When Joseph said this, with a somewhat strange look in his eyes, he immediately snorted: "But fortunately, we not only won a big victory, but even weakened the strength of the Northwest Army, so the situation has changed a little." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At least now that Moxi Pass is no longer the only one in his Northwest Army, I, the Viscount of Sadland, have become very important, and the reason is very simple. ”

"Because we have the county town of Sadland, and there are more than 20,000 new troops, as well as tens of thousands of prisoners of the Northwest Army......" Sophia couldn't help but ponder for a moment, and then said with a smile: "If I were His Majesty the Emperor, I would definitely not remain indifferent, you have 20,000 to 30,000 new troops outside the pass, plus more than 10,000 Northwest Army Sistine, you can also piece together a total of 40,000 or 50,000 troops, which is almost equal to the strength of the Northwest Army!"

"Not only that, Moxiguan is now in the hands of the Empire, and the Sistine soldiers can set out to attack the Northwest Army at any time, while Long Keduo is facing a two-sided attack from the same number of troops, which is a big problem.

So I estimate that as long as Ronkedo is not an idiot, he will definitely try to stabilize the situation first, and he will never dare to make any big moves in a short time, which is also what I want to see, at least let the entire Sadland, the entire Moxi army see, his Northwest Army wants to provoke our Sadland County, and he must weigh himself first......"

Jose's prediction was not wrong, and before his battle report could reach the imperial capital, the Sistine was already a little ready to move. This cunning marquis has been closely following the movements of the Northwest Army, and even has some intention of sitting back and watching the success or failure. Now that he has received the news of the defeat of the Northwest Army, he naturally will not let go of this good opportunity to demonstrate, he did not even wait for the military report to report to the emperor, he couldn't wait to move westward and join forces with Jose to destroy the Northwest Army.

Of course, almost on the day he got the news, he immediately sent someone to send a commendation order to Joseph, and even praised Joseph's military exploits without hesitation, almost putting down his body to attract Joseph to send troops. However, Jose had just finished a fight, and his heart was no better than this meritorious guy, he just sent the envoy away with a smile, and then there was only one attitude: Lord Sistine is right, but now I don't have the order of His Majesty the Emperor, and I don't dare to rush out the army!

Such hypocritical diplomatic rhetoric made Sistine very dissatisfied: What do you mean that you didn't get an order from His Majesty the Emperor, and you got His Majesty's order when you were fighting with the Northwest Army? Obviously, it was Joseph, a cunning fellow, who didn't want to send troops, so he deliberately sent Lao Tzu like this!

Although he knew that the Sistine was likely to be dissatisfied, Chaseer still adhered to the principle of not rushing to send troops, and the most important thing he did after the war was to settle those Northwest Army prisoners. According to his usual practice, it was natural to first gather all the captured generals in the Northwest Army, and then investigate their details and attitudes. Those who were willing to surrender sincerely and follow Jose were reinstated and continued to lead the troops, while those who were loyal to the Northwest Army were cleared, which was a major change of blood for these Northwest Army.

Of course, even if it was these, it was impossible for Joseph to be naïve enough to fully trust these Northwest Army. And he didn't expect to be able to eat these Northwest Army in a short time, and the 4,000 Northwest Army that had been captured before could only be barely mixed into the new army of Sadland. But with more than 10,000 people captured this time, Joseph didn't have the heart to use their brains.

On the one hand, because the number of prisoners was too large to digest in a short period of time, there were now more than 20,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry in the Sadran army, which together was less than twice that of the Northwest Army. Moreover, these troops were also stationed in Sadran and Boulder Town, respectively, and their forces were relatively scattered. If the more than 10,000 captives were mixed into the army according to Joseph's previous methods, the number of the Northwest Army would obviously be more than that of the new army of Sadland, and such an army would obviously have many hidden dangers.

At least until he was completely sure of commanding these armies, Joseph was still wary of these captured Northwest Army. Otherwise, he only cared about the collection of the captive army, and in the end it created a situation where the main body was weak and the guest was strong, which may also be a big trouble. Therefore, one of the principles that Joseph has always adhered to is that there are not many soldiers, but the fine, and even if an army with a disorganized military spirit is large in number and the quality of the army is high, it will be prone to problems.

On the other hand, it is entirely political. Jose is now just a small Sadland county guard, and it stands to reason that more than 20,000 troops are already a serious overcrowd. According to Jose's official position, a county garrison chief, but slightly higher than the rank of the commander, can lead tens of thousands of troops is already the limit, not to mention the current infantry alone more than 20,000 troops.

To be more serious, José's actions can be held accountable and imprisoned in terms of imperial law. But after all, the northwest is different from other places, and now the northwest may break out again at any time, and Jose is guarding the border with a county, and the entire border is controlled by the Northwest Army, and the empire may not be able to manage it even if it wants to. Sistine was still nominally the governor of Moxi, and he had less than 20,000 soldiers under his command, let alone the number of troops to verify.

But even so, Joseph was well aware of the Emperor's character, although he did not now ask for the guilt of his own army. That's because he was testing Jose, testing whether he had the ability to resist the Northwest Army, and he finally pulled up an imperial army (even if it was nominal), no matter how stupid the emperor was, he wouldn't care about these details at this time, someone could balance the Northwest Army for the empire, which was naturally what His Majesty the Emperor was willing to see.

But 20,000 men is probably the bottom line of Mondevideo IV, and the Sistine often sends people to Sadrand these days. Although it was nominally to inspect the military situation, Joseph knew that the empire probably didn't trust him much, and the Sistine even mentioned some vague meanings in his letters, intentionally or unintentionally, which were obviously all beaten-on by His Majesty the emperor of the empire.

Therefore, if the more than 10,000 captured Northwest Army are swallowed by himself without a sound again, I am afraid that Montevideo IV will doubt himself, and this kind of troublesome thing will not be done by Joseph. Of course, Jose didn't completely want to give up these Northwest Army, after all, such elite troops are rare, and it would be a waste to let them go. Therefore, in the military report to Sistine, he only captured 5,000 Northwest Army, which can be regarded as another stealthy profit.

In this way, it can be regarded as an explanation to Sistine and Montevia IV, and at the same time leave a way back for Joseph, which can be regarded as the best of both worlds.