"Lord Duke, Earl Andrew has replied." Sebastian stood respectfully behind Alan and served Alan to dinner.

"Huh? Look at it, what did the other party reply?" Swallowing a large piece of meat in his mouth with difficulty, Alan said as he touched his aching throat.

"Well...... The letter said that Earl Andrew is grateful for your praise, but those industries are complicated and various interests are intertwined, so I will wait for Earl Andrew to carefully sort out and prepare detailed information before personally sending it back to you. The letter also reminded your lordship that you should not live in excessive luxury, and know how to maintain the dignity of the Duke and the glory of the Ouranos family. Sebastian said to Alan after reading the letter.

"Hehe, my cousin is a good Tai Chi player, but he is also a little too wide. In addition, inform my vassals that in twenty days I will hold a summer safari in the city of Essis, and invite them to come. Alan wiped his mouth with a tablecloth and said to Sebastian.

"Does Earl Andrew need an invitation?" Sebastian asked.

"He? Is he still my vassal? Hehe, he won't be invited. Alan said as he walked. Also, help me prepare the car, I'm going to the barracks. ”

"Yes, Lord Duke."

After a month of recruitment and reorganization, Allen now has 2,000 professional soldiers under his command, and Allen has also recustomized a set of weapons and equipment. Of the two thousand, 1,000 were infantry, 500 were crossbowmen, and 200 light cavalry, plus 300 general guards.

Of the 1,000 infantry, there were 800 Essis hoplites and 200 Essis Chain Hammermen. Armed with chain mail, round shields, and four-meter-long spears, Esis hoplites were armed with short swords for hand-to-hand combat. There is not much to say about the heavy soldiers, this is a must-have product for various military groups in this era, and Allen's is no different except that the equipment is a little better than that of the average small lord.

The Essis Heavy Hammer Soldier is equipped with double chain mail, a small round shield, a chain hammer, and a short sword. The armor-piercing attribute of the chain hammer is leveraged, and although the defense of the small round shield is relatively small, it is more flexible in combat, and the double-layer chain armor is better to defend against the slashing of the enemy's knight's sword. This type of soldier is designed to deal with heavily armored units, and is especially useful against powerful units in this era - knights. Alan observed that the knight was still in the time of the plate chain composite armor, although the whole body plate armor was also available, but the production was scarce and expensive, and it was impossible to equip it on a large scale, if anyone had a set, it would be enough for him to go out and brag for several lifetimes.

The five hundred crossbowmen were equipped with leather armor, longbows, and one-handed crossbows hanging from their waists, which were not very powerful, but with special armor-piercing arrows, they could penetrate the knight's plate chain composite armor within fifty meters. In addition, it is equipped with a dagger, although once the crossbowman is close to the rhythm of the game, but one more dagger can also make people feel that they can rely on this thing to fight back, and it is somewhat psychologically comforting, how can Alan not use such a simple method of increasing morale.

The three hundred light cavalry Allen called them scout cavalry, and these cavalry were armed with double chain mail, round shields, short bows, knightly swords. As the name suggests, Allen intends to develop them into scouts, used to scout the terrain before the war, and used to interfere with the opponent's formation during the battle, in this era of heavy cavalry dominance, as long as it is not the overbearing rangers of the nomads, any other light cavalry can no longer become the core on the battlefield.

As for the general's guard, it is Guy and Allen's personal guard, equipped with the best plate chain composite armor, a flis shield, a knight's sword, and a nail head cone, a large killer weapon designed to break armor. Typical can resist and fight.

At present, these are all of Allen's military strength, and in wartime, he can recruit 2,000 peasants as cannon fodder, and suddenly there will be 4,000 troops.

The transportation was not convenient these years, but since Allen's vassals were not far away, and Allen was the farthest one, everyone arrived before the summer safari, which also made the safari party go smoothly.

The main participants at the party were Count Bora from Helsinki, Count Lyon from Minsk, Baron Chris from Vilnius and Baron Siberlane from Tallinn, plus a motley group of knights, mayors and the like. Counting the casual attendants and family members, the scale of more than 300 people has been eliminated. provoked Alan to complain again, and the gold coins for the banquet were fed to the dogs.

It doesn't matter if the banquet is happy or not, it doesn't matter if you hit the prey or not, what matters is what happens at the closing ceremony of the banquet.

As the initiator and organizer of the banquet, the lord of the people, the lord of the lord, the lord of the lord, the lord of the lord, Allen deservedly made a concluding speech.

"Ahem, dear comrades, nobles, as your beloved lords, we invite you to come to my safari in the spirit of unity and fraternity, it is better to be happy alone than to be happy, after these few days of banquet, we have deepened our mutual understanding and trust, and deepened our friendship, so I think this banquet is a successful banquet, a banquet of positive energy."

The clapping and clapping came like a tidal wave.

Allen pressed his hands weakly, and when the applause was smaller, he continued: "But!" There was a burst of eyes in the audience, many nobles have been waiting for this in their hearts for a long time, but the nobles have been familiar with this way for so many years.

"But! Just when we were working hard to create a good Essis, there was a person who not only deviated from our beliefs, but also disobeyed the orders of the lord, which greatly undermined the rights and obligations between the lord and the vassals, was a provocation to the feudal system, and a rebellion against the nobles of the whole continent! What are you saying about such a person, what are we going to do?" Alan said emotionally.

However, the reaction below was faint, and occasionally a few heartless guys wanted to shout two words "Down with reaction", but before they could say a few words, they were dragged behind by the people around them who covered their mouths.

Alan already knew in his heart, after all, Count Andrew had also been acting for a few years, if he didn't make these nobles good, how could he dare to covet the title of duke.

Therefore, Alan was not discouraged at all, but said even more proudly: "So I have decided that I will personally lead the army and punish this chaotic thief!"

This is a bombshell, and there has been no shortage of wars in these years, but everyone thinks that Allen's decision to attack Andrew is still too hasty.

Essis once fought a battle with the Moslian Empire in the north when he was the old duke, and that time he lost so badly that even the old duke died after the war, and now it will be war again in less than ten years? Although this time it was just a county, it was a rich county. Strength cannot be simply divided by the level of the title.

"Lord Duke, is this decision a bit hasty? Think about it in the long run," Count Bora advised.

"Lord Duke, don't be impulsive, it's good to order a reprimand for this kind of thing, why use force." The Count of Lyon likewise advised.

Don't look at how loyal these nobles show one by one, if they really let them fight together, it will definitely be either a fire at home or a daughter-in-law giving birth.

"Don't say it, I'm done! I'm going to send a letter to Andrew tonight to officially inform him!"

After driving out this group of wall grass, Allen immediately informed Guy to start recruiting peasant soldiers immediately, and after more than two months of rigorous training, these soldiers have adapted to their new identities and combat methods, and the discipline of the troops has greatly improved. Alan looked at this army that had spent all his family money to build, and a strong sense of pride emerged.