Today is another good day for the crows.

It had been some time since dawn, and Antonio, a young monarch with blond hair on a white horse, was walking with two hundred soldiers down a road ahead.

The soldiers' shields and armor were also engraved with winged horses, which were the insignia of the Pegasus, and behind them stood fifty soldiers with no insignia and different equipment.

The farmers who were waiting for the wheat fields were looking at the army with a look of fear, they all knew that this was the monarch next door who wanted to conquer their own side, and the two sides had agreed to go to war ahead, and victory would determine the ownership of the holy seal and the territory, as well as the fate of their peasants.

The peasants with vegetables on their faces looked at all this coldly, this is already the norm on this island, and as long as there is no strong monarch on the island to unify the whole island, then the strife will not stop.

"Baron Antonio, I told you yesterday that I will not be guilty of my previous sins by withdrawing your army from my land."

Bruni, a middle-aged knight who also rode a white horse, led his army of more than 200 people to confront the young monarch next door, telling each other about each other's conditions.

"What a sin, what a sin can be, I just like your land, and so will my soldiers, and we want to make our home here. Baron Bruni, now accept my ultimatum."

Antonio said in a frivolous tone, this kind of fearless attitude, almost said by name, I just want to bully you.

"I have three hundred men, and your army is less than two hundred, even if you add the mercenaries you invited, it is only two hundred and five, the size of this army is indeed not bad from the baron's point of view, but I have more people than you, and I have a castle as a geographical advantage to hold, you can't win."

Baron Bruni trembled angrily, this young monarch who did not know the height of the sky was in a sense a model of youth and vigor.

The territories of the two are not close to each other, even if they win the battle and obtain the holy seal and land from their own hands, then what they get is only an enclave, and they will be coveted by other similar monarchs, and they may be stolen at any time.

Even if he wins, it will not do any good, he will not be able to completely annihilate the opponent's army, and he will go all the way to expedition to another territory, his own side will also lose troops, and the condolences paid to the soldiers will empty the finances of the entire territory.

As long as an economic account is calculated, this is a loss-making transaction that will lose money no matter how it is calculated, saying that it is a baron, a knight, he is just a large village chief who owns several villages, and the financial level of the barony's domain is already stretched thin with two hundred soldiers, and if you want to develop the army with three hundred soldiers, it is even more necessary to increase the burden on the people, although you will not worry about the people in the territory rebelling against you, but they are all legged, if you can't survive in your own territory, you will defect to other monarchs, And the loss of the people's territory will naturally decline, and maybe it will be stripped of the holy seal by the Wizards' Association.

"You're a two-hundred-five." Baron Bruni thought to himself, of course, he also knew that the other party would not accept his vassal.

"Alright, do you want to hand over the seal or die. I advise you to confess your sins at once and be caught, or I will use your blood to pay for your evil deeds, and look at you, and see how miserable your people are."

Antonio pointed his sword at the cowering farmers, who were tending to a wheat field nearby, sparsely sparse, and did not look like they had been carefully tended.

The soil in the wheat fields is hard and unscented, the soil is not properly turned before planting, and crops such as clover are not planted for livestock to eat the year before the harvest, and their manure is used as fertilizer to fertilize the land.

It was not because of the laziness and cunning of the peasants, but that the lords who ruled them were too incompetent and greedy, and in order to maintain their rule, they had to pay heavy taxes to maintain their armies and their own luxurious pleasures, leaving the peasants in a state of starvation and undereating, so that they could not be fed. Z.br>

As a result, everyone has no strength to dig deep into the land, and if there is a good harvest, the vast majority of the grain will be taken away.

Only a small amount of rations are left, and there will be a small amount of rations left without a good harvest, so what is the incentive to farm.

Of course, Antonio is not a messenger of justice, and he only speaks high-sounding words, so as to take away the other party's holy seal and land in the name of righteousness, presumably taking away the other party's holy seal and land, and he will obtain the status of a quasi-viscount.

"Speaking of which, with this meager amount of money, are your soldiers really willing to fight for you?"

Antonio was another understatement, but it made a cold sweat break out on Baron Bruni's forehead, half of his so-called three hundred soldiers, in fact, were farmers who had been captured temporarily, they were so weak because of long-term poverty and hunger that they couldn't even hold their guns steadily, just because of his brutal orders they were forced to put on the armor of soldiers, and they could not be opponents of the other party without strict training.

His rule was unpopular, but as a mediocre monarch, he had the clearest self-knowledge that he did not have the ambition and power to conquer other monarchs and unify the entire island.

Since it is impossible to conquer others, then in this cruel age, as a monarch can only be conquered by others.

I see.

The other party is not interested in their own territory, but their own holy seal, and only by constantly unifying the holy seal, they can increase the power of the holy seal, improve their title, and one day even be able to unify the entire island.

Bruni's face was ugly, a person without the Holy Seal was not qualified to be a monarch, let alone rule the territory and the people, and the reason why he was targeted by the other party was only because he was in his way.

"Then let's follow the oldest rules, let's go head-to-head!" Baron Bruni had an idea, looked at the young monarch's still elite army and said, "If the soldiers suffer too many casualties, there will be a lot of money for bereavement and condolence, and the soldiers are different from the farmers, and the ones who can take up arms to fight are not leeks in the fields, which can grow back when they are cut with their hands."

In the past, monarchs were given the Holy Seal because they eliminated Chaos, rather than relying entirely on inheritance as the current era. The monarchs are all good at martial arts, and in order to avoid the loss of their subordinate armies, the monarchs like to fight alone, which is also to protect their subordinates from damage.

In today's era, the monarch is hereditary and aristocratic, the sword has become a decoration, the soldiers charge, and the monarch is the norm in the rear.

In the past, he would be ashamed not to accept a heads-up, but now it is completely different, so Antonio can completely disagree with the other party's request.

Baron Bruni is a knight who has been famous for a long time, although he is faint, but as a non-hereditary monarch, his force should not be underestimated, and whether Antonio, as a hereditary monarch, is strong in force has put a question mark in the hearts of everyone.

"Do you want to say yes? If you don't agree, then I'll defend the castle." Baron Bruni said while the iron was hot.

"According to the current tradition, we can fight on our behalf, and both of us can invite our own generals to duel on our behalf, which is also a tradition."

Baron Antonio chuckled, and with a wave of his hand, he followed behind his troops, behind whom troops in various armors rushed over, holding aloft a banner with a sharp knife stuck in the dragon's neck.

"This is the mercenary group I invited with a lot of money, the Dragon Slayer Mercenary Group."