Adjusting the Plan

In the following hour or so, Victor led his troops to capture two more outposts in Perilla Territory, clearing out all the outposts on the side of Perilla Territory facing Golden Sunflower Territory.

In total, more than 70 of Zisu's soldiers were killed or captured, most of whom were Serf Soldiers. Victor learned of the temporary reinforcement deployment from the captured soldiers.

"It seems that Charles just wants to increase the time the sentry posts can be defended by reinforcing them with more troops, so that the sentry posts can send out warning signals."

During this hour and a half, while attacking the outpost, Victor also sent most of his Cavalry to investigate the situation deep within Perilla Territory.

Just as he had expected, the farms in Perilla Territory were already on guard, but there were no troops stationed there.

Victor's Cavalry also joined forces to capture a farm, which was the closest farm in Perilla Territory to Golden Sunflower.

The serfs and supplies in the farm were not moved. During the attack on the farm, a Cavalry unit from the Perilla Territory was discovered lurking in the distance. However, this unit was very cautious. When the Golden Sunflower Territory Cavalry unit tried to encircle them, this unit escaped early without giving them any chance.

Victor also received this news from the Cavalry, but he didn't pay any attention to it. He directly led his army to forcibly drive the serfs from the farm back to Golden Sunflower Territory with the farm's supplies.

Although the farm was relatively small and had fewer than 1,000 serfs, it had over a thousand tons of stored grain plus this year's new grain, so it made a small profit.

By now, Victor has confirmed that Baron Charles of Perilla Territory is being very cautious; he has only brought 400 troops and has not been able to lure him out of Perilla Territory.

Since that's the case, Victor had no choice but to be blunt and take all the serfs and grain from the farm, which could be considered as helping Perilla Territory lose weight.

Inside the Castle of Zisu, Indigo, who had returned with his Cavalry, was reporting the situation to Baron Charles.

"... That's how it is. The troops of Golden Sunflower Territory easily took over Farm Number One. The farm manager and the guards were all killed in battle, and they didn't even have time to set fire to the granary."

Charles slammed his fist on the table in anger after hearing this.

Knight Colin, who was standing nearby, quickly stepped forward and said, "My lord, the Golden Sunflower Territory going too far. You stay and guard the castle, and I will lead the troops to fight them. We can't let them take away the grain and serfs of Farm Number One so easily."

Charles hesitated for a moment after hearing what Sir Colin said.

"Forget it, Colin. We've already discussed this before. We'll concentrate our troops in the barracks and castle, and protect the Perilla Territory. We can abandon the rest if necessary."

Viscount Golden Sunflower certainly has more than just this many troops. He has brought a large number of Cavalry to cover the battlefield, making it impossible for our Cavalry to flank and scout. These may just be bait, so we must be extra careful.

Time is on our side. As long as Count Black arrives with his army, we will reclaim everything we have lost and demand justice from the Golden Sunflower Family!

Knight Colin opened his mouth, but no words came out. He understood that his baron had spoken the most realistic words.

Knight Osric stepped forward. "My lord, I have an idea!"

Charles was curious. "Go ahead and tell me, Osric."

"The three outposts near the Golden Sunflower Territory have all been captured. Although the alarms were sounded in time, it was not very significant."

I suggest we stop wasting these troops and keep only two or three men at the remaining outposts. We can then withdraw the rest of the forces back to the castle, allowing us to bring back 100 Serf Soldiers and a small squad of infantry.

"Alright, I'll leave it to you, Osric."

Then Baron Charles addressed the three men directly. "The troops of the Golden Sunflower Territory should not launch an attack tonight. I plan to transfer the serfs of Farms No. 2 and No. 3 to other farms. We can't let the Golden Sunflower Territory get away with this so easily."

Colin raised a question, "Serfs can be relocated, but what about the grain? We can't just give it to Golden Sunflower Territory for nothing!"

"How about this, let these Serf Soldiers take as much as they want, and hide the rest. We can take them out after the war is over. Anyway, the territory currently has enough food."

"Yes, sir, I'll prepare it right away."

Charles glanced out the window at the sky; the Sun was beginning to set in the west, and it was getting dark.

"It should be over soon. Indigo, you'll have to do a bit more work for me. Take your Cavalry and escort them out of the territory before you come back."

"OK."

Indigo turned and left the castle, while Knight Colin and Osric remained.

"Sir, is there anything else we can do for you?"

"No need. We've done everything we could. All that's left is to strengthen our defenses. But I don't think he'll launch a night attack. There shouldn't be any major problems tonight."

"Freyzer should arrive in Dos City tomorrow. He'll inform Count Black of the situation promptly; we just need to wait."

"Yes." x2

"You should all go back and prepare. I expect there will be more action from the Golden Sunflower Territory tomorrow. Get some rest tonight."

After that, both Colin and Osric left the castle.

After the two left, Baron Charles remained alone in the study. "Why is Viscount Golden Sunflower so confident that he dares to lead his troops to attack Red Ginseng Territory and Perilla Territory? Does he really think he can fight against the entire noble family of Boler County on his own?"

"No, not all the nobles in Boler County will participate in this operation. After all, the Golden Sunflower Family is a prominent family in the county, and there are quite a few nobles who have good relations with them. I estimate that at least three or four families will not participate."

Baron Charles sighed, a vague feeling in his heart that the humiliation he had suffered today would be difficult to recover within the year.

On the other side, Victor found that the Perilla Territory was unmoved by him, so he simply led his troops to drive away the serfs and supplies back to the Golden Sunflower Territory.

When Victor returned to Fortress No. 2, the Sun had just set, around 7 p. m. Victor arranged for Diodor to prepare dinner for the army.

However, Victor had not anticipated that there would be so many captive farmers and herdsmen, and there was not enough space inside the fortress. So he simply had the army set up a temporary camp in the open space outside the fortress, planning to send these serfs back to their farms in the territory early the next morning.

After doing all this, Victor had dinner at Fortress No. 2 and then returned to the territory's military camp with two squads of Cavalry.

Considering the response of Perilla Territory today, Victor doesn't think there will be a chance to lure out Perilla Territory's army tomorrow.

Victor abandoned his plan to attack Perilla Territory. After all, according to the normal marching time, the noble alliance of Boler County would set off from Dos City towards Golden Sunflower Territory the day after tomorrow, leaving him with not much time.