In fact, the current situation is probably really caused by Eric's luck.
After Eric, under the banner of marshal Li Ang, led a mighty team to the vicinity of Seven Forks Fortress, everyone had a little misunderstanding - because this huge caravan seemed to be the 'group army of the Lionheart Kingdom'...
After all, the flags of all the great lords appeared in that huge team - Li Ang, Godric, Leofric, Forster, Granlon, and the Royal Knight Fleur-de-lis flag...
Royal Fleur-de-lis is the flag of Amy - it is exactly the same as the flag of Royal City Guard. Amy's brother, Lord Andrew, also used this flag when he served as the commander of the royal guards.
This is mainly because most merchants will find a backer, especially when participating in such large-scale long-distance trade activities, it will be safer to carry the banner of the great lord - there was a caravan that did not fly the banner of the great lord, but was robbed by Snake Worship Cult.
So all the merchants are well prepared this time. The merchants who come from Ermined will naturally seek refuge with Forster, those who come from Payne Village will bear the banner of Granlon, and those who come from White Deer Fortress will also ask Amy to help give them a sense of security...
In addition, Long River Express's carriage has three big flags on it, and the small lords along the way will also join this 'group army'...
So the team led by Eric, from a distance, looked exactly like the overwhelming army of the Lionheart Kingdom, and it seemed to be led by the king himself - after all, the flag of Royal City Guard was also inside.
Of course, you can definitely see it if you look closely, but facing a large-scale army with more than a thousand carriages alone, except for the lord of the Lionheart Kingdom, which desperate scout would dare to approach for investigation?
At the same time, after the caravan stopped near Seven Forks Fortress, it did not attack Seven Forks Fortress. Instead, it continued to gather other Lion Territory lords who came to gather, and gradually began to move closer to the bridgehead in the south.
This does not seem to be about recovering Seven Forks Fortress, but it looks like it is about to attack Sava Fortress...
This is a caravan, and of course it will not attack the fortress... And Eric has been following Li Ang's instructions to ask other Lionheart Kingdom lords to come and gather to facilitate the merchants to do business.
But during the gathering process, Eric was somewhat unable to control the noisy businessmen...
Most of the goods brought by the merchants were northern specialties that could not be sold in the army. They originally wanted to sell them in the south.
But the merchants don't know any strategies and tactics. They only know that Lionheart Kingdom lord troops have been joining this huge team along the way. The number is unknown, but it seems to be boundless...
In the eyes of the businessmen, the group army is probably already very strong, and it is estimated that it will march towards Sava Fortress at any time.
Therefore, the merchants all planned to move closer to the south first, so as to take advantage of the opportunity, so as not to be crowded behind and unable to keep up when the army officially went out for battle.
In fact, those who have come to join us are all small lords, and their combined real military strength is less than a thousand, but the merchants don't know...
As a result, various caravans rushed to the south, which caused the 'big army' to keep moving slowly south. Those Lion Territory little lords who had just joined Shuai's banner did not understand the situation very well. Seeing that most of the people were moving, they naturally followed suit.
Although Eric holds a marshal's scepter, the scepter is only useful to the lord of Lion Territory, and has no effect on merchants. After all, he is not Li Ang. In the eyes of merchants, he does not have as high prestige and influence as a lord, so Eric really cannot drag back the merchants who have made any changes...
Therefore, the caravan and group army that originally planned to gather east of Seven Forks Fortress gradually moved to the side of the Sava River, and were about to join Ryman's troops who were holding on to the bridgehead.
The reason why Ryman has been holding fast at the bridge head is mainly because Titus has been preparing to attack on the other side of the bridge - Titus wants to lure Lionheart Kingdom and Duchy of Dexia to fight together, so of course he has to drag Ryman's troops at the bridge head.
Now that Seven Forks Fortress has been captured, Ryman knows that if he leaves the bridge defense area, it means that Lion City may be driven straight in by the Bacchus Empire, and Titus seems to want to do just that, so Ryman naturally can only guard the bridge and dare not leave.
But Lion Territory's army appeared on the other side of the river. General Titus, who was originally dragging Ryman at the bridge on the other side of the Sava River, was frightened - he really wanted the battle between the three countries to continue, but he didn't expect Lionheart Kingdom to make such a big move and dispatch such a large army so quickly...
Moreover, Lionheart Kingdom's army didn't care about Seven Forks Fortress at all. Instead, it seemed that the entire army was dispatched to find trouble for Sava Fortress?
In this situation, there is no point talking about watching the fire from the side or taking chestnuts from the fire... Shouldn't you run away quickly?
So Titus quickly withdrew to Fort Lela, running very fast - Agason left Fort Lela with almost no one behind. Fort Lela was an empty city, which was perfect for Titus to be stationed there.
As for the withdrawal of Titus, Sir Rayman naturally felt that a great opportunity had appeared. Because Sava Fortress was empty, why not seize the opportunity and win it quickly?
Ryman became famous all over the world at a young age. Furious Lion Knight naturally has a proud and arrogant character. Seven Forks Fortress was lost from his hands, so he wanted to make up for his mistakes.
He has been defending Seven Forks Fortress for more than a year. He knows very well that as long as there are 1,800 defenders in Seven Forks Fortress, it will be difficult to defeat them. Therefore, he also understands that the "kingdom's group army" will not attack easily.
And now, if we take advantage of the emptiness of Sava Fortress to quickly conquer it, and then exchange Sava Fortress for Seven Forks Fortress, wouldn't this be equivalent to making up for the sin of throwing away Seven Forks Fortress?
In addition, there was the 'kingdom's army' behind it, and the current marshal was Li Ang - based on Ryman's understanding of Li Ang, he felt that Li Ang would think the same, so he asked the 'group army' to move closer to the river.
So Ryman did not say hello to the group army, but directly abandoned the bridgehead, dispatched the entire army, and quickly attacked Sava Fortress - he wanted to take the credit.
To defeat Sava Fortress alone before the arrival of the group army would be considered as making up for one's mistakes for Ryman.
There is actually nothing wrong with this idea, and Ryman implemented it pretty well. He did capture Sava Fortress at one point...
But he only occupied a day and a half.
Because Titus took away all the manpower and supplies when evacuating, and also destroyed Sava Fortress's city gates and suspension bridges, and all city defense facilities were destroyed - destroying city defenses during active evacuation is a routine operation.
Sava Fortress's city gate couldn't be closed at all, and there was no one to defend it. Of course Ryman succeeded easily.
However, as soon as Ryman entered Sava Fortress, Duchy of Dexia's large army rushed over - Dexian people also saw Sava Fortress's city gates wide open, so naturally they wanted to fight...
Because they had been in the south before and due to their location, Dexian people did not immediately notice the 'group army' across the river. They thought it was because their own army came over and scared Titus away.
Like Ryman, the lords of Duchy of Dexia naturally had to take credit when faced with this situation, and they all rushed very quickly.
And a lone army of Ryman had just entered Sava Fortress. With the city gate open and no time to block it, it was of course unable to defend against the Dexia army. It only lasted for a day and a half before it was forced to evacuate, resulting in heavy casualties. Ryman himself was almost hacked to death inside.
But Dexian people actually didn't feel comfortable either. Ryman's team had a very strong fighting capacity. Dexian people's troops had more casualties than Ryman's - Ryman always thought that the "group army" would come for reinforcements and fought extremely tenaciously.
But it wasn't until Ryman withdrew to the marshal's banner with all his injuries ready to curse, that he discovered that the so-called group army was actually just a large group of noisy businessmen...
In order to restrain the merchants from making any changes, Eric was almost going crazy. The only thousand troops from various small lords were used by Eric, and it was not easy to calm the merchants.
Of course, it is impossible to come for reinforcements in this state. There are no negative incidents such as crowds and troubles, which can be regarded as Eric's good ability.
So Ryman could only cry without tears and scold himself for being too impulsive. He really shouldn't take any credit...
After learning about the current situation, both Eric and Ryman were a little worried - Dexian people's army was just across the river. If Dexian people discovered that this was a huge caravan, it would be an extra luxurious meal for Dexian people. If they ate this meal, they might be able to last for several years...
So Ryman and Eric worked together, coaxed and deceived and finally brought the caravan back to the east of Seven Forks Fortress, intending to hide further east and away from the danger zone...
After capturing Sava Fortress, Dexian people found that this place was extremely poor and there was basically no harvest - before Sava Fortress was stripped of its territory by Brennus, there was not much left, and General Titus took the initiative to evacuate, so of course he would take away everything he could.
A large-scale army was sent out, with nearly a thousand casualties, but only an empty city was obtained. Even the surrounding villages and towns had nothing. Most Dexia lords felt that this battle was too costly...
The leader of Dexia, Bahad Khan Kadan, felt that it was such a loss...
Bahad Khan Kadan is the ruler of Duchy of Dexia. If Kingdom of Pendor ruled, he should be called the Duke of Kadan.
In fact, 'Bahad Khan' is not Kadan's first name or surname, he is called Kadan, and his tribe is also called the Kadan tribe. 'Bahad Khan' is actually a title, which is roughly equivalent to 'King Khan designated by the gods'.
Dexia is now an independent country. The title of duke in the Kingdom of Pendor era has not been used for many years. In fact, Dexian people does not consider itself a principality - they are no longer attached to any kingdom.
It is called a principality only because Dexia was once a vassal of Kingdom of Pendor. Hundreds of years ago, the ruler of Dexia was made a duke by King Pande. Historical reasons made other countries call Dexia a principality.
After Kadan was elected as the current leader by all Dexia tribes, he reused the title 'Bahad Khan', which represents the god.
Of course, this does not refer to the god itself. The god of Dexian people is called 'Wata', and his image is a black stallion. This is the common belief of all herdsmen living on Savannir Desert. No one dares to claim to be the god himself.
The title Bahad Khan, in Dexia, a theocratic country, represents the common head of all aspects of politics, military, justice, religion, etc., which also refers to the 'messenger of God Vata in the world'.
This is different from the meaning represented by 'Khan'.
There are many people in Desha who are qualified to be called Khan. In fact, all Desha lords are Khans - they are an alliance composed of multiple tribes, and the leader of each tribe is called Khan. The title "Khan" only refers to the tribal leader.
'Bahad Khan Kadan' actually means that he is the leader of all Khans appointed by the gods, named Kadan.
As for the Kadan tribe, its core sphere of influence is in the capital 'Toba', the most central capital in Dexia - that place is actually quite far from Sava Fortress, having to pass through most of Savannir Desert.
In other words, Kadan's cost of sending troops this time is actually quite high.
But he didn't get any benefits from Sava Fortress, he only got an empty city, and Kadan didn't want to occupy Sava Fortress for a long time-whoever occupied Sava Fortress would face two countries at the same time...
Kadan is a smart man, and he will naturally not waste his strength by guarding a useless territory.
So he planned to find a more prosperous place to rob again to make up for the losses of sending troops, and planned to leave after making a fortune.
This is also the consistent combat thinking of Dexian people - although they have never admitted that they have any relationship with Gatu people, their behavioral logic is indeed very similar to that of Gatu people, and they are basically plunderers. However, Dexia has transformed into a semi-nomadic and semi-settled state more than a hundred years ago, and is now considered a country with a complete political system.
The closest distances between the north and south of Sava Fortress are the military fortresses of the two countries - the north is Seven Forks Fortress occupied by Agason, and the south is Fort Lela occupied by the Bacchus Empire.
The large-scale bastion like Seven Forks Fortress is difficult to fight at first glance, and there is still no gain in fighting it. Anyway, Agason doesn't look like it will come out, so it can be completely bypassed.
And Fort Lela is not easy to fight, and there will be no gains either...
In addition, Dexian people discovered the marshal's flag of the Lionheart Kingdom and a large-scale "group army" dozens of miles east of Seven Forks Fortress. It seemed that King Ulrich's troops were also inside - Fleur-de-lis was flying a lot of flags.
And this army group is slowly moving to the east at this time. It seems that it is going to enter Bacchus Empire from the east?
--In fact, at this time Eric, with the help of Ryman, is leading the caravan away from the danger zone...
And Count Li Ang just occupied Calundru Castle, and then became the marshal. As a king, of course he knows about such important things.
In Kadan's view, since Lion King appointed Li Ang as marshal, it is normal for the Lionheart Kingdom's army to invade Bax's territory from Li Ang's territory.
So after Kadan discussed with his men for a long time, they planned to take advantage of the opportunity when Seven Forks Fortress was occupied by the Bacchus Empire and all Lionheart Kingdom's troops were moving to the east, and ran from the unmanned passage on the west side of Seven Forks Fortress to the Lion City jurisdiction to rob a vote...
Anyway, no one is guarding the Sava River bridge now.
Kadan believes that since Lionheart Kingdom's 'main group army' and 'Ulrich's troops' are all to the east of Seven Forks Fortress, then Lion City is probably relatively empty at the moment.
And Lion City is the center of the entire continent, the most prosperous place in the entire continent. Take the time to grab it and run away, and you will definitely make a lot of money...
Dexian people is actually self-aware. They have no intention of conquering Lion City. They just want to take advantage of the 'Lionheart Kingdom group army' before they can react. Lion City grab the bustling villages and towns around them and leave - Dexian people is a desert nomad, and the cavalry is very mobile, but like Gatu people, it is not very good at attacking fortified cities.
But the problem is, Lion City is not empty at all now, it can even be called a large number of generals...