As the days passed, the soldiers' combat skills improved significantly.

It happened to be the day when the 3rd and 4th Guards Regiments were training in street fighting, and I was taking the officers of the command headquarters to see it with joy, when the order from the military headquarters arrived.

As soon as I took the order from the herald, I burst out laughing.

Karos asked me confusedly, "Sir, what are you laughing at?"

"The order of the military department," I said to everyone, "is that I should attend this month's regular meeting." ”

"I say, sir," said Jack, "it's just a regular meeting, wouldn't you be happy about it?"

I shook my head, "Carlos!"

"Yes!"

"The General Staff Department has made a plan, and the training will be completed in two days, and the regiments will pack up and prepare for a long journey!" I couldn't close my smile when I couldn't close my mouth, "The hard days of the Ninth Army are over!"

"Sir, can you explain it?" Jack pouted, "we don't know what's going on yet!"

"My dear brother," I said, putting my arm around Jack, "if you have a nasty person around you, who is constantly doing things that make you nerve-wracking, you can't deal with him because of your identity. What will you do?"

"It's easy!" said Jack, "find a way to get rid of him and keep him away from me!"

"Yes, we're going to be driven away by the military headquarters," I laughed again, "hehe! Once we are out of sight of the military headquarters, won't we have an easy life?"

"I see!" Jack nodded sharply, "I need to get back and pack my things." ”

"Something!" I dragged him by, "Come with me to a meeting!"

The regular meeting was held in the conference room on the ground floor of the small building of the military headquarters, and was usually attended by only a dozen or so senior officers from the military headquarters. It is rare for a major general corps commander to attend a meeting.

Weapons were stored at the adjutant at the door. I walked into the conference room and found a random place to sit down.

Not for a while. Generals with gold stars shining on their shoulders and well-dressed civil officials walked into the room one after another and sat down around the long table.

It's really rare, the long-lost Zuo Xiang also walked in, and I haven't seen him since I went to the military headquarters!

"Stand-up!" shouted the adjutant at the door, "the commander-in-chief has arrived!"

Everyone stood up and saluted Prince Karl, "Hello sir!"

"Hello gentlemen," said Prince Carl Ulysses, looking around, and nodding to the officers. "The seventeenth regular meeting of the Allied Forces is now open. ”

They clasped their hands together and chanted together, "Praise be to the merciful God!"

"There are a total of five things to talk about today," the prince motioned for everyone to sit down, and immediately got to the point, "The first item is about the combat readiness of the frontline bases, you should know that our combat readiness has been delayed, and it is not possible to continue like this......

Someone chimed in. Someone shirked it, and the meeting went on in such a dreary atmosphere.

I can't take care of these things. Listening, I almost fell asleep.

"Now for the fifth item, which is about the Ninth Legion......

When I heard someone say "Ninth Legion", my eyes opened a little.

"Major General Cohen," said the Prince, "you talk first?"

"Huh, what are you talking about?" I was confused, "What's the matter?"

"Well, then, let's talk to the quartermaster!" said the Prince, "and the Quartermaster Department has had some complaints about the Ninth Legion lately. ”

"Yes, Your Royal Highness," Lu Man stood up, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure you've heard that the Ninth Legion has done something during this time to interfere with the normal operation of the Quartermaster's Department......"

"The proper functioning of the Quartermaster's Department?" I stood up and slammed the table with a "snap," "Are you saying that I, a noble Blessed Knight, has done something wrong?"

"Your Excellency, I have no right to say whether you are right or wrong," Lu Man clasped his hands together, "but in fact the work of the Quartermaster Department has been affected......

"The Quartermaster Department hasn't done a good job, what's the matter with the Ninth Legion!" I said, "Don't talk nonsense!"

While Lu Man and I were arguing, the rest of the room was silent, and everyone in the room either had nothing to say or couldn't speak because of their identity.

In the end, it was the Prince who stepped in to stop us, "Major General Cohen, please sit down!"

"I have a lot of material here about the Ninth Legion," the Prince tapped his finger on the table, "Your Excellency, you don't have a good relationship with the surrounding garrisons. In less than a month, seven units were robbed of equipment by the Ninth Army Corps, how do you explain it?"

As he spoke, he put a stack of official documents on the table.

"Can this be called robbery?, Your Royal Highness the Prince?" we spread our hands, "They don't have the equipment to go to the Quartermaster Department, but do the Ninth Legions get the equipment? This problem is with the Quartermaster Department, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

"And what is the explanation for your robbing the convoy?" said Luman, "this is a convoy of the coalition forces!"

"That's a loan," I said, "and I wrote an IOU." ”

"Your Excellency, is it also called borrowing to force an army with force?" said Lu Man, "and there is an IOU, can you also call it an IOU?"

"Listen, everybody," said Lu Man, taking out a stack of notes, "there are twenty-seven in all, and each one has only one sentence - the Divine Alliance, like a family! There is no date, no number of items borrowed, and no signature, this is the IOU of the Blessed Knight!"

"Isn't that right?" I asked Luman.

"Of course not!"

"Quartermaster, your courage is too great," I smiled, "The phrase that the Divine Alliance is like a family is said by the red-clothed priest, dare to say that he is not right, you are really tired." ”

"I ......"

"Major General Cohen, let us not dwell on these matters," said the Prince, "and I think Your Excellency ought to put an end to the recurrence of such things." ”

"No problem," I said very cheerfully, "as long as the quartermaster department gives me the equipment." ”

"Your Excellency should understand," said Luman, "that there is no rationing plan for the Slave Legion!"

"Yes, I don't care what the soldiers are, but I can't let them fight bare-assed!" I glanced at him coldly, "It doesn't matter if you don't give it, I'll figure it out myself." ”

"I thought the military department called me today and told me that I was okay with my equipment," I pushed back my chair and stood up. "I didn't expect it to be like this. It seems that today I am running for nothing...... Gentlemen. I took my leave. ”

"By the way, Quartermaster, I now order you in your capacity as a Blessed Knight," I paused at the door, "and in three days prepare forty thousand pairs of armor." If you dare to drag it out this time...... I'm afraid that the red-clothed priest himself won't be able to save you!"

With that, I slammed the door and left.

Returning to the camp, I sent twenty regiments to plunder the surrounding garrisons again. The operation was frenzied, and twenty regiments divided into four groups to work day and night, and in the early morning of the third day surrounded the general quartermaster warehouse.

"No more equipment. I said with red eyes, "I'm going to kill someone!"

At the mediation of the Ministry of War, the Quartermaster Department gave us the equipment we needed, including weapons and armor, and just as the soldiers were loading their carts, an order from Prince Karl Ulysses came.

The tone of the order was tough, and if the Ninth Army wanted to set off immediately, it must rush to the side of the Sibian Empire, the dividing line between gods and demons, and rearm for battle.

I smiled slightly and put the order into my arms, Prince Karl's favor is too great, it seems that the struggle between the royal factions and the temple factions in various countries is still fierce, after all, I still belong to the royal faction. In the midst of such a struggle, His Royal Highness is on my side.

Because the General Staff had long worked out a detailed plan for this march. So the march of the Ninth Army was unhurried.

It took less than a day for the regiments to return to the camp, pack up their belongings, and demolish the camp training ground. The second wing was in front, the first wing was in the center, and the third wing was behind, so I said goodbye to the military headquarters, and from then on, the mountain was high and the temple was far away, and the ninth army without restraint was really my army.

But no one up and down of the Ninth Legion, including me, could have imagined what it would be like when we set foot on this land again years later.

The march of more than 70,000 people is not a trivial matter, and it is related to all aspects.

Fortunately, I had completed complete control of the troops, and the soldiers were happy to live with me, and in fact they were living a good life, living in a slightly better condition than the soldiers of the other regular regiments.

Some people are reluctant to leave me because of changes in food, clothing, housing and transportation, and some people dare not leave me because they have done too many bad things with me...... Anyway, the soldiers accepted the reality that they would not be better off after leaving me and the Ninth Legion, and they began to call me the boss instead of the commander in private, and almost all the non-commissioned officers scolded people in the same tone as me, which showed that the soldiers were becoming more and more familiar with me.

As long as it is a human being, no matter what race it is, it will become dependent on familiar things, and among them, slaves are the most dependent.

We marched and trained along the way, and the Ninth Legion slowly arrived at its new garrison on the last day of the order, the city at the forefront of the Spyan Empire, Garia.

This is the real frontier, behind which is the thousand-mile fertile wilderness of the Sibia Empire, and one step forward is the dividing line between gods and demons.

Strictly speaking, it is more like a fortress, with high walls and fortresses. On the eve of the great battle, there were only a few inhabitants left in the city, except for some daring and frightened merchants.

His Majesty Kremer had received my letter long ago, and he had changed the governor of Garia at the first opportunity, and the first supplies for us had arrived even before us.

I was greeted at the gates by the new governor of Garia, Corter.

"Ahh

"You bastard!" I scolded him, "you don't make money for me in Wanpu, what are you doing here!"

"Yes, sir," Colt took the reins of his horse for me, "this is the appointment of His Highness Fichette!"

"What's the matter, I haven't learned this in a few days?" I glanced at him, "I'll beat him up!"

In fact, I was quite happy to meet such an old subordinate.

"Yes, yes, the chief said to fight," said Colter, "sir, you will live in the governor's palace, and I have arranged all the troops." ”

"Let's go," I nodded, and then turned back to tell Carlos to settle their troops.

Although it is a commercial port, Garia is not large, with a population of less than 200,000. Walking on the street, I saw that the business transactions here were unusually hot, whether it was buying or selling, the merchants were no longer careful, and the transaction was usually completed in three or two.

I asked Colt what was going on.

"Sir, these are the merchants running on the side of the alliance of gods and demons. Colt replied. "War is about to start. I don't know how long it will take, but they are doing the last business. ”

"The last madness," I said, "don't they worry about their lives?"

"No, they need to circulate supplies on both sides," Colt said, "and they're safe before the war." ”

"It's ironic that both sides need something from the other. But I have to beat you to death," I said with a wry smile, "what the fuck is this?"

The Governor's Mansion here is much smaller than the one in the Dark City, and Colter has done a lot of preliminary work, and after improvement, it is barely enough to be a legion headquarters.

"Tell me," I said, taking the glass of water from Colter, "what's going on over there in the dark." ”

"It's normal, the army is normal, the government affairs are normal, and the spring sowing of the entire province has been completed. It's going to be a good harvest this summer," Colt said. "Before I came, the three ladies repeatedly told me to take good care of you. ”

"That's good," I couldn't help but be very relieved to hear that spring sowing was completed, "what about Wanpu?"

"That's even better, sir, do you know?" Colt looked excited about his city, "Miss Dill Merlin is amazing! her business has been done all over the Dark Province, and branches have already opened in the major cities of Spia, and even several branches in the Demon Alliance, providing a lot of money to the darkness every month. ”

"So, those guys at the town hall don't have any questions about where the money came from, right?"

"No, you don't know the town hall! those guys are going crazy with money, and they don't care if they have the money to send them," said Colter, "and the three ladies asked me once, and I didn't dare to say. ”

"Don't talk about that," I nodded, "when will Marfa arrive?"

"He's supposed to be there tomorrow. ”

"I'll go to sleep, and you'll wake me up as soon as Marfa arrives. ”

"Yes!"

Marfa arrived the next afternoon, and although she was dusty, she was much more capable than before.

"Boss!" I heard a voice outside the door while I was in a meeting, and Marfa rushed over and hugged me like a gust of wind, "I miss you so much!"

In front of a group of officers, he made me laugh and cry.

"Okay, okay, disperse," I had to end the regimental commander-level meeting, "go back and restrain the soldiers, this is your own place, whoever messes around will be sent to the military justice department!"

"Yes!" dozens of regimental commanders left one after another, leaving a few brothers around.

"I said Marfa, you don't get off the boss yet," said Jack, "I can hit you with a wrench now!"

"I know you're a military judge now!" Marfa snorted, "but I'm not in your business!"

Saying hello to Helt and Moya.

"Looks like you're doing a good job," I said, "and tell us about it." ”

"Okay boss," Marfa pulled a few scrolls from her clothes, "I've brought some things that I think can help." ”

"What baby?" Jack leaned over, "Did your men really get it?"

"Don't underestimate these people, they are also carefully trained by me and the Boss!" "Marfa opened a scroll, "Boss, look, this is the latest and most detailed map of the dividing line between gods and demons!"

Helt rubbed his chin, "Didn't you say the most detailed map last time?"

"Do you know how fast my people are growing, Hailt?" said Marfa proudly, "and a lot can be done in a month. ”

"Explain the map to us!" I slapped Marfa in the face, "Talk nonsense!"

"Yes, you see, we are focusing on the distance from Garia to the nearest city of the demon country on the other side, which is more than three hundred and forty miles in a straight line, and the road is quite poor. Marfa pointed to the map and said, "So, a large army of tens of thousands of men has to cross this distance, and you don't even think about it for six days." ”

"And logistics are a big problem," I said, "and at least 10,000 logistics personnel are needed on such terrain." ”

"Yes Boss, but thankfully the Demon Coalition doesn't have troops on the demarcation line yet," Marfa said, nodding, "and they're still stationed in the major cities along the route. ”

"How are you doing with the Demon Alliance?" I asked him.

"Because of the time relationship, we can't go deep into the Demon Alliance, we can only go around on the sidelines, and the information we get is very limited. Marfa shook her head, "As far as the information we have ascertained so far, there are two legions of the Demon Alliance in front of us, and there are less than 100,000 people in the six camps. ”

"Is this information accurate?" asked Moya, who had never spoken.

"Absolutely," Marfa affirmed, "we came to this conclusion by a combination of methods, and we even checked the daily garbage in each camp. ”

"Tell me the details. ”

"We don't know who these two legion commanders are, or what country they're from," Marfa opened another scroll, "but we know the composition of their forces, which are 40,000 heavy infantry, 40,000 light infantry, 20,000 heavy cavalry, and a kind of cavalry that intelligence officers have never seen before, and this is the blueprint." ”

I looked over and saw that it was a little shorter than a horse, but it was much stronger than a horse, with sharp fangs and thick limbs.

"We have calculated that the daily fodder consumed by a cavalry camp like this is staggering," said Marfa, "is three times that of heavy cavalry of the same size." ”

"Three times as many horses?" I was taken aback, which meant that this kind of cavalry was at least twice as powerful as heavy cavalry, and the Demon Coalition was not fools and would not feed their pets with forage.

I looked down and pondered for a while, then asked Marfa, "What kind of equipment is the knight above?"

"Knights are not humans, they are usually two heads shorter than humans," Marfa said, looking at the scroll, "The weapons are long knives and chains, and they don't wear armor but are equipped with large shields!"

"Damn!" I couldn't help but scold, "melee main!"

Jack asked curiously, "Boss, why do you know this is a melee workhorse?"

"It's not a human, it's an alien warrior," I said to my brothers, "the long sword and the chain are the best weapons to use in the melee, and looking at their mounts, this animal is no less lethal than the knights! As for not wearing armor, it is probably the tradition of these warriors, do cavalrymen need large shields? Only charging cavalrymen use large shields to block arrows!"

"Boss, we don't have heavy infantry in our legion," Helt was worried, "how can we stand up to such an enemy?"

"Who wants to fight such an enemy unless necessary?" I was frustrated, "it depends on what kind of battle orders we get." ”

"Sending us here is probably just to let us fight from this side and attract the attention of the Demon Alliance," I said, pointing to the map, "If there are no accidents, we will definitely be the first of all the legions to enter the battlefield!"

"Is it okay, Boss?" said to Helte, "Is there a way?"

"Of course," I said with a smile, "go and call Carlos, and the Legion will change its training plan from tomorrow." ”

"Yes!"

"Marfa, how are you communicating with the entire organization?"

Marfa replied to me, "No problem, when I get there, the intelligence will be there." ”

"Well, you don't have to go back," I nodded, "and from now on, you'll be the chief liaison officer of the Ninth Legion." ”

"Yes," Marfa scratched her head, "but what does the Chief Liaison Officer do?"

"Do what you're doing now, keep being my eyes and ears. I said, "From today, the budget of the intelligence system has been tripled, and I want you to find out the information on the other side in the shortest possible time!"

"Yes!"

"Call me the herald!" I said, "from now on, the Ninth Legion is in a state of readiness!" (to be continued......)