Chapter 464 [National Scholar Demeanor]

Sophie was politely invited by Xia's personal guard captain into the council room of the county hand office, and Junker was naturally also with him. Although Xia's order was only to invite Sophie alone, under Sophie's insistence, the personal guard captain could only agree to bring Junker in.

As a soldier from the Strong Cavalry Camp, Xia's personal guard captain is not a good person to talk to, but when Xia Ya sent him here, she gave him a special instruct: Be polite at the same time.

In the chamber, Mad Dog Green has left.

For Green, who has a deep experience, the old Mad Dog was a little dissatisfied with Chaya sending someone to invite such a girl to discuss such an important matter - it was just a young girl, what could she know? Even if she was the closed disciple of Kavishil, who was famous all over the world, even if Kavishil praised her very much, Mad Dog Green would not really think that a little girl could help her solve these problems of military and national affairs in front of her.

He even thought that it was really a joke to find such a little girl to discuss military affairs.

But Green kept silent.

One thing to be pointed out is that since Charia defeated the headquarters of Odin Chixue Army, restored the entire Siltan County, and conquered the Corsica region, he has achieved unprecedented great victory - the army is over and over. Charia has established his lofty personal prestige, especially the cavalry unit, and has even admired this brave and magical commander. Moreover, the components of Charia's cavalry are partly the Romanian cavalry and partly from the horse thieves gang of Nene. The remaining recruits from the armies only account for a very small proportion.

For the Rodria cavalry, Chara was their former colleague, and the same origin made it easy for them to have a sense of identity with Chara.

As for those horse thieves, let alone - didn't you hear what they called Xia Ya behind them? "Son-in-law"! That's simply his own family.

Therefore, in the group under Xia Ya's command, the cavalry troops have always been very loyal to Xia Ya. On the contrary, they don't really value Green, the long-time general of the Empire. Although respect is enough, they may not be willing to serve wholeheartedly.

Green's prestige is mainly among the infantry units. Most of the infantry units come from the former Sixth Seventh Corps. Those officers and soldiers from regular Central Army prefer to pay attention to "born". Compared to Xia, a guy from halfway, he was just a local garrison officer before the war. But Green is different. Green is from the real Eagle Department, a disciple of the old Duke of Minas, a senior chief of the Imperial College, and also served as the commander of the regular army. With such a background, it is easier to be recognized by the officers and soldiers of the infantry unit.

Of course, these were the situation before the Siltanshire War.

During the war in Siltan County, Green led the infantry troops to attract the main force of Manninger, and Charia commanded the cavalry to fight thousands of miles, magically conquered the new city, and then completed the strategic encirclement of Manninger, and finally defeated the Odin people in one fell swoop...

During the entire war, almost all Charia was guiding the trend of the war.

After the war, even the old military officers who were not necessarily convinced by Xia Ya had to admit that if Xia Ya had not been able to win this battle, it would have been impossible for him to win this battle.

As for the lower-level officers and soldiers, they miraculously fought against Chara's cavalry, conquered powerful enemies, and even killed several enemy generals, including Manninger's eldest son Molkar... Such achievements were enough to make the lower-level officers and soldiers feel admiration for the chief general.

The prestige in the army and the balance have gradually turned to Xiaya as the core.

Moreover, in Green's opinion, Shaya himself has also undergone a lot of changes.

The smile that was cheerful, carefree, and even had a trace of a young man in the past seemed to have gradually disappeared from him. As his merits and prestige became increasingly important, Xia Ya also showed the determination of a leader even... arbitrary!

In the past, Shaya would be willing to throw most of the things to Green, and he was happy and relaxed, but as he gradually adapted to the role of "leader", it seemed that some potential things in his nature were gradually aroused.

He is becoming more and more accustomed to the position of leader. Although he still maintains enough respect and trust for many subordinates such as Green, he will never obey Green's opinions and opinions like before, but is more inclined to take the overall situation into his own hands - if anything he believes in, he will never make changes easily!

Let me give you the smallest detail - in the past, when discussing something, Xia Ya usually said, "What do you think should you do?"

But now, Xia Ya's tone has become the standard tone of a superior asking his subordinate: "What suggestions do you have?"

The same question is, but the words are used differently, and the artistic conception is naturally very different.

Green knew very well that Xia Ya was actually a very strong person from the bottom of her bones.

The old mad dog never had the intention to compete with Xia Ya, and he was even willing to watch Xia Ya gradually transform into an outstanding leader and lead the Northern Army to achieve greater achievements.

So after watching Xia Ya gradually transform step by step, Green paid great attention to restraining his light, and even deliberately cooperated with Xia Ya's actions.

Even when his opinions are different from those of Shaya, he tried his best to obey Shaya's will and help Shaya consolidate his leader's authority.

From this point of view, Xia Ya was so lucky to have Green, a partner who was willing to act as the deputy.

So, when Chara decided to invite a young girl like Sophie to discuss military and national affairs, although Green thought it was too much from the bottom of his heart, he still kept silent and made concessions very cleverly.

When Sophie walked into the chamber, Shaya was standing in front of the window in a daze.

He looked out the window and the sunset was like a layer of blood on the horizon. The afterglow shone on the earth, with a very sad and beautiful smell.

Xia Ya's armor had been taken off, but she had just returned but had not had time to wash away the dust. When Sophie approached Xia Ya, she smelled the strong smell of sweat on this guy - to be honest, she rode a horse for several days and ran around for days, and the smell was really not very pleasant.

Xia Ya stood straight, with wide shoulders, straight figure, and extremely heroic. At a young age, he was the time when he was most energetic. But at this moment, standing beside him, Sophie saw a faint fatigue in the eyebrows of the young commander.

Turning around, Xia Ya glanced at Sophie, then looked at Junke standing behind Sophie, and then said lightly: "Come? Please sit down."

Without politeness or greetings, Xia Ya just raised her hand, and the captain of the guard walked out and closed the door outside.

"I have something to do, I want to hear your opinion." Xia Ya's tone was neither anxious nor slow, and she looked calm, as if she didn't have any emotional color: "I have a few questions that I need to pay seriously, and that's it..."

A very short opening remark, simple or even a little short.

However, Sophie's face did not show any surprise, with a quiet smile on her face, her eyes were full of calmness, and she listened carefully to Xia Ya's words.

During the process of Xia Ya's remarks, Sophie didn't say a word, but just listened quietly. There seemed to be no reaction on her pretty face, and she didn't even raise her eyebrows.

Finally, when Xia Ya finished speaking, Xia Ya breathed a long sigh. After talking for a long time, she was a little dry and stood up, walked to the side, poured three glasses of water in her own hands and placed it on the table.

Xia Ya sat down gently, after drinking a glass of water, she looked at the girl in front of her: "Is there any solution?"

Sophie finally smiled, raised her eyelids and looked at Xia Ya. She picked up the cup in front of her and took a sip. On her delicate face, there was a bit of amusing in her smile: "General, military affairs and government affairs are not a joke, but there is no way to cure the disease. The problems you just mentioned are all accumulated disadvantages, and you cannot find a way to eradicate them immediately through conversation and laughter."

When Xia Ya heard this, she was not disappointed and smiled: "I don't have that extravagant hope to eradicate it. I know that these things are very troublesome, and I don't expect them to be solved in just a few seconds, but at least I have to think of a way to overcome the current difficulties first."

After a pause, he sighed: "First of all, it's the money issue... The soldiers followed me to fight through life and death, resist foreign enemies, recovered their territory, and fought to death. If they could not let the victims get good pensions and the living get good treatment, I would be ashamed of them."

After saying this, Sophie was not doing well yet, Junke next to him nodded. Junke, who is the military man, naturally agrees with Xia Ya's words. If a general does not care about his soldiers and soldiers, it will not be a big deal.

Looking at Xia Ya's eyes, Sophie's heart moved slightly, and then Zhan Yan smiled and said, "Okay, there is no way to eradicate the problem for the time being... After all, the general's current problem is just one word: money! The matter of money is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure."

After a pause, a calm confidence gradually emerged in her calm eyes: "The matter of opening up requires long-term planning and opening up new sources of wealth. It cannot be solved in one day or two days. Can this matter be discussed in the future? Now to overcome this difficulty, we can only start with reducing expenses."

When Xia Ya heard this, she frowned: "Save money? Military expenses must not be reduced. I have already said that we must not treat these soldiers who follow my birth and death."

Sophie smiled faintly: "The general misunderstood what I mean. I didn't ask you to treat the soldiers harshly, but... there are differences."

After a pause, she stopped Xia Ya from asking with a calm look and said slowly: "First of all, it is necessary to praise and reward the soldiers who have been successful after the last war. These expenses must not be reduced. In my opinion, not only can they be reduced, but they also need to increase the reward. What I mean is that you will increase the rewards you set before the war by about 30%, and the pensions for the fallen soldiers will be doubled!"

Xia Ya's face remained unmoved: "Great rewards and generous pensions..."

"The money issue, I heard that General Xia Ya, you went to the imperial capital this time, but you made a considerable fortune."

Xia Ya smiled bitterly: "Yes, I got some...but this money is not too much. If such a little money is on the head of a person, it will be a huge wealth, but if it is distributed to tens of thousands of soldiers, there will be not much."

"Well, but if it is only used to provide pensions to the soldiers who have been killed and injured, and reward the ministers who have made meritorious service, it should be enough?"

Xia Ya sighed: "Enough is enough, but in this way, there will be little money left... In the next military system reform, the treatment will be upgraded to the level of the Central Army, but it will be insufficient. All the money is spent in front, and I can't..."

"My idea is to base itself on the reform of the military system."

Sophie gently raised her hand and looked at Xia Ya: "General, please listen to my detailed analysis for you."

"You claim to have tens of thousands of soldiers under your command, and this number seems to be quite a lot. Judging from the time you started your business and the territory you occupied, it is really valuable to have such a large family in just a short time. But to be honest, with the territory and population you are in your hands now, it is really hard to support so many troops.

Before, you were in trouble with internal and external affairs and threatened by strong enemies from outside. The whole army focused on resisting foreign enemies. The army would not say anything. But now, once the army upgraded its treatment, the military expenditure alone would make your finances go bankrupt. I believe you have noticed this issue now."

"Nonsense...If that's not the case, what will I ask you to do?" Xia Ya murmured in a low voice.

"Actually, General, you were wrong."

Sophie suddenly raised her voice a little, and waved her hand and was full of confidence in her words.

"Wrong?"

"Wrong!"

The girl looked calm: "In my opinion, after the military reform, the military expenditure may not increase much. If it is operated properly, it may save the next amount!"

"……ah?!"

Xia Ya was stunned at first, and then her eyes immediately emitted light!

"Tell me!"

"My idea is very simple, it's just about 'grading'!

Your Northern Army now has three infantry corpses and one cavalry regiment. Needless to mention the cavalry regiment, I heard that General, you are good at using cavalry. This battle in Siltan County also used cavalry to win a great victory that had not been seen in a century! Therefore, there is no need to mention the treatment of cavalry. Even if you want to find a way, you cannot start with cavalry.

In addition, the three infantry corpses, the First Corps is composed of the remnants of the Sixth Seventh Corps of the Imperial Central Army, and the foundation is the Central Army. Both the military quality and training level are far superior to the other two corpses. So from this point of view, the First Corps is the main combat force in your hands. In terms of treatment, the veterans of the Sixth Seventh Corps used to receive the treatment of the Central Army. Now that the army is reorganized, they naturally have to improve their treatment. I don’t have to think about this.

What I mean is to start with the Second and Third Corps.

Your Second Corps is mainly a small number of veterans as backbone officers, and most of them are newly recruited new recruits. In terms of combat power... it's not that I'm too harsh. In fact, such an army is afraid that even the local garrison troops in the empire are not as good as the local garrison troops in the empire. In my opinion, it is only a little stronger than the civilian army. To be honest, I even think that before you gave such an army a military salary of the imperial garrison troops, it was too high!

To be honest, I think your previous actions are somewhat inappropriate... It is really a bit higher to make such a new army that is not as good as the main combat army as the First Corps. In my opinion, such a new army is not suitable for the treatment of too high as soon as it is started.

In addition, it is the Third Corps. The Third Corps is mainly composed of the surrendered troops of the former Corsica Military Region who surrendered after defeating the Odins this time. It would be fine if the Corsica surrendered troops were used to do cattle and horses in the Odins before. They did not make much effort in this war, and it was really impossible to say that they had credit. However, in my opinion, the importance of this army is higher than that of the Second Corps. No matter what, they were also regular troops before, not new troops like the Second Corps. As long as they were rectified, their combat effectiveness was above the Second Corps.

This is the general composition of the army under your command. If you want to reduce costs, you might as well take advantage of this military system change and make some changes in the army!

According to my idea, after the change, it should be like this: the original cavalry regiment was treated first-class, and the military pay and treatment of cavalry have always been higher than that of infantry, so there is no need to say that. The treatment standards of the Central Army are increased by one level and a 10% military pay is added. This is the existence of the ace main combat force in your hands.

Because the First Corps are all composed of the original Sixth and Seventh Corps, they can fully enjoy treatment at the Imperial Central Army level.

As for the Second Corps and the Third Corps... I mean..."

Speaking of this, the girl Sophie slowly spit out a word, which made Xia Ya feel a sudden heart!

"disarmament!"

"disarmament?!"

After a while of silence, looking at the doubts in Xia Ya's eyes, Sophie said lightly: "It is too difficult to support the forces of the three corpses in your territory. Moreover, based on my analysis, from now on, from the overall perspective, it has entered a strategic stalemate stage. At present, there is no enemy in front of you who is urgently needed to be attacked and defeated... After the annihilation of the Chixue Army, without deadly enemies, there is no need to maintain an army that is too large... Moreover, to be honest, if there are so many new recruits in the Second Corps, if they really fight, they will not play any role in addition to being able to do security work in the rear.

In the short term, your top priority is to develop your own strength and restore your vitality within the territory. There is no need to launch a large-scale war for the time being. To the south of us are the Bestas, not our enemies, and will not pose a threat to us for the time being. To the north is the Wildfire Land... We don't have to worry about the goblins on the Wildfire Land attacking us, right?

As for both sides, on our left are two weak Tema Military Regions, and there is also part of the land occupied by Odin's Thunder Cloud Legion. However, the Odin people seem to have no intention of expansion. Even from the information I have, they seem to be satisfied with the land they have occupied. This Odin army and other Tema military troops will not pose too much threat to us.

The only threat you are concerned about is from Hasting, in Nordsshire.
To be continued...