In fact, the process of Lorist's return to the north to quell the rebellion can be described as lackluster and uneventful. No one shot an arrow at him, basically wherever Lorist went, whether it was soldiers from the 1st Guards Legion, veterans from the five garrison battalions, or the garrison troops in various towns, as soon as he saw Lorist The figure obediently put down their weapons, and no one dared to resist even though the soldiers of the Panshi Legion disarmed them and took them into custody.
On July 21st, 178*9, the general calendar of the Galintia continent, the Grand Duke of the Northland, the head of the Norton family, and the newly promoted swordsman Norrist arrived in Beihai City under the escort of the North Sea Fleet, and performed a security mission in Beihai City. The Third Battalion of the First Guards Corps and the First Corps lined up at the pier, and voluntarily surrendered to the Rock Legion who came by boat together, waiting for Lorist to deal with them.
Immediately, Lorist went to Fenglin Villa in person, rescued the golden knight Belunek who was imprisoned here after taking Xiaoqi San and lost all his cultivation, and at the same time ordered all the people in Maplewood Villa to be imprisoned, even Yilin Mrs. Na and her chubby second son are no exception.
Starting from Beihai City, regaining Poplar Poplar Town, going to Fenglin Villa, and then visiting Mother Teresti and her daughter at Nicole Academy, Lorist went straight to the Rock Castle after a night, and when passing through the Seven Towns of Fengleyuan, Lorist He only showed his face under the walls of Seven Towns, and hurried to Rock Castle. After occupying the Rock Castle without bloodshed, Lorist ordered the cavalry regiment that accompanied him on his way to go around the Northland to announce his arrival.
But the first person to bring bad news to Lorist was Schwarder from Sakura Ridge Manor. He rushed to Rock Castle overnight and told Lorist the bad news that made him furious. The artillery training base in the Blade's Edge Mountains was destroyed by those The great sword masters who searched for Lorist's whereabouts in the Northland discovered it. Because of the heavy security, those great sword masters mistakenly thought that Lorist was hiding there to heal his injuries, so they launched an attack on the base.
Lorist watched with a livid face as Schwader took out the damage list, 141 of the 200 bronze cannons were lost, and 1,377 of the 2,000 guards in the 200 cannon firing teams were injured. A security guard brigade in charge of the back of the hand killed and injured 824 people, the commander Jim was seriously injured, and the deputy commander Paul Binns died in battle...
When Lorist heard Schwader's report that the Ironforge weapon production base in the Blade's Edge Mountains was also searched, even Master Sid's black iron refining base and weapon research institute, and Master Falin's bow and crossbow manufacturing workshop were all searched. After being turned upside down by the soldiers of the garrison battalion who led a few great swordsmen, and lost a lot of weapons and crossbow design blueprints, he couldn't help but exploded, and kicked over the desk in front of him.
"Who, who gave them the order, dared to search our family's most secret production base?" Lorist's eyes were red, furious.
"Yes, it was Chief Hanks. He ordered the soldiers of the garrison camp to take a few great sword masters. He said that he was forced to do so. Those great sword masters held Mrs. Elina and the second young master hostage. He had to cooperate with the order to bring those great sword masters there. He said that anyway, Your Highness, you can’t be in the Blade’s Edge Mountains. Since those great sword masters are looking for them, let them go for nothing to see what’s the matter...
And he also said that the family spends 1 million to 1.5 million gold dollars there every year, which is the biggest hole in the family's finances, and the bills are still unclear and secret. Next, the Blade's Edge Mountains belonged to the original family's territory and were under the jurisdiction of the young master. As the manager, he would never allow this kind of corruption that took advantage of the family. When he had time, he would personally check the account books of these production bases.
That is to say, when the great sword masters searched the artillery training base and the gunpowder laboratory, Master Jim refused the search order, clashed with those great sword masters, and drove away those great sword masters after dozens of soldiers were killed or injured. Division and leading garrison battalion soldiers. As a result, the artillery training base was suspected by those great swordsmen.
Three days later, fourteen great sword masters attacked the artillery training base. Master Jim had already made defensive preparations and ordered the bronze artillery to be placed on the top of the mountain. The first round of firing killed the three great sword masters. Four other great sword masters were seriously injured. The remaining great sword masters had no choice but to retreat with the wounded, but in the middle of the night they launched a night attack again, broke into the valley and started killing. There was no way for the seven great sword masters to stop them. In order to retaliate, they even cut off the barrel of the bronze cannon... "
"Where are those great sword masters now?" Lorist really wanted to kill someone now, and he was suffocating. The 3,000-man artillery battalion is a trump card in his hand, and its purpose is to deal with enemies who are also equipped with long-range attack weapons such as catapults and steel crossbows. Now all countries in the Galintia continent are spending energy and huge wealth to develop the catapult, but the Norton family is one step ahead and has already built the bronze artillery. It's just that Lorist didn't expect that an accident would completely destroy the artillery battalion he had worked so hard to accumulate...
"Your Highness, those great sword masters left the Northland in May, and Chief Hansk issued them an official document. There are seven men and three women in total, two of them were injured, and the other probably died of his injuries. They There are more than forty people in his entourage, and they left Beidi by boat from Beihai City, and the boat they took did not belong to our family, they only knew that they were going south all the way, but they didn't know where to go." Shi Huade replied.
Lorist rubbed his chin, feeling that he had recuperated in the hunting house of Barony Dina for a year and not a single great swordsman came to check on him. It turned out that they all went to the Northland to find his whereabouts.
"How many blueprints are lost from Master Sid?" Lorist asked.
"The drawings of the super steel crossbow, the drawings of three kinds of catapults, the design drawings of sixteen kinds of standard armor, and the drawings of the new standard crossbow equipped by the Chaser Legion, and many of them are designed by Master Sid. The weapon design blueprints that proved the failure. A total of fifty-seven blueprints disappeared. The only good news is that the material formula data of Master Julien have not been lost. Understood." Schwader finally told Lorist the good news.
Lorist heaved a sigh of relief. This was a blessing among misfortunes. He would rather lose the design drawings than have the material formulas taken away. Without material formulas, even with master Sid's mind-blowing weapon and armor design blueprints, it would be difficult to manufacture the same weapons and equipment. You must know that all the designs of Master Sid are based on the existing materials that can be refined by the Norton family. Without materials, the weapons and armor he designed will not achieve the effect of his design.
"Sylvia and the others, are they okay?" Lorist asked.
"Your Highness, Madam, the four ladies-in-waiting, and the two young masters are all very well. They want me to tell His Highness that you don't have to worry about them, and that you should take care of the family territory first. Madam Sylvia said that they will be in Yinghua Ridge The manor will return to Bear City after escaping the summer heat." Schwader replied.
Lorist nodded: "When I woke up last year, I heard that Genorio and Hughes Great Swordsman led the guards to attract the attention of those Great Swordsmen and fought all the way back to the Northland. At that time, Reddy and I had been fighting for He was worried, why didn't he come to see me with you this time?"
"Teacher, my junior brother is now sitting in the Sakura Ridge Manor to help me investigate the unrest within the family and identify all the henchmen of Chief Hansk. They are too busy to come to see me. Please don't blame the teacher."
Lorist laughed: "It's okay, you guys did a good job this time, and Genorio did a good job too, how could I blame you? I heard that those great sword masters invaded the Bear City Neifu, you also went into battle with your sword against a great swordsman and the fight was deadly, is there such a thing?"
Schwader touched his head in embarrassment: "Teacher, I suffered a loss and injured my right hand, so I had no choice but to pull Genorio over to help me write and review the investigation information. Who let him write with one hand?" Good words. I know that my swordsmanship level is only around the gold two-star level, and it is thanks to you that I can withstand that first-level great swordsman.
At that time, six great sword masters came to investigate the inner mansion of Nuxiong City, wanting to see if there was any clue of His Highness. At the same time, because of the fact that His Highness has become a Juggernaut, their snooping was very cautious, and they did not intend to hurt anyone. At that time, besides Hughes Great Swordsman, there were Grandpa Injerek and Sandy Great Swordsman, and they drove away the six Great Swordsmen. "
This is Schwader's advantage, he will not entrust others, nor will he take credit, and he is very humble. Lorist thought for a while and said, "Schward, the artillery training base has suffered huge damage from the attack. Paul Binns was killed in battle, Jim was seriously injured, and the mess needs to be cleaned up. I want to appoint you to be the commander of the artillery battalion and reorganize the artillery. Battalion, I will ask Master Sid to replenish those damaged artillery pieces, and you will choose the candidates for the firing team, what do you think?"
"Okay, Your Highness." Schwader stood at attention and saluted: "But can the internal security affairs of my family be handed over to Genorio?"
Lorist shook his head: "Genorio is still young, his cultivation level is not yet at home, and the family's internal security affairs are complicated. If he is entrusted to him, he will delay the progress of his cultivation. Let him stay with me. Have you Do you have any other candidates to recommend?"
"Your Highness, I think the Chief Criminal Officer, Baron Christon, is a very suitable candidate."
Lorist became interested: "Why do you say that?"
"Your Highness, I think the family's internal security affairs are to weave a vigilant net in the family territory to prevent and guard against the destruction of the family territory's security. I have a deep understanding of this after I took over the internal security affairs. Unfortunately, There is no time this time, and the timing of the launch by Chief Hansk is too coincidental, because I would have cleaned up and investigated the guard and town guards next, but it was just a step late, which was my fault.
Baron Christon is in charge of the police patrols in the towns and cities of the family territory and the detection of criminal cases, and he has some contact with me on the job. He had reminded me a long time ago that the garrison in many towns discriminated against and bullied newcomers deeply, and this atmosphere was a bit abnormal. But I didn't take his warning to heart, which caused great disaster.
The patrol teams in the towns and cities of the family territory are actually an important part of the internal security of the family. Baron Christon is only responsible for the criminal work of the family territory. It was Lord Christon. "Shward looked solemn, this was a decision he made after careful consideration.
"I see. I will summon Baron Christon when I return to Bear City." Lorist also nodded solemnly.
On July 25th, Lorist arrived at Raging Bear City, and the gates of the city were wide open. Lorist's cousin Chrisya, as the head of the new 1st Guards Corps, led the troops to march towards Lorist. pay tribute. Immediately, the Rock Legion disarmed a regiment of guards stationed in Raging Bear City and took them into custody, leaving only Chrisya to follow Lorist to the central castle and the city lord's mansion.
"Lock, it's not fair. The soldiers of the First Guards Corps just obey orders. They are not the rebels of the Norton family. On the contrary, they are also the most loyal soldiers to our family. You can't treat them like this..." Chrisya Behind Lorist, he strongly protested against the Rock Legion's action of disarming their soldiers and taking them into custody.
"Should I still reward them heavily, give them gold coins, wine and meat, and give each of them a beautiful woman to make them happy? Reward them for opposing my behavior as the head of the Norton family? Chrisya, you It's my cousin. I'm very happy that you have stepped out of the shadow of your feelings and are willing to serve the family. I am also very happy that what you have done to Sylvia and the others has stopped the civil war in the family territory. But there are some things you don't understand, I thought I was good for the family, but actually caused more harm to the family. I have been suppressing my anger, you know, I really want to order all the rebels to be beheaded... "
"No! Locke, you can't do this. The soldiers are just obeying orders, they are all loyal..." Chrisya exclaimed, she couldn't understand why Lorist was so angry.
Lorist smiled wryly and shook his head: "Krisya, the soldiers of the Rock Legion, the Flying Tiger Legion and the Chaser Legion are loyal. The soldiers of the Guards Legion just obey orders, and it's hard to say whether they are loyal or not. You should understand that almost All the Guardsmen were former enemies and prisoners of war of our family, and after a few years of hard labor they were called up to become soldiers of the Guards of our family. It was more of a breadwinner for them career.
Because our family treats soldiers well, they will gradually increase their centripetal force and loyalty to the family during their service. Whether it is the Rock Legion, the Flying Tiger Legion or the Chaser Cavalry Legion, if the head of the legion disappears, a large number of middle and high-level generals are replaced, and then they receive orders from others to march to the capital of the family territory and prepare to attack, then I can guarantee that it is not me If you go to issue this order, the other people who issued this order will definitely die miserably. No one will believe him, and the soldiers will spontaneously hunt down these traitors.
Without the big seal of the family transfer order and without sending someone to explain, a cat or dog who came out of nowhere can take over the management power of the legion under the pretext of the missing legion commander's warrant and adjust all the middle and high-level officers. Rather than saying that these soldiers obey It is better to say that they have no brains. Don't they think it's unreasonable? Do you think such a soldier is loyal to the family if he obeys the wrong order knowingly? "
Chrisya was speechless, and it took a while before she asked, "Lock, what will you do with the soldiers of the First Guards Corps?"
Lorist was silent for a while: "They can't stay in the Northland anymore. I'll let them move to Muyeyuan Province together with their families. They should either retire from the army or be demoted to a lower rank to become a garrison army."
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