Chapter 145: Departure

The morning glow of September gives the Morgen Hills and the Black Forest a new golden coat.

Lorist stood on the side of the road outside the South Gate to see off Baron Camorra, and from time to time a free silver knight came to them, saluted Lorliste respectfully, and then took his squire and his personal servants to stand beside him with their mounts, and waited for their companions to arrive before embarking on the journey home.

Baron Camorra looked at the silver knights who were gathering more and more not far away, his expression was gloomy, and he finally couldn't help but sigh: "Your hand is really clever, I know that once they go back, they will definitely cause a big storm in the Northland Legion and the Dukedom, but I thought about it all night, but there is no way to deal with this situation." Alas...... Lord Duke...... He did it wrong...... Without the suppression of the Northland Army, I am afraid that the Northland will be in turmoil from now on......"

Lorist chuckled softly: "The troubled times have already come, how can the Northland avoid strife? I returned to my family territory from the city of Moronte, and along the way I saw a lot of wars, hungry corpses, thieves swarming, and homeless people. I thought that the northern land should be able to unify itself and become a blessed land on earth that can still allow people to live and work in peace and contentment in this troubled world. Unfortunately, I was wrong, and after setting foot in the Northland, I realized that the Northland was worse than the outside world, there were wars everywhere, and there were wars everywhere. You can even hear the wails of the dead and the cries of the innocent in the wind......"

Lorist restrained his smile: "As the Grand Duke of the Northlands and formed the Northland Legion, he has the responsibility to quell the war in the Northland, restore peace to the Northland, unite all the nobles of the Northland to the outside world, and make the Northland an enviable place to live in troubled times." But what has your Lord Duke done? He has made the Northland Legion a vicious dog in his hands, a means of amassing his wealth. He had looted so much from the lords of the Northland, but where did he spend it, and he did not benefit the Northland in the slightest in terms of spending and drinking and maintaining luxury......

"I sometimes think it's ridiculous, why would your Lord Duke want to establish the Duchy of Lukins in the Northlands? Who would support him, even if the lords were now submissive to your Lord Duke, it was because of the Northland Legion. No one likes to have a talentless, virtuous and incompetent superior lord squatting on his head. This time, your Lord Duke has been bruised in the head of our Norton family, the troops on the expedition have been wiped out, and the Northland Legion has suffered heavy losses, so it is time to comfort the soldiers, exchange them for prisoners, and learn their lessons..."

"But what has your Duke done? His head is full of gold coins, and his heart is still full of gold coins, and he is angry with the soldiers who have done his best for him, does he really think that it is his money? unreasonable, ruthless, unjust, paranoid and arrogant. Lord Camorra, is such a Duke really worthy of your loyal service?, I suspect that between a bag of gold coins and your life or death, your Lord Duke will not hesitate to choose gold coins, regardless of your life or death. I feel very unworthy for you, Master Camorra, you are a talent, and although your Duke promoted you to the end of the world, he only took advantage of you, not appreciated your talent......"

"In addition, you are right, I am indeed selfish, giving Knights Henneid and them freedom is so that they can go back and cause some trouble for your Duke, and also make the Northland Legion no longer have time to target the Norton family. Without the Northland Legion to rely on, I'd like to see what your Lord Duke thinks of beating me with those gold coins. As you know, those possessions are my trophies and seizures, and I will use them for the development and production of my family domain. When the outside world is at war, I will build our Norton family's domain into a paradise on earth......"

"Developing and building a territory is not just about gold coins, you also need a lot ......of manpower and materials," Baron Camorra interjected, and was speechless for a long time by Lorliste, but now he can't help but feel overjoyed when he finally talks about what he is good at:" What you have is gold, but you don't have the ability to turn gold coins into materials, what you need most is a communication channel for foreign trade, and you also need a peaceful and peaceful environment to build your family territory, otherwise no matter how resolute you are, it will become an empty word in the end. ”

Loris nodded and laughed, "You're right, we're doing our best to build ...... right now"

Pointing to the rock castle behind him: "You should see, this is the result of our recent construction, even if we have been fighting, we have not stopped building." It is true that gold coins cannot be turned into supplies, and the Norton family does not have a reliable channel for foreign transactions. But don't forget, businessmen are profitable, and when the news of the Norton family has money and supplies spreads, there will naturally be merchants who will send the goods to the door to trade. I believe that as long as you work hard, there will always be good results. ”

Knight Henned, with two attendants and four personal servants, rode out of the south gate of the Rock Castle at the last of all, came to Lorlist, nodded at Baron Camorra, and then gave Lorlist a knightly salute, turned his horse's head, knocked his horse's belly, and his mount neighed, and ran towards the far side of the avenue. The silver knights on the side got on their horses and followed with their own men......

Baron Camorra let out a sigh of relief: "It's time for me to take my leave...... I hope they don't make a big mess when they go back. ”

Lorist laughed again: "The Northland has long been turbulent, and Duke Lukins uses the Northland Legion as a, thinking that everything is safe. All I did was make a small hole in the levee. As for when the levee will collapse, then I don't know. Separation is imminent, I send you a word, if things don't work, protect yourself, our Norton family opens the door to welcome you......"

This was the meaning of open solicitation, and Baron Camorra was stunned for a moment, wanting to say something, but after thinking about it, he stopped talking, got on his mount, waved his hand to the four guards who were escorting him in the distance, and spurred his horse away.

Lorist Shi Ran went up to the castle tower, but saw Jost leaning against the jagged mouth of the city wall and watching the smoke and dust disappear in the distance.

"Didn't lead the team in training today?" Lorist asked.

"No, let Pete take them. Jost replied.

Pete was a wandering knight recruited at this tournament, his original name was Pirk Priest, and his nickname was Pete. He is famous among the wandering knights of the Northlands, he is only twenty-five years old this year, and he is a silver second-order. He was also the winner of the archery event at this conference. Sedercamp said that there was a gold-level archer in the family, which touched Pete's heart and he was successfully recruited.

Jost once praised Pete in front of Lorliste, thinking that he was the most talented archery person besides himself, when Lorist scolded: "Day, are you boasting or showing off yourself......

"Give ......," Joost handed over a thick piece of vellum paper.

"What's that?"

"Knight Henneid stuffed it to me before leaving, and he didn't say anything. ”

Lorist opened the vellum paper, and at this moment there was a hand-drawn map with rope bridges, castles, manors, cities and towns, and rows of numbers written on it.

Lorlist's eyes widened the more she looked at her, and she eventually burst out laughing.

"Isn't it just a military plan, why are you so happy?" said Jost.

"No......" Lorist was very pleased: "Joe, look, we don't have to worry about Duke Luggins sending troops to attack us again." The rope bridge level, the fortress castle, and the capital city of Gildusk require three brigades of the Northland Regiment to garrison, and three manor castles and seven towns require ten squadrons to garrison. Hehe, it turns out that the Duke called the Northland Legion as a territorial garrison, and it's really a shame that he came up with it......

Of the more than 20,000 people in the Northland Army, more than 4,000 people were lost by us, and now there are more than 17,000 people left, minus the 12,500 people in the garrison area, and the maximum number that can be transferred is about 5,000. The four thousand are gone, do these five thousand people still dare to come? Although that bullshit grand duke is not dead, but even if there is a marching force, there must be someone to command, Henned will not be willing to serve the duke anymore, maybe he will even stab the duke. Tabek will have a year to lie on the bed, and the two golden knights will not be able to leave. Hehe, Lord Duke wants to deal with our Norton family, but he is powerless. ”

"So we're not going to fight any more, are we?" asked Jost.

"Perhaps, the Kenmas have turned their attention to the eastern Northlands, and have shown their goodwill to reconcile with us. You already know the situation of Duke Lukins, Henned's knights will definitely make a big fuss when they go back, the Northland Legion is panicked and may even mutiny, the Duke will definitely be anxious to take care of himself, and it is impossible for him to send troops to our family before the Northland Legion is settled.

Generally speaking, we should have a period of stability in the future. But we can't relax, Viscount Kenmax has always held a grudge against us for robbing us of his private money, and he will definitely not let us go if he has the opportunity to bite us. As for Duke Lukins, he is a madman, and we can't guess what he will do next with normal human thinking. Maybe he'll fight us to the end for the sake of gold, and he'll fight us to the end, even for the sake of gold.

Therefore, we must be well prepared for war, always vigilant, and be prepared. By the way, Joe, I want to leave the Rock Castle for a while, and I can only rest assured that I will be in charge of it while I am away. Lorist said, looking at Joske.

"Where do you want to go?" asked Josk.

"I wanted to go to the convoy, and I was worried since I received the letter from Ruhr and Morder, and I was afraid that something would happen to the convoy, and I couldn't sleep well at night. There was always a very uneasy feeling in my heart, so I took advantage of this short time of peace to look for it......" Lorist said, looking into the distance.

"And who are you going to take with you?" asked Jost again.

Lorist thought for a moment and said, "I'll take Pat with me, everyone has their own roles, I'll let Paul Binns take over Pat to manage the new barracks, and Pat can walk away." ”

"No......" Jost shook his head: "It's only two people for you to bring Pat, it's not safe." If you think about the twelve people of Ruel and Mord, there are only two of them left along the way, and there are too many dangers. Well, since you let me stay, I can promise you, but you have to bring the archers over, and I can rest assured that Pete and his companions will follow me. If you refuse, then I'll pack up and go with you right away. ”

Lorist said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'll take the archers with me." In fact, you should know that with my skills, it is impossible to be dangerous in normal situations. Don't you think I'll be too ostentatious with a squad of archers?"

Jost said: "My lord, it's not peaceful outside now, if there are two people, there will definitely be a lot of trouble to find you." But you bring a squad of archers, and that is trouble avoids you. Only then will you be able to have a smooth ride and quickly find the northbound convoy. ”

Lorist nodded: "Okay, you convinced me. You tell the guards to tell the archers to get ready, and we'll set off tomorrow morning. ”

......

This is the border city of Nadegas, the border city of the Kingdom of Andinac and the Duchy of Madras, and outside the city is a dense tent camp, and the camp of the northbound convoy is in the middle of this tent area.

Everyone in the big tent was depressed and worried......

"Why did the Duchy of Madras refuse us entry, and sent the Iron Guards to block the border, refusing to let anyone pass?" asked Schreid, looking at his worried colleagues.

Bodfinger pondered and replied: "We don't know, the city of Nadegas is only a hundred miles from the border of the Duchy of Madras, and it could have been accessed through the fortress of Liechtana. But when we arrived, we found that the fortress of Liechnda was heavily guarded, as if facing a great enemy, and the guards refused to let us pass, and even the Iron Guards had been transferred the other day. When we went to negotiate, the commander of the corps sent an adjutant who said that they would not let our convoy into the Principality except by diverting it. ”

Schrader had a headache, in fact, everyone understood that the reason for the rejection was just that they were worried about his face and didn't want to say it directly. This is all the aftermath of the convoy armed in the Kingdom of Antinac, he hanged more than 80 territorial nobles to raid their homes, and the reputation of the demon Schreid has long spread everywhere. The Principality of Madras was naturally no exception, hearing that he was going to lead a convoy through the Principality, no one dared to let him enter, not to mention that behind his convoy was nearly 100,000 displaced people, if the northbound convoy was allowed to pass, it would be equivalent to locusts passing through, and everything along the way would be swept away.

"Can't we pay tolls?" Schrader asked, hoping for anything.

Bodfinger looked at him with a wry smile and shook his head.

"What about breaking it into pieces, can a caravan of wagons divided into dozens or a hundred in the name of the Andinac royal family pass?"

"It's useless, the adjutant of the Iron Guard Legion said, this border is going to be blocked for a year and a half, not to mention caravans, even pedestrians are denied passage. Telman interjected.

"Well...... Schrader turned to one of the accountants he had promoted, "how much grain do we have?"

"Your Excellency, you have swept through the entire province of Verbasya, and the captured grain and grass is enough to feed our convoy and the displaced people behind it for three months. However, it is already September, and winter is coming in more than a month, and there is still a big shortage of warm clothes for those homeless people, and if they do not prepare for the cold in advance, it is likely that a large number of old and weak people will die of cold in the snow......" The accountant replied very respectfully.

"After the order, the treatment of the family's armed forces remains unchanged, and the convoy personnel keep three meals, but limit the portions. The displaced people in the back have two meals a day, one bowl of porridge per person at a time, as long as they don't starve to death. Wait for the convoy to depart, and then let them have enough to eat and have the strength to hurry, Lord Bodfinger, you let the convoy be armed to strengthen the control of the homeless, and if there is resistance, immediately suppress it. Also, let the homeless people dig their burrows to collect firewood and prepare for the winter. In addition, we have to send men to buy food, grass and clothing, just in case. ”

Schrader now gritted his teeth at the homeless people who followed the convoy, if it weren't for these outcasts, how could the convoy end up in the predicament it is now, maybe he would have arrived in the Northland to see Lorist. Originally, he wanted to bring all these homeless people to the Northland, but now he only hates himself for being too greedy, so he can't wait for the convoy to arrive in the Northland and then send out people to collect the homeless?

"Oh no, Lord Schreid!" Dorus of the chariot crashed headlong into the big tent, panting: "Edmar and Wanpu have taken refuge in the Second Highness, and they have also brought two squadrons of family soldiers......"

Both Edmar and Hope are among the veteran cadets of Dawn Academy who organized a convoy to the Northland with Schrader Telman and them, and are now both squadron leaders.

Since the convoy armed swept away all the territorial nobles in Verbasya Province for the sake of the displaced people and food, the Second Highness easily followed behind with an armed force of 5,000 people to receive the territory and settle the displaced people, rectify the order and develop production, if it were not for him to clean up the mess behind, then there would be more than 100,000 displaced people following the convoy.

However, after knowing that Bodefinger and the others were former officers of the White Lion Legion, His Royal Highness often went to the convoy camp to talk about his feelings, but Bodefinger and others refused His Royal Highness's solicitation. However, Schreder's cheap father-in-law, Ingjerek, was very tempted, and privately persuaded Schreder to join the Second Highness, but was scolded. In the end, Schrader said that if it was known to adults...... Afraid of Lorist, Ingjelek who was afraid to the bones, hurriedly told him to forgive.

His Royal Highness couldn't recruit the top of the team, so he immediately started the idea of those old students of Dawn Academy, and in less than a month, seven old students had already been poached. However, today it was too much, and even the convoy was armed, and the soldiers of the two squadrons of the Norton family were also brought over.

"How can this be justified, send troops, besiege the city of Nadegas, if the Second Highness refuses to return our family soldiers, we will declare war on him, and then turn around and march towards the imperial capital, and beat the entire Antinac kingdom to pieces!" Schrader slammed his fist on the table......