Chapter 235
Biduo Fort, located between Potterly Territory and Adela Territory, is a solid castle. The owner of the castle, Baron Brett Sean, is one of the vassals of the Kent Family. After the conflict broke out between the two major factions of Northwest Bay, Earl Mori Maelken and Dylan·Viscount Johnston immediately joined forces to surround Biduo Fort.
Viscount Sean has made preparations in advance, stored a large amount of food in the castle, renovated defense equipment, and recruited and trained a large number of troops. With these preparations, he commanded the castle's garrison to defend the castle and repeatedly defeated the coalition's offensive.
Molly Malken and Dylan·John ston had no choice but to turn to other lords in the alliance for help, and this was how Price Parker wrote the letter to the lords.
Naturally, the people in Biduo Fort would not sit still and wait for death. Fei Ge sent a letter to Earl Kent, asking him to gather the strength of his allies to rescue him.
The military forces of both sides began to gradually gather here.
In a village near Biduo Fort, members of the Anti-Kent Alliance chose this place as their temporary headquarters.
"Let me tell you! We should send a letter of challenge to the other side now and make an appointment with the enemy to fight openly and openly tomorrow!"
In one of the largest houses in the village, a young man hammered the table impatiently.
"Don't be anxious! Let's see what the other side will do first, and stay the same to deal with any changes!"
Molly Malken tried to persuade him, complaining in his heart that Winifred Heller's son was really too militant, not at all like his father who advocated "non-violence". I heard that Earl Heller originally wanted to wait and see this time, but it was this young man who jumped up and down and actively encouraged several elders in the family that Heller Family got involved.
No, it was this young boy who led the troops this time. His father would not be ignored by him.
Earl Mairken also wanted to end the war on his doorstep as soon as possible and remove the thorn in Biduo Fort's side as soon as possible, but with the enemy's reinforcements pressing down on the situation, he had to be cautious.
Others in the room echoed Earl Mairken.
"Hmph!"
Derrick Heller snorted dissatisfiedly. In his opinion, these old guys were too conservative and their brains were a little rusty.
"I would like to remind you that Spring Planting is about to begin. If we don't let Soldiers go home and farm as soon as possible, we won't be able to harvest food in the fall!"
Price Parker, who was sitting at the top, said, "Nephew Derrick, we naturally know what you said. That's why I called everyone to gather here, hoping to defeat Kent Family in one battle and prevent the war from going on for many years. Since we have to decide the outcome in one battle, of course we must maximize our own chips."
Derrick asked, "We have gathered more than 6,000 people, what other chips do we need? What are you waiting for?"
"There are more than 1,000 people waiting for the Greiman Family and Garnard Family who have not yet arrived. With them, our chances of winning will be even greater!"
Derrick looked disdainful. "I heard that Greiman Family doesn't even have a knight. What can they do to help?"
Earl Parker shook his head. "Mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are. Besides, we can't underestimate them. Do you have the confidence to wipe out the Northwest Bay pirates in a few months by relying solely on your family's strength?"
Derrick shook his hair. "Humph, they are just some peripheral Pirate Crew left behind after Edward left. How difficult is it to wipe out these rabble?"
The people in the room looked at Earl Parker with some embarrassment.
As the initiator of the alliance, Price Parker felt a little offended.
He slammed the table hard and said in a majestic voice, "Raise your hands if you think you should wait for Greiman and Ganard to arrive before starting a fight!"
Except for Derrick Heller, everyone else at the meeting raised their right hands.
Earl Parker nodded with satisfaction, turned to Derrick and said, "Derrick nephew, it seems that everyone thinks so, do you still insist on your opinion?"
Seeing that no one supported him, Derrick was very angry. He suppressed his anger and asked, "Okay, I respect everyone's opinions. But when will the people from Greiman and Ganard arrive? If he doesn't come for a month, do we have to wait? But at that time, the Kent family also took the initiative to call!"
Earl Parker Seeing that this kid was a little resigned, his tone softened and he twirled his beard and said, "Don't worry about this. I have received their fast horse message. Their team is already on the way and should arrive tomorrow afternoon."
At this time, Bitburg was experiencing the last moments of tranquility before the war. The coalition forces had gathered more than 6,000 people and set up camp in the east of the castle, isolating Bitburg from the Kent Family's reinforcements.
Kent Family's troops have also gathered nearly 5,000 people and set up camp not far to the east of the coalition, waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops. In view of their presence, the coalition forces stopped attacking the city. The defenders in Bitburg had less than a thousand capable soldiers and could not form a pincer attack with their own reinforcements.
Both sides are adding the last bit of fuel to their armies, waiting for the moment to polish off the sparks.
At noon the next day, Earl Parker was studying with others how to fight the upcoming battle, when suddenly a Soldiers stumbled in.
"Lord Parker, sir!" Soldiers seemed a little panicked.
The count glared at him dissatisfied. "Why are you panicking? What happened?"
"Derrick Heller Viscount He... Master Viscount led his troops to fight on the opposite side!"
"What?"
Price Parker and others in the hall were shocked and angry. The count also asked Soldiers to repeat it to confirm that he heard correctly.
"This boy! Why is this boy so reckless!"
I thought he was honest yesterday! I didn't expect it was all just an act!
Soldiers, who came in to report the news, added, "It seems that the fire in the enemy's barracks caused the commotion. Mr. Viscount felt that the opportunity was too late to lead the attack!"
"Oh?"
Earl Parker immediately led everyone out of the house and looked to the east. The report Soldiers was right. Several pillars of smoke rose in the east. It was obviously a fire!
He slapped his palm, "Oh! Don't he think about what to do if it's a trap? Maybe they have already laid an ambush in the military camp!"
Without further ado, whether it is a trap or not, you have to do something.
He looked around at everyone and made an immediate decision. "Everyone, gather Soldiers according to the formation we discussed and trained before, approach the enemy camp, and respond to Derrick Heller Viscount."
"Yes!"
The others responded one after another, and then immediately dispersed to gather their own troops.