488 Disposition of the Imperial Army
Looking at the two completely different legions in front of him, Duke first walked towards the Imperial Eleventh Legion, because their disposal was relatively simple.
This kind of simplicity is not to say slaughter, even if the slaughter of this world is not something that is angry and resentful, Duke will not do it, this is the bottom line given to him by modern social morality. What's more, the Imperial Eleventh Legion has not done anything heinous, and there are more than their vicious legions in these years.
Facing the scene of Duke walking step by step, the soldiers of the Eleventh Legion of the Empire in front of them were even more frightened, and the phalanx also subconsciously rioted, and it could be seen that their fear of Duke was deep in their hearts. And at this time, the Storm Army also pushed forward to suppress, ramming the Imperial soldiers who wanted to run with their shields.
Duke walked up to them and just watched the commotion in front of them quietly, and didn't say anything to stop it. After the Storm Army's bombardment, the group of Imperial soldiers in front of them finally quieted down, and they also understood that their current commotion was meaningless, and they could only wait for Duke's final decision.
"After two years, I've met most of you again, and I think you're quite familiar with me. ”
Duke said in a flat tone, and there was that kind of deterrence of shouting and killing, now that he had an absolute advantage in strength, there was no need to rely on emotional fluctuations to deter these imperial troops in front of him.
"It's just a pity that you were a group of defeated generals at the beginning, and after two years, you still haven't made any progress. I really can't see a little bit of military bravery and glory in you, if the Imperial Army is all in your posture, the French Empire will almost be finished. ”
In the face of Duke's accusation, no Imperial Army dared to answer, now the situation is stronger than people, who dares to be this bird? And Duke is also talking about some things, the group of people in their Imperial Eleventh Legion basically belong to that kind of stragglers.
At the beginning, it was directly defeated outside Andorra, and some of them were collected by Duke and left with Princess Guina, about 3,000 people. And the other half, that is, today's five thousand people, were absorbed by the Prince of Andorra to form the new Imperial Eleventh Legion, although they still use the name of the Imperial Eleventh Legion, but in fact they are no longer in the sequence of the Imperial Army, and the real Imperial Eleventh Legion has been taken away by Princess Jina, and the establishment and name are also over there.
So they are just a group of imperial troops with no identity, and even in the Andorran army, they are still unorganized. Although the Prince of Andorra is frantically expanding his power, he is still operating in the dark after all, and he does not have the courage to directly ask the Emperor Fran for quotas and establishments.
If it is to expand the army in secret, Emperor Henry VII of France can still turn a blind eye and pretend not to know, if he directly arrogantly asks Emperor Fran to compile, this is equivalent to slapping Henry VII in the face, if Henry VII does not choose to deal with this situation, he will not be able to do it as an emperor.
It is for this reason that the current Imperial Eleventh Legion is a shadow force, and it can only be used as a guard force in Alpine City if it is not valued on both sides. Naturally, they were willing to degenerate and completely abandon the appearance of no soldiers. In the face of Duke's words, there was basically no emotion of excitement and anger, as if Duke was not talking about them.
"Since you don't plan to be a soldier, then you can only play a role from somewhere else. All of you will be placed on the Storm Mine for two years of labor reform, if you perform well, you will get the civilian status of Storm Castle after two years, and if you perform well and have the will to fight, the Storm Army will also open the door for you, and you can even end the labor reform early, I have given you the opportunity, it depends on how you grasp it. ”
Duke finally said how he would deal with it, which he had already thought about. In fact, this kind of program of labor reform has not yet been widely implemented in this world, because other territories are not like Storm Fort, which requires a large amount of labor, and if you disperse, then the control over these prisoners of war will plummet, and it is impossible for every farm to have absolute force to take care of these prisoners of war.
And the common way to deal with prisoners of war in this world is ransom, as long as the other party pays money, then the prisoners of war can be sold for a good price. But now the question is, in the case of the Imperial Eleventh Legion, who will pay for them?
It was impossible for the French Empire to do so, and they did not recognize the existence of this Imperial Eleventh Legion at all, even if this one even accounted for the majority of the original number. Because once recognized, then the Eleventh Army is in the sequence of the Imperial Army, and needs to accept the movement and control of the Empire. And it is impossible for the Prince of Andorra to return the imperial army in his hands to the central control of the French Empire, so this is to put the contradiction on the surface.
At least until Henry VII did not have enough troops, he would not have foolishly attacked the Andorran pro-kingdom. How to say that they are also a family, even if there are internal strife in the case of external enemies, it is not fatal, and even if the French Empire is really destroyed, the army of the Prince of Andorra will send troops to the king.
So there is a tacit understanding between them, neither side will mention this matter, and the Prince of Andorra will not choose to invade other territories of the empire before he has absolute strength, which is the situation that Henry VII has no way out.
As for the Prince of Andorra, it is all the more unlikely that he will pay for the redemption of this imperial army, because if he does, it will be a confession, and it will be devastating for the current financial pressure on Andorra. You must know that Duke has raised nearly 30,000 troops, and without any cavalry, he has been living a tight life for all kinds of days, and even almost collapsed the finances of Storm Castle many times.
Duke is a "business wizard" who has developed the Storm Merchant House and all kinds of hot-selling commodities with the help of the economy of almost half of the French Empire. Even if Andorra's foundation is much stronger than that of Storm Castle, but you must understand that most of the 50,000 troops have developed in the last year or two, and the Prince of Andorra's finances must be even more difficult than the current Storm Castle, otherwise he would not have directly left such an Imperial Eleventh Army in Alpine City, which is basically equivalent to giving up.
Would the Prince of Andorra be willing to spend money to redeem such an Imperial Eleventh Legion, which he would not be able to afford in his own eyes? Duke had never had such an idea. <