The fat man stood on a mound beside the road, looking at the North Star at the top of the northern sky, the faint brilliance seemed a little blurry in the already half-bright sky, at this time on the eastern horizon, he could see the red light of the sun about to rise, the white morning mist and water vapor flowed on the earth like a white sand belt, countless lakes flashed like pearls under the morning light, and the white water birds fluttered and took off on the water, and the quiet and beautiful made people tremble! "Your Majesty, the garrison of Morhausk has arrived!" "How long has it been since the fire was lit?" The fat man reluctantly retracted his gaze and straightened his collar stained with morning fog, "3 hours!" The other party is a local army ......" The captain of the guards squadron replied with a strange look and bowed his head

"Three hours! Even the speed at which the turtle crawls will not be delayed for more than an hour! The local army can't be so outrageous" The fat man's face was a little gloomy and he snorted heavily, turned around and walked to the camp temporarily arranged next to the outpost, and said as he walked: "According to the imperial military regulations, seeing the letter fire is the issuance of the battle order, under normal circumstances, the troops within 50 miles must move closer to the signal point, and the troops within 10 miles must arrive within 1 hour! And the distance from Morhaus to here is only 8 miles!" Even if it is a local army that is negligent in training, it will take 2 hours to arrive from the time it is assembled!"

"Check it out for me, the head of the Murhausk garrison, which regiment is the idiot who went out! It's really embarrassing to get home" After a while, the fat man stopped, suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "3 hours, if it was a real war, the steppe cavalry from the north would have climbed the walls of Murhausk a long time ago!"

The Guards Squadron Leader glanced at the fat man in anger, and cautiously reported, "Your Majesty, my subordinates have already asked the officer." The head of the local garrison in Murhausk is called Hunting, who was the deputy commander of the Fifth Banner Regiment of the Western Army, and was transferred here three years ago after being transferred from the Western Army because he was injured in the Battle of the Prairie Promenade!"

"Western Army!"

The corner of the fat man's mouth sneered, what he should have thought of, the Murhausk region was defeated by the Western Army, and the Western Army was also stationed here for more than half a year, and it was really a lazy guy with the main general's temperament, and he let people light the fire, just to see the reaction ability of the garrison in the inland area. The result was really disappointing, "Your Majesty, what should that Heng Ting Banner Leader do." The other party will be there soon......" The captain of the guards squadron hesitated and asked, more than an hour late, it is enough to decide the life and death of tens of thousands of people on the real battlefield, and it is enough to be beheaded according to military regulations! But after all, the other party is a local army, and it is still in an area where war will not break out, so such a request is also a bit too harsh!" Just let him kneel! To be a lackey for others is to have the consciousness of being beaten!" The fat man frowned slightly, waved his hand, and walked into a makeshift military tent. The fat man lay down with his clothes together, and the exhausted decided to sleep first.

But he couldn't sleep, and his mind swirled around the guard's report on the officer's interrogation. This incident was really deliberately arranged, but to the surprise of the fat man, it turned out to be the local caravan that he met by the lake halfway.

According to the officer, it was his own horse team that broke into the other party's private lake, which strengthened his determination to reduce the local garrison, which was too involved with the local area, and even entangled with local forces in some areas.

This is the last thing I want to see, and it is imperative to reduce the number of local garrisons. And the Reich military spends also decided to do the same,

With the rapid expansion in Obaro in recent years, and the simultaneous war against the two empires of Gaul and Congo, it has swelled to a staggering figure, and the expenditure of 11.4 million gold coins per quarter is also a heavy respite burden for the deep-pocketed imperial finances.

Therefore, even if the empire is in the open and large trade area of Obarro, the fat man is still troubled by the heavy military expenditure report, and the empire is about to enter the more important inland sea area and Gallic Kyoto, which are the strategic goals that determine the empire's national fortunes in the past century.

In the latest annual report submitted by the Ministry of Military Affairs, the number of troops stationed in the localities reached an objective 600,000 last winter, and the military expenditure accounted for one-half of the total military expenditure, which was almost in balance with the main force of the operation.

According to the reform of the local army specially proposed by the imperial adjutant Prais, who was familiar with military affairs, when he was in Salander, he believed that the current number of local armies in the empire was too large compared to the imperial army with a total strength of less than one million.

"Such a huge military force, if it is only placed on the empire itself, it is really a serious waste of resources, especially after the implementation of the mayor system in the empire, in the future, around the city, there will be a city garrison that relies on the city's funds to operate independently."

In presenting his report, Prais said that "these garrisons were recruited by the city itself, and were divided into three ranks, according to the size of the city, five hundred, one thousand, and one thousand fifteen hundred."

The regional garrison belonged to the city, and the city itself also paid for it, which could greatly reduce the financial expenditure of the empire, and the role and responsibility of the garrison was mainly to maintain the security of the city and the safety of the caravans.

Under such conditions, the existence of a large number of local troops without any combat mission is not only an overlapping waste of resources, but also a contradiction in the management of the region and the army!

"Sure enough, it's an adjutant general who is dedicated to the public, do you know how many generals in the empire will hold a grudge against you because of this? You're not afraid of falling flower pots from the sky when you go out? The carriage was unwheeled?" The fat man flipped through the report in his hand, and looked at himself with a complicated look at the adjutant of the empire, who seemed to be upright, but in fact had always been very black-bellied, with a playful sneer on the corner of his mouth

Prais looked calm, as if he was telling a story that had nothing to do with him, and he was very wise to express his position

"This is just a collection of jokes that my subordinates heard, and I thought it was very interesting, so I specially copied it for His Majesty!"

"Joke, such a thick joke, you really care, my adjutant, can you tell me how many pages there are?" the fat man picked up the thick report angrily and amusedly. He slapped the adjutant below on the table, "32 pages in total! I have to thank His Majesty for the materials called paper, I don't feel tired at all when I write, and my subordinates are excited for a while, and I write it unconsciously!" replied Prais very seriously

"To be able to make His Majesty laugh is also the duty of his subordinates, and His Majesty can scold me and throw me out after laughing, these ridiculous things will only be implemented after His Majesty personally signs them, anyway, I will never admit that there is such a ridiculous building yì save zài!" "What kind of people are these!"

The fat man touched his nose a little angrily, and stared angrily at the guy who dragged himself out of the warm fragrant soft quilt where the beauties were lying. It seemed to see a black tail wagging behind this guy, and sighed secretly

"You're also the adjutant general of the empire! Can't you make this opinion during your upright working hours? Do you really think it's appropriate to be sneaky like this? And you think it's a very pleasant thing to disturb the emperor's sleep in the middle of the night?"

"Your Majesty has to take care of your body! State affairs are getting heavier, and you need to take care of your body," Prais lowered his head and said very seriously, "If it is proposed during the daytime work, although his subordinates are the adjutant generals of the empire, he is also afraid that when he goes out, he will be overturned with flower pots on his head, and the carriage will be unloaded for some reason!" Prais blinked. The voice stopped, and then he said, "And the subordinates have always thought that responsibility is such a thing, and it still needs to be safer for a big person like Your Majesty!"

"Shameless!"

The fat man scolded indignantly. I really can't wait to throw the report in my hand on the face of the adjutant general, the person who even instigated the royal family to sell the royal treasures in private is really a freak who can't be judged by common sense!

After all, the fat man couldn't help but continue to flip through the report. Soon there was a hint of appreciation on his face, and it seemed that he was really very excited about Prais's Jianyì. I moved my butt, and I just scratched the itch!

The report of more than 30 pages submitted by Prais made him dazzled and had a headache, whether this guy was deliberately selling his excellent grammar vocabulary and condensing what was originally a simple thing into one sentence, "Preserve the establishment of elite troops, attribute the administrative power of the local government to the localities, reduce the bloated army, and form a professional imperial army with a real goal of combat, this is what it means!"

"It can be said that Prais nodded helplessly, and said, "The biggest advantage of this implementation is, of course, to cooperate with the city mayor system that will be promulgated later, and to weaken the influence of the legion system in the region in the early stage of the empire to the greatest extent" "En?" The fat man's face was stunned for a moment, and he began to scold his face, and said slowly in a cold tone, "Is this the essence of your local army reform?" "Yes!" Beads of sweat broke out on Prais's forehead and he said. At the beginning, in order to encourage the legions to fight bravely, His Majesty divided many areas of the occupied area into the area under the jurisdiction of the legions, in exchange for the loyalty and excellent combat effectiveness of the legions, but at the same time left a lot of hidden dangers.

"Although after the pacification of the mainland, His Majesty adjusted and limited the power of the previous legion, but in the jurisdiction of the legion, many local army officers are still officers who have retired from the major legions, and the invisible influence of these local officer groups is very interfering in the region, and the jurisdiction of the legion is a powerful obstacle to the concentration of power in the empire, and the empire wants to concentrate all its strength, and this obstacle must be eliminated!"

Prais's voice stopped, his eyes cautiously glanced at the fat man in thought, took a deep breath and said, "In fact, after peace was achieved in the interior of the empire, His Majesty was bent on opening up the battlefield of Obarro, and he also had the idea of transferring the power of the empire to Obarro.

Outside the empire itself, a regiment-based combat group can be formed, which is a very clever means for the transfer of hidden dangers in the country.

But to say a disrespectful word, these proud soldiers of the empire, one day after His Majesty's existence, may still be loyal to His Majesty, but if His Majesty has an accident, who dares to guarantee that there will not be one or two ambitious people who peep into the power of the empire!"

"He is a battle-hardened general, a heavy army with a strong army, and solid regional support," Prais's face became more and more excited. Said categorically, "The jurisdiction of each legion is a bomb buried in the empire, and the local army reform system proposed by the subordinates is the same as the original intention of His Majesty to launch the O'Barro War, which is to divert the contradictions and hidden dangers of the empire, outside the empire itself, there is a more vast Obaro continent, and the soldiers and careerists of the empire can make a difference on that continent!" After reunification, the bloated military structures developed for the previous wars were cut back and elite heavy troop clusters were transferred to the border. The influence of the internal weakened army factions, this is the policy that any country will adopt as soon as it achieves peace, although it is cruel, it is a guarantee of the stability of the country" "Okay, let's put the report here first!"

The fat man could no longer remain calm, and he looked at Prais as if he were looking at a monster, in an era when it was common to employ large numbers of peasants to expand the army, and to be able to foresee such a highly targeted strategy, and that his lieutenant was far-sighted in military and political affairs. Or it is far above himself as a traverser, if it were not for his own birth, and at the same time have a group of excellent military men like Marshal Berlant and Amisia, and the civil group of William Dale and Prais, it is very likely that the entire continent will be unified.

July skies. The scorching sun hung high in the middle. There is nothing cloudless but a piece of turquoise,

Hunting, the head of the Murhausk local flag, knelt on his knees at the front of the camp, sweat rolling down his cheeks, and his whole face was the color of pig's liver in the sun. Three hours of exposure to the sun is enough to cause an adult to suffer from heat stroke and dehydration, and if not every half hour, a guard will send him a bowl of water. He would have fallen long ago

Feeling the numbness and swelling, the unbearable feeling of pain came from the part of his feet, and his eyes were bloodshot staring at the ground under his knees, the heart of this wolf-looking Lord Hengting had already greeted all the eighteen generations of women in Bourbonrad, "The Bastard Bourbon family, what won't involve the big guys, damn, this is the Imperial Guard!"

He gritted his teeth and scolded angrily in his heart, from the moment he saw the chest of the black-armored cavalry waiting on the opposite side, the eye-catching legion coat of arms was a white thorn flower, he knew that he had hit the iron plate this time, the white thorn flower is the symbol of the emperor's guards, the identity of each guard is comparable to a squadron leader, it is possible to appear alone, but as in front of him, hundreds of noble guards cavalry, just like this, appeared here in a whole column, which is enough to show who arrogantly smashed the outpost, and dared to camp here and wait for him！

Heng Ting was almost scared to death on the spot, and hurriedly wanted to order to bring his subordinates back, "Lord Hengting, if I were you, I would never turn around and go back!

I saw a black-armored guard squadron leader in front of the queue, taking off the helmet on his head, revealing the face of a dignified middle-aged man, this middle-aged man slowly rode over with his helmet between his arms, and the red cloak behind him shook as he moved, "Abiso, you are Abiso of the Six Banners Regiment!"

Hengting looked at the Guards Squadron Leader who came slowly with wide eyes excitedly, this is a colleague in the Western Legion, both of them are the deputy commanders of the Flag Regiment, both are hunters from the south of Vekia, and the relationship between the two is not bad.

In the battle of the steppe corridor, Hengting and Abiso were jointly responsible for a section of the western front, and at the same time received an order to rush to help, but the troops led by Hengting encountered a fierce counterattack from the elite of the royal court on the way, and the king of the steppe khan opened a gap from there to escape from the encirclement.

Hunting fought to the death, was hit by six arrows, and most of his subordinates suffered casualties, and it was Abiso who came to reinforce him who carried him out of the pile of dead men, and he recuperated in the rear for more than half a year before he came back to life from the hands of death, and then because of the unfavorable battle, he was transferred from the Western Army and transferred to the local army of Morhausk, "It took you three hours in just eight miles"

Abiso looked at him with regret and said, "If it's a real war, when you get here, there will only be the crushed corpses of the soldiers! Are you still the same Hunting who desperately had to get to the battle site on time?" "Something happened!"

Hengting's face was slightly red, and he lowered his head and explained, "Last night happened to be the Shuanglan Festival in Moorhaus, most of the soldiers went out, and it only took half an hour to assemble, but it was delayed until the end of the Shuanglan Festival more than an hour later, and the soldiers only returned in twos and threes, and it turned out to be late!" "I hope what you said is true, otherwise it will be very troublesome!"

Abiso's face looked a little better, and he whispered, "Your Majesty is very angry, because when you passed by the outpost, you were actually stopped by your subordinates, and after investigation, this was a special operation against Your Majesty! You should know what this means...... "What! This ...... How is this possible!" Hunting was dumbfounded, and then thought of Bourbonrad's words before he came, and immediately gritted his teeth and said, "I know what's going on, it's Bourbonrad, it must be that bastard!" "What the hell is going on? Tell me clearly, otherwise, I don't know if I can save you!" Abiso's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, Hunting hurriedly told him about the previous scene, Abiso listened very carefully, and was basically sure that the person who notified the outpost was a member of the Bourbon family!

Taking a deep breath, he said to Hengting, "I was used as a gunman by a local merchant, I really don't know how to say hello, it seems that Your Majesty guessed correctly, you really have a problem!"

"Kneel at the gate of the camp, if you still want to get your Majesty's forgiveness!" Abiso turned his back and said coldly, "Your legs may be broken like this, at least for a while, anyway, it is much better than being beheaded directly......!