Everything is difficult at the beginning, the first business is closed, and the rest of the things are easy to do.

I don't know if I have a heart, or if I received the news. The next day, two other neighbors in the neighborhood also came to visit.

Like the hapless Coelho, they were greeted by the Lord of Maple Leaf.

Unlike Coelliu, who came from the sky, and unlike the nobles who led troops to rob people, they just picked up a few refugees along the way.

Although the mode of operation is somewhat similar to Hudson's previous practice, it is definitely not his fault. The fact that the owner of the family has not come to the door so far proves his character.

A sheep is a chaste, and so is a flock of sheep. Anyway, it's just a mediator, and whether they can negotiate in the end depends on themselves, and Hudson doesn't mind selling a favor three times.

As for the sale of weapons, it is only habitually incidental. It's not that Hudson wants to make their money, it's to take their money and help them.

Equipped with iron weapons, even if it is just a serf soldier who has just put down his hoe, it has a certain lethality.

Holding a spear of four or five meters to attack in formation, even if you can't kill people, you can frighten many people.

If the battle really started, a few hundred serf soldiers would at least be able to fight a record of thirty to fifty to one, and if they were lucky, they might even be able to set a record of ten to one and eight to one.

Of course, he was the one who suffered the greater casualties. After all, the enemy is an elite from the northern frontier, and it is not a loss to be able to inflict ten or eight times the casualties and exchange the enemy.

This is the confidence to go to the negotiating table. If it was really on the battlefield and had the strength to inflict dozens of casualties on the other side, it would be enough to make the Lord of Maple Leaf Town think twice.

Unlike those lords who are mature and overpopulated, they can fight with their neighbors without incident, and it doesn't matter if they are killed or wounded by dozens of people.

As a lord in the entrepreneurial period, every labor force in the territory is precious, especially the elite soldiers who have been painstakingly trained.

The loss of a few or a dozen soldiers in a battle seems to be not a big problem, but the trouble is that this is not the northern frontier, and they do not have the ability to replenish it in time.

There are only a few hundred private troops in total, and after a few skirmishes, they lose one-tenth of their troops, and they can't afford to toss at all.

As a land snake, it is not so easy to succumb. Anyway, there are rules for PK battles between nobles, and no matter how much trouble it gets, you can't kill the nobles privately.

Failure is just the beginning, and then calling friends and finding a way to get back to the field are all essential links.

Once the flames of war are ignited, the dispute can only be ended by coming a few more times and completely subduing the other side.

The world of aristocrats is just the spice of life, and it is more about human feelings, and smart people know how to weigh the pros and cons.

……

Maple Leaf Town, just made an appointment with a group of allies in the Northern Frontier, and was about to make a move at the same time to put pressure on the local nobles, when Caitley received an invitation from Hudson.

"Uncle Holman, I think I've done something stupid!"

As he spoke, Ketteley handed over the invitation in his hand. The rich sadness that rose between the eyebrows seemed to be endless chagrin.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is just a mediation instrument, but in the eyes of Baron Caitley, it is undoubtedly a signal that the Three Horsemen of the Salaam Mountains are moving closer to Hudson.

If it can't be handled properly, once there is a conflict between the two sides in the future, he needs to face a barony + three knights.

What made him speechless the most was that this passive situation was actually created by himself.

Sending a little brother to a potential competitor, Baron Caitley wants to slap himself when he thinks about it.

It was sad enough to be neighbors with the famous mountain baron, and now he sent three knights to the other party.

Although judging by the invitation, the two sides have not really come together yet, in Baron Caitley's opinion, it is only a matter of time.

"Caitley, you can't be blamed for this kind of thing. If the territory wants to develop, it cannot do without the people. Even if we could turn back time, we would have to.

The three unlucky knights wanted to form an alliance with the mountain baron, but they had to accept it. There is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, and to say that it is an alliance is actually dependent.

The combination of strength and geography dictates that the three knights must choose between us and the mountain baron. With the gap between the nobility of the North and the South, even if we were willing to extend an olive branch, they would fall to the mountain baron.

Now, it's nothing more than bringing this point in time forward. The cost is worth it in order to gain labor for the development of the territory.

The only trouble is that the mountain baron is involved, and if we try to blackmail them, they won't compromise easily. ”

To put it mildly, deep down Knight Holman is not easy. Originally, one Coslow family was difficult enough, and with the addition of three small knight families, it can be said that it completely blocked their path to the south.

If that's all it takes, it's not unbearable. What's more troublesome is that if you can't handle the relationship between the two parties, even if the maple leaf collar develops in a different direction, you must always worry about being stabbed in the back.

They were all forced out, and the Maple Leaf Collar still had several enclaves outside. If it is a big noble, a few more enclaves can also be taken care of. But a small barony can't do it, and if you want to develop, you must concentrate your territory.

There are several nobles in between, and if you want to concentrate your territory, you have to exchange them with your neighbors. When it comes to interests, this kind of thing is difficult to negotiate for a while.

There is a high probability that this land-swapping storm needs to be solved on the battlefield. It can be said that at the beginning, a group of northern nobles were dug by Earl Pierce and forced to war.

Now this robbery is just a reasonable excuse for everyone. Nominally, they are asking for people, but in fact they are not only asking for people, but also trying to take the opportunity to force their neighbors to accept the land exchange.

With the military strength in their hands, most of the nobles in northern Xinjiang had the strength to force their neighbors to compromise. But Kettelay was unlucky, and a strong neighbor appeared to the south.

The best way is naturally to fight the crippled in a war and solve this hidden danger by force, but unfortunately Ketteley's strength is limited and he has no confidence to do it.

If he was like Baron Sith, with 800 soldiers in his hands, Caitley would never be so entangled.

……

The soft sunlight swayed down to the earth, and the Huanhua Creek flowed non-stop, filled with a different charm under the autumn wind.

As the dividing line between the mountain collar and the maple leaf collar, the two banks of Huanhua Creek can be described as two people. On the one hand, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the birds and beasts are everywhere, and on the other hand, the serfs work hard.

Although there is not much harvest this season, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. For serfs who have worked with crops for generations, every grain of grain is precious.

The most important thing is that after starting to work, the food standard has also gone up. Compared with the original minimum subsistence ration system, it has been directly increased by more than 50%.

From five points of satiety to eight points of satiety, it is already a great breakthrough for ordinary serfs who have just experienced war.

Separated by an inconspicuous stone bridge, the Lords of the Five Directions gather to discuss the future of southern Leyteshire.

Glancing at the group of three knights, Hudson smiled and nodded at them. The rabble is also a soldier, and it can be scary if it can't fight.

Before the actual battle, no one knew how lethal the 800 rabble could cause.

Maybe fifty, maybe thirty, for Baron Caitlet, no matter what the number is, it is more than worth the loss.

The most important thing is that there is also the private army of the mountain baron on the opposite side, just from the queue, the three hundred troops brought by Hudson are the elite of the kingdom.

The neat pace, obviously only 300 people, just walked out of the momentum of thousands of troops, which was very shocking.

In contrast, the three hundred Northland elites led by Baron Caitley fell into disadvantage in terms of momentum.

Two murderous teams face off across a stream. Under the shroud of the murderous aura of both sides, the eight hundred miscellaneous soldiers nearby only felt unwell.

Seeing this scene, Baron Caitley, who was still a little cautious, completely dispelled the unrealistic thoughts in his heart.

This lineup, this murderous spirit, no matter how you look at it, are all elite soldiers in a hundred battles. Although it was somewhat abrupt for such a force to appear in the hands of a minor southern nobleman, Caitley preferred to believe his eyes.