Chapter 302

Chapter 302.

Giles sat worriedly in the conference room, with a knight standing in front of him.

Putting down the letter paper in his hand, the Duke’s son stood up and paced back and forth in the room.

“Has father made up his mind?”

“Yes, Viscount, the Duke’s son has made up his mind – to contract his forces and fight Greiman to the death.”

Giles shook his head, “But we’ve managed to regain the lost ground in the west with great difficulty, and once we withdraw the enemy will come back again.”

“Viscount, the Lord Duke asked me to tell you that as long as we can defeat Gleiman, the other lords are nothing more than clowns.”

Seeing that Giles was still hesitant, the knight advised, “There are reliable sources that indicate that Gleiman is on a recruiting spree to raise more troops, and his fleet is unimpeded on the River Wise, so he can easily transport his troops and supplies upstream, and his army has already captured the territory of the Andrew family as a base for advancement, and the town of Fishtail is a good harbor, and our scouts say that there are There are cargo ships coming in and out every day, the Aldar are clearly planning something, their next target is likely to be Sente, do you want to watch your father fall into isolation?”

Giles clenched his fists, “No, never. But, I want to take my troops north first to solve the plight of Byronburg first.”

“Lord Viscount, do you want to field battle with the Arda army out there when you go? It’s much closer to Graiman’s lair, and it’s easier for them to get reinforcements and supplies. Or to help Sir Valentine defend the city? Wouldn’t that be a waste of the forces at your disposal? The troops and supplies in Byron Castle can still hold out for a while now. And the news Sir Valentine has sent back indicates that the Aldar don’t want to force an attack.”

“Based on the Duke’s Lord Manda’s troops and supplies, we are able to gain a greater home-field advantage, whereas the Aldar have traveled a long way to get here.”

“What about the other lords? Can they provide more soldiers?”

“Uh …… if Lord Duke can take care of army feeding for them ……”

“These assholes!”

“It’s been dragging on for too long, and many of the lords are starting to complain, which is why Lord Duke is desperate to end the war.”

“Alright, you go back and tell father right away, I will lead my troops back east within a week, but I have to deploy the defense of Bidor Castle first …… Alas, hold it for as long as I can.”

The knight bowed to Giles, “Viscount, I will go back and tell His Excellency the Duke at once.”

He headed outside, and when he reached the door, he suddenly remembered something and turned to Giles, “Please be sure to keep your faith, I forgot to tell you that the Lord Duke has received assurances [from over there] that they will provide us with strong support.”

“Yes?”

Giles’ face was delighted, he knew what the [over there] the knight was talking about, that mysterious mage organization. Ever since Maltz Kent had told Giles about the secret plan he had been planning for a long time, he had more than once heard his father talk about the power of the mages in a longing tone, and what had happened to the last Duke Ferdinand had caused Giles himself to be deeply impressed by the mysterious power of the legend.

Soon, a requisition was issued, and in his own father’s name, Giles asked the lords of the eastern part of Biddle Castle to do their best to provide military funds, men, or supplies to support the upcoming decisive battle. In order to prevent the lords from cheating, he also set a minimum standard for all of them based on the size of their territories.

The small and large lords complained a lot, after they returned to their own territories with Giles’ army, they had to contribute money and men before their asses were warmed up, but the allied forces had plundered their territories long ago during their retreat to the west.

However, in view of the victory of Giles in Biddle Castle some days ago, they still dare not defy the authority of the Duke, but can only do as Giles said.

On August 3rd, Giles set out to return to Sente, having already had 2,000 troops return to the east first, and he personally led the last 3,000 men to set out.

He left 2,000 men at Bidor Castle, and with the support of the lords in the rear, he believed that he should be able to hold out for a long time.

“Be careful if there are any other secret passages.”

Giles carefully instructed the commander who stayed behind.

“Don’t worry my lord, we dug several circles of trenches around the castle, and I will follow up by bringing in living water from the nearby river, so he won’t be able to get in from underground.” “Well, that’s fine.”

With a flick of his horse whip, Giles hurried toward the front of the marching party that had already moved on.

……

The Duke’s faction was massively concentrating their own army, and Alda was pressing on with her plans.

Paul hosted Viscount Henry, brother of the former Duke Ferdinand, in early August. Perhaps to the uninformed, it appeared that the main force of the allied armies was still the troops under the Earl of Parker and the Earl of Malcolm, and that the area around Biddle Castle, where both sides were attacking and defending, was the main battleground, with the Gladmans’ armies serving only as a diversion and flanking attack.

But Viscount Henry who is inside the allied camp knows very well the position of Gleiman in this war, the first Battle of Biddle Castle is needless to say, nowadays most of the iron used by the allied army to make weapons and defense equipment comes from Alda, and the firearms assisted by the Gleiman also played an important role in the second Battle of Biddle Castle.

Of course, the most important thing for Henry himself and the entire Ferdinand family was the fact that the operations of the Arda army on the upper reaches of the river Wiese directly threatened the dukedom of Manda, which had been occupied by Maltz.

With the other lords in the coalition blocked by Fort Biddulph, and an eastward fight back to Mandar out of reach, it was the Aldar army that seemed most likely to storm Mandar – if they continued to be victorious.

This would be critical for Henry, who was keen to regain his dukedom and control of the Ferdinand family.

There was no doubt that Alda had become one of the strongest leaders in the Northwest Gulf. Henry Ferdinand visited the town of Lakewood to side-step the next steps of Alda’s army.

“We do want to attack Manda and take Centurion if possible.”

Paul didn’t give him a clear answer, if the man in front of him had a bad mouth and leaked out his plans, wouldn’t the troops on the front line have to face even more pressure. Of course, he did not know at this time that Maltz was assembling superior forces in Manda to deal with the approaching Arda army.

“At the risk of asking, is peace talks with Maltz within your options?”

“He and I are sworn enemies.”

A stone fell from Henry’s heart.

Cautiously organizing his vocabulary, he asked cautiously, “Lord Count, if you occupy Manda, what will you do with …… I mean, it is …… there that the Ferdinand family’s territory has been handed down from generation to generation, and as for the the dukedom, I don’t know what you ……”

Henry looked at Paul hopefully, with a few hints of worry in his gaze. Originally, according to the law of succession, after defeating the usurper, he inherited the title is a logical thing, but the world is still the big fist says it in the end, Henry is now empty of the name of the brother of a former duke, with no soldiers and no generals around him, and lately, he has heard some bad winds.

Paul glanced at Henry playfully, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, when he learned the news that Henry was coming to visit him, he and a group of bureaucrats discussed the purpose of the Viscount’s trip, and it looked like it was not far from what he had guessed at the time.

Henry looked at Paul and said with determination, “Lord Earl, I’ll be blunt, if you can support me to become the Duke, I will give you a huge bargain in the division of benefits after the war.”

If Sente was really captured by Arda’s army, then Paul Greiman would be the one who spoke with the most weight in the allied army.

Paul was noncommittal and instead said slowly, “Speaking of which, quite a few members of the Ferdinand family have stayed in Manda to defect to the troglodytes.”

“Ah ……,” Viscount Henry tensed up.

“Many in the family were coerced, uh …… but it’s true that some of the scum need to be punished.”

“Haha, there’s no rush, Mr. Viscount, we can spend a few days slowly talking about how to cooperate, and you think about what scum need to be punished.”

(End of chapter)