Unlike Lauri, White, who comes from a proper Lars Knight background, prefers to lead from the front rather than sit back and command like Lauri does.
After being criticized by Lind, White slightly modified this habit, although he still moved his tent to the front lines; at least he wouldn’t personally charge into battle now.
After fighting had reached its current stage, what White felt the most was that there was no one to micromanage. Although the Lars Family rose to power through military achievements, not everyone was cut out to be a general. Some Lars, even if they were completely ignorant of warfare, still liked to sit back and point fingers.
Especially fond of making small commands like moving the pikemen forward five steps, which not only constituted ineffective leadership but also easily caused disorder within the troops.
However, the individual qualities of the Graywhite Territory soldiers were already capable of executing an order to advance a certain unit five steps. The Lord Governor had never engaged in such micro-managing.
Although the Lord Governor often said that he couldn’t fight and that a lot of frontline affairs relied on the generals, White felt that just being able to acknowledge this point meant that the Lord Governor wasn’t completely ignorant of military matters; being a city defense general was definitely not a problem.
This time, however, a rare messenger arrived at a non-fixed contact time from the Graywhite Territory.
When White saw the messenger, he had already prepared himself to take over command. If we were to translate White’s current thoughts to a modern context, it would be that considering how smoothly the current advancement was, what harm would there be in letting the boss call the shots for a bit?
Aside from this speculation, White also felt that perhaps the Lord Governor was unhappy with the slow progress and wanted the team to move faster. After all, White thought it was too cautious at the moment. With the Graywhite Territory boasting strong troops, they could absolutely try a more aggressive approach.
However, when he saw the message, the veins on White’s forehead suddenly bulged, and after carefully setting down the letter, White slammed his palm down on the table and shouted, “Gather! Gather! Cross over to the next territory and raid Copper Mountain Territory!”
At this moment, the Ambrose Family was still immersed in dreams of soaring to great heights. Dian was busy admiring his grand work, believing that even if the Lord Governor turned a blind eye to these songs and rumors, they would still plant a seed.
Then, when Lisa casually whispered in Lena’s ear, wouldn’t that directly kick Lena out and make herself the Lady Governor?
“Father, what do you think of this?”
Lisa was currently flaunting the formal dress she had just bought.
In the context of the territory being quite difficult, for the happiness of his daughter, Dian began to increase taxes in the territory. Besides advancing the taxes that were already meant to be collected, Dian also added a new tax, requiring the farmers in the territory to pay extra taxes or provide items as “wedding gifts” for his daughter.
Now, the long dress Lisa was wearing was made from the recently collected tax payments, customized by an alchemist.
In addition, contacting those book merchants to spread those songs and stories also required money. In Dian’s impression, such means had always been reliable; after all, no lord could possess this kind of control, being able to trace who wrote even a seemingly insignificant passage in a book.
Moreover, so what if it was his own work? Perhaps this piece would even resonate with the Lord Governor’s heart?
“Beautiful, so beautiful! My daughter could easily be a queen; I’ve seen the portrait of the current Queen, and she simply doesn’t compare to my precious daughter.”
Lisa, like an arrogant swan, raised her head high, letting out a hum and saying, “How could that little shorty compare to me?”
“That’s your future sister-in-law; show some respect!”
Dian chastised Lisa sternly, but then he couldn’t help but chuckle at himself.
“I wonder how Darm is doing? Is he already living the good life at the Graywhite Territory?”
Dian sighed. Although Darm had never been particularly bright, he was still his son and would be the future brother-in-law of the Lord Governor, so he shouldn’t be wronged, right?
At that moment, a panicked servant rushed into the living room, shouting, “Sir, it’s not good! The Graywhite Territory’s army has disregarded other territories and is heading straight for us.”
Dian angrily reprimanded, “Why are you panicking like this? Didn’t you see the young lady is trying on clothes?”
The servant hurriedly bowed and said, “Sir, the Graywhite Territory’s army is not following the previous plan to occupy other territories first, but is directly moving toward us.”
The Graywhite army had always adhered to a steady and cautious strategy, never recklessly advancing, much less would they neglect to attack the territories in front of them and go solo deep into another family’s territory. This would be a very dangerous act, and if their retreat was cut off, they would indeed be isolated.
Copper Mountain Territory was the first to receive this treatment.
“Oh, what’s strange about that? Maybe they’re here to propose marriage. It seems that Darm is doing well; the Lord Governor has already come to get you. He’s really impatient, can’t wait even a little bit.”
“Stop it, Father! What nonsense are you saying?”
Lisa put on a shy act, yet she was closely staring at the long dress she wore, her eyes filled with anticipation. Once she got married, she could wear such dresses every day, right?
Meanwhile, a special guest arrived in White’s army.
“Young Master Colin, what brings you here?”
Although White wasn’t very familiar with Colin, he knew that Colin had been somewhat harsh during his time as a lord, but later he had improved in Graywhite and was at least doing reasonably well as an inspector, though his methods were still a bit harsh.
“My brother-in-law sent me.”
Upon hearing this, White understood; it seemed Colin was sent to investigate this matter.
Colin glanced at the distant Copper Mountain Territory and said, “General White, don’t strike too quickly this time. First, set up a blockade before attacking. We need to be meticulous, understood?”
White felt a bit confused. Although he was very angry about the slander against his lady, he had never heard of being meticulous in warfare before.
Seeing White’s bewildered look, Colin sighed and said, “Sigh, if only this sort of thing were left to General Lauri, it would be much easier. Unfortunately, he can’t come over right now. In that case, General White, just start battle according to your method, no need to worry about me. My brother-in-law said that in case of any issues, I’ll listen to you.”
At the same time, Colin leaned closer to White, as if he was no longer the inspector of Graywhite Territory but that spoiled young master from back then.
“Turn all the worms in Copper Mountain Territory sideways and split them in half, make sure all the eggs are mixed well. Their ant nests should be scalded with boiling water, understood?”
White swallowed hard and nodded, indicating he understood.
“Very good.”
After saying this, Colin spread a large piece of paper on the table, looking like some kind of list.
“Lord Colin, what’s this?”
“Oh, it’s nothing, just a family tree of some relatives.”
Colin responded, “General White, you don’t need to worry about this; the people I’ve brought will handle it.”
