However, before the housekeeper left the territory of the Sylt family, Roland had already received a biography from the second army of the fortress.
Half an hour later, Pelor's letter of help also arrived at the town castle.
Due to the limited information carried by the flying messenger, he linked the contents of the two notes together to confirm a surprising news.
The four members of the Western Border actually turned against each other!
Who gave them the confidence to dare to rebel under their own eyes
Roland immediately summoned Carter and Iron Axe, and slapped the note in front of them.
"Your Highness, this is..."
"News from the fortress," he said rather annoyed. Winter is coming to an end, and the new year will be three days later. Not to mention the many things to build a city, and the three-way equipment in the town also needs his guidance to complete. At this time, they are making trouble for themselves. These nobles really don’t know how to write dead words. What!
According to the secret letter, the nobles in the city led a group of squires to raid the defending soldiers. When the team patrolling the city wall noticed something was wrong, the lifting and landing mechanism of the Beichengmen suspension bridge had already fallen into the control of the nobles. They had to light beacon fires and rely on the city wall to stick in place.
The other members of the Second Army who observed the beacon signal, in accordance with the emergency response regulations, divided the ten teams left behind in the camp, about fifty people, into two teams, one team headed for the North City Gate, and the other team rushed to the fortress castle. Peyro's secret letter was sent after the second team exchanged fire with the enemy in the castle area, and it was only at this time that they realized that the enemy they encountered was a local noble.
"Peiro Hermon mentioned that the attackers who besieged the castle held the banners of the four major families. They must have planned this rebellion," Carter frowned after reading the note. The sand is held together, and the nobles should have a new backbone."
Indeed, the four major families... or the five major families under Duke Ryan are all equal-minded nobles, allowing them to put aside their prejudices and cooperate with each other. In all likelihood, there is a greater force involved in this muddy water. Otherwise, it will depend on the vigour of several earls who refuse to accept the others, and the struggle for more than ten years will not necessarily lead to results.
At this time, there are still people who are willing to intervene in the Western Region, and there are only one or two possibilities left.
"You mean... Tifek of the Royal Capital?" Iron Axe looked at the chief knight. As a sandman from the Mojin tribe, he was far less sensitive to the political situation in Greycastle than Carter.
"I wouldn't be surprised if it was a church," Roland curled his lips. "From what they did in the Falling Dragon Ridge, it can be seen that it is only a matter of time before they attack the Western Territory."
"The problem is... The second letter mentioned that there seemed to be firearms in the enemy's ranks," Carter frowned. "They already know the formula for gunpowder?"
"Snow powder is no longer a secret for the Church and Tifeko, but there is still a long way to go before it can be used flexibly," the prince tapped on the table, "I'm just curious, even if they have the power behind it. However, the far water cannot save the near fire, and the border town is the closest to the fortress, where did they get the confidence to fight against the soldiers of the First Army?"
"Probably because of the Demon Moon," Iron Axe replied after thinking for a moment. "Last time you used thunder to defeat the Duke's Knights, but you didn't show your outstanding siege ability. Now the road is blocked by heavy snow. , and there are evil beasts invading the border, for them, it is the best guarantee for the success of the rebellion. You will have at least two months before you can attack Changsong Fortress.
"And then blocked by towering walls and?"
"That's right," Iron Axe couldn't help grinning, "they also have the weapons you have, plus the unattainable city walls, and even the reinforcements of the forces behind them, they might be able to defeat you at the foot of the city walls, I think they are like this thought."
"However, they don't know anything about the power that Border Town possesses," Roland stood up, "Iron axe!"
"Please order, Your Highness!" He immediately stood upright.
"The First Army is now in a state of preparation for the expedition, and will set off early tomorrow morning," the prince said loudly. "The number of troops is five hundred, carrying six field guns. The specific expedition team is up to you."
"Yes!" Iron Axe gave a standard military salute.
Today, the size of the first army in the town has more than quadrupled compared to the original 500 militia. The army has more than 2,200 people. In addition, thanks to the improvement of the soldiers' cultural level, the efficiency of the First Army's execution of instructions has also been greatly improved. As long as the preparation order is issued, there will be special personnel in the army to allocate ammunition and rations according to the number of combatants and the number of days. The logistics of 500 people It took almost a day to complete the work, compared to the knights and mercenary groups that took half a month to prepare for the expedition. This was already an incredible speed.
And they will set off on eleven paddle steamers in the town and go straight to the fortress city. After entering mass production, one ship based on reinforced concrete will be launched every five days. This is still in the case of deliberately slowing down the construction speed and limiting the number of them. Yes, only the crew and the steam engine.
"Carter!"
"Please order, Your Highness," the chief knight raised his head.
"You stay in Border Town."
The corner of the knight's mouth dropped instantly, "What... what? No, Your Highness, how could you leave me here again!"
"It's the month of demons now, and the threat of demonic beasts is greater than those of the nobles," Roland said unmoved, "Keep an eye on my town."
After the two retreated, he sighed, "This time, the witch also needs to walk with me."
"I'll follow you wherever you go," Nightingale smiled.
Considering that the opponent might be the Church, before all the First Army members were equipped with the Stone of God's Retribution, only witches could effectively deal with the sneak attack of the Pure Ones. Roland finally settled on Wendy, Lightning, Maisie, Sylvie, Nana, and Nightingale. If you add the three battle witches from Sleeping Island, it would be difficult for the Pure One to threaten himself.
Roland walked to the window and looked out at the white-capped mountains and snowfields.
If the Extremis Mountains are regarded as the fortress walls, then the wild land north of the mountain range is equivalent to the territory of the four major families, and it is also the place where one's own power cannot radiate. Elk, wild rose, maple leaf, rushing wolf... They have been operating in their respective territories for a hundred years and have formed unique laws and customs, and even the Western hegemons, the Lane family, rarely interfere. He originally planned to gradually divide and absorb these noble territories after building the city, but this rebellion gave him an opportunity to annex the vast land and population outside the fortress in one go.
He didn't intend to let this group of nobles go again. (.)
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