In the Sequoia Kingdom, the Earl of the Field already belongs to the great aristocratic sequence, and to start a civil war is enough to attract the attention of the Senate and the aristocratic class. Above all, the war now seems to have no interest in it. Richard himself was poor, without any wealth accumulation, and his territory was barren and inhabited, even if he wanted to occupy it, he had to pass the level of his lordship.

For a country, internal friction is inevitable, and in a sense, it is also a process of internal self-adjustment and survival of the fittest. But meaningless internal friction is not allowed by any sober-minded superior.

Moreover, Richard has a strong lord, and the opponent must take the reaction of the Duke of Blue Wolf into account from the beginning, and must do some behind-the-scenes business. This is the political zhì.

But now that the Duke of Blue Wolf has personally gone out to attack the Duchy of White Rock, this war will be fought for at least a month or two, and if the Duke of Blue Wolf does not return to the territory, it will be difficult for the Duke of Glasburg and his family to discuss Richard's affairs with the Duke.

That's the time.

Pacifying the Duke of the Blue Wolf, mobilizing the army, arranging the route of the march, resting and replenishing along the way, and even seconding the priest to the temple were all trivial and necessary preparations.

It's still time.

What Richard lacks most now is time, as long as he is given enough time, his strength will continue to grow.

The brood will continue to create combat units, and the fourth-class throwing is already equivalent to the combat power of ordinary knights of the elite knights. Richard himself will continue to convert magic materials into compositions, which will become the strength of himself and his followers, and the other part will become gold coins that cost ten times the cost of materials, and then the gold coins will become magic materials, and so on.

Now less than half a month has passed, and Viscount Sim's huge ransom is only a few thousand gold coins, and Richard's new troops have completed their initial training, and now they are almost ready to take them to the battlefield to experience and kill the enemy.

On this day, when another elite grenadier arrived at Richard's camp with a dozen ordinary grenadiers, Richard felt that the time was ripe.

In the evening, Richard gathered all the core retinue and told them to prepare for the bloodstained land in two days.

"Chief, how many people are you taking out this time, and who will guard the territory?" asked Gangde. Ever since Richard put him in charge of the training of the troops, the big man has been working hard to learn about marching and fighting. Of course, Gangde's foundation is a little worse, in addition to pulling two knights to make up for military knowledge, he also needs to learn literacy, and the primary language magic only includes listening and speaking, not reading and writing.

"All of you will set out with me, and not a single warrior will be left in the territory. ”

Richard's decision took everyone by surprise, and castles were being built on the territory, roads were leveled, and citizens were recruited to reclaim wasteland. A qiē has just begun, and Baron Fontaine is still eyeing behind his back. If you don't leave anyone to guard the territory, won't you be taken to the nest?

Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Richard knew what they were worried about. So he smiled and dotted on the map, looked around at the crowd, and asked, "You say, what is there to guard in this territory now?"

"The castle has already laid the foundation, there are roads, and there are also reserves of timber......" Speaking of this, Gangde raised his eyebrows, already somewhat understood.

Richard smiled and said, "Yes, that's it." That's all they can see when they come. These are worthless, and I can't move away, and more importantly, this is my legal territory, even if someone else comes to occupy it, it will have to be returned to me after a while, unless I don't save zài, then there is no use here. This is the most fundamental order of the aristocratic system, which cannot be broken. So, the most precious treasure in my realm is the army, and you! I just have to take all the troops, and Viscount Sim and his father and uncle should be overwhelmed, are they going to take my territory? If you're gone, you'll be fine. If I don't leave, how many troops will I have to leave in my territory? There are many people left, and the cost is by no means a small amount, and there are few people left, and I may come back at any time and eat them in one bite!"

"So!" Richard tapped on the map, emphatically, "I'm going to get out of the nest!"

In the early morning of the third day, Richard led his troops from the territory, entered the bloodstained land, and disappeared into the red world.

A few days later, an army of 1,000 men entered the Barony of Little Fontaine. It was a mixed force of hoplites, longbowmen, and crossbowmen who specialized in cavalry charges, all of elite veterans. These combat powers all come from Count Canglu.

Leading the troops was Sir Hogan, commonly known as Old Hogan. The elder Hogan is fifty years old, has a military career of more than thirty years, leads the troops cautiously and steadily, and rarely eats defeat in his life. He was originally a civilian, started as a soldier, and worked his way up to the knighthood. Although the old knight can't touch the threshold of high society at all, at such a critical hour, Earl Canglu will always think of him.

Richard is a very hard nut to crack, and the really smart nobles who want to add military glory to their family will only go to those rabble bandits, and no one will want to fight Richard, except for a few extremely arrogant or masochistic fellows.

Among the newly arrived troops in the Barony of Fontaine were two archmages and two tenth-level priests, and there were six low-level priests. The follow-up force of Count Canglu was being assembled, and it was a much larger force, consisting of two hundred elite heavy cavalry, six hundred light cavalry, and two hundred Knights Templar. Xerxes' temple sent a regiment of battle priests led by a twelfth-level priest, and two other archmages were also on the team.

Leading the follow-up legions was the younger brother of Count Canglu, the uncle of Viscount Sim, and the Sanctuary warrior Sir Odom. Odom was irascible and cruel, and behaved unscrupulously, and was demoted from baron to knight for a noble lady with royal blood in the early years. But because of his status in the Holy Domain, the disposition ends here. As for the noble lady, she was later regarded as a disgrace by the family, and was sent to the countryside to marry a knight in a remote territory. However, Odom chased him there again, and then something happened to the knight, and the lady became his lover.

In addition to these 'minor' flaws, Odom is a strong man and a talented leader, so he can still be used in the eyes of the upper echelons.

When this reinforcement arrives, Barony Fontaine will assemble a well-equipped army of more than 3,000 men, equipped with four archmages and a battle priesthood, with the Sanctuary powerhouse in charge and the steady and mature Sir Hogan under the command. This is a unit that can crush Richard, whether it is sand table deduction or actual combat power. Even if you challenge the powerful earl under the command of Duke Blue Wolf, there is no problem at all.