Elderfried has been relieved of his position as Lion Knight Order Knight Commander and is now just an ordinary Lion Knight; Leofwan has also lost his position as Royal City Guard.
Brennus will not use Lion Knight and Royal City Guard to fight sieges. This is an army directly under the king... He dismissed the two barons from their posts, leaving these two guys to earn performance again with their own levies.
However, after Duke Brennus forced them to attack the city and announced that they would be relieved of their duties, they never mentioned anything else, not even a reprimand, as if nothing happened...
However, Elderfried and Leofwan both have good minds, and they know that this actually means that Duke Brennus is giving them a chance - their old leader did what they should do in accordance with the king's wishes, but he also gave them a chance to stand up again.
So these two people worked extremely hard when attacking the city, and it looked like they had a deep hatred for Kaidelen.
They also knew that after crippling their own troops, they would no longer be able to pose any threat to the king. Then the king would definitely let them go, and at least their territory and lives would be saved.
They are all nobles who understand the rules of the game.
Brennus indeed did not make things difficult for them anymore, and after taking control of Lion Lake City, he gave them another opportunity - to let them take their remaining soldiers to get all Lion Lake City's property, including Kaidelen's property...
Of course, the Duke must make sure that his hands are clean. Private plundering of property must of course be done by people who are not clean to begin with...
Then Brennus led a team of Lion Knight into the Lord's Hall.
Kaidelen saw Brennus coming in, and planned to do an extreme self-rescue at this time...
"Master Brennus, my brother-in-law, we are all vassals of the kingdom! I even left my territory to take back Lion Lake City for the kingdom! And I have raised my flag to surrender, why do you insist on attacking..."
Kaidelen does look like a loyal minister now, although his hands are a little shaky.
"Come on Kaidelen, Madam Ursula has sold you, no one can save you..."
Brennus found a chair and sat down. He looked very kind, but he was holding a sword in his hand.
"My cooperation with Ursula is just a temporary measure, just to allow the traitor Forster to resist the army of Raven Territory... I can do my best to repel the Raven Crows to prove my loyalty!"
Kaidelen tried his best to explain, intending to describe himself as an undercover agent who sacrificed his territory to save the country.
But Brennus shook his head gently and smiled, "Kaidelen, these are actually not important. I only want to ask you a question... You have slept with Madam Ursula, right?"
Duke Brennus obviously knows his brother-in-law very well...
Kaidelen was stunned. After a few seconds, a stiff smile appeared on his face, "Ha... haha... yes, I have slept with her... slept with her many times... I understand..."
"I knew... His Majesty is now engaged to Madam Ursula - of course, this is only part of the agreement, and the engagement will only count after the agreement is reached. But even so, His Majesty cannot tolerate you..."
Brennus said and waved his hand, "You should be glad that I am here, Kaidelen. I will give you the honor of dying in battle with honor... I guarantee that nothing will happen to your family..."
Several Lion Knight walked over and left the Lord's Hall with Kaidelen.
The direction Kaidelen was taken is Eagle Claw Fortress.
Brennus's legion did not stay too long at Lion Lake City, he still had to fight off the Ravens.
However, he took away all the valuable gold and silver in Lion Lake City's warehouse and asked his own private army to bring it back to his territory Cliff Bay.
Cliff Bay is not so rich for no reason...
In order to increase the harvest, the two barons Elderfried and Leofwan also led the remaining soldiers to plunder the civilians of Lion Lake City - but these two barons also put all the proceeds from the robbery into the carriages of Duke Brennus returning to Cliff Bay.
Anyway, when the army enters the city, there will always be some scum with bad military discipline. Anyway, these scum are not under Duke Brennus...
The troops Brennus brought to Eagle Claw Fortress were the remnants of Lion Knight Order, Royal City Guard, and Kaidelen...
Kaidelen was not abused in any way, no one even stared at him.
He led his troops at the front, and there were about four hundred people beside him, including levies, rogue knights and underworld.
Kaidelen is no longer trembling, and if nothing else happens, in three hours, he will launch an assault on the enemy in the most heroic way...
People will always be afraid of the unknown future, but when they know what will happen in the future, many people will no longer be afraid.
Kaidelen is not so scared now, even if he is about to die as cannon fodder.
Because this is the only way to save his family.
He is just silently missing his son Lord Montvor.
Kaidelen knew that he was bound to die. He was trembling before because he was afraid that he would die in the name of rebellion, and his whole family would be destroyed.
However, Brennus gave him an opportunity to die gloriously as a vassal of the kingdom - leaving his life behind to fight the enemy to the death. This behavior is enough to prove that his actions of capturing Lion Lake City, taking back Forster, and contacting Ursula were all 'expedient measures'.
His only mistake was to put Ursula to sleep.
In this way, he is still a vassal of the kingdom. As Duke Brennus testifies, no one will say that a person who heroically kills the enemy and dies on the battlefield is a traitor.
Then his son can inherit his status, his family will not be affected, and he may even receive praise from the kingdom...
After all, Brennus is Kaidelen's cousin-in-law, so he really gave him face.
However, when they arrived near Eagle Claw Fortress three hours later, what they saw was a scene that was difficult for them to understand...
The troops of the Raven Kingdom are arrayed to the north of Eagle Claw Fortress;
Gatu cavalry, which is slightly larger than Raven Kingdom's army, is to the east of Eagle Claw Fortress;
And the flag of Forster is flying on the Eagle Claw Fortress city.
The three parties formed a strange tripod.
Seeing this scene, Brennus naturally did not dare to act rashly, and he also stopped to form an array to the west of Eagle Claw Fortress.
So the battle situation here became that the four camps were arrayed in the shape of the word "pin", with Eagle Claw Fortress in the middle of the word "pin".
Now Eagle Claw Fortress really looks like an eagle's claw...
In fact, the Lord Lord is also near Eagle Claw Fortress at the moment, probably forming the little finger of the eagle's claw...
However, the four forces probably don't know that he is here, because he and his team are now hiding in the woods several miles away.
These Gatu people were naturally led by Li Ang.
No matter what Zakar's plan was, he drove Zhuda's tribe to the south or west of the grassland anyway - this was not a good thing for Li Ang or even Lionheart Kingdom as a whole.
It seems that Zhuda's tribe has no choice but to be driven away, but they are a group of hungrier wolves, and the lord will certainly not sympathize with them...
On the contrary, he planned to kill them.
Why were Zhuda's tribe expelled by Zakar to the southwest of Gatu Grasslands?
This is of course because their behavioral logic is different from that of Zakar - compared to Zakar, Zhuda's tribe is more pure destroyers and plunderers. They have never thought of establishing any order. Zhuda's name is just "destroyer".
Maybe Zhuda's tribe really doesn't want to fight Lionheart Kingdom now, but if they are allowed to settle on the grassland between Eagle Claw Fortress and Fletcher Village, it will be a disaster for everyone in the entire kingdom - they will only be able to plunder Lionheart Kingdom in the future, and the frequency and intensity of plundering will definitely be far greater than before!
If the Zhuda tribe that was expelled to the south is not killed now, Fletcher Village of Li Ang may not be able to live in the future, and the entire eastern and northern parts of the kingdom will probably have to face constant wars for a long time.
Therefore, Li Ang plans to take advantage of the troops of the Raven Kingdom and Eagle Claw Fortress to kill Zhuda's tribe with the help of the Raven Crow and Forster troops.
After all, they are all enemies. Let the enemy deal with the enemy. This is the most cost-effective deal.
This can not only relieve the crisis in the kingdom, but also make the Noldo Elvess willing to be dispatched by him, and can also gain more benefits through this - Li Ang is a rebel, and he has the right to occupy the rebel territory that he conquered alone!
The information provided by the prisoners brought by Dumbledore is very important. Zhuda's tribe was expelled here. They are waiting for the war in the west to end and do not want to fight a big war easily.
In other words, they actually brought a lot of household items, cattle and sheep with them.
This kind of situation with a family and property is really not suitable for fighting a large-scale war, even though Gatu people seems to have a large number of people and a huge military force.
Therefore, Gatu people will not easily attack troops that have reached a certain size, let alone attack the enemy at this time - Gatu people is not rich to begin with, and they will definitely not leave their property alone. They will not launch an attack before they have determined a safe place to stay.
This means that the lord can arrange his troops calmly without worrying that Gatu people will suddenly attack Fletcher or Brave Shield Fortress.
For example, let several cavalry teams of more than 200 people each go to the outside of the Gatu people camp group to set fire and plunder.
Yes, just like Gatu people did to people from other countries...
The grassland in August is lush with lush vegetation, which is the most suitable season for setting fires.
This fire was lit smoothly, because it was not intended to kill the enemy, but to burn part of the grassland and drive these Gatu people westward.
Gatu people must protect their camps, cattle and sheep. The defenders have no right to choose whether to fight or not. They have to fight if they don't want to!
There is such an advantage if the troops in hand are elite enough. Even if they are divided into several teams to fight independently, they will still have sufficient combat effectiveness and execution efficiency.
In addition, both Nordo and Ranger Corps, including Griffin Sword Mercenary Group, are all cavalry, and they also have reliable enough leaders.
Moreover, Li Ang also contacted Brave Shield Fortress to participate in this large-scale arson operation.
When Baron Leofric received the plan from the lord, he looked at the letter Li Ang sent him, with exclamation marks all over his face.
"He actually asks me to set fire every time... It seems like he has a lot of experience in doing this kind of thing... Robbery Gatu people? It's really new..."
But after all, he still quickly organized a cavalry team to participate.
As a result, several cavalry teams set off separately from Fletcher and Brave Shield Fortress, heading to the outskirts of Gatu people's camp area.
These cavalry teams, each with a size of more than 200 people, went to various directions of the Gatu people camp group, including the west.
The lord himself is on the west side of Gatu people, in the female soldier unit of Griffin Sword Mercenary Group.
These Gatu people initially ignored the surrounding cavalry units, but cautiously gathered their forces in the middle of the camp to prepare for a surprise attack.
But not long after, Gatu people discovered that smoke was rising in three directions: south, north and east at the same time, and there were more and more fireworks, gradually connecting into one...
Gatu people's camps are widely spread out, which is a characteristic of nomadic people. They do not cluster their camps together, but are separated by a certain distance from each other. More than a thousand tents cover a large area.
Therefore, it is impossible to burn down their tents with a fire, and Gatu people would not think that the fire was intended to burn them to death.
But when they saw such a continuous firework, they definitely had to avoid it first - once the fire on the grassland reached a large scale, it was difficult to extinguish it manually. After all, the place where they camped was not on the river bank, but thirty miles away from the Tongtian River.
In addition, the wind on the grassland is unpredictable and can blow anywhere...
In order to avoid damage to their cattle, sheep, horses and other property, they had no choice but to run away first.
Of course, grassland is no better than a forest. The line of fire will eventually extinguish slowly and will not completely burn the grassland.
And even in burned areas, new grass will grow in spring, and it may even grow better than before.
So this fire is not a life and death threat, it is just to make Gatu people move to the west, farther away from Fletcher Village - lest Gatu people suddenly start attacking Fletcher Village after a while...
These Gatu people deployed their troops to the periphery, then dragged their camps and began to move westward.
Although they knew that the fire was set by the Lionheart Kingdom's people, from Gatu people's perspective, it was just to force them to leave - in fact, these Gatu people could also understand that they were too close to Brave Shield Fortress and Fletcher, and people were worried about their attack, so it was normal to set the fire to force them away.
With their size, they didn't think the lords of the Lionheart Kingdom would really attack them.
But after walking west for a few hours, these Gatu people discovered that those cavalry teams were not just for setting fires...
At this time, the fire line in the east has been connected and is still not extinguished, and there are always fires burning on the north and south sides of the Gatu people migration team - the cavalry on three sides have been setting fires all the way!
Not long after, huge roars were heard in the west - Amy was using the sound of muskets to send orders. They had already made Gatu people arrive at the expected position.
Subsequently, the Noldor cavalry and Ranger Corps on the flank began to harass Gatu people, not only trying to slow down the relocation of Gatu people's camp, but also wreaking havoc - such as throwing torches to drive away the sheep, cutting the ropes of the carriage, setting fire to part of the camp, and killing a few people along the way.
To the west, that is, the front of Gatu people, the Lord Lord and Amy led their troops to block the attack in front. It seemed that they wanted to prevent Gatu people from leaving the coverage of the burning line.
So, Gatu people gathered their warriors and divided the troops into centuries. Dozens of centuries began to separately drive away the surrounding cavalry, and used their horns to communicate with each other to summon support...
They want to protect their property.
Gatu people seems to have become Horn Summon Ranger Corps at this moment, and Horn Summon Ranger Corps and Noldo Elves are now happily doing the work that Gatu people used to do...
Murder, arson, robbery, plunder.
It also includes kidnapping women - actually it is not called kidnapping, but rescue, because the women locked beside the tent are all Lion Territory or Raven Territory women.
However, the long-term life of slaves has caused all the sparkle in their eyes to lose, and most of the women did not even respond when faced with the rescue of the cavalry.
But there were still many women standing by the tent holding high the belts that restrained them, and they were greeted by Noldor or Ranger Corps members who cut off the belts with their knives.
So not long after, women were running away everywhere, cattle, sheep and horses with their ropes cut off were running everywhere. Gradually, some of the tents were also set on fire.
Gatu people Now I finally understand that if these teams are not killed, all their property may be destroyed...
Moreover, Gatu people has discovered that most of the people who harassed and robbed them along the way were their biggest enemies for a long time - Noldo Elves and Horn Summon Ranger Corps.
They also saw a large number of Noldo maidens, as well as many women.
Gatu people has always been robbing these people. Unexpectedly, this time the plunderers were robbed...
So Gatu people stopped making horn calls in the manner of a centurion... Anyway, the property damage was already huge enough, so it was better to have a good fight and catch these Noldo maidens and women, maybe they could make up for the losses.
All Gatu people began to disperse, intending to use their specialty of "rushing and encirclement" to gather the enemy together and then launch a siege.
But just when Gatu people was determined to kill these cavalry teams, there was another roar of muskets, and all the cavalry teams suddenly scattered and quickly gathered in the west.
At this time, the fire line in the east is still spreading - Baron Leofric has been chasing behind and setting fires. No matter which way the wind blows, he has been ensuring that there is always a fire line burning to the east of Gatu people. This is the task given to him by Li Ang.
This is mainly to ensure that Gatu people does not turn around and attack Fletcher and Brave Shield Fortress.
And Li Ang's troops gathered in the west, which was exactly what Gatu people wanted - they wanted to gather these troubles together and annihilate them.
Thus, a pursuit that was bound to go west began, and Gatu people of the Zhuda tribe sent out most of their combat power.
Li Ang's troops fled to the west, and Gatu people pursued them all the way. Baron Leofric, who set fire from behind, collected the fleeing women, cattle and sheep along the way, and really gained a lot of benefits.
But after pursuing Eagle Claw Fortress forty or fifty miles away, Gatu people lost traces of Li Ang's troops...
This is actually the result of Raphael.
Raphael is very familiar with the terrain in this area, because he originally pretended to be Gatu people to rob in this area according to Li Ang's plan. He has been around here for a long time, and he knows where to hide.
To plunder, of course you need a hiding place...
Raphael led his team to hide in a deserted forest south of Eagle Claw Fortress. This was the place where he originally hid with the one hundred rangers.
Gatu people chased him like crazy for a whole day and night, but lost the pursuit. They were in a hurry and basically didn't bring any supplies. They were far away from the tribe at the moment, but Eagle Claw Fortress was very close - so they could only go to Eagle Claw Fortress.
As a result, Eagle Claw Fortress's battlefield situation became what it is now...