Chapter 461: Approaching Battle

"Your Highness, this is the letter eagle summons that Lord Camorra has just sent. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Generio hurried into the study and presented a piece of off-white silk to Lorist.

Lorlist, who was discussing political affairs with Shi Fatzi, took the silk and quickly read the contents on it, and his face immediately became gloomy.

"What's wrong?" asked Fat Shi.

"Some people have itchy skin, and it's time to teach them a lesson. Lorist handed the silk in his hand to Fat Man and said, "See for yourself, the logistical supply points set up by Baron Camorra in the provinces of Zixes, Forward, Westwood and Delamarc have all been attacked by unknown forces. Instead of cooperating with our investigation, the local nobles accused us of attracting the attention of the bandits and causing their territory to suffer a lot of damage, and demanded that our family be responsible for compensation......"

"Phew!" Shi Fatzi said disdainfully: "The thief shouts to catch the thief, without the cooperation of these territorial nobles, how could the camp we set up be attacked by those bandits." I even suspect that the bandits were impersonated by the private armed forces of these local lords. Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness had just left the eleven provinces in the central part of the country, and the nobles of the territory who usually clamped their tails and pretended to be turtles with shrunken heads became active, and they hit our Norton family with their ideas, did they think that our Norton family was so easy to bully?"

Due to the division of troops into two routes, the Norton family forces will launch a winter raid from Majik Province to Anderwolf Province and Portoorg Province, His Royal Highness ordered his 300,000 troops to move to the southwest provinces at the end of September as early as possible, and even the White Lion Legion deployed on the border of Majik Province and Andlviv Province also handed over its garrison to a guard regiment led by Ovicis to receive it, and then rushed to Hansdemoth Province, so that after the rainy season passed, the army could immediately approach the border between the two provinces of the former Duchy of Rum, posing a threat to the commercial alliance。

However, as soon as His Second Highness and his army left, the situation in the eleven central provinces, which could have been called calm, began to liven up. The nobles of those territories who were obediently people with their tails between their heads lost the oppression of the two mountains of the Second Highness and his 300,000 army, and began to think of ways to make up for the various economic losses caused to them by the Second Highness sitting in the eleven central provinces in the past few years. The method is very simple, the big fish eat the small fish, the small fish eat the shrimp, in just two months, there have been more than ten territorial conflicts and family wars between the territorial nobles of several central provinces, and some lords also pretend to be bandits to block the road and rob merchants and passers-by.

It's just that I didn't expect that now those territorial nobles are still branded with the idea of the Norton family's armament. Come to think of it, these eleven provinces in the central part of the country have been looted by His Royal Highness in recent years in order to raise an army of 300,000. Although the wind and rain were good and the harvest was good, it was only guaranteed that no one would starve to death. Not only the people, but almost all the nobles of the realm are not having a good time.

In order to complete the winter raid and occupy Anderwolf Province and Portoorg Province, the Norton family is ready to relocate more than 500,000 immigrants from these two provinces, as well as to ensure the supply of armaments and logistics materials on the front line.

Shi Fatzi carefully looked at what was written on the silk and said, "Baron Camorra did not mention in his letter the casualties of the soldiers of the Guards Battalion who were guarding the camp, so it should be very slight and not in the way. However, he said that the spate of attacks and thefts had had a serious impact on logistical transport and stockpiling tasks. Due to the long route, the 5th Provisional Guards Regiment led by Baron Farrea was in a state of lack of troops for the security and patrol of this logistical supply line, and was very worried that it would be overwhelmed by fatigue from running around, and hoped to increase its strength so as not to cause serious consequences......"

Loris nodded: "yes, this logistical supply line is too long, and we didn't expect such a situation. It seems that we have had to increase our forces to maintain the security of this logistical supply line. But before I increase my troops, I have to teach those nobles of the realm who don't know what to do a good job in, is it true that our Norton family will not dare to fight back?"

"Genolio!"

"Your Highness, what do you command?" Genorio was clever and hurriedly straightened up.

"You take this letter, and then write an urgent letter and send someone to your majesty overnight, saying that I will clean up those territorial nobles along this logistics line, and if we can't guarantee the safety of this logistics supply line, our Norton family will not be able to launch a surprise attack in winter. Lorist thought for a moment and commanded.

"Yes, Your Highness, I'll do it right away. Genorio saluted and exited the study.

It seems that Lorist has made up his mind to clean up the nobles of the central provinces. Shi Fatzi persuaded beside him: "Your Highness, the big war is coming, as long as we ensure the safety of the logistics supply line, there is no need to entangle with those local territorial nobles." ”

Lorist tapped his finger on the table in deep thought and replied, "No, you don't understand, it's easy to say that it's easy to just ensure the safety of this logistical supply route, but I'm afraid that the nobles of the territory who have been expelled by us will be angry and make brain-dead actions that are harmful to others. They may be angry because of our family's strength, and they will be unwilling to secretly send people to infiltrate the camp and set fire to the supplies.

For the local nobles, this is just a move to vent their anger, but for our family, as long as the supplies of a camp are destroyed, then this logistical supply line is over, and at least the implementation of our plan will be delayed for a long time. Winter is short, we must hurry up, if the plan cannot be completed, it will add a lot of trouble and unnecessary difficulties to us.

Therefore, for us in the Norton family, we must completely eliminate all hidden dangers along this logistical supply line. Whoever is involved in the unidentified armed and robbers who attacked our camp will be pursued to the end and uprooted them all, which is the real and effective way to maintain the security of this logistical supply route. ”

"Then do you think Your Highness will agree to you doing this?" asked Shi Fatzi.

"He will surely agree, and whoever now obstructs the strategic plan of the winter raid he has arranged will become his enemy. As long as our Norton forces launch a surprise attack as planned during the winter as scheduled, then even if we clear all the nobles of the Central Provinces, he will pretend not to see anything......"

Lorist was suddenly stunned for a moment, and his face changed: "it, we've been fooled......"

"Huh?" Shi Fatzi was puzzled: "What was fooled?"

Lorist stood up and walked around the study: "I suspect that we have fallen for His Majesty's scheme, and he is likely to use our family arms to clear the nobles of those territories in the central provinces. ”

Shi Fatzi's face also became serious: "Do you have any basis?"

"Quite simply, we have long received permission from Your Majesty to set up logistical supply camps in the central provinces of our choice. Everyone knows the importance of this logistical supply line to launch a winter raid on our family's armed forces, so why do the local lords in those provinces in the central province still have the idea of attacking our family's logistical supply line? Obviously, His Majesty did not warn them at all...... Hehe......"

Lorist sneered: "It's not that I doubt it, think about it, with His Majesty's experience and careful mind, would he make such a simple mistake? If he had warned those local nobles, then no one would have attacked the idea of our family's logistical supply line, otherwise it would mean that they were provoking His Majesty's majesty." There is no warning, so those local nobles can keep an eye on our family's logistical supply lines, and even if there is a conflict, it will only be a private conflict between our family and those local nobles......"

Shi Fatzi nodded: "It's the same as when our convoy passed north through the Kingdom of Antinac, His Royal Highness used our convoy to arm against those territorial nobles, first, to block us, and even use us to deal with those local lords in the future to catch us." Now he needs us to go to war, so he pretends not to see it, and when the Empire is unified, he can bring it up again, and use it to suppress us in the Norton family or force us to follow his arrangement.

The second is to use us to clear the territorial nobles of these central provinces, after all, these territorial nobles are all subordinates of the original Grand Duke of the Four Central Kingdoms, and they are not of the same mind as the Second Highness. So the more we clear, the happier Second Highness becomes. Because the fiefdoms of these local nobles could be recovered by him and returned to the direct jurisdiction of the royal family, effectively strengthening his control over the central provinces.

Finally, the relationship between the territorial nobles of the central provinces and the original three grand dukes in the central part is complicated, and our family's armed forces to eliminate them in order to ensure the safety of the logistics supply line will inevitably make us and the remaining local nobles and the three great princes evil. This should be something that His Royal Highness is very happy to see, avoiding the expansion of the power of our four alliances in the North and collusion with the three Grand Dukes, this is probably the balance of power......"

"I think this is what our majesty should think so, after all, the strength of our Norton family is on par with the kingdom, and he has always been taboo and wary of our family. That's why I started to arrange so many things first. Lorist commented indifferently: "But is it useful to do this? As long as our family's strength remains strong, even if he unifies the empire, what can he do with our family?

Shi Fatzi laughed: "He really doesn't dare to do this, don't look at him with an army of 500,000, but he also understands in his heart that he is not the opponent of our Norton family's armed forces." But Your Highness, the question now is who should we send to secure the logistical supply lines and clear out the attackers who pose a threat to our logistical support camps?

"No," replied Lorlist, "both the Flying Tigers and the Rock Legion are to be on their way to the provinces of Majik to prepare for a winter raid on the provinces of Andervov and Puerto Org. It was already the end of October, and there was not much time to rest when they arrived in Majik Province, so there was no need for them to fight the local nobles and bandits, lest they lose time and not be able to launch an attack as scheduled.

I am going to send a regiment from the Huntsman Legion for Jost to lead to the central provinces to reinforce Farea and ensure the security and patrol of the logistical supply lines. As a light cavalry regiment, their mobility was enough to deal with the private armies of those bandits and local nobles. At the same time, I am going to recruit El and Reddy back, and they will lead a thousand guards to clear the territorial nobles along the logistics supply line, and uproot the local nobles who beat our family's ideas, so that they will be the latecomers. ”

"Your Highness, what if Baron Jost and Elr are brought back, then what about the Cavalry Hunting Legion?" said Fat Stone.

"It's okay, the Knights Hunter still has Yuri and the Vasima Knights. To deal with the grass barbarian tribes in the northeast prairie, the two of them are enough to deal with it. Jost had been with the Hunters for several years, so let him go to the Central Province to relax. As for El, Yuri was sent to the Huntsman Legion because he was wounded, but now that Yuri has returned, I am going to let him leave the Huntsman Legion and wait until this war is over to make him the commander of the new Fifth Guards Legion. ”

On October 31, 1786, the Norton family's logistical supply line and logistical support camp to Majik Province were threatened by unknown armed forces and bandits, as well as local nobles, Lorist urgently dispatched the commander of the Chasseur Legion, Jost, to lead a regiment to reinforce them. At the same time, Reddy and El were tasked with a thousand guards to investigate and clear out unidentified forces, bandits, and local nobles who posed a threat to logistical supply lines.

By November 30, the Norton family forces had set off a bloody storm in various provinces along this logistical supply line, and nearly 100 bandits and horse bandits were wiped out by the raids of the guard brigades led by Reddy and El, and the pursuit of the chassars led by Jost, and more than 50 nobles of the territory who were accused of colluding with these bandits and horse bandits were killed, and the family territory was also swept away.

At that time, there were less than 100 nobles in the various provinces in the central provinces canonized by His Royal Highness, but now more than half of them have been cleared by the Norton family. All of a sudden, the reputation of the Norton family's armed forces spread throughout the provinces of the Kingdom of Andinac, and the logistics supply line was almost ghostly along the way, and no one dared to approach this route, and even if they had to pass through, most of them chose to go around in a big circle, and no one wanted to get close to those logistics support camps......

On the twentieth of November, Lorist set out for the province of Majik with a thousand guards, accompanied by the family's second-class great sword master, Xius. Among them were Princess Celevia, four concubines, and two sons. There are also some high-ranking members of the family.

After saying goodbye to Princess Celivia one by one. Lorist said to Baron Bérunec, the commander of the First Guards Legion, who had come to see him off: "You are responsible for the safety of the Northlands. ”

Baron Berunik gave a knightly salute: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will not fail in my mission!"

Lorist nodded, got on his horse and ordered, "Let's go." ”

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