Duke did hesitate just now, but what he hesitated was not whether to help or not, but to help.

Although Duke admits that he is not a gentleman and has nothing to do with chivalry, he thinks that he is not bad at one point, and that is to repay his kindness.

No matter how she got along with Princess Jina at the beginning, but in this case, Princess Jina still wants to plan for her connections and future development, which is a friendship. Maybe Storm Castle is really difficult now, but Storm Castle has many difficult times, if you are self-interested and tolerant everywhere, you will not have the blood and courage to challenge the Holy See before, and this is not the storm spirit that Duke wants!

"Adams, don't worry, the Storm Army will be Princess Jena's backing, you go back first, and I'll take care of the rest. ”

This sentence made Adams very unhappy to hear, because the royal knight was supposed to be the strongest backing for Princess Gina. It's just that the original encounter in Andorra City caused heavy casualties among the royal knights, and there were only fifty royal knights, and there were only about twenty people left, and these people had to protect Her Royal Highness the princess in batches, and they didn't have the ability to suppress the legion at all.

Now that the situation is stronger than people, and he needs Duke's help, Adams has to endure the unhappiness in his heart, thank Duke, and then leave the castle quickly.

Seeing Adams deflated, Duke's heart was full of darkness. After all, Adams used to be a dick in front of him, plus his identity, temperament, strength, and even appearance were stronger than himself, and now that Feng Shui finally took turns, Duke had a vulgar pleasure of revenge.

However, when Adams left, Duke also felt a little embarrassed in his heart, it seems that everyone has different identities and statuses, but they have their own difficulties. Although Ji Na is a princess, she has just graduated from the martial arts academy and has not cultivated her own power, and now she can't even suppress the troops, and she has to look at her face in Marseille City, so she really has to bow her head under the eaves.

In fact, in addition to helping Princess Jena, Duke had another thought in his heart just now, that is, this expedition could cooperate with his Storm Castle business development actions.

From the moment Duke transformed the carriage, he never thought of just making a one-shot deal, but planned to establish his own storm trading house and establish his own business empire. In this way, not only the current carriage transportation, but also after the sea transportation in the future, there will be enough shops and markets to be able to handle the goods produced by Stormfort.

If you want to establish a large trading house, then a stable supply of goods and business routes, reliable business reputation and channels, these things are essential. And if you want to reduce trouble and let the other party do business honestly, then you must also show your strength and force backing.

Escorting caravans with the Storm Army, hand-picking the shops in the Upper Cities, and opening the market with high-quality goods can all be done under the pretext of supporting Princess Kina, as well as intimidating unscrupulous lords such as Takayama Castle.

When he sold his own porcelain, he was slaughtered by Otto in Alpine City, and Duke still remembers it vividly. The next time someone wants to do this kind of thing, after seeing the strength of the Storm Army, it is estimated that they will have to think about whether the Storm Army's knife is not sharp enough, or is it their own starting to float?

After determining the direction of the plan, Duke shouted to the door: "Guards, call the second regiment commanders, Fedor and Cassel." ”

Under the current circumstances, Storm Fort wants to send out an expedition, the first regiment of the storm army will definitely not be able to move, even if the first regiment of 1,500 people is injured and returns a lot, it is still only eight or nine hundred people, and it is estimated that the total number of wounded people who will recover and return to the team will be about 1,000 in the end, because once the world is injured, the mortality rate is too high. The Storm Troopers weren't much better, and it would be nice to have three hundred out of four hundred.

Therefore, these two units need to be recuperated and replenished, and they are not very suitable for long-distance expeditions. In addition to these two troops, the only force left in Stormcastle is the Dwarven Legion.

In this battle of Storm Fort, 1,000 dwarven heavy infantry were not dispatched, and there were no casualties. The dwarven war sheep cavalry suffered 100 casualties, and the wounded could still have 450 after returning to the team, but the iron hammer recruited troops from the dwarves and replenished them quickly, and still maintained a full force of 500 people.

However, the blood-forming ability of the dwarven legion is very limited, and this kind of small casualty can be quickly replenished, once there are major casualties, the entire Storm Castle dwarven legion may have to be canceled, because they have a total of about 5,000 people, excluding women and children, and all the soldiers can only arm 2,000 soldiers.

Although this time it is impossible to send troops to be the military backing of Princess Jina, it is basically impossible to have any large-scale battles, but in the interior of the French Empire deep in Marseille City, it is also very troublesome for a dwarven army to appear, so Duke does not plan to let the dwarven army dispatch, and the main force will be the second regiment of the storm army.

Not long after the order was delivered, Fedor and Cassel appeared in the castle conference room, and when they saw the two of them coming, Duke told them all about the difficulties that Adams had just described, and explained his disposition.

"This time the combat mission should not be very difficult, and it is even very likely that there will be no battle scenes. Therefore, Cassel, you prepare fifty cavalry, which can be used as sentry horses and heralds, and Fei Duo, your second regiment of the Storm Army will send a thousand soldiers to fight with me. ”

"Yes, my lord!"

Fei Duo agreed without the slightest hesitation, and even had an irrepressible excitement on his face. Because the Second Regiment of the Storm Army is a new unit, Duke has always been worried about their combat effectiveness, basically all combat missions are not related to the Second Regiment, and they usually have almost nothing to do except stay in Storm Fort training.

For a long time, the 2nd Regiment of the Storm Army, including the commander of the regiment, was extremely eager to fight, because only by fighting could they prove that they were also strong warriors, not cheerleaders standing behind their brother troops.

Now that he has finally waited for an opportunity to prove himself, how could Fei Duo not be excited?

Compared with Fei Duo's excitement, Cassel obviously said with a hesitant look on his face: "Lord Lord, although this operation is not very dangerous in theory, but the second regiment of the Storm Army does not have any combat experience, and the number of veterans is also small, only with a thousand people and fifty storm cavalry, is it a little less in number?"

"And we have conflicts with Count Fili of Alpine City, the Prince and Bishop of Andorra, and even your second brother Tok, and we are not sure whether they will make a surprise attack. I think it's better to bring the first regiment and the storm troopers with you, and the second regiment has a fortress to defend the city, so it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

After Cassel's words, Fei Duo, who was still excited just now, turned his face very ugly, because this was undoubtedly a contempt and question of his ability and the combat effectiveness of the second regiment!