As a loyal subordinate hand-picked by Duke Lukins, Baron Camorra is well aware of the nature of the Duke. Just under the appearance of a mediocre Grand Duke with various faults, there is an ambitious heart hidden. The Duke is a very tolerant person. If you offend him face to face, he will forgive you very generously, but when you turn around, you will immediately turn your face and be ruthless. Various vicious and vicious methods emerge in endlessly, and you will never stop until you are ruined.
If the second prince is compared to a hungry wolf, then the Duke can be said to be a jackal. Hungry wolves are cruel and vicious, but jackals are cunning and suspicious. Just as everyone knows that the Duke's ambition is to establish the Dukedom of Lukins in the Northland, Baron Camry believes that the real reason why the Duke cannot achieve his wish is his suspicious, fickle and indecisive character.
The purpose of establishing the Northland Legion is to counter the border guards of the second prince, the father-in-law, the Duke of Feisabrun, and at the same time serve as the military strength and support of the Northland Lukins Principality in the future. But now the Northland Legion has become a tool used by the Duke to blackmail and threaten the nobles of the Northern Territory. Although the annual income of the Duke's territory is only more than 60,000 gold coins from the old man's head of the empire, he is plundering from the nobles of the various territories in the Northland. The money that came was enough to form three more Northland legions. It's just that His Excellency the Duke is unwilling to do this, and all the money is used by him to enjoy and maintain a luxurious life.
What the Duke likes to do most now is rely on the powerful Northland Legion to coerce the nobles of the Northland to obey his orders and make confessions to him, and he never tires of it. However, Baron Camorra, who participated in the formation of the Northland Legion, knew very well that the biggest problem with the armed force in the hands of the Duke is that it has no actual combat experience. The Northland Legion, which has been established for more than two years, has never been on the battlefield.
Just like today, these bullish Silver Knights of the Northland Legion showed their true colors as soon as they moved, and even spit out their shit because of the horror of seeing their comrades who died in battle. Those territorial nobles who were on missions in the past bowed their heads tremblingly when they heard that there were more than 20,000 people in the Northern Land Legion, but today they finally met the unbelievers, and not only knocked out the Duke's Golden Knight, but also killed seven A Silver Knight of the Northland Legion robbed the remaining Silver Knights who were still alive. This is an embarrassing and huge shame to the Duke and the Northland Legion.
Baron Camorra sighed deeply, raised his head and looked at Lorist: "Your Excellency Norton, aren't you afraid that the Lord Duke's thunderous wrath will befall the Norton family? Are you also afraid that the army of the Northland Army will come to the city? I can only Said that everything you are doing now is dragging the Norton family into the abyss of eternal doom. As the new head of the Norton family, you should consider the future and future of the family, and don't make the most famous people in the north angry for your own momentary pleasure. The Xiong family is on the road to destruction. If you are willing to return the 100,000 Goldford and the spoils you obtained from the Kenmes family to the Duke, I think I can persuade him to temporarily calm his anger in front of the Duke. Forgive me. This reckless behavior of yours..."
Lorist laughed "chichi": "Honorable Lord Baron, you are a talent. I really admire you for being able to tell lies as if they were true. In fact, we all know the true origin of the one hundred thousand gold dollars." , Isn’t it? Even if the 100,000 goldford belongs to the Duke, he has already entrusted the Kenmes family to buy military supplies, so it has nothing to do with him. This is already considered a loss to the Kenmes family. The Duke should go It’s right to urge the Kenmes family to purchase supplies as soon as possible, why did they come to our Norton family to ask for the return of funds? Isn’t this in line with the morals of nobles?”
"So the Norton family really wants to fight the Duke?" Baron Camorra asked while staring at Lorist.
"Hehe, this shouldn't be the fault of our Norton family, right? Your lord, you may have heard of the family motto passed down by the ancestors of our Angry Bear family. Except for the royal family of the Krissen Empire and our own elders, every member of the Norton family, They will not bend their knees in front of others. When the Duke of Lukins stretched his greedy claws towards our Norton family, you should not be surprised by such a result. As for the Northland Legion, if the soldiers come down from the city It's such a pustule..." Lorist pointed to the twelve silver knights obediently lined up not far away: "The more the better, by the way, please put more money in their wallets. Believe me, this is very important to save their lives. There are benefits."
Your Excellency Camorra stood up angrily: "I will truthfully tell the Duke what happened here today and the attitude of the Norton family. Your Excellency Norton, since you are determined to go your own way, please ask for blessings!"
"Hehe, Lord Baron, thank you for your blessings. I also think that I have always been a blessed person. If you came here today, you made me a small fortune. Thank you so much. It's getting late For your safety, I will not let you stay in the castle. I will send someone to escort you back tomorrow morning." Lorist said with a playful smile, not paying any attention to Baron Camorra's threats.
Baron Camorra could no longer be angry. The new head of the Norton family in front of him was even more rascal and more arrogant than the Duke. He could only nod coldly with a stiff face: "Farewell."
After speaking, he strode outside.
Lorist looked at the twelve well-behaved babies lined up neatly and scolded: "Are you still standing around waiting for dinner? Hurry up and take the corpses of this idiot on the ground and your companions to me and get the hell out of here. Come to the door, do you think our Norton family dare not chop off his claws?"
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"Hey, Little Locke, you are too impulsive. Since the Duke of Lukins has already set the conditions, we might as well bargain with him for the 100,000 goldford and those building materials, maybe we won't get such a tearful face to the point..."
The person who said this was the boss of Kress. Although he did not express his opinion in the confrontation between Lorist and Baron Camorra, he now thinks that Lorist should not have chosen the worst outcome. The best result would be to get rid of the Duke's envoy with a few gold coins and supplies.
Lorist smiled and went over to push the old manager's wooden wheelchair: "Grandpa Kress, I've thought about it, unless he gives all the 100,000 Goldford to that bastard duke, he will never let it go. And as long as we Once he makes a concession, he will think that we are settled, and he will press on step by step. He will not let go until we drain the oil and water of our Norton family. Since we will all break with him in the end, it is better to give him a hand earlier. A slap to wake him up, do you really think that the Northland Legion he relies on is powerful and invincible?"
"Even if his Northland Legion is made up of today's useless Silver Knights, there are still more than 20,000 people. The strength of our Norton family is far from enough to compete with them..." The boss was worried.
"Hehe, it's okay. With Rock Castle here, they can't enter our family territory. Too many people are useless. In front of the wall of Rock Castle, they will only smash their heads and bleed, and they can't do anything to us." Lorist is very confident in the newly built wall of the Rock Castle, which is also the biggest reason why he dared to turn against the Duke.
"By the way, Grandpa Kress, it happens that everyone is here. I want to discuss with you. I am going to send troops to attack Beiye Town immediately." Lorist said.
"Are you sure?" The boss was startled.
"I'm sure, but I can't guarantee how many casualties will be paid."
Lorist called everyone around and began to discuss the matter of attacking Beiye Town.
After listening to Lorist's explanation, Josk was the first to express his opinion: "It's not easy to fight, the time is too tight, unless it is a forced attack regardless of casualties and consumes the armed forces of Beiye Town, otherwise you want to capture it in a short time Kitano Town is a very difficult thing to do."
Lorist thinks that it will take at least fifteen days for Baron Camorra to return to the duchy, and then for the Duke to attack the Norton family in a fit of anger. This tumor.
Lorist prepared a squadron and a small squad for the Rock Castle, leaving two small squads of guards for defense. A squadron came out of Fenglin Castle on the family side, and then brought along the mercenaries from the military village, almost a thousand people, to attack Beiye Town.
Pachico expressed his objection. He thought it would be better to wait another half a year, because Lorist forgot a big factor that was most likely to lead to failure, that is, the thousand-odd family soldiers he was going to go to Beiye Town, all of them They were just recruited, without systematic discipline and military training, they could be called a mob, and their combat effectiveness was not much stronger than that of farmers and soldiers. The opponent, however, has deep moats and high walls, and is heavily defended. The advantage of the location alone will take advantage of the boss, not to mention that the number of defenders is more than twice that of the attackers, and there may be young and old people who are worried about Lorist. The situation where women and children go into battle together.
Lorist smiled wryly: "We don't have time. Even if the Duke cannot send troops immediately after the Baron Camorra returns, he will let the 2,000 armed forces of the Kenmes family come to lead the battle. We can only train one army in the battle." An elite family army, even if the casualties are greater, there is nothing to do. Compared with Duke Lukins' Northland Army, Beiye Town is still a relatively easy enemy to deal with. Let's start with the easy and then the difficult. The battle with the Northland Army It cannot be ended in a short period of time, we must be prepared for a long-term battle."
"Is there no way for us to sneak attack or occupy the city gate and catch Beiye Town by surprise?" Pat asked unwillingly.
Lorist shook his head...
The boss of Kress explained the reason to his beloved grandson: "We sent troops to attack Beiye Town. We didn't just leave at once. It took two or three days to recruit soldiers and prepare supplies for the expedition. And the family castle is so far away from Beiye Town. If there is any movement, it will be discovered immediately. Besides, many servants and hired workers in the manor are closely related to several families in Beiye Town, and they all have oblique relatives. It is very likely that our side has decided to send troops, and Beiye Town's side also They knew this decision right away, and they had already made defense preparations when we passed by. So any plans and tricks are useless, and we can only attack by force."
"That's it, Pachiko, you are in charge of recruiting and training the soldiers at Maplewood Villa, Joe, you send Baron Camorra and them through the Rock Castle tomorrow, and then transfer the squadron formed by slave labor, and then recruit from the old guards. Draw a small team from the soldiers, let Ovekis defend the Rock Castle, and Paul Binns will go out with you. Reddy, you go to the army camp tomorrow, let Hawski and Jim bring all the mercenaries, and let Ke Steward Dan continues to be responsible for the follow-up construction."
Lorist made the final decision: "That's it, we will send troops to attack Beiye Town in three days' time."
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Just when Lorist was discussing with everyone to send troops to Beiye Town, there was a lot of activity in front of Fenglin Villa Castle. Thirty or forty bored soldiers of the Northland Legion were cursing at the guards above the castle. They had many demands, such as wine and meat. , I want the Norton family to reward them with money, they can't travel so far in vain, the most important thing is to provide them with women to comfort their lonely hearts to spend the lonely night.
The soldiers of the Northland Legion are shouting in unison, give money, give wine and meat, give women...
Just as they were shouting vigorously, the gate of the castle opened, and those domineering silver knights who went in in the morning came out on foot like defeated roosters, without even bringing out the mounts they rode in. Eight corpses, the golden knight Tabek with eyes on his forehead shrank on a long cloak and was carefully carried by four silver knights...
The soldiers of the Northland Legion were all dumbfounded. They didn't react until they were scolded by a silver knight and hurried up to help get these corpses and the injured and unconscious Tabek into the camp. Soon everyone knew This time they kicked the iron board, and the camp was heavily guarded. What they began to worry about was whether the Norton family would let them go back.
After eating something casually, Baron Camorra walked around the tent anxiously. He wasn't worried that he would be attacked by the Norton family at night. Such a traditional aristocratic family had their own pride and would not do such a contradictory thing.
Even if the young head of the Norton family is more rascal than the duke, he doesn't bother to do such a shameless thing.
This mission has failed, which was something that the Duke and Baron Camorra did not expect before their mission. Now that the Norton family has turned against the Duke and become enemies, it has become an inevitable result that the Duke will be furious and send troops to retaliate after returning.
It was very late at night, and Baron Camorra still didn't want to sleep. What he was worried about was that he couldn't figure out the real strength of the Norton family, and he didn't understand what the Norton family relied on to dare to be an enemy of the Duke. Even if the soldiers of the Norton family wore iron armor and were better equipped than the soldiers of the Northland Legion, the more than 20,000 horses of the Northland Legion were not for display, so why were they not afraid of soldiers approaching the city? What is the idea
A soldier of the Northland Legion stood at the entrance of the tent and looked in. Baron Camorra asked, "What's the matter?"
The soldier replied: "My lord, a few people came outside. They said they were the elders and the captain of the garrison of Beiye Town in the Norton family's territory. They wanted to come to see your lord..."