I will be crowned king

Although the elated Anson talked about his "perfect plan" in a very grand way, in Carl Bain's view...well...that's all.

Although the world of Order has moved from the dark and terrifying "Great Schism" to the modern society of a hundred years ago, some of the rules that have been passed down for thousands of years are still the same as in the past.

Except for the behemoth of the Empire and the alien Clovis among aliens - yes, even the Clovis people themselves think so - most kingdoms are basically composed of one big family and a dozen smaller families who are related to each other. composed of blood relationships between them.

They each built manors and watchtowers on their own land, attracted local tycoons and wealthy businessmen, enslaved and exploited the people, and formed a small group called a "kingdom"; these seemed to have a population of millions and an army of thousands, but in fact the real rulers and The number of core class members never exceeds one hundred.

To deal with these kingdoms, basically as long as you get an ally in the core class and a particularly suitable excuse, the entire kingdom will not be attacked by a group; the people at the bottom will not react at all, because from the beginning, they and This kingdom has nothing to do with it, and it has never - nor is it qualified - to be directly loyal to its king.

Therefore, Anson's plan to win over the heir to the Grand Duchy of Mist and thus obtain a grand excuse to invade Mist can really only be regarded as a routine operation.

And generally speaking, the biggest risk when investing in a guy who only has a title and can’t even get a single copper coin out of the initial down payment is actually not at the beginning, but at the end.

How to ensure that Party A will not regret it - usually it will - and successfully recover most of the balance is the most difficult part.

But this was the least of Karl's worries. Based on his understanding of Anson Bach, there was a big question mark over whether the Mist heir, who probably thought he had taken advantage of him, would survive long enough to become a full-time official.

"Therefore, in order to ensure that the subsequent Mist invasion war goes smoothly, we must end all affairs with Carindia Port in the near future. While maintaining the stability of the social operation of Carindia Port, we must not affect the Storm Division. combat effectiveness."

Carl Bain concluded.

After a few officers sitting in the back row looked at each other for a few minutes, one of them raised his hand tentatively: "Then...which infantry regiment should we let stay?"

"Leave no one behind, this time the entire army attacks!" Anson took over Carl's words and replied:

"The security of Carindia Port will be handed over to the recently formed 'Carindia Regiment' - leave them a batch of weapons, and then give them the military stations built by each infantry regiment in Carindia Port. That’s it!”

"ah?!"

Everyone in the conference room was suddenly stunned.

Anson picked up the hot coffee in front of him, raised his eyebrows and looked at his officers: "Is there any problem?"

Everyone looked at each other.

What's the problem...It's a big problem!

What is the Carindia Mission?

It was a patrol team formed by Fabian in full accordance with the Guards model, recruiting and training civilians in Carindia Port to solve the problem of the Storm Division's lack of manpower and insufficient control of the city's auxiliary army.

Since they are civilians, it is destined that the composition of this army will never be better, because every good person will definitely have a job. Only guys who can only eat and wait to die, or have bad intentions will join a group of Clovis people. Organized patrol.

Drunkards, gamblers, tramps, beggars, unemployed sailors, criminals... Since these guys were formed according to the model of the Guards, it means that they must also have the problems of the Guards, and they will be more prominent!

Therefore, although this "crash" auxiliary army successfully fulfilled all the Storm Division's expectations for them, it also brought countless troubles - street robbery, frame-up, public murder, extortion, forced buying and selling...

In Fabian's words, rather than thinking of this group of people as the Carindia version of the Guards, they are actually more like the gangs in the outer city of Clovis, and they are also the most ferocious and terrifying type.

Let such a bunch of people maintain the security of Carindia Port... Maybe banning them is actually the greatest help to the security of Carindia Port, right?

Then Anson Bach asked himself what questions? !

"No problem." The officers looked at each other and nodded in unison to the deputy commander:

"We all feel that allowing the Carindia Regiment to remain is the greatest guarantee for the security of Carindia Port!"

"Yes, it's easy to cause conflicts if we stay here with them all the time. It's better to keep a distance."

"Yes, yes, the Carindians should be allowed to manage the Carindians. This is the most stable!"

Oh, so neat... Anson was a little surprised: "If you have any objections, just raise them. It's okay."

"No, absolutely not!"

All the officers shook their heads in unison again, with smiles on their faces and vows, as if they were die-hard loyalists to the deputy commander, and the entire Storm Division was his one word.

Are you kidding me? The entire Carindia Port has been plundered by the Storm Division and there is not much oil left to squeeze out. If you stay here any longer, are you going to wait and join the Carindia regiment to suppress the citizen riots?

Although the Carinthian army is just a bunch of rotten fish and shrimps, the place where they stay is the city center; if there is a riot, let alone being unable to escape, even if they escape, they will have to bear the loss of their position. and charges of occupying important areas.

Therefore, even though they know that it is safe to stay in the rear area - this is a question mark - and the risk of making money is much lower than that of going to the front line, no one among these particularly realistic officers is willing to stay.

In the same way, it was precisely because he knew what kind of scum his officer corps was helping that Anson made the decision to "attack with the entire army and leave no soldiers behind."

"Very good. Since everyone agrees, let's set the departure time as soon as possible." Anson smiled with satisfaction and turned his eyes to Fabian beside him.

"There is already news from the Principality of Ayden." The Grenadier Captain knew exactly what his commander wanted to ask:

"Victor Emmanuel stated that he would abide by his promise. The hostages will arrive at the Port of Carindia before June 28th together with a total of eight thousand servants. At the same time, Duke Eden will personally lead 15,000 people. Thousands of people will arrive at the border of the Grand Duchy of Mist on June 30."

"As for Thun... Archduke Claude Francois still hasn't received any reply, but according to the news sent by Mr. Erich who is stranded in White Tower City, the Thun army has already started on June 24th. Mobilize and advance to the border between the two countries in batches."

"The total strength is expected to be about 40,000, and they will be fully mobilized by July 1 at the latest."

"At the latest in early July, the 80,000-strong army will attack the Grand Duchy of Mist in three groups. In other words..." Fabian suddenly took out his pocket watch and opened the silver-plated watch cover with a faint sneer:

"From now on, the Visenya family, which has ruled Mist for hundreds of years, has entered a countdown to destruction."

Um?

The officers looked stunned, while Karl rolled his eyes feebly.

The smiling Anson shrugged his shoulders and did not correct the former Guards officer's slip of the tongue.

……………………

The day after the meeting, the news that "the Storm Division was about to depart", which was a military secret, spread throughout the Carindia Port and became a well-known secret.

Secretly celebrating this, the cheering Carindia nobles and wealthy businessmen came forward one after another, crying and expressing their condolences to the kind deputy commander.

Anson Bach stated resolutely that for the sake of the great cause of peace and unification of Hantu, and for the eternal friendship between Clovis, Carindia and even all the people of Hantu, although he really wanted to stay - this was That's true - but it's time to leave.

"The Ring of Order is calling to me, granting me the destiny to unite the vast land as one. As long as the road continues to extend before my eyes, I... Anson Bach, will never stop!"

The Carindia nobles who understood understood applauded.

On the contrary, the Archbishop of Hantu Cathedral, that chubby old man who was almost two different creatures from Archbishop Luther Franz, expressed his sincere regrets for the departure of Anson and Storm Master.

In addition to the fact that the storm master has become the most important customer of Hantu Cathedral, it is also because of the long-lasting friendship between him and the little clerk during this period - Alan Dawn brought him from Clovis City. Various emerging economic theories make this elderly man seem to have regained the joy of studying when he was young.

In order to express their sincere friendship with the respected deputy commander, the Carindia nobles held another grand farewell banquet at the Lighthouse Palace, and once again presented a large amount of military supplies and departure expenses, wishing the Storm Division a triumphant return.

Regarding this, Anson lamented that these Carinthians were really not ordinary rich. He had searched three or four times and yet there was still so much to squeeze out of them, and he accepted the gift with a smile.

The lively banquet lasted the whole night, during which Anson once again talked about the unbreakable alliance and inseparable interest relationship between Carindia and Clovis... Until everyone drank until dawn, they were still singing "Our friendship all way long".

So the next day, the Stormtrooper, who drank until he vomited, did not leave.

The Carindia nobles understood this. After all, it was not appropriate to force a hungover guest to leave.

The next day, the Storm Division, which had returned to normal slightly, still did not set off.

The Carindia nobles were emotionally stable about this, and after thinking about it, they understood that there were thousands of people on the other side, and they had to pack up and prepare before setting off rashly.

By the third day, there was still no movement from the Stormtroopers.

The Carindia nobles chose to endure silently, thinking that even if they didn't leave, they would only have a few days left.

Then on the fourth day, everything was exactly the same as before.

The Carindia nobles finally couldn't bear it anymore and sent a representative to ask when the storm division planned to set off.

"Walk?"

Anson blinked: "When did I say I was leaving?"

The representative looked shocked: "A few days ago..."

"Was that a farewell party a few days ago?" Anson's expression was even more surprised than him:

"No one told me!"

"Ah this..."

Facts have proved that people are different. Faced with such unscrupulous and wanton humiliation by Anson Bach, the Carindia representative was in an extremely angry situation...

Well, just left like nothing happened.

Before leaving, I did not forget to express my gratitude to the kind-hearted deputy commander for helping both parties resolve such a big misunderstanding.

Anson also accepted the other party's thanks calmly and expressed his efforts to strengthen communication between the two parties to avoid such unnecessary mistakes.

Everyone is happy, everyone is happy.

After being tortured like this for several days, before these Carindia nobles could experience what it meant to be desperate, they received another piece of news that made them even more desperate.

The "Carindia Regiment" that has been doing evil for a long time will take over the Carindia Port on behalf of Clovis after the Storm Division leaves.

a bolt from the blue!

If the last trick Anson played was an identity-flipping replica of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", then this news is probably equivalent to Cinderella finally escaping from the clutches of her stepmother, and the prince she married is actually the ultimate domestic violence man.

Despair was not enough to describe his mood. The Carindia representative visited Anson again with uneasiness and asked whether the news was true or false.

The sincere and kind-hearted deputy commander waved his hand and said there was nothing to worry about - and then helped him confirm the news.

Don't worry, you don't have to think about anything, it's true.

Not only that, in the next few days, the Storm Division began to expand the auxiliary army with great fanfare, and the strength of the troops skyrocketed from 3,000 to 7,000. Of course, with such a desperate expansion, the composition and organization of the army were completely unnecessary. Thinking, that must suck.

Despite this, Anson and Fabian still faced the supercilious look of Carl Bain and ignored the protests of the Carindia nobles - the former was more important than the latter - to standardize this garbage-like "gangster army". The regular army is armed, and each person can be assigned at least one musket and one bayonet, and everything else is provided by himself.

These weapons basically come from Carindia's arsenal. They are all high-priced second-hand goods exported by the empire. Except for gunpowder and lead bullets, Anson really doesn't want any of them.

In addition, because they do not want to bear the military expenses of the Carindia Regiment, all soldiers are paid according to the "advanced performance method" - to put it bluntly, it depends on how many "criminals" they can catch and how many "black-hearted wealthy businessmen" they can attack. The "stolen money" collected was their military pay.

Presumably, these "upright Carindia people" who came from poor backgrounds must be extraordinarily efficient in managing the security of Carindia Port in order to live peacefully and get rich quickly.

According to this model, the "His Royal Highness" prepared by the "stepmothers" of Anson and Fabian for the "Cinderella" of Carindia Port must be as evil as possible.

This tossing continued until June 30th, when the patient Anson finally got what he had been waiting for - an army of 8,000 Aiden servants.

And their commander, Lenore Emmanuel, the only heir to the Principality of Ayden.