Chapter 412 Imbalance
One day to the southeast of Fort Marsey, the west side of the foothills connects north and south to the fertile land outside the hills. The land divided by the low hills extending to the foothills is dotted with scattered farmhouses.
At the northern end of the horse carriageway there is a white stone fort, which is the ruling center of the entire farm manor - the lord's mansion.
In normal times, there should be cars coming and going. The convoys of merchants traveling south and north will transport goods from the north of Cordor, the province of Soon, the Principality of Burgundy and even the Kingdom of France through this trade route to Provence and other countries in the south.
However, a war broke out this "golden river".
At this time, the open space outside the white castle manor in the farm manor became a temporary military camp, where hundreds of Wells Legion soldiers dressed in gray and white burqa were stationed.
The owner of the farm estate was Galvin's former business ally and an important checkpoint for the Sap caravan to the north. Due to the civil strife, the owner of the farm also became a Western Army.
However, the war in the country has nothing to do with personal friendship, and the alliance between Galvin and the farmers still exists, so when Yat led the Wells Legion to raid here, the army did not kill and set fire.
After Yat showed his relationship with Galvin, the farmer immediately opened the fort gate and welcomed him in person. Of course, the fundamental reason was that the farmer was unable to resist.
In the hall of the luxurious lord's mansion in the white castle, a middle-aged man dressed in a gorgeous but humble manner was almost flattering to Yat, wearing armor and sword beside the fireplace, holding a wine glass.
"Mr. Ate, three fat pigs, ten sheep, ten barrels of wine, two hundred toasts, six hundred pounds of finely ground wheat flour and two thousand pounds of hulled wheat have all been sent to the military camp. Do you see if this military ration is enough? If not enough, I will ask someone to prepare it immediately." The middle-aged man smiled all over his face, and the corners of his mouth were almost touching his eyebrows.
Yat shook the wine glass in his hand, and the mellow wine fragrance immediately floated out of the mouth of the cup. He moved his eyes from the portrait of the Virgin Mary on the fireplace to the middle-aged man, "Thank you, my friend. Have you paid all the money for purchasing military rations and supplies to you in full?"
The middle-aged man nodded like pounding garlic, "Full! Full! The baggage official gave it to him in full. But I am really embarrassed to collect your money for just such a little thing."
"Okay, my friend. War is temporary, peace is permanent. Once the civil strife is quelled, my father-in-law still needs gentlemen like you to support him..."
The two were in a friendly exchange. Ron pushed open the door and walked in. He glanced at the middle-aged man. The man bowed to Att with great tact, then walked out of the room and brought it to the door.
"Say!" Yat put down the wine glass in his hand.
Ron put down his right hand on the hilt of the sword and whispered to Yat, "Master, three urgent military information. First, the mountain civilian army led by Longxia has completed the task of attracting troops. They have retreated, leaving only more than a hundred elite troops on the border to garrison."
"Second, the army of Kodor has seen through our march route. Lapas County and Rior County have begun to gather troops throughout the territory to pounce on us. The troops are over 900, almost in full swing. The sergeant commander just sent back military information from the back blocking battlefield. Our cavalry team has been injured with the pursuing enemy outposts. The sergeant commander is expected to chase after us in the evening of tomorrow."
Yat leaned his hand to the counterweight ball on the hilt of the sword at his waist and rubbed the cross pattern on it. "The enemy's reaction speed was faster than I expected, and he had already chased after it in just three days. Fortunately, we had a carriage that could move quickly."
"The third thing is that the guards ordered to approach Fort Marsi have just returned. Fort Marsi is probably warned by Fei Ge, and they have closed the fort gate and the whole city is martial law."
"Didn't our people go in?"
"Two disguised guards rushed in before the lockdown. With the contingent soldiers led by Stanley, there were thirteen of our elite troops in Fort Marsey. As agreed, they will immediately attack the city gate defenders after we send a signal and respond to us to break the city."
Yat patted the knight's sword around his waist, "Okay! Pass on the order."
"First, I ordered the sergeant commander to continue leading the cavalry team to block the pursuing enemy vanguards, and also transferred two infantry flag teams to the sergeant commander, so that they could block the enemy vanguard cavalry for me."
"Secondly, Kazak led the Colin company to raid villages and settlements near Marsey overnight, forcing labor, tools, wood and rush to make siege equipment and establish an outer defense line on the battlefield; Odo led the rest of the troops to set off before noon tomorrow to Marsey. After most of the troops arrived in Marsey, the chariot convoy immediately returned and met with the sergeant commander, and worked together to resist the pursuers behind him."
"Yes! Master." Ron stepped forward to receive the order, turned his head and walked out of the room to pass the order.
The rain in a dilapidated thatched hut at the base of the wall of the Fort Marsey kept dripping along the roof of the hole. The soil in the fortress had been smashed into a deep pit. The rushing bonfire reflected the water on the deep pit, making more than a dozen tired faces curled up in the fortress. This was a labor worker house in Fort Marsey and a stronghold where the Wells Legion contingent ambushed Fort Marsey.
Although exhausted, the eyes of the people in the hut were shining, because at this time two "newcomers" who had just been "forced" to join the labor worker were conveying good news to everyone.
"...Our army is like entering a deserted land, spanning two counties for three consecutive days, and no enemy army dares to resist. According to the deployment of the adults, they can fight here in at most two days. Then you will have the chance to win the first prize." A "newcomer" finished talking about the recent brilliant achievements of the Wells Legion, and took a big sip of boiling water that had just been warmed from a force worker.
"It's almost a month, and it's finally over. Guys are really being ordered as laborers. If you wait any longer, you will be exhausted to death." A thin guy pulled the rag on his shoulders, revealing his scarred shoulders.
"Before departure, Lord Ron said that after this battle, everyone in the task force will be rewarded with heavy rewards, killing two enemies to level one." Another "newcomer" who had just been arrested to repair the city wall conveyed Ron's motivation.
Everyone in the Thatched House was excited.
"Okay, let's check the combat plan again. The first is to dig out the hidden weapons..."
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The city of Thorne, one hundred and sixty miles north of Fort Marsey, should be called the Court of Thorne, the Burgundy Kingdom.
The most luxurious mansion in Thorne is the Earl's Mansion of Bernard, which is also the ruling center of the entire Thorne province.
In the center of the Earl's Mansion, which covers a vast area, the sound of roaring in a five-story building is endless.
"......I will report four or five hundred people at a time, and two or three thousand people at a time. Are the bastards in Kodor all blind and idiots? It has been three or four days since they have been, and they have not even figured out the number of enemies! A bunch of useless things!"
Bernard was already furious. He did not expect that when the situation in Burgundy was subtle and all forces were in a dilemma, Kodor would be suddenly attacked.
Kodor is not a strategic rush, but as a rear base, it supports the waist and spine of the entire Western Army. Once Kodor is captured, the Western Army will lose the support force on the entire northern battlefield.
Bernard touched the saliva that was squirting from his beard and forced himself to calm down. "Do you know the other party's origin?"
The messenger was already scared and trembling, "Report~ Report to the Count, it is not the army led by Longxia. We guess it should be the Wells Legion lurking in the southern border county~"
"It's the Wells Legion again!" Bernard's palm immediately clenched into a fist.
"Come! Send the Northern Line Army~" Bernard's voice stopped immediately.
After hesitating for a moment, he changed his military order, "I ordered the northern army of Kodor to gather the city of Kodor immediately, and after the assembly was completed, we immediately went south to clear the enemy's troops, and we must resist the enemy south of Diguan and then expel it step by step."
The adviser bernard's side, listened to Bernard's military order and reminded carefully: "Sir, the enemy's troops have not yet been found out. It would be fine if there were three or five hundred people. If there were really one or two thousand people, I'm afraid the little combat power of the Kodor army would not be able to stop the enemy."
Bernard snorted, "If you can't stop the enemy's army by taking advantage of the power of a province, Count Kodor should be ravaged."
After saying that, he sighed again, "Now we have finally maintained the equilibrium trend of the northern line. All parties are competing. The north is the current focus. I cannot move the defensive force of the northern line. That will make the situation I carefully planned is unbalanced. At least I can't..."
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The Besanson Palace, far away from the east of Thorne City, was far away from the palace. Flander on the iron seat on the main palace hall, quietly watching the arguments of the people under the iron seat. Like Flander, the palace prime minister Earl Ballwin, whose eyebrows were squeezed into a pile on the high-legged chair beside the iron seat.
As the second phase of the battle of successors gradually reached a deadlock, the powerful officials of the new king Flanders also became restless.
The main battle, the main and the two factions have gradually formed.
The backbone of the pro-war faction was the powerful people who were originally under the Count Longxia. They were unwilling to lose all their money and followed Flander to fight north. Of course, they had a great goal and had a strong fighting will. In addition, some of the original young powerful people and officers of the Bourgogne country were also passionate and were the power of the pro-war faction.
The peacemakers were mainly composed of older old-school powerful people. These people were originally noble people from the Burgundy Kingdom. The war broke their peaceful and comfortable ruling life. At the beginning, they joined the New Lord's faction with the dream of expanding their power, but now the New Lord's momentum has been blocked, and the group of people has been shaken.
The main warlord and the two factions have recently criticized each other, and both sides have argued endlessly.
Earl Ballwin's heart, which was not strong, was already shaken, but because Flander had not made any statement, he remained silent and allowed the people in the hall to argue endlessly.
"New Lord, Lord Gong Xiang, are you saying something? Now the world is still evenly matched. We propose peace talks to Bernard at this time and can demarcate the boundary and rule. If we really reach the balance and fall to the west, we are not qualified to negotiate peace talks!" The person who spoke was the new palace minister of finance and the old-fashioned powerful.
"I object! Those who expect to negotiate peace and demarcate the boundary and rule are idiots! We are in full swing now. If we cannot completely gain the rule of the entire Belarus, we will definitely come here after we breathe in the west. Do you think Bernard will be with us to rule?" The stern refuted was the new court military minister and the former adjutant of the Longxia Army.
After the two leaders confronted each other, the people behind them were arguing endlessly, and the hall became extremely noisy again.
Just when the suffocated Earl Ballwin couldn't help but intend to make a comment to Flander, the palace guard pushed open the door of the hall, and the messenger rushed towards the iron seat with a flying pigeon secret letter...
Chapter completed!