Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 114 Coming in chaos

However, things did not turn out to be the worst. When Purficott was preparing to return to Langton, three cargo ships arrived at the camp in the fjord.

After receiving the news, Purficott took an airship from Eagle Beak Cliff to the fjord in order to know what happened as soon as possible.

What she saw were three cargo ships loaded with supplies and soldiers, lined up end to end in a straight line, slowly unloading goods, supplies, and people on the bow of a ship from the ground.

Purficott was a little confused when she landed, but then a group of people immediately came to her after learning of her arrival.

"Your Majesty, Earl, I am Her Majesty the Queen's special envoy. I have been ordered to convey Her Majesty's will to you and appoint you as the Guardian of the North." A middle-aged gentleman who was well-dressed and looked very "aristocratic" spoke first. , facing Purficott, he introduced his identity and purpose in a slightly reserved but humble tone: "Please call everyone together so that I can read out Her Majesty the Queen's decree in public, and give the appointment documents and related items of the Northern Guardian Handed over to you.”

Hearing the words of the palace envoy, Purficott nodded slightly in surprise, but still said to him: "Please wait a moment, this is a matter that needs to be treated seriously. Please follow my butler to take care of it first." Rest, I will talk to you in detail later.”

"I follow your will, Lord Count." The palace envoy didn't say much. After all, there were several groups of people around him waiting to talk to Perficott, so naturally he wouldn't be so ignorant.

Under Foster's active reception, the palace envoy followed him and left.

After the palace envoys retreated, the remaining groups looked at each other, seemingly assessing their respective identities. Finally, two officers stood up and took the lead in introducing themselves to Purficott.

One of them made a knightly salute to Perfectcott, and then said: "Hello, distinguished Earl, I am William Richard, the former deputy commander of the Fourth Knights of the Army, and hold the Grand Knight Medal.

I, forty knights and thirty attendants were transferred to your command to form a new knighthood. Currently, I am the temporary leader of this knighthood. In addition, the knighthood has not yet been named. This is the current list of officers of the knighthood. , please let us know if you need to make adjustments. "

With that said, William handed a list to Perfectcott.

Another officer also gave a similar introduction, except that he was from the 17th Guards Division and was the colonel commander of this division.

"Hello, Miss Brandless, I am Richard Brandless, your grandfather's distant aunt and nephew. You may have never seen me." The colonel and division commander named Richard finished his job. After the introduction, he also pointed out his identity and tried to build a relationship.

However, Purficott did not have any special reaction to this. He just expressed his welcome politely, and then said: "I'm sorry, Grandpa Afu didn't mention you to me. You can come to me to talk to me in private later." .

For now, you guys should settle down your troops first, but I don’t think you’ve brought many people with you? "

Although three cargo ships came outside, they were obviously mainly carrying various supplies, and the number of soldiers was not large. Purficott had just looked down from the air and estimated that the number was only about one regiment.

"This is your personal guard. It was formed for you by the generals of the military. Only one company followed you to the north. The others have been stationed at Brandlis Manor and are responsible for guarding your manor." Richard Colonel De explained to Purfict, and also explained why this guard came to Purfict: "Her Majesty the Queen appointed you as the guardian of the North and assigned the 17th Guards Division to your After taking command, I specially dispatched an infantry regiment to switch defenses with your personal guards, so they would follow me to the north.

As for the rest of the 17th Guards Division, who are still in the colony, they will spend the entire winter there and arrive here by land after the spring.

If you have new arrangements for them, the 17th Guards Division will obey your will. "Let them stay in the colony first. Even if they come here, there will be no place to settle them." "Perfect thought for a while and felt that there was still no need for the 17th Guards Division to risk winter snowfall to cross the northern border.

On the one hand, they really can only cross the wild northern border on foot. In this upcoming winter season, they are likely to encounter wind and snow on the road, resulting in non-combat attrition.

This is something Purficott doesn't want to see, and he doesn't want to bother with it, because it's really not necessary.

On the other hand, it is because she currently does not have the conditions to station a Guards Division here.

According to the military structure after the imperial military reform, a division usually has 6,000 to 8,000 men and is equipped with one or two artillery companies, and the Guards Division also requires a cavalry regiment.

Such a large force is obviously not something that the forward base established by Purficott can accommodate.

Even if she expands the forward base into a shelter, a Guards Division of 10,000 people is still not enough to house it.

Therefore, Purficott decided to put this force in the colony first, and then consider transferring them over after the construction of the northern border reached a certain level.

Naturally, Colonel Richard would not go against Purficott's wishes. After saluting her with a military salute, he took the initiative to step aside.

Although Captain William hoped that Perficott could name the Knights as soon as possible, he also knew that this was not something that could be decided easily, so he stood with Colonel Richard without saying anything.

As for the military affairs assigned by Purficott, they all have their own deputies, and their deputies can handle such matters.

Perfectcott didn't pay attention and turned to look at the remaining people.

The remaining people were roughly divided into two groups, one group was a group of people who looked like alchemists, and the other group was Andrew and James.

Behind them, Oliver motioned to Perfectcott, but did not squeeze over.

Looking at the appearance of these two groups of people, Purficott had a rough idea of ​​who these two groups of people were.

For the group of alchemists, Purficott just asked them a few questions casually, letting them think about how to answer them first, then came to Andrew and James, and then asked them: "You two, I I hope you brought me the news I wanted to hear, after all, you are almost half a month later than expected."

"Sorry, Your Majesty the Baroness! We have actually completed the task you assigned us on schedule, but the cargo ship we hired encountered bad weather on the road, which caused the delay." Andrew hurriedly explained, and also asked Perficott Said: "The seventy sets of parts you need have been shipped. Do you want to check them?"

(End of this chapter)