Warhammer Throne

The drastic change of the vampire made Ryan lose the interest in the festival. On the contrary, the Baron had to spend a hastily over the Winter Veil Feast and immediately put his energy into preparing for the battle.

A few days after the Winter Veil Festival, at the end of December, the Baron Jean of Brittany led a heavy snowfall. The goose feather snow not only heralded a bumper harvest after the Chinese New Year, but also announced that the Baron’s military preparations need to be temporary. Stopped, the bodies of the serfs were not strong enough to train in the heavy snow.

The paladin Alfred, the Holy Grail knight Ryan, and the butler Katzenberg sat on the balcony to enjoy the snow, and a pot of delicious beef stew was placed between the large chairs.

"Now there is good news, Afu, the vampires gathering army is much slower than we thought. According to the scout's return, the Red Duke's move to awaken the undead has failed many times, and many deserted graves have been washed away in the flood that the lady summoned. "Ryan held up the wine glass, he was thinking about this question: "Even using the most radical calculation method, the Red Duke wants to assemble an army for three months, but I don't understand why he still does so regardless of the cost. Want to assemble an army of Katzenberg?"

"My baron." The butler was still dressed up with a big bald head. He was wearing a leather jacket and holding the wood elf cider in his hand. When Ryan called him, Katzenberg motioned to him to listen.

"If I give you three months, how strong can you build fortifications?" Ryan asked, "To be honest, do what you can."

"For three months, only one wooden wall and wooden sentry can be built, and then some defensive facilities can be built, such as sinkholes and trenches." Katzenberg calculated a little and said the expected result: "So short The time to build the stone wall is too reluctant, my baron, and the cost of the stone wall is also very staggering. This will affect the spring ploughing."

"Well, I understand." After thinking about it, Ryan gave up his plan to repair the wall urgently. The undead army is different from other armies, and the wooden wall cannot stop these creatures.

"My friend, are you going to fight a vampire?" Alfred picked up the wooden bowl, which was filled with beef stew, prayed sincerely, and then ate meat.

The life of a paladin is relatively harsh. They need a lot of meat but often don’t have enough money. Therefore, paladins tend to hunt for meat by themselves. For high-level meat such as beef, Alfred can eat. There were not many opportunities, and the money he earned was used to build the chapel in the town.

Thanks to Alfred’s efforts in preaching, the Church of Justice began to have a place in Lane’s territory. Some serfs were baptized by Alfred. Among them, with Alfred’s help, several children have been transferred. The post became a paladin.

"Yes, this war may not be so easy." Ryan nodded.

"Since it is against undead creatures, please let me help you!" Alfred nodded seriously: "Justice is the nemesis of the undead. The holy water blessed by our Lord can cause very considerable damage to the undead creatures. I There are a lot of them in my chapel, and I keep them all."

"I won't say anything else, Afu, let us fight together!" Ryan did not refuse, and there is no need for those imaginary things between Alfred and him.

Outside the balcony, heavy goose feathers fell from the sky, and dark clouds as thick as cotton wool covered every corner of the sky. The Jean Baronial collar became a silver-clad world, and the buildings and streets of Jean Town It was full of snow, many serfs were sweeping the snow, and groups of patrolmen walked past the walls of the town.

"Good friend, I have to say that the archer company already looks a bit under the training of Esterel." Alfred said casually: "Normally, a qualified archer needs at least one to two years. The training can take shape, but you have found the easiest way."

"I never intended to train archers, Afu, as you know, a qualified archer needs at least one or two years to ensure a certain degree of accuracy beyond fifty steps, and like the Bastogne Longbowman It takes five to eight years to take shape." Ryan nodded, and he said softly, "But the crossbow is different."

Yes, Ryan deeply understood that it would take a long time for the serf archers to form an army with sufficient combat effectiveness. Bastogne’s longbowmen began training at the age of 811. Their whole life is training time. The Duke of Simond stipulated that 1265-year-old qualified serfs in the territory should practice bow and arrow skills after praising the fairies in the lake on Sundays.

Ryan can't pull up an excellent longbowman in a short time, but he can pull up an excellent army of crossbowmen in a short time.

The dwarf hand crossbow made by the dwarf craftsman Deron Feinsen is a weapon that satisfies Ryan. This kind of dwarf hand crossbow requires very little operation skills. Ryan knows that what serfs need is this kind of brain-dead hand-to-hand tutorial. Loading, aiming, and shooting all in one go, simple and rude.

Sure enough, under Ester's training, in just over a month, all the serfs of the Jean Archer Company were able to reload, aim, and shoot very skillfully.

Ryan felt great after watching it, and it was enough to have this kind of combat power.

Now there are 1 Holy Grail knights, 4 ranger knights, 13 knights, 85 swordsmen, 201 spearmen and 120 crossbowmen. Compared with ordinary barons, Ryan The size of the army can be said to be huge.

Well, there are two entourage wizards.

"My baron, Your Excellency Francois sent someone to ask you if you need reinforcements?" The butler Katzenberg said softly, "He is worried that you may become the front line here, and, according to the return of the scout, Pershment The Duke of Germany also learned of the vampire's abnormality, and he is also preparing for the war."

"Apart from them? In addition to the Duke of Pershmond and the Duke of Francois, are there any other dukes who have reacted?" Ryan suddenly remembered something, and he asked suspiciously.

"For now, I don’t see it. The dukes must have received information that the vampires are gathering troops, but only these two dukes have reacted. They are gathering troops. Others include Pold, the nearest company to Moussilon. His Excellency Boderek, Duke of Luo, just started to mobilize the army, and there is no sign that the people are called up and plan to clear the country." Katzenberg held the parchment: "The king has no new orders at present. This is the intelligence three days ago. ."

Ryan sighed slightly. He probably knew why no other dukes had any concrete actions except for the Duke of Winford and the Duke of Bastogne.

This has nothing to do with whether it is hostile to the vampire, but it has something to do with Ryan.

Because of the Chivalry War in the Arden Forest more than a year ago, almost all the principalities lost thousands of troops in this war, although the loss of a few thousand people is not counted for the principalities. It hurts their muscles and bones, but it also stretched their original military strength. Castles and territories everywhere needed enough troops to garrison. Under this circumstance, the dukes were a bit hesitant about whether to recruit more troops and affect spring ploughing.

Only the Principality of Bastogne and the Principality of Winford, because they were the right-wing army led by Ryan, suffered not only a lot of losses but also seized a lot of spoils. These troops who have experienced the baptism of blood and fire have become elites.

Only these two principalities have the ability to gather troops immediately.

"My baron? How did you plan?" Seeing Ryan didn't answer, Katzenberg asked.

"What do you think? Katzenberg?" Ryan wanted to test his housekeeper.

Katzenberg lowered his head, and he thought for a moment: "My Baron, I think it's not the time to request reinforcements. It's unclear whether the vampire really intends to go to war, and whether the Red Duke's target is us. According to the current situation, it is unclear, my baron, you are already jealous of the king, you must be careful, unless your Royal Highness or the king has explicitly ordered you to lead the army, you should be more careful."

"Well, very good. What we have to do now is to assemble the army and prepare for the war, but we must also keep a low profile and don't lose weight." Ryan nodded again and again: "Let's wait and see if our Majesty the King or Majesty Majesty has it there. How do you react."

"Understood, my baron!"

As the baronial was preparing for battle, under Ryan's command, the soldiers gradually changed into breastplates and more sophisticated dwarven equipment.

These armies have already begun to be semi-professional.

In Ryan’s vision, the separation of soldiers and peasants is the first step in advancing his military reform, but now his financial resources are not yet capable of raising so many professional soldiers. What he has to do now is to semi-professionalize these soldiers. The profession of soldiers will gradually be larger than their main profession as serfs, that is, they are mainly responsible for the training of the army, training for two or three days a week, and farming the rest of the time.

The soldiers of the baron enjoy better food and higher status. More importantly, Ryan is the holy grail knight, the lady’s chosen champion, and the serfs in his territory are very eager to show their loyalty to the holy grail knight. In the country, serfs were forbidden to believe in the fairies in the lake, so to attract the attention of the fairies in the lake must be a special method.

Serfs are willing to believe that being a Holy Grail pilgrim or fighting alongside the Holy Grail knights is an effective means. Therefore, in order to live a better life and be favored by the goddess, there are countless people who have signed up to join the army.

The baron encouraged the serfs to have devout beliefs.

Time passed quietly in preparation for the battle, and Musilon’s army of vampires assembled slowly and resolutely. Under the powerful undead magic of the Red Duke, the corpses in the grave gradually recovered. The powerful blood knights and the dark holy grail knights attacked and severely damaged The guard posts along the way and the guard force of the Knight Kingdom.

Boderek, Duke of Poldero, who is only more than 100 kilometers away from Moussilon, was the first to feel bad. The prince and champion of Poseidon Mannan have begun to fully mobilize the Principality’s army to prepare for the possible threat of vampires. , But he is still a little undecided. The best way to fight against vampires is to clear the walls, burn all the graves, and clean up all the bones. The vampires can't get the supplement of blood and troops. Controlling the undead army is a huge consumption.

It is difficult for the Duke to make up his mind. He and his Principality may not be able to relax for a few years.

And just as Musilon's army of vampires gathered more and more, the Knight Kingdom finally sent a positive signal.

The lake **** witch Mogiana left her tower. She brought a group of holy grail knights to appear in the lake fairy cathedral in the Principality of Kakasong. The lake **** witch declared that vampires are our common enemy, the knights of the kingdom. Evil must be eliminated, for lady!

Thus, when the snow melted in March of the following year, a war seemed inevitable.

At this time, Morjana, who was on the road, received a strange magic communication signal.

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