Chapter 33: Attacking from Two Sides
How to quickly subdue a person, the answer is to vote.
When the heroes of Lanxing Liangshan go up the mountain, they have to submit their names.
The meaning of the petition is not to really need the other party to do something, but to let the other party prove that you are all the way, everyone is in the same boat, and each other has each other's handles, so that you can slowly build mutual trust from scratch.
Otherwise, if you don't know someone, you will go to Liangshan when you come up, are the heroes of Liangshan stupid?
At this moment, Claire is faced with two people who need to make a name.
One is Eugene, the former deputy captain of the Hart family's guard, and the other is Ivan, the father of little Ivan.
Both of them were old members of the Hart family, and both of them acted irrationally when Claire took over Tilling, so now if the two of them want to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, they must at least hand in a letter of nomination that satisfies Claire.
It's not too difficult for Claire to ask two people to submit a petition.
To the west of the town of Tilling, there was a weaker barony, which was not even included in the list as a selectable fief by the Earl of Wright due to its barrenness.
At that time, while looking at the sand table and maps in the hall, Claire carefully paid attention to the situation near the town of Tilling, and this relatively weak barony was undoubtedly a must-take.
For no other reason, although this territory is barren, the terrain is relatively dangerous, compared to the flat town of Tilling, the barony with a little hilly and low hills, combined with the castle of Spu built in a dangerous position, can become a barrier to the west of Tiling Town.
Although the terrain of Spu Castle is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Claire did not deliberately let Eugene die, but really gave the other party a chance to perform.
Count Marcas's summoning order has been issued for some time, and most of the lords near Tilin Town, like the Hart family, have already gathered with their elites, and their territories are very empty.
The situation at Spu Castle is similar.
In addition, the ruling family that originally ruled the Flame Castle is now very decayed, and when the main force is exhausted, how many people can guard the Castle of Spoon.
The first-order knights, with more than a dozen elite guards, plus a militia of two hundred peasants, should be more than enough to take down a barely defended castle.
"Good job, I trust you." Claire patted Eugene on the shoulder, ignoring the other party's ugly face, and left the study, leaving Eugene and old Ivan staring wide-eyed.
Things are relatively simple for Claire, but different in Eugene's eyes. Even if there is no one in the Flame Castle, it is impossible not to have a professional to protect it, but if there is a professional, it is not so easy for him, a first-order knight, to win. If he meets someone stronger than him, he's done.
Although I haven't heard of any powerful professionals in Spu Castle over the years, and even the head of the family is just a small second-order knight, but the baronial family that has been inherited for so many years is not really a professional who guards the family. If the Hart family hadn't had a little accident before, it would have been the captain of the third-order guard who guarded the house instead of him.
It's just that now that Claire has given the order, he can't shirk it, he can only find a way to complete it.
The whole family lives in Tilling, and he has to listen even if he doesn't want to obey orders, not to mention, he really wants to join Claire and fight for a rich background.
When he was under the Hart family, although on the surface he was a first-order knight and the vice-captain of the guards, he seemed to have a pretty good status. But in fact, the vice captain, he has no power or money, and he only has a meager salary every month, which is not enough to let him cultivate with peace of mind.
What's more, the Hart family has been too Buddhist over the years, and they have honestly lived in their own territory, basically living behind closed doors except for urgent military activities. This makes Eugene, as a professional, have no chance to make a windfall.
Compared with the Hart family, Claire became a baron at such a young age, and she is strong and strong, obviously not satisfied with the status quo of the territory, and will expand her territory in the future. Then follow Claire, not to mention mixing a title, at least mixing a hereditary fief, and ensuring a rich life for future generations is no problem.
There is also a risk in taking refuge in Claire, and the biggest risk is that if the Hart family comes back, Claire can't stop it, and when the Hart family settles accounts after the fall, then he will be done.
But now Claire's own strength and the support of Earl Wright behind him don't look like it's going to end soon.
Seek wealth and danger, give it a go, and turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.
Therefore, even though he knew that there was danger, Eugene still gritted his teeth and discussed with old Ivan how to take Spp Castle at the lowest cost and hand over a letter of nomination that satisfied Claire.
After all, this is already very good for the worst vote Eugene envisioned, killing the old and weak women and children of the Hart family.
The most important reason why Claire gave Eugene the task of beating the castle of Sp was because there was no one available.
Now that Claire is in her hands, little Ivan and Wade can be used, little Ivan is still young and has no ability to command the army, so he can only stay by his side to deal with internal affairs. As for Wade, as the only military talent that can be used, he is not much easier than Claire.
After feasting on Evan, he and Evan took their soldiers to the town of Domé, south of the town of Tirin.
The situation in Dorme Town is much more difficult to deal with than that in Tilling Town, if it weren't for the fact that there were still many things to be dealt with in the territory, Claire would want to follow them on a personal trip.
The town of Dome belongs to the autonomous town under the command of Count Marcas, which is the kind of town that is commonly governed by merchants, and is similar to the concept of a commercial city in Blue Star. The same lord did not interfere in all the affairs of the town, only collected taxes every year, and provided the town with military protection.
Self-governing towns, like other baronies, have their own armies. Due to the fact that they are generally wealthier than baronies, they usually have more numerous and elite armies than baronies. Most barons actually only maintain a small convoy of professionals, who only recruit militia in times of war, while the towns have a standing army of considerable size due to their special characteristics.
The biggest disadvantage of autonomous towns is the lack of mid-to-high-end professional combat power, in the transcendent world, once a professional can advance to the intermediate level, it is very common to obtain a noble status or even get a knighthood, so few professionals are willing to live in autonomous towns.
However, the town of Domei is different, although it is still called a town, but a town has more than 20,000 residents, and there is no problem in calling it a city, and it is said that there is a second-order magician in the city.
Wade and Evan are going, and it is difficult to say whether they can successfully take Dorme Town.