There are two intersecting rivers and more than a dozen streams of various sizes in Baron Solis's territory. Farmed fields are distributed among these water systems. As the ice and snow melt, the river water irrigates the surrounding areas, and the place has entered the spring plowing period.
In Northlands, the time for spring plowing is not fixed on a certain day every year. When the weather is not that cold, the serfs need to seize the time to plant the seeds and then take care of them day and night.
For more than 99% of the territorial serfs, there is no reward for good planting, but if the planting is poor, there will be severe punishment.
After learning that Ryan's army entered Baron Solis's territory, Viscount Hogg went very smoothly and captured Graystone Fortress, which was defended by few people.
In this regard, the distant nobles were also alarmed. This can be regarded as the biggest war fruit since the war started this year.
"Ryan, that Baron of the Frozen Earth, are not as powerful as we thought at all. We lost Graystone Fortress in less than two days."
"What an undefeated nobleman, Northlands's most powerful military strategist? I think it's just what those Zero Crossing Prefecture losers boasted about."
"What the hell, even Graystone Fortress can't defend it!"
Obviously, after Graystone Fortress was occupied by Viscount Hogg, some nobles of Dragon Mountain County began to panic, which would cause Viscount Hogg's cavalry to easily appear in their territory.
And their own army is now following Soron Count Family's army to fight against Thundercloud County's army.
But another day passed, and new news came, shocking all the nobles.
"Baron Ryan has taken back Graystone Fortress again."
"Huh, it seems that this Baron of the Frozen Earth is not useless. His record has not been exaggerated too much, and he is still somewhat capable."
But a new day...
"Graystone Fortress lost it again, Viscount Hogg occupied it again!"
On the third day, Ryan regained Graystone Fortress, and on the fourth day, Graystone Fortress continued to change hands...
At this time, even the stupid nobleman reacted.
"What happened?"
The truth? Answer?
Ryan who was in Baron Solis's Territory looked at Brandt who ran back and thousands of soldiers, and nodded.
The truth is that there is no infantry behind Viscount Hogg. As long as Ryan sends troops, Viscount Hogg will leave on his own. Similarly, Ryan will take his troops back the next day because there is no food.
"The soldiers of the nobles of Silver Stream County are at war with the nobles of Iron Mountain County. In addition to his own cavalry, Viscount Hogg only brought more than two thousand soldiers and his elite cavalry to help Count Weiss."
"In other words, Count Weiss is using the army of one county of Thundercloud County plus more than 3,000 soldiers of Viscount Hogg to fight two counties and us."
"No matter how many people there are in the Otherworld he occupied, the number of troops is not enough."
"Some are assigned to Northwind County to deal with the most terrifying Count Winter, and some have to fight against Dragon Mountain County's army. No matter where they are in terms of numbers, Count Weiss is at a disadvantage."
"So, in addition to the cavalry, Viscount Hogg can't even control the more than 2,000 infantry brought over. They will be used to help Count Weiss fight against Dragon Mountain County's many noble armies on the frontal battlefield."
"Their purpose is the same as ours, which is to prevent the other party's army from appearing on the frontal battlefield."
After Ryan finished speaking, Baron Enzo, who had been shocked for several days, finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"You... knew a long time ago that Viscount Hogg was just to contain us?"
"No."
Ryan shook his head, what could he say? Are you saying this is because Viscount Hogg left without even keeping Graystone Fortress?
Say Viscount Hogg doesn't want his army to die too much?
It is said that Viscount Hogg is just following behind Count Weiss to earn a lot of wealth for the purpose of cultivating his own Extraordinary Legion?
Yes, it's a new year, a new war, and each noble has a different purpose for the war.
First of all, he Ryan, the purpose of this war is just to get a windfall from the loser and relieve the wealth pressure in his territory.
The second is Silver Stream County of Viscount Hogg. During last year's war, the nobles of Silver Stream County no longer wanted to continue the war. They also suffered heavy losses in the war at the end of the year. The most important thing was the blizzard, which caused almost all the nobles to lose their profits.
In this year's war, the nobles of Silver Stream County just want to make a fortune from Iron Mountain County to make up for their losses under the blizzard.
So only more than 3,000 Viscount Hogg's own troops came to help Count Weiss on the frontal battlefield here.
What he wants cannot be obtained from Iron Mountain County.
Count Soron and Count Winter? The two of them are the biggest beneficiaries of Northwind Province. Their current war is to resist and protect their own cake and interests from being divided.
The most important thing is Count Weiss.
Count Weiss's purpose is different from that of all nobles. He aims to occupy the entire Northwind Province and become the ruler here.
Therefore, among so many nobles, only Count Weiss would launch a war regardless of the cost, which resulted in Count Winter and Count Soron being forced to accept this massive war.
Yes, the price.
This is the most important issue. The high price of the war caused Dragon Mountain County to have nobles betray Count Soron and pass the traces of the grain transport team to Viscount Hogg. Similarly, the high price will also cause Viscount Hogg and Baron Ryan to form their own tacit understanding.
Of course they hope that the great nobles they are on will win the war. For example, if Count Weiss wins, Viscount Hogg must be the noble who has gained the most besides Count Weiss.
Similarly, if Count Winter and Count Soron win, Ryan can also gain a lot of wealth from Thundercloud County as reinforcements from the expedition.
However, this does not mean that they will want the war to spread above their heads.
Viscount Hogg absolutely does not want his Knight Retainer or future Extraordinary Legion to die, and the same goes for Ryan.
In this case, tacit understanding is very important.
Therefore, Viscount Hogg will not let his cavalry appear behind Count Soron's army. No matter how good such a fighter plane is, his cavalry, which has less than a thousand people, will definitely suffer heavy losses.
How much wealth will it take to make up for it after the war?
Of course, if there is a good opportunity, both parties will not let it go.
From beginning to end, Northwind Province's new war this year was only caused by Count Weiss's ambition, and everyone else was passively involved.
Orcs went south, the land war brought by Baronet System, and the blizzard. All these disasters broke out in just twelve months. Any one of them would make the nobles unwilling to start a war afterwards, let alone all three together.
"If there is no other means, Count Weiss will definitely fail."
This is the judgment of Ryan.