Although most of the Legion's banner commanders didn't know exactly what Edward was going to do, now that they had sworn allegiance to Edward, there was not much problem in carrying out the chief flag officer's orders - not to mention that they were only reorganized and trained, and they were not required to go out of town right now to go to war with the damned barbarian horde.

But what they didn't expect was that Edward's demands on this legion were almost harsh - he even went beyond all the centurions and flag commanders, and directly issued orders to the sergeants of the Knights of the Holy Tree who served as instructors, and they were organized according to the rigor of the Knights' training, and the requirements were on everyone's heads!

For the soldiers and rank and file officers of the entire Battle Flag Legion, this was only the beginning of a nightmare. The strict training standards of the Knights of the Sacred Tree are simply beyond the imagination of these people, you must know that even with the support of the entire Eastern Territory, the total strength of the entire Knights has not exceeded the number of two legions, and that is still the largest number of people in history, most of the time there is not even one legion enough.

Such an army was the absolute guarantee of the security of the entire kingdom in the east, and it often had to follow the flaming eagle banner to the north and south - at least Mercer Kane had fought in the Northern War more than a dozen years earlier, and had made many achievements.

Now Edward has an extremely abundant supply of baggage, and he is enough to arm two legions, and he is now the least afraid of spending money. What he needed was a legion that could hold the fortress and fight the enemy head-on in the wilderness - and for the big men, they needed to be well fed and had money in their hands. No matter how much he complains, he is willing.

"A month of training. It is not yet possible to make the entire legion truly a powerful army. It's not enough for the soldiers to really master throwing guns and swords, but at least it makes them look a little more like the original. In the fortress conference room, Edward, who was standing in front of the map, looked at the map table in front of him with a solemn face: "We only have one month. ”

The Knights of the Sacred Tree were silent, while Marco Tasker seemed more interested in the other sign on the map, and Repinus, who had just qualified to stand here, chose to remain silent - Edward made it clear that he was not asking for the opinion of his own people. Rather, the decision has already been made.

On the contrary, the clerk Virgil, who was standing on the side, frowned, and looked at the chief flag officer with no confidence: "I beg your pardon for interrupting you, Chief Flag Officer, but if we really want to go to war before winter, maybe we should be fully prepared, at least the soldiers ...... now"

"We don't have time, dear clerk Virgil Brutus. Edward interrupted him directly: "One month, we only have one month, if we can't win the support of the entire Green River Valley before that, if we can't completely bring this region under the rule of His Highness Anson Marcherus." We don't have enough troops and a stable rear, and we can't afford this terrible consequence!"

"The end of summer. It was our last time to send our troops. Edward asserted, "Cut off their claws, and then wipe out the entire Red Horse Clan before they can gain a foothold—we can bring the entire western part of the Vast Land to the Kingdom of Turin once and for all, which is much more than holding a fortress." ”

"This is the key to whether the entire Battle Flag Legion can really turn over -- completely erase all kinds of infamy from the past, and it is not possible to use the method of peace talks, only by really defeating the enemy on the battlefield and planting the battle flag on the wilderness, can others believe that this army is already a force enough to protect them and enough to destroy them!"

Speaking of this, the clerk Virgil finally kept silent, and even felt a little proud - in the end, even if he became Edward's clerk, his fate was still closely related to the entire battle flag corps, and his dignity and future were all based on that military flag.

The only thing he wondered was why Edward had to be in such a hurry, was it really because of the Legion? The clerk couldn't believe it—if at first he thought that Edward was just a gold-plated son of a nobleman who had come out to earn military merit, but now he didn't dare to have the slightest such thought.

He guessed correctly, Edward would want to do that, partly to buy more time, and there was really not much time left for him - nominally, his duty as the chief clerk was to control the western part of the Vast Lands and protect the fortress in the Green River Valley, but with the character of Greene Turn, he would never agree to watch Edward in the rear, and the order could come back at any time.

He had to get ahead of that, to turn many of the necessary circumstances into a fait accompli, so that everyone had nothing to say - otherwise, the war would really be a wedding dress for himself.

"There's another problem, even if we train for a month, the Legion is nowhere near strong enough to confront the Red Horse Clan, which has at least two thousand cavalry, and seven or eight war tribes that are completely subservient to them. Speaking of this, Virgil said helplessly: "We are seriously under-armed. ”

"There will be another support force at that time, and this support force will swell our strength enough to confront the enemy head-on. Speaking of this, the corners of Edward's mouth couldn't help but hang a slight arc: "You don't have to worry about this kind of thing, just execute the order!"

Now that Edward had come to this point, Virgil didn't want to argue with Edward anymore, so he nodded silently and left the hall of the conference room with everyone, leaving only Allen, who was sitting across the table, still there, looking sideways at the guy's frowning appearance.

In Alan's memory, after this guy became the heir of The Hague Castle, this expression became more and more - Edward Witwood, who once seemed to be indifferent to everything, as if he had no feelings of "fear" and "worry", now became more and more like his former father.

In other words, there are more and more things going on in this guy's heart - the blonde girl sighed softly, not knowing whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

"Why don't you keep saying a word?" Edward, who was lying on the table staring at the map, finally spoke slowly, but his eyes never took off the map: "I thought at least you would stand up and question me why." ”

"It's nothing, I just think that since you're so sure, then you can definitely succeed. Laughing lightly, Alan tilted his little head and lay opposite Edward, looking at the beads of sweat that kept falling from Edward's forehead: "Wasn't it like this every time before?

"Because this time...... I'm not entirely sure. Edward finally showed a wry smile, and his hands on the table were even trembling slightly: "This time, I can't even believe myself. ”

"In the past, even if I lost, all I had to bear was the fact that I was dead...... It's not an exaggeration, but I'm really not afraid of this kind of thing at all, my life should have died, and I can live an extra second to earn it. Edward twitched his throat hard, "And now, I'm going to take on much more than that!"

"If I lose, the fortress will be occupied, the entire fortress of the Green Valley will be reduced to a slaughter ground for the enemy, and the entire expedition will be destroyed - the enemy will not have to gnaw the hard bones of Hantu City at all, they only need to enter the south of the kingdom from the Green Valley to burn and plunder, but they don't know it yet!"

"If I lose, Allen...... I am the greatest sinner in the entire kingdom. Edward smiled wryly: "How does it feel to stand with someone who is likely to go to hell?"

"I don't think about that kind of thing. The blonde girl still smiled and shook her head slightly, "We have agreed that I will never let you face all this alone at any time." ”

"If you're going to hell......" Allen, who whispered softly with his eyes closed, hugged the annoying bad guy from behind, "You won't be alone." (To be continued.) )