Two days later, 20 kilometers south of Fort Rende, Hu Bin felt that something was wrong, the number of people who had come here to gather was too small, the marshal and the sultan had not yet arrived, it stands to reason that they should be the first to return here, what happened?

Hu Bin's fears were fulfilled, and the Sultan of Hakim, with his wounded marshal and a group of remnants, came to the agreed assembly place and sadly informed everyone that this time they had been calculated by the Swadia Kingdom. After counting the 11 lords who came and approached the army of 700 people, less than 300 and 7 lords returned, of which 2 lords were captured, and the others fled there after the defeat.

The movement of everyone was hindered to varying degrees, and the marshal and the large army of the Sultan were besieged by five lords led by Kragus, and finally half of the troops were left to block and escape. Hu Bin couldn't help but sigh that he was surprisingly lucky, he only encountered a disgruntled legion, but the main force of the Lord and the faction was fighting to the death with Salander, who was fighting against Kujit?

The Sultan of Hakim told a fact that everyone could not believe, the kingdom of Rhodok declared war on Kugit, and the frenzied King Grifus actually accepted a large military bribe from the main war faction led by the former captive lord Harungos, and poured out of his nest to declare war on the Kugit Khanate, and the Kugit were unexpectedly blocked by a large number of pikemen on the central plain.

Then I don't know what agreement was reached with King Harlaus, and finally after the Nord Kingdom launched an offensive in Kugit, it took less than half a day to quickly reach an armistice agreement with the Swadia Kingdom, and there were even legions on the front line between the two countries that were fighting fiercely before they received the armistice order to slowly stop.

The free-handed main battle faction and the imperial power faction dealt a heavy blow to the troubled Kujits, and it was clear that the old lion Harlaus was more than anyone expected when faced with a difficult situation.

The hatred of the Rhodok kingdom this time attracted a bit too much, Saiga Khan tried all his forces to cripple the Rhodok army that came from the expedition, and said that he would remember this despicable sneak attack in his life, and the act of helping the enemy was obviously despised by everyone in Kugit, but King Griffos was also helpless, the last defeat was very heavy and the loss was very heavy, he needed this money very much to support the reconstruction and development of the country, anyway, it also indirectly hit Salander, and did not violate the armistice, from a strategic point of view, What King Griffos did this time was very much in the interests of his country.

Hu Bin didn't know how many times he sighed, none of the rulers of various countries was a fuel-efficient lamp. The defeated two countries returned to their respective wounds, and although Swadia held off the attack and defused the unfavorable situation in their own country, the villages of the central plains were destroyed, and nearly one-sixth of the territory was unable to generate tax revenue in the short term.

Salander and Kugit did not sign an armistice with Swadia, and the meaning of Saega Khan's letter was that after the winter, Salander and the people of Saland must be invited to find this field together, and the Sultan of Hakim did not give an exact reply, but looking at his pale face, everyone was quite clear in their hearts.

Gerry wrote that he had seen the numberers of the Swadia and Rhodok camps on the battlefield, and that all three sides were afraid of losing their troops, so they were very restrained, and only drove Gerry and them away from the village. Everyone in the Kugit camp worked together to grab a village and make a small profit, and the prestige that Gerry had gained by virtue of his exploits could already be fiefdom, and perhaps the next time he saw him, he would be the lord of Kugit.

The script of history is not as the Swadia Kingdom thinks, and now they are staging a tragedy, of course, for Hu Bin, it is pleasing to hear, that is, Virgia declared war on Swadia, and not only that, but even Rhodok was also involved in the battlefield.

Unable to retreat, the Rhodok Legion was caught off guard by the snow leopards that suddenly descended south, and then saw a rain of arrows from the Virgian archers, who were on par with their mountain crossbowmen. The difference in numbers combined with non-native battles soon led to a defeat and was soon pursued by a rain of arrows from archers. The Kingdom of Swadia did not expect that Vigia would take advantage of the winter to come to such an abrupt declaration of war, and the Vigians, who were more accustomed to the bitter cold, obviously saw the weakness of Swadia after the victory, and took the opportunity to make up for it, and demanded a large amount of reparations to declare a truce and then returned to the snowfield. If Salander and Kugit take advantage, Hu Bin thinks that the Virgians will definitely intervene.

Not to mention anything else, the arrival of winter has put an end to the chaotic war of the six countries on the mainland this year, and all the countries have begun to recuperate and prepare for another grudge entanglement after the beginning of spring.

Hu Bin, who was exhausted and hurried for a few days, finally returned to his nest, the city of Muradin was completely unaffected by the war, the hostess Su Jia was forced into a fur coat by the cold air, and the person looked graceful and luxurious, Hu Bin was going to die again tonight.

After pacifying the people who had received the news of the defeat and distributing the soldiers' rations, Hu Bin began to re-examine the countries of the mainland. The recent series of military, political and economic means of the confrontation made Hu Bin eye-opener, this blow made the Hakim Sultan lose face, he finally slapped himself in the face with the victory declaration released before the departure, the marshal was seriously injured and people were very uneasy, the only thing that can be called gratifying is that the spoils of war have been brought back a lot, because this time they are not going to fight as the main force, and the lords who participated in the war did not bring elite troops, otherwise they would not have been beaten so badly.

However, defeats on the battlefield were common, and did not affect the lives of the domestic nobles, and the traditional sports hunting of the nobility in winter began. Salander, where the weather was warm, welcomed by a large number of migrating animals and predators every winter, and in order to reduce the threat around the villages in winter, the nobles were obliged to bring armies to round up wild beasts. But as the villages had developed enough to protect themselves, the activity had degenerated into a pastime for the nobility.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Su Jia jumped up and down and commanded a hound to chase a rabbit, beckoning Hu Bin to surround it, but Hu Bin's attention was already locked on the two rabbits beating on her chest, and three guards and a retinue behind her followed leisurely not far away, Ted drooled as he watched the boar that had just been caught alive, and Lorraine was trying to make the boar believe in the Holy Light.

The lords from all over the country took advantage of the free time in winter to drag their families to the southern wilderness, and after a simple bump of their heads, they scattered in this huge hunting ground, of course, the lords who were good friends would go together to promote their friendship, and Hu Bin was in Su Jia's family team.

Hu Bin's cheap father-in-law, Marshal Muhai Boya, was much better injured, but the wound pierced by the knight's spear was still painful, and he couldn't draw the bow, so he sat comfortably in the carriage and accompanied his wife to watch the troublemakers Su Jia and Hu Bin laughing, while the former Marshal Attispeyeh Lord and Su Jia's grandmother, Madame Bazin, had left the team and lived a two-person world.

Su Jia didn't know where to get a hunting dog, only half a meter long little guy with his little short legs followed the horse with difficulty, but he was not left behind, and he didn't know what breed it was. Su Jia was very dissatisfied with Hu Bin's name, not as loud as Rhein Hart's name, not even a surname, not at all, not literary at all, so this hound will be called Su Dumb in the future. The hound looked ordinary, but Hu Bin still noticed something unusual, the little guy's very sensitive nose found a wild boar scurrying, and when Hu Bin and his party arrived, the wild boar was already so frightened that it was about to foam. However, Su Jia is very mysterious, and Hu Bin has always enjoyed ready-made benefits regardless of why.

The stupid dog still failed to catch the rabbit, I don't know if the rabbit's nerves are bigger, but he ignored its coercion, but jumped up and stood up against Dumb, so frightened that Dumb hurriedly ran back behind Su Jia, and Su Jia jumped straight to his feet in anger. In the afternoon, the tents behind the wagons were removed, the servants set up tents and lit bonfires, wild boars and other game were cleaned and put on the grill, and the smell of roasted meat filled the makeshift camp in the evening.

Sujia was with her mother, Lady Vicky, the daughter of a minor nobleman, who was not compatible with the marshal's family, but Sujia's grandfather was not against free love, so he married Lord Muhai Boya, who was pursuing her at the time.

Hu Bin was talking to the marshal about the situation in the country, and the Salander nobles had become very united for various reasons, but there were also partisan disputes. Most of the lords of Hu Bin's family belong to the main battle faction, and the current sultan is also biased towards the main war faction, because the conservative counterattack tactics of these years have allowed Salander's national strength to be fully developed, which can support the attrition of the war. According to the older generation of Salander lords, who preferred to defend territory or flank the war, the battlefield already belonged to the next generation, and Marshal Muhaipoye's father was the mainstay of the conservatives.

Hu Bin proposed his idea to the marshal, and he wanted to suggest that the marshal make up for the weakness of the light infantry by hiring swordsmen and even professional samurai to form infantry legions. The marshal objected to his suggestion, neutral soldiers could not be recruited in that village, mercenaries could often only recruit a small number in captives and taverns, Salander's soldiers were indeed very weak in the early and middle periods, but the advantage was that the maintenance cost was small, and the fighting will was tenacious, and in the later stage, the elite troops became a very cost-effective class.

The marshal also told Hu Bin that in fact, all countries have not taken out their real national strength, a large number of veterans and elites produced by the battles over the years are stationed in the castle, and the soldiers in the border fortresses and legions are the newly recruited recruits. Hu Bin knew that his foundation was still too shallow, and his team of more than 120 people would lose more than half of the standard legions of more than 70 people, not to mention those full legions that generally exceeded 100 people.

Regarding the siege of the city, Hu Bin asked the marshal in detail, after all, it was related to the main task, and the information he got made Hu Bin feel desperate. In the case of Salander, the soldiers are divided into five ranks, from the new recruit to the top of the light infantry, the veteran light infantry, the infantry, and the sergeant, which is roughly the same for each professional branch of the army, and the same is true for other countries. For example, the situation in the border city of Gamiedbt is still there, with a standing garrison of about 200 people, and the troops of the third level of veteran are generally the mainstay, but they often attract a large number of leaders to come to the rescue. Inland cities and large fortresses are much more exaggerated, almost all of them are above the fourth level of troops, and there are not a few top troops, and the number of garrisons is often between 300 and 500 people according to the size of the fiefdom lord's family, but the strength of the city wall is not as strong as that of the border city, after all, it is not a strategic place but a city that mainly accommodates residents, but it is impossible to occupy the city without gathering a large number of elite troops to storm it.

Hu Bin was deeply anxious, although the 80,000 gold coins that failed in the main quest were not too much of a problem for Hu Bin, and even each numberer would earn so much as long as they were not too unlucky, but the loss of such a number still made Hu Bin feel painful, he already had a small city, as long as he won even four fortresses, he could complete the main quest.

The reward of the guards knight made Hu Bin very concerned, his city can produce infantry recruits, they have good physical fitness and have been trained in swordsmanship, they are already good in the primary army, but the cost of arming them is too great, and the strength is not as good as the world's aboriginal troops, although they can bring back space, but it really outweighs the loss, after all, the aboriginal troops can also be brought back to the space with gold coins.

However, the Knights of the Guards are different, they are similar to Ted and other retinues, and can independently help their master manage the army, and in some ways are equivalent to generals. The combat power of the knight class is at least an expert warrior, who can master energy attacks, and may further possess the title of spellbreaker. Hu Bin himself is on the verge of reaching the edge of a high-level promotion warrior, and thanks to the effect of magic affinity in his bloodline and the sufficient energy ceiling, it is estimated that it is a dish for a regular knight.

Ted has a knight squire with high-level promotion strength in their promotion route, and the next step is to enter the expert-level combat power trainee knight for the first time, and gain experience after fighting with expert-level warriors, so that he can stabilize the realm and become an official knight. Moreover, knight is a noble title, regardless of equipment status or combat effectiveness, it is generally stronger than the infantry combat profession, and it can play a large role in the world.

Just when Hu Bin had a headache for the main task, the marshal's words brought him hope. The strength of each country is not unlimited, as long as the lord's legions are consumed to a certain extent, they will inevitably mobilize the garrisons in their fiefdoms, as long as they are weakened for a long time, they will definitely be able to reduce the quality and quantity of the city garrison to the extent that they can attack, but it is difficult to do this, and most lords will take a period of time to cultivate their troops after suffering large losses. However, Hu Bin couldn't help but think of the fact that he ran into the Dilinna Lord Legion some time ago, and the number of elites was obviously too large, and it was estimated that he had brought out the garrison of his fiefdom, and maybe there was still a chance.

After the picnic, Su Jia and her mother rushed to the city of Muradin early in the morning to set up a banquet. That's right, the food and wine in Hu Bin's city are finally enough to hold a banquet, so that not only will there be prestige rewards, but also expand the influence of the family, strengthen the relationship between the lords, and some hidden rewards are that when the favorability reaches a certain level, you can ask them to help form a coalition to act together, Hu Bin seems to see him taking seven or eight lords to attack the city together.

However, the cost of the banquet still made Hu Bin feel a pain in his flesh, luxury goods and food are all sought-after goods, especially spices, lamp oil and wine, which are three essential things, but fortunately, Hu Bin's own village has produced them, saving freight. Hu Bin and the marshal, along with all the lords, had to continue hunting for two days according to tradition before returning to the city for the banquet.