Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 29 The Boiling Bauhinia Castle
Knight Orstein and Knight Schwartz, along with four knights and six armed attendants, rescued Su Li from the crowd.

After getting rid of those crazy followers, Su Li took a deep breath, straightened his robe, and then said to Schwartz, "Are these people crazy? If you had come a little later, I feel like I would have died before I could even accomplish my mission."

When these people saw him, it was as if they were seeing the innate holy body of smoke. Their fanatical and jealous expressions were terrifying.

Schwartz quickly replied, "Master Su Li, we were able to squeeze in thanks to the Orstein Knights' strong physique. It's been rumored everywhere that you can help the knights break through in strength, and many people want to join our team."

"Can you help the knights break through? Who spread this rumor?" Su Li frowned and said, "How could I have such ability? Please don't spread such nonsense."

Am I still unclear about whether or not this ability exists? This thing is completely random! Four daily intelligence updates have been made, and only one report about Knight Orstein's breakthrough has appeared.

By then, when so many knights flock to his side, and he cannot help them break through and cannot bring them a higher rank, won't they tear him apart?
Schwartz and Orlstein exchanged a glance, both with an expression that said, "Master Su Li, don't we know whether you have this ability?"

Su Li took a breath and thought, "Why do I feel that what you said is very different from what I thought?"

"Where are Frederick and Hilde?" He really couldn't explain it clearly, so he could only turn his attention in another direction.

"Knight Frederick is selecting people to join us." Schwartz immediately replied respectfully.

"Take me to see it." Su Li felt that if he didn't go and take a look, there would definitely be trouble.

Soon, the reality was just as he had imagined. Two long queues had formed in front of his residence.

Su Li immediately stepped forward, interrupted Frederick's recruitment, and asked, "Knight Frederick, how many people have you recruited?"

When Frederick saw Su Li, his eyes lit up and he immediately stood up and said excitedly: "Hahaha, Master Su Li, the results are very encouraging!"

"I've basically recruited all the adventurous people in Bauhinia Fort into my team. I feel like we've plundered every knight who was willing to leave Bauhinia Fort. Hahaha! If I hadn't set out today, I really wanted to run around the Earl of Bauhinia's territory and vigorously promote our mission to every village, town, and castle."

"You must have arranged all of this, right? It wasn't until this moment that I realized how perfect and interconnected your plan was."

"What?" Su Li looked at the elite knight in surprise, whose face was full of excitement and excitement. What are you imagining?

Frederick said excitedly, "On your first day, you didn't recruit anyone, only two women. Amidst everyone's laughter, you successfully guided them to a breakthrough. This planted a seed, making everyone curious and interested in your abilities."

"Then the next day, you helped me obtain the Demi-Griffin and helped Schwartz obtain the Vibranium Rune Armor. This smooth move excited everyone, and everyone was full of anticipation for your next steps. It was like the night before a volcano erupted, hiding in plain sight."

"Until you helped Knight Orstein reach the Champion level today, instantly igniting all the enthusiasm. Without all your arrangements, how could we have recruited four elite knights, ten official knights, and twenty-two apprentice knights? The armed squires they brought with them alone number over 110!"

Su Li looked at Frederick in surprise and said, "If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that I had such a deep plan and that I was well versed in the essence of accumulating strength for a breakthrough."

Four elite knights! This was the number Su Li hadn't even dared to imagine when he left the Earl's room.

He thought at the time that being able to take away four official knights was already very remarkable.

As a result, the team now has one champion knight, six elite knights, a squadron of official knights, two squadrons of apprentice knights, and a full squadron of armed squires! Just as Frederick said, he will recruit one-third of the garrison of Bauhinia Castle. If he continues to recruit, Earl Bauhinia might turn against him.

You have to know that even the army of the Elector of the Empire is only at this level in terms of average strength. Every one of their soldiers is a formal knight, and elite knights can become knight commanders.

Only those famous knight orders have all members who are elite knights.

Su Li's current team is equivalent to two squads of the Elector's army. To be more precise, it is two squads of regular soldiers led by a champion knight.

This military strength is far beyond that of most of the kingdom's knights. Of course, Su Li was born into a noble family. People like him who gained status through relationships with those in power and family ties should not be compared with ordinary kingdom knights.

But even compared with some noble children who were expelled by dukes and earls to border princes, his starting point is considered relatively high.

Some of the more miserable dukes' descendants were exiled and driven out, and the number of knights around them was limited to this number.

So Su Li took a deep breath and said to Frederick, "Knight Frederick, don't you realize how serious the problem is? If you continue to recruit like this, we won't even have money to pay the troops."

Frederick waved his hand proudly and said, "It's not a big deal. Those who are willing to join our team have already made preparations. Even if you don't pay them for the first two months, you can't drive them away."

"What about two months later? What about food, clothing and transportation?" If a dozen people go out, it is called traveling, and if there are hundreds of people, it is called marching!
Even if it's a company dinner or a hundred people going camping, you have to plan everything in advance, including toilets and medical care.

He was heading to the pioneer territory and had no supply line behind him. Leaving Bauhinia Fort meant that his logistics would be cut off.

This might not be a big problem for other imperial armies, as they could just plunder on the spot. But Su Li couldn't plunder the kingdom knights' fiefdoms belonging to the Bauhinia family on the way.

And if we rely on buying food, which village can provide sufficient supplies for so many troops?

And more importantly, if others didn't understand, didn't Su Li? He had no ability to help the knights break through; it was completely a matter of chance. The serious problem was that so many elites suddenly poured into his small pioneering territory, yet they didn't receive the treatment they desired or the stage to thrive. Once these people realized they had been deceived, Su Li would be lucky not to be torn apart by them, let alone laid to rest.

Upon hearing this, Frederick finally began to think seriously and said, "This is indeed a problem. Well, we've already prioritized recruiting the elites of Bauhinia Castle. Most of those left awaiting assessment are armed retainers, so we still have time to recruit them once we reach Maleburg. I'm heading to Bauhinia Town with Knight Schwartz to purchase some food."

Maraiburg served as the Empire's bridgehead into the Border Princes. Fearing that sending a noble directly into the Border Princes would provoke a fierce alliance of local forces, the Imperial Electors voted to entrust the region's management to a group of merchants after its capture. This helped the Empire infiltrate a large number of Imperial pioneer knights into the Border Princes. Ultimately, through gentle means, and without provoking fierce resistance, the Empire achieved control of the entire Border Princes with a large number of low-ranking knights.

As a result, the city possessed enormous wealth, and merchants from all over the world brought a variety of goods and treasures, making it the most prosperous trading center.

Here in the bustling and magnificent market square, you can see guild merchants selling elven wine, cloth and weapons, dwarves selling silver, lead and iron ingots mined in the Black Mountains, and a large number of slave traders of various races.

Most pioneering lords only set out with a core team. After arriving in the city, they purchased slaves to supplement their armed attendant troops.

Once everything was ready, most lords would lavishly spend their fortunes, indulge in a life of luxury, and then lead their armies into the turbulent, battle-ridden border princedoms. This expedition could either lead to complete defeat, with their heads chopped off and used as a ball, or they could rise to prominence, conquer a vast territory, and, once their rule was secure, secure a title from the empire.

(End of this chapter)