Gale and Falcon would take the two provincial capitals, Ellis and Entil, while Lion would head straight for Audis, the capital of Shalor. Audis was located in the middle of the two provinces, and Lion encountered the greatest resistance. Therefore, Gale and Falcon had to rush to Shalor's aid immediately after conquering the two provinces. They had to break through Shalor's capital to truly destroy the kingdom.
"The attack on Farlans this time is just a springboard. The other brigades of 2nd Division have almost wiped out and occupied the surrounding towns. The division command has sent a message asking us to go to Bimore as soon as possible," the baron continued.
"Bimore..." Whispers suddenly came from the tent. It seemed that everyone present was familiar with this city. It was the central city of a count's territory, and also the last obstacle for 2nd Division to join forces with the other divisions of Falcon.
"Are they already in such a hurry? Don't we still have two months? "Monte, the first platoon leader, was puzzled. At this time, their brigade was still very far from Bimore, and there were at least three or four towns on the way. Moreover, as the central city of a count's territory, if the count was not out of his mind, he must have gathered a large number of armed forces. Monte did not want to fight a tough battle so soon. He believed that the baron did not want to either.
The baron glanced at him, then looked around at the rest of the people in the tent. He gently knocked on the table, and the whispers stopped. Everyone looked at the baron. The baron was silent for a long time, frowned, and finally said in a deep voice, "The country can't hold on any longer. We must end the war as soon as possible." Everyone immediately froze, each having their own thoughts.
Cardoj had people in the capital, so he naturally knew that although the drought had ended more than a year ago, there was still a serious shortage of labor in the country, especially among the young and middle-aged. The ratio of men to women had almost reached 1: 3, and those who farmed the fields were the old, the weak, the women and the children. Although they could barely be self-sufficient, the consumption of the army was almost at its limit. This was just one of the reasons. Faustian was only a small kingdom, and it could not support such a long-term consumption.
Since the baron had told the truth, Monte, as the baron's advisor, also echoed, "In that case, we must take Farlans as soon as possible."
"Farlans is at least a baron's territory. I'm afraid it won't be easy to take it without full preparation." Since they had decided to take Farlans, the people in the tent were no longer reserved and began to discuss. "Moreover, our battalion is still incomplete, isn't it …"
The main purpose of this meeting was to decide on the candidates for the two platoon leaders. After discussing for so long, they finally got down to business. However, this involved the replacement of official positions. They were only platoon jarls and did not have the right to decide. They could only listen to the baron's instructions.
"That's right. The battalion still lacks two platoon jarls. Do you have any recommendations?" The baron lowered his head and asked calmly. They had discussed this problem many times before, but there was no conclusion every time. This time, they had to decide on a candidate.
"I think Roman is a good lad. He can do it." The one who spoke was the platoon leader of the 3rd Platoon. The person he recommended was also a squad leader of his platoon. His platoon had been crippled last time, and even the deputy platoon leader had died. This time, the platoon leader would most likely be a replacement for his platoon. He hoped that the person he selected would be someone he knew well, and that he would be the leader.
"What do you think of Jersson? He's been a veteran for five years. His strength and leadership skills are pretty good." This time, it was the deputy platoon leader of the 4th Platoon who spoke. Their platoon was in an even worse state. Less than a third of them survived the Battle of Felmo Grand Canyon. The platoon leader had died in battle, and he was currently the acting platoon leader. Now that their platoon was mostly made up of recruits, he urgently needed a veteran to help him lead them. The person he recommended was not someone from his platoon, but someone from the 1st Platoon. He also wanted to remove the word 'acting' from his platoon. If someone from another platoon came to his platoon to be the deputy platoon leader, he would not be afraid of losing his authority. The squad leaders of their platoon were all brothers who survived with him, and they all listened to him.
"What about Virginia? He's a strong lad …"
"What about Gibb? He's a veteran, and he's also responsible …"
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The six squad leaders in the tent all mentioned their favorite candidates. Of course, Yoshk still mentioned Locke. His evaluation of Locke was that he was calm and motivated.
"Everyone, be quiet." Cardoj, who was sitting at the head of the table, rubbed his eyebrows and knocked on the table with his index finger. As expected, it was the same situation again. The previous few times, there was no decision. "This time, we'll vote."
Sure enough, everyone in the room looked at each other tacitly. Whenever there was a disagreement in the camp, or when there was a major issue, if the baron didn't make the decision himself, and the others didn't have a unified opinion, the baron would choose to vote. It was said that the baron had learned about the parliamentary voting system when he was studying in Aomar when he was young.
The group of uneducated people didn't understand the fairness of the system, but they felt that the baron was very humane and didn't put on airs like other nobles. The reason why everyone in the tent trusted the baron so much was obvious.
So Wyr, who was sitting on the left of the baron, started to vote. The six platoon jarls proposed a total of six candidates, and two of them were lucky enough to be promoted. The popular candidates were Romeo and Jersson. After all, they were chosen by the third and fourth platoon jarls themselves, so those who knew them had to give them some face. It wasn't like the others didn't stand a chance either. Gib and Locke also had a lot of support.
Wyr abstained as usual. In this kind of voting, he almost always abstained from voting to avoid suspicion. The reason was that he was also a noble. He was a noble knight conferred by the baron. It was said that Wyr's family had been retainers of Cardoj's family for generations. Wyr's ancestor was once a bodyguard of Cardoj's ancestor and came to Dor with Cardoj's ancestor.
Cardoj's family didn't disappoint the Wyr family and conferred him as a hereditary noble knight. In order to prevent the greater nobles from dividing themselves, the Kingdom of Faustian stipulated that the greater nobles could only enfeoff the nobles of the two classes below them, and there was only one quota. In other words, only barons were eligible to enfeoff the nobles, even if they were knights of the lowest rank. So on and so forth, a viscount could be enfeoffed as a lord, an earl could be enfeoffed as a baron, and a margrave could be enfeoffed as a viscount. Also, the greater nobles had to pay for the enfeoffed lands themselves. So it could be seen that the Wyr family was deeply trusted by Cardoj's family.
As for dukes, there were no dukes in Faustian. Hundreds of years ago, Faustian was just a small duchy, and the ancestor of the current king was only a duke. So the royal family was well aware of the abilities and influence of a duke. At the beginning of the establishment of Faustian, the first king warned his descendants not to enfeoffed dukes.
The Wyr family didn't disappoint the support of Cardoj's family. Almost every generation had a mid-rank Knecht, so Wyr's current generation had even advanced to a high-rank Knecht and had amazing combat power.
After Wyr, it was Mond's turn to vote, followed by the vice-jarl of 4th Platoon on the right. As for Solon, most of the people present habitually ignored him because, like the baron, he hardly participated in this type of voting.
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