"You should work harder and coordinate the logistics. As for emergency mobilization, there is no need. General Larry has already transferred all the Nai'an Army to the southern front. That damn Qiu Hunt has arrived. The defenses in various places are also very tense.
I have my own arrangements regarding military strength.
Lord Nosdak, go back and send this envoy of the Aquitan tribe to me, and I will talk to them personally. Oh, you might as well go slower on the road, so as not to tire our guests."
Nosdak smiled slightly and said: "Yes, sir. I know what to do."
Lorraine glanced at the table full of officials and said: "Everyone, dealing with the autumn war is our most important task at the moment. I'm going to say something ugly first. If anyone is slacking off or making trouble for me during this period, then don't blame me for being ruthless.
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But I have never been a stingy person, and I will never be stingy with rewards when things are done well."
Lorraine glanced at the officials in front of her again, raised her voice, and said sternly: "Do you understand?"
All the officials immediately stood up and replied loudly in unison: "Yes, sir!"
In the following period, Nai An Province entered into intense war preparations, especially the intricate logistics work.
For example, how much food supplies are needed to mobilize troops from point a to point b? How much military pay is required? How many troops should be recruited to strengthen the city's defense in city c? How much weapons and equipment are needed...
Although these trivial tasks were not difficult, they flew to his desk one by one like snowflakes and piled up like a hill, which made Lorraine's head grow several times.
Fortunately, everyone in Naian was experienced, and Catherine and Adele shared most of the work for him.
Even though he was just a rice worm, he just signed his name on the documents that were delivered to him, but his wrists hurt from signing.
General Larry has been sending back a report every day since he took up residence in Croni City, detailing the situation on the border and the deployment of the Naian army. With an old general like him here, Lorraine also has an understanding of the current situation on the front line.
A clear understanding.
At present, in addition to the garrison in each city, four thousand city defense troops and militiamen are distributed in the fortress group spread out along the border, using beacons as signals to vigilantly monitor the movement on the border.
The Naian Field Corps is always ready to fight in the military camp behind the border. Behind them, there are several temporarily formed city guard troops, ready to rush forward as support.
At the same time, there have been sporadic reports of orcs entering the country to rob the country.
Several villages and towns near the border were attacked. The report only said that the attack of the orcs was repelled, and how many orcs were killed and how many were injured. As for how many villagers died and how many houses were destroyed, it was just mentioned briefly.
It is not difficult to understand that most of the villages and towns on the border are inhabited by elves and dwarves, and there are not many humans there. Moreover, they rarely pay protection fees to the empire. Therefore, not many people care whether they are dead or alive.
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But despite this, Lorraine has also fought in the war. From these cold numbers, you can imagine the tragic situation there.
After all, people like Lorraine who lived in the land of Kyushu in their last life had no good impression of the nomads at all and wished they could kill them all.
During this period of time, Lorraine had something that she had to do.
What happened to the Aquitan tribe aroused Lorraine's vigilance. A huge orc tribe suddenly appeared outside the border of Nai'an without any sound. Should the small orc tribes who had taken refuge in Nai'an be afraid?
They went to report to the army on the border, but no one in the entire Naian Province knew they were coming.
This is a terrible thing. Perhaps the preparations for the Orcs' Autumn Hunting consumed the attention of the border troops and prevented them from noticing.
In Lorraine's view, no matter what the reason is, if the Aquitan tribe does not negotiate peace and launches a surprise attack on Naian, it will cause big trouble on the border. Such a tribe does not even have the most basic 'stealth skills'.
Open, the target as obvious as a two-headed cannibal was attacked by surprise, and Lord Luo's people would be greatly defeated.
By that time, everyone knew that he was really a shameful plagiarist, and the "On War" that made him famous must have been copied from someone else.
The Naian people's intelligence work on the orcs in the south must be said to be scumbag.
The reasons can only be said to be very complicated. First of all, it is difficult for humans to enter the prairie. You must know that those orcs are not vegetarians, they are all a group of very yellow and violent hooligans.
They have a strong sense of territory, and would like to urinate on their own territory to mark it. Whenever they see someone who is not from their own tribe, they will directly kill them, or take them back as slaves.
With this kind of back and forth, no one is willing to risk their lives there, not even people in the army.
If the governor becomes more enthusiastic about expansion, the troops on the border will take advantage of the quiet time, and a large group of people will go around the grassland, randomly find some unlucky tribes, and chop off the heads of a few orcs to deal with it.
For the sake of safety, everyone will not go far even if they enter the grassland, definitely no more than a hundred miles.
The superiors also know that this is of no use. If the common people do not support it, the crusade will not be able to continue. After all, the focus of Naian is the Beni River Basin. Human beings, who are the absolute majority of Naian, have no interest in the southern grasslands.
Over time, the Nai'an army rarely crossed the border. It was enough to defend the territory and do its own job. Whoever wanted to do the trouble would have to do it.
Furthermore, there are those orc tribes that have been moving nomadically. Their legs are very fast. Here today, when the Naian army rushed over, they had already disappeared without a trace. Maybe they would be there again that day.
A place appeared.
Rather than wasting such fruitless efforts, it would be better to guard the fortress and wait for them to crash upward.
As time went by, no one cared about the information about the Orcs. All the cities in the south focused on managing the border. There were even constant suggestions to build a Great Wall along the border to connect the border.
Connected to the fortresses above, Lorraine can receive such reports basically every month.
To say that this method is not bad, Lorraine is well aware of the positive role of the Great Wall in preventing small-scale robberies. However, after discussing with Catherine and the others, Lorraine knew that this plan could only be a fantasy——
No one is willing to pay for such a huge project.
To build a Great Wall of nearly 600 miles, the project cost is tens of millions. And after that, there will be huge maintenance costs, garrison costs...
The humans living in central Naian are not willing to pay for a defense project that is far away from them. Although those places on the southern line are very enthusiastic, their financial resources are limited, and it is already very difficult to maintain the city defense army and the fortress line.
Nai'an has been using this turtle-flow tactic with peace of mind for many years, but this time the incident with the Aquitan tribe has sounded the alarm to Lorraine. If this continues for a long time, there will be big trouble one day.
Lorraine is young and very enterprising. The most important thing is that the betrothal gifts from the three cities requested by Emperor Julunde have always been on Lorraine's head. In less than two or three years, Catherine and Adele will arrive.
They are getting married, time is tight, and tasks are heavy. Lorraine often has nightmares. She dreams that Emperor Julunde and Grand Duke Julius each ask Lorraine for a dowry with a knife. Behind them are Lester and Obachm.
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No matter what, Lorraine is determined to change her passive attitude towards the prairie. The key to Lorraine's determination is Belen of the Flying Eagle Company security team, the captain of the first-level commando team of the security team.
It can be seen from the last operation to arrest slave traders, Captain Belen's leisurely calmness, even a group of veterans who have never done intelligence work or cooperated with each other can still succeed under Belen.
The completion of the mission shows that Belen's professional level is very high, and he is able to infiltrate the Eastern Front battlefield. He has worked for more than ten years and retired alive. He is not an ordinary ruthless person.
In the past, Lorraine had always complained that she did not have her own team, but now there are talents coming to her door, and of course they are Datong Tongte.
Wearing a black uniform of the security team, with a very masculine scar on his face, Belen limped through the office building of the Governor's Palace and headed towards the residence in the backyard.
The maids along the way looked at this old man with a little stubble, their eyes turned into heart shapes, and they almost rushed up to get autographs.
Even the limp way Belen walks is not an eyesore at all, but instead shows the vicissitudes of an old man.
Lorraine lay on the window and looked down, thinking depressedly: I didn't notice it last time, why is this guy more handsome than me?
But then I thought about it, in countless action-packed and hot-scenes movies and TV shows, the bloody stories of people like Belen are told. 007 and CIA represent the embodiment of love and justice, and they will not hesitate to protect the peace and tranquility of the earth.
A hero who throws his head and sheds his blood.
Moreover, these heroes have all practiced the legendary golden bell and iron shirt, and they cannot be killed no matter how hard they fight. Not only that, after they have fought bloody battles and defeated the mentally retarded and evil villains, they will finally hold a lot of treasures in their arms.
They returned home loaded with money, cars, houses, and horses.
Is it understandable to be more handsome?
Catherine watched Lorraine curl her lips with a deflated expression. She walked to Lorraine's side in curiosity and looked down. She saw Beren greeting the dwarf gardener in the yard. She turned around and gave Lorraine a beating.
He glanced at Lorraine and said with a smile: "Compared with him, this person is really just a pretty boy."
The last "oh" sound was very long, deliberately teasing Lorraine.
Lorraine shrugged, sighed, and said, "This guy is obviously not as handsome as me."
Catherine suddenly burst into laughter, stroking her flat belly with one hand, hooking her hand around Lorraine's neck, leaning on Lorraine's shoulder, and smiled sweetly.
Leo squatted next to the table in the back, holding a pen and calculating something. When he heard Catherine's words, he said without raising his head: "What's the use of being handsome? Male prostitutes, the most important thing is to make money.
What's the matter, Nicole, you charge me an extra three thousand gold coins in tax, tax refund, tax refund."
Catherine walked up to Leo, casually flicked a ball on Leo's head, and said, "Who did you learn that glib accent from?"
Leo jumped up with his neck twitching, waving his little fists and yelling: "Isn't it? You corrupt women, wearing the silk of Selis, using the porcelain of the East, and the gems of the Almohad, the West Sea
The pearl, that is not what the boss and I worked so hard to earn back. It costs one hundred thousand gold coins to decorate a house, but if you don’t have money, just being handsome is of no use~!"
Lorraine, as if she had just met Leo, tilted her head and watched in surprise as Leo jumped around and wondered: "Nicole just lowered the personal tax threshold, didn't she adjust it back again? Why is it so big?"
Opinion?"
Leo sighed in frustration, drooped his head, and said feebly: "Melena hides in the room every day reading knight novels, and doesn't play with me anymore. She talks about princes and princesses every day, but I am the prince...
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Catherine looked at her stupid brother, shook her hands and shuddered again, saying with a look of hatred: "You little fool, it's not because you didn't take Milena with you and played alone in the military academy, she
Angry."
Leo raised his head and let out a surprised "Ah" with his mouth wide open. He looked at Catherine blankly and said, "Is... just because of this?"
Leo's energy suddenly came back, he smiled, then waved his hand disapprovingly and said: "You women, your minds are complicated and you are so petty."
Just as Catherine was about to slap Leo on the head again, there was a knock on the door, but she had no choice but to snort and sit down calmly.
Leo felt that spring had returned to him. He excitedly raised the paper in his hand, pointed at the number on it and said, "Pay back the money, or I will add a late fee tomorrow."
Lorraine curled her lips, no matter where Leo and Catherine were fighting in the ring, she raised her voice and said: "Come in."
Belen pushed open the door of the study and walked in. He stood at the door and raised his hands like a security guard, and said, "My lord, hello, your highnesses."
Lorraine nodded and said, "Please sit down, Captain Belen."
"Yes, sir," Captain Belen pulled up a chair and sat across from Lorraine and the others, looking at the three big bosses in front of him calmly.
Lorraine looked at Belen carefully for a while, nodded secretly, and said to himself: With this temperament, there is no need to say that he can kill James Bond in an instant.
Seeing that Lorraine had not spoken, Catherine said to herself: "That's it, Belen, Lorraine wants to set up an intelligence investigation organization to find out information about orcs. You also know what happened this time. There is no information beforehand."
No, it makes everyone very passive. You are a professional in this field, my father thinks very highly of you, Lorraine wants to hear your opinion."
Beren's eyes shone brightly, and his face instantly became bright. He smiled slightly and said: "Miss, Lord Lorraine, are you only targeting orcs?"
Lorraine burst into laughter. Although Catherine said she was "specialized in finding out information about orcs," Belen, a professional, knew it would not be that simple.
Lorraine said directly: "Of course it's not just the orcs. You know, I don't have a good relationship with the rich people in Naian. However, our most important task at the moment is the orcs, especially the Aquitan tribe.
Border reasons.”
Beren thought for a moment with his eyelids drooped, then raised his head and said, "Sir, I will take the liberty to speak directly."
"But it doesn't matter."
Beren said: "Miss, sir, it is actually not difficult to go deep into the grassland and find out the information about the orcs. It can even be said to be a very simple task."
When Belen said this, Lorraine and Catherine were stunned. It wasn't that they didn't believe Belen. On the contrary, Lorraine and Catherine trusted Belen, but they couldn't believe it when he said it so lightly.
Beren continued: "Sir, in fact, when I first arrived in Naian, I studied the orcs in Naian and compared them with the Parthians.
Lorraine became very interested, twisted in her seat, and said, "Let's talk about it."
"Compared to the Orcs and the Parthians, they are nothing to mention." Beren leaned back in his chair and said lightly.
Leo personally brought a cup of hot tea to Belen and brought it to Belen. Belen quickly stood up, took it with both hands, and said, "Thank you, young master."
Leo pulled up a chair, walked up to Lorraine, faced Beren, and said with a cute smile: "Uncle Beren, tell me quickly, I have always wanted to break our Flying Eagle Company into the Orcs."
The market is an undeveloped virgin land.”
Lorraine said "Huh", patted Leo on the shoulder and said, "Okay, you are a very competent CEO, and you are already thinking about opening up the original market."
Beren smiled and said: "Sir, young master, the only trouble in the Orc area is that our people can't get in, and they can't get out after they go in. As long as this problem is solved, in the Orc area where all tribes are enemies of each other,
In this place, obtaining information is not a problem. Even with a few spies and two assassins, we can turn them upside down and make them kill each other. It is also possible to win some of them to listen to us.
Parthia, on the other hand, is much more complicated. It is difficult to enter, exit, and stay. The cost of spying on information is very high."
Leo rubbed his hands and said eagerly: "Tell me, tell me, Uncle Belen, do you have a way to let our people get in and out safely?"
Beren nodded and said: "Actually, young master, the territory of the orcs is no longer an undeveloped virgin land."
"Ah?" Leo was stunned and said in frustration: "What? Someone actually got ahead of me. I was really looking forward to it."
Beren said: "My lord, your highness, in fact, there are people in Nai'an who have been secretly making deals with the orcs in the grassland."
Lorraine suddenly jumped up and said in shock: "This is impossible. Are all the legions on the border rotten?"
Lorraine always prided himself on being calm, but this news was so important that it shocked him all of a sudden. There was someone in Nai'an who was so powerful that he could go deep into the grasslands and trade with orcs without revealing any information. How much energy does this require?
Even the most powerful governor of Nai'an can't do it. Could it be that there is someone in Nai'an who can cover the sky with one hand and is more capable than him, the governor.
Catherine was also shocked. She slapped the table and stood up, yelling: "Who is it? You have such courage to dare to treason."