Chapter 120: White King's Guards in the Crescent Territory
Today, the Southern Kingdom is in a stalemate, but in fact, it is still restrained in nature.
At least those murlocs and elves who were watching them all the time could still make those nobles maintain a certain level of rationality and not put all their fortunes on the gambling table.
But everyone is restrained at the beginning of the war. As the war progresses, people will become anxious.
Moreover, at this time, most of their energy and manpower would be involved in the war, and it would be a pity not to grab some money.
The current situation is that the Ice Sea Kingdom arrived first and plundered fiercely, and the other northern kingdoms formed an alliance, ostensibly for revenge but actually for robbery.
The Frost Moon Kingdom was ostensibly not participating due to the losses in the civil war, but now the king has spoken, allowing domestic nobles to spontaneously go to the Southern Kingdom to legally plunder.
As for why it is legal, since the king thinks it is legal and the parliament of nobles also thinks it is legal, then it is legal.
"What do you mean?" Rand asked. He was also very tempted. The Crescent Territory was short of people, food, farm tools, livestock and everything. He had been wanting to rob for a long time.
The Bucks Earl was also very interested. He also made a lot of money in this civil war, but the extra new territory also needed to be developed. How could it be faster to develop it slowly by yourself than to grab it? Besides, except for himself who was a strategic waste, the other three people here were all war geniuses!
The Black and Brown Marquis had participated in the war against orcs and trolls in the North a long time ago, and had made outstanding achievements. Not to mention Rand, he had seen his performance in the civil war.
Team up with two great teammates and you will definitely make money.
"What they said above is that we cannot form a large army to participate, and nobles themselves cannot participate, otherwise it would be no different from officially participating in the war." The Black and Brown Marquis said, "So the size of the coalition formed by our three families is just right."
The Black and Brown Marquis finally recovered from the shock of his son becoming a follower of the God of Struggle. "How about me and the Stag Earl send some more people, and you send some commanders?"
Rand, Earl of the Stag, and Marquis of Black and Brown looked at each other. No one had any objection. "So, the agreement is reached?"
The Black and Brown Marquis stretched out his hand, and the Stag Earl also stretched out his hand, clenched his hands into fists, and touched the fists of the Black and Brown Marquis. Although Rand didn't understand what they meant, he was still able to read the air, so he followed their example and bumped fists with the Black and Brown Marquis and the Stag Earl.
Since then, the Plundering Alliance was established, and its core members are all veterans of the 5th Legion.
After the fist-bump, Earl Stag stroked his mustache and said, "I have some friends who run longboats in the Ice Sea. They should be able to help."
Rand always felt that there were friends of Count Buck everywhere.
After discussing the general direction, Rand did not stay for long. Although the Marquis of Black and Brown and the Earl of Buck Stag still wanted to form an alliance with him, they could see that he was not interested in it now. It was estimated that they would not take any action in the short term.
And since the Black and Brown Marquis still had "family affairs" to deal with, Rand did not stay long and left directly with his guards. As for the specific details of the Brown Moon Deer Plundering Alliance, they could be discussed later and there was no need to rush now.
After Rand left, Earl Stag, whose original purpose was to disrupt Marquis Yellow, Black and Brown's socializing plan, also prepared to leave. He did not intend to ask Marquis Black and Brown how he planned to deal with his son. Like Rand, he believed that Marquis Black and Brown would give an explanation.
The Black and Brown Marquis called the Stag Earl and said, "We have a meeting to go to."
Earl of the Stag was a little confused as to why he deliberately avoided Rand. Although Rand was only a viscount now, there were many things that were worth his participation in the discussion.
The Black and Brown Marquis knew what the Stag Count was thinking, and said helplessly, "You'll know when you get there. It's just a bunch of meaningless things. For example, some nobles want to disgust Viscount Rand."
The face of Earl Stag twitched a little. These two nobles who were close to Rand naturally did not want to suppress Rand. On the contrary, the faster Rand developed, the greater their benefits would be.
But it seems that many nobles don't think so. Although it is foreseeable that many nobles' interests will be damaged during Rand's rise, it is not necessary to bring this up openly.
However, in a sense, Rand has now damaged the interests of other nobles. If Rand had not appeared, the Marquis of Black and Brown and the Earl of the Stag would have sought cooperation with other nobles when they went to plunder the Southern Kingdom, but now they have chosen Rand.
The Marquis of Black and Brown is an old nobleman, and the Earl of the Stag is even more sociable and can get along with everyone. For many nobles, cooperating with them is a rare opportunity.
But the idea of holding another meeting pretending to suppress Rand was a bit absurd to Earl Bucks. "Where should we hold it?"
"Thorn City." The Black and Brown Marquis named the city in the territory of the Duke of Thorn.
Lord Thorn, it seems like he has to go: "So, let's go now?"
The Black and Brown Marquis nodded, arranged the interrogation of his second son with a worried look, and then set off in the same carriage with the Earl of the Stag.
As for the daughters of the two great nobles, well, they were arranged to go to Crescent Moon Territory to study and observe.
They were not ready to give up their marriage plan with Rand as Rand thought.
Of course they knew that the masked woman next to Rand who was wearing a mask and holding two blood-red daggers must be an outstanding woman, but this did not affect their plan.
Which young male noble doesn't have a few enlightened personal maids? As long as it doesn't affect the status of the mistress, they don't care at all.
On the contrary, since Rand had recently gained a powerful top-level professional to work for him, it represented his background and strength. If not now, when would he take the opportunity to build a good relationship with him, or even form a marriage alliance? Rand certainly didn't know that the two little girls who had just been frightened like quails in the theater were being arranged to go to Crescent Moon Territory to observe and learn.
At this time, he was riding on a horse, admiring the surrounding woods while handling some development affairs of the Crescent Territory.
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At the same time, outside the Crescent Territory, a large group of knights wearing armor of different specifications and patterns began to gather.
Just as the Black and Brown Marquis, the Stag Earl and Rand would form an alliance, the lesser nobles who received tacit approval would also form an alliance.
Such an alliance is looser and a little more chaotic.
But this time their goals are very consistent.
That is to rob a lot of money, but not to rob the Southern Kingdom, but to rob the Crescent Territory.
According to their understanding, Rand should have a very difficult time developing Crescent Territory, and they don't even know if it has been started yet.
For the vast majority of small and medium-sized nobles, the development of a territory is often a protracted process that can last for more than ten years, dozens of years, or even an entire generation.
And now, it happened that the great nobles above were holding a meeting to discuss the suppression and restriction of Rand, and the lesser nobles below had of course also received some groundless news.
Isn’t that just perfect?
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Although they had never seen Rand's military command ability in person, so it didn't have such a big impact, they had heard of it. But would Rand personally bring people to the Crescent Territory to do the hard pioneering work?
Moreover, according to rumors and their own understanding, Rand's strength is not what makes him so powerful. Not long ago, he only controlled a barony, but he was not even a baron.
Since what is powerful is the military command ability rather than their own strength, and Rand, who has strong command ability, is not here, then what do they have to be afraid of.
As for afterwards, they just had to deny it. There were so many problems in Xinyue Territory, so many horse bandits, and so many followers of the God of Struggle. It was too difficult to find evidence in this age of information blockade.
In short, just grab it and it's done.
On the other side of this group of cavalrymen dressed in various clothes, there was a group of knights wearing red cloaks and brown armor who were looking at a map.
It took them a long time to get from the White Kingdom to the Crescent Moon Territory because the direct road had not been repaired yet.
Now that we have just arrived in Crescent Territory, the next step is to consult Viscount Rand's subordinates and go to Crescent Territory to serve.
The White King's Guards are an army composed entirely of the noble sons of the White Kingdom. These noble sons have been training in martial arts and learning knowledge related to war since childhood, and they also have knight squires equipped by their families.
All of them are tall horses of excellent bloodline, armed to the teeth in aristocratic armor, handsome and fashionable cloaks, iron wills and absolute loyalty to the White King.
This is the White King’s personal guard.
This team of the White King's personal guards consisted of 12 noble knights and 24 knight squires. Each noble knight had three horses, and each noble squire had two horses.
The captain quickly confirmed their location.
After riding for a distance in the wilderness, they saw infantrymen forming a formation, looking alert and holding the flags of the Nicholas family.
Nicholas's family crest had not been established for long, but their army, sent by the White King to help, naturally knew about it.
Their horses were not slow as they rode here. In such a short period of time and in such an encounter, this infantry unit was able to form a formation so quickly without any disorder.
Moreover, facing the fully armored knights with lances long enough to string a dozen people together, not a single person was frightened enough to run away.
The White King's guards had hardly ever encountered such infantry. Perhaps the orcs in the north were not afraid of death, but they did not have such a tight formation.
They naturally still had the confidence to break through this tightly-packed infantry unit, but it would obviously come at a huge cost.
This was completely different from the infantry they had encountered in the past, those who were loose and unmotivated, with absolutely no fighting power at all.
Putting away some of his original arrogance, the captain walked to the front of the battle, dismounted, and then looked at the relaxed infantry commander and said, "We are the personal guards of the White King. We are here to serve Lord Rand under the order of the White King."
Seeing this, Fenris looked at the flag of the cavalry and found that it was indeed the emblem of the White King.
Moreover, their captain had dismounted, and it was obvious that they had no ill intentions.
Therefore, Fenris also stepped out of the team and said in a loud voice: "I am the pioneering commander of Crescent Territory, Fenris Sheppert."
(End of this chapter)