Lord of War

102. Nine Flagpoles

William gently rubbed the center of his brows, his expression looked a little sleepy, he hadn't closed his eyes for three days.

During this period of time, he has followed Xiao En's rules and completely sealed off the Chirav and Panda collars, prohibiting any individual or team from approaching the Canyon Rift, and violators will be ruthlessly massacred. Naturally, this kind of behavior, as Sean had predicted before, quickly aroused dissatisfaction and opposition from the noble class of the entire Dabiang Kingdom, and there were naturally all kinds of responses to this behavior.

The moderate side naturally hoped to gain political advantage through diplomatic means. William was not interested in this, so he handed everything over to Neil. Facing Neil's lion, almost no nobleman could accept it. Since the negotiations were unsuccessful, veteran nobles or nobles with a little background will naturally use force to deal with it. Therefore, in the past two months, military mobilizations in places such as Chirav, Panda, and the Canyon Rift have been extremely frequent. More than 30 wars have occurred before and after.

Without causing the two countries to fight, it is impossible for the nobles of the Darbion Kingdom to mobilize private forces on a large scale, so their sneaking and fighting behaviors are completely equivalent to the behavior of meat buns beating dogs.

In just over two months, the name William Yale has become the third name that the entire Darbion Kingdom's aristocratic circle must keep in mind after Alfred and Sean Connery. There are even rumors that William has successfully entered the must-kill list of several old big families in the Darbion Kingdom-if Alfred's extremely tough leadership style just makes these big nobles feel troublesome and tricky, then William's The military command ability and layout ability made all the nobles feel afraid.

Almost invariably, these great nobles all thought of a name that could be called taboo.

Asuna G. Evans.

There are disadvantages, and naturally there are advantages.

The brilliance and brilliance that William radiated with his own power completely concealed the fact that several generals under Xiao En's command were growing crazily.

Through several battles, Altdorf has quickly formed his own tactical core ideas. He reorganized all his troops under his command into infantry and cavalry, galloping on various battlefields with excellent mobility, especially his rescue operations were extremely accurate and fast, and every time he could become the last straw that crushed the enemy; What is different from Altdorf's mobile tactics is that Stalin is very good at defensive warfare. His armaments are relatively simple, but the battle line he draws can become a strong shield, almost any enemy who confronts him In the end, he will be completely dragged down.

Compared with the extremely distinctive characteristics of these two people, Nock seems a bit mediocre. He was not as good as Altdorf in offense, and not as good as Stalin in defense, but after several encounters, his troops had the highest survival rate and the lowest casualty rate in the entire Chirav Territory. And what is even more incredible is that no matter how critical the situation is. His troops always managed to save the day and were ready for the next battle with little rest.

Originally, William was a little worried about entrusting the entire military of Chirav to these three people, but after just over two months, William no longer doubted the ability of these three people. It is no problem for three people to sit in the town. Of course, this is also because almost all of these battles occurred in small-scale conflicts with less than two or three hundred people, but William was also very happy that those stupid nobles of the Darbion Kingdom continued to send people to die. Because there is nothing that can make people grow faster than actual combat.

As for those who managed to escape the Chilaf line of defense formed by the interweaving of the three,

William wasn't worried either.

Because the next thing they will encounter will be the cavalry unit led by Rena who wanders between Chilav and Panda Town.

A light cavalry unit of 500 people, plus Rui Na, who is at the top of the silver peak. This is a sharp death sickle. If the confrontation with Stalin, Altdorf, and Nock was considered an encounter, then the encounter with Rena's cavalry was a one-sided massacre.

Even if someone is really lucky enough to escape the two lines of defense in a row, they will be completely desperate in front of the third line of defense.

With Panda Town as the core area, it spreads to the periphery to cover the entrance of the Canyon Rift. It was An Nuo and his two thousand steel wings.

With this series of strategic layouts and tactical strikes, William Yale's name was naturally known to the aristocratic circle of the Kingdom of Darbion soon. Of course, Sean's secret ally, Baron Lonnis Hodder, is contributing to this. Without his advocacy and incitement, it would no longer be just the name William Yale that entered the field of vision of the upper aristocratic circle of the Kingdom of Dabion, and even Altdorf, Stalin, Nock, Anno, Reina and others , are also presented one by one.

Fortunately, the massacre order personally issued by William made it impossible for any of the troops who were lucky enough to fight against Rui Na and others to leave alive.

According to an incomplete conservative estimate, in the past three months alone, the Kingdom of Darbion has lost nearly 20,000 noble private soldiers.

And in this case, after Alfred finally returned with a large number of tens of thousands of slaves purchased from the trading capital, the Kingdom of Dabion immediately stopped this meaningless act of death. Not every noble can support the blood money of those who died in battle. Without Alfred, they can't get any favors, let alone one of the three nobles who need to beware of the most.

Soon, Dabion Kingdom and Sean's territory returned to their former peace.

William is actually not too satisfied with this result, but since his opponents have chosen to retreat and hibernate, there is nothing he can do. At least after Sean does not come back, he does not want to provoke a new round. war. Moreover, after three months of wars in the territory, the supply of troops is actually very scarce, so matters such as training recruits have become new troubles that William needs to rearrange.

However, whenever William saw Neil, his mood improved a lot. Because what he needs to be responsible for is only the military system that belongs to the territory under Xiao En's command. Although the detailed assignment is a bit troublesome, it is still a system in the final analysis. Moreover, he has a lot of capable people in his hands, and he can easily appoint any person to be competent. Even if one person can't do it, several people can join forces to build a defense system.

But Neil was completely different.

Currently, there are three and a half territories under Sean's command, of which Panda and Chirav are both baronies, while Dai is a viscount, and there is also half a Sharf viscount. The population, villages, and towns of these territories are all different, and the flow of people is also different. Even the special products produced in the territories and the degree of development are also different. Therefore, each territory actually needs a completely independent and different management system.

The only ones that can be regarded as relatively easy are the Panda collar and half of the Sauv collar. The former has been rectified by Sean, William, and Cecilia before, and there is currently Baron Ruud Michelin of the former Darbihan Kingdom under management, so there is no need for Neil to worry too much; The latter is just a castle, currently because of the normal supply of black steel stone. It has officially entered the repair stage, so there is no need to think too much.

The only problematic ones are the Chirav collar and the Dai collar.

At present, Neil is in charge of the Dayi Territory, because there are old members of the Michelin family in this territory, and these people are eager to make a move, obviously they still don’t give up, and with the prying eyes of other nobles in the Dabiang Kingdom, so really only Neil can be in charge . Annuo after the battle in the Canyon Rift Valley stopped. He has led 2,000 steel wing troops to come over to assist and support in case of internal rebellion in the territory.

As for the Chirav collar, it can only be operated by remote control temporarily.

Among the three territories under Sean's command, Chirav Territory has almost completely collapsed - as the main battlefield of the three-month war. In addition, Lonnie was not good at internal affairs management before, so Neil and William had expected such a situation. If this were not the case, William would not have directly used this territory as the main battlefield for the strategy of blocking the canyon rift and the training place for newcomers, but this would naturally be a pain for the tens of thousands of people in the territory.

These. You can only make up for it later.

At this moment, William will be exhausted to a decadent appearance. It's not even because of territory and military affairs that they haven't slept together for three days, but because of a magical communication from Sean.

Sean set off this time with the magic communication secret stone given by Andrew. The biggest advantage of this kind of secret stone is that it can communicate remotely without distance restrictions. Of course, the premise is that the magic power is sufficient. This is much better than the magic communication tools currently sold by the magic guild, and there is no need to be afraid of being eavesdropped.

The content of this magical communication from Sean is not complicated. William quickly figured out the information about the wild land and some matters about the Gapland Rift. According to Sean's request in the letter, it was that he needed reinforcements, but even though William had figured out Sean's purpose and plan, he couldn't make a proper decision right away.

At this moment, what was presented in front of William was an incomparably huge map.

Anyone who is familiar with Panda Land, Dayi Land, and Chirav Land here can recognize at a glance that there are extremely detailed marks on these three lands on this map, which are completely accurate to every town and village. Even some terrains that can serve as ambush points and strategic points are marked in detail, and they are also distinguished by different colors. But other than that, a large area around is completely blank, and occasionally some places are painted or marked with a few pens, but compared to the internal details of the three territories, these places can be said to be very Crude - not even the word "abbreviated" can describe it.

William's fingers tapped slowly and rhythmically on the map, and his eyes fell on the small flagpole standing on the map.

Each flagpole represents an army.

Now there are eight small flagpoles on the map, but before that, there were only three flagpoles: Alfred, Rena, and the White Wing Mercenary Corps.

At this time, there are three small flagpoles on Chirav's collar, one between Chirav's collar and Panda Town, one in the Void City on the map, one in Day's collar, and one in Hongye Town One, one in Panda Town.

William also held a small flagpole in his hand.

After a long time, William finally sighed helplessly, reached out and inserted the small flagpole into a large blank space on the map.

Almost at the same moment William inserted the small flagpole, there was a sound of footsteps behind him.

Along with the sound of footsteps, there was a deep voice that was neither humble nor humble: "I heard that you are looking for me?"

"Yes." William nodded, turned around and looked at the middle-aged man standing in front of him - Clover, his former comrade-in-arms and current subordinate.

Clover hasn't changed much from before. His mental outlook is obviously much better than before. The black heavy armor was also specially tailored later. In terms of texture, it is better than Clover's previous equipment. Naturally it is much better. Both Sean and William attach great importance to the issue of armaments in the territory. Even though they are still wary of Clover and his army, William and Sean have not withheld their military resources. Still give them the same treatment as their strength and status.

"I thought you would hide me all the time and let us be a castle defender." Clover glanced at the nine small flagpoles on the map. He and William were former comrades-in-arms. Naturally, I have heard some of William's habits, so it is not difficult to guess William's plan, "Tell me, what hard work, tiring work, and dirty work do you want us to do?"

"It's really hard work." William didn't care about Clover's sarcasm, and he said straightforwardly.

"Target."

"The wild land." William said lightly, "The master you swore to be loyal to is currently facing life-threatening threats."

There was a trace of murderous intent in Clover's pupils, and the aura of the whole person burst forth, but almost as soon as the aura was released, he was immediately suppressed by him forcefully, because he saw the tent on the left. A figure in a shadowy corner—it was a figure sitting on a coffin. Clover knew very well that when he entered the tent, he could scan the surrounding corners without finding anyone, but this figure suddenly appeared at this moment, so the situation is obvious.

"The strength of the opponent." Clover asked in a deep voice.

"A low-ranking gold powerhouse, about a hundred armed mobile soldiers." William threw a letter to Clover, "It contains detailed information I sorted out, based on the strength of you and your army it should be no problem?"

"You're looking down on me." Clover took the envelope and glanced up at William, "If it's just a low-ranking gold, it won't pose a threat to me and my troops, although the casualties may be severe... "

"After this battle, all the troops under your command will be replenished with formal sources of troops." William said calmly, "I am going to expand your troops to a thousand people. As for how to train your troops, that is your business. I don't care. I will intervene, but I hope you will not forget the original agreement with the lord."

"When to set off?"

"Your guide is waiting for you outside."

Clover said nothing, turned and left the tent.

After William watched Clover leave, he also turned around and looked at the map on the table again, then pulled out a small flagpole on it, and reinserted it in another position. After thinking about it for a while, William pulled up the second small flagpole again, then moved to a certain position on the map, and inserted it again. After that, William nodded in satisfaction.

Bess on the side looked at the map drawn by William and the distribution of flags on it, and said softly, "You are really cautious."

"No way, Lord Lord's family business is too small now, so I can't help but handle it carelessly."

"If the nobles in Darbion know that there is such a map and these nine flagpoles on your table, I'm afraid they will try to assassinate you at all costs."

"These nine flagpoles are enough for me to play a big game of chess."

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