Lord of War

"This matter can only be left to Bess." Xiao thought of the man who called himself Stephen, and still felt a chill.

But neither William nor Cecilia felt this way, so they couldn't understand the fear in Sean's tone. However, since Sean decided to let Bess handle it, the problem can basically be regarded as over, at least they don't think anyone can escape Bess's pursuit.

After finalizing the future foreign aid forces for the territory, the meeting basically came to an end.

Cecilia also seemed to have become a little busy, no longer doing nothing like before, so she got up and left after the meeting. On the contrary, William was still sitting in the conference room, his chin resting on the back of his crossed hands, staring at Sean with interest.

Not long after, Sean was the first to lose the battle: "What...what are you doing?"

"It's nothing." William smiled, but for some reason, his smile made Sean feel a chill instead.

"Don't laugh, the more you laugh, the more hopeless I am." Sean shivered, and he quickly reached out and rubbed his arms, as if he was warming up, "Just tell me what's wrong with you Bar."

Hearing Xiao En's words, William restrained himself a little, showed a more serious face, and then said in a deep voice: "Now that the contract documents of the territory are in our hands, I can deal with the upcoming troubles of the Peace Association smoothly." Solve it. But have you considered how to deal with the affairs of the Millennium Covenant Empire and the Royal Family of the Principality of Ryan?"

"What do you mean?" Sean froze for a moment, unable to react.

"We all know that they are coming for Cecilia, but in fact they don't know who is the awakened person of the Phoenix bloodline, so they may settle here for a long time in the future." As William's voice sounded, Sean's brows became tighter and tighter, because he found that there seemed to be something crucial that he had overlooked, "The current standing army strength in our territory is close to 30,000, you know what kind of force this is? concept?"

There are a total of ten troops officially registered in Sean's territory.

They are the Iron Wings of Commander Anno, the Thunder Lions led by Alfred, the Cecilia Guards of Clover, the 1st Cavalry of Reina, the Infantry Cavalry of Altdorf, and the 1st Cavalry of Stalin. Infantry Regiment, Noke's Second Infantry Regiment, Puda's Red Leaf Town Militia Regiment, Void City City Defense Force, and the dark wings currently commanded by William himself.

Among these ten legions, the Iron Wings, Thunder Lions, and Void City Defense Forces were all expanded to a size of 5,000 people, while the Cecilia Guards, the First Cavalry, the Infantry Cavalry, the First and The Second Infantry Regiment, the Hongye Town Militia Regiment, and the Black Wings still maintain a strength of 1,000 people, plus there are more than 3,000 reserve recruits who are still practicing in Panda Town and hundreds of former Vivian The total strength of the slaves brought in from the barren land has exceeded 25,000.

And this does not include the two private armies under the former Viscount Rudd who are still retained by the Dai collar and can be transferred at any time and thrown into the war.

The size of the army of 30,000 people must be at least a force that can be fed by a powerful earl with a vast territory. As for a Marquis as powerful as Asuna, not counting the 7,000 or so thunderbolts left in the Tonis Fortress, the regular strength of his private soldiers is only 30,000. The echelon has a strength of 50,000, and the total strength is only close to 90,000.

but know,

Fortress Tonis has a permanent population of over 100,000 and a floating population of more than 100,000, and such a huge fortress can only support a standing force of less than 50,000. As for Xiao En's territory, the total population of the people not counting the number of troops is only 30,000 to 40,000. Although counting the floating population, it can reach 60,000 to 70,000, but with such a small population, it is necessary to feed nearly 30,000 people The army, this expense is not generally large.

In the past, Xiao En's approach was to solve the problem by supporting war with war. A large part of the reason for this was that nearly two-thirds of the nearly 30,000 army were composed of northern barbarians and slaves. As long as people have enough to eat, they don't need salary at all. However, the city defense army of the Void City and the two private armies on the side of the Dailand, etc., had to pay enough salaries.

But as time goes by, many slaves will gradually become citizens in the future. If these people are to remain in the army, they must be paid. Therefore, in terms of military expenses, it will only grow bigger and bigger like a bottomless pit, and there is no possibility of shrinking—unless Sean disarms.

After hearing William's solemn words, Sean finally understood what William wanted to express.

The reason why Sean spared no effort to develop military affairs, even in the case of conflicts between government affairs and military affairs, was to give way to military affairs. Naturally, his purpose was only one, and that was the war with the Kingdom of Dabiang. As the fuse and leader of the outbreak of the war, Sean's greatest benefit lies in the initial period after the outbreak of the war, as long as the Principality of Ryan and the Kingdom of Darbion have not officially intervened During the outbreak of the war, all the territories and supplies Sean seized will belong to his own property, and there is no need for unified distribution by the Principality of Ryan after the war.

But now, if the envoys of the Millennium Covenant Empire and the Royal Family of the Principality of Ryan stay in the Void City for a long time, it will definitely have a major impact on Xiao En's war plan. Not to mention that as the suzerain of the Principality of Ryan, the Millennium Covenant Empire will definitely not want to see the Principality of Ryan develop and grow, so once such signs are discovered, they will definitely try their best to stop——

Even if a war broke out under such circumstances, but now that there is such an envoy of the Royal Family of the Principality of Lane in Xiao En's territory, then he has occupied the name of orthodoxy. Under such circumstances, Sean, who is not even a nobleman, is just a pioneer knight. All the territories and resources he conquered must be included in Asuna's name, and under the supervision of the royal envoy, this battle As long as the war starts, it will be regarded as the official intervention of the Principality of Ryan, so it can be said that Sean is of no benefit at all.

For this point, William was clear, and Neil was also clear. Now that William reminded him, Sean also came to his senses.

After all, in the orthodox history of the game, when a war broke out between the Principality of Ryan and the Kingdom of Darby, the Millennium Covenant Empire had no chance to intervene. The war between the Kingdoms of Ang has ended with the demise of the Kingdom of Dabion. But now in this world, because of Cecilia's awakening of the phoenix bloodline, the visit of the envoys from the Millennium Covenant Empire and the Principality of Ryan was drawn in, which completely disrupted Sean's steps and plans.

"Then what do you and Neil think?" Sean knew very well that since William had already said that, he must have negotiated with Neil. Instead of thinking about each other without a clue, it is better to listen to the opinions of these two professionals first.

"The fastest way is naturally to meet the requirements of the Millennium Covenant Empire and let them leave as soon as possible." William said.

But before he finished speaking, Sean interrupted mercilessly: "Impossible! It is absolutely impossible for me to hand over Cecilia. That would not be a good thing. If Cecilia If I go to the Millennium Covenant Empire for further studies, maybe I will agree, but that is a living experiment! Do you know what this means?"

"Of course I know." William nodded very calmly, "I just said to meet the requirements of the Millennium Covenant Empire, not to hand over Cecilia."

Hearing this, Sean was slightly taken aback: "What do you mean?"

"What they want are bloodline awakeners, right?" William continued, "but the problem is that they don't know who is bloodline awakener at all. On this issue, we can completely fake some falsehoods to deceive them , for example, this bloodline awakener has left our jaws..."

"Such a cheap lie, do you think they will believe it?"

"It doesn't matter whether they believe it or not. The most important thing is that we must grasp intelligence that is ahead of them." William said, "Some time ago, Ruby caught a few spies from the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire. These people are indeed very tough. , As expected of being from the Seven Great Empires, even in the face of our interrogation, they didn't open their mouths..."

"Is it okay to talk about the point?"

"Okay." William gave Sean a blank look, and then said reluctantly, "For these spies, we will directly punish them with heavy penalties. Although these people all died in the end, we still got some Very useful information... They have been sneaking into our territory for one or two months, but they have not obtained any useful clues about the Phoenix bloodlines..."

"Isn't this period of time just what I've been doing in Tinchin?"

"Yes." William nodded, "They collected data by exclusion method on some important personnel in our territory, and finally targeted Rena, Hina, and Cecilia. But this The spies were captured by us just when they returned this information to the head of the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire. According to the way the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire handles the problem, this information should still be with the head of the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire. hands, but not to the envoys of the Millennium Covenant Empire."

Hearing this, Xiao En has fully understood: "So as long as we catch the head of the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire, then the other party will have nothing to gain from this question about the Phoenix bloodlines, and even if the time comes No matter how ridiculous the excuse we gave, they can only choose to accept it and cannot continue to stay in our territory to investigate..."

William suddenly supported his chin with one hand, tapped the table with the index finger of his right hand, and a look of excitement suddenly appeared in his eyes: "Tell me, could this Stephen be the intelligence agent of the Millennium Covenant Empire?" Where is the head of the department?"

"Shouldn't it?" Sean was a little dazed, "Such a dangerous thing, it's impossible for a guy with a noble status like the chief executive to do it himself?"

"That's not certain." William said lightly, "Since Bess is going to take action anyway, why don't we do it right away? ... Even if he is not, he can hide from me and Neil's counter-espionage detection methods , is enough to prove that this person is not simple, maybe there is any more important information or other clues on him?"

"I'm going to find Bess now." Sean got up without hesitation.

"No, I'll do it." William showed a charming chuckle, his face flushed a little drunk, and his breath began to become a little heavy, which made him suddenly a little more Divide the taste of the country and the city.

But Sean knew that once William showed this smile, it meant that he was really excited. And once William gets excited, he is usually listed as the target prey, and I am afraid life will not be so easy.

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