Chapter 173 Deployment
"My Lord, there is a new piece of news that you may need to know."

The adjutant's voice sounded beside Moralichi.

The adjutant looked at the document in his hand. This was news related to the church. If it was a few minutes ago, this news would not need to be informed to Morari immediately. But now this news has a higher priority.

"It seems that there has been a lot of movement of church personnel in Light Territory. The troops responsible for the blockade have reported a lot of church personnel passing through the records."

It seemed that something must have happened there. Laming, who was originally there, suddenly returned to the capital cathedral, and the resistance troops also quieted down there. Now there is a intensive mobilization of personnel in the church.

"Let me see the specific records."

The adjutant pulled out a document that recorded the records of church personnel passing through the blockade force during this period.

"Are they all leaving?"

Moralichi glanced at the document, which contained mostly records of church personnel leaving Light Territory.

"That's not entirely true. There are records of church members carrying supplies into Wright's territory on several occasions."

The adjutant pointed to several places on the document where there were records of church personnel entering Light Territory.

"Something's wrong. This doesn't look right."

Moralichi also knew about the situation in Light Territory. It was rotten there, and the church's current staff there was definitely not enough. If the church wanted to get the territory running normally again, it would need to send more people in, rather than asking the people who were already there to leave.

"How many members does the church have in Light Territory now?"

Morari counted the number of people on the document in his mind. The number was a bit too many.

"Only the church knows the exact number. We don't have specific data on this."

The adjutant responded that even in the current cooperative relationship, the church still retained a great deal of autonomy, such as information and data concerning the church's own personnel, and they did not need to inform the Principality.

"Go find out."

"But the church..."

The specific deployment and transfer of personnel in the church are always very sensitive information, and it is difficult for the principality to get the church to reveal this information to them through formal channels.

“I don’t need a very precise number.”

Morari just needed a rough number to verify his guess.

"Whether I'm asking the church or mobilizing our people in the Wright Territory, I want to see the approximate number of people the church originally deployed in the Wright Territory within two days."

The adjutant recorded Morari's order and left the command center. He needed to mobilize relevant personnel.

"Keep some of the reserve troops for emergency use."

Morari drew several locations on the map. These locations were all located on important transportation routes with sufficient supplies. If the reserve troops were deployed at these locations, they could easily launch a pursuit in any direction within the principality once an order was given.

"But this will weaken the strength of the blockade. If the resistance fighters suddenly break out, there may be a gap, allowing some resistance fighters to escape."

Officers within the command center raised questions.

"If you are worried that the blockade line is not deep enough and you need a reserve force, we suggest you mobilize new troops from other places."

The rest of the Principality was relatively stable now, since the other resistance fighters were driven into the territories of the nobles who did not obey Moralichi. A large number of the original pursuit troops of the Principality were released, and many of them had rested for a period of time and could be deployed again.

"It will only take one to two weeks for us to mobilize these troops to the reserve assembly areas you have designated."

Morari shook his head, rejecting the officer's suggestion. "If they wanted to break out, they wouldn't wait until now, or even until the encirclement was completely formed."

It took the pursuers several days to build the entire encirclement. During that time, the resistance had several opportunities to try to break through, but in the end, the pursuers responsible for building the blockade were not attacked by the resistance.

The officer carefully looked at the reserve assembly points marked by Moralich and discovered the characteristics of these assembly points.

"Do you think they have somehow escaped from our encirclement?"

Morari nodded. He now had a guess and he just needed to wait for the number he needed to be sure.

But until that number actually appears, there is only so much that Morari can do.

"Lemming is coming back."

In the cathedral of the principality's capital, several priests were discussing the new news they had received.

"Why now?"

It was obvious that these priests did not want Laming to return to the cathedral.

"Did he receive any news?"

A priest shook his head.

"That shouldn't be the case. Those sympathizers of the alien race are scattered all over the principality, helping those foolish nobles manage their territories. Most of those who remain here agree with our ideas. Even if they don't join us in the end, they won't tip him off."

The sound of footsteps was heard in the distance, and several priests stopped their discussion.

"Master Priest."

After seeing the people coming, several priests relaxed.

"What are the results of the officiating meeting?"

The officiants hold such a brief meeting every day, mainly to determine the content of each person's work responsibilities each day.

Of course, recent events will also be discussed at these meetings, and the sudden return of Archpriest Lemming will also be one of the topics they discuss.

"The situation doesn't seem optimistic. Neither Tracy nor Carlo knows why Lemming suddenly returned."

Although the power of the underground church exceeded Lemming's expectations, in fact, their influence on the original Sun God Cult's high priest level was not that great, and most of the high priests still remained loyal.

The underground church will only try to influence clergy at the level of the chief priest when it is absolutely sure.

In the cathedral, the officiating priests do not yet know that this is where the headquarters of the underground church is located.

"Even to those deceived priests, Lemming did not reveal the reason for his return, which shows that he also doubted the clergy of the priest's level."

The expression of the chief priest in front of him was solemn. Although he didn't know where the information came from, Lei Ming obviously knew that they were active in the capital of the principality, and he returned this time probably to investigate and purge them.

"Then what should we do?"

Although the underground church has developed a considerable influence here, if the clergy here are asked to choose between the two, they will probably still choose the official church.

"It's simple. We made it impossible for him to come back."

The host's hand scratched his neck.

(End of this chapter)