The sudden outbreak of banditry on the southern border finally reached the Minister of Security of the Palace of Besançon.

However, the Minister of Public Security did not seem to be surprised at all, because a few days ago, Earl Baldwin had miraculously "predicted" this sudden and intensive outbreak of banditry to the Minister of Public Security.

The Minister of Public Security brought the matter to the Council of Ministers for a brief discussion and immediately signed an order document. The content of the document was very simple and ordered the palace's southern border patrol officer Atwood Wells to immediately put down the banditry and temporarily detain Dean, who was suspected of being a bandit.

The father and son are under investigation.

Count Bernard would not tolerate the Dean family being suppressed before, but he will recently. Because Bernard must minimize contact with the Dean family. Others don't know the reason, but he himself knows very well that for the Dean family, this is just

The prelude to the storm, the next period of time is the real test of life and death.

At Count Baldwin's residence in the west of Besançon, the cavalryman who carried the message from Tinets Pegasus was standing directly in front of Count Baldwin. This was not the first time he saw Count Baldwin, but that kind of innate

The feeling of fear still cannot be dissipated.

Baldwin was not too polite to such a small role. He directly handed an order document signed by the Palace Minister of Security to the cavalry and said: "Take this order letter and rush back to the south immediately. As for your inquiries,

I have already received news about the sale of the business of the Dean family when we arrived, and I have already arranged personnel to deal with this matter. Tell Art, and he will naturally have a bowl of broth after the matter is completed."

"Yes, sir."

"In addition, Art once asked me to borrow a pigeon trainer to train homing pigeons to deliver messages. I can't borrow the pigeon trainer, but I have recently trained more than a dozen homing pigeons. If you bring two back this time, they will not be considered confidential in the future.

Things can be conveyed using carrier pigeons."

"You have a message for your adults. Either don't do some things, or do them if you want to. Don't leave a tail for your opponents."

"yes"

On the day when the cavalry went south with the order from the Palace Minister of Security, many premeditated caravan robberies suddenly occurred in the North. Three caravans secretly entering Besancon carrying valuable goods were intercepted and killed, and all the caravan goods were stolen.

Robbery, none of the escorts survived.

The 1.6 million pfennigs the Dean family had raised from selling off their property evaporated instantly. This amount of money was completely enough to support two thousand legionnaires for a year.

Their life-saving money was robbed, and the Dean family seems destined to not escape the justice of the Inquisition. However, the Deans should feel lucky that they will not have to go to the stake of the Inquisition.

On the third day when banditry broke out intensively in Tyniec County, the messenger from the border patrol was still on his way to Besançon. The Wells Army had already gathered its officers to hold a military meeting.

The large stone house of Beiguan Army Fort is not only an academy for training officers, but also a place where the Welsh Army holds important military meetings and celebration banquets.

A number of officers from the Wells Army and the Valley Guard Corps gathered in the room, including officers at the regimental squadron level and above, commanders of border outposts and patrols, commanders of the Valley Guard Corps and three subordinate officers, and civil affairs officers.

Cooper was also specially invited to attend the military meeting.

Dennis, the ideological and political officer of the legion who has not yet been officially appointed, was specially approved by Odo to participate in the military meeting due to his outstanding performance during this period. Because the legion is about to fight, those recruits who have never had combat experience will definitely be very nervous and anxious.

Dennis, who was born as a small businessman, does have a skill for boosting soldiers' morale.

Those officers who were promoted step by step based on their military achievements did not particularly like Dennis, who became an officer with his eloquent mouth, but the recruits were very accepting of this ideological and political officer. He has the kindness of a military priest.

He is kind but not serious and stiff like a priest. He greets the soldiers every day and is approachable.

After the officers arrived one after another, Angus and Odo sat on the long table in front of the room, and everyone began to calm down slowly.

"Everyone, after receiving the military orders from your lord and the Besançon Palace, the Wells Army is about to assemble and prepare for war. The main target of this battle is the Dean family who is plundering the county with bandits. Most of you here have a blood feud with the Dean family. Everyone.

I have been holding back a bad breath in my heart, and I tell you, the opportunity for revenge has come."

"Some time ago, a brother asked me how to quickly increase the combat effectiveness of soldiers. Today I will tell you the best shortcut, which is to make the swords in the hands of soldiers covered with the blood of the enemy. When the swords are covered with blood, their

The combat power will naturally become stronger. Most of you here are ordinary soldiers who have been killed with swords and swords. You should know that a blood-stained army is the most powerful army."

Otto paused for a moment, "Time is urgent, and your morale does not need to be boosted. As for the morale of the soldiers, it is up to the officers and Denis to work together. Now please tell us, Lord Angus, how these people are spying on the enemy."

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After speaking, Odo made a gesture of invitation to Angus.

Angus went straight to the point, "In recent days, we have found out the number and deployment of the Dean family's troops. Let me briefly talk about it."

"Today, the Dean family has recalled all caravan guards, plus the private army they recruited and formed last year, the elite guards of the Dean family and the border army transferred from Thorne Province, a total of two hundred and eighty

People. Among these nearly 300 people, the ones who are really capable are the elite guards of the Dean family, the Western Border Army and a small number of elite caravan guards, numbering around 150 people."

"There are twenty people in the Western Border Army wearing armor, and thirty elite guards all have armor and long and short weapons. These fifty people are well-armed and powerful in combat. As for the rest, they are basically civilian farmers who have taken up arms."

"The three hundred or so enemy troops are stationed in two places, namely the farm in the southwest of the county and Wincheston Manor. The southwest farm is the home of the Dean family, but bandits have breached the outer wall there, and the Dean family basically

The family has moved to Wincheston, where the serfs and farmhands of the Dean family now live. It is mainly used to store the food of the Dean family. Therefore, there are less than thirty ordinary guards stationed at the southwest farm, and the weapons and armor are very rudimentary.

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Angus stood up and picked up a thin stick, pointed to a diagram of the manor drawn by Civil Affairs Officer Cooper with a carbon stick on a large piece of spliced ​​wood behind him, and said loudly:

"Wincheston Manor is different. After the Dean family was granted the title of Wincheston Manor, they spent a lot of money to repair it. Not only the inside of the manor, they also built an outer wall around the manor. The top of the wall

The fighting positions and arrow towers are all available. There is only a wooden door to go out, and trenches are dug around the outer wall to set up horse defenses. There are fifteen crossbows, more than 30 strong bows, more than 6,000 arrows, kerosene, etc. in the manor.

There are also many weapons for defending the city."

"Wincheston Manor is a tough nut to crack, so our main task is to capture Wincheston Manor."

"Next, I will assign combat tasks."

All the officers immediately sat up straight. Spencer, the baggage officer, and Dennis, the proposed ideological and political officer, who were sitting in the last row, were already drowsy when they heard it. The officers around them suddenly sat up straight, making them tremble in fright.

He quickly learned to tense up his body.

Angus's tone increased again, "From now on, the Valley Guard Corps has entered a wartime state. Beiguan and the Valley Barony will be garrisoned by you. The valley's registered farmers and soldiers will be recruited immediately for training. The security team will patrol day and night to maintain security. The new recruit team will stop training.

Be ready to replenish battle losses at any time."

"Yes," Bass, who was in the front row, stood up and replied.

"The three squadrons of the patrol team left one squadron to garrison the camp in Jushi Town, and the other two squadrons were fully armed and went to various parts of the county to eliminate bandits, patrol the public security, check the banditry in the county, and tell the peasants and private soldiers in various places to strictly guard their territories and not to do anything without orders.

Leave the country, otherwise they will be killed as criminals."

"Border outposts, controlled border checkpoints, any troops or caravans, convoys and pedestrians carrying weapons and armor are not allowed to enter, unless they are our own people or friendly forces."

"Yes, follow the order." The one-armed Simon also stood up to accept the order.

"The first and fourth flag detachment of the legion and the fourth flag detachment of the second company, the cavalry team, the crossbow team, and the baggage team each sent a small team, a total of ninety-eight people to attack the southwest farm. Bangeda is in charge of the overall command."

Bangada, Passat, Lusignan, Jason and Spencer stood up to respond.

"Task Force Stanley will set off immediately and lurk near the target as sentinels. Keep an eye on Dean and his son, and intercept and kill them immediately if they escape."

"Yes." Stanley replied loudly.

"Ron, from now on, the military law will be enforced when the legion goes into battle."

"Yes." Ron's voice was very low. The implementation of wartime military laws meant that many military disciplines that usually involved whipping, beating, beating or imprisoning would turn into direct executions.

"The baggage team arsenal immediately issued weapons and armor, prepared materials and equipment for siege equipment, and began to calculate wartime military pay and combat readiness supplies."

"Good Lord Angus." Spencer also imitated other officers and stood up to respond, but his momentum was just a little less impressive.

Angus turned around and said to Cooper politely, "Old housekeeper, the civil affairs side also asks you to immediately recruit laborers and be ready to go north to support."

"The civil affairs side has made preparations in advance." Cooper replied firmly.

"The remaining troops of the Wells Army gathered at Wincheston Manor and wiped out the Dean family in one day."

"Yes" the other officers all stood up and responded in unison.

"Combat officers above the flag captain stay to discuss the specific battle plan, while the rest go back to collect weapons, control the soldiers, and mobilize before the war."

The Welsh Legion, which had been dormant for more than ten days due to the suspension of training due to the snowy winter, suddenly became noisy and busy.

The high-ranking officers discussed the final details of the battle in the Beiguan Army Fort; the middle- and lower-ranking officers were busy controlling and encouraging the soldiers to relax their nervous and anxious hearts; the ideological and political officers also followed the military priests to pray and bless each flag squadron.

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But the busiest thing is the baggage team. They have been preparing for a week in advance. The eight baggage soldiers in the arsenal have not touched the ground. The infantry needs short spears, halberds, swords, axes, hammers and shields, leather armor, iron armor, scale mail and mail.

According to the document, it is distributed to the squadron level. The crossbows and arrows and heavy armor of the crossbow team and the heavy armored infantry team need to be distributed separately; in addition, all miscellaneous tasks such as food, tents, medical care, etc. must be prepared for the soldiers during the battle.

Fortunately, the Civil Affairs Bureau and the Valley Guard Corps sent more than twenty peasants, soldiers and laborers into the baggage train to help, otherwise the baggage train would have been paralyzed.
Chapter completed!