From Baron's Second Son to Dragon Rider

"Stop, stop, stop! Come one by one!"

Hearing these guys complaining to him one by one, Krober felt that his head was about to explode.

"You go first, you go first."

Krober pointed to the intelligence director who was shouting the most fiercely, and signaled him to ask first.

"Sir."

The intelligence director stepped forward, bowed simply, and said:

"After the Grand Duke issued the order to prepare for war, the Dragon Breath Knights of Saint Jinbao have been ready for battle, and have also issued ravens to let the nobles prepare for it."

"But the problem is that the Grand Duke only asked us to prepare for war, but didn't say whether to fight or not. We can't just gather the soldiers and do nothing."

The question raised by the intelligence director is very sharp.

According to Krober's understanding of Grand Duke Veronica.

As long as she orders to prepare for battle, the probability of this war breaking out will be very high.

However, the specific time of the war may be different.

He carefully recalled the letter Veronica wrote to him in his mind, and continued to ponder:

"From the letter Grand Duke Veronica wrote to me, she does not seem to intend to take the initiative to attack Duke Edwin. On the contrary, she is more inclined to adopt a strategy similar to self-defense counterattack."

Krober stood up, walked to the window, and stared at the scenery outside the window.

He was thinking carefully about the cost of this war.

A large number of troops gathered together, and a large amount of food was consumed every day.

Each noble had his own food and grass. Once they were eaten up, they could only continue to transfer food from the territory or find other ways to obtain food.

In addition, if the war really broke out, the trade route between the two sides would be cut off, which would undoubtedly be a major economic blow to the nobles in the north of the kingdom and all coastal areas.

A long war may also lead to low morale and may even affect the entire war situation.

Krober turned back to the table and sat in his chair.

He realized that although Grand Duke Veronica was ready to deal with the war, she still hoped to avoid the war.

Perhaps, she is trying to find a peaceful solution to the problem, or waiting for the right time to launch an attack.

In other words, the current Golden Duchy has no intention of actively attacking the enemy, but simply gathering troops to protect itself.

In either case, Krober knows that he needs to remain extremely vigilant and be ready to deal with any possible situation at any time.

"Let the Dragon Breath Knights strengthen their vigilance first. As for other territories, temporarily summon only those who are above the strength of formal knights."

At present, the food reserves of the Golden Duchy are not enough to support a large-scale war. This is beyond doubt.

So Krober plans to take the elite route and only summon nobles with strength above formal knights to join the army.

Although it is impossible to engage in a tug-of-war, it is still possible to take risks and conduct tactics such as decapitation battles.

"Yes..."

In this world, although the strength of apprentice knights is not as good as that of formal knights, they are not useless.

In fact, these apprentice knights can still play an important role on the battlefield.

After all, there are so many apprentice knights. If they work together to attack a formal knight, even if they cannot defeat the opponent, they can consume a lot of his fighting spirit.

Once the formal knight runs out of fighting spirit, he is no longer the formidable strong man, but just a guy with much stronger physical fitness than the apprentice knight.

At this time, he has lost the blessing of fighting spirit, and his defense and attack power will be greatly reduced, thus creating an opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of.

Therefore, the value of soldiers composed of apprentice knights in battle cannot be underestimated.

"Next."

The question raised by the intelligence director was temporarily solved by Krober, and the next question was raised by the logistics director and the financial director.

"No money!"

"No supplies!"

Krober scratched his head. If he remembered correctly, it seemed that he had used the same method to help his territory solve similar problems a few days ago.

Now, he still plans to use the same strategy to deal with the current predicament.

"Ah? Is this... really feasible?" someone questioned.

"This is contrary to the spirit of chivalry!" Another person also raised an objection.

Kroeber explained his carefully conceived plan in detail to them, but to his surprise, except for the intelligence director who nodded slowly to show his approval, everyone else showed resistance.

"Go ahead and do it, believe me, this method is absolutely reliable!" Kroeber said confidently.

"Okay..."

Although they were still a little reluctant, everyone nodded and expressed their willingness to accept Kroeber's plan.

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South of the Emerald Kingdom, Luoyan City.

The city is located on a vast plain, surrounded by dense forests and rolling mountains.

Luoyan City is an important stronghold of the Duke of Edwin's territory and one of the gateways to the southern region.

As a commercial town connecting the Emerald Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Gold, Luoyan City is famous for its wealth between the two countries.

The owner of Luoyan City is the Blue Flame Grass Family, which is the most valued by Duke Edwin.

It is said that the people of the Blue Flame Grass Family practice a special kind of fire attribute fighting spirit, and the magic potion made with their family's unique blue flame grass can cultivate a special blue flame fighting spirit.

The Blue Flame Grass family is a count family. There are three earth knights, more than ten great knights, and dozens of formal knights in the family.

Such strength is considered strong in the entire Duke of Edwin.

However, due to the war with the Mountain Copper Kingdom, the Blue Flame Grass family has drawn most of the family's high-end combat forces to participate in the war.

At this time, there is only one earth knight left in Luoyan City, and two great knights are responsible for handling daily affairs.

As for the number of formal knights, there are probably more than a dozen.

Due to the strong strength of the Blue Flame Grass family and the comfortable environment around.

So even though the Emerald Kingdom is already deeply involved in the war, the residents living in Luoyan City are still very comfortable and have no sense of crisis about the coming of war.

Today, the residents of Luoyan City were surprised to find that a singing team composed of more than a dozen handsome men appeared in the square in the city.

They were solemnly singing a song they had never heard before.

As time went on, this singing team attracted more and more attention from the residents of Luoyan City.

They walked out of the house one after another, stood on the edge of the square, and listened quietly to this moving song.

The song ended, but the people present did not leave. They still closed their eyes and carefully recalled the moving melody.

"Mr. Singer, what is the name of the song you sang?"

A young girl plucked up the courage to approach and asked the handsome and noble blond man who led the singing team.

"Hello, beautiful lady, this song is called the Rainy Season of Castamere, which is a new work created by our singing group."

The leading man answered, and his elegant and extraordinary conversation and handsome appearance made the girl next to him blush instantly.

"Thank you... Thank you for your generous answer."

In the end, the girl covered her red face and trotted away in the opposite direction.

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