Section 149 The short-sighted aristocracy
In the moor, Sir Will wielded a sword in his hand, and he desperately cried out to bring the defeated peasants back into battle, but to limited effect, and the front organized private army of a thousand nobles, who were originally made up of barons who had been huddled in their castles, advanced.
According to Sir Will's strategy, he controlled the traffic from the beginning, tried his best to cut and surround the barons in various territories, and then constantly mobilized his troops, and it seemed that the peasant army was always several times larger than himself from the barons' castle.
But not long ago, the mighty Mecklenburg Legion joined the battle, Arold and his own think tank quickly saw through Sir Will's intentions, concentrated their forces to open the main road, and absorbed the barons' army into the camp, Mason's war seems to have become favorable to the nobles, but is this really the case?
Successive battles broke out in the direct domain of Duke Mason, Arold held high the banner of Princess Josie, under the slogan of restoring the aristocratic order, and gathered the originally scattered Mason nobles, although the peasant rebel army had people with military experience like Sir Will, but in the end, a group of peasants who had just put down their hoes were quickly defeated by the organized noble private soldiers, and the scope of their activities became smaller and smaller.
"Hats off to our savior, Lord Duke Mecklenburg." In a wasteland, the nobles drew their swords at their waists and saluted Arold, who was surrounded by Mecklenburg legions.
"These nobles, I'm afraid it's not cheering from the heart!" Arrod smiled, but he was sneering in his heart, but he still raised his hand to express his gratitude.
When the rebels raged, these nobles retreated to their own strong fortresses, fearing that they would be targeted by other nobles because of the damage to their forces, and in the absence of a great noble, the nobles would often kill them because they coveted other people's territories.
"Lord Duke, Sir Will led the bandits back into the woods. Please also ask the Duke to lead your Mecklenburg regiment and defeat these bandits in one fell swoop. A middle-aged nobleman with a gloomy face walked up to Arrod, and he raised his head and said to Arrod.
"I'm tired, so let's leave it at all!" However, Arrod ignored the nobleman, and he turned his horse's head and left the battlefield, and the Mecklenburg regiment was Arrod's trump card. In every battle, he put the troops of the nobles in front, and he only pressed the formation, trying to avoid the loss of the Mecklenburg regiment.
"What the hell does this mean, Baron Fred?" The nobleman, with a gloomy face, said to Baron Fred dissatisfied.
"What, what do you mean?" Baron Fred asked with a frown.
"Are these Mecklenburgers really here to help us?"
"Of course, don't forget who defeated Sir Will's troops, it's Lord Arold." Baron Fred immediately argued.
"Hmph. In every battle, the Mecklenburgers stayed behind us, and we won the victory by fighting desperately in front. The nobleman said dissatisfiedly.
"And what do you mean?" Baron Fred looked at the nobleman and the others behind him, and it seemed that the nobles of Mason had reached an agreement in private.
"Mason is the Mason of the Masons, and he can't let outsiders dominate." With the support of the other nobles behind him, the nobleman with a gloomy face said boldly.
"What kind of bastard is this, Lord Arold is here to help Mason on behalf of Princess Josie, don't you even approve of the Herman family?" Baron Fred's father-in-law said with a grieving face.
"But the fight has been fought so far. We didn't see Princess Josie herself, it was all conveyed by the Duke of Mecklenburg. We don't trust outsiders. ”
"So what do you say?" Baron Fred said helplessly, he never thought that with the victory, some of the nobles of Mason would think that he had introduced outsiders into the territory.
"Let these Mecklenburgers leave our land quickly, we don't recognize Arrod as an upstart." The Mason nobles said, completely forgetting that they were still cheering for Arrod just now.
"Your Excellency. These Mason aristocrats are a bunch of bastards who want to get us out. Earl Ron reported to Arrod.
Arold has long known that these Mason nobles are unreliable, and among the Mason nobles who were executed with horses' hooves under Masonburg, there are relatives of today's nobles, so Arold did not relax his intelligence collection on Mason nobles.
"What is there to be angry about. Since we are not welcome, let's leave, and behold, the royal family's urging letter has just arrived. Sitting in his tent, Arrod handed Earl Ron a roll of parchment, stamped with the royal seal.
"I am really unwilling to put down the rebellion for them, but now they want to drive us away." Earl Ron said angrily.
"The nobles of Mason are nothing more than a bunch of short-sighted bugs, and I saw clearly that Count Lauzitz rebelled." Arrod said dismissively.
"Lord Duke, but without the Barons of Mason, our forces are not enough to fight against the Duke of Bavaria." Count Ron said worriedly.
"Don't worry, I have my own way." Arold said with a smile.
"Oh, Lord Duke, you already have a way?" Count Ron said curiously, and at the same time he looked around the tent and saw that Lord Count Yves was nowhere to be seen.
"Drive it~~~." Count Yves rode on horseback, and with three Teutonic knights behind him, galloped along the roads of the realm, but they traveled in the direction of the west rather than the south.
"Your Excellency Duke Mecklenburg, in order to fulfill the royal order, has decided to immediately go south to the Duchy of Bavaria." Early the next morning, the Mason nobles found that the Mecklenburg camp was empty, except for a herald holding a royal document and reading it to the Barons Mason.
"Arrod gone?" Baron Fred was surprised, he never thought that at the last moment, Arold would actually leave himself and the others behind.
"What can I do? Sir Will and his troops weren't all wiped out! Baron Fred's father-in-law touched his necklace and said worriedly.
"It's all to blame on those short-sighted bastards." Baron Fred said angrily.
"Fred's situation is not good!" Baron Fred's father-in-law thought more, he noticed that the atmosphere in the aristocratic camp was always not right, and those nobles who hated Arold were afraid of the strength of the Mecklenburg legion, so they did not dare to act rashly, but when Arold left, it was difficult to say that there would be no private fight.
"I see, my father-in-law has taken our men to catch up with Lord Arrod, and we are going with him to the Duchy of Bavaria." Sweat broke from Baron Fred's forehead, he was now alone, and if the nobles who coveted his territory started a private fight, then he and his father-in-law would die. (To be continued......)
PS: I'm sorry to return to the update after returning from a business trip!