At noon the next day after Count woke up, all the vassals were summoned to the castle's meeting hall for a meeting.
"Hark, what do you think will happen to Count this time? You can't explain why you abandoned everyone but failed to defeat Gray Goose the day before yesterday, right?" Viscount Elk asked Baron Gallop indignantly.
"Gunter Family, there is no need for this. After I came back the day before yesterday, I thought about it for a long time.
Under the circumstances, Count made the best choice, but he ignored Barbarian "The power of Priest" Because he felt that his Baron title was on the verge of collapse, Hark·Gallop was always protecting Kempins intentionally or unintentionally. In his heart, he imagined that Count would be moved by his silent support, and maybe he would no longer be held accountable for his fault in leaving the territory.
"Hark Baron What you said is right, but if I make the decision to abandon my vassals like this, I will have no shame in going back to the castle to see them." Baron Jeo added after hearing Hark's explanation.
Of course Hark didn't agree with Count's approach, so he just made up for Count's actions and stopped talking.
Amidst the discussions of all the vassals, Count, who was wearing a shirt, forced himself in from the main entrance, walked through the hall and sat on the master's seat in the middle of the meeting hall. In the decades that Count Bristle-Wolf had been in charge of the northwest, he had never encountered such a noisy meeting, and had never felt such contempt and anger from his vassals.
Caspian is unwilling and dissatisfied, but he knows that he cannot get angry with his vassals now. Those Duke and Marquis of Royal Capital are waiting for him to make mistakes and to separate from his vassals. The elders of the family are even waiting to see his joke. At this moment, Caspian Count, Don't make any mistakes.
Barbarian's enemies are calling for battle outside the city, Royal Capital's nobles are preparing to intervene in the territory, and the rivals in the family will attack at any time.
The enemy is outside and the abyss is behind. If he gets into a dispute with his subordinates again, he will never have a chance to make a comeback.
"I know what you are thinking," Count said loudly, "You feel that you have been betrayed, you have been unfair, and your territory has been invaded by Barbarian, all because of me, because Your lord, Pioneer Count in the northwest, failed to guard Rothe Territory, and failed to block Barbarian to the north of Korniko Pass, right?"
Count roared loudly, shaking out all the little thoughts of his vassal.
The scene was completely silent. Of course the vassals thought so, at least before the decisive battle with Gray Goose the day before yesterday.
However, after the decisive battle the day before yesterday, the vassals also knew that that Rothe Castle could never stop the attack of more than 200 Barbarian. The best situation was to rescue the 25 Knight of Viscount Rothe so that they could come to Blue Magpie to fight with them.
"Then come and take a look." Count said, tearing open his shirt, revealing an incredible wound on the left side of his abdomen. On Count's brown-red belly, there was a dark red, slender wound surface. The core of the wound surface was a crack like a burning flame. The crack burned the surrounding skin and muscles, and Count's powerful body was constantly regenerating skin and muscles to replenish the wound.
"Oh" the vassals exclaimed subconsciously. Everyone was thinking in their hearts whether such a wound could survive two days if it happened to them.
"This is the curse Gray Goose Priest brought to me!" Count roared, and he saw the fear and respect reappearing in his vassal's eyes,
"Knights, like I said, these barbarians are here to rob us all and take away their Salt Mine digs;
And our Kingdom nobles are waiting for our help so that they can get Rothe Territory, the south gate of Korniko.
This is not only my predicament, but also the predicament of each of you. Once the border with Gallop Plains is lost, the nobles of the entire Northwest Territory land will lose their Pioneer Noble privileges."
Count's voice echoed in the hall, and everyone realized the seriousness of the problem. Compared with ordinary feudal nobles, Pioneer Noble has some natural welfare privileges because they are in a more dangerous situation and have weaker infrastructure. In recent years, various territories in the northwest have been taking advantage of these privileges to a greater or lesser extent.
Once they lose the title of Pioneer Noble, the little tricks they used on the border that were not worthy of publicity will become the reason for the big nobles and Palace Front Department to come and find trouble in the future.
"Sir" Gunter Family·Viscount Elk was the first to speak, "The situation has not reached the most critical moment yet. Although Barbarian has been under the city now, our losses are not too great. We have a strong city and they have fast horses. It depends on who can outlast the other."
"Sir Viscount, I'm afraid Barbarian of Gallop Plains are still gathering and heading south, right?" Another noble interrupted Viscount Elk.
"Of course, there will be more and more of them, but so what? They need to consume a lot of food to move and gather. Rothe Territory's food reserves may be able to feed 200 Barbarian Cavalry, but can they still feed 2,000 Barbarian Cavalry?" Gunter Family·Viscount Elk suddenly opened his mind.
It's going to snow soon. Once it snows here, water can be poured directly on the outer walls to freeze, and they will be unable to attack the city.
At that time, there will be a bigger blizzard on Gallop Plains. They will not be able to break through the city and return home. Everyone will be squeezed on the ground from Baron Gallop's Territory to Blue Magpie Castle.
One barbarian cavalry has a bigger appetite than ours. If we let them eat until spring, I'm afraid these 200 barbarians will eat all their own horses."
Hark heard Viscount Elk's idea, which was to wait for a change and resolutely hold Blue Magpie Castle out of the war. "But Gunter Family, wouldn't the barbarians loot his territory to raise food?"
"Then Bristle-Wolf Knights will form an interception team," Fernando said. "As long as they dare to use small groups to act separately, I will lead Knight Order to intercept and not let a grain of food enter Gray Goose Camp."
"That is, as long as they dare to divide their troops, we will intercept their small troops, just in time to replace everyone with Black-Scaled Horse"
"Yes, if they risk their lives and divide too many teams, Blue Magpie Castle will face fewer enemies; if they don't send troops, they won't have enough food, and they will have to go back to Gallop Plains."
Count saw that the enthusiasm of the vassals had been mobilized and actively made suggestions, knowing that the internal crisis had been temporarily alleviated.
"Okay, just follow Viscount Elk's suggestion.
Fernando, you and Cronie organize Knight Order and the vassals into 3 to 4 teams of 10 people, and divide two teams every day to intercept the small teams of barbarians. As long as they are 20 kilometers away from the main camp, you can take action."