Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 575: General Siegfried's plan to open the desert

Nirtuze, Grand Duke of the Sunset River. Lord Ser Hicks made a big mistake, considering himself equal to Claude, so he sent a special envoy to Claude, in which he questioned Claude's offer in the hope that Claude would guarantee his own safety. In the opinion of Grand Duke Sunset, his demands are reasonable. But for Claude, this Grand Duke of the Sunset River is a fool who doesn't know how to lift...

This is ridiculous, as in reality a civil servant at the bottom of the hierarchy doubts the decisions made by his superiors and asks them to ensure that his personal interests in the implementation of this decision are not jeopardized. Of course, if there is such stunning talk, there are generally no two episodes left on TV, and in reality there will soon be exclusion and dismissal.

But now Colonel Boquer is in contact with the Grand Duke of the Sunset River, and everything is rounded up. What Claude can't say Colonel Bockard can say, what Claude can't do. Colonel Bockard can do. Colonel Bockard, for example, could disclose without hesitation to Grand Duke Roger Claude's strategic layout of the Hicks kingdom after his departure from the Autonomous Territory, and thereby reap many bribes and benefits from Grand Duke Sunset...

After a month of letting go of Claude, Colonel Boquer reported that everything was in order and Grand Duke Sunset was willing to carry it out in accordance with MI arrangements. Only Colonel Boquer needs to take a risk and be a visitor to Grand Duke Sunset for a while until Grand Duke Sunset enters King Kyung San Hiplian City.

The MI's plan is for Grand Duke Sunset to rehabilitate his men and horses and elect an elite force of his regiment to set out one step ahead of the Storm Regiment sweeping the six western counties into the already swept central counties in the name of a sneak attack on the city of San Hiplian in Wangjing. Then I met a Hicks Return Division, forming a battlefield confrontation. It was thus stalled for two to three months until the withdrawal of the autonomous territories. The Grand Duke of the Sunset River led the army to retrieve the city of San Hiplian in Wangjing.

The advantage of this plan is that Grand Duke Sunset can hide his men and allies, and no one knows that he is secretly collaborating with the Autonomous Territory and instead dresses him up as a hero of the Hicks Kingdom. Even though there was no armed conflict between him and the Autonomous Leading District, it was possible to make up for his efforts and eventually drive away the invaders and recover the glorious story of the city of San Hiplian in Wangjing...

Another great benefit is that the Sunset River Grand Duke can use this plan to clean up his allies, and Colonel Boquer's contact with the Sunset River Grand Duke soon revealed that the more than 200,000 men and horses under the Sunset River Grand Duke are very complex. Others, armed with guards, came to the bustle, and some territorial nobles came to the alliance with private arms. In short, there were countless mountain groups of different sizes. Grand Duke Sunset was simply pushed to the Allied Throne by these large and small warlords.

But Grand Duke Sunset is not a vegetarian either, and he also has a loyal horse around the division, which is the main reason why he overwhelms those allies. It was only when he entered the six western counties that he found himself in a less beautiful situation, with his allies clamoring his head every day for the ground and supplies. So Claude's letter became his lifesaving straw, only that he was mistaken, considering Claude to be commander of the same enemy as his own, and then his butler touched a nail, and when he saw Claude, he was sent out.

Fortunately, Colonel Boquer subsequently found his envoy's butler, and the two sides reconnected. After learning about the situation from Colonel Boquer, the Grand Duke of the Sunset River discovered that he had miscalculated the situation. Instead, he made a mistake and rushed to give Colonel Boquer a large sum of gold and silver, and then set up the plan in collaboration with MI.

Next, Grand Duke Sunset showed his festival in front of his allies, not an inch of territory in the six western counties, but a fair distribution of the land in the six western counties to his allies, big and small. His only request was for his allies to agree to let him go under them and pick some elite men and horses to form a more combative regiment and follow him to the city of San Hiplian in Wangjing to confront the invading enemy...

For Grand Duke Sunset's allies, Grand Duke Sunset is a natural saint who does not want territory, but fought the invading enemy to restore the kingdom of Hicks. While they will lose some elite troops, the security of the six western counties can be assured with Grand Duke Sunset ahead. So they agreed to the request of Grand Duke Sunset and offered grass for the expedition. Grand Duke Sunset actually sold them a good price.

When the Grand Duke of the Sunset River led his regiment, Colonel Boquer brought a group of men into a small group of merchants to meet with Grand Duke of the Sunset River's warrant. In fact, Colonel Boquer, they were hostages, but the outside word was that they were spy reconnaissance teams sent out by the Grand Duke of the Sunset River, and now they're back to report back to the Grand Duke of the Sunset River...

Colonel Boquer led the way to Grand Duke Sunset, a path that was naturally unimpeded. And Grand Duke Sunset knows that they are the enemy of the city of San Hiplian in Wangjing, so the journey is a secret one. It's just that when they arrived in Lupucis County, the nearest to Wangjing, they suddenly found an enemy battalion blocking the road ahead, while a large number of enemy light rides on the left were searching and the situation was very urgent.

Under all circumstances, in order to avoid being spotted by the enemy, Grand Duke Sunset could only lead the army to the mountains on the right and find a very hidden valley where the regiment could be stationed. The Grand Duke of the Sunset River then sent a spy out to spy, and Colonel Boquer brought the starter out to be sent out. Only few of the agents sent out came back, but Colonel Boquer's men came back with injuries and gave the regimental generals a precise tip.

It was said that the invading Storm Regiment had begun its offensive against the six western counties after the arrival of Grand Duke Sunset, and that those territorial nobles and local officials who had fallen into the hands of the enemy had soon sold off Grand Duke Sunset and his regiment. So the enemy immediately stepped up their search for the Grand Duke of the Sunset River, hoping to destroy this regiment that would pose a threat to them. Many of those dispatched agents fall into the hands of enemy scout cavalry, perhaps soon the enemy will come to sweep the mountains...

In return for listening closely, the generals in the large accounts scolded the captured territorial nobility and local officials for selling out the whereabouts of their regiment without national significance. Some panicked, and the regiment was advised to move immediately. The Grand Duke of the Sunset River is in danger, and he thinks that since it has reached this point, it would be better to spell it out. This is a mountainous area, and the terrain is good for defense. If you move to the plain terrain, it will get worse. It will collapse as soon as it is washed away by the enemy's Light Rider Corps.

So Grand Duke Sunset ordered the local purchase of defensive lines, set up barracks, and fight the enemy to the death. Seven or eight days later, the enemy arrived, about a division of troops. However, when the enemy discovered that Grand Duke Sunset had set up a defensive front, it did not carry out an attack, but retreated a few miles, similarly choosing a precarious location and starting to set up defensive camps and positions.

As soon as Grand Duke Sunset's men saw this, they proposed to launch the attack on their own initiative. Grand Duke Sunset sent some men and horses to launch the attack, but was soon repelled by the fierce fire of the enemy. Three of the four generals who did not do so well with the Grand Duke of the Sunset River were killed and wounded, and most of their men were damaged to escape. This memorable stick knocked Grand Duke Sunset River's leaders awake, and nobody suggested Grand Duke Sunset initiate an attack. So both sides started to confront each other and occasionally sent a small group of people to harass the enemy's camp...

Claude was busy, however, and the ocean convoy of the Overseas Autonomous Territory returned once again to the port of Patkara, which had been leased by the Autonomous Territory, in mid-December of the 605th Holy Light calendar. More than 870,000 members of the Hicks Army have now moved to overseas autonomous territories to become new immigrants, but more than a million members of the Army are now in the process of expansion and renovation in Port Patcala, while 450,000 members of the Army are in rest and recuperation in the city of San Hiprian in Wangjing.

When the six western counties were attacked by the Storm Regiment, Claude was estimated to have accommodated nearly a million more family members, the most rebellious territorial nobility in the ten western counties, so after the rebellion calmed down, the Hicks kingdom recruited a large number of young men from the western region to form an expeditionary army and dispatched them to the Nubian mainland for a colonial war, which was eventually given to a pot by the autonomous leadership region.

Following the process, after the remaining six local counties in the west were overrun by the Storm Regiment, all local Hicks Return Regiment officers and soldiers could return home to find their families and relatives. Then take them to the city of San Hiprian in Wangjing for a month, eat and drink for nothing plus medical attention, and maintain their bodies for the next month's sea trip. Wait until physical maintenance is almost complete before heading to Port Patcala. Working hard to earn a little money while exercising, waiting for the arrival of the transport fleet to send them to the overseas autonomous territories to start a new happy life...

If all goes well, the Hicks offensive plan will be completed in three months, and Claude will be able to return to the Overseas Autonomous Territories. All supplies and personnel in the city of San Hiplian in Wangjing will be transferred to the port of Patkara. There will no longer be a soldier from the autonomous military region in the Kingdom of Hicks. The next development of the situation in the Kingdom of Hicks will have nothing to do with Claude.

“Marshal, we have built three Grand Priests at this entrance to the mountain, which is expected to be completed in six months. With these three great prisms, the security of the Manoli Plains can be guaranteed. According to the Staff Staff Staff Sandbox exercise, a pristine fort requires only one battalion of troops to defend itself. That is, the strength of a field regiment to defend the hillside, with the bonus of three Primsburg defenses, even if the enemy is a regiment to attack, can't help our defense. Of course, it is impossible for an army to attack. After all, there is only one division left at the mouth of the mountain..."

General Zigfitt, the head of the Department of Logistics, was proud to introduce to Claude: "With these three pristine castles, the port of Patcala is safe. Of course, we have built the same defensive installations in Port Patcala, and the military base is also guarded by three pristine guards. In accordance with the plan for the expansion of the port of Patcala, we have formed a defensive triangle in the three parts of the harbour terminal, the base of the barracks and the pristine castle at the mouth of the mountain, each of which requires only one regiment of troops to guard, after which the presence of a division in the port of Patcala will be sufficient. ”

Claude nodded, and it was only natural that he had personally presided over the arrangements for stationing and guarding the armed forces. King Avettelli I of the Kingdom of Breot also hopes that an army of the Legion of Thunder or the Storm Legion will be stationed in the port of Patcala in case of a future counterattack by the united Kingdom of Hicks. Claude doesn't care about the threat, he just thinks it's too wasteful to have an army stationed here. In fact, a division is stationed long enough to follow up with reinforcements from the North Bay...

“What are the arrangements for those military immigrants who work?” Claude asked.

General Siegfried replied: "We divided them into several groups, mainly according to the order in which they were boarded. Now that the convoy has arrived, for example, the military members registered under the sign, beginning with three, will then embark on a boat to the overseas autonomous territories. They will settle their wages over the next few days and purchase some materials to carry on board the ship. In fact, we've already told them that there's no need to buy anything here, that there's everything in the Autonomous Territory, and it's cheaper than here, so most families only buy something to eat and drink.

After this three-word group of military immigrants leaves, the next sign of military immigrants working here begins with four words. When the new military immigrants arrive from Wang Jing, the brand we give them is the beginning of six words and the beginning of seven words. Although it is short work, three or four months or six months of work on the site satisfies these immigrant families, meals are free and wages are paid, and a number of military immigrants want to work here for a few more months on a change of identity sign, but I told them that it would be better to go to the fields allocated to the autonomous leader, which would trick them into boarding. ”

Claude Haha laughed: “It's hard for you, General Siegfried. In more than two months, we will be moving here from the city of San Hiplian in Wangjing, where more than one to two million military migrants will need to be resettled. In addition, the construction of the warehouse area needs to be accelerated, and Wangjing has a large stock of materials, all of which need to be transferred to a large area and warehouse. Especially to set up grass warehouses, to prepare for fires, but also to be more vigilant..."

“I understand.” General Siegfried replied: "St. Peter's Hill, which is close to the dock area, has been planned as our grass base. There are seven large caves that serve as food warehouses, stocked with fine flour. If all seven caves were filled with flour, it would be enough for two million people to eat for a year and a half. Together with the three grass reserves at the foot of the mountain and at the bottom of the mountain, I don't think we need to worry about food consumption for two years.

When the subsequent military immigrants arrive, I intend to open this wasteland outside the city of Port Patcala to the distant Brafiris Mountains, half for planting and half for grazing. At present, we lack food, but we lack fresh vegetables and fresh meat. Even if people have been sent to the Kingdom of Breot to make purchases, the majority of the natives of the port of Patcala go out to fish, but it is not enough for our daily consumption.

Since most of our personnel are now used for urban expansion, it is not possible to plan production for these daily consumption of living goods, but only to arrange them later. If this wasteland outside the city is exploited, there will be no problem in maintaining a seaport city with half a million inhabitants in the future. Anyway, we still need at least a year to transport these military immigrants to overseas autonomous territories, which is more than enough time... "

Claude looked up at the hidden Brafiris Mountains in the distance and asked, "Is this wilderness part of our leased city of Port Patcala? ”

General Sigfitt nodded: “This is not really the area of the Manoli Plains, where Avettelli I was divided according to the soil when demarcating the border. The soil of the Manoli Plains is dark and oily and is the ideal soil for the planting industry. This wasteland is soil red, with a lot of gravel, and requires a lot of manpower to clean it up.

But what we have now is manpower, and the rubble on the surface of this wasteland is actually the best paving material, and when we get rid of this rubble, we can build water irrigation facilities, dig trenches, mix the mud and rotten soil with the red soil of this wasteland, and although it's no better than the black soil of the Manoli Plains, it's enough to grow grass and legumes, and grow vegetable fruits and stuff.

This is a bit of a hassle for the first two or three years and a little less harvest, but when the wasteland reaches maturity and accumulates more fat, we believe that the wasteland will also become a granary and treasure trove in Port Patcala, bringing us countless fruits and joy... "

Claude smiled: “General Siegfried, you seem to be very good at planting fields..."

General Siegfried was somewhat embarrassed: "When I was a kid, my father took my whole family out of the wilderness and spent more than a decade working out a dozen acres of fields on a deserted beach better than this, which was the money to send me to military school. I'll never forget my memories of picking up rocks in the field with a rattan basket behind my back when I was a kid..."

Claude patted him on the shoulder: "You have a good father, and as you say, the last thing we need right now is manpower. Even after these military immigrants are sent away, we still have the prisoners, and I will leave them here to serve in the fields..."