A few days ago, the Duchy of Risa's stronghold, White Fox Castle.

It is said to be a fortress, but in fact it is a group of fortresses, without a monolithic city wall, but according to the terrain and the tunnels between the fortresses, the small mountain bags are operated like iron barrels. All the dignitaries of the Rissa family were scattered throughout the fortress complex, guarded by the family's loyal soldiers.

On one side of White Fox Fort is a large lake. The forts are condescending, with a panoramic view of thousands of sailing ships.

And below the mountain pack where the castle is located is the location of White Fox City. Built on the back of the mountain and lake, relying on water conservancy and road transportation, it has gathered a considerable number of people and merchants from all over the world, making White Fox City the most brilliant pearl in the territory of the Risa family. Moreover, the city and the castle were divided into separate lands and defended each other, and depended on each other.

The name of the white fox comes from the fact that the white fox beast was once produced here. When he was young, he was only at the level of an ordinary beast, but when he became an adult, he had the opportunity to transform into a monster and cause trouble.

The fur of this exotic beast is white and soft, and the fur of both juveniles and adults is quite popular with nobles. In particular, the fur of the white fox monster can be made into a magic fur, which has both beauty, warmth and enchantment ability, and is an excellent magic material.

Therefore, the white fox was hunted by humans in large quantities and eventually became extinct. There is no animal conservation in the Lost Land, and these monsters that will attack human gathering places had better die cleanly, and everyone will be happy.

The White Fox Castle is no longer a white fox, but the people who live here still live a good life. The empire had only sixteen grand dukes under the emperor, and the prosperity of the castle was only lost to the imperial city of Nineveh.

After all, Lisa Gong is an expert in internal affairs, not only does he govern the empire in an orderly manner, but his territory is still prosperous. But this was the scene more than half a year ago.

Kavi Gong raised the blood flag of revenge, even if it didn't hit the White Fox Castle for a while, it did bring damage to the economy of the Risa family.

In particular, the emperor's ban on other families from intervening made the manpower of other nobles stationed in White Fox City more or less restrained. Some official articles on the surface have all stopped, and only some shady exchanges are left under the table. Despite this, fewer and fewer people are willing to side with the Risa family, and the number of long-term residents in White Fox City has also lost.

Especially under the obvious military threat of the Kaveh family, the Risa family did their best to recruit troops to resist. Not only did the old books stored by the Risa family for many years be dug up, but even the private business was stripped to the point of being seriously injured by the Risa public. There are people who go bankrupt and commit suicide.

Just a while ago, an unconfirmed piece of news came, which made the residents of the Risa Collar even more panicked.

With the help of the bank, Kawi opened trade with the three small northern countries. The emperor only forbade the nobles of the empire to associate with the families of the two archdukes, but he could not prohibit other kings from doing things.

Besides, the geographical location of the three small countries that the Kavi family came into contact with, even if the emperor was angry and ordered an expedition, the main attack would be the Grand Duke of Kaveh, and it was unlikely that he would draw troops from other places. Even if he did order the army to make a long journey, he would have to pass through the territory of the Kaveh family. As a land snake, it's easy to do something.

In this case, for the three small countries, it is very obvious which is more important than the friendship between the emperor's decree and the Duke of Kavi.

However, just starting a trade did not make the people of the Risa family anxious. It is rumored that Kavi Gong intended to hire soldiers to attack the Risa Territory from outside the north. That's what kills!

Is this rumor credible? According to the past habits of that military scholar, as long as he can win the battle and there are not too many sequelae, he is very likely to do it.

For example, driving the people to act as a precursor and depleting the enemy's vitality may damage the reputation of benevolence and be detrimental to post-war rule. This kind of behavior would not have been done by the great nobleman who knew the soldiers.

But if it is money, people are willing to be the forerunner, and if they die, they can only blame the employed person for their poor eyesight and strength. It's strange that the big nobleman didn't do this kind of thing.

Even Lisagong himself understands that troubles that can be solved with money are not troubles. In addition to the family's private army and territorial recruitment, he hired a large number of mercenaries who were good at group battles as area guards. For if you don't, your forces won't be enough to defend your own territory and that of your vassals.

It's just that the situation of the Risa family is obviously not good, and those mercenaries who see the money don't dare to promise to be hired easily. It's true that those people love money, but if they don't have the life to spend it, no matter how much money they have, it's useless. Some mercenaries are too early to get out of the car, and when they see that they can't do anything, they can't get out of the car.

Not to mention that you have to lose money for breach of contract, so that breach of contract is no different from offending Lisagong. If the Risa family is finally wiped out by the Kaveh family, all will be fine. If you leave a little blood, you will definitely be retaliated against for this kind of betrayal to them, so these mercenaries who have signed a contract are also very troubled.

If we say that the three small northern countries are not well documented to be hired to attack, it is unlikely. Then there is another, more obvious thing, and that is the sheer need for human life.

Judging from the armament of Kavigong, he already has the ability to launch an offensive. It's just that this winter, the snowy climate hindered the possibility of Kavigong launching a winter offensive.

In this year's fascination, even if there are warm clothes, once it snows in the latitude where the Gwanne Empire is located, it will discourage people from going out, let alone the army to pull out. Therefore, Kavigong's plan was to launch an offensive in the early spring after the end of winter. This information also flowed into the ears of Risa Gong.

Whether it was the intelligence officer who went undercover in the Duke of Kaveh was skilled, or whether the old man who was good at using soldiers revealed it himself, no one in the Risa family knows. There was only one thing they knew, and the spring attack was a very vicious move.

Although the Gwana Empire is no longer a major agricultural country, agriculture is still the foundation for all large and small countries to dare not slack off in an era when commerce and trade are not prosperous. When a military campaign is launched in the spring, it is basically to abandon spring ploughing, and even the year's harvest will be greatly affected, and even the harvest will not be impossible.

It is true that if you have money, you can buy food from other people. However, the nobility of the empire has basically temporarily severed contact with the two major ducal families. Only when they have won the winner, are approved by the emperor, and re-enter the sequence of the empire, will normal trade and trade resume.

Without such pressure, the nobles in the empire will provoke disputes and attack each other, so how can the empire have peace. This can be regarded as the silent pressure given by the emperor. Either hurry up and fight a dozen, damn the dead, and the deserving one take the money to return. Either continue to drag it out until both families can no longer breathe, and then the emperor will come forward to harvest. Anyway, the people who sit on that throne will make money horizontally and vertically, and they will be happy to watch the play.

If you go to a grain merchant to buy grain...... Not to mention the small grain merchants, the Gwana Empire is nearby, and the largest grain merchant is the Jialong Chamber of Commerce. One of them, Nguyen Van Viet and Van Zhao brothers, is so good that they are similar to wearing the same pants. If you want to buy grain from the Jialong Chamber of Commerce, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky.

In today's Jialong Chamber of Commerce, although the two brothers Wen Yue and Wen Zhao are not in charge of the power, they are also at the level of shouting that the water will freeze. Because the main force for transporting food is the trucks produced by the automobile manufacturing and R&D center, and even the drivers are trained by the two brothers.

It can be said that even if the Risa family pays a higher price, there are people from other branches of the Chamber of Commerce who want to sell it. The two brothers Wen Yue and Wen Zhao said that the truck was still going to the territory of Kawei Gong, and it was useless for anyone to speak.

Even if the two brothers Wen Viet and Wen Zhao were persuaded by the Ruan clan of other branches, or they were subdued by force. The men guarding the car center are half of the Duke's guards, and if they want to kick out the power of the Ruan brothers and swallow all the technicians, it will not be as easy as drinking water.

Before the second car factory was established, being expelled from the car manufacturing and R&D center would be like being kicked out of the automotive industry. Even if you use your maintenance skills and existing cars and trucks as a template to re-enter the automobile manufacturing industry, it will cost a lot of money and effort. And this does not yet require catching up with the level of the center.

The opportunity cost on both sides was laid out, and those who shouted that the Risa family could buy food at a better price also shut up. The price at which the grain was sold for gold could not afford the money it would take to build a car factory from scratch. And if you want to sell grain as gold to the Risa family, is it possible?

Therefore, the Jialong Chamber of Commerce is tied to the chariot of the Kaveh family, and no one can pry the corner.

This also means that, commercially, the Risa family basically does not want to buy abundant food. Once he gives up the spring ploughing in the collar, how long will he be able to deal with the Kaveh family?

Besides, the military forces mobilized by the two sides are not at the same level at all. Kaveh's family is full, and it is only 30,000 soldiers and auxiliaries. In order to defend various places, the Risa family mobilized nearly five times more manpower, more than 150,000 soldiers and auxiliaries.

The difference in the number of the two means that the Kavi family still has the manpower to carry out spring ploughing. There may be some things that cannot be taken into account, but it is not difficult to get through this year with the food purchased from the Jialong Chamber of Commerce.

However, the Risa family has squeezed out all the potential in their territory, so they can barely defend those key nodes. And he didn't dare to guarantee that any place would be able to be attacked by Kawi Gong without losing, at most, it would just give the defenders in other places time to rush to help.

As for the army to the fullest, the field battle of the Duke of Rakavi?

The Risa family has no confidence!

If you fight the core force, Risa is confident, and the equipment and training with his support are better than those of the Kavi family. But the Great Army is at war, and he doesn't have the right strategic and tactical talent to compete with Ricardo Cavi, the genius of the army.

If the ragtag army hired by himself dared to appear in the wilderness, it must have been laughed at by Ricardo's old ghost. As long as you lose a few motley armies, your morale will probably collapse. Not to mention that the remaining miscellaneous armies are going to disperse, even their own core army is not very stable.

"The Point Guard Is Here"

So if you don't fight a defensive battle, Lisa Gong really doesn't have confidence!

And the key factor of all these disadvantages is the emerging product of 'car', which brings unparalleled mobility to the old man who likes to run. It's like a tiger with wings.

In order to counter this disadvantage, Grand Duke Angie Risa set his sights on the airship. And the opportunity is - the Sid.