As the days passed, the soldiers' combat skills improved significantly.
That day happened to be the street fighting training of the 3rd and 4th Guards Regiments. Just when I and the officers from the headquarters were watching the training happily, the order from the military headquarters arrived.
As soon as I took the order from the herald, I burst into laughter.
Carlos asked me confused, "Sir, what are you laughing at?"
"The order from the military department," I said to everyone, "requires me to attend this month's regular meeting."
"Sir," Jack said, "It's just a regular meeting, so you won't be so happy, right?"
I shook my head, "Carlos!"
"yes!"
"The staff department has made a plan to end all training within two days, and each regiment is packing up and preparing to travel!" I laughed so hard, "The Ninth Army Corps' hard days are over!"
"Sir, can you explain it more clearly?" Jack pursed his lips, "We still don't know what's going on!"
"My dear brother." I hugged Jack and said, "If there is an annoying person around you, although he keeps doing things that make you nerve-wracking, you can't deal with him due to his status. What will you do?
manage?"
"It's easy!" Jack said, "Find a way to drive him away and keep him away from me!"
"Yes! We are about to be driven away by the military." I laughed again, "Haha! Once we are out of the military's sight, won't we have an easy life?"
"I understand!" Jack nodded fiercely, "I have to go back and pack my things quickly."
"What are you collecting!" I grabbed him and said, "Come to the meeting with me!"
Regular meetings are held in the conference room on the ground floor of the military headquarters building, and usually only a dozen senior officers from the military headquarters attend. It is rare for a major general to attend a meeting.
I deposited weapons with the adjutant at the door, so I walked into the conference room and found a random place to sit down.
After a while, generals with shining gold stars on their shoulders and well-dressed civil servants walked into the room one after another and sat down around the long table.
It is really rare that the left prime minister, who has not been seen for a long time, also walked in. I have never seen him before when I arrived at the military headquarters!
"Stand at attention!" the adjutant at the door shouted, "the commander-in-chief is here!"
Everyone stood up and saluted Prince Carl, "Hello, sir!"
"Hello, gentlemen." Prince Carl Ulysses looked around and nodded to the officers, "The seventeenth regular meeting of the Allied Forces Military Headquarters begins now."
Everyone clasped their hands together and shouted together, "Praise the merciful God!"
"There are a total of five things I want to talk about today." The prince motioned everyone to sit down and immediately got to the point. "The first item is the combat readiness report on the frontline bases. You should know that our combat readiness has been delayed. If this continues, it will be very difficult.
no……"
Some people agreed, others shied away, and the meeting went on in such a dull atmosphere.
I have no control over these things, and I almost fell asleep while listening to them.
"Now let's move on to the fifth topic, which is about the Ninth Legion..."
When I heard someone say "Ninth Legion", my eyes opened a little.
"Major General Cohen," the prince said to me, "do you want to talk first?"
"Ah? What are you talking about?" I looked confused, "What is it?"
"Then, let's ask the Quartermaster to talk!" the prince said. "In recent times, the Quartermaster Department has had some complaints about the Ninth Army Corps."
"Yes, Your Highness the Prince." Luman stood up, "Everyone, I believe you have heard that the Ninth Army has done some things during this period, which has interfered with the normal operation of the Munitions Department..."
"The normal operation of the Munitions Department? Are you bluffing me!" I stood up and slammed the table, "Are you saying that I, a noble knight of divine blessing, did something wrong?"
"Sir, I have no right to say whether you are right or wrong." Luman clasped his hands, "But in fact, the work of the Munitions Department has indeed been affected..."
"If the Munitions Department didn't do its job well, what does it have to do with the Ninth Army Corps?" I said, "Don't talk nonsense!"
While Luhmann and I were arguing, everyone else in the venue remained silent. Everyone sitting here either had nothing to say or was unable to speak due to their status.
In the end, the prince came forward to stop us, "Major General Cohen, please sit down!"
"I have a lot of information here about the Ninth Army." The prince tapped his fingers on the table, "Sir, your relationship with the surrounding garrison is not very good. In less than a month, seven troops have been captured by the Ninth Army.
How do you explain that the equipment was stolen?"
As he spoke, he put a stack of official documents on the table.
"Can this be called robbery? Your Highness?" We spread our hands. "They just go to the Munitions Department to get the equipment. But can the Ninth Army get the equipment? This problem lies with the Munitions Department and has nothing to do with me."
"Then what's your explanation for robbing the transport team?" Luman said, "This is the coalition's transport team!"
"That's a loan." I said, "I wrote an IOU."
"Your Excellency, if you bring an army to force someone to force you to do it, is that called borrowing?" Luman said. "There is also an IOU. Can you call that an IOU?"
"Everyone, listen to it." Luman said, taking out a stack of notes, "There are twenty-seven notes in total, and each one has the same sentence - God belongs to the coalition, and we are as close as one family! There is no date, and there is nothing.
The amount of the borrowed items, and no signature, this is the IOU from the Divine Blessing Knight!"
"Isn't it right?" I asked Luman.
"Of course not!"
"Lord Quartermaster, you are too courageous." I chuckled, "The saying that the Divine Alliance is as close as a family was said by the chief priest in red. If you dare to say that he is wrong, you are really tired of living."
"I……"
"Major General Cohen, let's not get entangled in these matters." The prince said, "I think your Excellency should prevent this from happening again."
"No problem." I said happily, "As long as the Munitions Department gives me the equipment."
"You should understand," Luman said, "the slave army has no rationing plan!"
"Really? I don't care what the status of the soldiers is, but I can't let them go to war naked!" I looked at him coldly, "It doesn't matter if you don't give it, I will find a way myself."
"I thought that when the military called me here today, they would tell me that there was no problem with the equipment." I pushed away the chair and stood up, "I didn't expect that it would still be like this. It seems that my running around today was in vain... Gentlemen,
I bid farewell."
"By the way, Lord Quartermaster, I am ordering you now as the Knight of God's Blessing." I stopped at the door, "Prepare 40,000 pieces of armor within three days. If you dare to delay this time...
…I’m afraid the red priest can’t save you even if he comes in person!”
After saying this, I slammed the door and left.
After returning to the camp, I sent twenty regiments to loot the surrounding garrisons again. This operation was crazy. The twenty regiments were divided into four groups and traveled day and night. In the early morning of the third day, they surrounded the general munitions warehouse.
"If you don't give me the equipment," I said with red eyes, "I'm going to kill someone!"
Through the mediation of the Military Department, the Munitions Department allocated us the equipment we needed, including weapons and armor. Just as the soldiers were loading the vehicles, the transfer order signed by Prince Carl Ulysses came.
The order came in a tough tone, requiring the Ninth Legion to set off immediately and arrive at the Sibia Empire side of the dividing line between gods and demons within a month to prepare for war.
I smiled slightly and put the order into my arms. This favor from Prince Carl was really too great. It seems that the struggle between the royal family factions and the temple factions in various countries is still fierce. After all, I still belong to the royal family faction. In such a struggle, His Royal Highness the Prince stands.
Come to my side.
Because the staff had already made a detailed plan for this march, the Ninth Army marched in a leisurely manner.
It took less than a day for each regiment to return to the camp, pack up their things, and dismantle the camp training ground. The second regiment was in the front, the first regiment was in the middle, and the third regiment was in the rear. I said goodbye to the military headquarters.
, From now on, the ninth legion, which is high in the mountains and far away from the temple, without restraint, can truly be regarded as my army.
But no one in the Ninth Legion, including me, ever imagined what it would be like when we set foot on this land again many years later.
The march of more than 70,000 people is no small matter. It affects all aspects.
Fortunately, I have completed complete control of the army, and the soldiers are happy to live with me. In fact, their lives are very good, and their living conditions are better than those of soldiers in other regular legions.
Some people are reluctant to leave me because of the changes in food, clothing, housing and transportation, and some are afraid to leave me because they have done too many bad things with me... Anyway, the soldiers have accepted this reality. If they leave me, they will be no better than they are now after leaving the Ninth Legion.
My life became better. They began to call me boss instead of commander in private. Almost all the non-commissioned officers cursed me in the same tone. All this shows that the soldiers have become more and more familiar with me.
As long as you are a human being, no matter what race you are, you will become dependent on familiar things, and among them, slaves are the most dependent. We were marching and training along the way, and the Ninth Legion slowly completed the task stipulated in the order.
One day we arrived at the new station, the forefront city of the Sbia Empire - Gallia.
This is the real frontier. Behind is the fertile wilderness of the Sibia Empire. One step forward is the dividing line between gods and demons.
Strictly speaking, this place is more like a fortress, with towering walls and numerous fortresses. On the eve of the war, except for some bold and frightening businessmen, there were only a few residents left in the city.
His Majesty Creamer had already received my letter, and he immediately changed the governor of Gallia, and the first batch of supplies for us arrived even before us.
What greeted me at the city gate was Corte, the new governor of Gallia.
"Ah - haha." Seeing me walking over from a distance, Colter said with a smile, "Hello, sir!"
"You bastard!" I scolded him, "You are not making money for me in Wanpu, why are you here to join in the fun!"
"Yes! Sir." Colter held the reins of the horse for me, "This is His Highness Fichet's appointment!"
"What? It's been a few days since I last saw you and you learned this trick?" I glanced at him, "I'll beat him too!"
In fact, I was quite happy to meet such an old subordinate.
"Yes, yes, we will fight as long as the commander says." Colter said, "Sir, you will live in the Governor's Mansion. I have arranged the troops."
"Let's go." I nodded, and turned back to instruct Carlos to arrange the troops.
Although it is a commercial port, Garia is not big, with a population of less than 200,000. Walking on the street, I saw that the commercial transactions here were extremely hot. Whether buying or selling, the merchants were no longer
He looks very fussy, and usually completes the transaction in a matter of seconds.
I asked Colter what was going on.
"Sir, these are the businessmen who are running on both sides of the divine and demonic alliances." Colter answered me, "We are about to start a war, and we don't know how long it will take. They are doing last-minute business."
"The final madness." I said, "Aren't they worried about their own lives?"
"No, both sides need them to circulate scarce supplies." Colter said, "They will be safe before the war begins."
"It's really ironic. Both sides need each other's things, but they insist on fighting to the death." I said with a wry smile, "What the hell is this world?"
The Governor's Mansion here is much smaller than the one in Dark City. Colt did a lot of preliminary work, and after the improvements, it is barely enough to serve as a legion headquarters.
"Tell me." I took the water glass from Colt, "What's going on in the dark side."
"Everything is normal, the army is normal, the government affairs are normal, the spring sowing in the entire province has been completed, and there will be a good harvest this summer." Colter said, "Before I came, the three ladies also told me to take good care of you.
.”
"That's good." I couldn't help but feel very happy when I heard that the spring sowing was completed, "Then - where is Wanpu?"
"That's even better! Sir, do you know?" When talking about his city, Colter looked very interested, "Miss Dill Merlin is great! Her business covers the entire Dark Province, Sibia
Branches have been opened in major cities, and there are even several branches in the Demon Alliance, providing a large amount of funds to Neng Darkness every month."
"Then, those guys in the city hall have no doubts about the origin of the money, right?"
"No, you don't know the city hall! Those guys are almost driven crazy by money. They don't care as long as there is money to send." Colter said, "The three ladies asked me once, but I didn't dare.
explain."
"Let's not talk about this anymore." I nodded, "When will Mafa arrive?"
"He should arrive tomorrow."
"I'm going to sleep. Wake me up as soon as Marfa arrives."
"yes!"
Mafa arrived in the afternoon of the next day. Although it was dusty, she looked much more capable than before.
"Boss!" I was in a meeting when I heard voices outside the door. Mafa rushed over to me like a gust of wind and hugged me, "I miss you so much!"
In front of a group of officers, he made me laugh and cry.
"Okay, okay, it's time to go." I had no choice but to end the regimental commander-level meeting, "Go back and restrain the soldiers. This is your own place. Anyone who messes up will be sent to the Military Justice Department!"
"Yes!" Dozens of group leaders left one after another, leaving only a few brothers around.
"I said Mafa, why don't you get off the boss?" Jack said, "I can hit you with a wrench now!"
"I know you are a military judge now!" Mafa snorted, "But I am not your business!"
Saying hello to Helter and Moya.
"It seems that you are doing a good job." I asked everyone to sit down and "tell us about it."
"Okay boss." Mafa took out a few scrolls from his clothes, "I brought some things, I think these things can help."
"What kind of treasure is it?" Jack leaned over and asked, "Did your men really get it?"
"Don't underestimate these people, they have been carefully trained by me and the boss!" Mafa opened a scroll, "Boss, look, this is the latest and most detailed map of the dividing line between gods and demons!"
Geert touched his chin, "Didn't you say that your last map was the most detailed one?"
"Helter, do you know how fast my people develop?" Mafa said proudly, "I can do a lot of things in one month."
"Explain the map to us!" I slapped Mafa, "Just talk nonsense!"
"Yes! You see, we are focusing our investigation on the side near Sbia. From Garia to the nearest city in the demon country opposite, the straight-line distance is more than 340 miles, and the roads are quite bad." Mafa pointed with his finger.
The map said, "So, if a large army of tens of thousands of people has to cross this distance, you can't even think about it in less than six days."
"And logistics is a big problem." I said, "In such terrain, at least 10,000 logistics personnel are needed."
"Yes, boss, but fortunately, there are no troops from the Demon Alliance Army stationed at the dividing line." Mafa nodded and said, "Their stations are still in the major cities along the line."
"How are you doing with your inquiries into the Demon Alliance Army?" I asked him.
"Due to time constraints, we haven't been able to go deep into the Demon Alliance. We can only wander around the edges, and the information we have obtained is extremely limited." Mafa shook his head, "Based on the information found so far, there are two legions of the Demon Alliance in front of us.
, there are a total of less than 100,000 people in the six camps but less than 110,000 people."
"Is this information accurate?" Moya, who had been silent, asked.
"Absolutely correct." Mafa said with certainty, "We came to this conclusion through a combination of multiple methods. We even checked the garbage in every camp every day."
"Tell me the details."
"We don't know who the commanders of these two legions are, nor which country they are from." Mafa opened another scroll, "But we know the composition of their arms, including 40,000 heavy infantry and 40,000 light infantry.
There are 20,000 heavy cavalry and a type of cavalry that intelligence officers have never seen before. This is the blueprint."
I looked over and saw that it was an animal that was a little shorter than a horse, but much stronger than a horse, with sharp fangs and thick limbs.
"We have carefully calculated that in a cavalry camp like this, the amount of fodder they consume every day is staggering," Mafa said, "three times that of heavy cavalry of the same size."
"Three times that of horses?" I was shocked. This means that the combat effectiveness of this kind of cavalry is at least twice that of heavy cavalry. The demon alliance is not a fool and will not use fodder to feed pets.
I lowered my head and thought for a while, then asked Mafa, "What equipment does the knight above have?"
"Knights are not humans. They are usually two heads shorter than humans." Mafa looked at the scroll. "The weapons are long swords and hammers. They do not wear armor but are equipped with a large shield!"
"Damn!" I couldn't help but yell, "The main force in melee combat!"
Jack asked curiously, "Boss, why do you know this is the main melee force?"
"If it's not a human, it's a foreign warrior." I said to my brothers. "The long sword and the chain hammer are the best weapons in melee. Look at their mounts. The lethality of these animals is no less than that of knights! As for that,
Speaking of not wearing armor, that’s probably the tradition of these warriors. Do cavalry need big shields? Only charging cavalry use big shields to block arrows!”
"Boss, we don't have heavy infantry in our army." Haiert was very worried, "How can we compete with such an enemy?"
"Who is willing to fight against such an enemy unless necessary?" I was depressed, "It depends on what kind of combat order we get."
"The purpose of sending us here is to let us attack from this side and attract the attention of the demon coalition." I pointed at the map and said to everyone, "If there are no accidents, we will definitely be the first among all the legions to enter the battlefield.
of!"
"No problem, boss?" Helter said to me, "Is there any way?"
"Of course." I said with a smile, "Go and call Carlos. The legion will change its training plan starting tomorrow."
"yes!"
"Mafa, how are you communicating with the entire organization?"
Mafa answered me, "No problem, the information will be there when I get there."
"Well, you don't have to go back." I nodded and said, "From now on, you will be the chief liaison officer of the Ninth Army."
"Yes." Mafa scratched her head, "But what does the general liaison officer do?"
"Do what you are doing now, continue to be my eyes and ears." I said, "From today on, the budget of the intelligence system will be increased three times. I want you to figure out all the intelligence on the other side in the shortest possible time!"
"yes!"
"Call me the herald!" I said, "From now on, the Ninth Legion will enter a state of war!" (To be continued)