Mont Langdon left with his new junior, although Paul still couldn't figure out what he meant by what he said before he left, but right now he had more important things to do.

After the "4.15 Incident", except for the two battalions stationed in the north of Emden, the remaining two infantry battalions cooperated with the internal guards and the Ministry of Public Security to move up and down Arda and Bairding. A big search was carried out inside and outside, and as many as sixteen "conspiracy gangs" were smashed, and there was even one in Huxin Town under the nose.

This number startled Paul. Could there be so many ticking time bombs buried under his buttocks?

"What did you, the intelligence chief, do? If you can't do it, replace it!"

At this moment, Cecil was standing in the lord's office, drooping his head without saying a word, waiting for the earl's next reprimand.

Although the office door was only closed, the earl's roar could almost be heard throughout the castle.

…

Paul was furious and scolded Cecil in the house for half an hour.

"Oh, my God! If things go on like this, it won't be a surprise that this place will be set on fire someday."

After finally saying that he was tired, he slumped on the seat like a deflated ball.

"Hey, my lord, please allow me to explain a few words."

Cecil then began to speak.

"My lord, our resources are really limited. According to your instructions, the focus of the intelligence department's work is to protect new technologies from being stolen. Due to the recent war, a large part of our energy has been allocated to spying on the dynamics in the territory of the Kent family... "

Paul stared: "You mean the responsibility is on my side?"

"No, no, no!" Cecil hurriedly denied, rolling his eyes: "I'm just explaining the objective difficulties."

The tone of the intelligence director was very aggrieved. Paul rubbed his forehead with his hands, and now he felt that his brain was aching.

What Cecil said was indeed the truth, logically speaking, he really couldn't be harshly blamed.

When he was a programmer in his previous life, Paul also experienced the feeling that a clever woman can't cook without rice when facing a boss.

"Well, in the future, you can concentrate on doing intelligence work well, and take off the burden of the forestry supervisor first."

"Uh...follow your orders, Mr. Greyman."

Although Cecil was uncomfortable being taken back by the earl, he could only accept it. Moreover, he really needs to devote all his energy to the application.

"It must never happen again." Cecil swore secretly.

Paul stared blankly at the calendar hanging on the wall, muttering: "It's already late May."

Cecil knew that what the earl was thinking about now was joining forces with other lords in the alliance.

Due to the "4.15" incident, Arda's original military deployment was disrupted, making it impossible to fulfill the agreement with the lords to join forces in May.

Fortunately, Earl Parker took the lead in expressing his understanding and asked Paul to settle down the family affairs first.

Then they formed their own group to do it...

"I don't know how the battle is going now."

The latest news is that they have led the army to the east of Biduobao.

It seems that the last battle gave them a lot of confidence.

Cecil reminded Paul: "Lord Earl, do you still remember the news that came back last time, the Kent family seems to have sent someone to the south to find mercenaries."

Paul: "I remember, mercenary? Is it similar to an adventurer's profession?"

Cecil: "Yes, it is similar to the adventure group you have come into contact with before, but this group of people has no bottom line at all. As long as they are given enough money, they will not follow any rules. They will not accept general commissions, and they will only take challenges. Doing business in a place with frequent chaos, living a life of licking blood every day, everyone has accumulated rich combat experience, and they are veritable professional killers."

Paul: "It seems to be more difficult to deal with. But as long as they still have weapons such as knives, guns, bows and arrows, we don't have to be afraid of them."

Cecil: "But our allies are not necessarily. One or two is not a threat, but now the mercenaries are all acting in groups, forming a large mercenary group and giving birth to war contractors This kind of profession."

Oh? An alien version of Black Water?

Just as he was thinking, the guard outside the door came to report: "Master Earl, Viscount Heller is requesting to meet you?"

Paul was surprised: "Derrick Heller? Didn't he lead the family's army and march eastward with others?"

The guard replied: "I don't know the specific situation, but the viscount looks very anxious, and is very eager to see you."

"Well, take him to the reception room, I'll go right away."

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Derrick paced back and forth in the reception room anxiously.

He came to Huxin Town to ask for help, and the coalition forces had just suffered a big defeat.

At the beginning of May, the lords regrouped their armies and joined them at Bidoburg. The farm work in the field is almost done~lightnovelpub.net~ and there is a lot of manpower available for deployment. So they resumed the war against the usurper Maltz Kent according to the previous plan.

Someone is making trouble in the territory of the Gleiman family, so he can't come? Very good, this is exactly what many people want.

In the last battle of Pittburgh, Paul's army was in the limelight. After the battle, they took advantage of the victory and occupied half of Emden's land. land.

Many people have long been extremely jealous, and made up their minds to make a fortune in the following battles. If Graiman didn't come, he just lost a strong opponent for the spoils.

The generals of the coalition forces were full of confidence and believed that their side would surely win.

Their judgment is not unreasonable. In the Northwest Gulf, there is a saying that goes like this:

"The Kents never leave an overnight feud."

According to Maltz Kent's character of vengeance in the past, he would immediately retaliate fiercely after suffering a loss.

The last time the other party took the initiative to truce, everyone thought it was some kind of delaying strategy. Even after returning to their respective homes, they kept vigilant for a period of time, and if there was any trouble, they would join forces again immediately.

But more than a month has passed, and there is no movement from the other party.

The Kent family is really dying! Everyone came to this conclusion unanimously.

So what are you waiting for, beat the dog in the water!

The army assembled again and headed directly towards Center City. The generals planned to end the war in one go.

On the way forward, they did encounter resistance several times. Although the fight was a bit difficult, the coalition forces all won, which strengthened people's confidence in winning.

Finally, they approached the territory directly under the Ferdinand family.

It was there that the coalition forces encountered the mercenary group hired by the Kent family.