In the barracks outside Susar, a large number of merchants, hawkers, and prostitutes gathered in the barracks, and the shouts of the hawkers, the clamor of the soldiers gambling, and the cries of live chickens and ducks constantly echoed in the wide barracks.

The Count of Manon walked carefully on the mud after the rain, occasionally avoiding the excrement of the soldiers, and while complaining about the poor hygiene of the soldiers and the poor restraint of the officers, the Count could only stand on tiptoe to prevent the dirt on the ground from staining his calfskin boots.

Listening to the noise in the barracks, smelling the stench of the barracks, Count Manon felt a splitting headache, but he still dutifully patrolled his troops, restraining his men.

The scale of this military camp is very huge, with barracks made of wood, renovated and leveled school grounds, and now there are tens of thousands of soldiers stationed and thousands of non-combatants are not crowded, it turns out that this is the camp of the Purple Dragon Legion, many soldiers and officers went north to fight against the orcs and magic dragons, but they did not come back alive, and now there are 12,000 noble coalition troops and 3,000 Purple Dragon Legion soldiers stationed here.

The aristocratic alliance has a complex source, including powerful and well-equipped lords' private soldiers, as well as brave and ruthless mercenary brigades, and more armed peasants who have undergone simple training and supplemented with certain veterans, powerful noble knights, rebellious veterans of the Purple Dragon Legion, town guards who have been transferred, and border guards who have left their posts without permission.

Among the aristocratic coalition, there were 8,000 people from the north, commanded by the Duke of Katyn, 2,000 people from the south of Cormier, who had rebelled many times and were repeatedly suppressed by the steel regent, and the strength was quite weak, and 2,000 people were the private soldiers of the Duke of Nadal, and the three parties gathered a huge force of 12,000 people.

The only areas directly controlled by the steel regent are the royal capital Susar, the trading city of Masenbo, and the villages and towns in between, even in the southern region, which is now quite obedient to the steel regent, the nobles and town governors are not completely obedient to the steel regent, and the garrisons and town guards in various places are almost impossible to draw, and the only people who can be used in the field by the steel regent are the 3,000 veterans of the Purple Dragon Legion in the barracks, if you ignore the possible riots in the south, you can also transfer the garrisons and town guards from all over the country, and coerce some noble private soldiers, probably can piece together an army of 8,000 people。

Count Manon inspected the camp on the side, the originally neat barracks had been messed up by this group of guys, the barracks of the Purple Dragon Legion originally had a strict area division, with special dry toilets, fireproof water tanks around the wooden barracks, and garbage was also buried in designated places, usually in the barracks there was no noise of soldiers at all, even walking in the barracks, the veterans would consciously line up in a queue, and it was impossible to hold prostitutes in the barracks like these guys to drink.

Now the veterans of the Purple Dragon Legion silently occupy the northwest corner of the barracks, silently watching the clumsy performance of the aristocratic coalition, watching them laugh at prostitutes in the barracks, drink wantonly, defecate at will, and bring hawkers and merchants into the barracks, some mercenaries even dare to provoke the veterans of the Purple Dragon Legion, but these mercenaries looked at the cold eyes of the veterans and the palms of the clenched swords, and they were all frightened, and they couldn't help but go away.

The Iron Regent may not be good at handling government affairs, but the army she has maintained at the expense of the people has maintained sufficient supplies and good treatment, the soldiers and officers are veterans of many wars, and there are many knights who abide by their oaths, carry weapons and armor, and ride war horses, and come here to serve the lord, this army is loyal to the Steel Regent like the War Mage, and is her strongest backing and support.

After the Iron Regency's defeat of Tifanton City, the ambitious northern nobles expelled the officials sent by the Steel Regency, and united with some local governors and garrisons, except for the border passes such as Fort Dangerous Rock and Fort High Horn, which were almost completely out of control, and the nobles hired a lot of foreign mercenary mages, elven archers, ranger skirmishers, wanderer scouts, and even a lot of priest squads, but in the face of the Purple Dragon Legion and War Mages under the command of the Steel Regent, they were still a little powerless, and the two sides kept confronting each other.

The Gauntlet let the two sides unite on the brink of civil war, and the war mages under the command of the Steel Regent obtained the information that the Gauntle People were about to expand the scale of the war and invade on a large scale, and the Steel Regent convened a meeting of nobles in the name of the young king, and asked the northern nobles to select elite soldiers to go south and integrate with the Purple Dragon Legion to prepare for the invasion of the Gauntlets, and the Steel Regent was even willing to give up the command of the Purple Dragon Legion and make the opposition aristocratic leader Duke Katyn the prime minister of the kingdom.

The suspicious coalition forces went south, and then they got the news that the Rock Orcs, the Sambian "Red Regiment", and the Nethers led by the Nethers Prince Revaran appeared near the site of Tivanton City, and the Iron Regent's intelligence pointed out that the Nethers would transport more troops to Cormier through the portal, and then converge south.

The nobles took the army and successfully stationed in the barracks of the Purple Dragon Legion, without being attacked, and even ate the bread and salty salt sent by the steel regent in the barracks, in the Faren Continent, as long as the guests ate the food provided by the host, it means that they were protected by the host, even if there is a blood feud between the two sides, as long as the guests do not leave the host's house, the host cannot harm the guests, and even have to protect the guests desperately.

The relieved nobles were very moved by the feelings of the steel regent for the country, but the Duke of Katyn still made a plan to integrate the troops, all the senior legions of the Purple Dragon Legion were retired, the middle-level officers were either marginalized or sent to the death squad, and the low-level officers and soldiers were all scattered and resettled, improving the overall combat effectiveness of the troops, and the placement of battle mages was roughly the same.

As the confidant of the Duke of Katyn, everyone understands that the rather young Earl Manon is about to soar, during this time, in addition to dealing with the general affairs in the army, the Count of Manon has to deal with the nobles who come to climb the relationship, the flattering smiling faces of the nobles, and the charming face of their daughter, so that the young and ambitious Earl feels a little fluttery, and the Earl can't help but be more grateful for the appreciation of the Duke of Katyn, and inspect the barracks more diligently.

The Duke of Katyn put the Count of Manon in charge of the military discipline of the barracks, and privately stated that after the integration of the troops, the count would be given a more important position, and the integrated army would be 15,000 men, and would go north to join the 2,000 garrison of the city of Arabe, and then gather some noble private soldiers, abandon some towns, and finally join an army of 20,000 men to face the Ghost Man.

While the Earl Manon was making his rounds, he thought flutteringly, and the earl's attendant came over at this time: "My lord, your dress is ready, I have asked the best tailor in the royal capital to help you repair it, and you can rest assured that you will attend tonight's banquet." ”

The Earl nodded with satisfaction, thinking of the palace banquet held by the Steel Regent tonight, and thinking of those southern aristocratic beauties at the banquet, he couldn't help but feel hot in his heart.