War is a matter that does not depend on human will.

Although reluctant to send those capable officers, the bigwigs of the aristocratic faction were at least not stingy in terms of money. The aristocratic fast-moving troops, with a total of more than 200 men, are indeed well-equipped, even if they are "armed to the teeth".

These people wore all the same enchanted armor, and all of them used enchanted weapons, and they brought a lot of various alchemy items, especially the fiery glue used to set fire and the flash dust used to escape, almost each of them brought a dozen or so. Their mount is a xenomorph war horse with the blood of a demonic beast, this carnivore can run continuously for most of the day, and after a night's rest, it can run vigorously and wildly, which is much more advanced than ordinary war horses. With such equipment, they can easily retreat even if they cannot win against a strong enemy.

Their leader, Earl House, rode in a special carriage drawn by a monster nearly half as tall as the usual heavy horses, with a dark red mane and flaming hooves. When it stops after running wildly, it emits a dark red mist with heavy breathing. Ordinary people who inhale a little mist will feel a strong fear and have nightmares for days on end. Inhale a little more, and you will directly become a madman. If you inhale more, for example, if you take a few large sips in a row, then it will be quiet - poisoned.

This strange monster is said to be the product of a cross between a demon and a horse, and it is also said to be a demon sealed in the horse's body...... Not a good thing anyway. They are called "Nightmares", and although they are not as terrifying as the real Nightmare Monsters, they are almost the same for ordinary people.

The horses pulling the carriage are already so special, and the carriage is naturally extraordinary. The carriage doesn't look big, but there's actually something else going on inside. Not to mention sitting for one person, even if you sit ten or eight people, it can be very spacious. There could even be enough places for a small banquet or something.

Of course, Earl House did not let ten people carry in the carriage, and there were only two passengers in the carriage, himself, and a lady-in-waiting who was still very beautiful although she was middle-aged.

The maid was of unknown origin, her identity was very strange, and she did not even have an official name—for she did not pay any attention to anyone but the Earl, and usually sat in a daze in a small empty room next to the Earl's study, sometimes eating, sometimes sleeping, and her life was completely irregular. But there was only one thing that was very strange, that whenever the Count needed her to do something, she would happen to be there, or come over just when the Count spoke, without a single delay.

If it weren't for the fact that this woman was always dressed as a maid, and had never shown any signs of martial arts or spells, and there was no fluctuation of vindictiveness or magic on her body, everyone would even think that she was the earl's personal bodyguard.

But there is no doubt that a maid is a maid, not a personal bodyguard.

The current earl is a very careful person, almost never letting others near him, and even the food and drink are as simple as possible, in order to reduce the possibility of being poisoned - it is rumored that this is related to the violent death of the previous earl, and it is said that the previous earl was poisoned, so the current earl is so afraid of poisoning.

However, there is another theory that the death of the previous earl has a little "careful consideration" behind it......

Earl House never said anything about these gossips, neither was he angry nor weak-hearted. After the faithful knight reported indignantly, he simply said indifferently: "Let them go, the people will always be ignorant, and you cannot guess what strange thoughts will come to the fool's head." I can't just cut off their heads because they are cranky—though they are useless, if they want them to work for me, they must be kept to eat and drink. ”

In this kind of matter, the Earl is very open-minded. But in government and military affairs, he was very strict. After ascending the throne, he personally presided over the training of soldiers, and in the first month, he personally hung lazy soldiers up and beat them to death three times. In terms of government affairs, he would often suddenly check the accounts of the territory, and once he found a problem, he would track it down to the end, and execute more than a dozen officials, large and small, before and after. Among them, there are old ministers who have followed the House family for several generations, as well as the second generation of famous families with extraordinary backgrounds, but in front of the new earl, they all have only one end.

Hang up and die.

Yes, the new earl punished those who violated his rules quite severely, basically in a word, hang up and beat. It is nothing more than depending on the severity of the situation, from only hanging one and symbolically pumping twice, to hanging one whip and whipping one whip unhurriedly until death.

Plain and simple, plain and simple.

He used the same method when he reorganized the improvised group of rapid mobile units.

Three people were killed before and after, and the rest were honest.

Now, for example, they are strictly enforcing the marching system established by the Earl, and the scouts are sent out at least fifty miles, and no matter what is unusual, they will have time to respond.

"You're too impatient. Inside the carriage, the maid, who was silent in front of outsiders, said.

Her tone was calm, without the slightest hint of the deference she should have when speaking to her master.

"I don't have time. The Count was half-lying on the soft animal skin mattress, and his usually serious face showed a look of exhaustion, "I have been beaten against him more and more, and I will not be blind if I do not hurry up and finish the matter." ”

The maid sighed, "You don't need to be in such a hurry. ”

"It is necessary to take advantage of this opportunity to strike hard at the goddess of wealth and help to promote the belief in the gods of mankind. There was a vicious look in the earl's eyes, "The country of mankind should believe in the gods of mankind!"

"But honestly, I don't think a single war can hit the Goddess of Fortune very well. ”

"So I want to expand the intensity of this war, just how to do it on the battlefield with corpses all over the field, to make their people also shed rivers of blood everywhere, to make the people complain, and then to make the goddess of wealth unable to control the faith, and to give the human church of gods a chance to grow. The Earl sneered, "How can a god have such a good thing to monopolize faith!"

The maid was silent for a while, then sighed, "You are still ...... Too impatient. It could have been done slowly, and we all had time. ”

"There's no time, there's not much time. The Count shook his head, "There are some things I can't say. In short, time is really running out and we can't afford to wait. ”

He was silent for a while, and then said, "The situation in the south is relatively easy to handle, after all, we have a trump card in our hands. But the situation in the west is the most troublesome, the Church of the Goddess of Fortune has too much power and influence on this side. If you don't hit them hard, don't let them have natural disasters* chaos, and you really can't find any good opportunities in a short period of time. ”

“...... I still have an ominous feeling that things won't go so smoothly this time. ”

"If it doesn't go well, it won't go well, anyway...... I wasn't going to go well. The Earl smiled, his smile was hideous and vicious, "As long as there are more dead people, it doesn't make a difference to me which side of the people are dead!"