The meeting entered the last topic and suddenly got stuck. The main thing is that the orcs are ready to move, and Hudson can't get out.

Everyone knew that it was just an excuse, but no one pierced it. The Near Eastern Defense Line could not be without a person in charge, and once Hudson led his troops to the south, the position of commander-in-chief of the front line would be resigned.

Compared with the position of the front-line commander, this time to help the Hessian Kingdom suppress the rebellion, the force is too low.

The core problem is still: military power!

As the supreme commander of the Near Eastern front, Hudson held the most elite border army in the kingdom, commanded the noble private armies of the seven provinces of the Near East, and was able to control the aristocratic private armies of the twelve northern provinces during the war.

In the Near East, the power is unimaginable. Hudson had to be invited to attend every important meeting of the kingdom, which is enough to illustrate the problem.

In comparison, the expeditionary force to the Kingdom of Hesse was of much inferior grade. The total strength was limited to 80,000, not to mention, and the three standing armies sent were also second-line corps.

In non-war times, such second-line regiments were usually understaffed, generally ranging from five to eight thousand men. The number of troops depends on which corps are deployed.

The rest are all aristocratic private armies, although after so many years of training, the combat effectiveness has been greatly improved, but after all, it is not comparable to the standing army.

Of course, the military instructors sent to the Kingdom of Hesse all believed that the combat effectiveness of the private army of the nobles of the Kingdom could catch up with the level of the standing army of the Kingdom of Hesse.

There is no doubt that this evaluation is made with colored glasses. It is also the private army of the nobles of the Alpha Kingdom, and the gap in combat effectiveness in it is larger than that of people and dogs.

If Hudson himself was a descendant of his own private army, this assessment must have been a bit conservative. The combat effectiveness of the three elite legions in the territory is also the top among the kingdom's standing army.

If it is the private army of a random nobleman, what is the specific combat effectiveness, it depends on the military quality of this noble lord.

Although in recent years, everyone has been training frantically, but there is still a gap between people.

Some were able to train serfs into elites; Some people have finished training, and serfs are still serfs.

Maybe it's stronger than ordinary serf soldiers, but the overall level is just like that, and I haven't touched the threshold of the elite at all.

However, no matter how much they collapsed, they had received military training after all, and their combat effectiveness was still much stronger than that of the rebels who had just taken up arms.

If the Hessian standing army training had collapsed a little, and there would have been a little more gilded nobles, perhaps the two sides would be of the same grade.

The more he learned, the more Hudson despised the Kingdom of Hesse. Blind with such a rich family background, if it weren't for the mid-to-high-end power, this ally would be redundant.

To be exact, none of the three Central Continents was something Hudson could look at. I once thought that the three major powers had opened the inside story and looked at it, and all of them were gold and jade.

Hudson's position as commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army does not mean that others do not look down on him.

The major factions in the court are all eyeing each other, and the local nobles and lords are also ready to move.

These have little to do with Hudson, and now he is a melon-eating crowd.

Politics needs to be balanced, and he himself controls half of the military power of the kingdom, and no matter what, the position of commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army will no longer fall into the hands of the generals of his department.

In fact, even if everyone did not object, Hudson did not have a direct general to recommend.

It has little to do with the general's personal ability, the main thing is that his lineage is not very good in terms of combat record and background, and forcibly pushing him to the top will only harm others and himself.

Those who can participate in the competition must be very well-informed, and they all know that the trip to the Kingdom of Hesse is pinching soft persimmons, and none of the governors of various places have fallen, and all of them have jumped out to ask for war.

This wave of them is not alone, and they also have the support of the small and medium-sized nobles in the province. They are all gearing up, wanting to go to the Kingdom of Hesse to make a fortune in war.

It was all Hudson's bad head, and anyone who had property of unknown origin was suspected of being war money.

Even if every time he divides the spoils, he does it just and fairly, everyone still doesn't believe that he has gained so much.

It's not that he suspects him of stealing booty, but that he goes out to do his own work. Every time I go out without permission, everyone thinks that this is a business with a dragon and a bear to do business.

At first, Hudson wanted to explain. Later, after thinking about it, I found that if this problem was explained, then the origin of the huge amount of property would not be explained.

It simply misunderstood everyone. Anyway, if you steal something from the enemy on the battlefield, it is also a legitimate gain.

It is the ability to rob it, and if you can't grab it, you will be despised.

There are many generals who have made war money on the battlefield, and it is not bad to add another Hudson. As long as the time is right, everyone doesn't mind making a fortune.

The distribution of the spoils after the war is only a small part of the income, and everyone's main income is the loot harvested during the mission alone.

Someone with a heart calculated for Hudson, and the amount of money invested after developing the Mountain Territory and the Snow Moon was as high as tens of millions of gold coins, which was by no means a wealth that a pharmacy master could earn, let alone an arms dealer.

After counting all of Hudson's wealth, even if the turnover is calculated as a profit, there is still a deficit of tens of millions of gold coins that cannot be filled.

If that's all, everyone is just skeptical. However, among the lucky ones who made war money on the battlefield, there are still a few big-mouthed people who often boast in front of their relatives and friends how much they have made on the battlefield.

In the eyes of the outside world, middle and lower-level generals can make hundreds of thousands of gold coins in a big war, and as the commander of the army, he has to add one or two zeros.

As for the probability problem, it is directly ignored by many people, and everyone is accustomed to only seeing the winners.

There are more people involved in the scramble, and the internal determination naturally does not exist. The royal government also had to consider the feelings of the local powerful factions, so they simply summoned everyone to the royal capital to discuss together.

said that it was a summons, but in fact, as soon as they received the news, these governors rode flying magical beasts straight to the royal capital.

Calculating the time, the latest arrival was only a day and a half later than Hudson, and it was obvious that it was a starry night.

There are many people and many things, watching a group of noble lords competing in the court, the generals in the army who were originally eager to try are all extinguished at this moment.

There is no way, compared with this group of masters who came from all over the country, these army commanders, whether they have the strength in their hands or their status, are far behind.

Even if it is for the convenience of command, the royal government will choose a great noble lord to lead the army.

The current situation is that whichever provincial governor is the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Corps, the private army of that province will be transferred to make a fortune!

It's also quite embarrassing to say, the rebels who worried the Hesse Kingdom were actually regarded by everyone as a fortune boy in the court of the Alpha Kingdom.

Seeing that the governors did not give in to each other, the civil and military officials of the court were also worried. Standing in line and standing in line, in the face of so many local powerful factions, everyone's heart is dripping.

[The app that has been running stably for many years is comparable to the old version of the book-chasing artifact, which is used by old bookworms.]

In front of the involution madman, they are nothing. Even if he wanted to pretend to be forced, no one cooperated.

No one is much worse than the other, where is there any sense of superiority. It's different when you run outside, and the advantages are suddenly highlighted.

That is, you can win fame in the world, and you can also make a fortune on the battlefield.

As for the Netherworld rebels, they used to do additions this time. The army of the Kingdom of Hesse is still the main force on the battlefield, and it is not for them to be alone with the guest army and the rebels.

There is no burden of defending the territory, and if you can't beat it, you will fight it, and if you can't beat it, you will flash people. As long as the performance in battle is a little stronger than the army of the Kingdom of Hesse, it is enough.

"Guards, prepare wooden sticks!"

Caesar IV immediately commanded.

Regardless of whether Hudson's solution is reliable or not, it can at least solve the thorny problem at hand. It is better than forcibly appointing a person as the commander and offending a group of local powerful factions.

The king, too, needs to judge the situation. Hudson's proposal opened up new ideas for Caesar IV.

The choice of the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Corps can be determined in this way, and other tricky things can naturally be followed.

In the future, there will be no one to worry about the drudgery of the kingdom. The big deal is the lottery, and there will always be unlucky people who will be tricked.

In the blink of an eye, a bucket of wooden sticks was sent up and placed directly in front of a group of important court officials.

Except for Hudson, who ate melons, the rest of the people's eyes were focused on the tense draw.

The unruly nobles, like recruits in the army, automatically lined up to take out a wooden stick of their own from the barrel.

The Prime Minister, the Archduke of Newfoundland, personally stepped forward to check everyone's wooden signs, and slowly announced, "According to the results of the lottery, the commander of this Southern Expeditionary Legion will be Earl Peirce, who is experienced in suppressing cults!"

There is nothing wrong with it, Earl Pierce's main achievement is to suppress the rebellion of the Skull and Bones in the southeastern provinces.

And then there was no then. In all the kingdom's foreign wars, Count Pierce was an important participant, and the specific achievements can only be said to have not dragged the kingdom back.

Such a mediocre performance, if it is taken out and preached, it will be a bit ridiculous and generous.

It just so happens that the enemy this time is also a cult rebel, and it belongs to the counterpart of the professional field. The previous successful experience of dealing with the Skull and Bones Society can also be used as a reference.

As soon as the results were announced, Earl Pierce received envious glances. Hudson, who eats melons, also gained a lot of strange eyes.

As for the development of the Dalton family, he really doesn't care about it now. Since the Coslow family's strategic focus shifted eastward, the relationship between the two families has warmed rapidly.

It would be naïve to expect Hudson to come out and wreak havoc. The Earl of Pierce served as commander of the Southern Expeditionary Corps, benefiting the aristocratic groups of the entire southeastern provinces.

Although it is inconvenient for Hudson to get involved, many of his relatives and friends are old and have side branches, and many of them are beneficiaries, so he can't harm others and himself.

It's a pity that Hudson can figure this kind of thing out, but it doesn't mean that other people can also figure it out.

In the eyes of many people in the outside world, the Dalton family is still the rival of the Coslow family, and the battle between the two sides for dominance in the southeastern province is still ongoing.

Many people are looking forward to the two families having an awkward quarrel in order to benefit from the fisherman.

Julius Caesar IV, for example, was pleased with the results of the draw. In his eyes, if the Dalton family can take advantage of the opportunity to become bigger, it will be the best constraint on the Coslow family.

All this happens to be what the two major families want to see. The two families that the outside world mistakenly thought were full of contradictions, but in fact, they were also a signal of tension between Hudson and Earl Pierce deliberately released to the outside world after discussion.

As things stand, the program has been very successful. Invisibly, it has reduced many people's jealousy of the two families.

The hiccup passed quickly, and on the issue of rescuing allies, the kingdom still came up with alpha speed.

With the appointment of the commander-in-chief, the three standing armies were immediately drawn from the royal capital, and the noble lords of the southeastern provinces also began to mobilize

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The erosion of the Hessian Kingdom has long been no secret in the kingdom, and the nobles of the southeastern provinces, as neighbors, can see it more clearly.

The constant influx of refugees is the best proof of this.

The once constructed Blood Moon defense line has actually become an outpost for the army. It was only a few years ago that the Kingdom of Hesse was so weak that it was incredible to think about it.

On this issue, the nobles of the southeastern provinces were annoyed to death. If you had known that the Hessian Kingdom was such a waste material, what kind of defense line would you build?

Not to mention wasting money and food, I also missed a chance to make a fortune. If the Kingdom of Hesse had really ventured northward, the southeastern province would have been able to bury their bones.

Not to mention how much territory is expanded to the south, at least it can push the front back, and by the way, make a windfall.

Now that the two countries are allies, it is impossible for the two sides to meet each other at least during the conclusion of the treaty.

In the eyes of the nobles of the southeastern provinces, this time it was also a good opportunity to help their allies suppress the rebellion.

The rebels robbed the noble lords of the Hessian kingdom, and when they went to snatch them back from the rebels, they became legitimate booty.

In essence, it is all the same, except that there is more of the rebel as a middleman.

The only regret is that the commander of the Southern Expedition was not Hudson, but their Governor Pierce.

Fortunately, this time I just went to bully the cult rebels, otherwise everyone would never have behaved so positively.

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