Milt, who has left Lingfeng castle for half a month, has only rested in his castle for one night.
First of all, he took his knights and soldiers of the first army from north to south, abolished the original vassals'' farms one by one, appointed the village head, left the bachelor and students to help implement the land reform, and then immediately selected a large number of strong serfs, made a promise and ordered them to go south with the army.
During this period, except for returning to the castle and taking over more than 20 Knights left behind, he spent almost all his time on the farm and horseback.
On such a day, although his bones almost fell apart, his spirit became more and more trembling.
In particular, he loved the scene of enthusiastic cheers from serfs who were originally dull and afraid when abolishing farms.
The cheers of "long live Lord milt", "long live Lord" and "long live count" almost made his blood boil!
He liked the feeling so much. Several times, he really wanted more farms in the territory. Unfortunately, the threat of war gave him no time to slowly enjoy the worship of serfs.
Three days ago, he arrived in Xiangguo town.
Along with him, in addition to more than 200 knights, including the first army, there were nearly 10000 farmers. In addition, there are a large number of grain and materials collected from farms and towns.
In half a month, he mobilized all the forces that could be mobilized in the territory. Anyone who dared to resist would be executed directly!
This is the battle plan given to him by Arthur. Concentrate your strength in Xiangguo town and fight a mortal war with the Barrett family!
Xiangguo Town, located at the southernmost end of Cumbria and adjacent to andor River, is the most prosperous town among the three towns in the territory.
There are no walls around the town, which is the characteristic of the three northern leaders. But now, milt wants to build a wall immediately to surround Xiangguo town!
But fortunately, the situation is not the worst.
An ancient fortress is still preserved on the Riverside Avenue about two kilometers south of the town. This is the only way from andoria to Cumbria.
In the past, both road and water caravans had to stop at this fortress and pay taxes before they were allowed to go north. Xiangguo town also comes from this.
However, since the marriage between the campesians and the Barrett family, the business tax has been greatly reduced between the two places. After more and more benefits are obtained from iron mines, campesiburg has directly cancelled the tax on the caravans entering Cumbria from andoria. This part of interest was directly given to the Barrett family.
Since then, the ineffective fortress was directly abandoned, the knights on duty withdrew to the town, the tax officials were transferred, and the whole fortress became a lonely decoration.
Today, the fortress has long been in disrepair, and large sections of low walls have collapsed, which can not be completely repaired in a short time.
Fortunately, the walls of the fortress are still complete. There is no need to worry about Knights rushing directly into the rear towns.
After making a tour outside the great wall and looking at the fortifications being built, milt returned to the rear camp worried.
The soldiers of the first army are really good. Although he doesn''t know how these guys kill the enemy, he may have fought more with Warcraft. In response to the current situation, they look calm and organized in an orderly manner.
Hundreds of people were divided into ten teams to command thousands of farmers in the fortress in good order. Making horses, digging pits, carrying stones, strengthening walls, setting roadblocks, driving weapons and so on.
But even so, he still has no sense of security.
Yesterday, I received news that the army of the Barrett family had gathered in Shuangshui Town, with at least 3000 knights and more than 10000 serfs. Moreover, it was seen that the group of guys had prepared stone throwing carts.
Three thousand Knights!
God, when he heard bank say this number, he just felt a whirl of cold from the center of his feet to the top of his head.
Including the first army, his knights were only 235, more than ten times worse!
And Shuangshui Town, which he is familiar with, is separated from Xiangguo town only by Bedouin Town, a vassal, and two villages along the river. The army goes north along the way. Within ten days, he can see the cuckoo flag of the Barrett family on the city wall!
What can we do in ten days to train serfs into archers?
No!
Even if he could, he didn''t have enough long bows and arrows.
Raise the fortress in front of you?
No!
In ten days, you can repair the low wall on the fortress at most!
Spend gold coins to recruit a group of mercenaries?
He already tried!
No one is optimistic about the war, even if it is a draw! Once defeated, mercenaries who cannot pay ransom can only be demoted to slavery.
No mercenary dares to fight for him. This is a war that he doesn''t think much of himself - except the madman Arthur tustra!
Arthur told him that the war was his "Founding war". As long as the Barrett family is defeated, his reputation will surpass the ancestors of the campes family - who says not!
But if he loses, he will be hanged by Ted Barrett. At most, he will say "fool" at his body.
Gods, what should I do!
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"Lord milt!"
"My Lord!"
"Lord count!"
On the way back to the camp, the serfs around stopped their work and saluted him respectfully.
Milt took two guards, wearing brown leather armor and a serious face, but his heart was hanging to his throat!
Probably only these ignorant serfs do not understand what terrible enemies they will face.
Entering the musty thatched stone house, milt looked up and saw bank drinking with a horn cup.
"Sir bank," he called.
Seeing him coming back, bank immediately smiled and said, "Lord milt, you came back just in time. There''s a good news you just received."
"Good news!" milt hurriedly stepped up to bank. "Tell me, what good news?"
What he needs most now is good news. It''s better for Ted Barrett to fall off his horse and die!
Seeing his eagerness, bank put down his horn cup, smiled and said, "when we came, we didn''t bring several carts of weapons. You know, those weapons are far from enough, but just now, I received the news that a large number of weapons have been transported to the town and will be transported to the camp in a moment."
As soon as he heard that it was just a weapon, milt was a little lost and nodded.
Most of his nearly 10000 farmers don''t even have a piece of iron. In recent days, under the command of the knight, a large number of wooden poles of spears and javelins have been driven out. Now there are iron gun heads, and the problem of weapons has been solved.
This is really good news. Unfortunately, it was expected, and it was not what he expected most.
Staring at bank, who was wearing leather armor and drinking a glass of water, milt asked nervously, "Sir bank, I don''t know when Lord Arthur can arrive? Seeing the Barrett family, it''s going to attack!"
Milt''s most expectation is that Arthur can come in person. It''s best to bring all the guard Knights of Lingfeng castle.
He knows that Arthur has a kind of Warcraft bow that can only be opened by a knight with fighting strength. It is said that the bow and arrow can shoot 300 meters - 300 meters, and the knight is as big as the palm of his hand!
The farthest attack distance of a large riprap truck will not exceed 170 meters!
As long as there are hundreds of knights who can use Warcraft bow to stand on the wall, whoever approaches will die!
Of course, he also heard that the number of Warcraft bows is very small and very difficult to make. It is a treasure that Arthur doesn''t sell!
But there are not hundreds of them. It''s good to have 100. It''s really not good, even 50!
But until now, in addition to the ten Warcraft bows strictly guarded by bank, not to mention Arthur''s figure, not even a spare Warcraft bow was sent.
Ten Warcraft bows, what can this do? The Barrett family has 3000 Knights!
"Attack immediately?" bank looked at him in surprise. "Lord milt, the men of the Barrett family, weren''t they still in Shuangshui town yesterday?"
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