expression. Especially Jena, who has spent two months on the edge of Stormcastle, knows exactly what a place is.

It can be said that when Storm Castle was at its poorest, it couldn't even afford to eat. In such a place, Duke led a regiment of soldiers to the city of Marseille to rescue him, and Gina thought that this was already the limit, and no matter how much money should be made from porcelain, it could only maintain the strength of one regiment.

As a result, she never expected that in just over half a year, the Storm Army would have 5,000 people just pulled out for an expedition. What made her feel even more incredible was that this was not a 5,000-strong soldier, but a 3,000-man soldier plus 2,000 logistics troops.

But here's the problem, the logistics army or auxiliaries, Gina and Marquis Patton are very familiar with each other, and generally knights will bring a few retinues to use as auxiliaries. However, the general entourage, it is very good to have a tattered weapon and simple piece of armor, and the storm army I saw just now is all wearing the same plate armor, and the storm castle is so rich that even the auxiliary soldiers can be equipped with plate armor?

"Viscount Duke, but I see that the equipment of the Storm Army seems to be very good, and do the auxiliaries also have standard equipment in Storm Castle?"

This sentence was asked by the Marquis de Barton, who was also very skeptical of this matter.