The Imperial Noble Private Army is an irregular army that is very active in the major empires on the mainland. Under normal circumstances, www.biquge.info nobleman will have his own team of knights, and each knight's subordinate will recruit several to hundreds of soldiers according to their own economic conditions. These soldiers were mostly civilians or slaves who did not have knightly status, and the allegiance of these soldiers was to the knight or someone from his family. In the same way, knights' allegiance is to the nobles of their domain. In general, the tiers assigned to the nobles' domains do not skip their allegiances, the soldiers are loyal to the knights, and the knights are loyal to the nobles. But there was no need for soldiers to be loyal to the nobility.

Among the nobles' private soldiers, there will also be a considerable number of mercenaries. These people do not need the nobles to provide their military expenses for a long time, they only need to negotiate the price before assigning the task. But on the other hand, their loyalty to the nobility was also measured by the number of gold coins.

In the battle queues of the various empires on the mainland, the noble private soldiers can be said to occupy a very large part. One might ask, why would the king allow these troops to exist only under the orders of the nobility and ignore the dignity of the emperor? In the continent of Shusyare, every nobleman has a fief, and the nobleman is the king in his own territory, the only leader, and holds the power of life and death for everyone in the territory. In some remote areas, the nobility still retained vices such as occupying the first night rights of maidens in their realms. The soldiers in the noble fiefdoms, except for the knights, who received a small annual salary, were paid for all the expenses of the other soldiers, which is why the king was more than happy to let these nobles have their own army.

For a king, only one nobleman needs to control all the soldiers in his territory, although this kind of thing is risky, but the cost is still much smaller than organizing such an army. Although the cost of these private soldiers is low, the disadvantages are also very obvious. First of all, the combat effectiveness of these soldiers is uneven, some of the private soldiers of the big nobles can compare the combat effectiveness of the regular army of the empire, and the private soldiers of some small nobles are not even equipped with a set of the same equipment. Second, due to the lack of training in joint operations, it is very easy to cause problems such as contradictory orders and failure to obey commands in large-scale warfare. Finally, there is one most important point, people are selfish, and quite a few noble families will try their best to make themselves stronger, so they will try to minimize the casualties of their soldiers when fighting. Lack of unity of heart will sow some seeds of defeat in the war.

-- "Polemics, Arms, and Irregular Forces"

There are now three teams in Randall City. One is the noble private army of the Surrender Day Country, led by Edwin, this force has the largest number of people and the strongest discipline. Edwin William was originally a great noble family of Satya, and Edwin's grandfather, the Marquis of Satya, was descended to the throne. By the time of Edwin's generation, it had been reduced to the title of viscount, but due to the remoteness of their fiefdom and the William family's good management of the Sphinx region for many years, the Satya Empire also let him manage the entire marquis's territory with a person with the title of viscount. Edwin now led a direct force of 5,000 men, of which 3,000 were in Randall.

One is the special forces of the country of Japan led by Hattori Sifenzo, and the exact number of this force is unknown. Hattori Shitsuzo is the main person in charge of the Randall area, and also holds the title of Hinokuni's ambassador to Randall.

There was also a force of remnants of several minor lords who had been in the vicinity of the Sphinx area. At that time, Viscount Edwin led the soldiers of the Kingdom of the Sun to sweep through the entire eastern territory of Satya, taking these territories into his own hands, including such a group of captured soldiers. These soldiers now numbered nearly a thousand in number, commanded by a small nobleman who had previously been. These soldiers were already dissatisfied with Edwin, let alone loyal.

The soldiers of these minor nobles were an important factor in the failure of this ambush. According to the original plan, the ninja troops first found the ambush point of the Brotherhood, and then the soldiers set up a counter-ambush at the ambush point. There is an intricate underground passage under Randall, which was originally used to store food, and this time this underground passage can be used to carry out an ambush very quickly and covertly.

According to Edwin's plan, no matter how strong the Brotherhood is, it is impossible to completely wipe out this squadron of 1,000 people. For these pursued Assassins, all they had to do was set up a barricade on the road to allow them to flee along the designated route. At that time, all they need to do is drive them into the encirclement, and then Edwin's own soldiers will encircle and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

In order to ensure the loyalty of the minor noble soldiers, Edwin gave the blue blades he had stolen from Frank to their current lord, Baron Adrian Ackermann. It's just that what he didn't expect was that this kindness would be bad. The blue blades were taken back by Frank as soon as they first engaged. His Excellency the Baron was immediately on fire, a divine weapon is a priceless treasure for a general, of course it must be recaptured!, but the abilities of Frank and Bert were completely beyond his expectations, and it was difficult for them to block a thousand people there with just two of them. Although the last two were seriously wounded, Adrian did not want to pursue them anymore. He was a smart man, and he naturally understood why he had a place in Randall City now, wasn't it because he had this squadron of soldiers at hand? The other party's ability was very strong, and he had lost more than a hundred people in the first battle, and if he continued to pursue. These Assassins who fought against the odds may not know how much more damage they could do.

Coupled with the fact that the blue blades were taken away by the enemy, Adrian immediately decided to take his troops back to the camp and no longer care about Edwin's business. Anyway, when the time comes, he will blame him, and he will have the excuse that the soldiers have suffered heavy losses. Coupled with the fact that he still has soldiers on hand now, Edwin can't help him. On the contrary, if he continued to pursue and lose more soldiers, Edwin might try to deprive him of the remaining military power, and he would not have to obey him when the time came.

Adrian thought very clearly, the country of the sun had no kindness to him, and Edwin was the one who deprived him of his territory, so why should he die for them. But because of this thought, it gave the Brotherhood a glimmer of life.

Princip and his party quickly passed through several streets, and the north gate appeared before them. A handful of dozens of soldiers formed the last line of defense, and the Assassins' first round of crossbows beckoned at the same time.