Discarding the Baggage

Alex sat silently on his horse with his arms crossed for a long while, and the messenger Cavalry were all suffocated by the Viscount's oppressive aura.

Alex seemed to have made up his mind quickly. He took out paper and pen from his horse's saddlebag, quickly wrote a short message, and stuffed it into the mailbox along with the intelligence report.

Alex said seriously, "Take the message tube and keep sending it back. Get this information to Father as soon as possible, the sooner the better."

The Cavalry captain in the lead quickly agreed, but a troubled look appeared on his face.

Seeing the apprehension on the Cavalry officer's face, Alex was about to get angry, but he quickly realized the reason for his predicament.

He beckoned to his guards, "Prepare two horses for each of them."

"Yes!"

At this point, the messenger captain realized that the Viscount had noticed his hesitation, but Alex quickly understood their predicament, which moved him deeply.

"Your Excellency, we will definitely complete the mission."

"Be careful. Also, this is an advance reward for you. This is only half of the reward. I will give you the other half after the war!"

Alex pulled a money pouch from his pocket and threw it into the messenger captain's hand.

Before the messenger could even open the package, Alex's guards had already brought over several warhorses and handed them to a few messengers.

After doing all this, Alex led his men on their way.

The messengers began to transfer the tack from the old horses to the new ones, and one of them asked their captain a question out of curiosity.

"Captain, how much did the Viscount give?"

Another person chimed in.

"The Viscount is so generous, it must be a bag of Silver Coin!"

The captain opened the money bag and found it filled with gold coins. The other messengers were also stunned.

Although the money bag wasn't large, it contained at least twenty or thirty gold coins. Their annual military pay and subsidies amounted to only one gold coin.

Even if it's divided equally, this bag is worth several years' worth of their military pay, not to mention that this is only half of the reward, and there's another half.

"Goodness, the Viscount is so generous!"

"Of course. Count Colt is going to become a Grand Duke, Viscount Alex will be Marquis and eventually a Grand Duke. How could such a noble lord be stingy?"

Looking at the bag of gold coins, everyone's fatigue from days of travel vanished instantly.

Everyone worked much faster, and the horse tack was quickly put on, a messenger called out.

"Captain, let's go quickly!"

"Good!"

Everyone mounted their horses and continued northward.

Alex returned to the main force with his guards and summoned several key officers of the vanguard Cavalry.

This vanguard Cavalry force consisted of three regiments of Light Cavalry from the First Legion Iron Birch Army Corps, plus an independent Cavalry battalion directly under Alex. The number of soldiers alone exceeded that of the original force, and the number of horses was more than double the total strength.

The three Regimental Commander quickly arrived at Alex's side. "Viscount, what are your orders?"

Alex said with a grave expression, "I just received intelligence from the front lines. Viscount Hawke's Fifth Legion is surrounded by two enemy legions in White Earth City, and the situation is quite dire!"

One of the Regimental Commander exclaimed in surprise, "This is impossible! Which legion is so fast?"

"The Seventh Legion, its Legion Commander should be Labia."

Alex replied.

"This person seems to be from Court Noble. He was in the Cavalry with the false Grand Duke Mora back then. How come he's still a Legion Commander after all these years?"

"A Regimental Commander asked curiously."

"The information about this person is that he is a very greedy person. He was punished by Viscount Borey for receiving a salary without working and was originally going to be removed from his position as Legion Commander."

But this man was indeed quite capable, so Mora protected him and allowed him to continue serving as Legion Commander of the Seventh Legion.

Alex revealed the information he knew.

"Your Excellency, since you have summoned us here, you must have some plan in mind!"

"Tell me, what do you need us to do?"

Another Regimental Commander spoke up.

Alex nodded. "That's right. Father's main force is still behind us. It will take them five or six days to get here. Even if we notify the main force, it will take them at least ten days to reach White Earth City."

However, White Earth City has been under siege for five days, and it cannot hold out much longer on its own. I plan to lead the Vanguard Army on a forced march to relieve the siege of White Earth City.

The three company commanders looked at each other, understanding Alex's meaning; White Earth City was indeed in great danger.

However, after all, it is a large army of three regiments, with tens of thousands of men. If they suddenly marched, it would completely disrupt the original battle plan and have a great impact on the entire army.

In particular, they were carrying a considerable amount of baggage, which would inevitably affect their marching speed.

One of the Regimental Commander raised a question, "Sir, what should we do with our supplies? Should we detach a portion of our troops to continue escorting them?"

Alex shook his head. "We only have a little over 10,000 troops in total. I'm not sure if we can lift the siege of White Earth City with just these troops."

At this point, I think it would be too risky to divide our forces.

Therefore, my plan is to discard all baggage, carrying only necessary supplies and equipment, and travel light, striving to reach White Earth City within two days.

After hearing Alex's answer, the three Regimental Commander understood that Alex had made up his mind, and they agreed to Alex's plan.

Then the three men took their leave and went to organize the troops.