Chapter 335： Fall War Plan

"Except for Batman, all five of you are here, so don't wait for that guy, let's discuss the matter of this autumn expedition first, and we can set off as soon as he arrives!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The earls naturally had no opinion.

"Well, this year's autumn expedition, I am going to go deeper than in previous years!" The king said directly.

"More in-depth?" The earls were taken aback when they heard the words.

"Yes! Going deeper, our autumn expedition last year only lasted for a month at most, and the attack distance did not exceed two counties!"

"But this year, I plan to go straight in, not only to capture two counties, but also to attack the castle of the Marquis of Lissen. Similarly, the fighting time has been increased to at least two months!" The king said in a deep voice, his eyes on the noble faces below. Swipe it one by one to see everyone's reaction.

And after receiving confirmation from King Culver again, the earls below couldn't help but be surprised.

Several earls looked at each other, and finally, Bernard asked, "Your Majesty, but in previous years, it was the two large cities of earls that prevented us from going deeper!"

"Because we can't break through the two count cities, we need to send troops to besiege and guard against it, and only the remaining manpower can go further!"

"But as a result, the remaining manpower may not be able to reach the Marquis Castle of Lisen, right?"

On this continent, the Northern Principality and the Onyx Principality are the most powerful and the two largest in terms of land area.

However, although the two countries have similar national strengths, the attackers in previous years were the Agate Principalities.

The reason for this is that when the empire invaded the barbarian territory, all the elites of the empire were sent to the south for territorial development.

But who would have thought that when the plan to develop this territory was more than half completed, the king of the empire did not know what happened, causing the huge empire to suddenly fall apart.

After the collapse of the empire, because of the incompatibility of ideas and the fact that most of these nobles in the Southern Agate Principality are newly promoted nobles who have just been promoted by merit, the old-fashioned families in the Northern Principality still want to rely on the old and sell the old, and want to take back most of the interests of these emerging nobles.

Therefore, in the end, these emerging nobles in the south simply established their own kingdoms, and under the banner of tracing the cause of the death of the imperial king, they attacked the old nobles in the north.

Although the old nobles in the north have extraordinary backgrounds, after all, they have been pampered for a long time, and they are not as good as the new aristocrats in the south when they fight.

Coupled with the existence of the Fire Dragon Fortress, the two sides have formed a state of confrontation for more than a hundred years.

For more than a hundred years, the two sides have been in constant war, and they both want to annex and deal with them, and then unify the continent.

Especially the Agate Principality, although the Agate Principality has a lot of land, but because of the mountains and forests, the food production has not been high.

In the north, the terrain is flat, with vast plains, and there are prairie grasslands in the north, which is not only more suitable for farming, but also rich in war horses, which makes the nobles of the Agate Principality very envious.

Of course, the Onyx Principality is actually not without its advantages, and I don't know if it is because of the mountains. The frequency of the yellow elves in the Onyx Principality is much higher than that in the Northern Principality, so the Onyx Principality is very rich in mineral resources.

This is actually the reason why the Northern Principality has been passively defending, because the Onyx Principality has strong armor and sharp artillery, and it has more advantages on the battlefield.

But after all, the current national strength of the two sides is similar. Although the Agate Principality attacked in previous years, it did not go too deep.

Almost all of them attacked the city on the two neighboring counties, robbing the food and other wealth that had just been harvested.

Because the castles of the small nobles are easy to break, but the big cities of the counts with hundreds of thousands of people are not easy.

In previous years, the practice of the Onyx Principality was to besiege the big city of the Earl of the Northern Principality, so that they would not dare to move.

The rest of the soldiers and horses continued to go deeper and attacked those small noble territories.

In this way, they naturally can't divide their troops too many times, otherwise the rear will be unstable at that time.

And what the king said just now is more in-depth, which means that they either go with more troops, or find a way to attack the big city of counts along the road, so as to avoid worries.

Now the situation is obviously the second.

Because Bernard and the others did not receive an order from the king to let them bring more troops and horses.

"Bernard, don't worry, just listen to me first!" King Culver waved his hand while sitting on the Iron Throne, and then continued: "The reason why I made this decision is because I received reliable news. , Because of the unusually cold weather in the northern grasslands last year, the snowstorms continued for several months, which not only caused the death of a large number of war horses, cattle and sheep in the northern principality, but also caused the failure of the wheat fields in many noble territories!"

"In this way, the rear of the Northern Principality is not stable this year, and it can be said that it is the weakest year of national strength!"

"And without a large number of war horses, the cavalry army directly under the king of the Northern Principality cannot support the major counties as quickly as in previous years!"

"According to the news from the spy, the king of the Northern Principality has sent secret letters to his vassals this year to inform them that they may not be able to support them immediately, and let them act cautiously. If you live, you can temporarily abandon the territory and go to the rear to join forces to defend!"

"So, this year is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our Onyx Principality. If there is a chance, I will re-open two counties instead of returning after looting like in previous years!"

"Your Majesty, is your news reliable?"

When the counts heard the words behind, their faces couldn't help but show excitement.

In previous years, the greatest threat to them in the autumn expedition was the cavalry regiment directly under the Northern Principality, except for a few count cities.

Although the number of extraordinary knights directly under the cavalry regiment is not much more than that of the Onyx Principality, because the Northern Principality has enough warhorses, the scale of the ordinary cavalry is completely overwhelmed by the Onyx Principality.

Therefore, because of its existence, the nobles of Qiuzheng Agate Principality have a very big constraint, and they cannot concentrate on attacking the big city of the earl.

But now if the news of King Culver is true, then they will have no constraints this year, and it is possible to conquer one or two big counties, and then occupy the big city, maybe they can really open up a large territory!

"The information is reliable. This time the spies have been lurking for more than ten years. This is the first time they have been activated. After learning about the secret letter passed by the spies, I sent people to investigate the various territories of the Northern Principality."

"The last news I got is that the loss of war horses, cattle and sheep in the Northern Principality last year, as well as the lack of food harvest in some territories, these things are true."

"And, in addition, half a month ago, I also received news that the two count families of Barnby and Brock have begun to secretly transport the castle's wealth to the Marquis of Lesson Castle further back!"

The title of the book has been changed to Lords of War: Rise from the Land of Doom, don't forget it.