Anning was unaware that, just outside his headquarters, a strange little group made up of a black writer (pseudo), an architect, and a lawyer had formed.
He was currently dealing with a headache over the selection of army leaders.
"Seven armies?" Anning was shocked; he had assumed, following modern conventions, that 200,000 men would roughly constitute three armies, but Bertier told him it was to be organized into seven armies.
After all, in this era, an army was smaller, comprising only about twenty to thirty thousand men.
By modern standards, seven armies meant seven corps, and with seven corps, one could conquer the world.
Bertier: "Fifteen percent of division and brigade commanders are former Nobles. Regardless of their loyalty to the Republic, their military skills are solid. The rest are professionals, intellectuals, and other notable civilians recruited from all walks of life, very loyal to the Republic, but with little to no military knowledge.
