Throne of the North

"Send someone to find out how many of Viscount Hogg's knights have been left behind."

Since they chose to charge towards the burning food transport team with seven to eight hundred slave soldiers, no matter how powerful they were, some of them would definitely be left behind for various reasons. After all, Viscount Hogg's cavalry was not a complete extraordinary legion.

Brand advanced with a thousand soldiers, and Ryan soon heard the angry roar of the Aset knight of the Earl Sauron family.

"Baron Lane, you came too late, the food was set on fire."

Ryan looked at the rough and majestic man in front of him. The other person's pupils were similar to Ryan's, but with a deep dark red, instead of shining like gems like Ryan's, like a real dragon's eyes.

"Knight Aset, you are also a Silver Knight. This time you were responsible for transporting food and grass to Graystone Castle, but you lost all the food halfway. Have you figured out how to explain it to Count Sauron?"

Asset Zoro's face turned pale, and he said angrily:

"It's not my fault. Viscount Hogg's cavalry scouts discovered us, and..."

"Baron Ryan, you came too slowly."

"If Count Sauron can give me thousands of war horses, then I will definitely let my soldiers come faster than Viscount Hogg."

If there were so many war horses, would we still need you?

Asset thought in his heart, but did not dare to say it out.

"Anyway, if you could have come earlier, the food would not have been burned."

"That is not my mission, knight, remember your identity, but my order is to defend Graystone Castle."

"Okay, now that the food is gone, I can't hold Graystone Castle anymore."

Ryan waved his hand and looked ahead. The fire had been gradually extinguished. The food was not burning very fast, and almost 50% of it was retained.

But Ryan can't control that much, this batch of food has been completely burned.

Damn Viscount Hogg!

He smiled and looked at the knight in front of him.

"Knight, the most important thing for you now is to go back and re-transport the food, otherwise you will really lose the Graystone Castle, and I am not the one who should be responsible."

"No matter what you do, Lord Sauron, you can't control me as a baron, can you?"

Asette's face turned pale before he realized what he was doing.

"The food... is gone."

He kept shaking his head.

"The Earl is no longer able to transport the second batch of food to Graystone Castle. This is the only batch. After the blizzard last year, the food production in the entire northern border was reduced. In addition, the war consumed huge amounts. This batch of food is available. Transporting it to Graystone Castle is already the result of the support of the entire Longshan County nobles.”

"Furthermore, in order to safely transport this batch of food, on the other side of the highland defense line, the Earl has taken the initiative to attack Earl Weiss's army. Unexpectedly, Viscount Hogg's cavalry still left and came here..."

Assett's body was trembling, and most of the food was burned. The earl couldn't blame Baron Lane, so the responsibility could only be on him.

"So, I really can't hold Graystone Castle anymore, right?"

Ryan said calmly, while Baron Enzo and several lords behind him looked at each other, and they all saw the shock in each other's eyes.

Was everything really based on Baron Lane's conjecture, even the impact of last year's blizzard was planned?

"Knight Aset, you still have a chance to make amends. Where is the nearest noble territory from here?"

"The closest one to here is the Barony of Solis. After accepting the territory of the three neighboring lords, Baron Solis owns three towns. The large plain in the middle surrounded by the three towns is his castle. It is said that the castle stands In the middle, you can see endless golden wheat ears.”

"Baron Solis, I remember... he should be a noble from Golden Wheatshire, right?"

"It used to belong to Golden Maisui County, but there was only one city left in Golden Maisui County, and the rest of the territory was divided up. Until the orcs invaded the year before last, Golden Maisui County became a city jointly managed by the Earl and the Earl. , no one will remember Jinmaisui County anymore.”

"But now it is managed by Viscount Landa. After Hanshan City became ruins, Viscount Landa and the former nobles of Hanshan City are all in that city."

Ryan didn't know much about the geography of Beifong Province, but it didn't seem strange that there were eight out of seven counties in Beifong Province?

Forget it, now there's not even an eighth county left.

"The land annexation between the two earls is a bit serious."

Ryan was surprised. As a noble, he had not received any news before. The Golden Wheat City was actually occupied by two counts.

So is it possible that there is still some land that is managed by the two earls?

There is no shortage of black households everywhere, especially in places where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Beifeng Province is completely suitable.

"If we go into the city, can we get in?"

"Can't get in."

"Viscount Landa will not allow any noble troops to enter it."

Assett now answered whatever he asked, but still did not elaborate.

Ryan could probably guess that Viscount Landa must have reached some deal with the three earls of the North Wind Province. Otherwise, there would be no reason why the Imperial Council of Elders or the royal family should not personally order someone to supervise such a big matter.

In other words... a large part of the terrible disaster caused by the orcs going south has actually been hidden?

Tsk tsk tsk.

"Then let's go to the territory of Baron Solis."

This does not require permission. After all, the baron does not have the qualifications and strength to prevent the arrival of Ryan's army.

"Knight Aset, just serve as a logistics officer in my army. As long as I don't tell you and you don't go back, no one will know about your responsibility for throwing away the food."

"But Greystone Castle..."

"Greystone Castle cannot be defended. We can only rely on Baron Solis's castle and his people to resist the armies of Yinchuan County and Leiyun County."

"We just need to prevent the troops of those two corps from bypassing our defense line and reaching the count's rear, right?"

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"This is my territory, you can't break into it..."

Count Solis quickly agreed to the presence of Lane's army and drove his people to build a huge military camp.

"Secure the horses. If you want to deal with Viscount Hogg's cavalry, you can only rely on these things at the moment."

After Ryan finished his instructions, he looked at Baron Solis who looked angry next to him.

"This is all for the victory of the war, isn't it? Mr. Solis."

Of course, Ryan would not feel any guilt. After all, according to his opinion, Viscount Hogg could know so accurately where the grain transport team was. It would be impossible without the secret communication of the nobles of Longshan County.

What if it's Baron Solis?

"There is nothing we can do, Baron Solis. All the food was burned by Viscount Hogg on the way. We have no choice but to evacuate Graystone Castle. Otherwise, the soldiers will starve to death in Graystone Castle in at most one day."

Baron Solis didn't know what he was thinking, but he said with an ugly face:

"If Graystone Castle is lost, the cavalry can easily appear behind the earl. This is all your responsibility, Baron Lane!"

"Besides, I don't have that much food supply here for you to eat."

"Don't worry, Viscount Hogg won't make it."

"As for food, since you don't have it here, Mr. Solis, I ask you to talk to the other nobles around you. Otherwise, I will have to continue to retreat to Longshan City and ask the Earl for food."