Throne of the North

There are two intersecting rivers and dozens of streams in Baron Solis's territory. The cultivated fields are distributed between these water systems. As the ice and snow melt, the river water irrigates the surrounding areas, and the spring plowing period has begun here.

In the North, the time of spring plowing is not fixed on a certain day every year. When the weather is not so cold, the serfs need to seize the time to plant the seeds and then take care of them day and night.

For more than 99% of the serfs in the territory, there is no reward for planting well, but there will be severe punishment for planting poorly.

When Viscount Hogg learned that Ryan's army entered Baron Solis's territory, he took down the Greystone Castle, which was not defended by many people, very smoothly.

In this regard, the nobles in the distance were also alarmed. This can be regarded as the biggest war fruit since the start of the war this year.

"Ryan, that frozen earth baron is not as powerful as we thought. He lost Graystone Castle in less than two days."

"What undefeated nobles, the most powerful military strategist in the North, I think it's just a boast from those rubbish in Lingdu County."

"What kind of person can't even defend Graystone Castle!"

Obviously, after Graystone Castle was occupied by Viscount Hogg, some nobles in Longshan County began to panic, which would make it easy for Viscount Hogg's cavalry to appear in their territory.

And their own army is now following the army of Earl Sauron's family and fighting against the army of Thundercloud County.

But another day passed, and new news came, shocking all the nobles.

"Baron Ryan has recaptured Graystone Castle again."

"Huh, it seems that this Frozen Baron is not completely useless. His achievements have not been exaggerated too much. He still has some skills."

However, a new day...

"Graystone Castle is lost again, and Viscount Hogg occupied it again!"

On the third day, Ryan recaptured Graystone Castle again. On the fourth day, Graystone Castle continued to change hands...

At this time, even the dumbest nobles reacted.

"What happened?"

The truth? The answer?

In the territory of Baron Solis, Ryan looked at Brand and thousands of soldiers who ran back and nodded.

The truth is that Viscount Hogg did not have any infantry behind him. As long as Ryan sent troops over, Viscount Hogg would leave by himself. Similarly, Ryan would take back the troops the next day because there was no food.

"The soldiers of the nobles of Yinchuan County are fighting against the nobles of Tieshan County. In addition to his own cavalry, Viscount Hogg only brought more than 2,000 soldiers and his elite cavalry to help Earl Weiss."

"That is to say, Earl Weiss used the army of Leiyun County plus Viscount Hogg's more than 3,000 soldiers to fight against two counties and us."

"No matter how many people there are in the alien world he occupied, the number of troops is not enough."

"Part of it was assigned to Beifeng County to deal with the most terrifying Earl Winter, and part of it was to fight against the army of Longshan County. In terms of quantity, Earl Weiss was at a disadvantage no matter where."

"So, in addition to the cavalry, Viscount Hogg could not even control the more than 2,000 infantry he brought, and he had to use them to help Earl Weiss fight against the armies of many nobles in Longshan County on the front battlefield."

"Their purpose is the same as ours, which is to prevent the opponent's army from appearing on the front battlefield."

After Ryan finished speaking, Baron Enzo, who had been shocked for several days, finally couldn't help it.

"You... have known for a long time that Viscount Hogg is just trying to contain us?"

"No."

Ryan shook his head. What could he say? Was it because Viscount Hogg left without even defending the Greystone Castle?

Was it that Viscount Hogg didn't want too many deaths in his army?

Was it that Viscount Hogg was just following Earl Weiss to earn a lot of wealth to train his own extraordinary army?

Yes, a new year, a new war, and the goals of each noble for the war are different.

First of all, Ryan, the purpose of this war is just to get a windfall from the loser and relieve the wealth pressure in his territory.

Secondly, Viscount Hogg's Yinchuan County. In last year's war, the nobles of Yinchuan County didn't want to continue the war. They also suffered a lot in the war at the end of the year. The most important thing is that the blizzard made almost all the nobles lose their income.

In this year's war, the nobles of Yinchuan County just want to make a fortune from Tieshan County to make up for their losses in the blizzard.

Therefore, only more than 3,000 troops belonging to Viscount Hogg came to the front battlefield here to help Earl Weiss.

What he wants is not something that can be taken from Tieshan County.

Earl Solon and Earl Winter? The two of them are the biggest beneficiaries of the North Wind Province. Their current war is to resist and protect their cake and interests from being divided.

The most critical one is Earl Weiss.

Earl Weiss's goal is different from that of all nobles. He wants to occupy the entire North Wind Province and become the ruler here.

So among so many nobles, only Earl Weiss will start a war at all costs, which led to Earl Winter and Earl Solon being forced to accept this massive war.

That's right, the price.

This is the most important issue. The high cost of the war led to the nobles in Longshan County betraying Earl Solon and passing the traces of the grain transport team to Viscount Hogg. Similarly, the high cost will also make Viscount Hogg and Baron Ryan form their own tacit understanding.

Of course, they hope that the nobles they are on will win the war. For example, if Earl Weiss wins, Viscount Hogg will definitely be the noble who gains the most besides Earl Weiss.

Similarly, if Earl Winter and Earl Sauron win, Ryan can also gain a lot of wealth from Thundercloud County as a reinforcement from the expedition.

However, this does not mean that they want the war to spread over their heads.

Viscount Hogg is absolutely unwilling to let his knight attendants and future extraordinary legions die, and so is Ryan.

In this case, tacit understanding is very important.

So Viscount Hogg will not let his cavalry appear behind Earl Sauron's army. No matter how good the opportunity is, his cavalry, which is less than a thousand people, will suffer heavy losses.

How much wealth will be obtained after the war to make up for it?

Of course, if there is a good opportunity, both sides will not let it go.

From beginning to end, the new war in the North Wind Province this year was only caused by the ambition of Earl Weiss alone, and everyone else was passively implicated.

The orcs went south, the land war caused by the lord system, the blizzard, all these disasters broke out in just twelve months. Any one of them would make the nobles unwilling to start a war, let alone all three together.

"If there is no other means, Earl Weiss will definitely fail."

This is Ryan's judgment.