Rise In Calradia

"Dear sir, I represent my master, the lord of Serendil, the Byron of Swadia..."

"Selendil is our territory, Byron is just an influential mercenary, we have not recognized his identity!" Before the messenger was finished, Earl Leyland corrected the messenger's statement somewhat unpleasantly. As if this land was just captured by Swadia yesterday.

"Well, my lord, my master, Baron Byron of Swadia, the current manager of Serendil sent you his handwritten letter. He seeks peace from you, not a battle for both parties. A war of good.” Johnny as the messenger changed his words, but his name for Byron remained unchanged, and at the same time he presented a letter covered with peony inkpad.

"Peace? Does he think there can be peace between us?" Earl Leyland was still dissatisfied, but he still accepted the letter.

"If he wants to persuade us to retreat by empty words, then he has made the wrong idea. He will face a powerful army, far better than the mobs under him. He had better withdraw from Serendil. Return this piece of land stolen by him to the original owner, so that we can let him go and let him safely lead his men away." Count Tazias also added a few words after seeing his brother’s attitude. sentence.

"Please make your decision after you read the letter." Johnny said to the two Lords of Rodok politely as possible.

Count Leyland opened the letter and glanced a few times, then his brows immediately frowned. He made a gesture, and Count Tazias paid attention to it immediately. The two rode their horses to one side, avoiding the messenger and those who shouldn’t know. The people of military affairs talked alone.

"What did the mercenary leader say in the letter?" Count Tazias asked curiously.

"He said in the letter that he didn't want to meet with our swordsmen. He just wanted to protect his territory and didn't want to cause trouble for himself. He was willing to give us the manor and supplies outside Serendil as a condition for the truce. He will not intervene in our fight with others. He also threatened that if we insist on attacking Serendil, he will resist our attack with strong walls and 2,000 brave and fearless soldiers, and will not yield. Um... Interesting, it seems that he knows our purpose, but it's a bit late, isn't it ridiculous." Although Earl Leyland said so, his expression was clearly thinking about the other party's proposal.

"Von Byron is exaggerating the size of his troops. According to our scouts, he has sent a lot of troops to Veluga before. Those mercenaries of his are not in Rodok recently. There are only 1,000 people in that town. Not bad, and the conditions he gave up are meaningless. Most of the supplies in this area have been brought into the town of Serendil. This guy is only profitable, and even his monarch is going to betray now. I think he will directly take that. Forget the town, lest he sneak attack us behind when we attack Gruen Wardburg, and we can use the food and armaments stored there.” Count Tazias obviously didn’t believe Byron’s words. Compared with the truce, he is more inclined to destroy Byron and his troops directly. This will not only benefit them in the next battle, but killing the troublemaker in the eyes of Lord Rodok will also allow them to gain fame and wealth ( As everyone knows, Byron is still very rich).

"But then we will have to attack Serendil, von. Byron may have exaggerated his strength, but he did build a high wall in that town and set up an army. The attack would cost us a lot. It may miss the chance." Although Count Tazias tends to go to war with Byron, Count Leyland has a different idea.

"Von Byron ignored the glory and betrayed the monarch, which shows that he is indeed a profit-seeking guy as the rumors say. But such a person is also the easiest to use, as long as the conditions are right, he can accept any conditions, just like he used to be a mercenary. It's the same. By the way, call the scout here."

Soon, a scout came to them, saluted respectfully, and answered his lord's questions.

"Are you sure what you saw is correct?"

"Yes, my lord, although we had no chance to get close for a few days, we have been monitoring Serendil for the rest of the time. Stones are difficult to destroy without siege weapons. Moreover, their soldiers are still many even after sending at least 400 reinforcements. The number of patrols has not been reduced, and the number of soldiers entering and exiting the barracks has decreased, but the supply of supplies is still very large. Great, I estimate that there may be 800 to 1,000 people guarding this town, and they also have a few stone throwers and ballistas in the town."

After listening to the scout's report, Earl Leyland waved his hand and told him to go back.

"The 1,000-man defender also used city defense weapons. Although the outer wall is not high, it is tricky enough. Our siege equipment cannot be wasted time and placed here, so we can only attack directly with infantry. Brother, what do you think our losses will be? "" Earl Leyland asked.

"500 people? Maybe more, and it sounds like they are well prepared. We have to spend a few days trying to take down this town. I would do it in normal times, but now... brother, You’re right, we can dominate Gruen Wardburg, and we can’t waste time and strength here."

"Well, let this kid Byron shrink as a tortoise in his town~www.NovelMTL.com~ When we take down Fort Gruenward, his territory will stay for a while."

Earl Leyland nodded, turned to Johnny, and told him his decision.

==East of Rhodok, Fort Amela ==

After Earl Tazias led the army to leave, the defenders of Fort Amela were cut by half, but this had no effect on their daily lives. They still patrolled, stood guard, and communicated in their usual way. Merchants charge a lot of customs duties, take some extra money, and buy some good goods imported here from those merchants. The departure of the Earl and most of the troops did not worry them. This has not been Swadia’s strategic goal. The Salanders also stopped outside of Fort Garmizi. They did not feel the threat of the enemy at all, even if they At present, there are only 550 defenders, and the castle is also a wooden body, which does not affect their thoughts.

But when a banner appeared from the north, the officials and military officers who were about to collect tariffs were immediately taken aback. They had heard of that banner even if they hadn’t seen it. The banner of von Byron that the Rhodoks caused a lot of trouble.

The open door was quickly closed, the suspension bridge over the trench was also pulled up, and the soldiers rushed to their posts shouting enemy attacks, guarding the fortress nervously.