Chapter 311 Grain Line

"General." Sir Kleist had no intention of opening his mouth after saluting to Ake Messer.

Ake Messer waved his hand at the captain of the guard and said, "You all step back?"

"Of order, General." The captain of the personal guard waved at the other personal guards and exited the tent at the same time.

Ake Messer stomped a few steps back and forth, and asked without beginning or end, "Is this what His Majesty meant?"

Sir Kleist came out at this time, undoubtedly admitting in disguise that he did this thing.

Although the two hadn't known each other for a long time, Sir Kleist's meticulous thinking and behavior style left a deep impression on Ake Messer. If he had no one to back him up, he would never do such a thing secretly.

"Yes." Sir Kleist admitted bluntly, and there was no point in hiding it at this time.

"Why didn't you communicate with me in advance?" This is what annoyed Akemeser the most. When faced with accusations, he was completely defenseless.

"That's what His Majesty meant." Sir Kleist replied blankly, "Your Majesty said that the general only needs to focus on the army and command the battle. Don't bother the general."

"I am the supreme commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army. I need to know anything related to the battle situation. This is related to overall planning, understand? I didn't even know about such a big matter. If it wasn't because he was caught, Do I never need to know?" Ake Messer growled angrily.

Sir Kleist responded with silent silence. He is the special envoy of Duke Buck, and Duke Buck's order has the highest priority here.

He has no way to make any promises to Ake Messer, and if Grand Duke Buck issues the same order next time, he still needs to carry it out.

He knew clearly in his heart, and Ake Messer also knew it well, and now he was just venting.

Ake Messer's loss of control didn't last long, and soon he resumed his usual cold voice: "I can understand your mission, but I hope you can also understand my difficulties. We are all for Kingsley The family will fight in the future without any selfishness, if any accident occurs in the war, it will not be of any benefit to His Majesty, to the military order, to you, or to me, what I mean, do you understand?"

"Understood!" Sir Kleist's expression finally changed.

He is a smart man, of course he knows that everything Akemesser said makes sense.

Although he is now the emissary of Duke Buck, he is with the army after all. If he loses the battle, it will be unattractive to anyone.

To some extent, the two are grasshoppers on the same rope.

"I hope that the next time there is a similar thing, whether it is before or after the event, you will let me know what's going on, so that I can make contingencies, understand?" Ake Messer added, "The most Fortunately, beforehand, as long as it is beneficial to His Majesty, the family, or the military leader, I will never obstruct it, nor will I make things difficult for you."

"Understood." Sir Kleist still just nodded, but how to operate in the future is still unknown.

"Since it's yours, I'll leave it to you." Akemesser pointed to the mutilated corpse and said, "When he sent it over, his will had completely collapsed, and he probably has already explained everything he can explain. It's over, I hope he doesn't know much."

"Don't worry, His Majesty has already considered this issue, and he doesn't have much actual knowledge." Sir Kleist replied.

"That would be the best." Ake Messer nodded and said, "Our supply line has been re-opened, and the first batch of supplies will be shipped up soon. There is nothing wrong with this matter. I will give you three thousand elite soldiers to meet them Bar."

"Me?" Sir Crest finally showed a look of astonishment.

In the Kingsley family's Eastern Expeditionary Army, he has always been in a vain position such as a messenger and a staff officer. He was suddenly asked to take charge of the military power and to protect the grain line. What kind of operation is this?

Especially after this kind of thing just happened, what do you mean?

Is this public revenge? Assigned yourself?

"Don't get me wrong, this is not my personal intention, it is also His Majesty's arrangement." Ake Messer obviously knew what Sir Kleist was thinking, and added.

"What does His Majesty mean?" Sir Clester was still puzzled.

"I will send the most valiant general under my command to lead the team, and the Jazz only needs to walk around." Ake Messer is quite thoughtful, "Your Majesty's arrangement may have other deep meanings, you just need to execute That's it."

If Kleist is allowed to lead the troops alone, he is still a little worried.

"Obey." No matter how much doubts Sir Kleist had in his heart, he still had to follow orders. This was the duty of a general.

It was not only Sir Christ who was confused about the appointment of Duke Buck, but even Ake Messer thought about it for a long time, but he didn't understand what was going on.

Ake Messer seems to be the supreme commander of the Kingsley family's Eastern Army, but many things are controlled and restricted by the supreme ruler of the Kingsley family, Duke Buck.

Just like the cooperation with the Commons family, it was also handled by Grand Duke Buck, and Acmesser was not notified until the matter was fully negotiated.

A man like Sir Crest was neither the first nor the last in the Conquest.

Ake Messer knew it well, and turned a blind eye most of the time.

But this time it’s been a bit too much. This kind of thing about the overall layout of the Kanto Expeditionary Army to the Desperate Swamp, Grand Duke Buck actually skipped him as the supreme commander and took action himself. Sir dereliction of duty? Or blame Grand Duke Buck for meddling at will?

I'm afraid the former is more likely.

Didn't the Shangguan tell his subordinates to top the tank, right?

Ever since the Kingsley family fell into the trap and had to fight with the Crocodiles and suffered heavy losses, Duke Buck's interference in the Eastern Expedition became more and more serious.

To be more precise, this kind of interference should have started after Sir Kleist brought a large number of summoned mountain eagles.

In the past, Grand Duke Buck didn't want to interfere, but was limited by communication problems.

It had been several days or even weeks before something was passed on to Grand Duke Buck, and even if he wanted to interfere, it was three autumns too late.

Now it is different, although there is no way to achieve instant communication, at least one day, at most two days, the information on the front line will be fed back to Duke Buck as soon as possible, as a person with a strong desire for control, Never had a chance before.

Now that I have the opportunity, I naturally want to have a hand in everything.

It is conceivable that the chaos caused by making multiple sects come out.

Grand Duke Buck is a smart man, and the disadvantages are not unknown.

But knowing it is one thing, and doing it is another.

Especially those confident people always think that the decisions they make are the most correct.

There is no doubt that Grand Duke Buck is the kind of person who is super confident.

The most uncomfortable one is of course Ake Messer. He is no longer bound by his hands and feet, but feels that he is trapped in a sticky spider web, and he can't even stretch out his hands and feet, let alone show off his skills.

The only good news is that Ake Messer has been operating in the Far Eastern Army for long enough and has already established his own direct line. It is not so easy for Grand Duke Buck to bypass him and command the Far Eastern Army.

Those who are truly as quiet as Sir Crest are, after all, a minority.

Most of the people were foolish. Oftentimes, Duke Buck's orders would be placed on Akemesser's desk as soon as they were delivered, and they could only be officially implemented after he nodded.

If he didn't nod, he would probably be perfunctory.

The county magistrate is not as good as the current one.

After all, Ake Messer still bears the title of Supreme Commander of the Kingsley Family's Eastern Army.

The swamp fire on the west bank of the Donau River really caused a lot of trouble to the Kingsley family.

The entire Eastern Expeditionary Army was almost contained in it.

But after passing the most dangerous moment, looking back, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Because of that fire, the potential hidden dangers on the West Bank were eliminated. Not to mention, many dangerous mud swamps were completely dried up. At least tens of centimeters of the surface had been completely dried out. There is no danger either.

The Swamp of Despair would not be called the Swamp of Despair without the abundance of mud swamps.

Under such circumstances, it is undoubtedly much easier for the Kingsley family to re-open the material transportation line.

During the slow march, not only did the flat-rolled transportation routes not be destroyed, on the contrary, they became more solid in the fire, and many places were half-bricked.

Even large grain trucks can pass unimpeded.

When the fire in the swamp subsided a little, Akemesser cleared the area immediately to allow the follow-up supplies to catch up. This is the guarantee of the morale of the army.

The supply line of the Kingsley family's Eastern Army was in the shape of a "Y" falling to the left.

The fork below is the grain transportation line, the low-priced grain from the Huayu Plateau, after getting off the plateau, it is directly transferred to the Desperate Swamp, and sent to the Zhengdong Army.

In order to seize the Swamp of Despair, Duke Buck used all the means available, not only reaching an agreement with the Commons family, but also inviting a fleet.

An agreement was also reached with the Black family on the Huayu Plateau to purchase a large amount of low-priced food from here.

As I said before, getting out of the Huayu Plateau and turning their food into money and political influence has always been the biggest dream of the Banner Family.

When buyers come to your door, let them be ecstatic, let alone raise the price on the ground.

Just the transportation, you are responsible for it yourself.

However, this condition is based on the fact that the Black family does not want to bear high transportation costs.

If someone is willing to pay for the high transportation costs, then the situation is different.

In order to plot the Swamp of Despair, the Kingsley family dispatched troops and generals. One person wished to split it into two. Naturally, they did not have so much manpower and material resources to transport food.

But this can't trouble the shrewd and capable Archduke Buck.

The wages of avarice is death.

Grand Duke Buck sacrificed the Kingsley family's usual magic weapon - money.

The price of grain is the same on the Huayu Plateau, but once it is transported to the Swamp of Despair, the price will immediately triple. If it can pass through the Swamp of Despair and be directly transported to the Kingsley Family’s Eastern Army, the price will be five times directly. Pay in full and never default.

Even so, this price is several percent cheaper than the black-hearted food of those lords and nobles in the Asia Minor Plains.

At the beginning, those plateau people were skeptical, but as the Kingsley family dropped gold and silver like flowing water.

The entire Huayu Plateau was shocked, and those businessmen, like sharks smelling fishy, ​​acted crazily.

Pulled by carts, camels by horses, and carried by people.

Every conceivable method has been used.

Countless food, like a fountain, spewed out from the Huayu Plateau.

What are the natural dangers and what are the difficulties in transporting food.

That's purely because the temptation of interest is not big enough. When the profit is big enough, there is nothing they can't do.

When the west bank of the Danube River was caught in a swamp fire, the Huayu Plateau’s grain transportation team never stopped, and they were still transporting out slowly but continuously, and the quantity transported per unit time was increasing.

Because more and more members of the Black family joined in this grain transportation operation, including many farmers themselves, and brought their own nephews to carry the burden on the road, even if only one-third of the grain Sending it to the ground is also a sure-fire deal.

The unique terrain of the Black family determines that they do not have any foreign enemies. Most of them spend nearly one-third of the year in a state of idleness, which is also the reason why the Huayu Plateau produces alcoholics.

There is too much food to sell, so we can only make wine.

Wine can't be sold, and people have nothing to do, so they can only drink and fight to pass the time.

Now that there is a door-to-door deal, those who don't do it are fools.

Just because they were idle and doing nothing before doesn't mean they are lazy.

The situation in the Huayu Plateau is exactly the same as that in the Asia Minor Plain. The real rich are only the small group of people who own the land.

Less can add up.

In just two weeks, the amount of food piled up is still quite scary.

The border city that served as a transit point was filled with food inside and out. Fortunately, the Swamp of Despair did not rain as much as before.

Otherwise, if the rainy weather lasts for the first half of the week, the grains will germinate all over.

After the transportation line was opened, these grains were loaded into vehicles as soon as possible, and transported to Wuyin Lake where the Eastern Zheng Army was located.

Fall down the "Y" shape, the fork above.

The one connected is the Carter army leader.

Such as shipbuilding materials, ordnance and equipment, must be dispatched and transported from here.

The situation here is very similar to the grain transportation line on the other side.

The Swamp of Despair was blocked by fire, but the preparations for the military leader's area never stopped, and supplies also piled up like mountains in the border cities.

After the transportation line was opened, the brigade set off immediately.

Then it meets the grain transportation line in the middle of the Swamp of Despair and is transported together to the East Conquering Army.

Why are Archduke Buck and Ake Messer so nervous about the first shipment of supplies?

In addition to the fact that the military supplies previously carried by the Eastern Expedition Army have been almost consumed, it is also because the amount of supplies is too large.

After a brief rest for the Eastern Expedition Army, Akemesser has moved the main force of the Eastern Expedition Army to the rear, and went forward to collect food to ensure the safety of the supplies, even if the crocodile tribe came across the river to attack the food line. very small.

Although Akemesser was very displeased with the arrogant and domineering style of the Commons family headed by Stubbs.

But I have to admit that they do have domineering capital.

The entire Danube River really allowed them to roam freely, cruising back and forth in groups of three and five. Once the warships of the Crocodile tribe appeared in a large scale, they would inevitably attract their crushing attack.

Now the warships led by the Yongye Army can only nestle in the upper reaches of the Brothers Port, and the Crocodiles can only travel in the shallow water tributaries on the east bank.

But there are exceptions to everything.

The Armada of the Commons family is powerful, but the number is too small for a large river with a total length of thousands of kilometers.

Even if the area they blockade needs to be halved, eighteen warships are thrown in, and even the river section of tens of kilometers cannot be completely blocked.

It is the limit of what they can do to ensure that the Crocodile people cannot transport large-scale troops through the Danube River.

Not to mention a small group of people, who travel day and night, consciously hiding their whereabouts.

Small boats, like ghosts, shuttled on the west bank of the Swamp of Despair.

Most of the muddy swamp pits on the west bank of the Swamp of Despair have dried up. It doesn't mean that all the rivers have disappeared. Even if 10% of them are preserved, this place is still a water town, and boats are easier to use than war horses.