What is it like to be a teacher as a magister?

Chapter 135 Raid
As usual, Baron Willie walked around his manor accompanied by his wife after dinner.

This year's harvest in the territory has dropped by about [-]%, causing him to drive out another batch of serfs, and his living standard will obviously decline accordingly. The most obvious sign is that another mistress ran away with others last month.

Baron Willie no longer has any hope for his territory. If he didn't care about his family's face, and with the support of Earl Frank and Duke Valentina in front, he might have responded to His Majesty's administrative order and handed over the fief early. Thunder City is retired, and being a lord in a ghostly place like Xia Ya is worse than going to Thunder City to be a wealthy businessman.

Thinking of this, he lost even more interest in taking a walk, and returned to the castle earlier than a few days ago.

It is called a castle in name, but it is actually a bigger house, but it is already the most magnificent building in the entire territory.

late at night.

In a daze, he heard noises outside, and Baron Willy, who couldn't sleep deeply due to his age, woke up quickly.

"What time is it, what are you doing outside?"

Before he could wake up his wife next to him, the door of the bedroom was forced open.

In the darkness, Baron Willie couldn't tell how many people broke in, but he heard the leader calmly say:
"Hello, Baron Willie, by the order of the lord, all your fiefdoms will be taken back today. In addition, please cooperate and explain the fact that you sent people to assassinate the lord and burn the food and grass in the fortress under the order of Earl Frank..."

"what?!"

Only now did the intruder light the candles in the room.

While the lights were flickering, Baron Willy finally saw that six or seven knights in different styles of armor entered the room.

I was stunned for a while.

……

The noisy mansion quickly returned to midnight calm.

Jennifer sat in the baron's study, flipping through the property accounts in the territory.

Roderick tucked his helmet under his arm and walked in with his long sword slung across his shoulders.

"Miss Jennifer, the baron and all his family members have been locked up. The rest of the guards and knights surrendered. Only six people were killed and more than ten people were injured."

"Thank you, Lord Roderick." Jennifer lifted her eyes from the ledger and looked at the tall and heroic knight.

"It's not hard, the baron's guards... are really vulnerable."

Being able to make Roderick, who has always been silent and cautious, say such words shows that those guards are indeed vulnerable.

The long-distance fortress guards had already prepared for a fierce battle, but after entering the territory of Baron Willy, they found that the enemy did not have any decent defense and resistance at all. It was not discovered by the guards until they entered the surrounding area of ​​the baron's mansion.

But the guards on the outside saw this situation and surrendered without any resistance at all. On the contrary, the guards inside the castle thought that a few small thieves were coming in the dark, and injured several people during their brave resistance.

Despite the early inquiries, Roderick still didn't expect it to be so smooth.

"Are there any casualties on our side?"

"No one was injured." Roderick said: "When they came, the adults told them not to keep their hands, so the enemy has almost no chance to get close."

Roderick knew very well that what the lord needed most was the labor force in the territory, so before coming, he asked if he needed to keep as many people alive as possible, but Colin's answer was: This is the first time the fortress army has gone out to fight, so they must do their best. go all out.

From Colin's point of view, the population of the baron's territory is of course not as important as these battle-hardened fortresses. In case Roderick fears the life of the opponent and causes his own losses, even a ratio of one to ten battle losses is extremely uneconomical. buy and sell.

Roderick understood what the lord meant and strictly carried out the order.

The fortress equipped with magic arrows did not give the opponent any chance to get close. If the opponent hadn't surrendered extremely skillfully, there might not be a single survivor in the castle.

"Before dawn, I will count all the horses, ordnance, supplies, food, etc. in the territory, and I must take over the entire territory before everyone reacts."

While writing, Jennifer continued: "The manpower I brought is enough to do these things, but in terms of combat and security, I still need your support, Lord Roderick."

"Yes."

"We will stay here for three days at most, and then the fortress will send troops to take over, and we need to rush to the next territory." Jennifer smiled: "Lord Roderick, in the next month or so, I'm afraid will work harder."

"It is our honor to serve the lord."

"That's right." Jennifer thought of the more and more prosperous Twilight City, the vigorous government office, the thriving school, and the big head full of drive. A well-governed lord.

"The lord said that capturing the occupied territory will not be a difficult task, what is difficult is the subsequent governance." Jennifer said: "After all, the fortress is short of manpower, and it is impossible to send too many people to manage these places, so your lord's intention Yes, once it is occupied, the population in the territory will be gathered, some will be sent to the fortress, and some will be planted on the spot, and things will be much simpler when the first batch of local grain is harvested a few months later."

"The fortress defenders will continue to send manpower to support various places."

Because of the help of the elves, the expansion of the fortress defenders, and the fact that Wald Sophia returned the seconded people one after another, Roderick had more people available.

……

early morning.

The sun rises.

The commoners and serfs in the baron's land were still doing their own things as usual, completely unaware that the land had changed owners.

When Roderick returned to the temporary camp, the fort guards who were supposed to be on shift did not sleep and rest as required for the first time. Obviously, they walked out of the fort for the first time, and now they were extremely excited.

"Boss, it turns out that fighting with 'people' is so easy."

"Yeah, those guys didn't even need to use their hands, they just hit them and fell down."

"..."

A group of subordinates came over smiling.

Roderick knew that the leader was the one who was most excited when he encountered the opportunity of close combat with the orcs when he was on the city wall.

Fortress guards who are used to fighting orcs, when they encounter ordinary human troops, especially a group of remnants and weak generals under Baron Willy, of course they will feel like they are bullying children. The luxury of mosquitoes.

Roderick, though agreeing with them, did not wish to fuel such pride.

"Don't be careless, these are just the weakest opponents, and we still have many tough battles to fight in the future."

(End of this chapter)