One day later, at the Temporary Camp.
The entire Temporary Camp had changed dramatically since Victor had left. Troops streamed in to enter the camp, while convoy after convoy delivered supplies without pause, making the place a hive of activity.
The camp had more than doubled in size. The troops arriving there had also taken on the task of expanding it.
Before construction began, Victor had already drawn up a plan for the camp.
The camp stood behind the Border Defense Line, forming a triangle with the Border Fortress and Iron Mountain. Together, these three positions sealed off every route leading out of the border region.
Even if a breach opened at the Northwestern Border Fortress, Iron Mountain and this Temporary Camp could still serve as successive blocking positions, keeping the entire border region firmly sealed off. This was also why the Iron Bone Tribe's infiltration force had discovered the Temporary Camp so quickly.
Victor wanted to develop it into a new settlement serving both military and civilian purposes. After the war ended, a standing force of around a thousand soldiers would remain here, along with a militia two or three times that size, to safeguard the border region together with the Border Fortress.
After all, even if the entire Iron Bone Tribe was wiped out, the Barbarians on the grasslands would not be eradicated. They could still threaten the territory's border security.
If they adopted the Iron Bone Tribe's methods, using trained eagles to scout from above while risking a crossing through the swamps and red-rock hills along the Border Defense Line, even the Border Fortress's blockade could not stop them. That made this Temporary Camp all the more important.
Given the harsh conditions in the nearby border region, Victor believed Two Rivers County could not choose this direction