As the tribespeople and herds of the three vassal tribes gradually entered Two Rivers County's border defenses, this great war officially began.
Large numbers of troops began gathering at the border. However, because the defensive facilities along the border could accommodate only a limited number of defenders, these forces remained behind the defensive line as reserves, ready to provide rapid support should problems arise at the front.
Meanwhile, the territorial government, having completed its preparations of wartime supplies, became busy once more. They had to settle all the herdsmen from the vassal tribes that had moved into the territory as quickly as possible.
This was because, under the upcoming arrangements, the able-bodied young men of these vassal tribes would participate in defensive operations alongside the territory's border forces under the banner of the territorial militia.
After all, the four or five thousand able-bodied men from the three tribes, skilled in riding and archery, would make fine auxiliary troops. Rather than having them remain in the settlement areas with the elderly, weak, women, and children, it would be better to put them to greater use.
But under these circumstances, if the elderly, weak, women, and children were not properly settled, those able-bodied men likely would not give their all. It would be one thing if they merely failed to work hard, but if they disrupted the entire battle plan, the ones taking the blame would be civil officials like them in the government system, not the officers of the Two Rivers Legion.
Before long, the Territory Engineering Corps built large settlement areas in several inhabited locations near the border. The Government Affairs Office also sent over large quantities of supplies, including thick, warm felt tents, stoves for heating, firewood, and more.
These supplies were delivered here, providing the tribespeople of the