Plan Adjustment

Seeing that Mora had agreed to his plan, Viscount Borre was pleased. "Thank you for your trust, sir. I will write to Commander Kimberly and have him prepare. He will not let you down."

Mora nodded, intending to let the two leave so he could continue resting, when suddenly the Count Lagos spoke again, "Your Majesty, what about the Southern Region? After all, Count Lloyd has returned to Cornwall County. Shouldn't we do something about it?"

Mora scratched his head. To be honest, they were also keeping an eye on Count Lloyd's situation.

After all, Count Lloyd was tricked by them in Silver Maple City, but this guy still managed to turn the tables.

"There's still no news from the secret guards. Do you two have any suggestions?"

Count Lagos and Viscount Borey exchanged a glance. They were also puzzled as to why the all-powerful Imperial Guard had not sent back any intelligence this time.

The Count Lagos tentatively suggested, "Should we move the Fourth Legion stationed in Devon County and Dorset County, since their forces are still quite complete?"

After listening to Count Lagos's opinion, Mora also turned his attention to Viscount Borey.

Viscount Borey felt a little uncomfortable under the gaze and shifted slightly. After careful consideration, he said, "Your Majesty, and Count Lagos, I suggest that it is better not to use the Fourth Legion under the current circumstances. Their troops have just been replenished and they still need time to train and replenish their equipment."

Their current fighting strength is not much stronger than the private armies of the nobles in the south. We can let the other nobles in Cornwall County deal with Count Lloyd and his vassals, after all, the enmity between them is difficult to resolve.

Not to mention the nobles of Hampshire, whose military strength is the most formidable, with private armies from just one county totaling no less than two legions.

"At this point, we should send someone to inform the nobles of Cornwall County that Count Lloyd has returned to his lands."

Lagos and Mora, after listening to Borre's analysis, also found it very reasonable.

Mora praised, "Minister Borei, it has to be you. As expected of the Legion Commander of the Imperial Guard Legion, you always give me the right advice at times like this."

Count Lagos nodded in agreement. "Viscount Borey's suggestion is very pertinent. This way, the direct legions can recover their strength slowly without interference. Even if there are any problems, the Fourth Legion, which has already recovered its combat power, will be able to deal with Count Lloyd's army."

Mora finally made the decision, and according to Viscount Borey's plan, he first sent someone to inform the other nobles in Cornwall County to pay attention to the movements of Count Lloyd and his vassals.

After leaving Maple Leaf Palace, Viscount Borey and Count Lagos approached each other, and Viscount Borey whispered to Count Lagos, "Prime Minister, thank you for your support. My plan was able to be adopted by the Grand Duke, Kimberley will also thank you."

"Haha, Viscount Borey, these are all minor issues. I owe you a lot back then, otherwise I would have been held accountable by Mora."

"But why are you and Kimberley so actively targeting that Viscount Golden Sunflower? Is there some kind of grudge between you?"

Viscount Borey shook his head. "Kimberley and I do have our own selfish motives, but we will not put our own ideas above the important affairs of the duchy."

This Viscount Golden Sunflower is special. Didn't the Silver Maple Guards inform us of the investigation results before?

It was Viscount Golden Sunflower and Alex Iron Birch who spearheaded the operation against the Raine Kingdom's envoys, putting us in a passive position.

I have a good personal relationship with Kimberley, and when we were looking at the map, we found that the Golden Sunflower Territory was in a very advantageous location, almost in the center of the Eastern Region, and could be accessed by traveling east or west along the Blackwater River.

If a sufficiently powerful army were to appear here, it could completely sever the connection between the Eastern Region and Central Region.

According to our intelligence, this Viscount Golden Sunflower does indeed have a formidable army in the Northlands, and it was this army that helped him achieve merit and be promoted to viscount in the war against the Barbarians.

The reason he was able to defeat Count Black this time was probably because the army had already marched south beforehand, which is why Count Black's expeditionary force could not achieve victory.

Kimberley and I both believe that there should be three to four regiments of troops in the Golden Sunflower Territory at present, given their family's deep-rooted connections and numerous allies in the Eastern Region.

It might not be easy to deal with them by relying solely on the nobles of the Eastern Region; it would be better to have the Fifth Legion take action directly.

"That makes sense. You and Kimberley are indeed seasoned generals of the Duchy, with keen insight. If there is anything I can do for you, just tell me, and the Cabinet will do its best to support you."

"There's not much of a problem right now, but winter is coming soon. Sextus County is close to the Northlands, where winters are quite cold, although we won't be fighting in the winter."

But if possible, please have the Cabinet provide the Fifth Legion with sufficient winter clothing.

"No problem, I'll go find Weiss right away and ask him to allocate funds to the Fifth Legion to purchase a batch of winter clothing."

The two then waved goodbye, as they both had a lot of work to do.

Blackwater City.

The Fifth Army Corps Commander Kimberly and his corps' direct troops had just arrived here and planned to rest for a while while waiting for the next two regiments to arrive.

The Third Army Corps stationed in Blackwater gave Commander Kimberly a very grand reception and arranged for him to stay in the city.

Kimberley was resting in his room when there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in!"

The door opened and a young officer walked in.

Kimberley looked up and greeted him, "Rasul, what's up? Why are you looking for me so late?"

"My lord, news has come from Silver Maple City, it seems to be about the legion's new battle plan."

Kimberley took the letter, opened it, and began to read it carefully.

"Well, it seems your father and I've succeeded in our plan. Our troops will have new objectives next year."

"Don't we need to take back the lost territories of Sextus County? They're quite fertile."

"It's not needed for now. Next spring, all our troops will head south for a more important mission."

Rasul suddenly remembered something. "Are we going south to attack Golden Sunflower Territory? Wasn't this task already handed over to Count Black?"

"Yes, we received a report that the punitive expedition led by Count Black has been disbanded, and two viscount families within the expedition were wiped out by that Viscount Golden Sunflower."

Rasul was somewhat surprised. He couldn't understand how the powerful army led by Count Black could have been defeated and suffered heavy losses by Victor Viscount Golden Sunflower.

The Count Black did not mention the division of troops between the two viscounts in his report. Instead, he exaggerated Victor's forces, which led Boré and Kimberley to misjudge the military strength of the Golden Sunflower Territory.

"My lord, if we march south and attack Golden Sunflower Territory, what will happen to Sextus County?"

"The Duke has issued a new order, instructing the independent nobles around Sextus County to send a force of about one man to defend Sextus County."

"Excellent! Now our Fifth Legion can focus all its efforts on marching south."

"Don't be so happy yet, Rasul. The Fifth Legion is not in good shape. The three regiments in Sextus County have just been severely damaged and need to be replenished. Training will also take time."

Our task is still arduous, and time is of the essence. We must speed things up. I need you to take charge of rebuilding the Second Regiment.

"Understood, Legion Commander. Leave it to me!"