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This seemingly simple route of suppressing bandits made Jose feel a little moved, because he saw Gray's flaws in this route! The idea of this commander is very simple, to use this kind of bandit to train the combat effectiveness of recruits and cultivate his prestige in the army.

After all, generals like them who were born as professional soldiers knew that the first battle was extremely important for establishing prestige and authority in the new army, and the more battles the generals led the army to fight, the easier it was for the new army to form obedience to themselves and thus establish their prestige over the new army.

Of course, Gray naturally wouldn't tell Jose about these things, and he even pushed the arrangements for the supplies and food supplies needed for the army's travel to Joseph. Although José has allocated half a year's salary to the Northwest Army in one go, for Gray, as long as he doesn't let himself pay for things, he can naturally push it off.

As for the number of bandits on this march, Gray directly waved his pen, 6,500 people! These 6,000 people include 4,000 recruits, 2,000 Northwest Army, and 500 cavalry. This number was also determined by Gray after consideration, after all, the training troops could not always pour out of the nest, and the 4,000 Northwest Army and 6,000 recruits under his command were all brought together, and they had to be trained in batches. The ratio of new and veteran soldiers to two to one is also to ensure security and practical operability, after all, if the proportion of new recruits is too large, not only is it difficult to command, but also will reduce the combat effectiveness of the army.

Therefore, the two thousand Northwest Army are all elite soldiers selected by Gray, and they are mixed into the four thousand recruits, which will not reduce the combat effectiveness too much. At the same time, he accompanied all the battalion officers and officers above the rank in the army, and with the leadership of veterans, the new recruits would not be at a loss when they arrived on the battlefield.

But this incident gave Jose the hope that he would take power, maybe he could take advantage of this opportunity for Gray to go out to train and completely drive these nasty Northwest troops out of his Sadrand county!

The drill was scheduled for five days later, and Gray's report to Joseph demanding food was already on his desk. When Gould learned about this, he was naturally very dissatisfied, and the Northwest Army suppressed bandits and trained soldiers, but let Jose come forward to be the main culprit, and the account of the military expenses and salaries was calculated on Joseph's head, and the advantages and benefits were taken by him Gray alone.

In the face of Gould's indignation, Joseph only smiled, and immediately approved Gray's request, promising to provide the soldiers with food and supplies from the town of Saddland for their training. Then he said to Gould, "Remember what I told you to do in the town of Saddland?"

"My lord, what do you mean......" Gould was stunned for a moment, and then a little excitement appeared on his face.

"Gould, go and inform your old subordinates at once, this is an opportunity, and wait for my notice at any time. Hmph, even if they can't make the Northwest Army suffer a big loss this time, Lao Tzu will let them leave Lao Tzu's Sadland County Town!" Qiao Se said this, with a strange smile in his eyes.

As soon as the news of Jose's approval of the provision of military salaries and rations came out, Gray was also a little surprised, but since the county warden was willing to provide food, of course he would not refuse. So soon under Gray's mobilization, all the Northwest Army and the New Army were divided in batches, and six thousand infantry were mobilized. As for the five hundred cavalry, it was the most elite class of Gray's troops, and this time he deliberately brought this cavalry to ensure maximum safety.

However, the targets of this battle are only those ordinary horse thieves and robbers, and the most powerful group of horse thieves are only a few hundred people, so there is no need to worry about any security problems. The reason why Gray asked the new army to send troops was mainly to let these guys see blood, which is similar to José's thinking, soldiers are not trained, but fought!

Just as Gray was mobilizing his troops and preparing to send troops, Joseph secretly asked Gould to go to the Northwest Army to secretly explain the cavalry team. This cavalry, which had been Gould's subordinate for many years, naturally obeyed his words, and the old Gould army, which was not very convinced by this Gray commander, expressed their willingness to obey Gould's command at this moment, and they could refuse to go on the expedition.

Gould, however, did not intend to keep them in Sadland, but instructed them to follow Gray's mobilization and follow the infantry regiment, an order that made many of his old troops suspicious.

"Listen, Lao Tzu is now following the county guard Lord Jose, but now in the county town of Sadrand, Gray and the Northwest Army under him are too arrogant, and almost all the military and political power is in their hands. Therefore, Lord Joseph has long wanted to take back the military power, and this time it is a rare opportunity to send troops, you follow Gray out first, and when the time is right, Lao Tzu will naturally tell you what to do!"

When the old cavalry heard Gould say this, they all expressed their obedience, and Gould was a little more attentive, telling them not to be too quiet, and it was best to paralyze Gray's guy. After these things were done, Gould quickly returned to the county warden's mansion and reported his account to José. And here in José, he has also secretly contacted the security forces, and with the support of Yaroke, these soldiers naturally obey his orders.

When everything was ready, José sent a letter to Sistine that evening, telling him to keep a close eye on the movements of Roncodo and the main forces of the Northwest Army. Although he knew that Sistine might not agree with his move to seize power, as it might anger the Northwest Army, Joseph had no time to care about it now. Sooner or later, the problem of the Northwest Army needs to be solved, and since the empire is unwilling to do it, it is a big deal that he Jose will come by himself!

Jose also thought that if he seized power from Gray, the relationship between the Northwest Army and the empire would be rigid, but at least the Northwest was not willing to oppose it for the time being, so of course he had to take advantage of the Northwest Army's concerns as much as possible! In the future, even if the Northwest Army rebelled, at least Sadland was in his own hands, and the Northwest Army could have some scruples.

Five days later, under the command of Lord Gray, the commander of the county of Sadland, more than 6,000 soldiers marched westward under the slogan of summer drills and banditry. Jose sent several officers under Aloke's command, escorting dozens of truckloads of grain to accompany the army.

Gray was naturally very satisfied with Joseph's cooperative attitude, but the only thing that made him a little puzzled was that although these military rations were a lot, they were probably not enough to support more than 6,000 soldiers for a month's training.