Chapter 322 We don't want the first layer of defense
After studying for a long time, Jia Siwei finally said: "Count Martha is truly a frontline commander. This has really posed a problem for me. There is no way to solve it with conventional means."
There is no other way. After all, he is the commander of the Allied Nobles. On the land of the kingdom, no one can control him no matter where he goes. As long as he does not violate the laws of the country, he is acting unscrupulously.
If they were stationed in their own territory, they would be able to give advice.
But they are stationed outside the territory, and they are not forced to send troops, nor are they required to provide supplies such as weapons and food. What can I say? I can't say anything.
If you make suggestions, I'm afraid it will give those nobles an excuse.
But his territory is here, and he cannot leave, otherwise he will also give those nobles an excuse.
When the people above are always watching me, if I leave, as long as they operate, their territory will be lost. At least in name, I will be severely punished.
The most important thing for Jia Siwei is not this territory, but the status bonus brought by the Earl of the territory.
As long as he has this identity, he can understand all kinds of high-end information within the kingdom, even confidential information, and then provide it to Fang Jie. This is his greatest role.
Once you lose this identity, you will no longer be able to obtain this information.
Therefore, Jia Siwei cannot leave and cannot make himself appear too incompetent. If that is the case, how can he have the face to obtain the vast land management rights of the Lansha Kingdom? No one would be willing to give it to him.
Even though Fang Jie may not give himself such a large piece of land, it is still okay to give at least part of it.
So, we still have to persevere. Jia Siwei frowned tightly, thinking about his own solution.
"For now, there is only one way, which is to make the people on the opposite side believe that we will not go against them."
"Lord, what are we going to do? I'm afraid the other side won't believe it."
"Send someone to take the initiative to explain the situation and tell them what we think. At the same time, we don't need the first layer of defense." Jia Siwei directly put a big cross on the map.
Now, everyone looked at Jia Siwei like they were an idiot.
"Lord, what is the difference between you and those who take the initiative to cede territory and betray the country? How did you come up with such an idiotic idea?" There are really bold people who dare to question this directly.
Jia Siwei glanced at it and secretly made a note of this guy.
Then he said: "You think I am the same as those idiots. You are wrong. When did I cede land and pay compensation? I just gave up the first layer of defense."
Jia Siwei pointed to the map: "If we abandon this place, we still have two layers of defense, which is the main body. The first layer is originally for greater warning and has symbolic meaning. The scope is too large, which is not conducive to our gathering of troops."
"Besides, there is only some wasteland between the two layers of defense. We are not building or farming there, we just need to evacuate the people back. Even if they get this kind of land, they will not occupy it."
Indeed, just wait until the enemy leaves, occupy and come back.
It seems that no land or population was lost, and nothing was lost. It was just the loss of some fruits of labor, such as the city wall that almost surrounded the border.
This layer of city wall is very long, and they spent nearly half of their labor force on it throughout the spring.
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It seems a pity to give up now.
"Only by giving up here will they believe that we really will not go against them. At the same time, we can completely concentrate our forces, and the concentrated forces will be more difficult to deal with."
"Then why don't we just retreat?"
"No, if we retreat, the kingdom will definitely find a way to take back this territory. Once we lose the territory, it will be almost impossible for us to regain a foothold in the Crescent Kingdom."
Everyone is aware of this. It is really difficult for common people to become nobles.
Even if Jia Siwei develops so smoothly, there are only a few people under him who have been canonized as nobles. And they are all nominal nobles who cannot be hereditary and have no territory.
Many other people have worked hard before, but it is impossible to get any chance.
Sometimes it seems that the meritorious service is not small, but the nobles will simply ignore it and just give it away with something.
Thinking of this, everyone immediately felt that if they evacuated, the losses would be even greater.
"I understand, but is it useful to just step back a little bit?"
"Of course it's useful. This is our attitude. Moreover, by giving up the first layer of defense, on the surface, most of our territory is an undefended area. This is equivalent to us giving up a quite large area, which gives the enemy a sufficient response.
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"The puppet troops are not fast enough. As long as the flying troops are hidden, ours will become the kind of hard bones that cannot be chewed and pose no threat. No one will be willing to touch us."
Everyone put their thoughts on the identity of the enemy for a while, and it seems that this is really the case.
If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to fight such a useless thing.
When the war breaks out, they won't care about this small place outside the border.
"Okay, let's go and notify each other now."
Jia Siwei quickly stopped the others' actions: "Wait, don't go now, wait until the other side's army approaches. Otherwise, I'm worried that Earl Martha will make other moves if he knows about our actions."
Jia Siwei did not dare to underestimate the aristocrats of this world at all. Although they seemed to live a relatively backward life, in fact, in their professional fields, they were definitely not comparable to ordinary people.
The other party is now the one taking the initiative. Once you give them time to react, who knows what will happen.
"Then who should we ask to inform this news?" Everyone looked at each other wildly. This matter is very dangerous. No matter who goes, there is no way to absolutely guarantee their own safety.
"Of course we won't let our people go, just use the natives." Jia Siwei said calmly.
Many people showed strange smiles, but Jia Siwei sighed helplessly. Although he trusted these compatriots more, Jia Siwei also knew the virtues of these compatriots who were born in peaceful times.
You can trust them with ordinary things, but who knows what they will think about something like this that threatens life.
If someone accidentally messes up for themselves, they will be the unlucky ones in the end. Jia Siwei doesn't trust them at all in this regard.