Chapter 117: Walter in Despair
Claire and Moore had a smooth conversation, and the two sides quickly agreed on the issue of the rear territory, as well as Claire's personal command in the rear.
In fact, the two of them had some guesses about what would happen now, and it was not too surprising. It's just that at that time, after all, the enemy had not invaded the rear, and there was no tacit understanding of who would command the rear, and Moore took it for granted that among the reinforcements of Trois-Rivières City, someone could naturally solve this problem.
Now, however, Fred didn't take Moore and Claire's warnings seriously, and almost caused a catastrophe.
As a result, More's perception of Fred, the earl's son, inevitably changed to a certain extent. If it weren't for Claire's own deep Fred's faction, Moore might have spoken ill of Fred during the conversation.
Claire fully understands this, and whoever sits in Moore's position will inevitably have a grudge against Fred, who is sitting in the rear.
But if Fred is on guard, how can he let the opposing army enter a no-man's land.
Now, even if Claire returns, it will be difficult to change the status quo of losing a large number of territories.
How much power is still in the rear, Moore also understands.
Therefore, Moore expressed support for the idea of Claire personally going to the rear.
Now the mess in the rear really needs a capable person to clean it up, Claire's ability, although Moore still has some doubts, but the strength that Claire has in his hands, Moll is still convinced.
Regardless, Claire was in the rear, and it was better for him to be reassured than Fred in the rear.
At least Moore and Claire, the two of them currently belong to the same community of interests, and they are guarding their own territory, and they will definitely do their best. As for Fred, even if they lose, it's a big deal to pat their butts and go back to Trois-Rivières City, and they will still have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.
The position of the butt is different, so don't expect both sides to have the same opinion on the same thing.
As for Claire's proposal to take away the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, Moore agreed without hesitation. Now that such a thing has happened in the rear, Moore also understands that the confrontation with Walter has become less important now, and the winners and losers of this war are completely in the rear.
If it weren't for the fear that the front line would draw too many troops and some would not be able to cope with Walter's subsequent attack, Moore even wanted Claire to take more troops.
Even if he was worried about this, Moore offered to support Claire with an elite squad of 100 professionals.
Claire appreciates Moore's kindness, but refuses.
Although the professional is very elite and has strong combat effectiveness, on a battlefield of 1,000 people, the strength that can be exerted is just like that, and Claire still has a clear understanding of this.
It would be better to leave these professionals on the front line, which would be more helpful to Moore.
The most important thing is that Moore has Norman as the trump card in his hand, and he still looks down on ordinary professionals. Ordinary low-level professionals, under the power of the musket, are still equal to all beings.
Can you dodge one shot, can you dodge ten shots, a hundred shots?
Claire has decided to take this opportunity to evolve all the armies in her territory into the Thermal Weapon Legion after she goes back, so that it will be crushing for any army in this era.
Now that an agreement had been reached with Moore, Claire did not delay any longer, and immediately prepared to return to the rear.
Claire handed over his army to Marlon and slowly returned to Tilling, while he took Bart and a few elite mercenaries and traveled lightly to Montelon City to find Fred.
As for why Claire didn't move with the army, the main reason was that although the snow has been much lighter in recent days, there is still a lot of snow on the ground.
If you want to march quickly in such weather, it will inevitably cause a lot of non-combat attrition. These troops are all Claire's children, and he didn't want to cause a lot of casualties due to the cold weather, so he asked Marlon to lead them to march slowly to minimize the impact of the harsh environment.
No one would object to Claire's arrangement, and in the afternoon of the same day, Claire rushed to Montelon City with light clothing.
The next day, Claire's own army, led by Malone, slowly left the camp and returned to the town of Tilling.
Claire left this kind of action, naturally she couldn't hide it from the other barons of the Watch Alliance, and everyone cast concerned eyes to know what was going on.
Regarding this, Claire and Mohr had already thought of an explanation, and prevaricated on the grounds that there were knights in Claire's territory to make trouble.
Such a simple and clumsy excuse naturally could not convince the barons, but Moore swore by it, and they could not guess the real reason.
However, there are many barons who judge that there may be a problem with the logistics in the rear, and Claire needs to go to the town in person, and these people are judged by the reduction in the number of supplies.
At the same time, the departure of Claire's own army was not able to hide from Walter.
After the wind and snow subsided, Walter naturally also closely probed the situation of the Watch Alliance.
He knew what was going on in the rear of the Overwatch League a few days ago, even before Claire.
Now, with the departure of Claire's army, Walter also understands that the partial division he sent has also been discovered by the other party.
Walter secretly screamed that it was a pity, he still overestimated the Mitchelson family, and the person who delivered the letter swore that everything was under control and was not discovered by the other party, but the current actions of the other party made it difficult to believe that the other party did not know what was going on behind him.
And the Overwatch Alliance is now camping to rescue the army in the rear, which also makes Walter slightly painful, and the departure of the thousand-strong army has no substantial impact on the balance of forces between the two sides in the Ferrol Valley, originally Walter's strength is stronger than the Overwatch Alliance, and the Overwatch Alliance relies on only strong camps and fortifications.
Now, even if he loses a thousand people, he is only more passive, and he is still far from the imbalance of power between the two sides.
It seems that even if there was turmoil in the rear, the Baron Moore was still sober and did not make an unwise move.
Originally, Walter had two thoughts in his heart, one was that the Mitchelson family's army would not be discovered by the Overwatch Alliance and swept through the rear of the entire Overwatch Alliance, so he would naturally win this battle.
Second, if it is discovered, the commander of the other side is worried about the rear and sends a large number of troops from the front line to rescue, so that even if he stares at the bad weather and pays huge casualties, Walter will eat the enemy troops in the Ferrol Valley.
It's just a pity that both of these ideas failed, and the commander of the other side did not fall for it.
In this way, I can only sit here with each other, waiting for the coldest time of winter to pass.
Now, everything can only be counted on by the army of the Mitchelsons.
It's also a powerful baron family, and there are many outstanding talents in the family, so they won't be kicked out by others if they don't have the intention to fight or not, right?
As long as you can put huge pressure on the other side in the rear, wait until the cold time is over, launch an attack yourself, and take a walk around the news from the other side's rear, it should not be a problem to win this skirmish.