Throne of the North

Chapter 89: This is the game of the nobles

There were many soldiers who escaped. After all, most of them were slave soldiers. It was their instinct to flee. But when those regular soldiers saw that the soldiers around them were running for their lives, they would not risk their own lives to stay and leave others behind.

At the moment when people's hearts are dispersed, no matter how many troops there are, it will not help.

Ryan looked at the fleeing army in the distance, and then at the soldiers kneeling on the ground around them. These had no chance or time to run away, so they could only surrender and pray not to be killed.

Part of it belonged to Viscount Miles's side, part of it to the other.

"Master Ryan."

Harrington didn't know when he tied Baron Enzo to Ryan's side. Looking at the nobleman, Ryan had no expression.

"Go back and tell Viscount Dragon that half of the Ice Peak Forest belongs to us."

"If you agree, your nobles can redeem their soldiers. If you don't agree, then I will kill these prisoners, and then we will continue the war."

other side.

Brand threw the body of a silver knight in front of the terrified army with one shot. The surrounding soldiers gradually gathered and aimed their sharp weapons at Viscount Miles who could not even pick up the weapon because he ran away. Soldier.

"Lord Viscount."

The two silver knights came to the side of Viscount Miles and knelt down guiltily. The three of them joined forces, but they were unable to stop the young man. At this moment, they saw the corpse in the corner of their eyes and couldn't help but feel fear in their hearts. .

If the battle line had been drawn any longer, both of them would have died.

"Lord Viscount, my lord asked me to tell you that if this war continues, you will completely lose hope of occupying Lingdu City."

Viscount Miles stared at Brand closely. He never expected that the war would turn around so quickly.

Obviously they have more troops here, and they still have the advantage, so why were they defeated so easily.

"You guys have joined forces with Dragon?"

Brand did not respond, but in Viscount Miles' view, this was the fact. The three barons defected to Viscount Dragon, which led to his defeat in the war.

At the same time, Viscount Dragon on the other side also looked ugly. They were also worried that Lane's army would turn around and mix with Viscount Miles.

"Father, we can't gamble."

"We get nothing if the bet fails. If the bet wins, then they can only stand with us and deal with Viscount Miles."

Baron Enzo spoke, finally making Viscount Dragon make up his mind.

"Then promise them!"

With the addition of Earl Weiss, Viscount Dragon had to compromise and give half of the wealth of the Ice Peak Forest.

On the other side, Viscount Miles gritted his teeth and said angrily:

"Go back and tell your lord that the Miles family will not forget this account. In addition, put Mr. Atel back. He is the younger brother of Earl Weiss. You are not qualified to capture him."

Brand raised his hand, and soon there were soldiers behind him who brought the bound Atel Weiss over. This nobleman who only had the strength of a formal knight did not have any courage to turn defeat into victory in front of the sudden army. He did bring him Two thousand soldiers came, but except for the dozens of barbarians, the rest were all slave soldiers, and they did not have the courage to fight against the headwind.

This is the game between nobles. If the war fails, Viscount Miles can only leave and lead the army back to his own territory to lick his wounds.

Soon, Ryan received responses from the viscounts of both sides. He was not very happy, because as long as all the armies of both sides were not left here, these nobles would be able to pull out an army again after returning.

After the orcs went south, the nobles of Beifeng Province had many more slaves.

"It's a pity that if they keep all their troops here, these nobles won't be able to form a large-scale army in the next few decades, right?"

Ryan regretted and looked around. After cleaning up, he found that the number of deaths in this war was not as high as expected.

It's normal. The military quality of the soldiers on both sides is not very high. More than 10% of the casualties and injuries have not retreated, which shows that most of the soldiers do not know what is going on. More than 20% of the casualties have been killed. Those slave soldiers have not collapsed yet. Ryan thinks that it is their fault. The nobles led the troops well, if 30% of the casualties were...

With this number, even the regular elites will definitely retreat. Not to mention others, even Ryan's two hundred knights and attendants. If 30% of them died, he would be heartbroken and call the army back.

War is never about fighting to the last man. Such a war can be called an epic. If no one retreats, history will remember it and countless army commanders will be excited and try to learn from it.

In more cases, just like today, the end of the war can be declared after failure.

This is also the reason why Ryan keeps sending scouts, because he wants to know how many soldiers the nobles on both sides have lost in this war. He will not come when it is 10%, but when it is about 20%, once he appears, You can change the situation of the war and win the war.

Viscount Miles didn't know how their army lost. This was the reason. He could only see that there were so many soldiers in his army, and saw the soldiers in the army as a number.

But Ryan didn't. He knew very well that every soldier was a living person. They were afraid, panicked, confused, and desperate. They were people with emotions.

Everyone is a human being, not a machine that will fight to the death if thrown into the battlefield.

So, soldiers will flee. If one soldier flees, there will be a second, a third...

A large number of soldiers fleeing, even a million troops will not help.

In a head-on battle, Ryan's army is definitely not a match for so many noble coalition forces, but the timing of his arrival is too good.

It just so happens that the tense heartstrings of the armies of both sides are on the verge of collapse, and his army has just entered the battlefield.

So as long as the army of Count Weiss that arrived not long ago is dealt with, then this war will not fail.

Of course, if Viscount Miles organizes the army to camp again, then Ryan will still be at a disadvantage, and even have to withdraw from the allocation of the Ice Peak Forest. Therefore, he began to win over Viscount Dragun. In the way that the two viscounts check and balance each other, winning over Viscount Dragun can make Viscount Miles leave firmly, and the existence of Viscount Miles can make Viscount Dragun accept Ryan's proposal.

The victory of the war is because of human nature, so the victory or defeat of the nobles belongs to the use of the rules of the game between the nobles.

As the victor, even if he was a baron, Ryan could shout and drive away other nobles.

By the time they reacted after the war, everything had already become a foregone conclusion. Even if they were unwilling, they would not dare to destroy their noble reputation in a short period of time.

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