Although the fellows could not help but be a little contemptuous when they saw that Sophia was just a little girl, the officers showed a certain respect for the young staff lady under Jose's orders. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And it didn't take long for the young officers to discover that the young staff lady was extremely knowledgeable. She was extremely familiar with the history of the Bright Empire and other empires, and she also casually counted a lot of war history stories on the mainland of Ceylon, which made these young officers who were originally a little unconvinced very addicted, and soon admired this staff lady.

José not only pays attention to the teaching of theoretical knowledge, but also has a special love for practical training. After all, in his opinion, no matter how good the theory is, it is secondary, and only after it has really been on the battlefield will this young new army understand what a real war is. But now that you can't find a combat target, you can't take your troops to fight the Northwest Army, right?

Therefore, Joseph quickly came up with a new trick: while teaching these officers military theories, he actively engaged in some actual combat exercises in the barracks, such as using a sand table to simulate the terrain and war, and the two sides tested strategies and tactics in batches. Or pull up a few battalions and regiments, and conduct some actual combat exercises outside the city of Sadland, of course, the victorious side will be rewarded with a certain amount, which also arouses the interest of many officers.

In this way, Jose spent half a month in the new army of Sadland, during which time he did two very important things. The first was to place the generals of the Northwest Army, mainly Gray and a cadre of officers under him. Jose didn't have much thought about what to do with them, so he naturally thought of Sophia's staff. After thinking about it for a while, Sophia gave him a suggestion: put these guys back, put them back in the city of Modo, and give them to Ronkdor.

After all, the Northwest Army did not want to rebel, but Jose himself knew that his actions could easily anger the Northwest Army. Although the two sides were in the tentative stage, Joseph directly collected several thousand Northwest Army in Sadland, which was undoubtedly a naked slap in the face of the Northwest Army. But Jose had no choice, because if he didn't expel the Northwest Army, he would never be able to really control the military and political power of the county in Sadrand.

Maybe I can't see the danger of this matter now, but once a war with the Northwest Army starts in the future, then I will be in an extremely dangerous position. The military and political affairs of the county town of Sadland are in Gray's hands, and if he cooperates with the Northwest Army, he may become the first victim of the civil strife in the Northwest. Perhaps he managed to drive out Gray and his army, although Roncodo would be dissatisfied, but he could reluctantly accept it, but the Northwest Army showed an extremely tough attitude towards Jose's private embezzlement of thousands of Northwest Army.

The day after Gray and his subordinates arrived in Modo City, Ronktor sent a messenger from the fast horse to reply. José was originally in the barracks to observe the drill of recruits, but Sophia immediately sent someone to report that there was an envoy from the Northwest Army, and José returned to the county guard mansion with some surprise.

As soon as Jose entered the hall of the county guard's mansion, he saw a guy sitting there, surrounded by Alok and Sophia. When the two of them saw that Joseph was back, they gestured with their eyes, and then the messenger turned around and said in a somewhat unhappy tone: "Lord Joseph, you are finally back, I thought I was going to run for nothing!"

"I thought it was who, it turned out to be the Commander of Guluo, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know how Lord Guluo is doing lately? Oh, I still remember the last time I was in Moduo City, you also went to my inn for dinner, speaking of which, the ale in that tavern is still very good!"

"Lord José, you are right, but I am not here to catch up on the past. Gu Luo was not embarrassed by what he said, but he shook his head helplessly, and then his face was retracted, and he said with some seriousness: "I came to Sadrand this time to bring an order from Lord Ronktor, and my lord hopes that Lord Jose will explain the matter of privately detaining the army under Gray's command."

Lord Jose, you should know that this army is not a standing garrison of Sadland, but is under the command of General Ronktor. Not only did you detain the army privately, but you also sent Commander Gray, who was originally in charge of the army, back to Modo City, and according to the laws of the Empire, you don't seem to have that kind of power, right?"

When Jose heard him say this, the smile on his face became a little thicker, and he couldn't help but say with some surprise: "Oh, Lord Guluo, you misunderstood me by saying that. You know, after all, I'm also an official of the Empire, how dare I do such a thing? I'm not secretly detaining the Empire's army, but adapting, adapting, you know?"

Joseph deliberately winked at Gu Luo, and then shook his head a little helplessly and said: "The order is from the Sistine Governor, let me order the reorganization of the soldiers of the garrison to which Saddland belongs, although this armament is under the jurisdiction of Lord Ronktor, but Lord Sistine is the acting governor after all, if the military and the government contradict each other, according to the imperial law, it should also give priority to the principle of political power over military power, right?"

Gu Luo snorted coldly, and then said with a somewhat ugly face: "Hmph, Lord Jose, why do you have to pretend to be confused with me here? Gray has already reported the situation to Lord Ronktor when he went back, obviously you deliberately designed to take his military power, where is the matter of Lord Sistine? And originally you recruited 6,000 new troops, plus the 6,000 garrisons of Gray and Aloke, there are a total of tens of thousands of garrisons, which is probably a bit too much for a county town, right?"

"Lord Guluo, it's a bit far-fetched for you to say that, isn't it?" Jose only smiled slightly, and then said lightly: "Sadrand is originally an important border town, and it is in line with the laws of the empire to garrison more troops, and when I expanded my army, Lord Ronktor also agreed. Why are you here to ask me about the number of troops now, besides, these are not all the number of garrisons, and I have also transferred 500 people as my family knights in the new army, how can I also be the lord of the county town of Sadland, and it is not too much to have a few hundred family knights, right?"

When Jose said this, he deliberately squinted his eyes and glanced at Gu Luo, and said with some mockery: "Besides, General Ronkedo has 50,000 troops stationed in the city of Modo, not more than my little Sadland.

But I know that General Longkeduo is also for the safety of the northwest, after all, like these important towns outside the Guan, the management of multiple garrisons is also to protect the territory of the empire, is there still more garrisons or other dissenting intentions, it must not be like this, Lord Guluo, are you right?"