Chapter 490. Temporary newly built castle
A few days ago.
Seriaburg, located fifty miles south of Masburg, replaced the position of Masburg, which had been captured by the coalition of nobles of the Northern Commandery, and was used by the coalition of nobles of the Southern Commander as an important pass against Kant's subordinates and the coalition of nobles of the Northern Commandery.
At that time, there were 20 knights, each composed of 1,000 heavy cavalry, stationed in the newly built Fort of Selia, which was temporarily built to ensure the defense of the southern and northern counties.
The 1,000 heavy cavalry of each order consisted of 100 regular knights and 900 knightly squires.
At the same time, the five knights formed a heavy cavalry legion, led by a grand knight.
20 knights, forming four heavy cavalry legions, each heavy cavalry legion has 5,000 heavy cavalry, and the strength is terrifying.
These knights are all from the elite private army of the small and medium-sized nobles in the Nanjun Territory, and they were formed after completing the integration.
The minor nobles of the Southern County Command formed a temporary command group, which was responsible for discussing and issuing orders.
Viscount Cami has the highest title, has sent the most troops, and has provided two grand knights into the Knights, making the greatest contribution to the coalition of nobles of the Southern County, and naturally becoming the supreme commander of the temporary command group.
It is said that at the beginning, these small and medium-sized nobles in the southern county were ordered to be requisitioned by Duke Cameron, the Lion Duke, and they planned to send some old, weak, sick and disabled miscellaneous soldiers at will to deal with the situation.
Anyway, in their opinion, this time the invasion of the Northern County Lords and nobles led by Baron Kant's subordinates was just an internal struggle for royal power, and it had little to do with them.
As long as they sit on the sidelines, no matter who wins or loses in the end, Baron Kant and Archduke Cameron win, they are still nobles, and their interests will not be lost in any way, but they are just changed to the object of the oath of allegiance.
After all, they are only small and medium-sized nobles, and rashly participating in the battle for royal power can easily make the entire family fall into the war for royal power.
If they choose the wrong side, or choose the right side, but they do not survive until the final outcome of the battle for royal power appears and the dust settles, they will only gain losses, not half of the gains.
For small and medium-sized nobles like them, such a battle for royal power is certainly a great opportunity, seizing the opportunity to choose the right side and persisting to the end may make the family go further, but this time the direct competition between Baron Kant and Duke Lion is too risky, it is better to keep the current foundation and develop slowly.
At the beginning, these small and medium-sized nobles of the Southern County Territory all had this in mind.
But.
When Grand Duke Cameron, Duke of Lion, made a promise that as long as these small and medium-sized nobles sent troops to exterminate the "rebels" of the Northern County Lord's Noble Alliance, the entire Northern County Territory would be divided by them, these small and medium-sized nobles were instantly tempted.
Although the northern county is barren, the territory is very large.
In particular, the Northern Commandery is adjacent to the Narun Desert, which is separated by only a Sanwaya mountain range.
Since the discovery of salt mines in the Naren Desert by Baron Kant, the barrenness of the Northern County Territory is no longer a problem, because as long as they occupy a piece of land in the Northern County Territory, and then collect the merchant tax on the caravans, they can make a lot of money.
Didn't you see Baron Kant, since the discovery of the salt mine, it only took a year to develop a strength that was enough to compete with the lion duke Archduke Cameron?
The stakes are great!
In particular, Archduke Cameron did not ask them to deal with Baron Kant, who had already shown a terrible posture in the East County Consulate, which was also the reason why they were reluctant to participate in the battle for royal power before, because it was difficult for them to judge who was stronger between Baron Kant and Archduke Cameron.
With such conditions, the small and medium-sized nobles of the Nanjun Territory are even more willing.
Just to deal with the alliance of nobles in the northern county and share extremely rich benefits after success, these small nobles in the southern county collar reached a consensus in a short time after some contact.
Dispatch troops!
Send the elite private soldiers in the family to form a coalition to ravage and destroy the scum troops of the Northern County Lords and Nobles Alliance, who are in their eyes negative in combat effectiveness.
Previously, the Northern County Lord's noble alliance and mercenaries attacked the Jianshi Pass, but the noble alliance of the Southern County Leader watched a joke for a while.
Under the great momentum, it is full of:
Riots, infighting, and cannibalism!
In the end, surrender without a fight!
Such a coalition of nobles from the Northern Counties, what is their combat effectiveness not negative? They are not scum troops, what troops are?
Although it is said that the alliance of nobles in the North County at this time is led by Baron Kant's subordinates, and there are also some of Baron Kant's army, they know that Baron Kant's main force is led by the East County, so they do not take the thousands of troops led by Fatis at the Solid Stone Pass to heart.
Just as the nobles of the Southern County Lords gathered their armies, integrated them, and divided them into four heavy cavalry corps with a number of five thousand to prepare to conquer Masburg and beat the Northern County Lords and nobles who were stationed in Maesburg, which were weak in their eyes.
Damn Nanjun led the rebel army, a bunch of lowly serfs, and a rebellion broke out!
Taking advantage of the fact that the small and medium-sized nobles of the Southern County Territory led the elite troops to leave the territory and went north to the junction of the Southern County Territory and the Northern County Territory, and conquered the combined forces of the Northern County Commandery and nobles, these rebel armies frantically plundered their property, killed their clansmen and subordinates, coerced the civilians in their territory, destroyed their farms and even manors, and turned their homes into ruins.
All the small and medium-sized nobles in the southern county territory were red-eyed.
The rebels are stabbing them in the back and cutting off their foundations!
Resolutely unbearable!
Even if the time for the conquest of the Northern Commanders drags on for a while, we must not allow this lowly rebel army to continue to do mischief!
Let these lowly serfs, miscellaneous, pay the price!
The temporary command group composed of the small and medium-sized nobles in the southern county quickly made a discussion, and finally Viscount Cami made the decision and issued an order to send troops.
In the midst of Seriaburg, a regiment of heavy cavalry was dispatched, intending to crush the gang of rebels in the southern county as fast as possible!
The nobles of the Southern County Leader in Seria Fort continued to integrate and train the remaining three heavy cavalry legions, while waiting for the triumph of the heavy cavalry corps that went south to destroy the Southern County Leader rebel army.
Two days later, however, came bad news.
When the news of the annihilation of the heavy cavalry corps came, the nobles of the Southern County Lords in the entire Seria Fort were greatly surprised, and they couldn't believe this fact at all.