The southernmost part of the Duchy of Milan.

The vanguard of 10,000 troops has arrived at the border.

Bran claimed to have sent 20,000 troops, which was due to the large amount of logistics, and even if the battle of the northern frontier that had just ended, it was claimed that the mobilization reached 40,000 to 50,000, which was also the calculation of the number of non-soldier laborers.

In this era of cold weapons, an expedition of tens of thousands of troops is not something that a regional monarch can afford.

On this day, faint spring rain drops.

This rain falls on the grains, making them even stronger.

After two victories, this time the morale of the Milanese was high and they kept it a secret.

It wasn't until the army moved south and the ban was imposed that many villages knew that fighting was about to take place.

Truckloads of grain were brought in from the north, and the soldiers were murderous.

Three months to annex Central Italy, three months to garrison.

Bran plans to spend half a year digesting the results.

Among the army troops, the Teutonic Knights plus auxiliaries numbered about seven thousand.

There were 8,000 White Dragons, about 2,000 of the Abrahamic regiments of the Jutas, and the other 3,000 were logistics troops (various handymen).

Although there were horses on the peninsula, they were few in number, and Bran formed mostly spearmen and infantry, with a small number of cavalry scouts.

As for the Navy, this time it will not be used.

Hafdan was appointed to patrol the seaport borders and protect maritime trade.

Bran's sabotage of the ships of the Trois-Rivières also provoked retaliation from the Kingdom of Greece.

Merchant ships heading to the Aegean Sea now carry five things with them as long as they pass through Italy.

Crosses, lucturnes, coins, swords, and luck.

With these five things, I dare to say that I have a smooth journey.

Among the soldiers sent by Bran was a gun team of about a hundred men, which was personally controlled by Bran.

The head craftsman, Iones, served as an advisor to the army and was responsible for repairing guns and equipment.

After many explorations, as well as the introduction of the concept of Greek fire launchers, and the test of obtaining good steel from Bavaria.

Finally, at the beginning of the year, another musket was created that could fire three times in a short time.

The body can now be held by one person, and the size is about one meter two.

With an effective range of 160 meters and a precision range of around 35 meters, Bran now had a hundred muskets in his hands.

This weapon, like the Greek fire of the time, will cause a great shock as soon as it is introduced.

Desley, Ambu, Ulle, Arnold and others have all experimented with this weapon.

Originally, the success time could have been earlier, but Bran also had the ratio of gunpowder and iron pellets matched, so that it could be reloaded faster after firing, thus increasing the difficulty.

Moreover, from the experience of his previous life, Bran also allowed the musketeers to master the shooting skills of "three-stage strike".

In this battle, Bran was full of confidence.

He was the last to arrive, surrounded by the protection of the musketeers,

Howard and Henry remain in the High Court.

In this battle, Bran did not use mountain troops, and let them defend against the Balkans.

The establishment of the League of Five Kings began to annex the surrounding lords, and the most affected was Odiri.

Hoffman, whom he met while studying in Rome, once again heard rumors of him from the battlefield, and he was chased by the dragon knights on the battlefield and fled......

Bran's appearance made the border town boil.

Mayor Marew came to Bran trembling, and Simon, who was the deputy chief of the war, smiled,

"Don't be afraid, these people are all warriors who protect the principality, you don't have to worry about them doing anything like the north, and they won't let the war horses trample on your farmland at will, eat when they need to, and work when they should work."

These words made the other nobles laugh and laugh at the northerners, who had a sick brain.

What kind of first night right are you doing?

According to the information sent by Duren, there is now a Stark and a Wallace, making a mess.

The mayor could only laugh awkwardly, and Bran lived in the tent.

According to the law of the Duchy of Milan, as the head of the local administration, he was required to provide the monarch with all the obligations when the monarch came.

However, he was the mayor of a small town, and he didn't know what to do, and the army occupied the perimeter of the town, and all the entrances were sealed.

Bran was to stop for two days and then pull out.

These two days were the most difficult two days of the mayor's life, for fear of making something wrong and being deprived of everything.

But it turned out that he thought too much, and Bran and the nobles looked further south to the lands.

On the day of the opening, the sun was shining.

From here, you will enter the domain of the Count of Gurlon, which is the county dominated by Milan, and you will pass through it at will.

But then it borders other non-dominant earls' domains.

Nehdomon's territory is also bordered by it.

His castle served as a barrier, restricting the main roads from north to south.

When Bran entered Gurlon's domain, the Count himself was worried.

Gu Long found out about this two days ago.

But he had no room to refuse, and he had always maintained a good flow of trade with Milan.

And built an official road to walk, and Bran's army could enter his territory in a day.

His castle was not strong, there were no more than a thousand soldiers, and there were no more than three thousand temporary.

This time, Bran was unusual.

In the past, Bran had been gentle and courteous to his allies, but this time it was different.

As soon as his army entered, he immediately took command of the castle and used it as a wartime headquarters.

"According to the agreement between Milan and you, in the event of a war, you must accept my call, the enemy is in the south, I have issued a mobilization order, you must provide food, grass, topographical maps, craftsmen, etc., if anyone causes trouble for me, there will be no forgiveness."

In recent years, the territory of Gulong has been protected by Milan, and as one of the entrances to the trade between Milan and the southern caravans, there is no shortage of food and clothing, and there is no sense of danger at all.

Bran could easily take command of the castle from Gulon.

"In the future, you can rest easy, and you don't have to worry about the rebellion of the peasants, the rudeness of the knights, the demands of the Holy See, everything is up to me."

The Count of Goulon was witnessed by the Milanese and the vassals and priests of his own domain.

He knelt down on one knee at Bran and handed over the ruling papers.

At the meeting, Bran incorporated Gu Long into the flank of the White Dragon Guard.

At this time, the princes of the central pro-Milan will be notified within one or two days.

Nehdomon was the strongest of the Favored Princes, and Bran was the only target for him.

When a territory is fully mobilized, the earls who can have more than 10,000 troops can be subjugated, and as long as they surrender in one battle, other earls do not have to worry.

The map I liked was repeatedly deduced in the minds of the nobles.

When Bran's conscription was issued, the army then went to visit Nehdomon.

He did not say any greeting, and as his troops approached the enemy's outer ring, he sent an envoy to say, "Your Highness Bran, a righteous army from the north, cordially invites Your Excellency to join the army of Milan and calm the chaos in Rome. ”

It also said that after receiving the letter, please open the city to greet you immediately.

Nehdomon's knights were all alarmed, and they didn't know how many men Bran had brought.

Only then did the old earl react.

Last month, Milan encouraged himself to eliminate a count who was in his liking, close to Rome, and in turmoil, and sent troops to help him.

It turned out that Bran was trying to split his relationship with Rome, and now even if he can resist, it will be difficult to get help from Rome for a while.

But Nehdomon decided to resist to the end.

He had also resisted the armies of the giants and Chai Su, kept his territory independent, and was confident that he could stop Bran again.

Nehdomon's territory now consists of five main castles and small forts.

The five main forts were built by him to be extremely strong and interconnected.

Nehdomon also had a mercenary group under his command.

This mercenary group is known as the Orthocrusade.

It is an armed group with white roses as its pattern, which originated during the Wende Crusaders.

The adage is, "He who does not believe in the light has no need for mercy." ”

He defeated the pagans of Eastern Europe and later became active in Italy.

During the reign of Luyo II, they weakened by infighting, after which the officers of the regiment organized a group to loot Rome and were defeated by the Holy See.

The remnants retreated to Nehdomun's territory and were absorbed by it, now dominated by heavy infantry.

It was one of Nehdomon's most elite armed forces.

Defend his main city, and come to the aid of the enemy when they attack other branches.

The main city of Nehdomon was in the middle, and the four branches were guarded by four close knights.

His most famous man, Brady, was also appointed as one of the spearheads of resistance to Bran.

Let him lead sixty horsemen and go to contact the commander of the fortress.

Half a year before the war, Bran also directed a play.

When Brady came to Milan, he angered himself, expelled him, and discounted Brady's arm.

And asked Nehdomon to send someone to Milan to apologize, which was an attempt to conceal Milan's relationship with Brady.

The sturdy high wall can't hold the floating of people's hearts.

Brady finally waited for this moment, and he took his cronies cavalry, taking advantage of the cover of night, to meet Bran's White Dragon Guard.

Nehdomon's map of the distribution of forces, the fortifications of the castle, Bran from Brady's mouth, have been clearly investigated.

Bran asked Desley's Teutonic cavalry to follow him, and their target was a fortified city in the city of Tanson, northwest of the Five Cities.

There were the men of Nehdomon, who set up a defensive tent.

This tent was close to the forests and valleys, and controlled the main roads, and if Bran marched directly, he would suffer great losses.

But if the defenses of this camp can be pulled out, the nails outside the city of Tansong will be pulled out by themselves.

The team leaders are Alan and Uller.

This is the first battle of the vanguard, although Bran does not say it, but both of them know that they can only win, not lose.

The strongest horses, the bravest riders, and many knights of the Teutonic Order followed.

Of the one hundred and fifty horsemen, there were thirty knights.

Night raids were one of the Teutonic Knights' training tactics before the battle.

For this reason, they repeatedly let the riders run back and forth between the two camps at night.

With strict military discipline, high morale, and generous pay, they are now the strongest riders on the peninsula.

Allen stepped on the horse alone, and now he is a full soldier.

After becoming a father, his personality became steady, and although he was less than 20 years old, he had already begun to grow a beard.

Uller also likes territory, but more than anything else, he wants to survive.

If he has not been on the battlefield in the past few years, he has also lived a very nourishing life, several times better than when he was in Swabia, he has children and daughters, and his ambitions are getting smaller.

"Drive!"

Lower your body, kick the spurs, keep the man and the horse together, and run forward against the wind.

Allen's group of people performed no less than Brady's riders.

This group of riders is a private soldier in the territory who has followed Brady for many years and has been trained by him.

He served as Nehdomon's vanguard many times to kill the enemy, but compared with the Teutonic cavalry, he even lost a few points.

The temperature is slightly cooler at night, but the hearts are hot.

"For the sake of honor, God bless Milan."

In this way, nearly two hundred horsemen, led by the traitors, quickly passed through the outpost secretly arranged by Nehdomon, and approached the tent outside the city of Tanson.

Just when they weren't far away, they slowed down and reduced the volume, with Brady's men in front.

The outermost defenders of the camp noticed Brady coming.

"Brady is here? It just so happened that I was going to talk to him about how many people he wanted to bring to help me, and I was thinking about raiding the detachment in Milan. ”

Disturbed by the night, the knights did not see clearly the Milanese team further behind (for the sneak attack, they made their costumes one step earlier, and changed at this time), and the knightly nobles in the defending army rode over to meet Brady in person.

As the knight stepped forward, Brady clenched the sword at his waist......

The knight stepped forward and opened his hands for a warm hug.

"Welcome, old friend......"

Brady transforms into the image of a demon, and the long sword stabs out.

Subsequently, the riders around the mad bull shot out one after another, stabbing the knight through.

The hunt begins.