In the spacious big tent, everyone was listening to Lorist pointing to an animal skin map of the Northland Plateau hanging on a shelf.
"The current situation in the Northland is like this. Because Duke Lukins coveted the wealth of our Norton family and because of the lack of troops, he summoned two-thirds of the nobles in the Northland and gathered nearly 50,000 troops to attack Rock Castle. At present, the soldiers have been in front of the Rock Castle for about a month. During the period, they attacked the Rock Castle three times, all of which suffered heavy casualties and returned without success. The lords who damaged their troops complained a lot. .”
Everyone in the big tent laughed.
Lorist also said with a smile: "We have already contacted the Josk Knight who guards the Rock Castle. Josk Knight thinks that there is no need to worry about those mobsters, and they will not be able to take the Rock Castle in another hundred years. Hearing that our convoy has already He is very happy to have arrived in Northland and looks forward to seeing you all again soon."
"We are currently located in the western part of the Northland. It takes five days to ride a fast horse to the Rock Castle from here. I estimate that it will be wider if we walk on foot. It will take more than a month to transfer so many supplies in the convoy and the speed of the refugees' march. I decided Occupy here first..." Lorist tapped a place on the map with a small wooden stick: "The Earl of Spencer, this place is only a day and a half away from our rock castle by horseback, and it happens to be used as our operation center and forward base."
"I'm wondering why Earl Spencer went crazy this time. Speaking of which, he and our family have been neighbors for nearly a hundred years. Although the relationship is not very good, we still have certain contacts and remain polite. I really don't understand. Why did he respond so enthusiastically to Duke Lukins' call this time, and was the first to lead his family to attack our Rock Castle? I don't know if he drank some wrong medicine..."
Lorist scratched his head: "Forget it, I don't want to find any reason. Since he insists on being an enemy of our Norton family, he must be prepared to be retaliated by us. I have ordered Yuri to take his Manor Castle, and intercept scouts in this area. Borg…”
Baldfinger stood up: "My lord, I am waiting for your orders."
"You set off later, take your heavy armored regiment to the Earl of Spencer in a carriage, and take over the defensive preparations for the castle and the camp. The convoy's supplies and refugees will head to you. You are responsible for the security of the entire camp. and vigilance."
"Yes, my lord."
"Farea, Malek, your garrison is responsible for the defense and security of this road, and Terman's knights will be used as a mobile force to prevent accidents on the road. If anything, Farea is the main one, and Malek and Terman is the second-in-command, understand?"
"Yes, my lord, we understand."
Farea, Malek and Terman stood up.
Lorist continued to issue orders: "Shreed is in charge of coordinating the transportation of materials and personnel in the big camp here. The security is in charge of the guard battalion. Dolles' chariot team, Pete's cavalry squadron, and Ross' three armored lancers The brigade is all led by me. We will sweep across the southern region, turning the so-called essence of the Northland into ruins by that bullshit grand duke, and let him understand the fate of offending our Norton family. Finally, we will gather in the Earl of Spencer and give A surprise for those idiots who want to take down our rock castle, let them taste the strength of our family's armed forces... "
"Peter, you lead the cavalry squadron to block the area from Mount Bin to the Somme. Don't let the news of our attack on the southern region reach the enemy camp outside the Rock Castle. I will order Yuri's scout light cavalry to cooperate with you. action."
"Yes, my lord."
"Ross, you bring two armored cavalry squadrons straight here, under the Hendryford Cable Bridge checkpoint and Fort Fortress Fortress, and it's the first achievement to coerce the defenders at these two places to retreat. Originally, these two places were controlled by There are more than 10,000 soldiers in the four brigades of the Northland Legion. This time, Duke Lukins mobilized two brigades of 5,000 soldiers to go with him. We also used two brigades of armored spears to confront the remaining 5,000 soldiers. You can lure them to attack and then kill them with your camera, but you are never allowed to attack the city, don't sacrifice our family soldiers in vain, understand?"
"Obey, my lord, I will not let you down." Rose the tiger stood up and replied.
"I will lead the rest of the armored gun cavalry brigade and the chariot team, and a small group of guards will start attacking the Grand Duke of the South from here. We want to move the family property of that shit grand duke. The principles are property, food, weapons and equipment, and carriages. , Beidi horses, cattle and sheep and other livestock, farmers, craftsmen and craftsmen are all taken away, nobles confiscated property, and merchants’ goods are collected at half the price. Shredder, you have to prepare a convoy to carry our seized spoils. "Lorist is planning to rob all the supplies of the Grand Duke.
"My lord, wait, you seem to have forgotten that there is an army of the Duke of Lukins here. I am a little surprised why this 5,000-strong Northland Legion is stationed at the manor castle on the border of the Grand Duchy. You see In the remaining two manors, castles and seven towns of the Grand Duke, there is only one squadron of Northland Legion stationed, and even his capital now has only one squadron of Northland Legion soldiers responsible for defense and security. Duke Lukins arranged this army Is there some trick here?" Baldfinger reminded Lorist.
Lorist laughed, and clicked on the location of the troop mentioned by Bodfinger on the map: "It's because I didn't make it clear to you. In fact, this troop has long disobeyed the orders of Grand Duke Lukins. Now this The leader of this army is Henned the Golden Knight. You all know that he was once captured by me. Grand Duke Lukins went crazy because they did not bring back the property captured after the massacre of Beiye Town, and blamed him and him for the defeat. Chevani and Chevani, although the knight of Chevani had died in battle, Grand Duke Lukins ransacked his house, abandoned his body in the wild, and made his family beg in the street. This incident almost triggered a mutiny in the Northern Army.
The Duke of Lukins also wanted to use the price of criminals to take Henned Knight back for punishment. I couldn't stand it, so I waived the ransom for him and the surrendered Silver Knights, and let them go back. According to the intelligence, Henned relied on the Silver Knights to contact him and the old subordinates led by the Chivany Knights and the soldiers who were dissatisfied with the Grand Duke after returning. Grand Duke Lukins' order was ignored, and the Grand Duke had nothing to do with them, so he had to pinch his nose and admit the status quo.
Although they are still the Northland Legion in name, the Grand Duke's order is actually useless to them, otherwise they would not have dispatched soldiers from the Hendryford Cable Bridge and Fortress Castle to attack the Rock Castle. I'm planning to go to this manor castle tomorrow, meet with Knight Henned, and reach a tacit understanding with him, just let him stand by and watch the show. If he doesn't know what's good and what's wrong, hehe, I believe that with our family's strength in armed field battles, there's still a lot of confidence in taking down his 5,000-strong army..."
Bodfinger nodded: "Then I'm relieved, I wish you all the best."
"Okay, that's it. Let's prepare separately. Let the Norton family's Angry Bear flag fly in the Northland, so that people in the Northland can see how our Roaring Angry Bear vents its anger..."
"Yes, my lord."
There was a loud response in the big tent, and everyone left in high spirits.
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This manor castle named Sakura Ridge is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery. It is said that the third generation of the Northland Grand Duke built it for vacation because of his love for cherry blossoms. It's just that at this moment, the two troops in front of the manor castle are facing each other.
Knight Henned was very surprised when he saw Lorist who was in battle: "Why did you come here? Isn't the Duke leading the nobles of the northern land to attack your rock castle?"
Lorist smiled: "I'm here to meet an old friend. Firstly, I want to say hello. Second, I want to lead the Grand Duke. I just think it's an eyesore for you to stay here with an army. If you can understand what happened outside If I don’t care about it, then I can rest assured. Tell me, Knight Henned, what conditions do you need so that you will not interfere in the battle between me and the Duke?"
Knight Henned answered irrelevantly: "Lord Baron Norton, you should call me Baron Shaheen. I just inherited my father's baronial territory at the end of last year, and my father retired."
Pointing to the west with his finger: "The territory is the adjacent one..."
Lorist was very surprised: "Oh, congratulations, Lord Baron Shaheen."
"You can call me Henned, that's what my friends call me."
"Hehe, then you can also call me Locke, we are friends."
Lorist thought for a while and said, "Why don't you take the troops back to your family territory?"
"I can't go back. The territory is barren and can't support these 5,000 people. In fact, this was originally my baron's territory. It's just that the previous three generations of Northland Grand Dukes liked the scenery of Sakura Ridge and forcibly divided this territory in half from our family. , forcing our family to become a vassal lord of the Grand Duke of the Northland. Now that I am leading the army to station here, isn't it equivalent to taking back the family territory?" Henned said.
"Then what do you think of what I just proposed? Henned." Lorist asked.
Henned smiled cunningly: "Locke, you have given me a big problem. After all, I am the Duke's vassal lord, and the soldiers under him are also the Northern Army under the Duke's command. The Grand Duke is leading the charge, so how can I meet the world, am I still a knight?"
Lorist frowned: "You mean you have to fight me?"
Knight Henned shook his head: "I'm not stupid. Look at the equipment of your soldiers, and look at the leather armor under my hand. I won't touch an egg with a stone. Let's put it this way, Locke, you don't like to fight with me either." Am I going to war, right? Promise me three conditions, and I will find a way to avoid war between us, what do you think?"
"Tell me, what are your three conditions?"
"First, don't move this mountain castle and the nearby town of Evanson. This is the source of food and clothing for my troops."
"Yes." Lorist nodded.
"Second, I want to send someone to follow you and move all the families of my soldiers back, so that these soldiers will become the armed forces of our Shaheen family."
Lorist thought for a while and asked, "You mean the Duke threatened you with the families of these soldiers before?"
Henned nodded: "After I inherited my father's title and territory, I wrote a letter to the Duke. I am no longer his family knight, but his vassal lord. But the Duke does not recognize that I inherit the title. And the legitimacy of the territory, refused to give me a certificate of inheritance, and said that if my soldiers ran away with me, they would punish their family members who stayed in the Grand Duke's domain, so we can only stay like this."
If the family knight is given territory and titles by the patriarch, it is no longer a family knight, but a vassal lord. Henned is in the second case. He inherited the title and territory of the vassal lord from his father, so he doesn't have to obey the patriarch unconditionally like a family knight. This may be a decision made by his father in order to prevent his son from being called a rebellious knight. He retired himself and made Henned a vassal lord.
Leaving is a way of saying that family knights voluntarily leave the family due to dissatisfaction with their patriarch and re-become wandering knights or free knights.
"That Grand Duke Lukins never thought of sending troops to punish you?" Lorist asked curiously.
"Of course he wants to, but it's a pity that he can't do it. They are all the robes of the Northland Legion. Who wants to kill each other, even if he orders, no one will pay attention to him. That's why he went to attack your Norton family. Why don't you worry? Your Rock Castle, do you still have the mind to move the Grand Duke?" Henned asked Lorist.
"Hehe, you have also seen the defense facilities of the Rock Castle. Do you think the private soldiers and farmers of the nobles of the territory summoned by Duke Lukins can fight?"
"That's right, by the way, will you agree to my condition?"
"Okay, you can send someone to take back all the family members of your soldiers." Lorist said, "What's the third condition?"
"I want to send a brigade of soldiers to pretend to be your family's armed forces to act together, and I will share half of the captured things." Lion Henned opened his mouth.
"Get out, at most a tenth." Lorist countered.
"Don't be so stingy, the more than 5,000 of us stationed here can only get enough food and clothing, and there are no other benefits. It's miserable. I have to plan for the future of my subordinates. You can't take advantage of the benefits. Treat me as a friend." If you don’t, then give me something more.” Henned began to beg for mercy.
"I have ten times as many subordinates as you, and I will give you another one at most, two tenths, and we'll go to war if there is more." Lorist said.
Hennard expressed disbelief: "Just blow it up, I don't believe you have so many people..."
But seeing Lorist's gloomy face, he had no choice but to agree: "Two tenths is two tenths, I agree. But you have to promise me one more request."
Lorist angrily said, "You're never finished, why don't we have a game."
Henned quickly waved his hand and said, "This is my personal request, it doesn't matter whether you agree or not..."
"Tell me, what is the request?" Lorist said impatiently, and then saw Henned seemed very embarrassed.
"Well, heck, Locke, I mean can you give me back Mina, Hanni, Chrissy and Molina, I think they have been thinking about it for more than half a year..."
"Wait, who are these Minas you mentioned? Why are they where I am? I don't know them at all?" Lorist was very puzzled.
"Ah...the night I was caught by you, in Beiye Town, those four women in my room, I really like them very much. You should also put them in the room, you can put them Give it back to me?" Henned had a flattering expression on his face.
Lorist thought for a long time before he remembered that there were so many women. He shook his head and said, "I didn't take them into the room. They should stay with the rescued women in Beiye Town. I I have ordered that no one will harass them. But I find it very strange, how can you kill their father and brother and fall in love with them, without being afraid that they will stab you so many times while you are asleep?"
Henned curled his lips: "It's not that I killed their parents and brothers, it's the Grand Duke's order that's none of my business, it's me who protected them from being abused by the soldiers, they should be grateful to me for my promise. I'm glad you didn't touch them, Locke, you are my real brother, when will you give them to me?"
"You pick it up yourself, as long as they are willing to go with you, don't force it if you don't want to, you should understand that a twisted melon is not sweet. By the way, if you don't fight me, how are you going to deal with the duke's accusations and other people's opinions?" Lorist asked.
"What's so difficult about this, look at me." Henned turned his horse's head and returned to his own camp, ordered to blow the horn loudly, and prepared to fight, then drew out his long sword, pointed at Lorist and shouted loudly Let the soldiers fight for the honor of Grand Duke Lukins.
It is a pity that during the charge of the horse, Knight Henned's horse stumbled, causing its owner to be seriously injured. Knight Henned's men snatched him back and entered the manor castle to guard himself behind closed doors.
Lorist and his armored cavalry brigade were stunned to watch a scene of fighting on the battlefield written and directed by Knight Henned, heroically wounded, and a glorious retreat...
"That's okay too?" Lorist said.
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Continental War Records, Northern Chapter:
On April 11th, 1768 in Gallinte, the new head of the Norton family, Earl Norton Lorist, led an army to attack the Grand Duke of the Northland. The 5,000 members of the Northland Legion stationed at Sakura Ridge fought bravely under the leadership of the golden knight Henned to resist the invasion. During the fierce battle, Henned's knight stumbled and fell off. He was seriously injured and fought bravely. In the end, he was snatched back by his men desperately, and reluctantly returned to the manor castle to defend. As a result, the entire Grand Duchy was poisoned by the armed forces of the Norton family, and the southern essence of the Lukins family, the Grand Duke of the Northland, was destroyed.