The Lord Of Blood Hill

Chapter 619: Taking Everything Into Account

Henwell has not discussed these appointments with anyone.He has sorted them out bit by bit during this period.

Henwell has weighed many factors behind every military district command appointment.

Peace Haven's territory has more than doubled after this expansion. It must change its previous small-but-elite model.

There are more defensive fronts now. To handle military emergencies in time, Henwell must further delegate military authority.

But how should he delegate it?

To whom?

Henwell has to consider this carefully. He will not promote someone just because that person is familiar with the troops in a given military district.

There is little need to explain Dominic's appointment to the Central Military District. This is right under Henwell's eyes.

All he needs there is a loyal military district commander.

Little Bear Dominic belongs to the gladiator faction.

He has walked with Henwell all the way from the training camp to the gladiator days.

He is calm, steady in handling affairs, and unshaken by trouble. He is an excellent senior commander.

His loyalty needs even less explanation. He is one of the few senior generals who has his own room in Blood Hill Manor.

The Western Military District has to face Ika's military pressure.

This requires an experienced and steady commander, preferably one without an adventurous personality.

Ayla is a trusted subordinate who followed Henwell down the Road of Glory, and he was originally born as a knight squire.

His childhood education makes him dislike risky, unconventional fighting.

More important, Ayla understands how the noble system operates.

Peace Haven's future relationship with Ika will be hostile rather than friendly, but on the surface, harmony still has to be maintained.

So Ayla is more suited to this position than the others.

In addition, the Western Military District also has the fierce old general Gevana. Pairing him with Ayla works even better.

Agnico of the Northern Military District is married to the daughter of Umo, deputy commander of the First Mixed Legion.

Umo is now a viscount and an extremely important member of the Phoenix family.

He is also a leading figure in the faction close to Peace Haven.

With this relationship, Agnico counts as a son-in-law of the Phoenix family.

Appointing Agnico as the highest military officer of the Northern Military District avoids opposition from the distant factions inside the Phoenix family to the greatest extent possible.

The two legion commanders in the Eastern Military District have been replaced. The two newly appointed legion commanders both have excellent merits.

But if they want to convince the troops, they still need an old hand like Kivel to help suppress resistance.

Ogiro has suffered a severe blow and will not start another war in the short term.

This gives the two new legion commanders enough time to sort out and control their legions and become qualified legion commanders.

As for the Southern Military District, why is Sera being parachuted in instead of transferring Augusta, the former commander of the First Mixed Legion?

There are many considerations here as well. Sera is the commander of Peace Haven's Trade Protection Guard.

The people Sera deals with are merchants and nobles from various countries, and he understands nearby Lumir well enough.

Sera is also the one who best understands how to deal with those merchants and nobles.

He knows where their core interests lie, and he knows how to make them feel the most fear.

The Fifth Legion is also the Death Herald Legion.

Under Berkner's command, it once inflicted heavy damage on Ogiro's Sharp Spear Legion during the Early Spring Campaign.

Whether it is Ogiro's garrison to the south or Lumir's garrison to the west, both are deeply wary of the Death Herald Legion's cold and ruthless fighting style.

With this legion holding the line, the future newly formed Sixth Legion will also have enough time to build combat power.

After next year's spring plowing, Henwell plans to form the newly formed Sixth Legion.

Its legion commander will be Reynolds, commander of the Second Garrison Warband. This thirty-year-old young man has enough merits and is a talented commander who rose step by step.

Apart from these military districts, there is also the Expeditionary Military District in the farther southern enclave.

The commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Military District is Elia, and the military district is made up of three legions.

They are the First Expeditionary Legion, nicknamed the Left Ear Legion, commanded by Beethoven.

The Second Expeditionary Legion is stationed in Saltwater Town, nicknamed the Saltwater Crocodile, and commanded by Browning.

The Third Expeditionary Legion is stationed in Tatan City, nicknamed the Lonely Lighthouse, and commanded by Hector.

Hector was once a warband commander in the Second Garrison Legion. Now he is going to Tatan City to oversee legion construction.

In addition, Henwell plans to have Augusta, former commander of the First Mixed Legion, serve as commander-in-chief of the Garrison District.

The Garrison District's armed forces are very mixed. There is the Cavalry Patrol Regiment, a reinforced warband with nearly seven thousand men.

There is also the Luo City Defense Force, the Trade District Security Battalion, the Industrial District Defense Regiment, the Academy District Guard Regiment...

All these forces together add up to thirty thousand people. Coordinating them all requires skill.

The mixed legion Augusta previously led also had to handle affairs from many sides and coordinate authority between Peace Haven and Phoenix.

So if anyone can put the Garrison District in order, it can only be Augusta.

Apart from the Garrison District and the two enclaves, Peace Haven's five military districts each have two full-strength legions, and each also commands three garrison warbands.

Each military district has fifty thousand troops. Add the seventy thousand men of the Expeditionary Military District and the thirty thousand quasi-armed personnel of the Garrison District.

Peace Haven now has an army of three hundred and fifty thousand.

After this expansion, Peace Haven has doubled its territory, and its population has doubled as well.

Including the southern expeditionary enclave, its population has now surpassed seven million.

Next, Peace Haven will also experience another large population surge.

Transfers of power and contests of interest will create many serfs.

The three surrounding countries are all the same. When that happens, a considerable portion of those serfs will be sold to Peace Haven.

More important, Peace Haven's victory in this war has a different meaning.

As shown by the recently signed Six Kings' Accord, Henwell has gained royal qualification, and Peace Haven has officially become a player on the continental board.

It survived a three-country siege, avoided destruction, and gained even greater benefits instead.

This fills many people with confidence in Peace Haven.

In the future, it will be hard for another siege of Peace Haven like this to appear. That also means Peace Haven will remain part of the continental situation for a long time.

As the war ends, trade among the countries resumes.

Peace Haven's performance in the war will spread across the continent with the merchant convoys.

The many legends of Peace Haven will also make it a place of longing for bankrupt freemen, unemployed craftsmen, disaster victims, and other common people.

Next, Henwell also has a publicity plan. He intends to choose a few model examples.

He will turn them into proper stories, so that more people will yearn for Peace Haven.

In Henwell and his team's estimates, over the next three years, including natural growth, Peace Haven's population will increase by three million and fully enter the ten-million range.

By that time, once Peace Haven has fully digested its territory, it will look around for new prey.

The reason Henwell wants to form military districts is to prepare for future expansion.

If Peace Haven needs to expand, it needs more senior commanders who can stand on their own.

Henwell cannot personally lead troops every time Peace Haven expands.

If that is necessary, it only proves that Peace Haven is still not mature.