Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 52

"How many days did the food go away?"

Petel complained silently in his heart, I am the mayor appointed by Earl Tulip, and I still surrender to you. Could it be that you are more terrifying than the Baron Shire who murdered the whole family.

However, his face did not show at all, and he was still very respectful, and said: "There are thousands of serfs, hundreds of carriages, and nearly a hundred carts of grain are marching towards Tulip City."

Chase, this idea suddenly appeared in Osman's mind
Baron Shire brought hundreds of people from Mustang Town to Flower Town. Osman planned to have a field battle with him, but Osman didn't plan to attack Shire directly. If one thousand beat four hundred, any fool would know defense.

Osman didn't want to foolishly attack the big camp. He didn't know if he could win the battle. He planned to hang Shire out and catch him by surprise.

But the first thing to do is to rest for a few days. After all, the knights and infantry are exhausted physically and mentally from the continuous rapid march.

Under Othman's order, Baron Patel began to recruit the cooks in the town to cook for the knights and infantry who had eaten dry food for several days.The cooks boiled broth, pork, mutton and salt were all boiled into a pot of soup, and the baked bread gave the knights a full meal after eating hard black bread for several days.

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The knights in the town of Wild Horses who acted as messengers sent news that Earl Geithner Coriopersus sent a mixed army of cavalry and infantry to occupy the town of Flowers.

Unexpectedly, this army marched so fast. Charles originally guessed that someone would not be able to resist, but someone did it after he finished sorting out Tulip City and Mustang Town. This was beyond Charles' expectation.

This is the amount of time Shire neglected to pass the news from the Tulip collar to the royal city, to the ears of the earls, and finally to the final action.

It's useless to be annoyed, but it also exposed Shire's long-standing shortcomings. The friendship of the Iris family is only in the Tulip territory, and there is no channel to inquire about the news in the entire Principality of Artem.The idea of ​​establishing an intelligence organization also flooded into Shire's mind.

Charles shook his head and focused his attention first. At this time, he had four hundred Iris Flower infantrymen and more than fifty knights in Mustang Town.According to the news that came, the enemy was estimated to be around 50 people, and they were marching extremely fast.

You can't run away. It is estimated that it will take ten days from here to Tulip City, so you can only fight. The next step is to see who the enemy will fight, whether to attack him directly or transport the grain serfs.

Charles chose a small hillside with water on the mountain, so he didn't have to worry about the water source. Charles ordered to station here, build a big camp, dig trenches to collect soil, accumulate soil as a base, build a wooden mountain as a wall, set up a horse-repelling formation, antlers, etc. , and then dig a pit on the outermost side.

A watchtower was built in the barracks. It was originally on the hillside, but now it can be seen at a glance.

In the barracks, latrines have to be dug, otherwise they will shit everywhere, firstly, it will be very dirty and smelly, and the whole barracks will smell very bad, and secondly, it may pollute the water source. Charles stipulates that whoever defecates and urinates in the barracks will be punished. Up to ten boards.

The army is stationed here, and the messengers of Mustang Town also go to various places with missions.

It is mainly divided into three parts. The first part is to go back to Mustang Town and call 50 Iris soldiers. The second part is to go to Tulip City and call 350 Iris soldiers. The third part is to go to Calla Lily and call Les Knight Commander and Iris Knights.

Life without knights is really hard, like a blind man, now among the 50 or so riders, except for a dozen or so who act as messengers, the rest are all sent by him to the vicinity of Huahua Town to inquire about news.

A few days later, the messenger came to report that the enemy army was dispatched, and the target was the serfs transporting food to Tulip City.

Charles called the four battalion commanders to hold a meeting.

Charles said, "The enemy army is dispatched, and it seems to be the serfs transporting food to the east."

Talib was born as a serf. He had no father since he was a child, and he developed a competitive temperament. He said: "Head, I think these serfs must be protected, otherwise they will get food and stay in the flower town Inside, it can last a whole year."

Indeed, if the enemy only had fifty carts of grain, they would have to transport grain in winter. The snow in the north was heavy, and it was freezing cold. They didn’t have so many clothes, and how many serfs would freeze to death. Forced to withdraw troops.

Another battalion commander, Ural, said, "That's not right. If they just want to grab the food, they don't need to rest for a few days. It seems that the target is us. If they leave the camp and there are no knights, I guess..."

The other two battalion commanders also agreed one after another. Looking at the scene in front of him, Charles felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

He said, "That's right, this enemy army is coming towards us. It is said that the leader of this enemy army is Osman. The enemy army has thousands of people, about half of cavalry and half of infantry."

He walked among the four of them, and instead of continuing to speak, he asked an unexpected question, "Why can we get accurate information about their departure."

As long as he sent out knights to encircle the knights in Mustang Town that Shire sent to inquire about the news, Shire would become blind, but he didn't do this, and Shire didn't believe that he was negligent, so he did it on purpose, just to let Shire knows that he wants to seize the food, see if you can't get out.

Seeing that the four were ignorant, Charles pointed out this point. The three battalion commanders first praised, and then echoed.

However, Talib was a little unwilling, but he didn't know what to say, or what reasonable suggestions to send troops.

However, Charles suddenly changed the subject, took out the map, pointed to a place on it, and said, "But I will follow his mind and send troops."

I saw mountains on both sides of this neighborhood, and a narrow passage in the middle.This terrain has been a place of miracles since ancient times.

"Captain, but the enemy sent a large group of knights to investigate, and they will definitely not be fooled." The Ottoman knights are not fools, it is impossible to break into this terrain without investigating.

But Shire has already made up his mind, he wants to cheat this time, these four people are his confidantes, so Shire whispered to several people.

"But young master, isn't this too cruel?" Ural said with a sad face.

Talib stood up and said: "In war, there will be no undead. If we want to defeat the strong with the weak, how can there be a perfect solution, not to mention that if they die, the head will subsidize their families. "

"We are all serfs. The worst thing is to die. What else is there to be afraid of?"

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At night, Charles looked at the bright moon, and he always felt that he had changed a lot. He could not kill people before, but now he has learned to kill people. Later, he felt that he treated his subjects well, but now he has also changed.

If war is a dirty game, he gradually became a dirty player.

(End of this chapter)