Chapter 209: Changing Situations

The messenger sent by Fenris to the Pero territory has arrived.

Pero sat in the main seat and looked at the respectful messenger in front of him.

Pero knew very well that Rand and Count Feihu had a very bad relationship, and he had also heard about what happened in Frost Moon Royal City.

He was also tasked with preventing Rand from developing the iron ore.

In fact, Pero originally thought that his father made such arrangements just to use this rare opportunity to mobilize troops during the expansion to cause some trouble to Rand.

But now, he kind of thought that his father was thinking long-term.

Now that the three viscounts are developing their territories, the one with the weakest military force is Manyue Territory, with only more than 500 people and not many cavalry. However, Manyue Territory has made the fastest progress among all the developing territories.

Although he had so many problems in his territory to deal with that he did not have the extra energy and manpower to investigate how fast Man Yue Territory was progressing.

Originally Pero was quite pleased with himself. This time he deployed troops and generals in this viscount's territory, attacked cities and defeated enemies. A lot of knowledge he learned in the territory was gradually confirmed, and he did quite well in all aspects.

At least that's what he thought.

If the problems in the countryside had not yet been solved and the surrounding petty nobles had not been harassing him, he should have already tried to send troops to attack the iron mines in the Crescent Territory.

But now it seems that Man Yue Ling's progress is faster than he imagined.

He actually had the spare time to come and "help" him?

"Please go back, I don't need your help." After hesitating for a long time, Pero rejected the messenger's proposal.

It's true that he would be able to gain his footing faster if he got help, but doing so always made him feel inferior.

And this was out of caution; he didn't know what Rand's people wanted to do in his territory.

Seeing that Pero refused, the envoy was not discouraged and made a new proposal: "We want to borrow the passage to Shelan's territory and provide them with help."

The soldiers of Man Yue Territory actually wanted to do the mercenary business so much. Were they so short of money? Pero pondered for a moment and thought that he could make some money in the opposite direction: "Okay, but you can only go through the roads I specify, and you have to pay a toll."

The messenger fell silent. His initial idea was to make some money from Pero, but now he had to pay for the journey.

However, as long as they are allowed to enter this territory, Fenris will have completed the mission given to him.

It is completely acceptable to lose a little money now.

The envoy pretended to be very reluctant and negotiated the relevant matters with Pero, and finally set a price that was neither expensive nor cheap.

After the conversation, the envoy did not stay in Pero's territory for too long and began to rush back, trying to tell Fenris the news as soon as possible.

…

At the same time, the bard who went to the Naga tribe also completed his mission, left the Naga tribe, and went to report to the small and medium-sized nobles who were very close to the three frontier territories.

In order to unite the Naga tribe, the small and medium nobles promised many conditions, such as completely giving up the coastal areas to these aquatic creatures.

Promises of much gold and silver, weapons and armor that are difficult for aquatic creatures to obtain, and tools.

Even some nobles considered the issue of marriage, but it was later rejected. After all, there is reproductive isolation between humans and Nagas, fishmen and mermaids.

Originally, these small and medium-sized nobles did not belong to the same country, and they had conflicts with each other, and many of them were feuds.

But this time, faced with the threat of losing their territory, they united.

——Anti-development Committee——

They elected the noble with the highest prestige and power as their leader and began an overall and unified struggle.

After confirming that the Naga tribe had been successfully persuaded by them to help attack the frontier territory, the Anti-frontier Committee decided to win over more people.

Because during this period, they suffered another setback.

They must now reassess the strength of these three frontier territories.

Having guessed the Frost Moon Kingdom's plan in advance, after the three rounds of friction wars ended, they sent people to occupy the towns that had been conquered, began to repair the city walls, stockpile supplies, and resist the invaders.

But the effect is much worse than expected.

In Shelan's territory and Pero's territory, there were well-regulated knightly orders, and there were also a large number of infantrymen.

Even if they captured towns and castles, they would not be able to hold out for long against the powerful and well-equipped knights, and the infantry who had received a certain level of training rather than simply conscripts.

Those sturdy castles were either quickly breached or the soldiers inside saw no hope and surrendered.

In this case, the help of intelligent aquatic creatures is far from enough.

On the one hand, they decided to ask for help from their country.

Although the Gold Mine War is still ongoing, the intensity is not as high as last time due to the previous Northern Alliance invasion.

Although restraint will not last long, both sides are indeed exercising restraint so far.

However, it is said that this restraint gradually disappeared when the orcs in the north began to riot.

The Anti-Development Committee knew that the probability of the Kingdom providing them with support was very low, but even a little bit of economic assistance would be helpful for the current situation.

If they had enough money, they could recruit mercenaries.

The mercenary industry in this world is still relatively developed, although many high-quality mercenaries are now participating in the gold mine war and the war against orcs in the North.

However, there are still some mercenary groups who are unwilling to participate in large-scale wars and be ground into meat grinders, waiting for slightly less dangerous jobs.

These are the people the Anti-Development Committee wants to recruit.

In fact, they have been trying to recruit, but due to the previous defeat in the war with the Frost Moon Kingdom, their economic situation is not good.

There was a shortage of weapons, food, and armor.

So they also made a choice.

For example, cooperating with the bandits in that lawless area, the Burning Land.

Many nobles do not mind cooperating with bandits, and many of them were born bandits when they became rich.

And almost all the nobles’ favorite thing to do is looting.

As long as it is not made public or affects the interests of their own country or allies, many nobles would choose to cooperate with bandits.

Here we have to mention the Ice Sea Kingdom. The Ice Sea Kingdom is a typical bandit kingdom and the embodiment of the nobles' love of plundering. However, the Ice Sea Kingdom is now in a very difficult situation due to the attacks of orcs and the sluggishness of its allies.

After the bard reported to them, they immediately sent messengers to the Burning Lands, inviting them to join them in plundering the property of the Frontier Territory.

…

After receiving Pero's reply, the messenger sent by Fenris quickly returned to the Full Moon Territory to report to Fenris.

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"He agreed to let us pass through." Fenris laughed, and Tata beside him also laughed.

This means that they can enter Pero's territory and get in touch with Shelan.

The current situation is actually much more serious than we initially imagined.

The support of the Earl of the Flying Fox for Perrault, and the support of the Earl of the Stag for Shelan, were much greater than initially estimated.

This means that they may have the same idea as Rand.

After the victory in the last military conflict, the great nobles of the southern kingdom retreated and took over all the strategic buffer zone left.

Integrate into a new earldom.

The system of the frontier territory is different from that of the Shimotsuki Kingdom.

If it weren't for the civil war, most of the conflicts between nobles in the Frost Moon Kingdom would end in mediation.

If the situation gets more intense, there might be a robbery, with one side capturing the noble lords of the other side.

But that’s where it ends, and the problem is often resolved by paying a ransom.

But the frontier territories are different. All frontier territories are equivalent to being personally appointed by the king. Although fighting each other is prohibited, annexation is not prohibited.

It seems that prohibiting fighting but not prohibiting mutual annexation is a conflict, but in fact it is not.

For example, if a certain pioneering territory is conquered by the "enemy", other pioneering nobles can take over according to this unspoken rule.

The Frost Moon Kingdom's initial idea was not to allow a new border earl to be born on the southern border, but now it seems that the southern nobles have no chance of ending the gold mine war in the short term.

There may be signs of this happening now.

But these things are still too far away. Now everything is still in its infancy and the situation is still uncertain.

"Send the army to plunder." Fenris ordered with a smile.

At least now the population pressure will be alleviated.

Tata responded and went downstairs to make arrangements.

As for why Fenris was so confident, it was naturally because he had obtained a "local guide".

While trying to gain a foothold in this scorched land, Fenris gained many civilians and bandits.

Some of them were "touched" by Rand's policies and were willing to serve as guides, that is, local guides, to help them introduce the Pero territory and the hiding places of the bandits and villagers in the Shelan territory.

With a local guide, many things become much more convenient.

Thinking of this, Fenris opened the required notes on war studies.

I wrote some of my own understanding above.

Fenris thought that he did not have a very deep understanding of the required courses in warfare one, two and three, or rather, the more he led troops in the field, the more he could feel the profoundness of the lessons.

But Rand still asked Fenris to write down his understanding and ideas about leading troops, and then discuss them with Tanr and Rand.

Fenris felt that he was not qualified, but since Rand had given the order, he wrote down his understanding.

Perhaps Rand and Taner, who were good at military battles, also needed some ideas from someone like him? Fenris was not sure, but at least at this time, he would firmly follow Rand's orders.

…

This is different from the increasingly tense atmosphere in the north, south, and on the border between the Frost Moon Kingdom and the Bolun Kingdom.

The holiday villa and the hideout on the upper level were not affected too much.

Business travel has decreased a bit, but the other changes are not significant.

Some people even opened several new restaurants here because of Rand's support policies.

There are also some very skilled foreign chefs among them.

Rand felt that it was time to start preparing for the cooking competition he had planned.

(End of this chapter)