Lord of War

"Why me?" After a stunned face appeared on Sean's face, he quickly turned into shock and disbelief, but was quickly replaced by an upset, "Wait, this is a bit wrong, no matter what I do. Obviously, it’s not enough to serve as a battlefield commander? This is... a very oily task, especially now that the southern battlefield is almost a foregone conclusion, this..."

  The last sentence, Sean no longer needs to say it, because he has realized the real reason why Asuna made him the commander of the southern battlefield.

As we all know, serving as a commander on the main battlefield is not an easy job. It can even be said that this is a double-edged sword at all. Unless someone is extremely confident in their own strength, no one is willing or willing to ask for it. This post.

The reason is simple, because a main battlefield commander is not only responsible for the battlefield command, but also has the responsibility of coordinating and coordinating all the military forces and nobles on the battlefield. Therefore, for many battlefield commanders, dealing with the nobles is a hard work. If you don't, these nobles will hinder you when you need it. But as far as the superiors are concerned, they don’t care whether the nobles are really helping or disabling. They will only think that you are not doing well, delaying fighters, etc., and once these charges are taken seriously, the most serious result may be straightforward. Deprived of the title of nobility.

  Therefore, unless it is those who have real talents or who think they are extremely capable of diplomacy, few people are willing to assume the duties of this battlefield commander.

  This is why Sean feels upset.

  But, as Sean understood the meaning of "double-edged sword".

  Since there is a bad side, naturally there is a good side.

  If the battlefield under the command of the battlefield commander is victorious or even a full victory, then this is a battle that is enough to make anyone jealous, and it is still a major battle that no one can take away. In other words, on the southern battlefield currently divided by the Principality of Lane, given the current clear situation, no matter who is the commander of the southern battlefield, he can definitely add a strong record to his resume when the war is over. One stroke.

  And this is why Asuna recommended Sean as the commander of the southern battlefield.

  Because of the current situation, it was Sean who shot it all alone. It can be said that Sean's contribution is the greatest. After all, the Principality of Ryan did not give Sean any form of support during this process. And at this moment, a so-called commander suddenly dropped in, and he could easily take away nearly 90% of Sean's credit, which even Asuna couldn't see.

  Of course, another consideration of Asuna was to pave the way for Sean to enter the upper aristocratic circle of the Principality of Ryan.

   "The price is heavy." Seeing Asuna just smiled, Sean sighed helplessly.

He knew very well that if the commander of the southern battlefield was not him, he would certainly not be able to keep so many territories when the war was over. Maybe he would even be rewarded with a baronial title, even a territory. no. Because he knows very well that the wolves-like nobles in the Principality of Lane have long been very jealous of the rich territory and military power he occupies now, so he must have a sufficient weight of identity and prominent military exploits in order to be able to keep after the war. Everything I have worked so hard to lay down now.

"It's not disastrous." Asuna shook her head, "I just paid the price of losing my position as the commander-in-chief. But my credit as the commander of the southeast battlefield, those wolves have not the courage to kill them. And most importantly. Yes, the fertile area in the northwest of Darbion is enough for the wolves to fight to the blood."

   "But you also lost the opportunity to settle in Fengshen Lake." Xiao En said sharply.

  He has not forgotten that the deal he made with Asuna was to let Asuna settle in Fengshen Lake. But now, if Asuna does not serve as the president of this national war, then the major contributions and achievements of breaking the Darbyang capital will naturally not be included in the name of Asuna, and because of the southeast theater and The Kingdom of France has borders. Maybe Asuna will even be forced to start a war with the Kingdom of France. This is definitely a thankless thing.

  Suddenly, Xiao En’s mind suddenly resembled a thunderbolt, and his whole body was shaken suddenly, and he looked at Asuna with a stunned look: "Where is Tonis Fortress?"

  Asuna's **** se seemed a bit unnatural.

At this time, Sean still didn’t understand. In order to enable him to become the commander of the southern theater, Asuna not only lost the title of commander-in-chief of the entire battle, but even handed over the Tonis Fortress. The price is definitely not small. You know, in the first war between the Principality of Ryan and the Kingdom of Darbion, Asuna invested all the resources captured in the war into the construction of Fort Tonis. It can be said that this fortress is all of Asuna. Hard work.

  But now, this fortress has been expropriated by the Principality of Ryan. If it is said that Asuna has lost her own territory.

"It's not a big deal, at least if the Southeast Theater wins, I can delineate the territory." Asuna is free and easy, the unnatural se on her face flashed away, "Furthermore, even if you lose Tonis Fortress , I can also build another one in the new territory, nothing more than it will take a little longer. And once Dabion becomes history, Tonys Fortress will be of little value."

"Humph." Sean snorted coldly. He knew very well that Fort Tony is really important to Asuna. It's just that Asuna didn't want to answer directly. Even if Sean knew these things, he couldn't speak. "Just I'm afraid that the wolves of the Principality of Lane have more than that. They agree that you can delineate the territory at will in the southeast theater of Darbion, but this territory must be bordered by the Kingdom of France? ... This shows that it is to be placed. The first line of conflict with the Kingdom of France."

  "Is there a difference?" Asuna smiled, "Perhaps it seems that I have lost a lot of things this time, but if I look a little longer, who can guarantee that I have not gained more?"

  Strictly speaking, Sean knew that Asuna was right.

In terms of short-term benefits, Asuna can be said to have made a major sacrifice. Not only did she lose the commandership of the war with Darbion, but even Tonys Fortress was lost, which is already economic distress. For Asuna, it is undoubtedly worse. However, in terms of long-term benefits, her gains are also huge. At least this time after the war, Florence will become a marquis of strength. In addition, the current situation in the southern theater is stable, as long as there is nothing big. By mistake, Sean's title of Marquis of Strength would definitely not be able to escape, so that means that Asuna has two firm Marquis of strength as her political allies in the Kingdom of Lane.

And looking at Hatch Boulder, who is sitting here with Asuna at this moment, it means that the Boulder family will definitely be on Asuna’s side in the future, plus Ken sacrifices family interests and Boulder. The Dubai family who rebelled together, the joining of these two families is naturally an extremely powerful reinforcement for the newly established aristocratic circle of Asuna. After all, the Boulder family even now has many outstanding talents, and these talents will play a very important role in the future Principality of Lane.

In other words, although on the surface it seems that the war with Darbion Kingdom this time is weakening Asuna's strength, in fact, the group of people who have gained the most benefit from this war with Darbion Kingdom But all of them are Asuna's future allies. This is actually equivalent to Asuna's growth in strength in exchange for time, which is very similar to Sean's development plan for a period of time when he started from scratch.

  However, even though Sean knew and understood Asuna’s actions and reasons, he still felt very upset.

  Because of what the Principality of Lane did, Sean felt very sick.

   "I will return Thunder's Front to you soon." Sean said in a deep voice.

"I'm not in a hurry about this." Asuna shook her head, "Because at present, even if I want to start a war, I will definitely not be able to fight in a short time. After all, the Northwest Theater has just triggered a war, and your side The situation is stable, but the supply line cannot be too deep, so in a short period of time I have nothing to do. And in a strict sense, both the agave collar and the Roman collar can be classified into the northwest. In the war zone, even if the war in the northwest war zone is opened, I will have strong backup support."

   Regarding Asuna’s statement, Hatch, the old fox, quickly nodded and said: "Asuna-sama, please rest assured, I will fully cooperate with your actions when that happens."

"I am here to thank Master Hatch for his full support." Asuna smiled, then turned to look at Sean, and said again: "Since everything that should be said has already been said, then I have one now. I have to ask you for help."

   "You don't need to say something polite. Your sacrifice has far exceeded our original agreement. I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know what is good or bad."

  Shaun’s words made Hatch slightly confused, but he knew who he was now, and he also knew why Asuna brought him here. In fact, Hatch is also very curious about the young man Sean Connery. Although he has guessed more than once that the relationship between Sean and Asuna is by no means simple, until now he heard what Sean said. , Ha Qi knew that the relationship between these two men might be deeper than he had imagined.

Asuna nodded, so what she said next was not polite with Sean: "I hope you can contain, and even attract all the fighting power in the southern region of Darbion. I am going to unite with Master Hatch. And Mr. Berne ** the agave collar.... As long as we successfully rendezvous with the Boulder family private soldiers of the agave collar, then I can open the front of the southeast theater of Darbion and drag Darbion into it. The situation of three-line combat."

Sean frowned, and said in a deep voice, "But if you want to get a agave collar, you need to traverse at least three Darby Ang territories. Even if I hold Darby Ang's southern nobles in this journey, The troops, but others will come to stop you from advancing. And even if you do successfully merge, the agave collar is now a solitary place on the map, and you will face the dilemma of lack of logistics and troops."

"This point, I will still need the cooperation of Lord Sean at that time." This time, it was Hatch who spoke. "After regaining the agave collar, I will let Bourne lead the troops to ensure the safety of the logistics line. At that time, all logistical materials will pass through the southern theater where you are responsible, Lord Shaun. Therefore, Lord Shaun, your control of the southern theater will directly affect the lifeline of me and Lord Byrne and Asuna."

   "Wait, you mean... there are only three of you in the Southeast Theater?" Sean's face changed slightly.

"Although I don't want to admit it, it's actually exactly what you said." Asuna smiled helplessly. "The only ones who are really responsible for all military operations in the southeast theater of Darbion are really only I, Lord Byrne and Lord Hatch. It’s just people. Although several other nobles have joined the Southeast Theater, in fact, even if I don’t say anything about their purpose, you should know it. As for the Ryan Ministry of Public Affairs, they made a decision before. Will fully support the Northwest Theater."

   "Huh." This time, Sean's face was not as simple as unpleasant, but really hard to look at.

   "By the way, there is another thing I must tell you."

  "Say, no matter how bad the news is, I’m afraid I won’t be disappointed." Sean curled his lips.

"Because the current situation is that your southern theater is the most stable, there will probably be a few nobles who will come to you to get a share of the pie." Asuna hesitated, but she still said, "I hope... you Try not to offend these nobles as much as possible."

"Oh, it depends on whether they are qualified to take a share from me." The discomfort on Sean's face is already extremely obvious, "Okay, since I am the commander of the southern theater, then this theater is I have the final say. As for those nobles, you don’t need to worry. I will end the southern theater as soon as possible, and then tilt my troops and resources to your side."

  Looking at the expression on Sean’s face, Asuna knew that it would be useless to persuade her, so she stopped talking, and instead nodded her head to agree to Sean’s arrangement. Of course, she was also praying silently in her heart, hoping that the few nobles who were about to fight in the South would not be so stupid. (To be continued.)