Lord Harland.

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 thirty years ago, Duke Edward married the daughter of his daughter to the son of a slave. With the training and support of the Edward family, Harmon fulfilled his talent and was promoted to the legendary level.

In addition to Duke Edward's son-in-law, the Duke's eldest son is also a ninth-level epic knight and has the potential 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 began to become comatose last winter, and by this spring, many people in the Edward family had already planned to replace him.

Harris nodded and said: "Why haven't we discussed it? There was a lot of quarrel in Maple Leaf Castle secretly. Harmon and Plott each attracted a group of people, each with their own opinions. Now that Maple Leaf Castle has passed this order, I am afraid they secretly want to Let the old man take responsibility. When something goes wrong, put the responsibility on the old man, and you can save your face and explain it away.

These people think well, but unfortunately their vision is a little short-sighted. We are in northern Xinjiang and have a formidable enemy, the orcs, so we should unite with our nearby neighbors. Even if the responsibility is passed to the old man, the nobles of the three northern provinces are not fools. They have opinions about us in their hearts and will always retaliate against us and give us suffering in the future. "

Simone said: "You will suffer big losses if you are greedy for petty gains. Although Harmon is very talented, he is the son of a slave after all. He has not received aristocratic education since he was a child, and his character is too greedy. But why doesn'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 Simone was the core member of the Edwardian family, he served as the Sheriff of Palany County. However, it is far away from Maple Leaf Castle, and many information are not known at all. After listening to the information revealed by Harris, he asked with some concern: "There is a fight above, what should we brothers do?"

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.

With Simeone on the outside and Harris on the inside, these two people are considered a small figure in the Edward family.

As long as a force has been established for a period of time, there must be various small groups within it. 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 hills in Harland's territory, but Richard's prestige can easily overwhelm any hilltop member and integrate the power 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 have to worry about anything. It doesn't matter who is in charge above. We can just carry out the tasks assigned to us."

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 caused trouble in the rear and affected the situation in the Grand Duchy of Stanek. We offended not only Earl Harland, but also Duke Jonathan. I am afraid that the Grant royal family will also cause us trouble. Only a son of a slave like Harmon could be so short-sighted. Although he had been a noble for thirty years, he had no respect for the country's system. I think we should make our attitude clear and support Plott becoming a duke, and we must not allow Prince Finnan to become a duke.

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

After entering the Grand Duchy of Stanik in late March, the coalition forces from the three provinces had escorted back three groups of serfs within a month.

The first batch of serfs numbered 20,000, the second batch of serfs numbered 8,000, and the third batch led by Lost had the largest number, with a total of 67,000.

The escort mission went very smoothly, and Duke Edward did not create any difficulties.

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

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

He summoned these intelligence officers and inquired in detail about the situation in the Dukedom of Edward.

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.

Harland's territory is in the Dukedom of Edward, and there are only some people who collect public intelligence.

"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 faced by Duke 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 three-provincial coalition forces is in the hands of Duke Edward, which offends Duke Edward. If not, the intervention army may be completely annihilated. Only after the war in the Grand Duchy of Stanik is over and Richard returns with his troops can he be able to find the Duke of Edward's fault.

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 came to this, Lost had no choice but to become a doctor. He personally found the pastor of the Church of Dawn, hoping to purchase some of the food.

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

This bishop was born in the Dukedom of Jonathan. He was a branch member of a baron family. He had the blood of the Jonathan family. He was very dissatisfied with Duke Edward's behavior of holding back the front line.

Moreover, the relationship between Morningside Church and Richard is very special. Archbishop Walton of the Grant Kingdom once told the clergy below to take more care of the Harland Territory.

He was also a participant in the battle to block the plane passage, and once fought alongside Richard.

Regardless of emotion or reason, he will support Lost through the difficulties.

"Don't worry, Knight Lost. There are more than a hundred tons of food stored in the church. You can take them all away. For the remaining food shortage, I will mobilize believers to raise 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.

The population of Palani Castle exceeds 50,000, and more than half of them are believers of the Goddess of the Morning. Each believer takes out ten kilograms of grain, and the total amount is 150 tons.

Lost also took out a thousand gold coins from the funds and distributed money to purchase food to the followers of the Goddess of Dawn.

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

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

Seeing that the church had helped solve the problem of food shortage in Lost, Simone hurriedly discussed with Harris.

“The church has stepped in to solve the problem of food shortage, 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?"

Simone said: "Will Harmon 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, he obtained 250 tons of grain. Lost lived frugally and walked for ten days, and finally entered the Gascoigne Province before the grain 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, it was late May, and Richard, with the coalition forces from the three provinces, had besieged 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.

There are still 500 tons of food left. Even if we save some, we can only eat it for half a month at most. There are more than 10,000 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, half of the diet of the coalition forces in the three provinces has relied on goat's milk. According to the calculations of the logistics staff, if the front line saves a little and the rear provides some support, they should be able to last until August.

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

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

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.

Duke Jonathan sent an order a few days ago, asking Richard to deal with the enemy as soon as possible and lead his army to join Duke Jonathan to attack Linas Castle and deal with the intervening 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, the internal friction must be serious.

During the war, some troops gnawed bones, some troops ate meat, some troops captured rich crops, and some troops had 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 attract the enemy to fight out of the city and defeat the enemy in the field.

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 Grand Duchy of Stanik, saw through the weakness of the three-province coalition's lack of food and would never waste a fight easily.

If the enemy does not fall for the trick and only seeks stability, it will be difficult to successfully lure the enemy into a decisive battle.

If you want to open up the situation, the best way is to catalyze the internal conflicts of the enemy and open up the balance from within. After all, the siege has been going on for two months, and Nero's Castle will also face the difficulty of lack of food.

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

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