When the group came to the Earl's Castle, the castle hall was already full of people, all of whom were Hilton's vassals, coming from behind Hilton.

Hilton was in good spirits at this time, and when he saw the man come in, he bowed his head slightly, and asked Little Red Riding Hood beside him, "Have all the heretics in the territory been cleaned up?" ”

"There are no hidden dangers anymore, and no one has escaped." Little Red Riding Hood replied, "And I have found some news from the mouths of the heretics. ”

"Oh? What is it? Hilton asked.

"I'll tell you later." Little Red Riding Hood glanced left and right and said with a smile.

"You always have your own ideas, so let's talk about them later." The earl smiled, looked at the vassals who were talking around and said to the butler, "Everyone has arrived, and the order is to go down and the banquet begins." ”

With the butler's clapping, the servants carried the high tables into the hall, laid out the tablecloths, and laid out the steel knives, silver spoons, salt plates, drinking cups and other utensils, and the people took their seats according to their order, and the servants took large mouthfuls of water for the nobles to wash their hands, and then sat down to pray before the meal.

"Just tell me to get food, and pray for it." The Earl looked at the vassals around him and said, "The bishop has not shown up, and the letter sent to the cathedral has not been answered, but fortunately we still have the Holy One, who will give us a blessing." ”

The vassals talked for a moment and then stopped talking, the bishop of the Hilton Church was indeed a little excessive, as for this sage, they had heard of it a little, but would his blessing be poisonous?

The maids brought bread and butter to the table, and then the men brought barley wine, followed by wine, barbecue, cheese, peas, and a series of ingredients.

At the beginning of the banquet, he was the only one who did not have a noble title and sat in the highest position, and the vassals below naturally understood what the earl meant, although there was no prominent figure in the church, but the person he invited was no worse than the people of the church in his heart.

"The battle will be fought in Barony Widdy, what do you think?"

After the musician had blown the trumpet a few times, Hilton asked the vassals below for their opinions.

"With the four baronial castles of Widi, Bourcon, Hen Rilang and Le Mans as the main defense network, it should not be a big problem, and at the same time, with the knights' castles in the suburbs, it can give the enemy an effective block."

"The Castle of Widdy is entrenched at the exit under the canyon of the Great Wasteland, and the other three castles are attached to the river, which is completely feasible."

"It's a pity that this is the end of the borderland, and it would be better if you built a fortress stuck on the edge of the Great Wasteland."

"In order to resist the first charge of the heretic army, I suggest that the Barony of Widdy should be placed as many teams as possible, and the mobile cavalry should also be placed there."

"No, each castle must maintain a mobile force that can charge."

"Hah, have you drunk too much? How many cavalry do we have in total, do you have to divide dozens of cavalry into each castle? We're not dealing with a small band of bandits! ”

"Every castle has to have cavalry, that's customary!"

"Alright, knights, be quiet!" Seeing that there was about to quarrel below, Hilton looked at them with a smile, "Regarding the matter of cavalry, I have retrained five hundred cavalry in the case of unstable borders, and they are all scattered at several crossings of the Great Wasteland to be on guard, and when the war starts, I will let them join the four main castles." ”

With Hilton's words, the scene at the banquet began to be lively again, and the vassals sang the praises of Earl Hilton, and the unpleasantness just now because of the lack of knights was quickly forgotten.

After a banquet, the location of the defense, the armed forces, and the distribution of the defense line were all written down by the guards who followed their lords, and they helped their respective lords to go to the guest room arranged by the butler to rest, and there were only a few people left in the hall, such as Earl Edward and Li Yuanshuo.

"Five hundred knights, Mr. Earl, you have added an extra zero to my letter! So that the old man can agree?" Edward looked at Hilton with confused eyes.

"That's not the point, I don't think five thousand knights are enough for myself." The Count touched his chin and listened to the voices outside, and after making sure that all the people were gone, he instructed the butler, "Send someone to guard the door, and anyone who wants to come in must be notified in advance!" ”

"Yes, Mr. Earl." The butler bowed and said, then nodded to the few people present and walked out.

"Tell me, my chief of guard, what's the news?" The Count asked, looking at Little Red Riding Hood.

"It's about the strength of the forest witches, our previous estimate is insufficient, and a conservative estimate is that they have more than 30,000 wizards and various heretics." Little Red Riding Hood said, and she saw the Count nod slowly, knowing that he knew this, and then said something he didn't count, "In addition to this, they have six thousand savage guards, armed with shields, spears, and bows and arrows. ”

"What did you say?" The earl's eyes widened when he heard this, and he couldn't hold the wine glass in his hand, if it was just a wizard, he could still imagine that the cavalry would charge up and pretend to be a mess, but with shields, spears and bows and arrows, it was different, once the cavalry was resisted, then the wizard standing behind him would become a disaster.

"There's also good news." Little Red Riding Hood didn't pay attention to the earl's gaffe, and continued, "The day before yesterday, the scarlet nun of St. Ann Lina broke into the witch camp with a magical beast, and consumed a lot of the magic of the wizards, and their attack will be delayed for a while. ”

The corners of the earl's mouth twitched when he heard this, they did it, and the knights and guards of the Barony of Wadi were dying.

"In fact, even if the cavalry does not charge into battle, they can cut their ranks when they invade, and your five hundred knights have not practiced in vain." Cook began, "You know, they're all infantry. ”

"It is true, but you have all overlooked that our enemy is not the army of the kingdom, but the dark heresy." The Count rolled his eyes to the roof of the hall and said, "Just a few months ago, a group of heretics entered this castle and assassinated my father, if our cavalry can't inflict heavy damage on them before they get closer, the castle on which the defense is based is likely to fall to them in a short time, and then the defense network will collapse and our power will be eaten away by them." ”

"The castle is our reliance on winning more with less, and if they can easily take it, then we are really lucky." Edward woke up from the wine, and he looked at Hilton, "We can't just tie our hands and take them together, I know you've done your best, but how to encounter an enemy you can't fight, you can also ask for the help of the superior lord, we can actually help the kingdom guard the portal." ”