Just one day later, the Provence court gave a positive answer to the alliance of Ate.

"... Today's meeting of important court officials has decided to agree to form an alliance with you. The 3,000 soldiers of the Southern Provence Army under my command and the 2,000 soldiers of the Eastern Front Army directly under the court military minister will enter the Lombardy border after receiving your news, but these troops are just to shock the Lombardy people on the border, and they will not really launch an attack unless they have to."

Berion sighed lightly, "And the Military Minister has also given me a brief explanation. Even if you really have a crisis, the only five thousand troops can cross the border and help you raid the Lombardy border. Provence will never go to full war with Lombardy for you."

"Man, I'm afraid the offensive and defensive alliance you exchanged for with the entire European Continental Store in Provence is not as powerful as you think." Berryon patted Ate in the secret room of the study.

"But don't worry, the court has agreed to lend you eight hundred private soldiers to you, and the extra commission will be no longer needed. The eight hundred private soldiers have their own weapons and armor, but you are responsible for the food, supplies and all military pay. In addition, half of the spoils they seized are handed over, and half of them are satisfied."

"In addition, once you fight from the southern end of the valley, I must sit in the city of Verno to command the entire southern army army to pretend to send troops to Lombardy, otherwise the border troops in the northern part of Lombardy will definitely move in and intercept you. So I hand over the private army to my confidant Baron Nadord, who will obey your command."

Yati stood up, "I am very grateful that you can lend me the private soldiers. Half of the spoils seized by the eight hundred soldiers will be distributed by the soldiers themselves, and the other half of the spoils do not have to be handed over to me. I will send someone to you afterwards..."

An offensive and defensive alliance was concluded and the matter of borrowing troops was agreed. The main purpose of going south to Provence this time was basically achieved.

Yat had 70,000 to 80,000 Finneys left, so he used the funds as deposits and purchased armor and weapons worth 300,000 Finneys from the arsenal of the Court Guards of the Provence Palace through Berryon's relationship and money operation.

Today, Provence has settled the chaos. A large number of excellent military equipment are stored in the arsenal, and some have begun to rust, so the price is very low, even cheaper than the valley's own production.

The 300,000 Finney's military equipment was equipped with five four-wheeled carriages, enough to equip the Wells Legion's two hundred battle soldiers.

Everything was ready to stop, and it was time for Yat to rush back to the province of Wells to deal with internal affairs, so he bid farewell to the many Provence nobles in the city of Aix-en-

and left the capital of Provence.

However, since he had already gone south, Luyat on the return trip did not go north to Kitzby and then returned from the border outpost. He only asked Ron to select two Lombardy guards to follow him, and let the rest of the guards escort the newly purchased weapons and armor to return north by themselves.

Since he began to plan to go south to Lombardy, Yat naturally had to venture out of the city of Verno, head south to east, and then head north to the newly established Nanguan Military Fort into his territory.

When he learned that Yat was going to return from the southern line, Berry said goodbye to his wife and daughter in advance and accompanied Yat to Vilno with his guards.

Details along the way are not stated...

In November, the southern land is warm and clear.

Ron, dressed in a wealthy entourage, kicked the horse in the belly lightly, and asked the traveling horse under him to speed up his pace to keep up with the Att in front of him, dressed in a brocade robe and a large sable hat with a luxurious appearance.

Behind Ron, there were two "caravan guards" riding horses, protecting a caravan of five people and two cars.

"...Master, no wonder you are obsessed with this land. If you want me to say it's better to be in the southern land. It's almost November, and the northern land has already started to block the border, but it's still so gentle." Ron looked up at the sun in the sky, and couldn't help but lift his short blanch, making his chest cool a little.

After arriving in the city of Virno, the European Continental Trading Store's shop in Virno not only prepared the Lombardy merchants' clothing for the four of Yats, but also sent a small caravan that often went in and out of the Lombardy Principality to cover it.

Yat was originally a Lombardian, and the guards accompanying him were also Lombardian. In addition, the small caravan often went in and out of Lombardy and was familiar with the situation along the way, so this time he sneaked into Lombardy, the road was basically unobstructed.

On November 5, the group arrived at Lavati, the first autonomous city in northern Lombardy.

It was not the first time Ron came here, so he no longer had the excitement of seeing the prosperous Ravati for the first time. The two Provencal Counts behind Ron also traveled through Lombardy as rangers or caravan guards, and were not unfamiliar with this place.

Everyone entered the city of Lavati as the leader of the caravan and guard.

Before entering the city, Yat realized that the city of Lavati is different from the past. The city is still prosperous, but the tension is even stronger.

The city guards have begun to build camps outside the city, and the security soldiers in the city are constantly patrolling back and forth, and citizens and merchants are also in a bit of rush in addition to their normal life and trade.

Ravati itself is an important source of goods for the Continental Trading Bank in the north of Lombardy. However, for various reasons, this important source of goods was not the stationed by the Continental Trading Bank, but the local commercial guild set up a warehouse to transfer the goods to Bogdan, the "ruins" south of Vilno, delivered to the people of the Continental Trading Bank.

However, as an important source of goods for Continental Commercial Banks, there must be insiders sent by Continental Commercial Banks to take care of them personally.

However, Yat did not alarm the "insider" of the European Continental Commercial Bank, because the contingent under Ron had long developed this place into an intelligence center woven in the Principality of Lombardy.

Stopped in a luxurious hotel in the city, Yat asked the caravans who were accompanying the cover to leave on their own to complete the real task, and then ordered Ron to contact the contingent to contact the quest left by the contingent here.

Ron is the intelligence chief, and he is familiar with the information points in Ravati City, so soon a Ravati grocery store owner followed Ron to the secluded guest room on the third floor of the hotel.

This man was about forty years old, and his typical Lombardian looked like a businessman who lived in Provence for many years. He joined the predecessor of the European Trading Company when he fled north six years ago. Because he was very good at inquiring, he was selected by the contingent a year ago and transferred to the army, becoming an ordinary member of the contingent squadron leader level.

The deputy captain of the task force was ordered to lead a team to lurk south to Lombardy, so he brought the man and opened a grocery store here, which was specifically responsible for the intelligence base in Ravati City.

The middle-aged man knew that he had accepted the summons of Yat, and as soon as he entered the house, he immediately took off his hat and greeted him in a low voice.

"Master, the deputy manager led people south two days ago, so I am the only one left in the store."

"Master" is the synonym for Yat in the contingent, and "deputy manager" is Oliver, deputy captain of the contingent.

Yat smiled, looked at the closed door and said, "This place has been processed, there will be no outsiders, so you don't have to code."

"Lord~ Sir, I'm really embarrassed. Lord Oliver has strict orders. We have been in the enemy's nest for a long time. If we are not careful, we will expose our identity and cause disasters, so we are all very careful." The middle-aged man's voice inadvertently lowered a little.

Yat nodded in praise and said to the middle-aged man: "Oliver is right. The task of the task force is more dangerous than the battlefield. Be cautious."

"Ron, give two silver coins." Yat immediately gave the task force a reward.

"Sir, what's the point of calling me?" The middle-aged man is very literate, so why would Yat and the others suddenly visit Lombardy? That's not what he should have asked.

"What are the abnormal movements in Lombardy recently? Also, why is there something strange in the city of Ravati?" Yat asked directly.

"Since we fought a war with the Lombards at the exit of the northern valley, the Duchy of Lombards has not taken any major action. However, starting in early October, the Lombards sent an army of hundreds of people and hundreds of labor to the northern hills and built a military fort in the junction of hilly plains, a day away from the Nanguan Military Fort of the valley. We have sent this information back to the Military Affairs Office."

"At the end of the month, the city of Ravati began to send more guards. The Lombardy court warned the barbarians in the north of the city's autonomous council that the barbarians in the north might go south to scoop the land and massacre the city. The guys in the city were naturally afraid, so the city of Ravati was getting tighter and it is said that some people have begun to propose to build a wall for Ravati..."

Yat learned a lot of Lombardy news from the middle-aged man. Lombardy had already been deeply prepared for himself, and the journey to the south would probably not be so easy.

After letting the middle-aged man leave Oliver with continued spy on the enemy situation and leaving some gold and silver rewards, Yat led Ron and the other two to change their clothes again.

Since the Lombards had set up defenses in the northern hills, there was a great risk of crossing the border as a merchant, so this time the Yats and the others changed to hunter suits and horses that were convenient for crossing mountains and ridges, and planned to sneak north.

They left Ravati in the early morning and rode their horses on the Lombardy Plain for one day. Before sunset, they arrived at the junction between the northern plains and hills of Lombardy. Yat and his men settled the horses in a hidden place and then touched a settlement that was originally a market town.

On the hills outside the Ciji Town, several people had already felt the strong military flavor. This place was obviously a rear supply camp for the Lombard army. Miscellaneous soldiers walked through it, as if they were packing up the camp and preparing to withdraw the village to return south. From time to time, cavalrymen were brought out from the hills in the north.

Ron raised his eyebrows to block the setting sun, and whispered: "This place must be the back camp of the Lombards. Perhaps they have built a military fortress at a pass in the northern hills, otherwise these miscellaneous soldiers should be built in the north."

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"The Lombards knew that our Nanguan Fort could not be conquered easily, so they also learned how we were to control their throats and prevent us from going south." Another personal guard responded softly.

Att roughly calculated the number of Lombardy soldiers working under the hills, and estimated that the newly built fortress by the Lombards would not be too small, so he couldn't help but frown.
Chapter completed!