Throne of the North.

Chapter 175 Barony of Solis
"Send someone to find out how many of Viscount Hogg's knights were left behind."

Since they chose to charge towards the burning grain transport team with seven or eight hundred slave soldiers, no matter how powerful they were, some people would inevitably be left behind for various reasons. After all, Viscount Hogg's cavalry was not a complete extraordinary legion.

Brand advanced with a thousand soldiers, and Ryan soon heard the frightened and angry roar of the Knight Aset from the family of Count Sauron.

"Baron Ryan, you came too late. The food has been set on fire."

Ryan looked at the rough and sturdy man in front of him. The other's pupils were similar to Ryan's, but they were a deep dark red, not as bright as gems like Ryan's, like a real dragon's eyes.

"Knight Arcite, you are also a Silver Knight. This time you were in charge of transporting food to Greystone Castle, but you lost all the food along the way. Have you figured out how to explain this to Count Sauron?"

Aset Solon's face turned pale, and he said angrily:

"It's not my fault. Viscount Hogg's cavalry scouts discovered us, and..."

"Baron Ryan, you are too slow."

"If Lord Solon can give me a thousand war horses, I will definitely have my soldiers come faster than Viscount Hogg."

If there were so many war horses, would you still be of use?

Arcite thought to himself, but didn't dare to say it out loud.

"Anyway, if you had come earlier, the food wouldn't have been burned."

"That is not my mission, knight. Remember your identity. My order is to defend Greystone Castle."

"Well, now that we have no more food, I can't defend Greystone Castle anymore."

Ryan waved his hand and looked ahead. The fire had been gradually put out. The food was not burning quickly, and about 50% of it was preserved.

But Ryan couldn't care less, the grain had been completely burned.

Damn Viscount Hogg!
He smiled at the knight in front of him.

"Knight, the most important thing for you now is to go back and transport more food. Otherwise, if Greystone Castle is really lost, I will not be the one responsible."

"No matter what Lord Zoro is like, he can't control a baron like me, right?"

Arcite's face turned pale, and he finally realized what was happening.

"The food...is gone."

He kept shaking his head.

"The Earl is unable to transport the second batch of grain to Greystone Castle. This is the only batch. After the snowstorm last year, grain production in the entire northern border has been reduced. In addition, the war has consumed a lot of food. The fact that this batch of grain can be transported to Greystone Castle is the result of the support of the nobles of the entire Longshan County."

"Moreover, in order to transport this batch of food safely, the Earl has already taken the initiative to attack the army of Earl Weiss on the other side of the highland defense line. Unexpectedly, Viscount Hogg's cavalry still left and came here..."

Aset's body was trembling and most of the food was burned. The Earl could not blame Baron Ryan, so the responsibility lay solely on him.

"So, I really can't defend Greystone Castle, right?"

Ryan said calmly, while Baron Enzo and several lords behind him looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Is it true that everything is as Baron Ryan guessed, even the impact of last year's snowstorm was within the plan?

"Knight Arcite, you still have a chance to make amends. Where is the nearest noble territory to here?"

"The closest to here is the territory of Baron Solis. After accepting the territories of the three neighboring lords, Baron Solis owns three towns. The large plain in the middle surrounded by the three towns is his castle. It is said that standing in the castle, you can see endless golden ears of wheat."

"Baron Solis, as I recall... he should be a noble from Golden Wheat County, right?"

"It used to belong to Golden Wheat County, but there is only one city left in Golden Wheat County, and the rest of the territory was divided up. Until the orcs invaded the year before last, Golden Wheat County City became a city jointly managed by the Earl and the Earl, and no one remembered Golden Wheat County anymore."

"But now it is managed by Viscount Landa. After Hanshan City County became a ruin, Viscount Landa and the former nobles of Hanshan City County are all in that city." Ryan didn't know much about the geography of the North Wind Province, but it didn't seem strange that the North Wind Province had seven county governors and eight counties?
Forget it, now even the eighth county is gone.

"There is a serious land annexation between the two earls."

Ryan was surprised. As a noble, he had not received any news before. The Golden Wheat City was actually occupied by two earls.

So is it possible that there are some lands that are managed by people sent by the two earls?
There are always unregistered residents everywhere, especially in places far away from the emperor. Beifeng Province is a perfect example.

"If we go into the city, can we get in?"

"Can't get in."

"Viscount Landa will not allow any noble army to enter."

Aset now answered whatever was asked, but still didn't go into detail.

Ryan could probably guess that Viscount Landa must have reached some deal with the three earls of the North Wind Province. Otherwise, for such a big thing, it would make no sense not to let the Imperial Senate or the royal family personally give orders to send people to supervise.

In other words... a large part of the terrible disaster brought by the orcs' southward migration has actually been hidden?

Gee tut.

"Then let's go to the territory of Baron Solis."

This does not require permission. After all, the baron does not have the qualifications and strength to stop Ryan's army from arriving.

"Knight Arcite, you will serve as a logistics officer in my army. As long as I don't tell you and you don't go back, no one will know that you are responsible for throwing away the food."

"But Greystone Castle..."

"Greystone Castle can no longer be defended. We can only rely on Baron Solis's castle and his people to resist the armies of Yinchuan County and Leiyun County."

"We just have to prevent those two armies from bypassing our defense line and reaching the earl's rear, don't we?"

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"This is my territory, you can't break in..."

Count Solis quickly agreed to the deployment of Ryan's army and ordered his people to build a huge military camp.

"Fix the barricades. We can only rely on these things to deal with Viscount Hogg's cavalry."

After Ryan gave the order, he looked at Baron Solis who had an angry face beside him.

"It's all about winning the war, isn't it, Mr. Solis?"

Ryan certainly would not feel any guilt. After all, according to him, it was impossible for Viscount Hogg to know so accurately where the grain transport team was without secret communication from the nobles of Longshan County.

What if it is this Baron Solis?
"There's nothing we can do, Baron Solis. Viscount Hogg burned all the food on the way. We have no choice but to withdraw from Greystone Fort. Otherwise, the soldiers will starve to death in Greystone Fort within a day at most."

Baron Solis didn't know what he was thinking, but he said with a grim expression:

"If we lose Greystone Castle, that cavalry will easily appear behind the Earl. This is all your responsibility, Baron Ryan!"

"Besides, I don't have that much food for you to eat."

"Don't worry, Viscount Hogg won't let you go."

"As for food, since you don't have any here, Mr. Solis, please go talk to the other nobles around. Otherwise, I will have to retreat to Longshan City and ask the Earl for food."

(End of this chapter)