Chapter 282
Chapter 282.
Mond Langdon left with his new schoolmate, and while Paul still couldn’t figure out what he meant by what he said before he left, he had more important things to do at the moment.
After the “4-15 incident”, the army, in addition to the two battalions stationed in the north of Emden, the remaining two infantry battalions with the internal security forces and the Ministry of Public Security will be Alda and Bairdine two places up and down, inside and outside of the big manhunt once again, a total of up to sixteen “conspiracy group” smashed! As many as sixteen “conspiracy groups” were dismantled, even in the town of Lakewood, which was right under our noses.
This number scared Paul, his own ass buried so many time bombs under the original?
“What the hell are you doing as the head of intelligence? If it doesn’t work, replace it!”
At this moment, Cecil was standing in the lord’s office, drooping his head without a word, waiting for the count’s next rebuke.
Although the door of the office was merely closed, the earl’s roar could almost reach the entire castle.
……
Paul was furious and reprimanded Cecil for half an hour in the room.
“Oh dear! At this rate, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see this place burned down in a single fire someday.”
It was not long before he tired of talking, and then he slumped down in his seat like a deflated ball of leather.
“Ahem, Lord Lord, please allow me to explain a few things.”
Only then did Cecil begin to speak.
“My lord, our resources are really limited, according to your orders, the intelligence department’s focus is to protect the new technology from being stolen, and due to the recent war, a large portion of energy has been diverted to listening to the dynamics within the Kent family’s territory ……”
Paul’s eyes glared, “You mean the responsibility is on my side?”
“No, no, no, no!” Cecil panicked and denied, his eyes rolling, “I was merely elaborating on the objective difficulties.”
The intelligence chief’s tone was very aggravated, and Paul rubbed his forehead with his hand, he now felt his brain ache.
Cecil was indeed telling the truth, and it was true that he could not reasonably be blamed harshly.
In his previous life as a program ape, Paul also experienced the feeling of facing the boss that kind of clever woman can’t cook without rice.
“Tell you what, from now on, you can concentrate on your intelligence work, and take off the burden of forestry supervisor first.”
“Uh…… follow your orders, Lord Gleeman.”
Although it was uncomfortable for Cecil to have a part of his power withdrawn by the Earl, he could only accept it. Besides, he really needed to put all his energy into the request for a report.
“It must not happen again like before.” Cecil swore secretly.
Paul stared blankly at the calendar hanging on the wall and muttered, “It’s already late May.”
Cecil knew that the earl was now thinking about joining forces with the other lords in the alliance.
Due to the “4-15” incident, Alda’s original military deployment had been disrupted, making it impossible to fulfill the agreement to join forces with the lords in May.
Fortunately, Earl Parker took the lead and expressed his understanding, saying that he would let Paul settle things down at home first.
Then they formed their own group to do it ……
“I don’t know how the battle is going now.”
The latest news is that they have led their army east of Biddle Castle.
It looks like the last battle gave them a lot of confidence. Cecil reminded Paul, “Lord Earl, remember the news that came back last time, the Kent family seems to have sent people to the south to look for mercenaries.”
Paul: “I remember, mercenaries? Is that a profession similar to an adventurer?”
Cecil: “Yes, similar to the adventuring groups you’ve come into contact with before, but these people do things without any bottom line at all, as long as they give enough money, they won’t talk about any rules. They won’t take general commissions, specializing in doing business in places where chaos is frequent, living a life of licking blood from the head of a knife every day, each of them has accumulated rich combat experience, and are veritable professional killers.”
Paul: “It looks like it’s harder to deal with. But as long as they’re still armed with weapons like swords, guns, bows and arrows, we don’t have to be afraid of them.”
Cecil: “But that’s not necessarily the case with our allies. One or two of them don’t pose much of a threat yet, but mercenaries nowadays act in groups, forming one large mercenary corps after another, and giving rise to professions like war contractors.”
Oh? An otherworldly version of Blackwater?
Just as I was thinking, the guards outside the door came to report, “Lord Earl, Viscount Heller requests to meet with you?”
Paul was surprised, “Derek Heller? Hasn’t he led the family’s army and marched east with the others?”
The guard replied, “I don’t know the details, but the Viscount looks anxious and very eager to see you.”
“Well, show him to the parlor, I’ll be right there.”
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Derek paced the parlor anxiously.
He had come to Lakewood to ask for help, the Union army had just suffered a major defeat.
At the beginning of May, the lords had regrouped their respective armies and converged on Fort Biddle. The farm work in the fields was pretty much done, and there was plenty of manpower available again. So they renewed their war against the usurper Maltz Kent, as previously planned.
There was a disturbance in the Greiman family’s territory and he couldn’t come? Good, that was just what a lot of people wanted.
In the last Battle of Bitburg, Paul’s army was in the limelight, and at the end of the battle, they took half of Emden, which was Maltz Kent’s lair, and the most fertile land in the Northwest Bay.
A lot of people have long been red in the eyes, determined to make a fortune in the following battle. The absence of Gleiman was one less strong opponent for the spoils of war.
The generals of the allied forces were confident that their side would be victorious.
Their judgment was not without reason; there was a saying in the Northwest Bay:
“The Kents never keep an overnight grudge.”
According to Maltz Kent’s past character of being vindictive, he would immediately retaliate with a vengeance after suffering a loss.
Last time the other party took the initiative to truce, the crowd thought it was some kind of a delaying tactic, even after returning to their respective homes, they were still on guard for a period of time, and immediately combined their forces again if there was any blowing of the wind and grass.
But more than a month has passed, the other side what movement are not.
The Kent family is really not working! The crowd unanimously made this conclusion.
Then, what are we waiting for, beat the hell out of them!
The army once again assembled and marched directly towards Sentry City, the generals planning to end this war with a bang.
On the way forward, they did meet a few resistances, and although they fought a bit hard, the allied forces were victorious, which reinforced the people’s confidence in victory.
Finally, they approached the direct territory of the Ferdinand family.
It was there that the allied forces encountered the mercenary group hired by the Kent family.
(End of chapter)