Yat got the news the next day when the small-scale battle occurred at the valley entrance on the south side of the valley. In addition, he did not make too many arrangements, but only instructed Colin and others to proceed according to the original plan - neither let the enemy break through the valley entrance fortress nor to take the initiative to go out to provoke the other party. In short, just one sentence, firmly control the valley entrance on the south side in his own hands.

There are two reasons why Att arranged this way. First, the entire valley, as a territory recognized by Att, has the right to send troops to station the valley at the southernmost corner of the valley. No matter who provokes it, it is an invasion of the Count of Wells Province, and the troops stationed at the valley entrance have the responsibility to defend against the enemy.

Secondly, the main purpose of the garrison is to defend the territory. You must never take the initiative to attack other countries' troops and invade the territory of other countries for any reason. Once you send troops into other countries, it is very likely that your opponent will seize the handle and leave people to express your opinions. This will not only not receive support, but will instead become the target of public criticism and trigger a series of diplomatic dilemmas.

In addition, Yat also organized some of the woodcutters and hunters who had been recruited from the old knight Christopher, and arranged more than twenty soldiers to join these people familiar with the valley. They would divide them into two groups, about twenty people each, and explore along both sides of the valley until they reached the boundary line on both sides of the valley and set boundary monuments at the border.

This is the countermeasure that Yat took to avoid other neighboring countries from being involved in the valley on the grounds of unclear borders in the later period. Once the boundaries of the entire valley are determined, Yat has legal and factual basis. If other countries' armies rashly cross the boundary, it can be regarded as an invasion of the Count of Wells Province. In this way, when the two armies were fighting, the Wells Legion fought a just battle against the territory of the defending lord, which can get the support of other countries and not lose the hearts of the people.

Of course, the "small friction" between the Wells Legion and the Lombardy army was naturally reported to Flander, the monarch of the Burgundy marquis. Although Flander would not openly send troops to support him, he would never sit idly by. After all, the Wells Province guards the southern border of the Burgundy marquis.

After Flander received a secret letter from Yat, Yat soon received a reply. In the letter, Flander clearly pointed out that the war between the province of Wells and the Lombardy army must be carried out within the controllable range of Yat. His core idea is consistent with Yat's idea and he will never provoke it. If the Duke of Lombardy launched a large-scale war against the marquis of Burgundy on this ground, the appearance of the Kingdom of France will become a trump card in Flander's hands. Because with the current strength of the Principal of Lombardy, the current strength of the Kingdom of France is simply vulnerable to the powerful military and economic strength of the Kingdom of France's powerful military and economic strength.

With Flander's secret support, Yat felt confident.

At present, it is almost impossible to hide the story of the Unknown Valley. Therefore, in Yat's view, instead of letting the Duke of Lombardy break the secret of the valley, it is better to spread the news in advance, so that the Duke of Lombardy will be in a difficult position to get out of the way...

A few days later, news that the Duke of Lombardy sent troops to invade the territory of the marquis of Burgundy spread wildly and began to spread in Provence, Swabian, and the Duchy of Burgundy. Of course, this was the conspiracy of the envoy of Ya, with the purpose of using external forces to force the Duke of Lombardy to retreat.

When the Duke of Lombard, who was far away in the Milan court, learned about the news, he was very angry.

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"...You all tell me, what do you think about this?" The Duke of Lombard, who sat in the hall with his head closed his eyes and looked at the ministers with his eyes closed and said, pressing his forehead from time to time.

The people below were talking about it and didn't know what to do for a moment. In the past, the Lombards always made excuses to invade other countries. After occupying the territory of other countries, they announced that their opponents had violated the previous contract because of what they had done. Therefore, Lombardy unilaterally announced that the occupied territory would become part of their own territory. Other weak countries were all irritated by the power of the Lombardy Principality, and they dared not speak out, and had to be slaughtered.

Now, the situation has reversed. Not to mention that Lombardy's division is not known, the opponent's combat effectiveness must make the Lombards respect three points. Moreover, the opponent has prepared for the precautions and defended it in a dangerous way, occupying the narrow valley closest to Lombardy's land in the south of the valley. At this point alone, the Lombardy army has already lost.

"Duke, according to the current situation, we may have no choice but to withdraw our troops temporarily. We will find another opportunity in the future." The Minister of Seal, who was sitting in the middle of the left side of the hall, finally spoke after thinking about it.

As soon as he finished speaking, the military minister of Lombardy's court immediately objected and said, "Mr. Duke, if he does not completely eradicate the bastard when it is not stable, once he really opens up the north and south sides of the valley, Lombardy will be controlled everywhere."

"right!"

"right!"

The other ministers immediately agreed, wishing to annihilate the valley troops in one fell swoop and get rid of them quickly.

"Please be quiet, everyone." The Duke of Lombardy said, "You are responsible for fighting and retreating, and each has their own reasons. But have you ever thought that if you let that bastard go, he will definitely become my Lombardy's number one enemy in the future!"

"This~" Some ministers of the Lord's Religion were speechless.

"What, what are your doubts about my words?"

Everyone stopped answering.

"Immediately send a command to Paul, who attacked the valley in the north, that he must conquer the fortress that has reached our land within ten days." In the eyes of the Duke of Lombardy, those places should belong to him. "Once we take the valley into its pocket, those gossips will disappear with it. Because everyone knows that as long as the meat that is eaten into Lombardy's mouth will not be spit out anyway!"

The Duke of Lombardy had a murderous aura on his face, but he was more complacent about the soon-to-be-owned valley where strategic status was very important.

When the Duke of Lombardy thought that his army would not let him down, the small battlefield at the entrance of the valley south of the valley had already left many corpses of Lombardy soldiers...

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"...Quick! Prepare for tiny oil!" The Lombard army in the southern valley had tried to approach the exterior wall of the fortress for the fifth time. Every time they just put a ladder on the edge of the wall, the fortress was conveniently poured on tiny oil. As the moment they contacted Mars, the attacking Lombard soldiers were instantly swallowed by the flames~

"Report!"

"How is the progress ahead?" Paul, the viscount of Lombardy, began to feel a little more worried.

"Sir Viscount, two of us were burned to death on the spot, and the other one was not in time for rescue on the way back, too~"

"It's all a bucket, and I can't even take a mere fortress. I deserve it! Go and send another team to me to support me, so that the bastards can't breathe. I don't believe that my five hundred army can't stand a defensive front consisting of just dozens of people."

"Yes, Lord Viscount!" The soldier took the order and left.

A moment later, another messenger ran in and handed a secret letter to the viscount of the leader...
Chapter completed!