Lord of War

   "This matter can only be handed over to Beth." Sean still felt a chill when he thought of the man who called himself Stephen.

  But neither William nor Cecilia felt that way, so they couldn't understand the horror in Sean's tone. However, since Sean decides to be handled by Bass, then the problem can basically be regarded as over, at least they don't think there is anyone who can escape Beth's pursuit.

  After finalizing the future foreign aid force of the territory, this meeting basically ended.

  Cecilia also seemed to become a little busy, not doing nothing like before, so she got up and left after the meeting. Instead, William was still sitting in the conference room, with his chin resting on the back of his crossed hands and staring at Sean with interest.

  Not long after, Sean was the first to lose the battle: "What...what?"

   "Nothing." William smiled, but I don't know why, but this smile made Sean feel a chill.

"Don't laugh, the more you laugh, the less I will be." Sean shivered, and he quickly reached out and rubbed his arms as if he was warming up, "Just tell me what's the matter with you." ."

Hearing Sean’s words, William constricted a bit, revealing a more serious face, and then said in a deep voice, “Now that the contract documents of the territory are in our hands, I can go smoothly with regard to the upcoming troubles of the Peace Association. Solved. But have you ever considered how to deal with the affairs of the Millennium Covenant Empire and the Royal Family of the Principality of Lane?"

   "What do you mean?" Xiao En was taken aback for a moment, some of which didn't react.

"We all know that they are coming for Cecilia, but in fact they don't know who the awakened of the Phoenix bloodline is, so maybe they will settle here for a long time in the future." With William The voice sounded. Sean's brows were also frowning tighter and tighter, because he discovered that there seemed to be something crucial that he had overlooked, "The current standing military strength of our territory is close to 30,000. Do you know what kind of concept this is?"

  There are ten troops officially registered in Shaun’s territory.

They are Commander Anno’s Steel Wings, Alfred’s Thunder Lion, Clover’s Cecilia Guards, Rena’s First Cavalry, Aldolf’s Infantry Cavalry, and Stalin’s First Cavalry. The First Step Corps, the Second Infantry Regiment of Nok, the Red Leaf Town Militia Regiment of Puda, the Nether City Defense Army, and the jet black wings currently commanded by William himself.

In these ten legions, the Iron Wings, Thunder Lions, and Void City Defense Forces were all expanded to a size of 5,000 people, while the Cecilia Guards, the First Cavalry Unit, the Infantry Cavalry Regiment, the First and The Second Infantry Regiment, the Hongye Town Militia Regiment, and Jet Black Wings still maintain a 1,000-man organization, plus there are more than 3,000 reserve recruits who are still training in Panda Town and hundreds of former Vivians. The total strength of the slaves in the barren land has exceeded 25,000.

  And this does not include the two private armies of the former Viscount Rud who can be transferred at any time and can be transferred to the war.

  The size of an army of 30,000 people. You have to know that at least this must be a force that can be fed by a powerful earl with a vast territory. As for a powerful Marquis such as Asuna, the Tonis Fortress is not counted as the only 7,000 thunder fronts left, but the regular strength of the private soldiers is only 30,000, even if it can be temporarily transferred to form the second The echelon has 50,000 troops, and the total strength is only close to 90,000.

  But be aware. Tony's Fortress has a permanent population of over 100,000 and a floating population of more than 100,000, and such a giant fortress only supports a standing force of less than 50,000. And in Shaun’s territory, the total population of the people who do not count the number of troops is only 30,000 to 40,000. Although the floating population can reach 60,000 to 70,000, but at this point, the population needs to feed nearly 30,000. For the army, this expenditure is not generally large.

  In the past, Shaun’s method was to solve it by fighting to support the war. There is also a large part of the reason for this because nearly two-thirds of the nearly 30,000 troops are made up of northern barbarians and slaves. These people only need to have enough food and do not need pay at all. But like the city defense army in the Void City and the two private armies on the side of Dayling, etc., it is necessary to pay sufficient salaries.

  But over time. In the future, many slaves will inevitably be gradually converted to civilians. If these people are to remain in the army, then they must be paid. Therefore, the expenditure on this aspect of the army will only grow bigger and bigger like a bottomless pit. There is no possibility of shrinking—unless Sean disarms.

  After hearing such solemn words from William, Sean finally understood what William wanted to express.

  The reason why Sean spared no effort to develop military affairs. Even when there is a conflict between government affairs and military affairs, it is necessary to give way to military affairs. Naturally, there is only one purpose, and that is the war with the Kingdom of Darbion. As the fuse and leader of the outbreak of the war, Sean’s greatest benefit lies in the initial period after the outbreak of the war, as long as the Principality of Lane has not formally intervened in the Principality of Lane and the Kingdom of Darbion. During the outbreak of the war, all the territories and materials that Sean captured would belong to his own property, and would not need to be uniformly distributed by the Principality of Lane after the war.

   But now, if the envoys of the Millennium Covenant Empire and the royal family of the Principality of Lane live in the void city for a long time, then it will inevitably have a significant impact on Shaun's war plan. Not to mention being the overlord of the Principality of Ryan, the Millennium Covenant Empire will certainly not want to see the development and growth of the Principality of Ryan, so once it finds such signs, it will definitely try its best to stop it.

  Even under such circumstances, a war broke out, but now that there is such an envoy from the royal family of the Principality of Ryan in Sean’s territory, he is equivalent to occupying the name of orthodoxy. In this case, even the nobleman is not just a pioneering knight, Sean, all the territories and resources he defeated must be counted under the name of Asuna, and under the supervision of the royal envoys, this time As long as the war starts, it is considered to be the official intervention of the Principality of Ryan, so it can be said that Sean is of no benefit at all.

  William knows this, and Neil knows it too. Now that William reminds him of this, Sean has completely awakened.

after all. In the orthodox history of the game, when a war broke out between the Principality of Lane and the Kingdom of Darbion, the Millennium Covenant Empire had no chance to intervene at all. When the Millennium Covenant Empire wanted to intervene in a strong stance, the Principality of Lane and the Kingdom of Darbion The war between them has ended with the demise of the Kingdom of Darbion. But now in this world, because Cecilia awakened the Phoenix blood, it led to the visit of the Millennium Covenant Empire and the royal envoys of the Principality of Lane, which completely disrupted Sean's steps and plans.

   "So what do you and Neal think?" Sean knew very well, since William had already said so. Then it must have been negotiated with Neal. With other clueless thinking about each other, it is better to listen to the opinions of these two professionals before talking.

   "The fastest way is naturally to meet the requirements of the Millennium Covenant Empire and let them leave as soon as possible." William said.

But before he finished speaking, Sean interrupted mercilessly: "Impossible! It is absolutely impossible for me to hand over Cecilia. That would not be a good thing. If it were for Cecilia If I go to the Millennium Covenant Empire for further study, I might agree, but that is a living experiment! Do you know what this means?"

   "Of course I know." William nodded very calmly, "I only said that I would meet the requirements of the Millennium Covenant Empire, and I did not say that I would hand over Cecilia."

  Hearing this, Xiao En was slightly taken aback: "What do you mean?"

"What they want is the bloodline awakened, right?" William continued, "but the problem is. They don't know who the bloodline awakened is now. On this issue, we can fake some false impressions to deceive them, such as this bloodline. The Awakened has left our territory..."

  "Do you think they will believe such a bad lie?"

"It doesn't matter whether they believe it or not. The most important thing is that we must have more advanced intelligence than them." William said, "Some time ago, the rupee caught several thousand spies from the intelligence department of the Covenant Empire. These people are indeed very tough. As expected from the seven empires, they didn't speak even when facing our interrogation..."

   "Is it okay to talk about the main point?"

   "Okay." William gave Sean a boring look. Then he reluctantly said, "For these spies, we directly punished them with heavy punishments. Although all these people died in the end, we still obtained some very useful information.... They have already sneaked into our territory. It's been two months, but they haven't got any useful clues about the Phoenix bloodline..."

  "Isn't this period of time that I was responsible for in Ting Qiyin?"

"Yes." William nodded, "They collected data on some important personnel in our territory in the form of exclusion, and finally targeted the three of Rina, Hina, and Cecilia. But this These spies were captured by us when they just gave back to the chief of the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire. According to the way the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire handles problems, this information should still be there. It’s not passed on to the envoys of the Millennium Covenant Empire."

Hearing this, Sean has completely understood: "So as long as we catch the chief of the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire, then the other party will have nothing to gain from the issue of the Phoenix bloodline, and even if the time comes No matter how ridiculous the excuse we give, they can only choose to accept it and cannot continue to stay in our territory to investigate..."

William suddenly propped his chin with one hand, and the index finger of his right hand tapped the table lightly, his eyes suddenly exuded a look of excitement: "Do you think this Steven is the head of the intelligence department of the Millennium Covenant Empire? Where is the person in charge?"

  "Should not?" Xiao En was a little startled. "For such a dangerous thing, it's impossible for a noble guy like the chief executive to do it himself?"

"That's hard to say." William said lightly, "Since Bass is all about to make a shot anyway, why don't we do it right away? ... Even if he is not, he can conceal the counterintelligence detection technique of Neil and me. , It is enough to prove that this person is by no means simple, maybe there is more important information or other clues in his body?"

   "I'm going to find bass now." Sean stood up without hesitation.

"No, it's me." William showed a very charming chuckle, a drunken red on his face, and his nose became a little heavy, which suddenly made him a little bit thicker. The taste of the country and the city.

  But Sean knew that once William showed this smile, it meant that he was really excited. And once William gets excited, he is usually listed as a target prey, I am afraid Rizi is not so easy.

  Ps: When will this book be able to collect more than 40,000?