At the same time, the Kingdom also needed to station significant troops in the Near East to provide timely support to the noble lords in the border regions.
Within the Kingdom, there were only a handful of generals capable of coordinating the entire situation, and it was feared...
Governor Piers' words brought the matter into the open, and it was just short of directly naming Hudson.
Coordinating the armed forces of the various nobles while also commanding the Standing Army of the Kingdom was a job that no one else could fill besides him.
Although it was a position of high authority, that did not make it an enviable job.
The border was so extensive, lacking even the most basic defense line, and the enemy could break through at any time—it was utterly indefensible.
