Chapter 101: See you again
Without a few words of greeting, Count Lauren directly expressed his intentions. The expeditionary force was renamed the Southeastern Front, and Hudson did not find it strange.
They all returned to their homeland, and they had nothing to do with the expedition being a copper coin, and if they continued to hang the banner of "Expeditionary Force to Aid the Principality of Moxi", it would become nondescript.
Urging the Southeast Front to quickly quell the tide of refugees and then immediately go north, what is hidden behind this is not a little bit of a star.
It was not easy to have an excuse to trap Hudson in the rear, and now he is sent to the front line, which is clearly a tiger into the jungle.
If there are a few more victories, Hudson's voice will definitely increase greatly in the distribution of the cake after the war.
With a little luck, it is easy to become a military elder, and it is not so simple to suppress it.
As a qualified king, he would not normally participate in the infighting among his courtiers. Even if the internal contradictions intensified, Caesar III should appear as an arbiter.
Making this decision now is a slap in the face to the nobles who originally wanted to suppress Hudson.
If it is interpreted politically, it is: their voice in the court has declined.
Once this chain reaction begins, the subsequent development of the situation will be uncontrollable. It is estimated that if you feel the few companies that make a move, there is a high probability that you will be angry and scolded on the street.
"Count Lauren, where has the situation at the front developed?"
Hudson asked with concern.
If pie falls from the sky, it can also kill people.
There is no love and hate for no reason in this world, unless the situation on the front line is dangerous, otherwise Caesar III has no reason to risk offending those families and push him up.
"Earl Hudson has misunderstood, the situation on the front is still under the control of the kingdom. The Northern Expeditionary Army is retreating, and has not yet had a major battle with the enemy.
Now the Southeast Front is summoned to the north, mainly because of the fear that the orcs will suddenly turn the direction of attack and launch a sneak attack while the kingdom's forces are empty.
For the sake of the safety of the kingdom, Your Excellency should quickly end the war in the south of the kingdom and send troops to the north as soon as possible to prepare for the unexpected. ”
Listening to Earl Lauren's explanation, Hudson secretly rolled his eyes, this statement was too perfunctory.
How iron is the orc's head to continue to invade the Alpha Kingdom at this time?
Even if you are not afraid of being shut down and beaten by the dog, you have to consider the reaction of the Terran Alliance!
As long as they have the upper hand on the battlefield, the second batch of reinforcements from the Terran Alliance will soon be killed.
I was just beaten by the society, and I saw the difference in strength between the two sides, and then I came to provoke, I was really tired of it.
At the very least, if Hudson is the Orc Emperor, he will shrink back to play defensive battles at this moment. Stop, stop, don't pursue big wins, as long as you can delay time.
The memory of human beings is short-lived, and as long as it drags on for a few days, the determination of the major forces of the human race to destroy the orcs will be wiped out in the long battle.
After this catastrophe, let's talk about the future.
The mainland overlord cannot be humiliated, and he stabbed the basket and set himself on fire, so that the family had to give out the grievances in their hearts.
"Count Lauren, every move of the orc army is watched by the kingdom. They wanted to launch a sneak attack, and it was almost impossible.
The few provinces that have just been recovered are now all white fields, which just serve as a buffer.
With this transition period, the castle fortress in the rear is estimated to be ready. Delaying the pace of the orc army should not be a big problem.
Your Excellency can rest assured that the Southeast Front has solved the problem and pacified the rebellious people, and then rushed over to reinforce it, and it is completely in time! ”
Hudson said cooperatively.
Pretend to be stupid, who wouldn't!
The kingdom has deployed so many lines of defense in the north, even if the main force is exhausted, there are still a large number of serf soldiers left.
There is a strong city in front of the road, and there is the main army of the kingdom returning behind, and a fool will attack the city in such a situation.
No matter how warlike the orcs are, they must first solve the main force of the kingdom before they can think about the siege of the city. Otherwise, if the city is not captured, the back road will be cut off first.
Count Lauren was about to say something, but the words came to his lips and swallowed back. The two had dealt once, and he knew how difficult Hudson was.
Once the person in front of him has made up his mind, it is not for him, the envoy, to influence it. To do Hudson's ideological work, Earl Lauren thought he was not qualified to do so.
For the sake of a mission, offending a powerful nobleman cannot guarantee the successful completion of the task, it is purely a proper loss-making transaction.
Anyway, he has already brought it, and he has not achieved his goal, that is, the king's face is not big enough, and it is not enough to make the other party give up the benefits in hand.
In fact, Hudson did much more than Earl Lauren had anticipated.
The embezzlement of prisoners of war is just an inconspicuous little operation. In order to capture more prisoners of war, the Southeast Front had crossed the border and ran to help the neighbors quell the civil unrest without compensation.
It has nothing to do with patriotism or not, the main thing is that the demand for prisoners of war in the mountain territories is somewhat large. Without enough prisoners of war, Hudson's small private actions crossed the line.
Generally speaking, in this kind of super easy counter-chaos war, the commander of the army can decide the ownership of five to seventy percent of the spoils, and the rest is distributed by the kingdom.
The specific proportion is determined according to the actual situation. Being able to decide the distribution of so much loot does not mean that Hudson can directly swallow it.
The nobles who participated in the war under their command must be given a share. The big nobles who came to the door, that also had to give the upper part, these people did not contribute to this war, but they controlled the discourse of the kingdom.
This is not over yet, if relatives and friends come to the door, they will inevitably get a share.
It's all prepared, and the rest of the share is Hudson's own.
Under normal circumstances, the proportion of managers will not exceed 10%, plus all members of the Coslow family, then at most a fifth will be taken.
The share of the cake cannot be increased, but the size of the cake can be changed by Hudson.
The fearless international spirit of sending troops free of charge to help neighboring countries quell rebellions is definitely worthy of great praise. Theoretically, you can't find anything wrong.
As for the question of prisoners of war, that is a matter for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It's okay to wait for everyone to sit together after the war and deliberate slowly.
The return of prisoners of war will definitely happen, and the final exact number depends on the respective operation.
Hudson didn't care about the follow-up troubles. The great nobles who want to take advantage will naturally turn back the demands of various countries.
As the largest nation of the human race in the northern continent, the Alpha Kingdom still has a bit of a card. Such a small conflict should not be a problem.
What's more, these neighbors have also placed the kingdom together before. It was said that everyone would join forces to fight against the orc invasion, and when the war really broke out, all kinds of excuses came out one by one.
In a sense, the Beamon cavalry went to these small countries to stir up the storm, and the kingdom was happy to see it.
The longer the hand is extended, the more time it takes. The delay of the Southeast Front in quelling the civil unrest was the most important factor.
It's a pity that this kind of good deal is destined to not last long. Hudson is willing to help for free, but the nobles in the country are not stupid!
Even if you didn't see it at first, when the groups of prisoners of war were escorted to the Alpha Kingdom, everyone should wake up.
Realizing that the Southeastern Front was robbing their population, and that the nobility of the nearby countries became active in suppressing the rebellious people.
One by one, they no longer cared about killing people with knives, and they used all their resources to try to quell the turmoil in the shortest possible time and not give the Southeast Front a chance to intervene.
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After finishing his official duties, Hudson once again stepped into the Viscount Oran's mansion. Compared to before, the Viscount is now much more heavily guarded.
It is estimated that he was aware of the instability of the situation, and was worried that someone would come to take advantage of the fire to rob, so he took precautions in advance.
As an in-law, Hudson is also half of his own family, and he directly entered the inner courtyard.
No one came out to greet him, not because Hudson's cards were small, but because the men were on the front line, and it was inconvenient for the hostess who stayed at home to show up.
"Hudson, this way!"
A familiar voice sounded, and Hudson looked in the direction from which the voice came, and a beautiful figure appeared in front of him.
There was also a middle-aged lady next to him, with a teenager in his teens, looking at him from the side.
After not seeing him for a year, Hudson was about to reach out to hug his fiancée, when he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly withdrew his half-stretched hand.
"Lady Narcissa, Sir Locke, greetings Hudson!"
Messing around in front of his mother-in-law and brother-in-law, Hudson hasn't gone crazy yet.
"Hudson, and me?"
found that she had missed herself, Melissa on the side said dissatisfiedly.
"Greetings to you, beautiful and charming Miss Melissa!"
As he spoke, the guards behind him had already taken out the gifts he had prepared in advance and handed them to the maids on the side.
"That's pretty much it!"
Melissa said. The little pink face made Hudson always want to pinch it.
It's a pity that the occasion is not right, and he has to be polite. Even if the two are fiancées, etiquette between nobles is still indispensable.
"Welcome our hero, Earl Hudson. The Hollisle family will be proud of you! ”
Lady Narcissa smiled back.
The selected potential stocks soar directly into the sky, which is definitely a thing worth celebrating for investors.
Originally, when this marriage was decided, there was still a lot of criticism from the outside world, thinking that the Holliser family had really declined and had fallen to the point of looking for "potential stocks" to gamble.
Soon the situation was reversed, and before everyone could understand what was happening, Hudson rushed straight from below.
The speed of the rise is too fast, so fast that everyone wants to suppress it, but it is too late to make a move.
The potential stock skyrocketed, and the Holliser family clearly won the gamble. Originally, he just wanted to use the force of the Earth Bear, but he didn't expect Hudson to perform too well.
The commander of a front army, that is already the treatment of the governor of a province. The most important thing is that Hudson's Southeast Front is still all veterans who have come down from the battlefield, and more than half of them are elite.
When it comes to real combat effectiveness, it is obviously a military force far beyond that of a province. Coupled with the effect of the "celebrity halo", the weight in the eyes of the outside world is even heavier.
It's hard to sustain an awkward conversation without nutrition. After a few kind words to Mrs. Narcissa, Hudson decisively chose to communicate with Melissa alone.
It's a pity that there is an extra follower behind him, and the young little Locke is like a problem teenager, pestering him to ask questions along the way.
With a little brainstorming, Hudson knew that this was deliberately arranged by Lady Narcissa. I guess I hope that my youngest son can have a good relationship with him, and it would be better if he could learn a little about the art of war.
Of course, it is not excluded that they were arranged to come and spy on them, so as not to leave a loophole for Hudson to exploit.
But this didn't bother him, and in less than a cup of tea, he fooled the eyesore Locke.
Finally able to get along alone, Hudson didn't know what to say, a typical lack of love cells.
If it weren't for the unique charm brought by his status as a strong man and the traditional arranged marriage, he was very doubtful that he would be able to find the right match.
"Don't you want to say something to me?"
Melissa asked angrily.
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