Not long after the goddess's birthday, the Duke of Guise gathered his soldiers and prepared to go south to the Duke of Isaac to raid.

The Duke of Isaac and the Duke of Guise are separated from each other and have always had a grudge.

The Isaac family was originally a vassal of Duke Guise, and betrayed his monarch two hundred years ago.

In that turmoil, the Isaac family occupied the fiefdom of the Guise family and ushered in earth-shaking development.

In the early years, the Grant Kingdom was not strong and could hardly give much support to Duke Guise, and the Isaac family would often send soldiers into the Duke of Guise to raid. With Duke Breener winning the Battle of Dragon Canyon, the Kingdom of Grant ushered in rapid development, not only expanding a large area of land in the north, but also establishing the three Dukes Jonathan, Edward, and Fawkes.

The strength of the country has brought very good development to the great nobles of the territory. In addition, the members of the Guise family will enter the main army, and they have experienced a brutal war in three years, which has greatly trained their abilities, and now the strength of the Duke of Guise is gradually surpassing that of Duke Isaac.

With the great enemy of the Orc Empire, the Grant Kingdom did not dare to slack off from top to bottom, and the cruel environment also forced the nobles to be shrewd and strong, heroic and good at fighting.

Although the Kingdom of Grant has been established for 600 years, the degeneration of the army is not serious, and the current military strength of the kingdom is even comparable to that of the founding soldiers.

King Delong's geographical conditions are superior to those of the Grant Kingdom, and more than a thousand years ago, he was the backbone of several kingdoms in the northeast region of the Central Continent of the Dawn Plane, and his strength was very strong, and he could even make the Divine Radiance Empire fearful.

It is a pity that after more than a thousand years of development, the nobles of the Delong Kingdom have formed a powerful interest group, and the nepotism is extremely serious, occupying all the good positions. The class solidification is extremely serious, a strict policy of ignoring the people and weakening the people has been adopted, and the military strength has become relatively average. Even if the situation of the border nobles is better, the soldiers of the Duke of Isaac are not as good at fighting as the Duke of Guise.

Grant has many big nobles, and the soldiers of the army are the best at fighting with Haland, followed by the four legions in the center of the northern frontier, followed by the main legion led by Duke Jonathan, and then it is the turn of the royal capital guards legion. These legions are all considered the first-class main forces of the Grant Kingdom.

The combat effectiveness of the legions under the two northern dukes of Edward and Fox is relatively poor, and the Dukedom of Guise is often trained because of the frequent outbreak of small-scale wars, and the soldiers are often trained, and they can only be regarded as a third-class army in the Grant Kingdom, and even this is much stronger than the Duke of Isaac.

In October of last year, the Grizzlies moved south, entered the province of Stevens in late October, easily suppressed a rebellion, and sent some soldiers to attack Duke Hubble, who was supporting the injustices.

Duke Hubble is Duke Isaac's neighbor, and he is also one of the six dukes in the kingdom of Delong. But compared to the Grizzlies' best soldiers, the gap is very serious.

After a battle, Duke Hubble lost 8,000 soldiers, and even the Duke of Isaac was implicated.

After all, in recent years, when Duke Guise led troops to capture slaves, Duke Hubble would lead troops to support. Now that there are no reinforcements, the Duke of Guise naturally wants to increase the plunder.

Moreover, seeing that the Jonathan family seized the Grand Duchy of Starnik, the Guise family was also very angry and wanted to regain their homeland for greater development.

But in order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to obtain the support of King Grant and coordinate the domestic forces, especially the royal family and several big nobles.

Duke Guise communicated with King Roger several times and made a lot of promises to get the support of the royal family, and the Grizzlies moved south in addition to limiting the power of the Haraland family, in order to develop south.

Strong troops came from the southern provinces, and Duke Guise's waist was naturally stiffer.

Just into the beginning of January, the Duke of Guise completed his mobilization, and crossed the border line with 6,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry.

The Duchy of Guise is not as large as the Duchy of Haaland, with only about 60,000 square kilometers of land, and the arable land is not very fertile and cannot support much of the population.

Despite many years of development, there is only a population of 1.3 million.

With a population of 1.3 million, two infantry regiments, a cavalry regiment and a Warcraft cavalry brigade were formed. There are a total of 40,000 regular infantry, 8,000 cavalry, and 600 Warcraft cavalry, and the number of soldiers far exceeds that of Harland's leader, and the military strength is very considerable.

The development of the Dukedom of Guise can be called a reckless force, and a large part of the domestic economy depends on robbery.

In this invasion of the Duke of Isaac, the Duke of Guise only brought eight infantry brigades, four cavalry brigades, and one Warcraft cavalry brigade, and the army of his descendants was less than 17,000, and the remaining 9,000 troops were all vassals from the Duke of Guise, including Viscount Fanta, an acquaintance who had dealt with Richard many times.

In this slave hunt, the Fanta family mobilized 800 infantry and 300 cavalry, almost half of the viscount's private army.

Duke Guise entered the kingdom of Delong with a large army, and the initial progress was very smooth, capturing two border baronies and capturing 46,000 slaves.

According to previous years, it should be accepted as soon as it is good. After all, with a population of more than 40,000, even if some losses were lost on the way to migration for various reasons, if 40,000 intact slaves could be sent to Nolan, they could be exchanged for resources of 200,000 gold coins.

Excluding the cost of sending troops, the profit is already very considerable.

It's just that this time to catch slaves, Duke Guise did not accept it when he saw it, in addition to sending a brigade to escort slaves, he sent troops deep into the core land of Duke Isaac, and took the initiative to find the main force of Duke Isaac for a decisive battle.

In order to protect the territory, Duke Isaac decided to mobilize in full and conscripted 120,000 serf soldiers, together with the regular army of three legions, to fight a decisive battle with Duke Guise.

Although the regular army of the Duke of Isaac was very mediocre, the serfs recruited had a deep grudge against the Duke of Guise. After all, the serfs of the Duke of Isaac are captured and plundered by the Duke of Guise every year.

Although these serfs were not trained, they often had high morale when they encountered the army led by the Duke of Guise, and after several battles, the Duke of Guise had lost 3,000 soldiers.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Duke Guise immediately gave the order to retreat, but it was already too late and fell into the encirclement of Duke Isaac.

After being encircled, Duke Guise did not panic, but took the lead in building a camp, and then ordered the Warcraft cavalry squadron to break through the siege, while attacking the enemy's food depots on the outside line, while trying to cut off the enemy's defense line, and return to the territory, drawing more soldiers into the border.

The Dukedom of Guise chose to go to war on all fronts, and the Dukedom of Isaac also appealed to the Kingdom of Delong for help. Although the country has been peaceful for a long time, the response is relatively slow, and it took more than ten days to organize reinforcements, but the Delong Kingdom still sent three legions to reinforce it.

Seeing that the number of enemy troops far exceeded Duke Guise's estimate, he had no choice but to request reinforcements from the Grizzly Legion.

As a wingman, Willian has a lot of autonomy. After receiving a letter of help from the Duke of Guise, William thought deeply and decided to send reinforcements.

I didn't expect to fight a few bad battles, but instead I got myself into it and entered the quagmire of war.

Seeing that the scope of the war was getting bigger and bigger, the matter was stabbed by the people of the Duke of Guise's family to the meeting of nobles.

For a while, rumors spread that many minor nobles gave speeches at the aristocratic meeting to promote their ideas, but they did not have much to say.

What can really determine the direction of the noble council is the great nobles of the Grant Kingdom. For example, the Duke of Haaland has twenty-seven voting rights in the aristocratic council, in addition to the three barons Soros, Bernie, and William, regardless of the influence, the Haaland family has thirty voting rights, which is equivalent to thirty hereditary barons.

Moreover, the Haaland family is the leader of the nobles in Northern Xinjiang, and they can influence a large part of the votes, and often the bills jointly promoted by several big nobles can be successfully passed.

The proposal of the Duke of Guise was like a stone thrown into a puddle, and it caused countless waves.

Compared with expanding the territory from the north, the nobles of the Grant Kingdom, from the largest to the smallest, all wanted to develop in the south. Compared with the Orc Empire, the soldiers of the Deron Kingdom are much easier to deal with, and the current national strength is a little worse than that of the Grant Kingdom.

Even the land is more fertile.

With the rise of the Duke of Haaland, the Grant family has kept up with the ride, and the entire Grant Kingdom has developed greatly.

Now that the conflict on the southern front is so fierce, King Roger has plans to expand again.

Under the joint promotion of the royal family, Duke Guise and Duke Duran, the bill passed smoothly, and the formation of an intervention army was once again put on the bill.

He has made war money several times, and now Richard's thoughts are like Showa staff officers, and he will not stop it at all, but actively supports the Grant Kingdom to participate in the war. Several other dukedoms, with the exception of Duke Duran, had average interests.

The Jonathans took the Grand Duchy of Starnik, and their efforts could not be distracted. The Duke of Edward is now facing a transition from the old to the new, and the main members are more sensitive. The Duke of Fox was beaten a little badly by the orcs, and it couldn't send troops in a short time. The Duke of York was territorial, with a large territorial area, and the desire to expand was not strong.

After a few days of discussion, the nobles compromised, and the royal family transferred two legions from the Central Praetorian Guard, plus a second-line army to serve as the middle army, and the nobles of the four northern provinces plus the army led by Haaland formed a legion to act as the left army, and the right army was led by Duke Duran to send a complete army.

The total number of troops in the three routes exceeded 100,000, which was the first batch of reinforcements, and if the war was unfavorable, the Grant Kingdom still had the spare strength to send reinforcements.

There were people who sent troops, and some of the remaining big nobles contributed money to provide material support for the intervention army.

Compared to the battle for the throne of Starnik, the intervention army had slightly less trouble this time.

The provinces through which Richard led his troops south were relatively wealthy, and the food and materials hoarded were enough for 100,000 troops to consume, and the royal family of Grant was far more generous than Duke Edward, taking out a large amount of grain to ensure the grain route of the intervening army.

After careful observation, Richard found that there were even a large number of military stations on the way south, and it was not a trouble to dispatch troops.

This time, Richard invested more resources in the formation of the intervention army, and there were 6,000 soldiers led by Haaland to the south, including the first brigade led by Harland, the elite division such as the reconnaissance cavalry brigade, and the Warcraft cavalry also transferred 300 people, and the thirteenth and fourteenth brigades that had just been formed also had to go south to participate in the war and accumulate war experience.

The four northern provinces, Geda Province conscripted 6,000 soldiers, Rach Province recruited 7,000 soldiers, Gascoigne Province recruited 5,000 soldiers, Grotta Province was not established for a long time, and the hereditary nobles were relatively few, and only 2,000 were required.

Compared with the last time the intervention army was formed, this time the intervention army was very active, the soldiers were almost carefully selected, and the quality of the soldiers far exceeded that of the past.

In the last intervention war, the Northern Coalition Army suffered relatively light casualties, but the combat exploits won were extraordinary, not only snatching back more than 200,000 people from Starnik, but also seizing a large amount of resources. Military exploits, slave girls, and coins went into the pockets of the officers and soldiers, and even the nobles were paid handsomely.

After the war, the alliance system of the three provinces obtained four barony lands, and Richard's old leader Sharp, because of his greater support for the intervention army, followed Richard to get a lot of credit, and also successfully got a barony and entered the development of the Grand Duchy of Starnik.

Now Sharp already has two baronies, which he can leave to different children to pass on. As the son of a cobbler, his life can be called inspirational, enough for countless people to write.

Now the opportunity is once again in front of everyone, the vast majority of nobles support participating in the war, and countless nobles hope to go to the south to develop and leave the northern front.

With Richard's order, the Northern Coalition Army quickly completed its formation. Except for the poor quality of the noble coalition army of Grotta Province, the other soldiers of this army still seem to be relatively capable.

After the formation of the legions, Richard immediately issued an order for the concentration of cavalry and requisitioned war horses from noble officers.

Compared with the last time he entered the war, this time Richard's authority is undoubtedly greater.

Last time, Richard was still an earl, and it was not easy to deal with aristocratic officers. This time, Richard has become a duke, and has higher authority, which is equivalent to the ancient generals in the previous life who mastered the royal order banner and the sword of Shang Fang, and had enough rights to execute aristocratic officers who violated military discipline without going through the noble council.

In addition, the last time Richard won the battle with his soldiers, the confidence of the northern nobles in Richard increased a little.

Normally, it is difficult to integrate the aristocratic coalition forces, and the order to concentrate cavalry must have someone resist the backlash. However, Richard is a commanding commander with high prestige in northern Xinjiang, and although his qualifications are a little worse, his military exploits are very dazzling, and he has enough identity authority.

After receiving Richard's order, the noble officers did not dare to slack off, let alone oppose the blockade, and came to the Warcraft Cavalry Brigade with Warcraft War Horses one after another.

In just one day, the Intervention Army has increased by a hundred Warcraft cavalry, and the ordinary cavalry has also expanded by three hundred, and almost all of these people have been absorbed by Haaland's elite soldiers. It can only be returned after the war.

(End of chapter)