Chapter 409: Arrival at Bernburg

"No problem, Viscount Daniel, you can make your own arrangements. I will only be responsible for the actions. Just notify me in advance when the time comes."

Dude replied nonchalantly.

He really didn't take Gervis, the little bronze knight, seriously. If it weren't for Count Nemio's direct order, he would have felt that it was an insult to his identity as a peak silver knight.

"Okay, Commander Dude, I plan to take action in four days. I will send people to secretly monitor their movements in the next two days!"

Viscount Daniel smiled slightly, and decided on a plan to deal with Gervis.

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The next morning, Gervis got up early and started to eat breakfast.

Because they are now separated from the main force, Gervis and others keep their armor and swords on them even when they sleep at night.

However, it was obvious that the small nobles of the Principality of Alban had been frightened by the Principality of Jean, and none of them dared to take the initiative to attack them.

After breakfast, Gervis and his party continued to move forward. With the cool breeze in the autumn morning, Gervis and his party moved forward more than thirty miles amid the sound of horse hooves.

"Sir! There is a town and a castle ten miles ahead!"

Around noon, Lowry's team, who were sent by Gervis to temporarily act as rangers, rushed back from the front and brought back information about the situation ahead.

"This should be Baron Bain's Castle marked on the map!"

After hearing Laurie's report, Gervis took out a simple map from the saddle and looked up the name of the castle.

"Laurie, is there anybody left in that town?"

"Your Excellency, we saw from afar that no one was walking on the streets of the town, so we moved closer to check, but we didn't find anyone. There were only a lot of figures on the castle walls."

Laurie quickly answered Gervais.

"Um!"

"Ike! Tell everyone to eat the dry food on the carriage and keep moving forward. We will try to capture the Baron Castle before dark."

"Laurie, you continue to lead the reconnaissance in the front."

Gervis thought for a moment and immediately began to give orders.

"Yes! Sir!"

"Yes, sir!"

Ike and Laurie responded respectively, and then quickly carried out Gervis's orders.

In this way, Gervis and his party had a hasty lunch on their war horses or carriages. An hour later, Gervis finally saw the town and castle that Laurie reported from afar.

This small town is much more prosperous than the coastal town. Just from the number of houses, it can be seen that there are at least two to three thousand permanent residents in this town.

Moreover, the houses in this town are not as shabby as those in the coastal town. Both sides of the main street are lined with stone buildings.

However, at this moment, there was no one in the town, and the streets seemed extremely empty.

At this time, some houses had been opened, and several of Gervis' subordinates were searching inside.

There were also soldiers on horseback patrolling behind the main street of the town.

"Sir, there are no personnel!"

"Sir, no one was found in the rear!"

"Great, let's go straight to the castle!"

Gervis nodded and looked at the towering Baron's Castle two miles away.

The residents of the town should have been dispersed long ago and hidden in the woods, just like Barony Cullen.

However, Gervis had his own plans, and his men were too few, so he could no longer take care of these civilians.

They can't run far anyway, so we might as well keep them until the Jones family's large force comes to capture them.

What Gervis needs to do now is to capture these castles, then quickly make a detour to the front of the eldest prince and his men to carry out his plan.

When Gervis's troops arrived within two arrowheads' distance of the castle, the defenders on the city wall were already clearly visible.

This Baron's Castle looks similar to Kalundborg, and its terrain is also backed by a river. There is a moat several dozen meters wide at the foot of the city wall.

"Babette, do you know the owner of this castle?"

Babette's upper body was tied tightly, and she was riding alone on a horse. At this moment, she had been pulled to Gervis' side by the guards.

"Yes, this is Baron Bain's castle!"

Babette looked at the castle in the distance with an unsightly expression, but at the same time there was a hint of gloating in her expression.

"In that case, come with me and talk to them and persuade them to surrender. It would be best if we can get them to surrender obediently. If not, then we can only spend some more effort!"

Gervis was not surprised. The two territories were adjacent and belonged to the same earl family, so there must be some interaction. However, the gloating look in Babette's eyes made Gervis unable to understand.

"Ike, take down the catapult from the carriage and put it together. Send someone else to start digging the soil and prepare to fill the river!"

Of course, although he was trying to persuade the other party to surrender, Gervis did not expect the other party to really surrender, so the siege had to continue.

After giving instructions to Ike and others, Gervis took Babette and slowly walked towards the castle.

But Gervis found that Babette was quite shy and didn't want to come forward.

However, since the reins of his horse were in Gervis's hand, he had no choice but to move forward.

"Do you know the name of the man on the castle?"

After approaching, Gervis saw a young man wearing full body armor on the castle in front of him. He was obviously the person with the highest status in the castle, so he asked Babette.

"His name is Finnis, and he is the eldest son of Baron Bain!"

Babette glanced upwards before lowering her head to answer Gervase's question.

"oh!"

Gervis nodded and shouted to the people on the castle: "Phinis, we are from the Jones family of the Principality of Jean. We are here to formally warn you that you have been surrounded! You have ten minutes to open the castle gate and surrender, otherwise you will bear the consequences!"

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Gervis didn't know how other minor nobles persuaded their enemies to surrender in this situation, but fortunately he had watched a lot of TV dramas in his previous life, so he immediately followed their example and played his part.

"Hmph! Stop talking nonsense. Attack us if you have the guts. You're dreaming if you want us to surrender! Bah!"

"You're quite arrogant! You're indeed worthy of being a second-generation noble!"

Gervase muttered jovially.

It was obvious that the people in the castle looked down on Gervis's 200 men. If other vassals of the Jones family were still there, they would still be afraid, but now they were not afraid at all.

However, Gervis had never experienced this kind of siege before, so he found it novel.

It’s a pity that no one is showing his butt to him, otherwise, like Benny last time, Gervis will definitely make his butt broken and covered with wounds!

"Phoenix, please don't make the mistake. This is your last chance, otherwise you will end up like Babette!"

Gervis pointed at Babette beside him and continued to persuade.

Babette, who was standing next to him, was pointed out as an example by Gervis in public. Her face became even uglier and she felt ashamed.

"Hmph, don't compare me to that loser Babette!"

Phoenix on the castle snorted coldly.

"Don't waste your time talking nonsense. Attack me if you have the guts! I'll let you taste the power of my Bernburg longbow and sword!"

"Ah, Phoenix, you are the loser! You don't have to laugh at me, you will know it later!"

Babette finally couldn't bear it anymore. After being scolded by Phoenix, her face immediately turned red. She looked up and cursed back at the top of the castle.

Gervis could see that Babette was hesitating and didn't want to step forward. It turned out that there was a conflict between the two men. So Babette knew that if he was captured like this, he would definitely be laughed at by his opponent.

"Babette, if you are not a waste, then why did you lose your father's Kalundborg?"

Phoenix's words instantly left Babette speechless.

"Haha! Don't worry, he will come down to accompany you later!"

Gervis laughed out loud, these two still had time to curse at each other at this time, what a weird couple, so he comforted Babette.

When Babette heard Gervis's comfort, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and she looked like she wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Phinix, since you don't listen to my warning, then prepare to accept the just judgment of my Jones family army!"

After saying that, Gervis pulled Babette back to his team.

At this moment, Ike and others had already moved the catapult off the carriage and began to assemble it quickly.

About half an hour later, Ike and others finally assembled all the catapults and loaded the stone bullets.

"Sir, it's already loaded! Ready to fire at any time!"

"Well, fire it! As usual, the trebuchets won't stop until the castle is destroyed!"

"Laurie, you are responsible for covering those fifty spearmen filling the river!"

Under a simple tent with only a roof, Gervis sat leisurely on a soft chair as he did last time, holding a glass of wine in his hand, and gave orders to Ike and Laurie with an indifferent expression.

"Yes, sir!"

"Yes, sir!"

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(End of this chapter)