In early July, Yat, who had bid farewell to Baron Antayas, led the Welsh army's light and heavy infantry and gōng nǔ corps, as well as nearly 600 men from the mountains of southern Jonah Province along a winding and rugged road.

This trail has become a source of gold for Fort Andermatt, and the lords of Fort Andermatt, who have tasted the huge profits of trade, have come to regard it as a treasure.

I still remember that in the battle to retake Alsburg a few years ago, the lords of Fort Andermatt showed weak combat effectiveness and enthusiasm for fighting without help, but now the lords and lords of Fort Andermatt have a shocking reversal in their attitude towards guarding this mountain trade route.

Since the southern goods transported to the province of Jonah from the border post were robbed twice, the red-eyed people of Andermatt have exerted their strong fighting power and strong fighting enthusiasm, and they have wiped out three large and small bandits in a row under the leadership of Baron Antaas in the next month, turning the convoy on this trade route into an existence that no one dares to provoke.

Interests are the fundamental driving force of combat effectiveness.

Thanks to the people of Fort Andermatt, the Welsh legion was not disturbed all the way through the mountains, but no bandit dared to provoke an elite army of hundreds of sizes.

In this way, we passed smoothly through the mountains in the southern part of the province of Jonah and followed the mountain road to the border of the province of Jonah.

Art asked Ron to open the way in front of the legion with the military orders of Earl Balwyn, and along the way, all the counties, castles, fortresses, and village estates took out the military rations that crossed the border to feed the Welsh legions.

The province of Jonah is using the whole territory to deal with the war of the successors in the north, the army of the province of Jonah is mainly from the north of the province, but the southern counties are not idle, they are not only providing miscellaneous labor but also undertake the task of raising and transporting military grain and grass, so along the way, you can see the troops escorting food from all over the country marching to the north under the leadership of the lords of each place, gathering in the city of Jonah.

On the way north, the Wells Regiment even took part in a skirmish.

It was not long after entering the province of Yonah, at the southern end of the province of Jonah a castle called Regensburg, which was originally a direct domain of the Marquis of Ivrea who died of illness, and when the province of Jonah declared its independence from the court of Besançon and declared war on the faction under the banner of Robert, this small castle actually declared its support for the court of Besançon and openly opposed Count Balwyn.

This is a bit ignorant of current affairs, a small castle embedded in other people's territory, if you don't submit to it, at least you can learn from other marquises' direct lords to declare neutrality, but the lord of Regensburg chooses "orthodox foolishness".

Balwyn decided to set an example for the few scattered marquis subordinates in Jonah Province, so he ordered the local county soldiers, together with the two banners of the surrounding border army, totaling more than 220 people, to besiege Regensburg, which had less than 50 defenders.

By the time Art and the Wells legion passed through Regensburg, the siege had been going on for days, and the battle was almost a foregone conclusion.

Art thought that he would have to rely on supplies along the way all the way north, and he would not be able to eat and drink, so he ordered the Welsh Legion to join the siege of Regens.

Suddenly, there were five or six hundred more soldiers in the siege, and these soldiers in black robes {burqas} did not have the procrastination and timidity of the local county soldiers and border troops, and when they arrived at the city wall, they began to climb up along the wooden ladder with shields and weapons.

The lord of Regensburg, who retreated into the inner fort, saw that the general situation was gone, and had to throw away his sword and lead a dozen remnants of the army out of the city to surrender......

Art refused the siege commander's thank-you banquet, and such a good fight was a trivial matter for the Wells legion, and it was no longer a battle, and there was nothing to celebrate.

There were no casualties in this battle, and the four soldiers who were seriously wounded were left behind for treatment, and if they could recover from their wounds, they would go north to find the legions, and if they could not recover from their injuries, the local army would send people back to the valley.

Rejecting repeated attempts from the local army, Art wiped the blood from his hands and continued north......

On the second Sunday of July, the Welsh Regiment arrived in Glarus.

The magistrate of Glaru, Viscount Hereth, personally went to the southern boundary of the county to meet Yat who led his troops north.

Glaru was no stranger to many of the officers of the Welsh Legion, many of whom had grown up during the battle between Fort Talmu and the Schwabians in Glarushire.

Viscount Herreth and a group of noble officials of Glaru County waited at the intersection of the county border, this scene was exactly the same as when Arter led him to arrive in Glaru County three years ago, but compared to the scene three years ago, Heruth's attitude has changed drastically.

Not only because of the change in Art's current status and strength, but also because of the experience of Hereth and Yat's experience of fighting together, in other words, Art's personal relationship with Hereth is very strong, and Viscount Hereth's wedding and little George's birth have sent generous gifts, and Yat has also returned the salute.

Art dismounted early and walked quickly to Hereth and greeted each other with a warm hug, "Lord Viscount Hereth, thank you for your warm welcome. ”

"Baron Art, you have become more and more heroic after not seeing each other for a few years, and the army under your command is becoming more and more sophisticated." Viscount Hereth complimented Art and the army standing behind him.

Art smiled and nodded, "Thank you for the compliment, I brought you some small gifts." ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand to Ron behind him, and Ron ran to the back and beckoned four or five soldiers to pull several sets of half-body armor off the carriage and put them down in front of Viscount Herites.

"Lord Hereth, these four sets of busts are the first batch of homemade armor in my territory's workshop, although the workmanship is a little rougher, but the defense is very reliable, these are for your guards to wear, if you need to bring me a letter in the future, I will send someone to send you over." Art didn't forget to sell a handful of weapons and armor made by the Valley Workshop.

"I'll take your kindness. Please, I've prepared a banquet for your army in the county town of Glaru. Hereth got out of the way and saluted Art and the other cavalry officers who led the troops.

Art didn't give in, stepped on his horse and walked a few steps to Viscount Heris, who was on horseback, and walked side by side, and asked, "Lord Herice, I haven't been to the East for a long time, what is the situation between the East and the Swabians now?" Especially in Talmu Fort, is it still the knight named ~ What is Aisir stationed now? ”

"The east is safe with the Schwabians, and there is no police on the Talburg side for the time being."

"But don't mention the bastard who took over your place at Talburg, and I want to pick up my sword and chop his head at the thought of that guy." Herreth shook his head repeatedly, gritting his teeth in hatred.

Art didn't want to ask any more questions, he also expected that the high-spirited knight thought he was superior in battle, and he probably didn't get into trouble.

But Hereth was emotional, "Art, you know, the bastard couldn't sit still for the second week after you left Talmuburg, and he didn't scout the enemy defenses beforehand or wait for my follow-up reinforcements, so he rushed to Biltenburg with a group of miscellaneous soldiers. ”

"He really thought that Biltenberg was a village surrounded by wooden fences! After storming the city in the cold and snow, he couldn't even touch the gate of Biltenberg for two days. When I heard this, I sent someone to persuade him to return to the fort and hold on, but the bastard felt that his dignity had been damaged and had to die under the castle, but he was cut back by a county soldier who came to Tebulun's aid, and all his soldiers were destroyed, and the mongrel was captured. ”

"Isn't that Taal Fort?" Art asked.

"Almost lost! Fortunately, I sent two knights of the Inner Mansion to lead the troops into Talburg in advance, and Swabian was unable to capture Talburg. In order to defend Tarburg, I lost a knight and more than 20 private soldiers, and I feel distressed! ”

"What's even more odious is that the powerful father of which mongrel actually asked me for someone, not that I didn't rescue him in time to let his son be captured, in order not to offend the powerful man, I paid a full 50,000 fennig to redeem the bastard. That's 50,000 pfennig!! Hereth spat as he spoke, and he wanted to tear the second knight apart and swallow it in one gulp.

"That magnate was supposed to return the ransom to me, but now that he has gone to the Bernard faction, how can I recover that money?" Hereth shook his head again.

Art didn't listen to Hereth's bitter complaints about the fifty thousand Fennig, he pondered as he walked, and suddenly he looked up and asked Hereth, "Lord Hereth, who is stationed in Talburg now?" ”

Hereth paused for a moment, the pity on his face disappeared a little, and replied: "Tarburg is not a good place, there is no land and no merchants, and the court is not willing to take over the management at all, so such a mess is thrown to Glarus, and now I have sent a dozen peasant soldiers to garrison it in turn. ”

"If it weren't for the fear that the Swabians would invade again, such a broken fort would have to spend money to support it every month, and it would be better to burn it on fire~" Herres has completely regarded Talburg as a burden.

But Art's eyes were shining, and he pulled the reins to bring the horse closer to Hereth, and said softly: "Lord Hereth, I have a way for you to recover your losses, and maybe you can earn a lot of money......

Herreth looked at no one on the left and right, and asked with a smile, "You still want to go to Swabia to loot?" ”

Art laughed, leaned close to Hereth's ear and said, "In the past few years, I have been engaged in the southern goods trade, and I am worried that there is nowhere to sell goods in the north, if I can send the southern goods to Swabia ......"

"You mean smuggling across the border?"

"Shhhh

After hearing this, Hereth lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked up and touched his beard, and smiled at Art, "Let's talk about it again in my mansion." ”

"Everyone speed up the march, let's get back to the city soon!"

............

The Welsh Regiment stayed overnight in County Glaru and, after a brief recuperation, set off on its journey north.

The army marched for two days on the King's Road, also in Besançon, and then prepared to turn north at a fork in the road to reach the city of Jonah.

"Ron, Viscount Hereth has agreed to join the Continental Comptoir. Now that the war in the north is in turmoil, our southern goods have been greatly affected, and I have to dredge the sales channels of the goods as soon as possible. ”

"Sir, didn't we just fight the Swabians? And now you want to trade with them? ”

"Fighting a war is a war, making money is making money, there is no conflict. Besides, now that the two countries have ceased and eased. ”

"This is my letter to the Civil Affairs and the Continental Merchant House, and I have negotiated with Viscount Herreth to establish a southern goods shop in Glarulshire, which will be responsible for secretly transporting goods to Swabia in addition to supplying goods to the south-central region of Jonah Province. You have Hawkeye send the letter back to the valley, and the civil administration will send someone to Geraru to negotiate with Viscount Herites. ”

"Sir, Jonah Province is not an enemy territory, we only have one Eagle Eye in Jonah City, I'm afraid it will take a long time to return to the valley through the Eagle Eye, or I will send two guards to return to the valley in person?"

Arte's Hawkeye network is mainly concentrated in the provinces of Thorne, Besançon and Lusese in the Northlands, and in the province of Jonah, Hawkeye has only one tavern set up in the city of Yonah, which is under the jurisdiction of the Besançon contact point, and it is very slow to expect Jonah Hawkeye to deliver news.

Art thought for a moment, "Forget it, you don't need to send someone back, when you get to Jonah City, you go and hand over the southern goods shop set up by Baron Antayas in the city, and let their caravan deliver the letter on your behalf." In addition, I will write another letter to Baron Antaas, it is impossible to bypass him in this matter anyway, and we will have to use the trade routes of Fort Andermatt, and let Baron Antaas also send someone to negotiate with him when the time comes. ”

"Okay, I'll do it as soon as I get to Jonah City." Ron answered.

After explaining, Art was about to turn his horse's head to inspect the rear formation, when a fast horse came from the north side of the road and walked towards Arte's heraldic banner.

It was only before he got close that Art could see the appearance of the cavalry, dressed in a light leather armor robe, carrying a short sword, holding a pennant, and the horses under him were also suitable for long-distance running, typical herald style.

"Are you Baron Arte, please?" The herald recognized Art, dressed in fine plate chain mail and surrounded by guards.

"I'm Att? Wood? Wells. ”

The herald turned around, jumped off his horse, took out a letter from his waist and handed it to Art on horseback, "Lord Art, this is a letter from Earl Balwin, the commander-in-chief of the Western Army. ”

Art took the letter and jumped off his horse, opened the letter, and there were only two lines on the letter: the Western army attacked the border, and galloped to the aid of the city of Vaal {the western border fortress of the province of Jonah}, with the signature of Earl Balwyn at the end.

Art rolled up the letter and replied to the herald: "Return quickly, Lord Commander-in-Chief, the Wells Legion has received the order and immediately rush to Vaal City." ”

"Ron, you take two guards and hurry to Jonah to hand over the letters, inquire about the sergeant's presence in the garrison, and then find the sergeant chief and ask him to leave the baggage team to guard the baggage and grass, and then fire the cavalry to the city of Vaal. If you arrive first, you will be in the vicinity of the castle to spy on the enemy's movements, and I will lead the infantry west along the King's Road. ”

Ron repeated Art's orders, picked two guards and followed Balwin's heralds to the north to the city of Jonah.

"Otto! Otto! ”

Legion Adjutant Odo ran up when he heard the voice, "My lord? ”

"Order the front team to turn west at once and gallop to the aid of Vaal City."

"Yes!" Otto took the order first.

"My lord, why is that?"

Art straightened the knight's sword at his waist, "The western army took advantage of our unfinished assembly to raid the border~" After speaking, he jumped on the horse's back and kicked the horse west.