"get those soldiers down to the medical unit, they need medical attention" general Richard says to one of the commanding officers in his unit
"yes sir" he replies and walks away to carry out the order.
Richard walks slowly as he enters his office and hang his bow over the war. It's been a long day, after the all night war with Bedford, one of the disturbing neighboring countries in the northeast always seeking for an opportunity to invade their country. Richard sighs as he sits and think of a way to sort out the persisting issue. This as been the second victory for him against the country and this will keep his record clean always. For twenty years, general Richard had never lose a war and he always make sure to keep that up.
What are the issues causing the northeast border to be the weakest? Richard thinks about this.
Manpower
Weapons
And lastly training.
He sighs again and looks at his war helmet, the helmet he had inherit from his father and grandfather. A generation of warriors who never lose a war and are known for their great fighting skills.
"Being a general doesn't only mean going to war without losing, it comes with great responsibility not only to his soldiers but to the citizens in your Region " his father usually tells him when he is still young.
Now he understands his word greatly, a field commanding general doesn't only have to show care to his soldiers but also to the people round him.
" good morning general " general kovi greets as he stands and looks at the general, awaiting further instructions,
"yes general, you can sit, we both had a long night fighting those bastards" he says
"thank you commander" kovi says and sit.
Richards nods as he looks at kovi, for the past ten years ever that kovi had been brought into his base, he has seen great potential in him and knows that he will have a great future, although he had not lead a war before, Richard hopes to leave him with one seeing his great competence.
"i have being thinking about a way to sort out the northeast border and keep those people nose out for good" Richard says
"that's great general, but I will suggest that we keep this till when the two generals in charge of the border are here, we can sort it all out and create a lasting situation for this" kovi says
"yes I understand, I have told them that there should be here, they should be on their way now" he says
Kovi nods, "those bastards will keep pressuring and if we did not fight this out on time, we will lose that part"
"that why we are going to talk this out, fighting is not all we can do to sort this out, we need other alternatives and advise and if fighting is what we all suggest then we have to do it in a well organized way" he says again
"general!" general Steve and Anthony, the two generals of the northeast says as they enters Richards office
"yes you are here, sit" Richard says
"yes general" Steve says and sits along with Anthony
"how is the central going?" Anthony asks
"all fine and good" Richard says
"that's great, I see that you are keeping here good" Steve says with a laugh
"sure I am" Richard replies with a smile, being a field commanding officer, he has always tries to keep an humble life and be a good person everytime any day, this had helped him create good rapport with his subordinate.
"so I guess we need to talk about your border, general Steve" kovi says after a while
"yes I understand, I know that our border lack a lot of things which make it impossible for us to repel serious attacks from those bastards" Anthony says
"what are the lacking things" Richard asks
"manpower, weapons and training," Steve says
Kovi nods, "I could notice the two problems, training and weapons but manpower?"
"I noticed that too, if we are to use their weapons, we can't defeat them so easily" Richard says and looks at Steve, "what effort have you made to fight this out"
"commander, I will be plain here, we are doing all we can to fight this out but due to the unexpected wars from those bastards we suffer huge defeats but tried our best to keep it from being invaded" Steve says
"so the frequent defeat marks for the shortage of staffs and weapons" kovi says
"yes, that's it, general kovi, it's hurt that we can't make our unit strong as others" general Anthony says
"it's alright, I understand that you are trying your best to hold out, that's why we are here, to help you build it" Richard says
"so firstly we need to work on the manpower, increasing that can build enough force for you to hold out" kovi says
"yes that will do, we have acquired more than enough weapons from the last war" Steve says
"that good, we will not need to give you more weapons, so that leave that out of it" Richard says
"remains only the training," Anthony says
"for that," Richards pauses and looks at kovi, now is the time to test the man great potential, leading a war is quite hard from Richard perspective but training soldiers is quite easy for him and this will boost the record.
He takes a deep breath and look at him again, "kovi.. You..."
"you don't have to say it commander, I will go" kovi says as he stands and bows
"alright, good, take some generals with you as you go and make that border one of the strongest in the country" Richard says with smile, feeling happy and proud that kovi is ready to pick up the job without hesitation and great bravery
"yes sir" he says and leave the office to go prepare the soldiers who are going with him to the northeast border.
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"mum, what did you think about dad?" lous, a seven year old boy ask his mother as they rides on the horse going to the barracks to go see his father
"I don't know, what do you think son?" she asks with a smile as she looks at hom
"he is the strongest man in the world, I know we will come today and tell me a lot of stories about the war" he says with a bright smile
"ahh I see, the strongest, well that's a nice adjective for him" she says with a smile feeling happy and curious about her son interest in war stories
"yes, it is, he will come and tell me stories about how they won the war, I can't wait for it. He says again
"don't worry you will hear lots of from him". She says.
From the general house to the barracks is not a long journey and soom, she knows that they will soon approach the place.
But what could be happening?
Sarah mind wonders why they will bring such message to her husband. For the past twenty years that her husband had been a great warrior, he had never being called on this kind of occasion.
Many questions waver through her mind till they get to the barracks.
"welcome ma'am" the two soldiers at the entrance gate greets and opens the gate allowing her and her son to enter the barracks.
"is the general back?" Sarah asks, her voice with authority tone
"yes he is" the soldier reply and hold the horse for her and her son to hop down
"that's good" she says
"he is in his office, you should see him there" the solider says
"oh! There he is" lous says as he runs towards his dad while Sarah's walks slowly
"don't run to fast! You will hurt your leg!" she calls out
"ohh, look at my young man!" Richard says as he carries lous in one slop
"dad, I miss you!" he says
"I miss you too buddy" he says as he hugs him tightly
"you must be so engrossed with your son not to notice me down here" Sarah says with a smile, feeling the joy as she watches Richard and Lous playing
"ohh dear, you know I miss you too but you see this buddy here..." he pauses and pats his head, "why not go and play with the others, I will send for you after a while" he says
"okay dad, but when I come back, you tell me about all the victories you had from this war and the previous" he says and run off to go meet the other kids at the wealth field
"he is never tired of listening to war stories... Ahh I don't know why this thing is so strong in your gene" Sarah says as she come closer to him, closing the distance between them
"maybe it how it has been, who could say" Richard reply with a smile, "it good to see you
dear"
"aigoo, it's just a night war. You shouldn't have missed me that much" she replies
"maybe I should, or I shouldn't I don't know..." he stops and look at her eyes, suddenly reminded of the first day he saw her, her gaze that day was gorgeous, just as it it today
"you got a message from the capital" she says
Richard suddenly wakes up from his imagination.
The capital?
His forehead wrinkles as he thinks about what could have happened that will require him coming to the capital.
"see that you are surprised by that, I got my guess" she says
"when did the news arrive?" Richard asks, his mind stl wondering why he is called to the capital
"some hours ago, this morning to be precise" she says and move closer him
"you seems really disturbed by this news but I can only thing of one thing that can make them call for you" she says
"what?"
"your victory" she says
Richard sighs, this can not be the only, but he hoped that it is the only reason. That should be the only reason. He prays.