A day's journey southeast of Fort Marcy, the west side of the foothills is crossed by a north-south carriageway that crosses the fertile land beyond the hills, and the land divided by low hills that stretch from the foothills is dotted with scattered farmhouses.

At the northern end of the road is a white stone castle, which is the lord's mansion, the ruling center of the entire farm estate.

In normal times, it should be crowded with cars, and caravans from north to south transported goods from the north of Codor, the Saône, the Duchy of Burgundy and even the Kingdom of France to Provence and other countries in the south.

However, a war cut off this "golden river".

At this time, the clearing outside the White Castle Mansion on the farm estate became a makeshift military camp, where hundreds of Welsh legionnaires in off-white straitjackets were stationed.

The owner of the farm manor was Galvin's former business ally, and it was also an important checkpoint for the Sapp caravan to the north, and the owner of the farm also became a Western military force due to the civil strife.

However, the war in the country had nothing to do with personal friendships, and Galvin's alliance with the farmer still existed, so when Arter led the Welsh Legion to raid the area, the army did not kill people and set fires.

After Art revealed his relationship with Galvin, the farmer immediately opened the castle door to greet him, of course, the root cause was the farmer's inability to resist.

In the hall of the lavish lord's mansion in the white castle, a middle-aged man dressed in gorgeous clothes but groveling was almost flattering to Art, who was wearing armor and carrying a sword and holding a wine glass by the fireplace.

"Lord Arte, three fat pigs, ten sheep, ten barrels of wine, two hundred toasts, six hundred pounds of finely ground wheat flour, and two thousand pounds of hulled wheat have all been delivered to the barracks. If it's not enough, I'll ask people to prepare it again. The middle-aged man was smiling all over his face, and the corners of his mouth were almost touching his eyebrows.

Art shook the wine glass in his hand, and the mellow aroma of wine immediately wafted out of the glass, and he moved his gaze from the portrait of the Virgin on the fireplace to the middle-aged man, "Thank you, my friend. Have you paid you all the money for the purchase of military rations? ”

The middle-aged man nodded like pounded garlic, "Enough!" Full! The Baggage Officer gave it in full. But I'm too embarrassed to take your money for that little thing. ”

"Alright, my friend. War is temporary, but peace is permanent. Once the civil strife subsides, my father-in-law will need the support of a gentlemanly friend like you......"

The two were in a friendly exchange when Ron pushed open the door and walked in, glancing at the middle-aged man, who bowed to Art in amusement and then exited the room and closed the door.

"Say!" Art put down the wine glass in his hand.

Ron's right hand on the hilt of his sword was lowered, and he whispered to Art, "Master, three urgent military situations. First, the mountain army led by Longxia had completed the task of attracting troops, and they retreated, leaving only more than 100 elite soldiers on the border. ”

"Second, the army of Kodor has seen through our march, and the counties of Lapaz and Riole have begun to gather their troops to pounce on us throughout the territory, with more than nine hundred troops, almost overwhelming. The sergeant major had just returned from the rear line of the blocking field, and our cavalry had already engaged the pursuing enemy outpost with damage on both sides. The sergeant major expects most of the enemy to be in pursuit by tomorrow evening. ”

Art leaned his hand on the weight ball of the hilt of the sword at his waist and rubbed the cross pattern on it, "The enemy's reaction speed is even faster than I expected, and it has been chased in just three days." Thankfully, we have horse-drawn carriages that can move quickly. ”

"The third thing, the guards who were ordered to approach Fort Marcy have just returned, and Fort Marci is estimated to have been warned by flying pigeons, and they have closed the gates of Fort and the whole city is under martial law."

"Did all of our people go in?"

"Two disguised guards got in before the lockdown, and with Stanley's own task force, there are a total of thirteen of our elites in Fort Marsey. They were agreed to attack the defenders of the city gates as soon as we gave the signal, and to meet us for the breakdown. ”

Art patted the knight's sword at his waist, "Good! Herald. ”

"First, order the sergeant major to continue to lead the cavalry team to block the pursuing enemy forward, and send two infantry flag teams to the sergeant major, so that they can block the enemy forward cavalry for me."

"Second, he ordered Kazak to lead the company of Colin to attack the villages, manors and settlements near Marcy overnight, forcibly conscripting labor and tools and timber to make siege equipment and establish a defensive line on the perimeter of the battlefield; Otto was ordered to lead the rest of the army to set out for Marcy by noon tomorrow, and when the majority of the army arrived at Marcy, the chariot convoy immediately returned to join the sergeant major, and together they could resist the pursuers behind him. ”

"Yes! Master. Ron stepped forward to answer the order, turned around and hurried out of the room to give orders.

Rain was dripping down the cracked roof in a dilapidated thatched hut at the base of the walls of Fort Marssy, and the earth of the hut had been smashed into a deep pit, and the reflection of the dancing campfire on the water of the pit illuminated the dozen tired faces curled up in the hut red.

Although exhausted, the eyes of the people in the grass hut were shining, because at this time, two "newcomers" who had just been "forced" to join the labor force were bringing good news to everyone.

“...... Our army was thus in a no-man's land, and for three days it crossed two counties, and not a single enemy dared to resist along the way. According to the deployment of the adults, you will be able to fight here in two days at most, and then it will be your chance to win the first prize. A "newcomer" finished talking about the recent brilliant achievements of the Welsh Army, took the boiling water that had just been warmed in the hands of a mechanic, and took a big sip.

"It's been almost a month, and it's finally over. The guys are really called as hard laborers, and if they wait any longer, they will be exhausted to death. A thin guy ripped the rags off his shoulders, revealing his scarred shoulders.

"Before leaving, Lord Ron said that after this battle, everyone in the task force will be rewarded heavily, and two enemies killed will be promoted to the first rank." Another "newcomer" who had just been captured to repair the walls conveyed Ron's encouragement.

Everyone in the thatched hut was excited.

"Alright, let's check the battle plan again. The first is to dig up the hidden weapons ......"

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The city of Saône, in the province of Saône, one hundred and sixty miles north of Fort Marssi, was supposed to be called the court of the Saône (symbol of government) in the Count of Burgundy.

The most luxurious mansion in the city of Saône is the Count's Palace in Bernard, which is the center of the entire province of Saône.

In the middle of the sprawling Earl's Palace, a five-storey building roars endlessly.

“...... Four or five hundred people at one time, two or three thousand people at the other, could it be that all those mongrels in Kodor are blind and stupid? It's been three or four days, and I haven't even figured out the number of enemy troops! A bunch of useless things! ”

Bernard was already angry, he did not expect that when the situation in the Count of Burgundy was delicate and all forces were in a dilemma, Kodor would be suddenly attacked.

Kodor is not a strategic point, but as a rear base it supports the waist of the entire Western Army, and once Kodor is captured, the Western Army will lose the support of the entire northern front.

Bernard touched the saliva that spurted from his beard and forced himself to calm down, "Do you know the origin of the other party?" ”

The messenger was already trembling with fear, "Huh~ Report to Lord Earl, it's not the army of the Midsummer Lord, we guess it should be the Wells legion lurking in the southern border counties~"

"It's the Wells Army again!" Bernard's palms immediately clenched into fists.

"Someone! Command the army on the Northern Front~" Bernard's voice immediately stopped.

After hesitating for a moment, he changed his military order, "Order the army in the north of Kodor to immediately assemble in Kodor City, and after the assembly is completed, immediately go south to clear the enemy army, and be sure to give me the enemy army to resist the south of Diguan and then expel it step by step." ”

Bernard's advisers and advisors listened to Bernard's military orders and carefully reminded: "My lord, the strength of the enemy army has not yet been figured out, if it is three or five hundred people, it is fine, if it is really one or two thousand people, I am afraid that the little combat strength of the Kodor army will not be able to stop the enemy army."

Bernard snorted lightly, "If you can't stop the enemy army with a single provincial effort, Count Kodor should also be ravaged." ”

After that, he sighed again, "Now we are finally maintaining a balanced situation on the northern front, all parties are competing, the north is the focus at present, I can't use the defense forces of the northern front, that will make the situation I carefully plan unbalanced." At least not yet......"

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In the court of Besançon, far east of the city of Thorne, Flender on the iron seat in the main hall of the palace leaned on his body and quietly watched the arguments of everyone under the iron seat, and the same cold eyes as Flender was the court prime minister, Count Balwyn, whose eyebrows were squeezed into a pile on the high chair next to the iron seat.

As the second phase of the succession battle became more and more deadlocked, the powerful ministers of the new monarch Flender's faction also became restless.

The main battle, the main and the two factions have gradually taken shape.

The backbone of the main battle faction is the magnates who originally belonged to the Earls of Longxia, and they are unwilling to go bankrupt and follow Flender to the north to fight, of course, the plan is not small, and the will to fight is very strong. In addition, some of the original young magnates and officers of the Count of Burgundy were also hot-blooded and strong, and they were the force of the main battle faction.

The Lords and Peacers were dominated by the older old-fashioned magnates, who were originally the noble people of the Count of Burgundy, whose peaceful and comfortable ruling life was shattered by the war. At first, he joined the Xinjun faction with the dream of expanding his power again, but now that the momentum of the Xinjun has been blocked, this group of people has also been shaken.

The main battle lord and the two factions have recently been verbally and literally criticized, and both sides have been arguing endlessly.

Count Balwyn's heart, which was not strong, had already wavered, but because Flender had not expressed his position, he remained silent and let the people in the hall argue endlessly.

"Xinjun (Flender has not yet been made a marquis), Lord Gong, would you like to say something? Now that the East and the West are still evenly matched, we can still demarcate the border and rule by proposing peace to Bernard at this time, if the balance really falls to the west, we are not qualified to negotiate peace! "It was the new court chancellor of the exchequer, the old-school magnates.

"I'm against it! Anyone who expects to rule by negotiation and demarcation is a fool! We are now gaining momentum, and if we do not take advantage of the fact that we can completely take control of the entire kingdom now, we will definitely fight after the western frontier has taken a breath in the future. Do you think Bernard will rule with us on the border? The stern refutation was made by the new military minister of the court, the former adjutant of the Longxia Legion.

After the-for-tat confrontation between the two leaders, the people behind them also argued, and the hall became extremely noisy again.

Just when the anxious Earl Balwyn couldn't help but prepare to speak to the indifferent Flender, the palace guard pushed open the door of the main hall, and the herald hurried towards the iron throne with a secret letter from a flying pigeon......