Of course, although the Duke of Hesse revealed this idea, even he himself was just a joke, after all, Han Xing was a vassal of Count Sāo, and according to the norms of feudal obligations, he had no right to directly dispatch Han Xing.

So in the end the farce ended with a laugh, presumably pre-war entertainment, and then the nobles returned to the barracks that the Duke of Hesse had built for them, which is not surprising, given that Marlborough, though much larger than Sāo Castle, could not accommodate thousands of people either.

Count Sāo was not the first earl-level nobleman to arrive, the first to arrive was the army under the mayor of Frankfurt, only a little more than 1,000 people, compared to the original dime, the current mayor of Frankfurt sent this army has been quite distracted, can be called a nest of the nest. After all, Frankfurt was a town and not a castle, which meant that they would not maintain a large professional army.

A few days later, with the arrival of the last count, Count Pomeron of Fritzlar, the Duke of Hesse's army was now complete.

According to rough estimates, the Duke's direct domain of Marburg and the local nobility sent a total of 2,000 troops, 1,700 troops from the Count of Sāo, 1,500 troops from the Count of Pomeron, and 1,000 troops from the Mayor of Frankfurt (Qíng), totaling 6,200 troops.

In Han Xing's opinion, this is still a small army, after all, there are at least tens of thousands of people under a Duke of Westeros, and they generally fluctuate around 15,000, and only 6,000 people are embarrassed to call themselves dukes? It's a shame!

However, Han Xing ignored a question, the dukes of Westeros actually all have king-level strength, otherwise why are they called "Seven Kingdoms"? The seven kingdoms of Westeros are actually full kingdoms, and even historically they are independent kingdoms.

It's just because of the "Conqueror" Aegon and his dragon that they had to give up the crown and be demoted one level to become a duke, right? Therefore, the strength of the Duke of Hesse is the "normality" of a duke.

However, even after the army had been assembled (qíng), the Duke of Hesse and his two vassals wasted two days eating, drinking, and merrymaking before they set out on their way.

Han Xingbu (jìn) had a serious disdain for them, "You can't be the leader you learned from Mace Tyrellle, right?" In fact, what Han Xing didn't know was that most of the European nobles fought with this virtue.

First of all, due to the framework of the feudal feudal system, this means that it is much more laborious to assemble an army than a centralized state, after all, the orders of the lord are issued to the localities, whether they are executed or not, and when they are executed, it is not up to the local nobles to have the final say? He has to delay it for two days, and as a lord, he has no problem!

Secondly, it is absolutely unimaginable that a large army needs to consume food, but the productivity in the Middle Ages was low, and even the transportation technology was backward, and if you want to gather enough food, it is less than a month in advance!

Finally, the medieval lords relied on their own vassals for control of the lower classes, so if they didn't have a sense of contact (qíng) with the nobles below, then there would be a situation of "hands and feet don't obey the call" (qíng), and eating is the best way to have a sense of contact (qíng), isn't it? Otherwise, why is dinner table politics popular in the Celestial Empire?

So the Duke of Hesse is still wronged, it's not that he doesn't want to go directly to the battlefield, in fact, he is more urgent than anyone else, after all, he doesn't have a few years to live, maybe he may come at any time because of the past overeating!

But it was so laborious to assemble a medieval army, and if he didn't want the tragedy of the King of France at the Battle of Cressy to happen to him (shēn), the Duke of Hesse had to spend time taking care of his internal relations and making friends with the two counts he hadn't seen for years.

Don't you see that Ed spent more than half a year organizing the army in the north? Of course, this was inseparable from his lack of prestige at that time and the geographical location of the north, but the disadvantages of the feudal feudal system were indeed revealed. Compared with Ed, it only took half a month for the Duke of Hesse to pull up a large army, which is already considered a god speed!

However, the speed of the Hessian army's march was extremely worrying, so that Han Xing and the "Commandment" under his crotch looked listless, and the "Commandment" was bored and kicked the stones on the ground with his front hooves, looking aggrieved.

There is no way, the Duke of Hesse insists on "driving the expedition", and no one can stop him, but unfortunately if his old man's (shēn) material wants to ride a horse, it is simply "losing weight" for the horse, and I am afraid that he will have to be crushed to death if he is "electrified" to camel.

So he can only ride in a carriage! The carriage was fine, but the two horses couldn't pull him at all, not entirely because of his weight, but because in order to keep himself healthy and comfortable, he equipped the carriage with a lot of messy things, from mats to chuáng, tables and chairs, and other messy things like commodes and candlesticks, and even brought clowns and bards to relieve his boredom.

"Thankfully, there is no orchestra in this world yet! Otherwise, he'd probably have to bring the whole band in the car to play for him! Han Xingbu (jìn) complained. The picture was so beautiful that Han Xing felt like he was about to laugh just thinking about it.

After all, in the modern Celestial Empire, only the dead will ask the band to blow and play along the way, right? Therefore, from the perspective of a modern person in the Celestial Empire, if the Duke of Hesse really brought a band to play for him along the way, most of them would think that he was going to "go out of the funeral"! In particular, his carriage was painted black, as if to match his share of the Duke of the Black Forest.

It was because there was a lot of furniture and people in his carriage that it was no wonder why the two horses pulling the carriage had a constipated look on their faces, and they riveted their strength to pull the Duke of Hesse's carriage forward two steps, and then they screamed a few times, and simply lay down and strike.

In the end, the Duke of Hesse's noble car took six horses to pull it, and then it staggered on the road. Their "first stop" was Goslar Castle.

As an earldom, Paderborn consisted of three baronies, namely the Bishopric of Paderborn, which is why it was called Paderborn, which was still in the hands of the Archbishop of Münster.

and the Barony of Göttingen Castle, and the third is Goslar Castle, which became the three fulcrums of the entire Countdom of Paderborn.

Just as the domain of the Count of Na (Sāo) consisted of three baronies: the town of Wetzlar, the castle of Bamberg, and the castle of Nah (Sāo), where the Count of Nah himself lived.

Generally speaking, a county will consist of 2 to 6 baronies, and the earl will take one of the barony's lands and then divide the others, but there are also cases where they receive two or three pieces (qíng), but rarely.

Of course, the three baronies are only the pillars of a block, and it doesn't mean that there are only three castles in the area. For both counts and barons would subdivide their domains again, i.e., their castles or the villages attached to their towns, and give these villages to the knights as fiefs in exchange for their allegiance.

Han Xing is such a character, I don't know if you remember, Han Xing also has his own "castle", Han Xing calls it "cake castle", because the whole is octagonal and close to a circle, and is divided into three layers, the first layer of a circle of walls is like a decorative coated biscuit or (nǎi) oil, and the white watchtower is like a candle.

Of course, it would be an exaggeration to call it a castle, it is just a lord's residence. But even such a small building may have the effect of "one man is the key, and ten thousand people can't be opened" because it is built in a critical position. At least Han Xing was confident that with his "Devil Terminator" and that small castle, he could survive the siege of thousands of people for nearly a month.

Since Han Xing, a knight, can have a small castle of his own, it means that the knights of Paderborn may also have built a castle that is no less than Han Xing or even surpasses.

After all, some families have developed not for a few years, but for decades, hundreds of years, even if they are just knights, but a few generations of repairs can build a decent castle.

About three days later, the Hessians encountered their first obstacle, a decent stone castle with only about a hundred meters of land, three meters of stone walls, two gates, and four corresponding arrow towers.

This small castle is actually not very tall, and it is similar to the defense of Shitang Town back then. The Hessian army, numbering thousands of people, seems to be a blue ocean (yes, the flag of Hesse is a golden lion on a blue background), and this small castle is like a small reef in the waves, or it will not be long before it is completely submerged in the blue ocean.

The Duke of Hesse had no opinion on this, and readily agreed, after all, the Count of Sāo could take such an initiative, and it was simply a drowsy pillow for him.

However, Count Sāo also had his own little calculations, first of all, this was the first battle, the enemy army was not ready, and when he had just marched over, Count Sāo also saw a few peasants working in the fields! It was not until the sound of the Hessian army's neat footsteps and horses' hooves reached their ears that they hurriedly threw down their hoes (pì) and fled back to their thatched huts.

Secondly, since the peasants were so surprised, it was clear that the defenders of the city would not have time to gather, and the garrison would be empty. In this way, even if your side really fights, the casualties will not be great.

Again, maybe seeing the army pressing down, the nobles in the city may fall to the wind. Then you don't have to fight directly!

In fact, the mentality of Count Sāo is a bit like a novice in the late stage of chess, on the one hand, he wants to turn the tables and win and honor, on the other hand, he especially cherishes the chess pieces in his hand, and is particularly hesitant in the trade-off.

So it's easy to understand that Count Na (sāo) made this decision, both to be able to appear positive and make a good impression on his boss. It is a soft persimmon to pick a soft pinch, which will not cause too many casualties, and it can also win a battle and win a jackpot.

And the next time you encounter a hard bone, you don't have to go, just like the school organizes a cleaning, and when you have to do something (qíng), you can grab the blackboard first!