MTL - Black Iron’s Glory-Chapter 574 Reply and Captive

Chapter 574 Reply and Captive

A month later, just as the Storm Corps took turns and attacked the remaining four unsettled central local counties, Claude ushered in a strong protest from the Red Dragon Corps. They demanded that a central local county be left for them. For the Red Dragon Corps, this local county means two to three million kronor in proceeds, and they can return to China after they have snatched it. This time when I came to the Hicks Kingdom to participate in the war, the casualties were not large, but the income reached nearly 10 million kronor, which is really a good process.

But of course Claude would not fuel their desire for robbery, telling them straightforwardly, who told them to move so slowly, it would be gone without them. The Storm Legion would not let them out. While tangling with the Red Dragon Army, Claude received a reply from the Archduke of the North and the Archduke of the Sunset River.

The reply from Duke Pillag H. Ferriot of the Northland is simple, but he only said that he would not be sent to the Northland if the autonomous region did not come to Northland Eleven. Now his mission is to defend Northland Eleven. . At the same time, the Grand Duke of the North also strongly condemned in the letter the various units under the autonomous command zone for the looting and arrest of the local counties of the Hicks Kingdom. The tone was extremely angry. A list with nearly a thousand names was also included with the reply. .....

"This is a list of people who are related to the Kingdom of Hicks, Duke Pillag S. Ferriot and the Feriot family, as well as relatives in blood. These people returned to him. "Colonel Bokal explained:" I checked, most of them are in our captive camp, and there are only a dozen unknown ... "

"Then select these people and give them to the Grand Duke of the Northland. Anyway, we are also raising them in vain, and they are not likely to be used by us. Let go if you want to go with them. Not too many thousands. Since the North Duke gave us this list, it means that he has no intention to fight against us, and he is not willing to send troops to the North to attack us. Our purpose has been reached ... Claude made the decision.

"Okay, I'll go to the prison camp tomorrow to pick out everyone on this list and send it to the North." Colonel Bokal answered.

"By the way, that reply from Archduke Sunset River?" Claude asked.

Colonel Bokal shook his head: "The reply is not with me. The archduke of the setting sun sent a person to be a special envoy. The reply was in the hands of the special envoy. The special envoy wanted to see you ..."

"Well then, at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, I will give the envoy half an hour." Claude said, "Have you ever seen the envoy, do you feel what the envoy was for?"

"I feel he is hesitant. After all, the conditions you give are like the pie falling from the sky to Grand Dukes of the Sunset. I think no one will doubt your intentions ..." Colonel Bokal laughed After that, he was not optimistic about the wish of the sunset river grand guild like Claude.

"See this special envoy before you talk," Crowd groaned. "Since the Archduke of the Setting Sun can send a special envoy to see me, it's definitely a bit emotional. The problem now is that he can't get a guarantee from where I'm not He deceived him, of course, maybe this special envoy came for another purpose, maybe he wanted to find out our details ... "

On the next morning, Claude met the special envoy sent by the Grand Duke of the Setting Sun. This is an old man in his sixties with a fashionable long beard. It can be seen that the old man cared for his beard more carefully than his hair. At least the beard was coated with aroma oil, which looked better than his thin, bald hair.

"Dear Marshal Claude, my master, Lord Duke Neal Tuzer Hicks of the Sunset, greets you." The old man gave a very standard half bow.

"Just sit down," Claude waved, noting to be polite: "What's your name? By the way, do you want black tea or fruit wine?"

"Oh, thank you, I want black tea." The old man still stood respectfully: "His honorable Marshal, my name is Kekic Bip Hank, and I am the steward of my master."

"Captain Fahselin, give him a cup of black tea." Claude pointed to the sofa: "Since you are the steward of the Grand Duke of the Setting Sun, that should be a person he believes in. No wonder he will bring you a letter ... .... "

"Here is the letter, please, Your Excellency Marshal." The old man took a letter from his arms and placed it on the desk in front of Claude respectfully and respectfully.

"Sit down and wait until I finish reading the letter." Claude picked up the letter and checked the wax seal for completeness before opening the letter.

The letter from Grand Dukes of the Sunset River did not exceed Crowd's expectations. First, a piece of paper was written complimenting Crowd's command, and invincible words, and then a piece of paper was written with his grievances. For example, how can I be oppressed by the granddaughter of the Northland and helplessly leave the family's land, until the last piece of paper is the real topic. The Archduke of the Sunset River was very interested in Claude's proposal, but he asked Claude to prove that this was not a trick to trick him ...

"Oh ..." Claude shook his head and smiled. He said to the old emissary sitting on the sofa, "How does your master think I can prove that I didn't trap him? To be honest, I prove No. Now your host, Grand Duke Luohe, is hostile to our autonomous region. I just made a suggestion. Since your host does n’t want to believe me, then I do n’t have to ask for fun. You can go back and tell you Master, he has more than a month to eat more and play with a few more women, because in more than a month, the Storm Corps in our autonomous command zone will wipe out the six western counties in your continent. "

"Oh no ..." The old man's special envoy jumped up at once: "Dear Marshal, please give us more time. I think if you are my master, there will be such a proposal. Doubtful, we need more time and patience to understand and trust each other. "

"You speak very well, but we don't have more time. We are all going according to plan. This is already scheduled." Crowd looked at the old envoy: "Let ’s say, your master was originally with us. In the scope of the attack, who made him so loud should drive us invaders out and revive the Hicks Kingdom or something. I don't care about these propaganda slogans, but it is definitely necessary to eliminate the threats behind us. of......

Writing to your host and proposing to hand over Wang Jing Saint-Hiprian and Wang Jing area to him is not my whim and I am not afraid of your host, but I happen to find that he may be the one we need, so I am With such a proposal. If you do n’t understand, it ’s okay, you can suggest your master to take a good look at the current Hicks Kingdom power map. To be honest, he has no future in the six counties in the West.

It ’s not just our autonomous region that is sending troops to attack the territory your master currently occupies. It ’s the countries surrounding these localities and counties in the west. Look at each other's eyes. Because the ten counties in the west of your Hicks kingdom were snatched from them, now for these three countries, it is the best opportunity to recover the lost land ...

If your master doesn't follow my advice, staying there will not only face the scourge of our autonomous command zone, but also resist the invasion of the troops of the three neighboring countries. Don't look at your host gathering so many soldiers, these hundreds of thousands of troops are actually a horde, and they can't capture the future of this kingdom for your host. Not to mention, even the Grand Duke of the Northern Territory cannot tolerate your master to develop a threat to him by his side.

Therefore, I suggest that you still persuade your host to accept my suggestion. I can only guarantee that my proposal has no attempt or malicious intention on your host, but there is no way to prove what makes your host believe what I say. This is a big gambling game for your master, depending on whether he dares to bet. You can go back now and tell your master what I said, depending on his choice ... "

Claude nodded the old envoy with his finger, motioned to Captain Fahselin, who was standing aside, to take the old man out. Captain Fahselin hurried to the old envoy's side and made an inviting gesture at him. The old envoy wiped the sweat from his forehead, and half bowed at Claude, and then followed Captain Fahselin to the door.

As soon as the old envoy left, Colonel Bokal pushed in.

"You're done?" Claude asked.

Bokal nodded: "I handed over the list of the Grand Duke of the North to Colonel Maihard in the captive camp. He will organize someone to find out the people on this list, but it takes three days. This is really efficient. too slow."

"I just met the special envoy of Grand Dukes of the Sunset. He asked me in the letter to prove that my proposal was not a lie to him or a trap against him." Claude mocked. "I don't know where he is confident, Think you have a big face? You want me to give him that face. I told him the old emissary sent by the envoy. If you do n’t believe me, I do n’t know which spinach he is. The suggestion is that he is more ambitious than you. The recommended role of the Patriotic Front was much stronger, which gave him a chance ... "

Colonel Bokal picked up the letter from Grand Dukes of the Sunset River on his desk and read it again: "Actually, this grand duke wants you to send several people to be taken hostage so that he will not be counted by you."

"I know what he means." Claude said glumly, "but I don't want to agree to his request. Since I don't believe my guarantee, then forget it, let him die, and it's not a big deal to pick a suitable candidate from the prison camp. ..... "

Mentioning the captive camp Bokal remembered: "By the way, Colonel Maihard of the captive camp asked if the captive local guards and some standing army soldiers could release a group? The families of these captives all found the captive camp Here, every day around the prison camp, crowded like a vegetable market. He felt that these captured soldiers did not pose a big threat to us, so he simply released a batch, so that they would not waste our food reserves here every day. . "

Claude touched his head, a little embarrassed: "I remember where I read this document, which was submitted by the captive camp, the meaning is similar to what you said. But I do n’t know where to put it, remember that I approved it. Yes, forgot to post it? By the way, there is a crimson animal skin folder in the stack of files ... "

Colonel Bokal looked for a long time on the table full of all kinds of animal skin folders that Claude pointed to, and finally found the crimson animal skin folder. Looking over, it is indeed the document submitted by the captive camp.

There are three main types of prisoners currently held in prison camps. The most noble status is naturally the territory aristocracy of the Hicks Kingdom. The captives of the higher Hicks royal family were packaged and sent to the king by the Autonomous Military District as soon as possible. The second highest status is the target of the seized, such as the wealthy business gentry of the local counties who were captured, as well as those serving local officials and officers in the army. Those with the lowest status are those soldiers who are armed in the field.

Both the Kingdom of Breaux and Scrie in the Gulf of the North had each taken 50,000 captives from the prison camp to serve in labor, but those 100,000 captives were officers and soldiers of the Hicks Kingdom Standing Army and those resistance elements, and were considered captives. The camp reduced the burden. However, as the Thunder Corps swept the nine counties in the east, the Storm Corps rotated to attack the four counties in the middle. As a result, the captive camp increased by more than 100,000 captured soldiers in the area ...

Captain Camp captain Colonel Maihard believes that these captives are not a threat to the Dominion Territory. This is a correct statement, because these recruited local garrisoned soldiers are more farmers, workshop workers, fishermen, small merchants, etc. , For all occupations. Some of the captured soldiers in the areas closer to Wang Jing found their captive camps, and squeezed outside the camp every day to find their loved ones, tearful, and looked strangely pitiful.

In the documents submitted, Colonel Mehad stated that many of the people who were recruited into the local garrison were the only major labor force in their family, and without him it was like a victim to the family. Anyway, the Autonomous Leadership Region did not want to occupy an inch of the land of the Hicks Kingdom. So many people were captured in the camp, and it was nothing to work for every day. It was better to let them all. It ’s a big deal, as in last time in the Nasseri area, the thigh was poked to set them free. If the next time they get caught, they will be shot dead ...

The captive camp of more than 200,000 people has involved the troops of the two Hicks Returning Divisions to take care of them, and the daily food consumption is not a small amount. If the captives in these places are released, the number of captives can be reduced by two-thirds, and the pressure to care for the captives will not be so great. At present, there are two major consumption and expenditure problems in the autonomous region, one is military service and the other is prisoner. Fortunately, the Hicks Kingdom is rich, and the reserves of grain and grass are sufficient to meet these wasted consumption.

Claude had already signed the document submitted by the captive camp, and Colonel Bokal despised: "No wonder Colonel Maihard asked me to ask, why hasn't this document been answered. You just wrote a I have read what kind of approval, you are required to make a decision and agree to disagree with the proposal of the captive camp. You indicate that you have seen it but have no other meaning, they thought you have not considered it properly, so this document has been kept Here you are. "

"It was my fault. I confused it with the documents that made me pass." Crowder was a little embarrassed, but he admitted it was wrong. Taking the document from Colonel Bokal and preparing to sign it, Claude remembered another thing.

"Wait a minute, has the MI's distribution plan for the ten local counties in the middle been done by your military intelligence department?" Claude asked.

This was a distribution plan that Crowd had a month ago when he was planning to hand over Wang Jing Saint-Hiprian City and Wang Jing area to the Grand Duke of the Sunset River and asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to consider it. Because the Patriotic Front's leading parties were really unable to help, Claude thought that instead of handing over the entire ten counties in the middle, they might as well choose ten leaders and let these leading parties form ten small groups, and then It is more reliable to assign a local county in the central ten counties to a small group ...

As soon as the Autonomous Leadership Area withdraws from the Hicks Kingdom, these ten counties in the central part of the country decide to let them go, regardless of whether they can kill each other or form alliances, depending on the capabilities of these small groups. This is like raising a cricket, stuffing all kinds of poisonous insects into a jar, and letting them fight to separate the final winner. Claude believes that such a competitive environment will allow these leading parties to grow faster.

"Already stopped," Colonel Bokal replied, "However, the Red Dragon Army and the Storm Corps are still sweeping the five central local counties, so they have only established small groups and assigned these ten local counties, which are waiting for transfer . "

Claude quickly wrote a reply on the document: "You take this document to find them, and let them small groups to recruit soldiers in the captive camp first, and each to form a garrison. All the equipment was seized from us. The Hicks Kingdom spends on weapons and armaments. Let them remember that it is best to recruit only the locals in the local county they are assigned to, so that they can control it, and the rest is as Colonel Maihard said, The thigh will be released with a stab. If we catch it again in the future, if we find a stab wound in the thigh, we will shoot it directly! "

Colonel Bokal nodded: "I see, let's do it."

"Wait, there is one more thing." Claude thought for a while and said, "Go and find the special envoy of the Grand Duke of the Sunset. I can't say something, but you can wake him up. You put my strategic intention directly Tell the special envoy that the separatist forces that want to reach a balance in the Hicks Kingdom after the withdrawal of the Dominion, so this is the best opportunity for his master to dominate King Jing.

I can't prove it to him, but his master can take his private armed forces into a local county closest to Wangjing area before we leave, and I will send a division to monitor nearby in case. After we evacuate, his master can occupy Wangjing Saint-Hiprian City and Wangjing area for the first time, and we will leave some weapons and equipment for his master in the city ... "