Chapter 279 Knocking

"Earl, the orcs have withdrawn!"

As soon as the sky was dawn, Hudson received this good news.

If there is no sure victory, it is better not to fight if you can fight. I just don’t know what the nobles of the Southeast Province who just arrived to meet will feel after hearing this "good news".

"Tom, send someone to inform you of this good news."

Hudson said with a smile.

"Good news" must be shared with everyone. I originally wanted to gather a group of high-level nobles to discuss matters, but now it seems that it is unnecessary.

Without the orc army causing trouble, this time the task can be basically announced to be successfully completed.

It doesn't matter if the losses are heavy. At least it will keep the core of many families in the kingdom and prevent the political system from collapse completely.

Unlike previous wars, this failure was completely unexpected. The human alliance was put on by the Alpha Kingdom, and the Alpha Kingdom could only pinch its nose and recognize it.

Marshal Campbell is at most half the responsible person, but after he died on the battlefield, there is naturally no way to hold him accountable.

Without the responsibility for defeat, then the nobles who suffered heavy losses will be the heroes of the kingdom. They will definitely be treated with preferential treatment.

The strong prey on the weak also has a warm side. At least everyone should do the superficial skills well.

Except for those families that directly extinct their inheritance, they will be divided up immediately, the remaining nobles will be temporarily continued.

If you have a strong foundation, a strong network of personal connections, and a strong heir ability, it will be no problem to maintain the family foundation.

On the contrary, it will slowly decline. In the years ahead, the peepers will slowly divide them up.

The most likely to be reshuffled is the little nobles. They have weak risk resistance, and it is difficult to recover once they are damaged.

The great nobles are deeply rooted in their roots, and even if they decline, they will be difficult to uproot the roots in a while. As long as they do not commit suicide, they can persist for many years by relying on their old capital.

Since the war has gone on, Hudson's attention has turned increasingly to the post-war period.

After secretly examining the kingdom's family, Hudson also knew it. The frontline troops occupied at least 70% of the kingdom's military power.

The awesome Northern Expedition Army successfully broke through the five and one out of the five.

Now the total number of troops to be supported is only 80,000 or 90,000. Even if some of the defeated troops can be collected later, at most, only 30,000 or 20,000 are there.

These troops were considered the first elite in the kingdom. The 30,000 cavalry led by Hudson, plus several legions of the original expeditionary army, were considered the elite in the second echelon.

The gap between the two is mainly among the surviving soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army, and the proportion of practitioners is higher.

Of course, in a short period of time, the gap in combat effectiveness between the two has not been widened.

The tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Hudson's hands are indeed slightly inferior in combat, but he wins all the way and his morale is even higher.

Although the surviving soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army were all elite, they suffered a great loss just now, and their morale was almost gone.

In addition to these more than 200 omnipotent troops, there are hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder troops on the defense line, but unfortunately the combat effectiveness is really pitiful.

Then there are the military forces left behind by each family. This part of the forces cannot be fully counted, so we can only roughly estimate our strength.

The Kingdom of Alpha is already tired and tired. In the following war, it is okay to fight with the Human Alliance, but it is not enough to be the main force.

The most important thing for a person is to recognize his position. Assistance naturally requires auxiliary play, and then use himself as the main force, that would be a brainless person.

A battle report was quickly written in Hudson's writing. After the ink was dry, it was quickly packed and sealed. The whole process was completed in one go.

In his position, he will do his own politics.

Hudson wrote all the suggestions in secret letters. As for how to decide on the kingdom, he could not control it.

...

In the camp, Earl Pierce, who received the news of the orc withdrawal, spurted out blood.

The previous mistake in judgment caused heavy losses to the aristocratic coalition forces in the southeastern province to be in a mess. Finally, they decided to try their best not to come and meet, but the orcs retreated again.

After every decision, I happened to miss him, and the whole world was targeting him.

"priest!"

"priest!"

"The Count is injured!"

...

The panic shouts of the guards caused a lot of panic in the camp.

There is no way, there are dozens of earls in the entire camp. Who can tell if you don’t mention the names?

After the panic, all kinds of rumors flew everywhere.

Gossip is always a favorite of human beings, especially when they learn that the orcs are withdrawing troops. There is no pressure to survive all of a sudden, and everyone urgently needs an activity to relax.

Poor Earl Pierce unfortunately became the "protagonist" of gossip.

When he woke up from his coma, he was injured, poisoned, assassinated, cursed... all kinds of possibilities were arranged by everyone.

...

"How is Governor Pierce's body like? When will he wake up?"

Hudson asked in front of the bed.

With his strength, it is too simple to identify whether he is really in a coma or disguising.

A "magic disguised man" by compass is also a magician. Hudson also understands ordinary magic of healing.

But he has always been cautious and has never performed to the outside world.

In the eyes of the outside world, he is a talented knight with good strength. He became a magician by sharing the magical talent of the Earth Bear.

If someone misunderstood, let them continue to misunderstand. The cautious Hudson will not self-destruct.

"Please rest assured by Count Hudson. Your Excellency the Governor fell ill just overworked and fell ill. You will wake up after a while. It is not suitable for too many people to disturb you now, look..."

Pastor Debon said with a slightly blushing face.

Lying is not a problem, but he still feels nervous when lying in front of a group of bigwigs.

If a big shot finds a problem and reveals the matter on the spot regardless of the matter, he, the pastor, will be a tragedy.

As it turned out, he was just thinking too much. It was obvious that there were many nobles who had woken up, but their emotional intelligence did not allow them to point out the problem so stupidly.

"Since that's the case, then we will say goodbye first. For the safety of Governor Pierce, Pastor Debon, I will trouble you more than you will."

After saying that, Hudson took the lead in taking out the tent. It is enough to do this. Too deliberate pursuit of perfection will make it easier to leave flaws.

Just an honorary Count, his status in the army is not the highest, but his real power is indeed the greatest at this moment.

Without Marshal Campbell, the Kingdom did not appoint a new commander-in-chief. Hudson, the commander-in-chief in the front, was the most powerful person on the front line.

Unfortunately, this power is empty. Everything comes from the appointment of the kingdom.

Only by being an appointment can we command the kingdom army on the front line; we can also lose all our power because of the appointment.

The little one caused a wave of confusion for Earl Pierce, and Hudson shook his head secretly. Originally, the two families could live in harmony, but now they have reached an opposite side because of their interests.

Similar things happen frequently among nobles. Not to mention that the two families have nothing to do with each other, even relatives and friends are everywhere, there are many enemies who become enemies in a blink of an eye.

With a heavyweight "patient" added, the army was forced to stay there. Anyway, the orc army had run away and they didn't dare to chase after them, so Hudson was not in a hurry.

As soon as they returned to the barracks, the two brothers rushed over. From their happy expressions, we can see that they were in a particularly comfortable mood now.

"Is Count Pierce going to die, Hudson?"

After hearing Evora's words, Hudson almost sprayed out a sip of water. What's going on? It's obvious that the other party is still fine, how can he say that the other party is going to die?

"Where did you hear the rumors? They are still alive now. Remember these irrelevant words and don't say them in the future!"

Hudson scolded with a dark face.

Rumors killed people. Earl Pierce was just angry for a moment, and fainted when he was furious, and it was rumored to be like this, obviously someone deliberately did it.

The mastermind behind the scenes is not so easy to find out. The main reason is that there are too many people who may do such things.

The former political enemies of the Dalton family; the nobles who hid in the dark and wanted to replace them with the Dalton family; the nobles whose interests were damaged in the Southeast Province; and even Hudson himself was the main suspect.

The whole relationship is as complicated as a mess. Hudson doesn't have time to help investigate such thankless things.

"Hudson, sometimes rumors can become true!"

Nelson said deliberately lowering his voice.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he concealed his excitement, his expression still betrayed his mood at the moment.

Earl Pierce's son was still a young man, and he could not support a family of great nobles at all. Once his leader passed away, the Dalton family would immediately fall into the state of being headless.

There is no guarantee that the Koslo family can replace it. At least for a long time in the future, they will not be able to cause trouble for the Koslo family.

"Rumors can indeed become reality, but the greater possibility is to cause trouble. As the patriarch of the Dalton family, you wouldn't naively think that Pierce would lack protection masters around you, right?

Okay, don't mix these things up. The conflict between us and the Dalton family will be corrected after the war is over.

Don’t fantasize that snakes swallow elephants, it will only last you to death. With this free time, you might as well put away the information of the nobles who have left their descendants in the southeastern province first, which will be of great use in the future.”

Too urgent!

The successive victory has made many people in the Koslo family lose themselves and unable to give their families a clear position.

Hudson knew very well that the two of them came to represent not only themselves, but also a large number of people in the family.

The two of them were able to become representatives because they were close enough to Hudson, which was convenient for anything to say.

This kind of impatient and unhealthy trend must be suppressed. Hudson did not want the family he led to go to depravity before he could grow.

After hesitating for a moment, Hudson continued to add: "Sometimes the eyes and ears can also deceive people. What you see and hear are just what people want you to see and hear.

The Koslo family now has only one mortal enemy, that is, the Locknard family that occupies our ancestral land.

As for the Dalton family, it can only be regarded as a competitor with potential conflicts of interest, far from being invincible.

You must learn to distinguish between the primary and secondary. Don’t act on your own feelings and be arrogant and attract great enemies to your family for nothing!”
Chapter completed!