Chapter 165: The Battle of Rock Castle

Baron Camorra was soon sent over, and according to the guards of the cell, he had been thrown into the water cell by Lord Duke for more than a month, and if it were not for the guards who secretly took care of Baron Camorra and took him to a dry place to rest at night, he would have soaked his feet in the water cell.

However, now the Baron Camorra is dying and unconscious, Lorist gave him a pulse, found that he was only very weak and relieved, and ordered Reddy to send him to recuperate for two days, and he took the time to refine a few nutritional potions at night for him to take, so that he could recover as soon as possible.

The butlers and servants of the Duke's Palace were found, and after a little inquiry, the inside information that Baron Camorra was thrown into the water prison by Lord Duke Lukins came out. When the Duke decided that the Chevani and Henneds were to go on a campaign against the Norton family, he sent a message to a slave trader he was familiar with, saying that he had a group of young female slaves to sell.

As a result, the 4,000 men of the Norton family were wiped out, the two knights were killed and one captured, and the Duke was so angry that he raided the house of the Chevani knight and drove his family into the streets to become beggars. Baron Camorra then went to the Norton family to bring the captured Henneid knights and the silver knights back as criminals, but Lorist refused, and instead released Henned and the silver knights on the pretext that he could not accept the knights' insults.

When Baron Camorra returned, he was scolded by the duke, believing that he was incompetent. And after Henned's and those silver knights returned, the two brigades of the Northland Legion and the 5,000 soldiers forcibly occupied the castle of the Sakura Ridge Manor to gather people to protect themselves, and even made the duke's popularity smoke, but there was nothing to be done, so he blamed everything on the head of Baron Camorra.

At this time, the slave trader familiar to the Duke came in a hurry, and the Duke did not have any slaves in his hands, so the Duke ordered the beggars in the city to be taken away. The landless peasants and the unemployed were all arrested and sold as slaves to slave traders, and the family of the Chevani knights was remembered, and they were specifically specified not to be spared.

As a result, the Duke's guards could not find the family of the Chevani Knight, and when they inquired, they learned that they had been sent out of the Northland by Baron Camorra. So he reported back to the Duke, and Baron Camorra was also unlucky, and he was hurrying to the Duke's Palace. If you want to stop the Duke from giving such a ridiculous order, as soon as this matter spreads, the Duke will definitely be discredited and lose people's hearts.

In this way, the Duke, who heard the report of the guards, was furious, and when he saw that Baron Camorra had come to dissuade him from attacking on the spot, he not only stripped Camorra of his title of baron, but also ordered him to be thrown into a water prison until he starved to death......

After waving his hand to let the butler and a few servants who had come to ask him step back, Lorist shook his head and sighed, "Duke Lukins is really crazy. But the cell guards weren't lying. They were really secretly taking care of Baron Camorra, otherwise he would have starved to death long ago. Reddy, go and give each of the guards five goldfords, as their reward for taking care of Baron Camorra. By the way, ask them, and if you want, bring your relatives with us, lest that bullshit duke get angry with them when he returns. ”

"Yes, sir. "Reddy is out.

Henned, who was on the side, leaned over: "Locke, are you in the idea of punching the mora? I'm going to take him back to the ...... of Sakura Ridge Manor Castle."

"Pull it down......" Lorist glanced at him, "It's overkill to go with you, you can talk about it yourself." Does Camorra have a chance to go with you? You use him as a butler. I admire him, I will use him, and even he has a chance to become a real territorial nobleman. ”

Henneid was speechless, and now he knew that Lorist had become an earl, no longer a baron like him. As the deputy of the former Northland Legion Commander Chevani Knight, he is well aware of Camorra's talent. It was known that without the hard work of the Camorra in terms of logistics, it would be difficult for the Northland Army to reach or maintain the size of more than 20,000 men. So he doesn't look down on Camorra like the other Golden Knight Tabek.

But now that Lorist has also taken a fancy to Camorra's preparation for use, Henneid thought about it and gave up, there is no need to offend the golden thigh he holds for a Camorra.

"Well, the Camorra can be yours. But you'll have to make it up to me. Knight Henneid said unwillingly.

"Fuck off, make up for it, how much did you take advantage of me, you said yourself, there are more than 2,000 more people under your command, and you have taken so many iron armor from me......" Lorist ignored him.

"Hehe, we are friends, why do good friends care about this, saying that money is too vulgar. Do I want a man, a woman?" said Henned, with a hippie smile.

"Woman, which one do you like again?" asked Lorlist, curious.

Henneid looked left and right to see that no one was there, and he wanted to whisper on Lorlist's shoulder......

"Get out of the way, just be blunt if you want to. Big man, don't be so disgusting, what are you whispering, I really don't know how you became a knight......" Lorist pushed Henned's away.

"Okay, what I want is the duke's favorite mistress, but you have to do me a favor, pretend to send someone to take her away, and then I'll kill her on the way and then rescue her back to Sakura Ridge Manor Castle......" Hennell was a little embarrassed, but he had a wonderful idea, the hero saved the beauty, and the beauty promised her.

"Oh my day, you guy will die in a woman's belly one day. When Reddy comes back, you can talk to him about acting. However, I advise you to stop for a while, and don't forget that you are now lying on Sakura Ridge with a serious injury, instead of jumping around alive...... "Lorist, this is allowed."

Knight Hennend was overjoyed and ran to find Reddy.

Two days later, a room in the Grand Duke's Palace.

Baron Camorra leaned back on the bed and looked at Lorist in surprise: "Why are you here?"

Lorist smiled lightly: "Why can't I come?" The Duke personally summoned the Lord of the Northland to raise troops to attack my family, and then I found that his Grand Duke was very empty, so I came to take a stroll......"

Baron Camorra fell on the pillow as if deflated: "Lord Duke is too persistent, I have repeatedly advised him not to entangle with the Norton family, why doesn't he listen......"

"Don't worry about your mad duke, normal people can't reason with a madman. He has stripped you of your baron title and thrown you into a water prison to starve you to death. If it weren't for the guards who took pity on you. Get something to feed you often, then I won't see you this time. Don't think about it so much, recuperate, in two days I will gather my forces to meet your Lord Duke, and I will take you away then. Lorist said.

"Wait, wait. Lord Norton, you already occupy the dukedom, why should you leave? This is the most prosperous and wealthy elite area in the Northland, are you willing to give it up?" asked Camorra.

"Hehe......" Lorist laughed, "one is south and the other is north, and it takes five days for the messenger to run." Occupying a dukedom is tantamount to splitting the power of the Norton family in two. I wouldn't be so irrational, I have no interest in the whole of the Northlands until the Norton family doesn't have enough strength. As for the most elite area of the Northland, hehe, it will no longer be a ...... in the future."

"Your Excellency, the Knight of Farrea is here. Reddy came in to report.

"Alright. Camorra, you have a good rest, take care of your body, and when I return to the family territory, I still have something for your help. If you need anything, just ask the guards, and you don't have to be polite. Lorist waved at Camorra and left.

The reception room of the Grand Duke's Palace.

"Farea, how are the villagers and craftsmen who have been relocated, and have they caused you a lot of trouble?" asked Lorist.

Fareah shook her head: "My lord, the situation of the villagers is better, on the contrary, those who are surrounded by the town and have skills like to make trouble. ”

"Is there any reason?"

"Your Excellency. You don't know that Duke Lukins levied a tax on the peasants in his realm equal to sixty percent of the output of the land. For the peasants, forty percent of their income was not enough to feed their families, so they generally ate only two meals a day, like half of the livestock and poultry they raised belonged to the duke, the other half was sold and they had to pay high taxes, and the remaining little income was used to buy salt and other necessities. Life is very difficult. This time, we bought their livestock and poultry directly from cash, and provided them with three meals a day on the road, so the farmers were the first to believe in our promises and the most willing to obey our orders. ”

Knight Farrea took a sip of tea and continued to report: "I have received your order, my lord, let us form another garrison to maintain order. Malek and I discussed the selection of these relocated villagers, and those villagers enthusiastically signed up for the selection. At present, this newly formed garrison has been formed, and they are equipped with spears and leather armor, which are still competent to maintain vigilance and order on the road. ”

Lloris nodded: "You and Marek are doing a great job, and I am very satisfied." This time you have arrived with a garrison of 5,000 horsebacks to replace the Rose Knights who are guarding the castle of Fresd Fortress. At present, there are still three or four thousand soldiers of the Northland Legion trapped in the fortress of Fresd Fortress, and the knight of Ross led two ironclad spear brigades to camp in front of the castle and confront each other.

We're going to take action against the enemy camp attacking our Rock Castle, so I'll need to bring back the two Ironclad Cavalry Brigades of the Rose Knights as our main assault force. The main purpose of your visit this time is to keep an eye on the defenders of the fortress of Fresd and prevent them from coming out to disturb the transfer of our supplies and personnel. Although the Golden Knight Oldmar, who is in charge of the Northland Legion, has been seriously wounded, don't be careless, understand?"

"Your Excellency, please rest assured that I will be able to complete the task. The Knight of Valea stood up and saluted.

Three days later, Tiger Ross returned to the capital of the Grand Duke, Gildusk, with his two ironclad spear brigades.

"Let's go, it's time for us to meet the last big fight before we go home. Lorist got on his horse and said to El, Rose, Reddy and the others next to him.

Knight Henned, a gray-robed mysterious man with a covered head and face, looked at the empty Duke's mansion behind him and said, "Locke, why don't you put a fire and burn this place to the ground?"

"There's no need for that, when the Duke fills this place, I'll come and move it again, and I'll move it out after burning him, so troublesome. Lorist said with a smile.

Today is the day of the evacuation of Gildusk City, Lorist waved his horsewhip and pointed ahead to Knight Henned: "There are still seven lords' fiefs along the way, since they have chosen to follow the Duke as an enemy of my Norton family, then I don't need to let them go, we will sweep all the way through, and the agreement will remain the same." Henned, these manor castles and towns for your people to take down. I'll let the convoy of Dorres help you. ”

Knight Hennede nodded, Lorist was bringing three ironclad spear brigades this time, Doreus's chariot brigade, and a squadron of guards led by El. Compared to a brigade of Northland legionnaires who pretended to be armed by the Norton family, he was indeed not a suitable candidate for siege.

Seven days later, Lorist led his army to the Somme.

The Somme is just a small river in the Northlands. It originates in Binshan and flows south into the Mitoburo River.

After the Somme, another day's walk will take you to the Rock Castle.

Yuri and Pete came to report.

"You have done a good job for more than a month, effectively blocking the enemy's scouts from spying on us. What is the situation of the enemy battalion now?" asked Lorist.

"My lord, we have not done very well, and by the end of April we had captured thirty-seven messengers, many of whom were letters from a knight, not many of them. The Grand Duke wrote several letters of reprimand, accusing several lords of not bringing troops to conquer our Norton family, urging them to bring troops to join us as soon as possible. But these messengers have been withheld by us.

It's May. The enemy camp seems to be suspicious, and has sent a lot of scouts to our side these days, and yesterday we met a dozen scouts, and after the battle, we could not keep them, and let them escape four of them. I think now the enemy already knows about our existence. Yuri said with his head down.

"It's fine. Lorist patted him on the shoulder: "The outcome is about to be decided, and it's too late to find out that something is wrong." Rest assured, they can't turn over. ”

"How's Boderfinger going?" asked Lorlist.

Yuri replied, "Your Excellency, Lord Bodfinger has already set off with the Heavy Armor Corps yesterday. They were accompanied by Telman's Knights and Marek's 2nd Garrison Corps, who would be at the scheduled time. That is, we will arrive at Rock Castle at noon tomorrow. By the way, this morning Lord Bodfinger sent a message that they had captured Earl Spencer and his party of nearly 100 people who wanted to return to the territory. ”

"Count Spencer, wasn't that old man the first to attack our Rock Castle by taking refuge with the Duke? Why did he return to the territory at this time? Forget it, let's take it first, and then dispose of him after the battle." ”

Lorist looked at the map: "Order to rest early in the evening." Tomorrow we will cook at five watches, set off at six o'clock, and arrive in front of the rock castle before noon. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

......

On May 9, 1768 in the year of the Gaylinthia calendar, the Battle of Rock Castle began.

Right in front of the rocky castle in the Morgen Hills of Northland. Around noon.

The Norton forces, located to the southwest, were the first to attack. The heavily armored corps led by Bodfinger formed a phalanx of five brigades and approached on foot towards the coalition forces of the lords in the eastern camp.

The total strength of the coalition of lords led by Duke Lukins was more than 46,000 people, while the forces of the Norton family were more than 43,000 people, and the two sides were evenly matched in terms of troops.

In fact, when nearly 1,000 longbowmen of the Northland Legion under the command of Grand Duke Lugins launched three hanging shots at the approaching Norton family heavy armor corps, only to find that the hanging arrows could not effectively damage the Norton family soldiers wearing the standard heavy armor of the White Lion Legion, the entire lord coalition army was like a headless fly, and it was a mess.

Lorist immediately ordered Pete's squadron of archers to dismount, and the accompanying Henned's 1,000 longbowmen also fired a suppressive shot with hanging fire, which also fired only three rounds, and the lord's coalition suffered heavy casualties.

Telman's Knights and Tiger Rose's three ironclad spear brigades took the opportunity to charge, and in the face of the onslaught of the rolling ironclad lancers and knights, the lord's coalition collapsed before engaged.

Baron Philim Charward of the Pegasus family was the first to turn his horse and run away with his men, and then the lords fled one after another, and a battle turned into a pursuit of the north.

The Battle of Rock lasted for three days, which meant that the Norton family pursued the fleeing lords' coalition for a total of three days, but still allowed most of the lords to escape the pursuit. The more than 60 lords who followed Duke Lukins to conquer the Norton family have accounted for two-thirds of the entire Northland lords, and after the battle, eleven lords were killed in the melee and escape, sixteen lords became prisoners of the Norton family, and the rest of the lords escaped successfully.

Duke Lukins, Grand Duke of the Northlands, ran eastward to the Counts of Lopez of the Kenmas family under the cover of his own Northland Legion's deputy commander, the Golden Knight Beatson, but the Beatson Knight was shot into a hedgehog by Pitt's squadron of archers and horses, and died heroically on the battlefield.

In the Battle of Rock Castle, the coalition of lords who fought suffered more than 8,000 casualties, more than 30,000 prisoners, and less than 50 lords and knights killed in the battle.

From April 5th to August 27th, more than four months of transportation and relocation finally came to an end, and countless supplies and food poured into the Norton family's territory, in addition to more than 300,000 people who were relocated into the Rock Castle.

After receiving the news that the Norton family had finally closed themselves, Duke Luggins, who had been hiding in the Kenmax family's castle until the end of August, returned to the Grand Duke's territory under the escort of Viscount Kenmeth.

When he returned to the Grand Duke's territory, he saw the devastated and uninhabited territory and the ruins of the villages that had been reduced to ashes along the way, as well as the Grand Duke's Mansion where everything had been moved to a fine and the nobles and subordinate officials who had flocked to demand compensation from the Duke, the Duke was so angry that he vomited three mouthfuls of blood and fell unconscious.

Viscount Kenmax let out a sigh: "Duke Lukins is finished. ”

Walked away, and from then on the Kenmas family was no longer on the orders of the Duke.

...... (To be continued.) )

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