Chapter 140: The Whereabouts of the Northbound Convoy

In the Great Tent, Joske, Wasimma, Ovikis, Pachko, Pat, Jim, Paul Binns, Reddy, Hanske Steward, Codan Steward, Speer Steward, Boris Steward, and Sederkamp were lined up in two rows, sitting upright and listening to Lorlist. In addition to Bellek, who is ready to be promoted to the gold rank, Daddy Barrick, who accompanies Master Sid to explore the iron mines, and Miss Baisha, who is not treated by Lorlist, the current knights of the Norton family, the generals who lead the team, and the civilian management officials are already here.

"Yesterday Sedercamp has handed over the body of the Chevani knight to Viscount Kenmeth, as well as a dozen or so surrendered silver knights and a list of more than a thousand captive soldiers, and the ransom of the Henneid Golden Knight needs to be negotiated with Duke Lukins. I reckon we'll probably have two or three months off this time. It will take some time for the Duke to react when he gets the news that his army is completely destroyed, and it is impossible for him to send troops to retaliate immediately, as soon as he has to consider how many soldiers to send, if there is less, he may be wiped out by us, and if there is more, I doubt that he will be reluctant to spend such a large amount of military money. Lorist said.

Everyone in the room laughed.

"The Kenmasses family and Duke Lukins are not of the same mind, the Kenmax family is now turning their attention to the eastern region of the Northlands, and they also need us to fight the duke to the death, of course, losing both sides is the result they want the most. So this time we give them the list of prisoners, and they will definitely make a storm in the Northland Legion. Even if the Duke was willing to pay a ransom for a dozen or so Silver Knights, the Duke was definitely unwilling to pay the ransom for the more than a thousand captured Northland legion soldiers. I believe that the Kenmas family will not let go of this opportunity, and it is a fact that every Northland lord is happy to see if it shakes the morale of the Northland Legion and lowers their loyalty to the Duke. ”

"If the Duke wants to send troops to retaliate against us, he must also settle the matter of the prisoners first, and we can even artificially delay this negotiation. But we're not afraid of Duke Lukins' revenge, and we'll wipe out his army once it comes. I want to see how many times the Duke can withstand the blow of spending a lot of money on military expenses and getting nothing, if the Northland Legion is reduced by half, how can he still be in the Northland, I believe that at that time he will not be able to suppress those territorial nobles, and he will not be able to protect himself. Lorist said with a sneer.

"Now we need to use this time to recuperate, integrate our family forces, improve the training of our soldiers, and increase our combat power to prepare for the upcoming battle. Sedkamp, you read to you the plan for the reorganization of the family's armed forces. Lorist nodded at Sedecamp.

Sedecamp stood up, took out a piece of vellum paper, and began to read: "Reorganize the guard squad, the number of one hundred and twenty people, requires the strength of the fighting black iron rank, equipment, riding shields, spears, chain mail and chain mail, short soldiers of your choice, one barrel of guns, and two mounts. Captain, Pat, Vice Captain, Paul Binns. ”

"Formation of the Archer Squad, Captain and Instructor, Joske, Twenty-two of the twenty-nine wandering knights recruited by this knight tournament are good archers to join the Archer Squad, the number of one hundred and twenty people, requirements, black iron or above, good at archery, good at horseback riding. Equipment, chain mail, leather armor, longbow, three pot arrows, long sword, arm shield, double mount. ”

Lorist said to Josk: "Joe, the archers squad will be handed over to you, this is the main force of our family's armed attack, and it must be trained well......"

Josk slammed his fist into his left breastplate: "My lord, I guarantee that the Archer Squad will be the sharpest blade of our family......"

"Form a cavalry squadron, four squads of soldiers and a squad of baggage, six hundred. Squadron Leader Vasimma. Requirements: Bronze strength or above. Equipment, chain mail and chain mail, mounted shield, mounted spear, short soldier optional, double mount.

Two squadrons of guards were formed. 1st Squadron Leader Pachko, 2nd Squadron Captain Ovikis. Establishment: Four squads of fighters and one reserve squad, with a full complement of 600 people. The squad is as follows, with one squad of sword and shield soldiers, one squad of longbow men, two squadrons of spearmen, and a mixed reserve squad. Equipment: chain mail, square shield, round shield, spear, longbow, sword, throwing axe, throwing spear, etc......

In addition, two more family garrisons were formed, consisting of 100 to 120 unsuccessful personnel from the above-mentioned units. Equipment: gray leather armor, spears, swords, longbows, various shields. ”

Sedkamp put down the vellum, saluted Lorlist, and sat down.

Lorist looked at his subordinates: "Is it all clear? I hope that everyone will work out a training plan and plan as soon as possible and report it to me for approval and implementation." For the other two family garrisons, I am going to arrange a team of Maple Grove Villa, with Pachco as the captain first, and this garrison team is responsible for guarding Maple Grove Villa. As for the garrison of Rock Castle, the main task is to be responsible for the defense of security, patrols, guards, and warehouses, and Ovicis is also the captain. At present, the number of armed soldiers in our family is insufficient, and even if they are not fully established, they must start training first. ”

"I'm going to set up a boot camp at Rock Castle, with Sederkamp, Pat, Paul Binns in charge, and I'll be the head coach and continue to recruit new recruits. In the future, all recruits must awaken their fighting spirit in the new barracks and familiarize themselves with the regulations, and after receiving the most basic military training, they will be assigned to various units according to their specialties until they are fully established. ”

"In addition, Supervisor Hansk will be our family's financial accountant, responsible for the statistics and distribution of finances and materials. Boris Steward is in charge of civil and commercial management. Sedercamp was responsible for the armament management of the family's armed forces. The Kedan steward was in charge of personnel and the management of the prisoner camp. When Papa Balek returns, he will be in charge of the production and manufacturing of equipment. Speer is in charge of the agriculture, and the family grows and stores the grain. ”

"Once we defeat Duke Lukins again, then the troubled times of the Northlands will come, and without the suppression of the Northland Legion, those ambitious lords will emerge. Only by preparing first can we be invincible in the troubled times and lay the foundation for the family to expand its territory. Please, everybody. Lorist stood up and bowed deeply.

Everyone stood up and saluted Lorliste in return: "My lord, we will serve faithfully. ”

Lorist clapped his hands: "Alright, let's go get busy." Jim and Reddy stay. ”

The people withdrew from the tent. Jim was very aggrieved and said, "My lord, why didn't you arrange an envoy for me?"

Lorist smiled, "I've endured it for a long time, haven't I've arranged things for you because I have a task for you and Reddy to complete." Reddy, it was February when we left the northbound convoy, and now it's almost September and the convoy hasn't arrived yet. I'm worried. So I asked Jim and me to find out where the convoy was and what had caused the convoy to be delayed for so long. Jim, you bring a few mercenaries who have joined our family, just like a team of mercenaries doing tasks, pay attention to safety on the road, and go to Sedcamp to get anything you need. I wrote several letters to you to bring to Schreid, Bodfinger, El and Telman, Yuri. Tell them that I miss them very much, and by the way, there is also a letter to Schward and Alyssa. ”

"Yes, my lord, we promise to complete the mission. Jim and Reddy saluted.

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"The city is broken, and we have attacked it!"

"Victory!"

"We won!"

“......”

The cheers were deafening, and the guards next to them excitedly threw their hats into the sky.

The phalanxes below the hillside raised their flags and waved them desperately, celebrating another victory. Riding a horse on the hillside, Schreed watched the banner of the former lord of the castle fall in the distance, and the banner of the angry bear representing the Norton family fluttered high on it. However, Schred's face was not good-looking, and he was silent for a while and said to the guards beside him, "Let's go, go back to the big tent." ”

In the big tent, El was lying on a soft couch reading a knight's novel. He had a thick bandage on his left thigh, which he had been wounded two months earlier by a silver knight with a mounted rifle during the battle, and he would not be able to recover in half a year.

Schrader came in with a dark face, and El asked curiously, "What's the matter, didn't you take the city?" Why are you so unhappy?" ”

"Alas......" Schrader let out a long sigh: "I'm not happy at all, I know that we still have to jump, it's really unpleasant to be used like this." ”

El was also silent, no one expected that the Kingdom of Andinac, which originally thought it was a smooth road, turned out to be thorny step by step, and the evil wolf was in charge, and the northbound convoy had to fight a bloody way.

Three months ago, the northbound convoy arrived at Benzburg, the border fortress of the kingdoms of Redlis and the Kingdom of Antinac, which had long been occupied by the ironclad cavalry led by Bodfinger, and heard bad news.

Schreid's original plan was to give Benzburg to the Andinac army's defense, so that the northbound convoy could quickly pass through the Andinac kingdom without any worries. However, Bodefinger, who had arrived at the former imperial capital of the former Krisson Empire and now the royal city of the Kingdom of Antinac, did not see Antinac I, the third prince. Through inquiry, it was discovered that the third prince was seriously ill in bed, and the current state affairs are handled by His Royal Highness.

So Bodfinger went to meet with His Highness Delwick again, but His Highness refused to send troops to garrison Benzburg, and told Bodfinger that now the king was ordered not to leave the royal city, and the various lords of the kingdom formed a territorial alliance to fight against the royal family, so he could not help the Norton family's northbound convoy.

Bodfinger went back to contact his former acquaintances in the White Lions, and was shocked by the news. The current Kingdom of Andinac is simply sitting on the crater, the third prince has been bedridden for about a year, and His Royal Highness, who relies on the throne of the major lords of the kingdom, has become a toy in the hands of those territorial nobles. The White Lion Legion, the three most famous legions of the empire, was disbanded, the Tempest Legion defected to the Duchy of Melein, and the Royal Guard Legion was reduced to only one brigade, relying on the meager taxes of the imperial capital to barely protect the royal family.

The imperial capital, which had a population of more than 500,000 at that time, now has a population of less than 50,000, and the lively commercial streets have become ruins and are desolate. Among the kingdoms and principalities that have split from the empire, because the three princes represent the inheritance of the former imperial family, they have been suppressed and restricted by the Fude Business Alliance. The Kingdom of Antinac was founded on the territory of the three most prosperous commercial provinces of the former empire, but without commerce, the output of agricultural food was not enough to feed the large population, and riots were frequent. The territorial aristocracy increased the oppression and exploitation of the people, and often fought for territory.

The Andinac royal family of the third prince has become an ornament, and it is also true that His Royal Highness said that the king's destiny does not leave the royal city. After receiving the news, Bodfinger returned to Benzburg with anxiety and discussed countermeasures with Schreder. At this moment, none of them expected that the news that the northbound convoy was carrying a large amount of supplies and wealth was reported to the lord alliance by His Highness, and the proportion of the spoils was set.

Schreid ruthlessly abandoned Benzburg and led the convoy on the road. Unexpectedly, after walking for five days, I met an oncoming aristocratic coalition army in a place called Aonohara.

This is a coalition of 30,000 nobles composed of thirty-seven territorial nobles in the lords' alliance, and their purpose is to come and rob. However, after suffering a few small losses in the contact war, they changed their minds and demanded that the northbound convoy hand over two-thirds of the supplies and belongings before the convoy could be released to the north.

Schrader immediately refused the demands of the lords and bandits, and the two sides began to confront each other in Aonogaara. At that time, there were 30,000 aristocratic coalition troops, and although there were more than 50,000 people in the northbound convoy, the family armed forces were less than 15,000 people, almost twice as many troops.

After more than 20 days of confrontation in Aonohara, the battle finally began. First, the aristocratic coalition failed to attack, and then Schrader and Bodfinger launched a counterattack. Unexpectedly, the 30,000 aristocratic coalition troops were crushed as soon as they rushed, a typical silver-tipped wax gun. As a result, the northbound convoy won a great victory in the first battle of Aonohara, and 17,000 prisoners were captured alone, and their own casualties were slight.

Finding that the protection family of their northbound convoy was so strong, Schreder and Bode Fingle were happy. Schreid ruthlessly ordered revenge on these thirty-seven territorial nobles, and as long as the territory of these thirty-seven territorial nobles passed along the way, all of them captured the castle, hanged the territorial nobles on the side of the road, and transported their supplies, personnel, and food back to replenish the consumption of the convoy.

Attacking the manor castles of these territorial nobles did not damage the strength of the armed forces of the northbound convoy, Schrader first selected more than 3,000 skilled people from the 17,000 captives to fill the chariot camp, and then divided the remaining 14,000 people into four death battalions, gave them simple weapons to drive them to attack the castles of the territorial nobles, and promised to restore their personal freedom after their military exploits, and also chose whether to join the convoy and go north to live in the Northland with their families.

With the help of the convoy's armed forces, they successfully captured the manor castles of the first two lords, but an unexpected situation happened, and nearly 10,000 displaced people gathered behind the northbound convoy, hoping to be sheltered by the convoy and follow the convoy north to the happiness and tranquility of the Northland life preached by Schreid.

While Schrader was anxious to deal with the outcasts, a group of people arrived at the camp of the northbound convoy, led by the second son of the Third Prince, His Royal Highness Ogseero, who was accompanied by a black-haired female golden knight named Norton Cresya.

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