"Once again, I thank you for your support, Baron Edmund."

Outside the gates of Serindil, Byron shook the hand of Baron Edmund, who had come from Fort Gruenward, and thanked him repeatedly.

Baron Edmund did no real damage to Rhodok's army, but he did bring 1,000 Swadian reinforcements, forcing Rhodok's army to retreat, relieving Byron of their immediate needs.

Byron, along with the two barons Zico and Phyllis, came to the outside of the town with the knights and officers around them, and thanked him.

Because the other party helped him out of the siege, Byron was also very enthusiastic about the baron, and invited them into the town to rest.

Of course, the support arrived so late, and Byron naturally had a lot of things to complain about in his heart, but he would not be stupid enough to say it on this occasion.

"Thank you for your kindness, Baron Byron. Serindil is guarded by you, and I dare not take credit. ”

"But I'd gladly accept your invitation, and my soldiers and I are a little tired after walking for so long."

Baron Edmund gladly agreed to Byron's invitation and entered the town with his soldiers. Byron immediately ordered half of the food and wine to be taken out of the stock and supplied to the townspeople and Baron Edmund's soldiers.

The battle was over, and reinforcements arrived. Whether it was Byron's peony mercenaries, or the militia and regular soldiers under the two barons, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension of the battle was replaced by the joy of victory and the sadness of the departure of their comrades, and they drank the ale mixed with water to vent their emotions.

The food was all bread and dried pickles that had been stored before, but the quantity was full, and without the pressure of the enemy, everyone was satisfied.

And at the banquet, Baron Edmund also brought new news to Byron.

As King Harauth had predicted, the Kugit plundered the East, but did not attack any of the cities and castles that were large and well armed. Their forces were scattered into many units, burning almost all of eastern Svadia to the wasteland, and the peasants in the countryside were miserable, but the nobles had already transferred their relatives and immediate subjects into the castles, so that although the villages and towns in that area were basically destroyed, the land and most of the population remained in the hands of the lords.

There were no major problems on the side of Vecchia, and tens of thousands of northern warriors attacked the city of Fort Tilbert with great vigour, but after a few days of fighting, it was very slow to make progress, as was the case with the Rhodok in Serindil.

At this time, Count Harongoth, who had not been involved in aristocratic affairs for a long time, suddenly sent an army to support Count Greyward, and under the internal and external attacks, the originally imposing Vikchian army was once again deflated in front of the well-trained and disciplined Swadian army, and had to shift the battlefield, harassing towns and villages everywhere like the Kujits, avoiding the main army of Swadia, and the local lords could not organize enough troops to stop them, so a pattern of confrontation was formed.

The only headache is the situation on the Nord side.

By the time King Harauth and Marshal Dirinard arrived, the Nords had already captured Fort Repolet and had taken the initiative to place their army on a hill near Repolet to await Swadia's army.

King Harauth brought the main force to Reboret and fought a battle with the Nords, which cost almost 30,000 men on both sides and lasted six hours.

Svadia lost more than half of its combat horses, and nearly half of its casualties were killed. The Nord casualties were probably higher, but given the loss of hundreds of heavy cavalry in Swadia, the losses were almost equal.

Originally, King Harlaus wanted to concentrate his superior forces to defeat the Nord army with the largest number of invading and the most fierce momentum in a single battle, and then go to clean up the Vykians, teach those Kugit bandits a lesson, and then negotiate peace with Rhodok to ensure the results of this war.

However, it seems that decades of peace have made Swadia very mediocre in gathering intelligence on the Nords, underestimating the strength of their army before the war, resulting in the current siege of Swadia army in Reporette, but it is impossible to capture it at all.

It's not a good thing that the war has lasted too long, especially since Svadia is now surrounded by enemies on all sides and has been fighting for many years, and the potential for war is not great.

King Harlaus is turning to private armies no less numerous than the Counts of Swedish and Claes, who served as field marshal of the campaign five times, and was once known as the god of war in Svadia.

But this earl is not so easy to invite. In recent years, King Haraus has offended many lords in the country, and even almost turned against the Count of Sweden. And Count Harongoth had the largest army among the lords in the country at that time, and he had a high prestige and could fight, so King Harlaus was a little confused in his thinking for a while, so he forced this earl, who was originally very loyal to him, to the position of the centr.

This is in line with the saying, "If you don't die, you won't die." ”

The work is being done on the Harongoth side, and the form in the south is also not optimistic.

Rhodok's army pushed north to the Fort Gruenwald, and engaged in a fierce siege battle with the Swadian defenders of the city.

However, due to weather and health reasons, malaria spread spread among the Rhodok army, which was poorly prepared for treatment, and more than 1,000 people fell ill in a matter of days. Reinforcements from Uxhall, Suno, and Wincordburg also arrived at Fort Gruenward, putting a lot of pressure on the Rhodok side.

After much thought, Marshal Rhodok withdrew most of his army to Viruga, leaving a small scatter army to control the towns and villages outside the castle.

As soon as the siege of the castle was lifted, Fort Greyward sent Baron Edmund with reinforcements to support Serindil with a letter.

In the letter, King Harlaus affirmed Byron's abilities as a worthy warrior, a worthy nobleman of the kingdom, and a host of polite words.

At the end of the letter, he appointed Byron as temporary lord of the whole of Thrindil, and ruled over the nobles and commoners throughout the territory of Thrindil, and even Baron Chico and Baron Phyllis had to obey his orders. He was also responsible for collecting taxes on behalf of the king and guarding the region during this time.

To tell the truth, King Harlaus gave Byron this temporary title definitely not out of good intentions, after all, for the time being, it means that Byron has to do all the work that he should do, and in the end, he has no other share, and he has to be responsible for not doing well.

However, it was not a bad thing for Byron to have more power at the moment, so he accepted the king's mandate and accepted the salute of the three barons on the spot.

At least until the official lord of Serindil is decided, Byron in this area has the final say.