Chapter 023
did not directly answer the king's question, "It seems that there is an important left and right hand missing, and the rumored virtuous king Haraus is only a second-rate monarch." β
"Say whatever you want," said the king of Svadia who was quite patient with such words, "I do lack valuable information right now, which is why I am looking for you. β
"Alright then, first you look at this" Ramon took a piece of parchment from his pocket and threw it on the table, the king took the crumpled paper and unfolded it, and saw that it was painted with a horse, a crescent moon and an Orthodox cross, and the three patterns were connected by a line.
"Okay, got it, is there anything else besides this?" Harauth shrugged.
"The nobles of Vekia are not moving," the slave trader said, spreading his hands.
"It's a waste of time," Harauston felt like he had been tricked, "this kind of information can be guessed by a fool in the current situation, I want more useful details that will let me know what to do next!"
Looking at the king who was almost thunderous, the old man in front of him didn't feel much fear, and still looked at the wine in the quilt.
"Then again, why haven't those hairy people moved yet?"
"Of course they don't dare to make a move," Harlaus gave him a blank look, "I've blocked the way south for Yarogerk, and I can take their capital in one fell swoop if they make a move, and if they send troops to the city, I'd like to see them." β
Hearing this, a treacherous sneer appeared on Ramon's face.
"So. This can be explained. β
"What's that?" the king instinctively turned to look at him.
"Let's talk about the situation on Zhivadin's side first. The old man casually pulled a blank scroll from his desk, and the quills were stained with ink
"Today doesn't seem to be anything special. β
Fatis walked up to the wall with a plate of roasted meat and dried fruits, and saw Lorna leaning against the wall and looking into the distance.
"Yes," the girl replied without much motivation.
"According to the plan, the king of Yarogark has already sent emissaries. Maybe he has already made contact with Saiga Khan," the middle-aged man tore off a piece of rabbit meat and chewed it, a roast rabbit meat he had caught from the barracks was not yet fully cooked, but Fatis was too hungry to bother to care so much, "Haraus didn't seem to put too many men here. β
"The climate on the side of Vecchia is harsh, just like the Rhodoc Mountains to the south," Lorna said, taking a walnut kernel from her plate and putting it in her mouth. "It takes a lot of manpower, material resources and time to conquer such a place, and in contrast to Kugit in the east, he is the first choice for troops, and at the moment he only intends to use a small number of troops to block the movement here. It's similar to him taking Viruga. β
"But Svadia's partial division alone can block the main force of Vecchia's army, and the Northern Kingdom can be considered weak. Bestur came up at some point, and without saying a word, he tore off a rabbit leg.
Fatis shook his head: "It can only be said that it was a mistake for Yarogark to put his royal city in such a place. β
"By the way, are our scouts back?"
The girl gently brushed her hair, and looked like she was about to go back to the house.
"The deployment of the army of Disping and Dale William has not changed much from the previous day. Most of them are stationed outside the forest. The scouts also killed three Swadians who had come to spy on them. Bestur gave a general picture of the situation.
"Then it's going to be nothing to do today," Lorna sighed and left the wall
However, at the other end of Fort Radogir, the great army of the Kingdom of Svadia was rapidly massing.
The Swedish lord of Tyrburg, the Count of Reis of DΓ©chiosburg, and Prais of Lendia Castle each led their troops on the outskirts of Aiko, which had been reduced to ruins, and the leading cavalry brigade held up a large banner of black lions on a red background, and the commander was fully armoured, and his eyes under the gaps in his giant helmets were fixed on a green coniferous forest covered with snow in the distance.
"Do you really want to use force against Virgia at this time? My king. β
Earl Reys was blind in one eye during the war when he was young (as you'll know after the sword skin), and now the only eye left is looking at his king with concern. Of course, the lords who had been mobilized in a hurry did not know at this moment that their monarch had found an important person.
"I don't care" Plaiss of Fort Lentia was a conservative aristocrat who usually lived on taxes in his small fiefdom, and it was rumored that he wouldn't even be a second-rate nobleman if it weren't for the fact that he had a beautiful sister Joanna helping him with the outside world.
The Swedish family, on the other hand, has been loyal to the Swadia kingdom for generations, and has faithfully carried out the royal orders, and so far he has stood on the king's side without saying a word, waiting for the king's next instructions.
"Taking Radogil, the unification process of Calradia will come to an end"
Harlaus's words are more like his own words than his explanation of Reis
"No matter how you look at it, everyone feels weird"
Jamila has learned a little swordsmanship from Alleyne and Fatis in the past few days, although it is a little difficult to learn without martial arts skills, but the two have to admit that she has done a good enough job to at least put on a decent posture with a long sword.
"Miss Lorna has always thought more than anyone else. "Although Rudy Boye is a lord, he also likes to sneak into the kitchen at night to steal some supper, and he meets Jamila and Ellen who have just finished practicing their swords and are eating.
"We shouldn't have any flaws, right?" said Alleyne, looking back.
"It shouldn't be anything, after all, we haven't made any big moves, and Swadia's army is also attacking as usual, retreating as usual, and I don't see any clues at the moment. The lord of the city casually scooped a bowl of borscht from the pot and drank half a bowl in one go.
"Eat first, I'll go and bring some food to Sister Lorna and Uncle Fatis," Jamila watched as the two men talked more and more speculatively, and made an excuse to leave the kitchen with a basket of bread, jam and bacon
A little more than a month later, in Fort Radogir.
Disping and Earl William of the Kingdom of Swadia would come to the city almost every two days to call for battle, and occasionally lead a strong attack, but they were all driven back by the city lord Rudi Boye.
On the third day after settling the Fesnard problem, Lorna went south to support the Vuldea Tepoye, and due to the fall of Loma and Dremago, it became the most urgent task for the kingdom to protect the last barrier south of Zhivadin.
Rudi Boye was a cousin of Harespoye, and his father, Lord Larcha, had no important fiefdom in the kingdom, but at the age of thirty-five, he was able to defend Gyeonggi, an important town around the royal city, and it must be said that he was appreciated by King Yarogerk for his outstanding talents. And after Svadia's massive attack, Havel and Gastiapoye were defeated, and Radogil, who was not very good in military and defensive capabilities, also confirmed that the king was not wrong.
Along the route of Zhiwacheze-Kudan-Zhivadin, Lorna recruited soldiers and horses all the way, and finally bypassed the Swadian army on the periphery of the fortress on a dark and windy night, and led an army of about 300 people (after all, it is a novel, if it is a maximum of 100 people in the game, it would look very shameless) into the Fort of Radogir. Alleyne and Besture are in charge of training recruits.
As a result, when Disping and Dale William's troops returned to the city a few days later, they thought they were dreaming when they found the city full of Nord warriors with axes and shields in their hands, and Vecchian archers with overnumbered Vicchians.
However, the purpose of Lorna's arrival was only to delay the movement of the northern army of Svadia, and King Yarogark had already begun to send envoys to meet the monarchs of Kugit and Salander in order to consolidate a possible alliance, and the army of Vecchia did not go out of the city to counter the Svadian offensive after increasing in numbers, and Haraus finally received only a report that "a small number of reinforcements mixed with Vecchians in Radogirburg" did not deserve any attention, and did not send corresponding reinforcements.
According to the predetermined plan, Fort Radogir only had to try to hold out for seven to eight weeks, and when the three kingdoms reached an agreement, the Sultan of Hakim mobilized a large army from Fort Migayed to attack Svadia's garrison in Halma, and then Saga Khan sent troops to storm Fort Lundia, and Vicchia took the opportunity to gather the armies of Kulau and Kudan to recover Loma, and Zhivadin and Radogir Fort took the Dremar area in two flanks, and after the siege was cleared on three roads, they could join forces to enter the hinterland of the kingdom and switch from defense to attack.
"In this case, it is not difficult for us to hold on for three months here. "Almost all of them expressed optimism about the current shape.
But in the face of this almost foolproof strategy, Lorna always had a hint of unease, which became more and more intense with every two or three days of victory
But in the face of this almost foolproof strategy, Lorna always had a hint of unease, which became more and more intense with every two or three days of victory
(To be continued......)