Chapter 869 Eastern Front Offensive

"That's Jinsui City?" Tie Ax turned the mirror, looking at a gray and brown city in the distance.

"According to the map, it should be it. After all, there is only one Sanwan River, so it is unlikely to go in the wrong direction." Adjutant Xiongzhang replied. Like Iron Axe, he was born as a hunter in Border Town, and he was one of the earliest people who served the lord.

"The fish is strange" he frowned.

"Where is the strangeness?"

"Golden Harvest City is the main city in the east, and also a major trade center of Graycastle. The old capital, Eagle City, and Golden Harvest City constitute the prosperous central part of the kingdom. Even when I was in the extreme south, I heard Its name." Iron Ax explained, "But after a few days, don't you think we encountered very few merchant ships?"

"I don't know about that," Bearpaw shrugged. "Perhaps the previous pirate attacks frightened the merchants, and they dare not come here to do business again."

"The attack happened two years ago. No matter how serious the looting was at that time, it should have been restored."

The city wall is ugly and bloated. The brown wall seems to have been purposely widened, perhaps due to the lack of stone. The newly built outer wall is made of red mud, with a lot of gravel and wood mixed in, quite like a frontier. The rough stone wall in the early days of the town↓In addition, the surface of the city wall is covered with a layer of shiny things. Due to the long distance, the iron ax can't see very clearly.

The old and new city walls are stacked together, making the width of the top of the wall more than doubled, but this transformation is not very thorough, some parts are still the same as before, and it looks rough and bumpy when viewed from a distance. It is a city known for its abundance.

"Whatever, just take it." Xiongpao took out a fire lantern fruit from his bosom and threw it into his mouth, "Even if it's not Golden Spike City, but Silver Spike City, Iron Spike City, so what, Your Majesty The order is to wipe out the entire Eastern Territory, right? So it’s very simple, just hit one when you see one.”

The iron ax flicked helplessly. This guy was still the same as before. He rarely thought for more than three breaths. The most common thing he did when he encountered a target was to rush straight at it with a javelin. While other hunters were still laying traps and sending out hounds to track their prey, he had already returned with the fruits of his hunting. According to legend, even the most fearsome black bear in the forest is unwilling to provoke him too much, which is why it is called Bear's Paw.

If he was willing to use his brain more, he wouldn't be still an adjutant now, and even that fellow Fana was already the commander-in-chief of the artillery battalion.

"However, the process of the battle is not the key point, the key point is how to deal with the aftermath," but Iron Ax was a little surprised by Xiongpao's next words, "If we mess up the Eastern Realm, the city hall will definitely trouble us, but If you don't go to war, it will be difficult for those officials to stand still. Has Your Majesty explained how to proceed?"

"No, he just told me to deal with the situation."

"That would be a headache. Of course, you are the boss, so this matter has to be considered by you, and I'll do it." Xiongpao said with a grin.

Iron Ax couldn't help being interested, "Oh? Where's the headache?"

"You really don't know, you are still testing me," Xiongpao helped the head, "Of course it's a headache, how to deal with those nobles. The Eastern Realm has persisted until now, but your majesty's power is getting stronger and stronger. They There will certainly not be only one voice inside. By the time the city is captured, most people will surrender, and then trouble will arise. Without Lord Nightingale, how would you tell them apart?"

"Continue," Iron Ax nodded, it seemed that the other party wasn't completely useless.

"Hey, you really didn't think about it, did you?" Xiongpao's eyes widened, "The number of the Eastern Front Army itself is not large, and the team that can stay behind is very limited. At most, it can guard an inner city, but here is a fee-raising army." Ke’s base camp helped the nobles to cooperate with us fully after they surrendered. What if they have malicious intentions and always want to seize power? Even a small group of such people can make the East Territory restless. Once the army leaves, the City Hall It’s nothing new, and if it’s serious, it’s hard for the officials sent by the city hall to survive. Poisoning, assassination, and bribery cannot be prevented by guns.”

"Then what do you think?" Iron Ax asked curiously.

"Boss, this is your business," Bearpaw rolled his eyes, and spat out the chewed fruit seeds into the tumbling river.

"It's just a hypothetical, for example, now you are the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front Army, just talk about it casually."

"Hmm..." The other party thought for a long time before heaving a long sigh, "There is no good way, if Master Nightingale can't come, we can only rely on time to tell the difference. Or buy more mice and take precautions. Then follow the method of Neverwinter, get some kind of police force to maintain order, so that we can save the manpower of surrendered nobles, and wait until the end of the war.”

"Sure enough," Iron Ax said in a low voice.

"What?"

"No, it's nothing," he put away the binoculars, "it's none of your business here, go and inform the people on the other boats, get ready for landing, we're approaching the outskirts pier soon."

"Understood!" As soon as the battle was mentioned, Xiongpao immediately regained his spirits, "After floating on the river for so long, I can finally fight!"

Looking at the back of the adjutant leaving excitedly, Iron Ax exhaled, leaned over in front of the porthole of the command room, thoughtful.

He couldn't help recalling the scene when Edith talked to him on the day the army sailed.

The meeting place was in the private room of the tavern opened by Evelyn. It really didn't seem like a place to talk about serious business. Iron Ax thought that the other party planned to wish the success of the operation as an official of the Ministry of Defense, and get acquainted with the army by the way. However, she did not expect that there was only Beidi Pearl in the private room, and what she said was shocking enough.

The content of the conversation between the two was the "headache" that Xiongpao was nagging about.

He still remembers every word the other party said clearly.

"Why do you think His Majesty asked you to be in charge of the Eastern Front Army?" Edith's opening remarks surprised him.

"I follow orders without asking why."

"But the order will not explain every detail clearly, especially when it comes to some things that are not convenient to mention," Beidi Pearl said methodically while sipping the chaotic drink, "Your answer is because Apart from you, no one else can be in charge, but is this really the case? You should know better than me the strength of the people in the eastern border. Any regular army of five or six hundred people can Defeat them. In other words, a commander at the battalion level is enough to deal with the Eastern Front. On the contrary, if the Western Front is to deal with the Holy City of Hermes, the situation is not only complicated, but also the potential danger is much greater. If it is not for special reasons , let you assist His Majesty in commanding the Western Front Army, and it is appropriate to hand over the Eastern Front Army to other talents."

"" Iron Ax didn't answer at that time, but he already vaguely agreed with Edith's statement in his heart.

"As for this special reason, it is actually very simple, that is your attitude towards the nobles." The other party continued, "As a Mojinsha citizen, you will not have inexplicable fear and tolerance towards the nobles of Graycastle, and you will regain The key to the Eastern Territory lies in how to deal with the rebellious nobles."

Afterwards, her analysis was roughly the same as what Xiongpao said, but it was so much more detailed that Iron Ax couldn't help but believe that it was impossible to restore the stability of the Eastern Territory by ordinary methods alone.

His Majesty needs population and resources, and he doesn't have that much time to spend on a bunch of scum.

The only problem is that "Your Majesty did not explain that."

"Of course not. Your Majesty is the Lord of Mercy after all, so some things can only be done by us," Edith said slowly. People walk with the army, and they are the managers trained by His Majesty with great difficulty to take over the lands that are in urgent need of recovery. And the Eastern Front Army accounts for more than two-thirds of the total number, and you should understand the reason."

Iron Ax still remembered that moment like a flash of lightning flashed across his heart.

"Don't disappoint Your Majesty." Edith said finally.

"My lord, the first army's landing preparations have been completed, and the fleet is ready to dock at any time!" Suddenly, his subordinate's report interrupted his thoughts.

Iron Ax took a deep breath, and ordered in a deep voice, "Go ashore and set up camp, ready to attack the city!"

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