From the Solid Stone Pass, head southwest, and when you see the sword-like top of the Death Mountain, turn due west, and in less than one day, you will reach Avilés Castle.

This is the experience of the merchants of the Lion Principality in the course of business.

Often, similar routes, merchants will not easily tell others, this is the secret of the caravan to live on.

It's just that when a certain villain nobleman doesn't care about putting a scimitar on the neck of those merchants, he can easily get a specific route and get the secret transmission of these caravans.

The routes of the caravans are spread all over the Lion Duchy, so proper trade routes are required.

It's still the kind that I have been on the field.

It is more elaborate than the official territory map of the Lion Principality, that is, the Lion Castle, especially near certain commercial concentrations or areas with special products, and the merchants' business maps are more accurate in detail.

And for Avilés Fort, the military town of the Eastern County Territory, it is naturally also included.

All the way to the west.

The dirt road is very rough when simply trampled on.

In other words, the Lion Principality does not have the habit of building roads, these so-called roads are all strong roads made by people stepping on horses for a long time, and no one has really repaired them at all, and ruggedness is inevitable.

This is a deliberate act to prevent the enemy from marching.

Roads speed up travel.

For example, on the edge of the Sanwaya Mountains, from the city of "Aaron" to the mountain pass, the paved roads built by Kant were paved with small pieces of stone, strong and smooth.

Such a paved road can provide travel speed several times higher than that of ordinary mountain roads.

It was supposed to be nearly the entire day's travel time.

Relying on this paved stone road, it can be reached in half a day, which is very convenient and fast.

This was beneficial for raising the level of trade, since caravans, such as wagons or pack horses and camels, were loaded with goods and could walk on paved roads far better than on rugged mountain roads or even no roads.

Increasing the speed of travel is both a convenience and a nuisance.

Especially in the military role.

Since the caravan can go fast, so can the army.

And it can quickly advance along well-built roads, and even directly reach the destination to carry out combat deployment.

This is true for your own troops, and the same is true for the enemy's troops, the roads have been built and can be used by anyone, and the enemy is naturally the same.

In particular, the Duchy of Lion and the great enemy of the Silverplate Kingdom.

Naturally, the construction of roads cannot be taken care of.

The lion principality, which is dominated by cavalry, does not need to worry about the concentration of troops, and the war horse with four hooves can walk faster than a two-legged man, even if there is no road, it can travel quickly.

The Kingdom of the Silver Plate is different.

The kingdom has a diverse range of troops, and although there are cavalry, it is also dominated by infantry.

The knights are the main force, but the elite infantry is also the main force, often in the course of field battles, the knights of the lion principality, the knights of the silver plate kingdom have not yet been defeated, and their own troops, the infantry used to maintain the front have been defeated.

This was the key reason for the crushing defeat on the south bank of the Resniston River ten years ago.

Just to the North Shore.

Taking advantage of the half-crossing attack of the troops of the Silverplate Kingdom, plus Viscount Gibran of Avilésburg, they fought desperately to drag down the main knights of the Silverplate Kingdom, and because Baron Dylan betrayed the Silverplate Kingdom, he provided false information.

This resulted in a great victory on the north bank of the Resniston River, and a counterattack on the south bank to recapture the two lost castles.

barely maintained the dignity of the Duchy of Lion.

Therefore.

The Duchy of Lion is even less concerned about the construction of roads.

Although it affects domestic trade, with the famous trade river of the Resniston River, even if the land trade declines, it is acceptable, and the profits brought by the river trade are not low!

Trek on a rugged dirt road for a long time before you saw a caravan.

are extremely vigilant.

More than a dozen wagons, more than fifty laborers with nail rods.

There were also a dozen cavalrymen in leather armor and armed with spears and swords, although they looked nondescript, somewhere between mercenaries and regular soldiers, but their movements were also very neat, and they were very good caravan guards.

The law and order situation in the Eastern County Territory is slightly better, and there are no large-scale bandit gangs.

But see Kant, their cavalry.

All of them were horrified.

Especially swept through those desert bandit elites are unruly, very fierce appearance, and their hearts are beating faster, if it weren't for Kant, they rode their horses directly, without the meaning of stopping, they would almost have to take the lead in counterattacking!

But even if they counterattacked, there was no chance of victory, and Kant's numerical advantage was here.

500 elite desert bandits are on the rampage.

This is a level of strength that is considered to be a bandit group or a mercenary.

After all, these are cavalry, not infantry, and they can escape on horseback if they can't be beaten, and they have spears, scimitars, short javelins, and iron-inlaid armor.

Ordinary wealthy small landlords can only get together this equipment.

Cavalry is not for everyone.

Just raising war horses is a money-consuming thing, and equipment is secondary.

Nowadays, Kant's cavalry team can be used as the main force among mercenaries, after all, ordinary mercenaries do not have the level of force of knight squires, and the previous tempest mercenary group is all composed of knight squires and knights, and there are 2 big knights, which is really a special case.

Everyone knows that the force behind the Tempest Mercenary Group is Countess Agasa of the Eastern County Territory, and the reason why this mercenary group was released was actually to warn the nobles of the Northern County Territory and the Southern County Territory to show their strength.

Tacit unspoken rules.

Even now.

Those caravans left Kant and his cavalry without the slightest intention of plundering, and they understood it in their hearts.

Perhaps this is the private soldier of some nobleman.

Their guess was correct.

It's just that these cavalry of Kant are completely low-level light cavalry, not his main cavalry, if the real main cavalry arrives, thousands of Swadian heavy cavalry, the scale of the march is even more terrifying!

Even men and horses in full armor, and horses' hooves beating on the earth, were as terrible as floods and earthquakes.

Of course.

Kant was not interested in these caravans.

Rolf was still a little interested, but in the spirit of a quick trek, he didn't act rashly.

If something goes wrong and arouses the attention of the local nobles of the Eastern County Territory, they will be rounded up, after all, this is not the Northern County Territory, and it is far away from the Jianshi Pass, so reinforcements cannot appear at any time.

Most crucially, Avilésburg is just ahead.

Viscount Gibran.

This elderly celebrity is not a vegetarian, and the elite under his command also makes Kant a little jealous.

It can be faintly independent of the traditional ruling power of the Lion Principality, not because of the closure of Countess Agasa, but also by the elite troops in the hands of Viscount Gibran, which is enough to deter any enemy!

A knightly order of 1,000 men, elite infantry of 3,000 men.

It is still the remnants of the bloody battle ten years ago, the seed troops that were trained.

Definitely not bad in terms of combat effectiveness.

It is said that it also refers to the training method of the infantry in the Silver Plate Kingdom, and its combat effectiveness is extremely strong, with a 4-meter spear, forming a spear phalanx, even ordinary knights dare not approach easily.

Not to mention the frontal charge of the spear phalanx, there will definitely be heavy casualties.

It's approaching evening.

Kant finally reached the vicinity of Avilésburg.

On the flat field ahead, at the top of a slightly raised hill, a majestic castle is being built, with towers and towers stacked on top of each other, plus thick walls, perfect for defense.

The dim yellow light of the setting sun sprinkled on the castle brought by the visual impact was not inferior to Kant's castle.

The only viscount of the East County Territory.

It is also the only castle.

Viscount Gibran of Avilésburg.

Kant tapped his horse's belly and continued to lead the group, and just below the castle, there was curling green smoke rising from the villages of the peasants who depended on the castle for their survival.

The castle also needed the peasants to supply them with daily supplies.

Not to mention that it can be called up in wartime.

It is also common to form an armed militia with shabby equipment or to recruit peasants to serve as cannon fodder to temporarily resist the enemy's attack, relieve the pressure on the main force, and adjust tactical arrangements as soon as possible to make up for the shortcomings.

Now Kant is going to the village, not to fight, but to rest.

Overnight or temporary camping.

They are mercenaries, and by the way, find out if the castle is willing to hire them.

Of course, the price will definitely be high, and even if Avilésburg is willing to hire it, it is impossible to negotiate a cooperation in the end.

Kant came here just to observe this castle, and it would be better to meet Viscount Gibran, and his real purpose was to go to the core of the East County Territory, that is, the East County City.

A city on the north bank of the Rythniston River, one of the only two cities in the Duchy of Lions.

It is also the only city in the East Commandery.

It is also a commercial city, a port city, and many merchants of the Resneston River came to the first stop of the Lion Duchy, which used to be the East County City, but after the Countess of Agatha blocked the contact with the outside world, more commercial economy poured into the Lionheart City of the Southern County Territory, which helped the royal family's taxes increase several times.

In fact, there is a reason for this, Kant understands that the river bandits of the Resniston River are arrogantly tight in the section of the river where the eastern county town is located, after all, the south bank is the Nar Fort that has been reduced to the area of the Silver Plate Kingdom.

The existence of the river bandits is also the reason why there is the indulgence of the Silver Plate Kingdom and the attack on the Lion Principality.

Kant also had some contact with the river bandits.

The old ministry of Princess Sophia, once left outside, is another chess piece.

He came to the East County Territory to see what changes had happened to this closed territory, and the purpose was also to get close to the Borg in the East County City, use this former chess piece, and complete the strategic deployment.

The Northern Commandery has basically been infiltrated by Kant.

Next up is the East County Collar.

controlled the land of the two counties, and the final southern county leader could not escape the infiltration of Kant in the end.

As long as the strength of the troops is enough in the end, and the large and small nobles who infiltrate it, in the end, the lion principality will be slowly eaten away like a boiled frog in warm water, and it will become Kant's territory.

What's more, there is also the ancient passage that connects the Resniston River under the East County Territory.

I don't know where it leads to the Rythniston River.

But absolutely, very important.