In the northern border at the end of March, the situation was not optimistic.
As the weather gets warmer, a group of careerists seem to be ready to move.
All the major lords in the northern border could smell the impending war, and they began to gather troops to strengthen the city defense.
Although when this spring is coming, the lords should have been actively preparing for spring plowing, so that the current intensified famine will not continue to spread.
But it's a pity that the current fragile situation in the northern border makes the lords simply ignore spring plowing.
Besides, those slaves and civilians starved to death when they starved to death. Of course, the nobles are more concerned about the safety of their territories.
Finally, on the first day of April, a gentleman who claimed to be a descendant of the San Theon family officially disclosed his identity in Iron Forge City, and at the same time claimed that it was the Duke of St. Hilde's incompetence that caused the This unprecedented famine in the northern border.
Therefore, as a descendant of the paladin family, he spoke out for countless famine-stricken people in the north, asking the Duke of St. Hilde to voluntarily give up the title of lord of the north, and let more capable people take on the responsibility of guarding the north. duty.
After Mr. Xi made a public speech, a group of northern nobles headed by Marquis Dawson and Earl Uman also publicly declared that Duke St. Hilde was responsible for the famine in the north.
One stone stirred up thousands of waves, and the Santheon family had been silent for three hundred years. This time, the sudden and strong return completely stirred up the situation in the north.
When the major lords in the northern border were stunned, they also began to think about how to stand in line.
As for the people in the north, with the reputation of the St. Hilde family for thousands of years, of course the people in the north would not pay attention to the St. Theon family. In fact, many people have long forgotten this former paladin family.
However, the famine that has been raging for half a year has accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction with the St. Hilde family in the hearts of the people in the north. Now that the St. Sean family has ignited these dissatisfaction, there is a prairie fire in an instant.
Countless people in the north who couldn't get enough to eat began to feel that perhaps it was time for the north to change its owner.
Facing the public opinion offensive from the Saint Theon family, the Duke of Saint Hilde finally appeared in public.
This was also his first public appearance since his duel with the Paladin.
The Lord of the North unceremoniously fought back, refuting the absurd remarks of the San Theon family, claiming that they were the chief culprits of the chaos in the North.
At the same time, he announced that the Marquis of Dawson and the Earl of Uman and other lords were rebellious in the north, and decided to deprive them of their titles and fiefs immediately, and sent the Golden Lion Army to Iron Forge City, trying to eliminate the dwarves first Rebel forces.
In addition, the Duke of St. Hilde issued an emergency call-up order, requiring all the major lords and mercenary regiments in the northern border to join the war against the rebellion.
All of a sudden, the northern border was surging, and the "Battle between Lions and Tigers" officially kicked off.
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Just when the northern border was in chaos, Ke Lin had already led his army to the Snow Mountain Range.
Here the cold wind howls, the snow is all over the sky, and there is no breath of spring coming at all.
Going forward, even if they officially entered the territory of the troll empire, Ke Lin and the others would no longer be able to hide their whereabouts.
Of course, if you want to enter the troll empire, you need to cross the last barrier.
"My lord, Viscount Angelet, Your Excellency Charles." A weather-stained knight of the St. Hilde family was brought to the temporary command post and bowed to Colin and Charles.
He was wearing a full set of chain mail, with the badge of the Golden Lion Legion printed on his chest, a knight sword and a kite shield on his waist, and a conical helmet in his left hand. Various knife marks and bloodstains on the equipment showed that he had recently Just had a bloody battle.
"Knight Brad, what's the situation in Windhowl Castle?" Charles asked eagerly.
The Windhowl Castle he was talking about was one of the three military castles given to the Golden Lion Army by the Troll Empire, and it was also the military castle where Charles served before.
After crossing this military fort, Colin can truly enter the territory of the troll empire.
This Brad knight is the commander of the garrison guarding Windhowl Castle.
"The army of trolls going south arrived at Windhowl Castle thirteen days ago, and launched an attack on us. The opponents had a large number of people. Our army fought hard for a day, and finally the trolls captured Windhowl Castle.
After the fall of Windhowl Fort, I led the remnants out and hid in the snow-capped mountains, waiting for reinforcements. "
"How many of you are there now?"
"When we pulled out, there were still more than 500 people, but they got separated later, and now there are only more than 200 people left." Knight Brad looked sad.
Of course Ke Lin understood that the so-called "scattered" in the other party's mouth was actually running away.
However, it's no wonder that these people became deserters. After all, this place is too far away from the northern border, and reinforcements seem out of reach. In addition, most of the garrison troops are recruits, so it's not uncommon for them to flee in despair.
"After the troll captured Windhowl Castle, they left?"
"Yes, they only rested in Windhowl Castle for half a day before heading south in a hurry."
"En." Colin counted the time and found that he should have just passed by the army of trolls heading south.
This is actually quite normal, the sky ice field is so big, it is normal for two armies to pass by each other, and it is a coincidence with a small probability that they will collide head-on.
"What about the other two military castles?"
"Two days ago, I saw smoke rising from the direction of the other two military forts, so they should have been captured by trolls."
Colin nodded, not surprised by this.
The Golden Lion Legion has put such a small garrison here, obviously not intending to stick to it.
"Do you know the current situation in Windhowl Castle?"
"I know. The troll didn't leave too many troops to garrison. I guess it's only about one or two thousand, and the defense is extremely lax. I even tried to sneak to a position less than 100 meters away from the military fort to observe in the middle of the night. It did not attract the attention of the defenders."
"Well, do you have any suggestions on how to attack this Castle of Windhowl?"
Hearing this question, Knight Brad suddenly laughed.
Charles also laughed, and he exchanged glances with Knight Brad before explaining, "Vice Count Angelet, in fact, when the troll army first started mobilizing, we realized that Windhowl Castle would definitely fall.
So, in order to make it easier to make a comeback in the future, we tampered with the walls of the military fort. "
"Oh?" Colin's eyes lit up, and he asked quickly, "What did you do?"
"In the southeast corner of Windhowl Castle, the foundation of a section of the city wall was deliberately hollowed out by us, so now, as long as you hit it with a log a few times, it will collapse!"
"Okay!" Colin clapped his hands excitedly, and then ordered, "Knight Brad, please bring someone to prepare the siege tools. We will launch an attack when the sun rises tomorrow morning!"
"yes!"
(end of this chapter)