Mount & Blade: Wind of War

After the slightly excited red-haired young man Raymond retreated, several auxiliary soldiers carried up several bodies that had been severely eaten.

Seeing these bodies, everyone at the scene couldn't help but look at each other and felt a little uneasy.

"These bodies are our workers who went out to cut wood. They were killed the day before yesterday and were found by our sheriff Guido and his men last night."

"People were killed, bodies were eaten, and logging tools were either destroyed or stolen. This was not done by wild beasts, but a robbery and murder... As a lord, I can't protect my subjects from harm. This is my shame and I feel very sad."

In ancient China, the relationship between feudal monarchs and their subjects was "the lord worries and the subjects work hard, the lord humiliates and the subjects die."

In the West, the relationship between powerful lords and their knights is actually the same, especially after the grand parade and the bestowal of titles, when the atmosphere and morale on the scene have reached a high point.

Therefore, when Rhodes expressed his heartache, Fatis, Raymond, Cress, Resarit, and all the knights present quickly knelt on one knee, followed by their trusted guards and soldiers behind them. As if infected, a group of powerful knights and soldiers quickly knelt in front of Rhodes.

"As a lord, I cannot protect my subjects. As a knight, I cannot protect my subjects. I think this shame is mine and yours. Even, it is for all the people of my God-blessed City."

"Those barbarians still look down on us, they still doubt our strength! This father's children are crying, his wife is crying, and those beasts... they are laughing!"

"I can't live with such shame. Hatred can only be washed with blood, mine or those barbarians. Today, I hereby declare that a new war begins at this moment." Rhodes looked at everyone present with a terrifying look.

At this moment, even the bravest knight Fatis and the knight Raymond, who was closest to the lord, did not dare to raise their heads.

But all the soldiers in the square stood up, and they shouted: "Victory! God's Blessed City, invincible!"

"Raymond, do you know the Lord's arrangement today? You just came back and immediately launched a new war. Are we moving too fast? Is the Lord too impatient?"

After several knights slowly stood up, Fatis frowned and asked. It's not that he couldn't accept some means. He still maintained great gratitude and loyalty to the lord he was loyal to, but his temperament was relatively calm. In Fatis's view, the Lonely Mountain Castle was in a period of rapid development, and the war brought too many uncertainties in all aspects.

In history, there has never been a lack of cases of having absolute strength, frequently launching wars, and finally leading to tragic defeats.

The most stable way of development is to have a large population, strong productivity, and a prosperous culture, and to carry out foreign expansion wars with this strong foundation. Even if you lose the war, you can protect yourself, be invincible, and have countless opportunities to try. This is the ideal development model in Fatis' mind.

As for Rhodes, with a population of more than 10,000 people still on the verge of starvation, they are more inclined to use force to plunder resources. Even if the morale of the people is high, once they lose the war, it will lead to a terrible chain collapse.

"It is obvious that as long as we manage it steadily for three to five years, we can expand our strength and power several times. Your Excellency is not an impetuous person. Why do you rely on force to pursue rapid development?"

"I don't know that the master has such an arrangement, but it is not wrong. These lumberjacks were indeed killed by aliens, and it will not be a problem for us to deal with the vassals of the wilderness witches with our strength."

Fatis considered that there is a risk of defeat in launching any war, while Raymond considered that the odds of winning are quite high compared with the strength of the Lonely Mountain Castle and the surrounding wilderness witch vassals.

The Lonely Mountain Castle implements alien slavery, and war can bring high returns, so the cheering people around are so excited and supportive.

"During World War II, Germany enslaved a large number of Ukrainian maids to improve the living standards of the German people, staging a modern slavery drama. To be honest, after the defeat, did the German people suffer from the mistakes they had made or from the defeat?"

"In this world, the righteous side will always win the final victory. Because history is written by the victors."

Rod looked at the fanatical people around him, and such thoughts naturally emerged in his mind.

"Back then, the Yuan and Mongolian Empire swallowed the world. Wherever it went, civilization degenerated or completely perished, but it still dominated the world for a hundred years. It can be seen that the operation of this world is based on objective forces, not so-called morality."

Those lumberjacks did die from the looting of foreign races, but such things happen occasionally. In an external environment like the wilderness, it is difficult to avoid. The security team will definitely not be able to catch the murderer. Even if they encounter the murderer, it is a question whether they can beat him.

Rod took advantage of the situation to send troops to attack the surrounding eagle witch vassal races. Doing so will definitely help improve the security environment.

As human armies walk more, not to mention alien races, even wild beasts will consciously stay away from this area and go to other areas to hunt for survival. This is a very natural influence of power.

The total force of Lonely Mountain Castle currently consists of 219 Rhodok crossbowmen, 44 elite soldiers from Redwood Town, 49 dark awakeners, 7 slave traders, and more than 460 auxiliary soldiers.

Rhodes led Raymond, Resarit, and Cress as generals, led 49 dark awakeners and 71 Rhodok crossbowmen to the battle.

The strongest general under his command, Fatis, was appointed to defend the city, because among all the generals, only he could be independent, which made Rhodes feel completely at ease.