Without exchanging pleasantries, Earl Laurent got straight to the point. Hudson was not surprised that the Expeditionary Army was renamed the Southeastern Army.
Since they were back on their homeland with no correlation to the expedition, hanging onto the banner of "Expeditionary Army to Support the Duchy of Moxi" would be inappropriate.
The underlying message of insisting the Southeastern Army swiftly quell the refugee tide and then head north was not trivial.
Though they had finally managed to keep Hudson at bay, they now sent him to the front line, clearly releasing a tiger back into the forest.
If he won a few more victories, Hudson's influence over the post-war cake distribution would inevitably increase.
With slightly better luck, he could easily become a military big shot; suppressing him would not be a simple task thereafter.
