industrial lord

Chapter 143 Sending Letters
At noon on April 4, Royce, an old knight of the Roth family, rushed to the barracks in Ansbach, and told Count Roth the news of the fall of the castle, his son's death in battle, and what Frederick had said in the early morning.

Earl Roth was silent for a long time, and then said to the old knight: "Later you and I go to see the prince and Ansbach, not to mention that the lady and the lady were sent away, but that they were imprisoned by Wesson and extorted two thousand francs Rollin's ransom."

Royce was silent for a moment, then agreed.

Then Rudolph saw Count Ansbach jump up from his chair and shouted: "Two thousand florins! Why doesn't he go for it?!"

The prince didn't know why he cared about this matter first. Count Fürth and Count Eichstätt next to him were clear, but now was not the time to gossip.

The Earl of Ansbach was surprised, but he calmed down immediately. Instead of talking about redeeming people or taking back the castle, as Earl Roth wanted, he turned to Rudolph and said, "Your Majesty, I suggest that Ashish The army of Tate and Earl Rhys will set off tomorrow, and we will attack Howson City the day after tomorrow."

Rudolph asked, "Why don't we help Earl Rott take back the castle first?"

Earl Ansbach replied: "Wesson captured the castle in one night, which means that he took away a lot of troops. Now there must be very few people in Hausen and other cities."

Rudolph felt that what he said was reasonable, and the old knight also said that the number of Wessen Lord's main army outside the castle was about the same as the total number in the information. The cavalry company and magician company were all there. The city defense army of Gencheng has also entered the city, so there is no main force in other cities, only some temporary militiamen.

Moreover, Wesson's army had just gone through a big battle, so they had to rest for a day there. If they went to Rothenburg tomorrow, they just had enough rest, and they were very tired when they arrived.

So Rudolph agreed to Count Ansbach's battle plan and immediately sent orderlies.

Naturally, everyone present did not know that Frederick purposely saw Royce to let them know, and what Frederick said in the early morning was to make them really think that Frederick was really doing it in the future. Make a talk.

No one could have imagined that the army of Wessen Territory was equipped with a large number of carriages for transportation, the territory had been mobilized, and sufficient logistical support allowed the troops to carry out high-intensity continuous operations.

Just after the broadcast in the morning ended, peasant women from dozens of surrounding villages, led by the village, began to get busy in the drying yard outside the village in the area south of the city of Rangnaar in the south of Wessen Territory.

Some people set up the stove, some fetched water, some kneaded noodles, some began to wash vegetables and cut meat, and some were preparing horse fodder.

The materials were shipped last night, and all villages had to prepare meat-wrapped steam bread and vegetable soup before noon.

Thomas and their Red Mud Pine Tree Village were also assigned tasks. The drying yard here is not big, but the place next to the wood processing plant for storing materials is not small, and there is a direct road. It is very convenient to cook food and arrange meals here.

"Hozenploz!" Thomas said to someone who was lighting the fire, "When the fire is lit, go to the intersection and wait, don't let them go wrong."

"Why did you let me go?" Hozenpoloz was a little displeased.

Thomas didn't care whether he liked it or not, and said with a smile: "You are a hero now, maybe the principal will give you a medal and let your photo be published in the newspaper."

Hozenploz's face turned dark all of a sudden, it would be terrible if this happened, what if his past as a thief was revealed.

"Let Liher go." He said, "She also made a big effort yesterday."

Unexpectedly, Thomas said: "No, no, no, if a girl as powerful as Liher is married away, our village will lose money. We have to keep her in the village... Sigh... There is something to say... Don't use the knife!"

Liher was cutting meat, and immediately chased down the village chief with a knife, and the surroundings were filled with laughter.

Just when Thomas was about to turn into stuffed buns, a messenger arrived on horseback.

Thomas was first surprised, then relieved to hear the news he had brought.

He went back and said to everyone: "Everyone, don't be in such a hurry, they have to take a nap first, and come here around dusk in the afternoon."

Then he said to Hozenploz seriously: "You should go pick them up, and you should lead them along the way when they leave. You also know that there are many mountains and trails here, and if you are not careful, you will go the wrong way."

Hozenploz had no choice but to agree. He often went to the surrounding villages to do small business, and he would go wrong at the beginning. Once, he went to the south of Rees by mistake.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, one person and one rider came out of the village from the mountain path, and rushed over when they saw the smell of food wafting from the timber factory.

"Here's something to eat." After jumping off his horse, he walked to the long table in the open space and sat down, throwing a few copper coins on the table.

Then he asked: "Are you here today and the festival?"

Thomas just wanted to go there, but was immediately held back by Hozenploz and Liher at the same time, and at the same time winked to keep the other village girls still.

Liher took two buns from the steamer, sat beside the man, and said coquettishly, "My lord, you came at the right time. Our village is celebrating the start of picking rosin today. It's not until dusk." It's time for dinner."

Thomas and the surrounding village girls were stunned. They had never seen her speak like this before.

The man picked up the buns and compared them, and replied, "Where are you guys? How can I get to Eichstadt?"

Liher immediately replied: "We are the territory of Master Reese, and you have to go further east."

On the other side, Thomas followed Horzenpoloz to his house and saw him take a clay pot out of a box.

Thomas asked him strangely: "What are you doing?"

Khozenploz replied: "That man is a soldier. Seeing that there is a letter box in his bag immediately, he should be a messenger, but not from our side. It seems that he went the wrong way in the mountains."

He said, taking out a smaller clay bottle from the clay pot.

Thomas gasped and said, "Then you have to catch him."

Hozenploz walked out with the bottle and said at the same time, "I think so too."

Back at the timber factory, Hozenploz poured a little powder into his hands, clenched his fists in his palms, and brought over a bowl of vegetable soup.

The orderly was flirting with Liher, not paying attention to someone bringing something.

Just as he was breathing normally, exhaled, and was about to inhale, Hozenploz loosened his fist slightly, and blew a breath from one end, blowing the powder onto his face.

The person was startled at first, but he still sucked a lot of powder into it, and his eyes suddenly blurred.

Seeing Hozenploz gesturing to him, Thomas immediately went to the newly built village office and turned on the communicator.

More than an hour later, dawn fell from the sky, and Frederick rushed over after receiving multiple notifications.

The orderly was snoring on the table, still smelling of alcohol.

"What's the situation?" He asked Thomas when he brought the seat belt, "Are you sure it's the orderly?"

It was the first time for Thomas and the others to see a winged unicorn. After Frederick jumped down, he came back to his senses and replied: "It was sent from the Ansbach lead camp to the mountain mercenaries in Eichstätter. Let them dispatch according to the time in the postbox, he doesn't know the exact time."

Frederick asked, "Is the news true?"

Thomas pointed to Hozenpuloz and said, "He drugged someone, and the man asked what he said."

"I asked. This man is Count Ansbach's orderly."

Hozenploz and Liher over there have already opened the letter box and took out the letter inside.

Frederick looked it over, pouted, and used paper produced in his own territory.

The letter stated that Roth Territory had been breached and asked them to set off to attack Langnar City early tomorrow morning.

Frederick thought for a while, then turned his head and asked Thomas: "I remember you studied painting, can you forge a letter?"

Thomas immediately replied: "No problem, I also have this kind of paper, I can forge one."

Frederick nodded and said, "Then write an letter right away, and don't change anything, just let them dispatch overnight, and make sure to surround Langnar City tomorrow morning."

Thomas immediately went back to get paper and pen, practiced a few times and wrote a letter according to Frederick's meaning, and finally signed the names of Rudolf and Count Ansbach, and stamped the wax with a hot iron. Put it down and stick it on, install a back chimney and use the same method to restore the wax seal on it to prevent it from being opened.

Not long after Frederick left, Liher woke up the orderly: "Master, wake up!"

The messenger jumped up and said in surprise, "Why did I fall asleep just now?"

Liher pointed to the empty wine bottle on the table and replied: "Hey, didn't you just say you want to drink some wine, and then sleep for a while after drinking?"

The orderly scratched his head, but couldn't remember clearly, it seemed that this was probably the case.

He looked up to see that it was getting late, got on his horse hurriedly, and rushed towards the Eichstatt territory in the east.

(End of this chapter)