"Send someone to find out how many of Viscount Hogg's knights are left behind."
Since they have chosen to charge towards the burning and food transport team with seven to eight hundred slave soldiers, no matter how powerful they are, some people will definitely be left behind for various reasons. Viscount Hogg's cavalry is not a complete Extraordinary Legion after all.
Brandt led a thousand soldiers forward, and Ryan soon heard the angry roar of the Soron Count Family and Knight Acet.
"Baron Ryan, you came too late, the food was set on fire."
Ryan looked at the rough and majestic man in front of him. The other person's pupils were similar to Ryan, but with a deep dark red color, instead of being as bright as gems like Ryan, like the real Dragons eyes.
"Knight Acet, you are also a Silver Knight. This time you were responsible for transporting grain and grass to Graystone Fortress, but you lost all the grain halfway. Have you figured out how to explain it to Count Soron?"
Aset Sauron's face turned pale, and he said angrily:
"It's not my fault. Viscount Hogg's cavalry scouts discovered us, and..."
"Baron Ryan, you guys came too slow."
"If Count Soron can give me thousands of war horses, then I will definitely let my soldiers come faster than Viscount Hogg."
If there were so many war horses, would we still need you?
Asset thought in his heart, but did not dare to say it out.
"Anyway, if you could have come earlier, the food would not have been burned."
"That is not my mission, knight, remember your identity, and the order I received is to guard Graystone Fortress."
"Okay, now that the food is gone, Graystone Fortress I can't hold on anymore."
Ryan waved his hand and looked ahead. The fire had been gradually put out. The food did not burn very fast, and almost 50% of it was retained.
But Ryan can't control that much, this batch of grain has been completely burned.
Damn Viscount Hogg!
He smiled at the knight in front of him.
"Knight, the most important thing for you now is to go back and transport the food again, otherwise you will really lose Graystone Fortress, and I am not the one who should be responsible."
"Count Soron-sama, no matter what, you can't control me, a Baron noble, can you?"
Asette's face turned pale before he realized what he was doing.
"The food... is gone."
He kept shaking his head.
"The Earl is no longer able to transport the second batch of grain to Graystone Fortress. This is the only batch. After the blizzard last year, the grain production of the entire Northlands was reduced, coupled with the huge consumption of the war, the ability to transport this batch of grain to Graystone Fortress is already the result of the support of the entire Dragon Mountain County nobles."
"Furthermore, in order to safely transport this batch of food, on the other side of the Highlands defense line, the Earl has taken the initiative to launch an attack on Count Weiss's army. Unexpectedly, Viscount Hogg's cavalry still left and came here..."
Asset's body was trembling, and most of the food was burned. The count couldn't blame Baron Ryan, so the responsibility could only be on him.
"So, I really can't guard Graystone Fortress, can I?"
Ryan said calmly, while Baron Enzo and several Lordship behind him looked at each other, and they all saw the shock in each other's eyes.
Is it true that everything was based on Baron Ryan's guess, even the impact of last year's blizzard was planned?
"Knight Acet, you still have a chance to make amends. Where is the nearest noble territory from here?"
"The closest place to here is Baron Solis's Territory. After accepting the territory of the three neighboring Lordship, Baron Solis owns three towns. The large plain in the middle surrounded by the three towns is his castle. It is said that standing in the castle, you can see endless golden wheat ears."
"Baron Solis, I remember... he should be the Golden Wheat County noble, right?"
"It used to belong to Golden Wheat County, but Golden Wheat County only had one city left, and the rest of the territory was divided up. Until Orcs invaded the year before last, Golden Wheat County City became a city jointly managed by the Earl and the Earl, and no one remembers Golden Wheat County anymore."
"But now it is managed by Viscount Landa. After Cold Mountain City County became ruins, Viscount Landa and the former Cold Mountain City County nobles are all in that city."
Ryan doesn't know much about Northwind Province's geography, but it doesn't seem strange that Northwind Province has eight counties out of seven counties?
Forget it, there's not even an eighth county left now.
"The land annexation between the two earls is a bit serious."
Ryan was surprised. As a noble, he had not received any news before. That Golden Ear City was actually occupied by two counts.
So is it possible that there is still some land that is managed by people sent by the two earls?
There is no shortage of black households everywhere, especially in places where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Northwind Province fits the bill perfectly.
"If we go into the city, can we get in?"
"Can't get in."
"Viscount Landa will not allow any noble troops to enter it."
Assett now answered whatever he asked, but still did not elaborate.
Ryan can probably guess that Viscount Landa must have reached some deal with the three counts Northwind Province. Otherwise, there is no reason why Council of Elders or Imperial House should not personally order someone to supervise such a big matter.
In other words... a large part of the terrible disaster caused by Orcs going south was actually hidden?
Tsk tsk tsk.
"Then let's go to that Baron Solis's territory."
This does not require permission. After all, Baron does not have the qualifications and strength to prevent the arrival of Ryan's army.
"Knight Acet, just serve as a logistics officer in my army. As long as I don't tell you and you don't go back, no one will know about your responsibility for throwing away food."
"But Graystone Fortress..."
"Graystone Fortress can no longer defend it. We can only rely on Baron Solis's castle and his people to resist the armies of Silver Stream County and Thundercloud County."
"We just need to prevent the troops of those two armies from bypassing our defense line and reaching the count's rear, right?"
"This is my territory, you can't break in..."
Count Solis quickly agreed to Ryan's army and drove his people to build a huge military camp.
"Secure the horse. If you want to deal with Viscount Hogg's cavalry, you can only rely on these things at the moment."
After Ryan finished giving his instructions, he looked at Baron Solis next to him with an angry expression.
"This is all for the victory of the war, isn't it? Mr. Solis."
Of course Ryan would not feel any guilt. After all, according to his idea, Viscount Hogg could know where the food transport team was so accurately. It would be impossible without the secret communication of noble Dragon Mountain County.
What if it is this Baron Solis?
"There is nothing we can do Baron Solis. The food was burned by Viscount Hogg halfway. We can only withdraw from Graystone Fortress. Otherwise, the soldiers will starve to death in Graystone Fortress in at most one day."
Baron Solis didn't know what he was thinking, he just said with an ugly face:
"Without Graystone Fortress, that cavalry can easily appear behind the earl. This is all your responsibility Baron Ryan!"
"Besides, I don't have that much food supply here for you to eat."
"Don't worry, Viscount Hogg won't make it."
"As for the food, Mr. Solis, since you don't have it here, I ask you to talk to the other nobles around. Otherwise, I can only continue to retreat to Dragon Mountain City and ask the Earl for food."