Chapter 190 Before the Storm
"Reinforcements?"
Snowfield Fort asked for reinforcements? Who are the reinforcements invited to deal with? Winter Town?
Looking at Vanessa in front of him, David waited for the follow-up report.
If Vanessa only found out that Iron Tree Fort sent reinforcements, but didn't find out about Snowfield Fort, why did she ask for reinforcements? Who is this reinforcement against? That proves that Vanessa is not a qualified intelligence officer, she has no talent in this area.
In that case, Vanessa's future work may be transferred to "assassination" and the like!
Facts have proved that Vanessa VanCleef is not a rookie without the slightest intelligence sensitivity. When she knew that an army was rushing from Iron Tree Fort to Snowfield Fort, she began to investigate the situation of the support army.
"According to the information I heard, the eastern part of the northern plain is not very peaceful at present. It is said that many newly established villages and towns have been attacked or even completely destroyed, which has threatened the safety of Snowfield Castle."
"East?" David immediately thought of the orcs who established a village in the easternmost part of the northern plain: "The orcs attacked humans? Snowfield Fort asked for reinforcements to destroy the orcs?"
Vanessa didn't answer. This is the experience she learned from her father: the main job of the frontline intelligence personnel is to report all the intelligence they have heard, sort out and analyze it, and how to deal with it. These are not their jobs.
Unless the superior asks for it, don't express your opinion casually.
Vanessa respects her father very much, and she always keeps his father's teachings in mind. So after reporting all the intelligence information she had heard, Vanessa didn't make any suggestions, but just stood there waiting for the lord's inquiry.
David sat on the chair and thought for a while, then asked some more questions, and after confirming all the information Vanessa had heard, he let Vanessa leave.
Sitting sideways behind the desk, David looked out the window.
Cold Winter Town under the night is no longer as dark as it was before. With the construction work of Cold Winter Town coming to an end, the power plant (currently using crystal mines to generate electricity) and the waterworks are put into use. More and more lights appear at night as well.
In addition to being used as street lights for public facilities, more and more residents of Rinwinter Town are beginning to enjoy the convenience brought by electric lights.
After dazed for a while and sorting out his thoughts, David walked out of the office and said to Elias who was guarding the door: "Good night!"
"Good night, my lord."
After returning to his bedroom, David fell asleep with a fragrant human flesh pillow in his arms...
The next day, David shared the information Vanessa found with several important people in Cold Winter Town.
Including the administrative officer Wetherby Swan, the ceremonial officer Elias Parker, the clerk Eva McKenna, and Edwin Van Cleef, the leader of the artisan group and also an intelligence officer.
And the current head of the military in Cold Winter Town: two guard knights Gareth Stanton, Floyd, and firearms instructor Jack Krause.
In addition, Renault Mograine, Sally Whitemane, Liadrin and others also attended as consultants.
These people will come because they have all participated in the training of the Winter Knights, so they will naturally pay more attention to the Winter Knights, a military group that they helped to train.
Mark, Laura, Peggy, Sharon, Will, Elizabeth and others also arrived, and they are all concerned about the situation in Winter Town.
As for Helen, she directed her two maids to serve tea and water to everyone in the conference room—not only did she quickly learn how to use those facilities, she also taught her maids.
After more than a day of observation, Helen discovered the opportunity for her to perfectly integrate into Glamorgan Castle: David, as the ruler of this place, has a serious shortage of servants around him. There are only a few people living in the huge Glamorgan Castle, and there is no servant .
How can this work?
She guessed that David just hadn't had time to 'buy' servants, maybe there would be enough servants to live in after a while.
But since I'm here, just leave this question to her!
While Helen was thinking about how many servants to buy enough to go back to Sparta, David had already finished the information Vanessa had obtained, and began to discuss with everyone what they should do next?
"The robber attack is easy to deal with, as long as it is properly guarded against." Wetherby-Swan felt that the terrain of the northern plains meant that there was no possibility of sneak attacks or ambushes. A large number of refugees could easily be discovered if they moved together. .
Van Cleef made a point: "Be careful that these refugees disperse and sneak into Cold Winter Town, sabotage from the inside and launch sneak attacks."
"Edwin is right. We are not afraid of a frontal attack, but we have to be wary of the opponent using this method." David looked at Van Cleef, wondering how many of the craftsmen in the opponent's hands had received assassins or thieves. Aspects of training: "How many people do you have who can be used?"
"Not so much..."
The Masonry Guild is just craftsmen. Even if it later became the Defias Brotherhood, the craftsmen also learned some combat skills, but the talents of these people are not high, and the number is limited, most of them can only be regarded as superficial.
More importantly, not all the members of the masonry union followed him to Rinwinter Town.
"Barely can gather more than 20 people." These 20 people have mastered the stealth ability, and the rest are really not much different from ordinary craftsmen. They have only learned some skills in fighting and using weapons.
"Next, these 20 people will become the secret sentinels of Winter Town..." David has already begun to consider forming a formal intelligence department, and plans to discuss this topic with Van Cleef later: "The Knights of Winter will become a bright face." The sentry post on it will act as a deterrent.”
The functions of the light and dark sentries are different. The soldiers of the Winter Knights are used to deter those who sneak in, so that they dare not directly make trouble.
The secret sentry is to find out those who have evil intentions.
As for the real refugees, these real refugees who can't survive in the northern plains are easy to solve.
After these people came to Cold Winter Town, they found that they could find jobs, housing, and even all-you-can-eat meals here, so they would naturally change from refugees to ordinary civilians.
Therefore, the refugees who sneaked into Cold Winter Town in batches are not a threat at all. Only those caring people controlled by the iron tree castle nobles will not care about the good life here in Cold Winter Town and carry out sabotage.
Everyone continued to discuss for a while, and felt that the topic of refugees and robbers was almost discussed, and then began to discuss today's highlight: the situation in the east of the northern plain; is Snowfield Fort preparing for military operations? What is the real purpose of the reinforcements sent by Iron Tree Fort? Will it pose a threat to Cold Winter Town?
"Regardless of whether there is a threat to us, we must first figure out the specific strength of this support army." Gareth Stanton, as the current commander of the Winter Knights, is most concerned about the enemy, or The actual combat power of potential enemies.
"I'll let Arcee later..." David suddenly remembered that Arcie was called to help by Leon: "Forget it, I will go there after the meeting to see the situation of the support army."
Everyone present, you look at me, and I look at you.
Laura and the others didn’t think much of it, but Floyd and Gareth Stanton felt that the Lord Lord’s decision was a bit like a curse.
Floyd immediately stood up and said: "How can you bother the lord to do this kind of thing yourself?"
He hammered his chest with his right hand, and solemnly stated that he would soon come back with detailed information about the support army and present it to the lord.
"Then leave it to you." David originally wanted to say that he could 'transform' into a fighter plane like Arcee, fly over the reinforcements in a short time to check, and then fly back.
You can also go to the east to see the situation, and see what is happening to the orcs in the eastern part of the northern plain?
There is no danger in the whole process, and it doesn't take much time.
But he can also understand Freud's thoughts: If everything has to be resolved by the lord himself, wouldn't it appear that they are all trash as subordinates?
Whether it is based on a sense of honor, or wanting to prove one's ability to the lord, so as to win a bright future, Freud and the soldiers of the Winter Knights must perfectly bring back the information.
Not only do you need to find out the information about the support army, but you also need to go to the east to find out that the support army is targeting the orcs in the east? Or Winter Town?
In order to ensure that the mission can be completed smoothly, Floyd is going to ask Jack Krause for help, because Krause is currently the only person in the Winter Knights who can skillfully fly the Black Hawk helicopter.
Just when everyone had discussed the matter and started to disperse to deal with the part of the tasks they were responsible for, Steve suddenly came over.
"Is there something?" David was about to discuss with Van Cleef about setting up an intelligence department, but Steve, who had just arrived, greeted Peggy and came straight to him, obviously looking for himself.
"You asked me to ask Tony Stark if we could build an Ark reactor in Cold Winter..."
"Oh oh oh!" David patted his forehead. In the past two days, first Gwen, then Helen, and then the information brought back by Vanessa, he forgot about it: "How is that Iron Man?" explain?"
"Tony said that the price is a trivial matter." As if thinking of something, Steve showed a look of interest: "He wants to come here to see for himself before deciding whether to take this project."
It sounds very in line with the iron man's work style, but this is not an excessive request, David readily agreed: "No problem, when is he going to come?"
"Now!"
(end of this chapter)