Nord's army captured the city of Kurau and used it as a base to continue its march south, but suffered a lot of natural and man-made disasters along the way, including the changeable weather in the surrounding area and the resistance of the Wikibians. There are soldiers in the east and west who are enthusiastic to take over the task, but no one in the center is willing to follow, not because of how difficult it is to attack the central region, but because the mobility of the Swadian knights on the great plains is too high, it is very easy to surround a certain army and easily get rid of it, and the easiest to be surrounded is undoubtedly the central region, near Fort Kerrydan in the west of Dehrim. It just so happened that there was a narrow valley that had to go down from here, and if the Swadian knights had held the mouth of the gorge after the Nord army had marched in full, the army would be trapped in the vast plain, which would undoubtedly be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, and it would be impossible to escape death.

Gangding. Harui Brecx asked several times in a row, but still no one answered, he fell into deep thought, of course he knew the danger here better than anyone else, but it was impossible to take this risk himself, if his main force was scattered, it would really be a failure.

The air was quiet like this, and every lord wanted to say something in their hearts to break this awkward situation. There was silence for a long time, Gangding. Harry Brex reluctantly made a gesture, signaling that everyone could rest and discuss later. The generals did not let up because of this, and everyone was afraid of Gangding. Harry Brex, if anyone is appointed by him, he will have to end up with a total annihilation.

Gangding. Harry Blakes walked out the door, stood at the head of the city for a long time, rubbed her eyes, took a few deep breaths, and walked back again. The huge hall of lords is still silent, Okada. Harry Blakes had already made up his mind, and at the moment he spoke, a young man raised his hand, he was Ruud (Ruud was 37 years old at this time, but compared to the veterans around him, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a young guy. For a while, everyone's eyes were focused on him, and countless pairs of eyes were staring at him.

Ruud's sentence "I will be in charge of the middle" let the soldiers and Okada . Hareblakes breathed a sigh of relief, but no one expressed gratitude or joy, for Ruud was only the lord of a small village at this time, and not to mention the quality of his army, as far as his ability was concerned, he could not produce enough soldiers.

Everyone is skeptical of him.

Many people have begun to whisper, some say that they want to make meritorious service and want to go crazy, some say that they are beyond their means, in short, as long as it is sarcastic, they will say it all over again.

Gangding. Although Halead Blakes was a little shocked in his heart, his face did not show a look of horror, he just stared at Rude calmly and said "Are you sure", Rude replied "Yes", this matter was simply settled, everyone looked at each other, but no one came out to refute.

After this meeting, Rude was not less ridiculed, but he avoided them one by one, not wanting to cause more trouble, but the self-righteous nobles became more and more rampant, and even led a group of gangsters to Rude's fiefdom to make trouble, which was a vacant land by the sea, although it was not developed, but the faces of the villagers were full of smiles.

In the face of this group of thugs, Rude couldn't bear it, and rushed back from a training ground in the north with hundreds of Nord warriors, the dozens of thugs had never seen such a big scene, they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and begged for forgiveness, but fortunately they didn't do anything to hurt people's lives, just wasted some food, and Ruud forgave them like this.

After this incident, the Nord people knew that Ruud was a very wealthy lord with thousands of soldiers, and no one knew how he got this wealth, but his reputation was still much better than before.

On the day of the expedition, Rude brought with him a large army of nearly 2,000 men, including 1,000 Nord warriors, well-armed, and the rest composed of mercenaries, villagers, and unemployed vagrants. It's still a little inferior to other lords, but it's almost impossible for a lord with only one village. Attacking the central regions of the empire was not the preserve of Ruud alone, Okadin. Harry Blakes has since sent two more generals to assist Ruud, yes, that's right, two experienced generals to give a lord with basically zero prestige.

On the surface, they agreed, but behind the scenes, the two discussed how to calculate Rude.

The war began, and one side was made by Okada. The main army led by Ha Rui Brecs attacked the Zhivading area, with Ragnar's army moving south to attack Fort Gerburg and Ruud putting pressure on the Dehrim area.

Ruud led his army across the Vi River, through Tansen, and reached a large forest north of Dehrim, with no trace of the Empire. The Empire is working hard to build Dehrim's defenses, so there are even many unfinished castles around it. Seeing such a large force, the miscellaneous soldiers and workers in the city withdrew in an instant, and by the time Ruud entered the castle, it was already empty, and they won without a fight, and they took such a big bargain for nothing, although there were still many gaps in the city, but it was still largely built. Previously, Ruud could command the entire army, but after being stationed in the castle, Ruud had a disagreement with the two generals. Ruud believed that the army had to move south to put tremendous pressure on the empire in order to secure the flanks, especially Gangding. The safety of Harry Brex was at stake, but the two generals felt that they had fortified the castle and used it as a stronghold, and were ready to go south before heading south.

So Ruud went, he walked resolutely, he understood that there was a great risk that the whole army would be destroyed, but every second of delay for the wings was worth a thousand dollars.

Ruud and his troops resolutely withdrew from the castle and headed south, and the two generals and their men stood at the head of the castle and waved mockingly.

Due to the dispersion of his troops, Ruud's army was unable to surround Dehrim, so he had to occupy the surrounding villages and lure the enemy out.

The two generals soon took advantage of the castle, building the lord's hall, building taverns, bazaars, dividing political and military districts, as if they had taken it as their own spoils. The only thing they forgot was to build a wall.

The two of them were so happy that they even wrote to Okadí. Harui Brex, who claimed that they had broken through one of the enemy's cities after several days of blows, and that Ruud had suffered heavy losses in the battle, asked for compensation (five hundred dinars).

A few days later, in the morning, the deafening sound of war drums filled the castle, and the soldiers hurriedly sounded the alarm, and the soldiers gathered around the castle to look at it, and suddenly their hearts were cold, and several flags were raised in all directions around the castle, and the place was surrounded by water. At this point, most people have come to their senses, and they have fallen into the trap.

If this is a complete castle, they can hold on to it until Gangding. The arrival of the Harry Blakes army could have saved them, but now they were a tattered castle full of holes.

Everyone panicked and didn't know what to do.

The two generals quickly gathered their troops, stabilized the formation, and blocked the onslaught of the enemy army by means of a human wall. Under their command, the Nord warriors were ready to meet the enemy.

In the distance, the enemy's flags were still fluttering, and the drums were still sounding, but the enemy had no intention of sending troops.

For a whole day, the two armies were facing each other, and the Nord warriors were a little explosive, eager to try one by one, full of energy, but they didn't play it, and no one was happy. After a tense day, when the Empire was about to take turns to rest, the Empire beat the war drums again, and the sound was several times louder than during the day, and the loud noise woke up many Nords who had fallen asleep. They cursed and looked into the distance, torches like leaping elves, as if they were about to charge at any moment. Quite a few soldiers took up their weapons again.

This went on for days, and day by day their nerves were tense, and many of them had a nervous breakdown, shouting that they had gone out of the city to slaughter the cubs. Even more serious than this is the food problem and the sanitation problem, in the case of heavy siege, the food is consumed more than usual, but the most serious is the sanitation problem, there are no toilets in the city, thousands of people are defecating in the open, not only smelling a foul smell, affecting the mood, but also leading to the spread of the disease intensified.

A few days later, at dusk, the Imperial soldiers began to attack the city, believing that the enemy had lost its combat capacity, and that the previous siege had worked wonders. In fact, too, the Nord soldiers sat down on the ground in despair. The Imperial cavalry also began to dismount. The two generals quickly assembled their ranks, and although they were all weak, they finally stood together, after all, they were formally trained.

The Imperial soldiers were luxuriously equipped and morale-sufficient, and they rushed into the city in one go, at this time the fierce Nords could no longer exert their original strength, and they were at a disadvantage in one-on-one melee combat, but fortunately they shrunk back to back into a large circle, and the formation had not yet fallen apart.

Every time the noble sword of the empire slashed at the armor of the Nord soldiers, the Nord soldiers had to take half a step back, they could not withstand such a big impact. The Nord soldiers were a little intimidated, everyone was trying to squeeze into the middle of the circle, and of course the two commanders were surrounded by their soldiers, and their words obviously lost their majesty, and the troops fell into chaos.

What everyone didn't expect was that Rude's whole army didn't know when, and appeared directly behind the imperial soldiers, killed the imperial cavalry's military horses, and came to a counter-encirclement, this time, the imperial soldiers fell into chaos, and the people who entered the city didn't know what was happening in the rear, but the wailing of the horses had already said everything, this imperial army was not many in number, and it could even be said that it was not even a regular army, if it weren't for their state, morale was superior, I am afraid the odds of victory would have dropped by a few percent.

Rude led the soldiers to quickly kill the Imperial soldiers who left their backs for them, and the soldiers in the city saw Rude's banner, as if they saw hope, and killed in the direction of Rude in one go, and finally succeeded in joining the army, and all that remained was to clean up the Imperial soldiers who were scattered into several pieces.