Lord Harland.

Chapter 268 Help from Dawn Church

Duke Edward is an eighth-rank golden knight, but he is not the most powerful member of the family.

The strongest member of the Edward family was a legendary warrior named Harmon. Harmon came from a serf family, just like Jennings in Harland's territory, but his talent should be better.

More than 30 years ago, Duke Edward married the jewel in his palm to the son of a slave. Under the training and support of the Edward family, Harmon realized his talent and was promoted to the legendary rank.

In addition to Duke Edward, the son-in-law, the eldest son of the Duke is also a ninth-rank epic knight, who is expected to be promoted to the legendary realm.

The strength of the two should be slightly stronger than Harmon, but Plott, the Duke's eldest son, has greater potential.

The Dawn plane is an extraordinary world, and the competition among the nobles is very fierce. Once the individual ability cannot bear the responsibility, it is difficult to secure a position in the position.

Duke Edward has been in a coma since last winter, and by this spring, many members of the Edward family have plans to replace them.

Harris nodded and said, "Why haven't we discussed it? Maple Leaf Castle is secretly arguing very fiercely. Harmon and Plott have each recruited a group of people, and each has their own opinions. Now that Maple Leaf Castle has passed this order, I am afraid they secretly want to Let the old man take the responsibility. When something goes wrong, he can put the responsibility on the old man, and he will be able to explain the past in face.

These people think very well, but unfortunately they are a bit short-sighted.We are in the northern border, and we have orcs as our great enemy, so we should unite with our neighbors.Even if the responsibility is shifted to the old man, the nobles in the three northern provinces are not fools. They have opinions on us in their hearts, and they will always retaliate against us in the future and make us suffer. "

Simeone said: "Being greedy for petty gains and suffering big losses. Although Harmon is very talented, he is the son of a slave after all. He has never received aristocratic education since he was a child, and his personality is too greedy. But why didn't Plot stop him?"

Harris said: "It's very obvious. Plott's faction obviously wants to embarrass Harmon. When Harmon and the others get out of hand, Plott will be expected. Besides, it is said that Plott is far away from breaking through the legend. It’s not far away, I haven’t shown up for more than two months, so I might not be able to take care of this matter?”

Although Simeone is the core of the Edward family, he served as the sheriff of Palani County.However, it is far away from Maple Leaf Castle, and a lot of information is not understood at all. After hearing the information revealed by Harris, he asked with some concern: "What should we brothers do when there is a fight above?"

Although Harles and Simeone are cousins, they are about the same age. The two have been mixed together since childhood, and their relationship is closer than brothers.The real relationship between nobles sometimes does not depend on blood relationship, but on whether there is any threat to each other.

Simeone is outside, Harris is inside, these two people are considered to be a small hill in the Edward family.

As long as a party has been established for a period of time, there must be various small groups inside.Whether the noble lord can integrate the hills in the territory is the key to the success or failure of the territory.

There are also various small hills in Harland's territory, but Richard's prestige can easily overwhelm any member of the hill and integrate the strength of the Harland family. This is also the key to the rise of the Harland family.

Generally speaking, nobles in the rising stage can basically do this.

Harris said: "We don't need to worry about anything, no matter who is in charge at the top, we can carry out the tasks assigned."

The two walked up to the city wall quietly, staring at Lost outside the city, and saw that the soldiers of the second brigade set up the camp meticulously, and the camp was very strict. Simeone sighed: "If the soldiers of the Harland family rob Palany Castle, What should I do? I think the army under the command of this Lost knight is very elite, even though there are [-] defenders in the castle, there may not be a chance of winning in a fight?"

Harris said: "As long as the soldiers in the territory of Harland dare to rebel, we will resolutely destroy them. Can a thousand soldiers still turn the world upside down? But let's not provoke the army in the territory of Harland, and don't give the earl an excuse to fight with us." Go to war.

We made trouble in the rear and affected the situation in the Grand Duchy of Stanik. We not only offended Earl Harland, but also Duke Jonathan. I am afraid that the Grant royal family will also trouble us.Such short-sightedness can only be achieved by the son of a slave like Harmon. Although he has been a nobleman for 30 years, he has no respect for the system of this country.I think we should clarify our attitude and support Plott to become the Duke, and we must not let the son of Finnan become the Duke.

As for getting along with the army in the territory of Harland, we have to master the scale well. As long as the soldiers in the territory of Harland don't kill and loot, everything will be easy to handle. "

After entering the Grand Duchy of Stanik in late March, the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces escorted back three batches of serfs within a month.

The number of serfs in the first batch was [-], the number of serfs in the second batch was [-], and the third batch led by Lost was the largest, with a total of [-].

The escort mission ahead went very smoothly, and the Duke of Edward did not make things difficult.

It was Lost's turn, but Duke Edward was looking for trouble.

Lost didn't know anything about the situation inside the Duke of Edward, but there were intelligence personnel from Harland's territory in the accompanying team.

He summoned these intelligence personnel and inquired about the situation of Duke Edward in detail.

Although Richard attaches great importance to the intelligence system, the Harland family has only made a fortune for a short time, and has not placed intelligence personnel in the court of the great nobles.

Generally speaking, as long as the Harland family is not provoked, according to the regulations, the Harland territory will not place spies against the nobles.

The territory of Harland is in the Duke of Edward, and there are only a few people who collect public information.

"Last year when the orcs invaded the Dukedom of Edward, the loss of the Dukedom was relatively serious. The population plundered by the orcs exceeded [-]. In addition, the legendary ogre went south from the Eagle Mountain Range last year and also broke through several strongholds of the Edward family. The loss was heavy, so we hit our group of serfs and wanted to go back and make up for it."

After listening to the intelligence personnel's narration, Lost still didn't understand.

But the current situation forced him to find a way to resolve the difficulties of the Duke of Edward.

Now there are only three days left in the food reserves. It will take about ten days to get out of the Duke of Edward and enter the Gascoigne Province. At least [-] tons of food will be needed to tide over the difficulties.

Now that the Duke Edward's mansion has spoken, merchants in the city will never dare to sell grain.

If the army rushes to rob the food, it will seriously affect the safety of the food road, and it will hurt Li Cha on the front line.Lost would rather give up half of the serfs than do this.

The logistics channel of the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces was pinched in the hands of Duke Edward, which offended the Duke of Edward, and the intervention army might be completely wiped out.Only after the war in the Grand Duchy of Stanik is over and Richard returns with his troops, will he be able to find the Duke of Edward's back.

Of course, Duke Edward's cutting off the food road is tantamount to provoking a civil war. At least Duke Jonathan will find him trouble.

Lost thought about it and thought that in Palany Castle, only the Church of Dawn was not afraid of offending the Edward family, and had enough food to help him solve this trouble.

But the Church of Dawn has a special status, basically it will not participate in the conflicts among the nobles, and I have no friendship with the pastor of the Church of Dawn in Palani Castle, and the pastor of the church may not be willing to help.

But when the situation got to this point, Lost had no choice but to act as a living horse doctor. He personally found the pastor of Dawn Church, hoping to buy some food.

Lost begged at the door, and the bishop of Palani Castle heard about the plight he was facing and did not directly refuse.

The bishop was born in the Dukedom of Jonathan. He is a member of the branch of a baronial family. He has the blood of the Jonathan family. He has a lot of opinions on Duke Edward's behavior of dragging the front line.

Moreover, the relationship between the Church of Dawn and Richard is very special. The Archbishop Walton of the Kingdom of Grant once told the clergy below to take care of Harland's territory.

He was also a participant in the battle to block the plane channel back then, and he once fought side by side with Li Cha.

In terms of emotion and reason, he will support Lost to tide over the difficulties.

"Knight Lost, don't worry, there are more than 100 tons of grain hoarded in the church, and you can take them all away. If there is a shortage of grain left, I will mobilize believers to solicit donations."

In the Dawn Church in Palani Castle, there are less than sixty priests in total, and there is not much food stored.Bishop Chenxi accepted two hundred gold coins and asked Lost to remove all the stored food, and then sent the priests to inform the believers that they wanted to donate part of the food.

Palani Castle has a population of more than 150, and more than half of them are believers of the Goddess of Dawn. Each believer took out ten catties of grain, and the cumulative amount was [-] tons.

Lost also took out [-] gold coins from the funds, and gave the believers of the Goddess of Dawn the money to buy food.

Most of the believers of the Goddess of Dawn are middle- and lower-level people, and it is already difficult for each person to donate ten catties of food.

The money that Lost took out actually made some followers of the Goddess of Dawn.

Seeing that the church helped solve the problem of lack of food in Lost, Simeone hurriedly discussed with Harris.

"The church has come forward to solve the food shortage problem, what should we do?"

Harris said: "It seems that the order of Maple Leaf Castle has already caused anger and resentment. Even the Church of Dawn can't stand it anymore. I remember Bishop Dawn is a member of the distant branch of the Jonathan family, right?"

"Yes, the bishop has Jonathan family blood."

Harris clapped his hands and said, "Now let's hand over the conflict and see what Harmon is going to do?"

Simeone said: "Will Harmon come to be tough and send troops to rob?"

"He doesn't dare to do that. Sending troops directly to rob him will offend the army fighting on the front line. Then the Grant royal family, Duke Jonathan, and the coalition forces of the three northern provinces will all cause trouble. Although Harmon is stupid, there are smart people below who will remind him."

After Simeone and Harris reported the situation to Maple Leaf Castle, Duke Edward did not continue to make trouble.

With the help of the church, they obtained 250 tons of food. Lost saved money and walked for ten days, and finally entered the border of Gascoigne Province before the food was exhausted.

After entering the three central provinces, food supplies were easy. After walking for more than ten days, Lost finally completed the task and entered the territory of Harland with [-] serfs.

At this moment, the time has come to the end of May, and Li Cha led the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces to besiege Nero Castle for nearly two months.

Seeing that the food in the army is getting less and less, Li Cha's pressure is also increasing.

Now there are 1 tons of food left, even if you save some, you can eat it for at most half a month.There are more than [-] sheep left in the flock, most of which are ewes that can produce milk. Except for the breeding sheep, all the rams have been eaten by the soldiers.

Starting from late April, the war horses in the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces began to be released to eat grass.If war horses are released to graze, they need to eat more than ten hours a day, which greatly affects the combat effectiveness.But there was not enough food, so Li Cha could only make such a decision.

Fortunately, the army controlled by the royal family of Linus was blocked by Duke Jonathan on the northern front, so the central army led by Richard was able to enjoy a long siege.

In recent days, at the request of Richard, the Duke of Fox sent two batches of supplies, both of which were flocks of sheep.

Compared with the cost of transporting grain, it is easier to drive sheep over and requires fewer manpower.But it will take six or seven days for this batch of supplies to be delivered outside Nero Castle.

With the tens of thousands of flocks supplied by the Duke of Fox, the logistical pressure on the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces was greatly reduced, and they lasted for half a month longer.

Recently, the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces relied on goat milk for half of their diet. According to the calculations of the logistics staff, if the front line saves a little and the rear helps, it should be able to last until August.

In the past two months, the situation in the Grand Duchy of Stanik has been surging.

Duke Jonathan took advantage of the conflict between Baldwin and Haldane's uncle and nephew, and led his army to severely damage the coalition forces of the Lynas family.

Baldwin's troops suffered heavy losses and fled westward into the Kingdom of Ryan. Haldane took the rest of his troops and barely held on to Lynas City.

A few days ago, Duke Jonathan sent an order, asking Richard to deal with the enemy as soon as possible, and led the army to join Duke Jonathan to attack Cleners Castle and deal with the intervention army of the Kingdom of Lane.

The northern line gradually came to a conclusion. The central line led by Li Cha was still in a stalemate, and there was still no fighting on the southern line. It seemed that the great nobles of Stanik would make a decision after the northern line was decided.

After receiving the order from Duke Jonathan, Richard thought about it for a while, and felt that a strong attack would not only cause heavy casualties, but also make it difficult to win.The army he led was, after all, not the central regular army, but the coalition of nobles from the three provinces.

Since it is a coalition of nobles, internal friction must be serious.

During the war, some troops gnaw bones, some eat meat, some have rich harvests, and some have to bear arduous responsibilities.

It is difficult to balance the interests of commanding the coalition of nobles.Especially when fighting a siege, it is not easy to coordinate contradictions.

If the nobles of the province of Lahe were to take on the important task of attacking the city, this army might mutiny.If the soldiers of Harland's territory were to attack, Li Cha would also be a little reluctant, unwilling to consume his own people.

Since we can't attack by force, we can only use the method of luring the enemy to see if we can lure the enemy out of the city to fight and defeat the enemy in field battles.

When two armies are at war, it is generally difficult to succeed in using tactics.Because the commander who can command tens of thousands of troops is often resolute and wise.

Especially in the northern countries of the Chenxi Continent, facing the invasion of orcs all year round, the nobles have rich experience in war, and strategies are trivial to them, and the victory or defeat of the war mainly depends on strength to win.

For example, Viscount Nero, the commander of the aristocratic coalition in the central part of the Grand Duchy of Stanik, saw through the weakness of the three-provincial coalition's lack of food, and would never fight easily.

If the enemy is not fooled and only seeks stability, it will be difficult to succeed in luring the enemy to a decisive battle.

To open up the situation, the best way is to catalyze the internal contradictions of the enemy and open up the balance from the inside.After all, the siege has been two months, Nero Castle will also face the difficulty of food shortage.

Now there are two armies, it depends on who has stronger endurance and better internal integration.

(End of this chapter)