Chapter 97: Angry
After telling Emerson to get out, Paul and others continued to stay in the reception room and summoned other senior officials from the Government Affairs Council and the army.
Now this is directly transformed into a combat meeting.
"The Kent family must pay the price!" After the officers heard what the Kent family envoy had done, they became excited.
Huxin Town has already given in to such an extent, and it is simply a shame and humiliation for the other party to go even further and make such excessive demands.
After careful discussion, several resolutions were quickly reached:
1. Strengthen investigation in border areas and be alert to Emden’s movements at any time;
2. Intelligence The Ministry did its best to collect intelligence on Emden, from information on high-level personnel to the gathering and mobilization of troops;
3. Based on the current independent musketry company, a third infantry battalion was formed, led by Schroeder's Former retinue Joyce serves as the battalion commander;
4. The staff further strengthens the training of militiamen and directly supplements them into the regular army when necessary;
5. Order the navy to be prepared for war so that it can go ashore at any time to support the army's operations.
In fact, if you want to start a war immediately, the army currently stationed in Lake Town can set off in two hours. After all, Emden is right next to Arda in the south, so it doesn’t need to take as long as a long-distance expedition. preparation.
This is the advantage of a standing army. For small-scale, short-distance combat, thousands of people can be assembled at any time.
But his opponent, the Earl of Kent, was different. Paul concluded that although the opponent's overall strength was very strong, if he wanted to fight a decent war between lords, it would take a lot of effort. 1 to 2 weeks to assemble the troops.
This makes people very confused. Should I lead the army first to catch the opponent by surprise? Or should we wait for the Kent family to slowly gather their troops and attack?
If he had fought first, he would probably have stung a hornet's nest. After all, the Kent family had not caused any substantial harm to him. It would be morally untenable for him to attack first. Then he would offend Duke Ferdinand and the Duke behind him. A large number of vassals are also leaving, which is not good.
But if you just give up your speed advantage and get beaten passively, it seems quite stupid. Don't military strategists at home and abroad in ancient and modern times emphasize that "soldiers are more valuable than speed"?
A group of officers headed by Bryce looked at Paul longingly: "Sir Graiman, let's fight first!"
But after thinking about it again and again, Paul still felt that Be conservative. After all, the Gleyman family is the direct vassal of His Majesty the King in the northwest. If the Kent family really wants to move their own ideas, they have to think carefully.
The possibility of war breaking out is not 100%.
Therefore, at the end of the meeting, in addition to the five measures above, Paul only ordered martial law to be implemented in Arda and Bairdin, but did not order a declaration of war on Emden.
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Bayland Castle, the residence of the lord of Emden, has no town or farm here, just a lonely castle where members of the Kent family and their servants live. In this castle.
Emerson was waiting in the hall slightly uneasily, pacing back and forth.
Finally, footsteps came from the corridor, and a figure soon appeared in the hall.
He bowed to the figure and said, "Uncle Kent."
The Earl of Kent seemed to be in a good mood. He walked to the table and sat down. Immediately, a servant brought twice the amount of wine, and a glass was placed in front of the Earl. A glass was placed in front of Emerson.
"Little Emerson, tell me how our Earl Grayman responded."
Emerson looked at Earl Kent and hesitated to speak.
“What’s wrong?”
The earl sensed something was wrong from Emerson's expression. Could it be that the young lord rejected his conditions? Haha, how could it be possible?
However, Emerson's words finally confirmed his suspicion just now.
"Uncle Kent, Grayman rejected your request! Sorry, I am too incompetent."
Emerson said with an extremely guilty expression on his face.
After hearing these words, the expression on Earl Kent's face gradually stiffened.
"How dare he...how dare he..."
The count repeated these words with a slightly incredulous expression on his face. Soon, he ordered the servant next to him: "Call Jia Ais over."
Soon, Jia Ais, who was practicing swordsmanship just now, came here.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the hall was a bit dull, he asked doubtfully: "Father, Emerson, what happened?"
The Earl had a stiff face and did not answer. Emerson on the side said: "The Gleyman family rejected Uncle Kent's request."
Jais knew why his father had that expression, and he also sat down He stopped and asked: "Father, what is your decision?"
The earl turned to Emerson and said: "Little Emerson, first tell us the details of your meeting with Grayman. "
Emerson breathed a sigh of relief, carefully controlled his expression, and began to talk about the "experience" of meeting Paul with added details.
"...I have repeatedly emphasized that this is already a little lenient to him, Uncle Kent, and it is just a small punishment for him to do things without authorization..."
"...But Graiman still refused arrogantly. It seemed that he had been dazzled by the previous victory..."
"...His officials were all extremely arrogant, saying that I want to give the Kent family some color..."
Emerson spent nearly half an hour describing the "process" of his meeting with Paul to the Kents.
As he made his statement, the expressions of the Kents and his son became increasingly ugly.
After Emerson finished his statement, Jais looked at his father: "Are we going to punish the Graiman family?"
"Of course!"
The count almost growled, giving his son a positive answer without hesitation.
With a firm tone, he stared at Jiaaisi and said:
"The reason why the Kent family is able to gain a foothold in the northwest is because other families are afraid of us."
“As for the enemies of the family, if we cannot defeat them in a week, it will take a month. If we cannot defeat them in a month, it will take a year. If we cannot defeat them in a year, it will take ten years. We can tolerate it temporarily, but we can endure it for a long time. Hibernating, but we will never forget the enemy.”
"It is precisely because of this that, except for Duke Ferdinand, who in the Northwest Bay dares to refuse the Kent family's request or disrespect the Kent family?"
"If the Graiman family is let go this time, If he is allowed to insult us without punishment, other families and societies will follow suit, and we will eventually become a second-rate family in the northwest, and the image we have established before will disappear."
"In short, Grai. Man must be punished!"
Jais nodded: "I understand, father"
A sneer appeared on Earl Kent's face, revealing his sharp and long canine teeth. Said with compassion:
"Hmph! The current Graiman family is not worthy of letting us endure. His little strength now cannot withstand our blow."
"Jais!"
"Father, please give me an order." Jais responded immediately, his father was about to give an order.
“Immediately summon half of the knights in the territory and inform the vassals of the family that you must recruit at least 2,000 soldiers for me. Everyone must gather at Bailan Fort within three weeks.”< br>
“Yes, I will do it immediately.”
The earl then ordered Emerson: "I heard that you also studied military affairs when you were in the royal capital. I will ask you to be Jaice's deputy this time."
Emerson immediately stood up and said: "Kent Uncle, I will help you teach Grayman a lesson.”
The Earl picked up the wine glass and drank all the wine, then let go, and the glass fell to the ground and shattered.
"Graiman, this is your future fate!"
(End of this chapter)