The city of Mera, this remote city is obviously not as prosperous as the imperial city, and the Duke of Para, located in the far west of the Iron Stream, has never been able to convince himself to like this city, even though it is the highest city in his domain, but the harsh climate and geographical location make everyone who lives here miserable.

Since the defeat of the Dukes of the Ironstream Kingdom in the war a few years ago, the Duke of Parra fled here with the remnants of his men, and enslaved the natives here, turning it into his own territory, spreading his rule around, perhaps because of the remoteness, since the Parra family hid here, the victorious warlords have never troubled him.

The strength of the Parra family was quickly restored during the period of peace, and although he was not satisfied with the geography here, after investigation, it was discovered that the mountains around the city of Mera contained extremely rich minerals, and this discovery made the Duke of Parra very happy, and he immediately recruited serfs and miners to mine the minerals, and used these ores to trade with other places in exchange for the materials and weapons he needed.

With this advantage, the Para family gradually made up for the losses suffered in the war, and became stronger than before, and his ruling area became larger and larger, with twelve cities and fortresses in the west of Tieliu, plus hundreds of villages and towns under him.

But he still didn't dare to stretch out his hand to the bustling hinterland of Tieliu again.

Because it was the domain of the Capetian family.

Duke Para has always had an inexplicable fear of the Capetian family, the warlord who defeated him in the first place had enjoyed a great reputation in the territory of Tieliu, and his army was torn apart in front of them.

But the Capet family defeated them easily, and in just two months, the warlord who he regarded as his lifelong enemy became another corpse under the Golden Lion, so what about himself?

How long can you support yourself under the iron hooves of the Capet family?

"The fortress of Pazon has been used by the Capetian family as the logistics department of the legion, used to place armaments and supplies, and their army is marching towards the city of Mera, and the rangers along the way are constantly receiving news back," several high-ranking officials in the command office had anxious looks on their faces, the enemy's army was about to crush the border, and until this time there was not even the slightest way to deal with it:" The Capetian family dispatched the First and Second Legions, plus a thousand Black Cavalry and Assassin spies, for a total of more than 20,000 troops, and large siege engines were being transported by water......"

"This will be the biggest crisis that the city of Mela has faced since its founding, and we must deal with it, otherwise the Parra family will become a dust in history, or an inconspicuous record of the Capet's overall record. "The Duke of Parra was a burly man, looking more like a warrior than a nobleman, with calluses on the palms of his hands and the jaws of the tiger, and in fact he spent the first thirty years of his life fighting on horseback longer than in the castle, "Our cavalry is not as effective as the Capetian family, this problem cannot be avoided, and fighting on the plains cannot be their opponents." ”

"I recommend holding the city, not engaging the enemy head-on, but relying on the strong walls and terrain to limit the opponent's cavalry and prevent them from exerting their combat effectiveness. The officer sitting below suggested that although the soldiers of the Para family were numerous, most of them had only been recruited in recent years, most of them were farmers and blacksmiths, and they had hardly experienced large-scale wars, and it was difficult for the army that had not experienced the baptism of blood and fire to maintain a courageous attitude on the battlefield, and the cooperation between them was not perfect, "Although we have stepped up the training of the army during this time, the gap in combat effectiveness cannot be made up in a short time, and we have no advantage at all in the horse breed of cavalry." ”

"We have more than 50,000 soldiers and are very familiar with the terrain, so we don't need to defend this conservative way of playing at all. A young officer said loudly: "We can take advantage of this and choose to ambush the army on the other side's path, preferably when crossing a river or passing through a mountain road, divide their army, and do our best to encircle and suppress it!"

"In a large-scale battle with 20,000 troops, the Capet family is not stupid, how can they not send scouts to investigate?" Someone objected to the young officer's opinion, he frowned and said: "I think we should join forces with other families to resist the invasion together, the other party's intention is very clear, if the Para family is defeated, then the entire west will fall under the rule of the Capetian family." ”

"No, probably the East. The oldest president in the Command Office, Captain Gwen, had a low voice, and he glanced at the people below who were discussing fiercely, "Winton's ambitions are not limited to ruling most of the Iron Stream, the east will also be the object of his conquest, the Norrington family will not be unaware of this, maybe we can send someone to Tallinn to talk about cooperation." ”

"Is it too late?" said Duke Parra's eyes.

"We're sending light cavalry, an army of more than twenty thousand is definitely not going to be fast, we still have time," Gwyn licked his lips, "but you have to think carefully about the candidates." ”

"You decide. The Duke of Parra nodded, stood up and pushed open the window of the chamber, and in the distance it seemed that floating smoke could be seen, which was the lookout outside the city gate transmitting a signal to the city of Mela.

At least for a short time, the city of Mera is safe.

The city of Mera is the core hinterland of the Para family's dominions, and if it is attacked by the enemy, it will prove that the time has come for the family to perish.

"Draw farmers and craftsmen from the villages and towns and send them to the Valen Fortress, build the walls, dig trenches, and make the Valen Fortress stronger while the enemy is still coming!" commanded the Duke of Parra.

Different from the dilapidated Pazon Fortress like a post station, Valen Fortress is the strongest and most majestic city in the city of the Para family, in order to resist the pursuing soldiers, this fortress was established under the instruction of the family, after continuous reinforcement and extension, has become an impregnable fortress like a mountain, up to more than ten meters of the city's head, and the thick city wall makes the small siege weapons not work at all.

However, due to its geographical location, the fortress is unable to block all routes into the inner hinterland of the clan.

"If you recruit craftsmen again, I'm afraid that the people will complain, and the conscription orders during this period have been a little too frequent. "Someone voiced their concerns.

"Who cares about this kind of thing?" the young officer waved his hand disdainfully: "They are all a group of natives who barely survived under the protection of their families, and it is already very generous not to make them slaves." ”