"Ahem!" Claire coughed several times, attracting the attention of everyone present.
"Everyone came here today, I guess you have some understanding of things."
The people nodded one after another, and some of them even raised their arms and shouted, "I know! We are going to attack Count Grein's Barony!"
After someone took the lead, the rest of the people also shouted, "Destroy Count Grein's Barony!!!"
Claire nodded, "Yes! We just want to attack Count Grein's Barony!"
"They want to force us to hand over the production method of Iodized Salt. They also cut off the water source in our territory, leaving us with no water to irrigate the farmland, letting our crops wither in the fields, and making our efforts unrewarded! Not only that, they also injured the knights we went to explore. These evil deeds are despicable! So this battle must be fought! And we must win!"
The people's emotions were also aroused by Claire, and they shouted excitedly, "Yes! We will win!"
"It's obviously Count Grein's Barony's fault! We are not afraid of them!"
"We cannot be bullied by them. If we are afraid of them, they will only push forward. This battle must be fought, and we must win!"
Isaac raised his eyebrows slightly. This was the first time he saw so many residents in the territory supporting the fight.
Generally, whenever a war breaks out in a territory, taxes and the like will be increased to make up for the losses caused by the war. Even if the battle is successful, it will only be beneficial to the lord. It will not be of any benefit to ordinary residents like them, and it will cause more harm.
But this war is different. Claire is fighting for the benefit of his own territory, not for personal gain, so these residents are very supportive.
Seeing the reaction of the crowd, Claire nodded, then turned back and shouted to the sixty knights accompanying him, "Tell everyone, are you confident that you can win?"
"Must win!!!"
The voices of the sixty knights resounded throughout the audience, and the people were dumbfounded and fell into silence.
After half the pay, they finally realized what they were doing, and together they shouted loudly throughout the sky, "We must win!!!"
"The viscounty must win!!!"
"The Viscount will definitely win!!!"
"We will win!!!"
Claire showed a knowing smile on his face. Such people are the people he wants and the people he deserves to pay the price to protect.
Then he also drew his sword, and the silver sword held high in the air emitted a dazzling light. Claire shouted together, "We will win!!!"
When the people heard Claire's words, they shouted even more excitedly, "We will win!!!"
Isaac saw this, and his mood became surging. He put his hands in the shape of a trumpet and leaned it to his mouth, and shouted loudly, "We will win!!!"
The moment he shouted out again, even he himself didn't realize that he felt an extra sense of belonging to Nafu City.
Claire waved his sword in the direction of Count Grein's Barony to the west, "Let's go!"
"Da da da!"
Gale Wolf, ridden by sixty knights, marched in the direction of Count Grein's Barony majestically with neat steps.
After walking for dozens of miles, Isaac finally couldn't help but ask.
"Claire, didn't you say the war would start tomorrow? Why did you leave a day early?"
"Ah?" Claire also looked over with confusion, "Why are you so honest? You said you would leave on the third day after three days. Wouldn't it be great for us to survey the terrain one day in advance and lay out traps and so on? And if we can still ambush the opponent, wouldn't the advantage be on our side from the beginning?"
Isaac:???
"Isn't it a bit shameless? Don't battles between lords always have an agreed time and place before fighting?"
"Soldiers are crafty." Claire looked over with contempt, "War is not a child's play. You can use any means to win the war."
"What you said makes sense." Isaac was convinced by Claire.
"Of course it makes sense, we are teachers of justice." Claire smiled.
Gale Wolf Pack carried the heavily armed knights across the plains and grasslands, and soon left the inhabited area, moving forward steadily at an extremely fast speed.
The junction between Griffin Barony and Green Viscounty is located on a plain. There are not many mountains or trees around, which is very suitable for flying kites.
After arriving at the junction, the speed of the wolves slowed down, and the knights also held onto their weapons and looked around vigilantly.
Gale Wolf Pack marched for more than ten minutes and entered the territory of Count Grein's Barony. Suddenly Claire, who was walking at the front, waved his hand and called the team to stop.
Isaac asked quickly, "What's wrong?"
Claire waved back Water Cloud Beast, who was flying in the sky. From the beginning, he let Water Cloud Beast fly into the air as a survey unit, maintaining a spiritual link. If anything was strange, Water Cloud Beast would tell him.
When Water Cloud Beast fell into the palm of Claire, he continued to reply, "I didn't expect the other party to be so shameless. He clearly agreed that the war would start tomorrow, but he sent troops today."
Isaac looked over in shock:??? When I asked you just now, you also said that you can use any means to win the battle.
Isaac obviously doesn't know what it means: what we use is called strategy, and what the other party uses is called conspiracy.
"There are nearly three to four hundred people in front of us heading in our direction." Claire said.
This is similar to what Regan gathered from the information.
Then Claire did not shout out, but made a few gestures to the back, and the knights understood what happened.
"Let's go!" Claire whispered to Isaac.
"Where to go?" Isaac didn't understand the gestures of Claire.
The knights behind had already taken action, riding Gale Wolf towards a high place to hide their figures.
"Hide, don't let the other party discover us, wait for the opportunity." Claire explained.
Isaac was dragged by Claire and ran over in confusion. He still didn't understand why he didn't just take the opportunity to catch the opponent off guard.
When they reached the heights, the knights who had arrived had already laid down on the ground and hid with their mounts. Those Gale Wolf were now very obedient to their orders. They lay down honestly when asked to do so and did not roar.
Claire and Isaac lay down on the grass on the ground. After observing for a few minutes, they saw a group of people from the west slowly driving Warhorse with great momentum. The overall look and feel of those three or four hundred people was different from the sixty people of Claire.
However, none of the ambush knights were afraid, and their eyes were all shining with excitement. Claire gave them strong confidence here.
Claire cast an observation magic on himself and looked at Count Grein's Barony's team carefully.
While watching, he murmured to himself, "Almost four hundred people, most of them are Bronze Rank's knights, Silver Knight thirteen, Gold Knight I don't know how many there are, there are magic fluctuations..." Claire's eyes flickered, "There are also mages in the opponent's team."
Count Grein's Barony's team walked past them. When the distance was far enough, Claire waved his hand and asked his knights to follow slowly from behind.
"Not yet?" Isaac asked.
"Don't worry, let's take a look."