Act 31 Expansion(12)

After finally solving the emergency on his side, Sir Mintai naturally wanted to return to the army to command his men.

But it was only at this time that he couldn't help but rejoice: Thank God he was fighting a ragtag group of people. If the two armies really faced off, he really wouldn't be able to take time out of the army to restrain his lawless son.

But different people have different ideas. As soon as Sir Mintai turned around, the servants and cronies around the young man surrounded him. They realized that the master's thunderous wrath did not fall on them, and they couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, but they asked in a low voice with a curiosity unique to a young man at this age: "Master, are we going to fight? "

The young man nodded and smiled nonchalantly: "Of course we have to fight. They are just a mob. How can they be more powerful than the mountain people and natives? Remember, our future enemies may be the real elites of this kingdom. As for these mobs, let them be the first stepping stone on our way forward——"

"But from what the adults say, the other party seems to be very powerful!"

"An Xin, no matter how outstanding a commoner is, his knowledge is limited," the young man snorted, "Besides, I still don't know what my father is trying to do. He is just trying to delay time. You think I can't tell? What he said is powerful, It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s really great. But it doesn’t matter, after I silence my father’s words, let’s see what he says next!”

He looked at Sir Mintai's back gradually disappearing in the forest, and couldn't help but smile slyly.

…

The light in the room became brighter.

But the arguing outside the window became louder and louder. Brando frowned and finally stood up and walked around the walnut desk to the blinds to see what was going on in the courtyard below.

Through the white window, he quickly saw the master craftsmen Beru and Antitina standing together with the three captains under him and arguing about something, while the little silver elf princess stood aside and seemed to be trying to break up the fight. On the other side, a little further away, Akane leaned against a black pine with her back against her halberd, chewing on a blade of grass and looking at this side, as if she had no interest in what was happening here.

"what happened?"

Brando didn't understand why these people were quarreling, but after hesitating, he decided to go down and see what was going on in person. After all, it was not a good thing for his core members to quarrel.

But when he opened the door, he was met by a black figure. If Brando hadn't reacted quickly, the two of them would have bumped into each other. He took a step back to see clearly that it was Fuluo, and the wild elf girl also took a step back, "Lord!" She gathered her emotions and said

Then handed over a note——

"What's going on?" Brando was stunned, wondering what day it was today, one thing after another. As he took the note, he walked out and closed the door. At the same time, he lowered his head and glanced at the note in his hand, and said in surprise: "Samuel has sent out troops and has passed Guers Ferry?"

The Samuel he spoke of was naturally Sir Mintai.

Even before the battle with the cavemen, mercenary scouts were already stationed along the Gers River. After retaking the logging camp, Brando, who withdrew his hand, spread his eyes between Fir City and Gers Ferry. Therefore, Sir Mintai had just crossed the Gers River and the news had already reached him. superior.

Frofa followed him one step behind and nodded: "Yes, sir."

"Shouldn't we start mobilizing from yesterday? This is much earlier than Charles expected? This guy is not simple -" Brando couldn't help but sigh.

Among all the reliable people around him, the one who is most familiar with the current Eruin nobles and understands the art of war is none other than Charles; and according to the judgment of the young wizard, Sir Mintai is determined not to leave prematurely, because Eruin The rules of the game between Lu Yin nobles are there, and it is unlikely that ordinary people can exceed them.

Of course, except for outsiders like Brando who don’t understand anything——

It can only be too late. Judging from the indecisiveness and timidity of most of the nobles in Eruin, Charles has set the time to send troops in the direction of Mintai in two days; but now it seems that this Sir His ability is probably above the average level of Eruin's vast lower class nobles.

"Approximately how many people are there?" Brando asked again.

"A few hundred people, no more than a thousand." Fuluo replied expressionlessly: "But across the Gers River, it is said that Kerenthia's scouts did not dare to go deep. I don't know if there will be follow-up - "

"Don't worry, there's no more." Brando shook his head: "Samuel is just a retainer, how many people can he have and how many people need to be divided into troops? It's only a few hundred people." He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The other party looks down on him. We..."

"Compared to the lord's strange ideas, I would rather everyone look down on us." The wild elf girl glanced at him, and rarely took the initiative to reply.

Brando smiled and put down the topic, but then he remembered something. "Speaking of which," he asked, "I remember mentioning that from the crossing of the Gers River eastward to Mount Grahar, aren't there several fords on the Gers River on the forest side? The army is in some trouble, but it shouldn’t be a problem for Kerenthia’s scouts to wade through the water?”

"Yes, but who wants to die?"

"So mercenaries are still inferior to professional soldiers," Brando shook his head: "Of course, I'm not talking about you."

"The Lubis mercenaries are almost the same." Fro replied. Although the mercenaries claimed to make a living in the war, they did not have the same orders and prohibitions as real soldiers. In fact, they regard war as a business, and they only do as much as the buyer pays.

Most mercenaries perform some single tasks in the war, and the employers who pay for them are well aware of this. Most people often use mercenaries to make up for the temporary shortage of troops; except for local powerful people like Grudin, few Some people will really use them as the main force, even if most mercenaries have extremely outstanding personal qualities and experience.

In a real war, discipline is often the most important thing. This is also the reason why Brando did not reorganize these mercenaries. The casual temperament of veterans is difficult to change, so he plans to incorporate all these mercenaries into the Amber Sword mercenary group so that they can be used in future wars. Let them perform their duties.

Anyway, in this era, the use of mercenaries is very common.

As for the army in Brando's plan, of course he will recruit from the locals, and then absorb a few outstanding talents from the mercenaries; to put it bluntly, he does not intend to reuse mercenaries, but in Brando's mind We only have an outline of the idea of ​​​​our own army in China, and we have just begun to roll out this blueprint.

From his point of view, there are so many things at stake right now——

The pressure he is about to face is not small. Now Sir Mintai has sent troops, but to him he is just a pawn exploring the path; not to mention the power of Earl Denel weighing on everyone like a dark cloud, it is Pala Si and the knights in his hands are enough to cause enough trouble to this new territory——

Brando could not get the news from the north, but the gentle knight must have got the news and began to assemble the army. With this knight's loyalty to Grudin, he would naturally move his army in front of them as quickly as possible.

But when he thought of the most elite knights of Grudin in Pallas's hands, Brando was not worried, but a little pity. Those are the most professional soldiers in the Tonigel area. They have practiced war skills since childhood. It would be great if they could be used by him.

Of course, he also knew that this was just an extravagant wish. Brando crumpled the note into a ball and put it in his purse, letting go of the matter in his heart. He understands that things in the army can only be done step by step, just like rice can only be done in one bite.

But the news of Sir Mintai's troops did not surprise him. The battle with the cavemen was not without purpose; at this moment, in the forests from the banks of the Gers River to Fir City, Tajib and his tribe This area has already been cordoned off.

As for Sir Mintai's fate, Brando doesn't need to spend too much effort thinking about it. When hundreds of private soldiers, a few knights, and maybe some mercenaries faced thousands of cavemen, the result was predictable.

Putting this matter aside, he asked: "What's going on down there?"

This time Fuluo shook her head, "I don't know-" She naturally saw a few people quarreling as she passed the courtyard, but out of a kind of indifference unique to this girl, she did not regard these things as her own. How much you care about irrelevant things.

Brando nodded and didn't ask any more questions; the two of them walked through the dark spiral staircase to the lobby on the first floor. As soon as they entered the lobby - of course, it was completely renovated compared to when Brando went crazy here a few days ago. , even the long table was changed - the sounds of arguments in the courtyard outside became clear and audible.

But the first thing Brando saw was Roman sitting alone at the other end of the long table in the hall, with almost his whole body lying on the table; the businesswoman wore a pair of strange glasses, and a pair of small arms pressed against her. On a large pile of parchment, something seemed to be being copied——

As for the arguments coming from outside the courtyard, she turned a deaf ear.

Of course, after hearing the voice behind him, Roman turned around suddenly. When he saw the young man, his little face immediately bloomed into a smile, he raised his head and shouted crisply: "Brando!"

Brando shook his head, walked over and took off the glasses on the girl's thin nose, and asked angrily: "What are you doing looking like this?"

"Let's settle the accounts." The business lady raised her pointed chin and replied matter-of-factly.

Brando suddenly understood and nodded; since taking over Fir City, all Grudin's private property in the city has been naturally accepted by him as a 'Lord' as trophies. In addition to the rewards and rewards distributed to the mercenaries after the war, a large amount of money was actually left behind.

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