Chapter 215 Military Conflict and Ideological Conflict

Perrault received a letter from his father.

The content of the letter was very stern, asking him to stop Viscount Rand's iron mine in Crescent Territory as soon as possible.

Then he said that the second batch of support was on the way and asked him to finish the matter of developing the territory and set off for the Crescent Territory immediately.

Now that Count Feihu is sending more troops to Pero, it is in line with the current internal policy of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

At the beginning, the three pioneering viscounts' territories were just experimental in nature. If the Southern Kingdom reacted strongly, the three pioneering viscounts would immediately give up and return to their country.

But it is obvious that the only ones who are resisting fiercely now are the small and medium-sized nobles who are closer to the Southern Kingdom and the Frost Moon Kingdom.

Therefore, the Frost Moon Kingdom has already very keenly sensed the direction of the wind and began to prepare for a major expansion in the south.

If it weren't for the sudden increase in military pressure in the north, the Frost Moon Kingdom's expansion into the Southern Kingdom would not be limited to its current scale.

But even so, the domestic knight conference has been almost prepared and is about to be held.

After that, many pioneer knights will enter this land.

With the current change in the wind direction, it is very normal for Earl Flying Fox to send more troops to Pero, and Earl Stag also sent more troops to Shelan.

To be precise, it's almost like putting all your assets on the line.

Rand naturally didn't have a count father to support him, which seemed a little unfair, but that was how the world was.

It is very unfair to other nobles that a newly promoted viscount of Rand can also obtain such pioneering qualifications. There are more than just Shelan and Pero who are the sons of the earl in the Frost Moon Kingdom.

After reading the letter, Perrault wrote a reply on the table and said to his attendant: "Give it to the messenger."

In theory, obtaining support in terms of troops, supplies, and manpower is a happy thing.

But Pero was not happy, because he did not really want to confront Rand, even though he was about to have a great advantage in military strength.

But when the Snow Fox Countess faced Rand, she also had a military advantage, right? Recent events have further proved that Rand is difficult to deal with.

Everyone was starting from scratch to develop their territory, and both he and Shelan had the advantage in military strength. However, after a while, when they had not yet finished dealing with the affairs of the territory, it turned out that Manyue Territory already had excess troops to help them suppress the bandits.

Pero didn't know the specific situation of Full Moon Territory, but that didn't stop him from being vigilant.

Fortunately, if he wanted to attack the Crescent Territory from his Pioneer Territory, there were very few sections that needed to pass through the Full Moon Territory. The only trouble was that the defense line could not be bypassed.

If they wanted to bypass it, they would have to pass through the territory of another great noble, and the risk was far greater than directly attacking the defense line.

According to his estimation, even if Rand's military strength expanded further, theoretically there would not be many troops left on the defense line.

At the same time, the Naga tribe's army had already landed from the water.

There are three Naga tribes dispatched this time, and if the cannon fodder fishmen are counted, the number of soldiers exceeds a thousand.

The relationship between the three Naga tribes is not very good. They have had frictions in the past over the competition for living land, but due to the threat from humans, they have maintained basic cooperation.

And now, conflicts have obviously arisen among humans.

There are not many bodies of water suitable for Naga survival along the nearby coast, so there are only three Naga tribes nearby. Originally, the human nobles here were very united, at least they were united when facing them.

The Nagas have never lived comfortably. They have certain advantages over humans near the coast, but a little further away from the coastline, they can do nothing to humans.

If they can take advantage of the current conflicts among humans to eliminate more humans, then even if those cunning human nobles fail to fulfill their promise and give them the benefits promised before, they will still be much better off afterwards.

In short, the fewer humans there are, the better off they are.

Therefore, even though there were considerable risks, they still left the ocean and launched an attack on humans.

But there is a small problem now. Although their body structure is not particularly unsuitable for land, their life experience is not very applicable to the current situation.

They spend most of their time along the coast and in the ocean, rarely leaving the water.

This resulted in them not being very familiar with the roads on land.

But this problem is not particularly big.

In the nearby areas, all humans are enemies. Although the bard who came to lobby them before asked them to give priority to attacking a noble territory that is farther away from the coastline.

But now they don't know the way and need to find a local guide first.

Soon, the temporarily elected leaders of the three Naga tribes gave orders.

“Attack!”

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Fenris, who had received the news in advance, had already made preparations.

He calculated the time accurately and set up an ambush on the path that the Naga must take.

The strategy adopted was to ambush and block the road.

In short, an ambush.

Rand highly praised this tactic, believing that being prepared for the unexpected was an excellent battlefield strategy.

Fenris thought so too. Instead of relying on the unrepaired city walls and fortifications to defend in Full Moon Territory, it would be better to ambush and attack by surprise.

Intelligence advantages should be utilized.

Fenris waited quietly in his hidden place. Most of spring had passed, but it was not particularly hot now.

But wearing several layers of armor all over the body and lying in ambush in the wild and enduring mosquito bites is naturally very uncomfortable.

But how could marching and fighting be comfortable? Soldiers always endured both mental and physical torture.

Fenris is a very patient man. As a messenger of the Torch Church in the past, he was able to maintain his composure well in the face of arrogant and greedy nobles, ignorant robbers, and black-hearted businessmen.

But the pressure on the battlefield was still greater than he had imagined.

Because a wrong decision means countless deaths.

He himself might not die, but he still could not accept the death of his comrades if they died because of his wrong decision.

And now, he has been lying in ambush here for a long time. In theory, the Naga tribe should have arrived, but they didn't.

So what went wrong? Fenris pulled out a nearby map and scanned it once more.

This map was drawn by him personally when he was helping to suppress bandits, so theoretically there would be no mistakes.

So was it that the intelligence provided by the baron of the Turan family who was loyal to Rand was not accurate, or did the Naga tribe have other ideas, or what happened to them on the way? This situation was undoubtedly tormenting.

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Taner returned to Crescent Territory.

As a elder of the Mother Goddess Sect, Taner did not spend much time in Crescent Moon Territory compared to other high-ranking officials. Most of the time, he led his troops to fight outside.

But he may still be one of the members of the den who is most familiar with the teachings of the Mother Goddess.

And if Fenris is not counted, he must be the one among the Mother Goddess's followers who is most familiar with the teachings of the Torch Church.

This time Rand called him back to discuss the matter of the Torch Church. Taner didn't know why this issue required an interview.

But now, Taner is no longer worried about his identity as a traitor in the Torch Church being exposed.

Even if he was exposed, it didn't matter. Rand would never suspect him.

Although Taner is away from home all year round, the environment of the holiday villa and his hideout still makes him feel comfortable.

Because he knew very well that his contribution was involved in the development here.

As a veteran, when he first came here, the den was really just a cult den with only a dozen people, but now, it has become so prosperous.

He is proud of it.

Or rather, Taner now considers this place his home.

After arguing with the elevator staff for a while, Taner successfully got the opportunity to experience the elevator. As the rollers and ropes turned, Taner was carried up from the holiday villa by the elevator.

Soon they arrived at the hideout on the upper level.

The changes in the upper-level hideouts were smaller than those in the holiday villa. At least, Rand's lord hall did not change much from the outside.

Everyone in the hideout knew Taner, and when they saw that Taner had actually returned, many people greeted him.

However, no one stopped to chat with Taner because they could see that he was busy.

Taner, who was extremely tall and strong like an iron tower, did not take off his armor and walked directly to the lord's hall.

The only problem was that he seemed to see an old man who looked very familiar.

The old man seemed to think he looked familiar, then perhaps because his eyes were blurry, he wiped his eyes and didn't look at him any further.

Taner quickly entered the lord's hall. The interior decoration of the lord's hall had not changed much, which made him feel familiar.

Rand the Archangel was waiting for him, sitting on a huge stone lord's chair.

"Lord Rand." Taner knelt on one knee and saluted.

Rand motioned for him to just sit in his seat. Taner's seat had always been in the lord's hall. It would only be moved away during dinner parties and when meeting distinguished guests, but would be moved back afterwards.

Tanner's seats are one size larger than others and are of good quality.

After Taner sat down, Rand spoke up: "You have always been relatively familiar with the Torch Church."

Taner nodded and waited for Rand to continue.

"Bishop Kahn of the Torch Church came here specifically to invest in our holiday resort."

Taner didn't react for a moment.

He carefully confirmed: "Ka, Bishop Kahn? Is he the one from the Royal City?"

Rand heard something wrong in Taner's tone and asked, "Yes, is there any problem with that?"

The problem is huge.

Bishop Kahn used to be the cardinal of the Torch Church headquarters. Later, because he was really fed up with the red tape and the mess of the Torch Church headquarters, he asked to go to the local area to serve as the local bishop.

Moreover, Bishop Kahn knew Taner, or in other words, Bishop Kahn was Taner's mentor.

Taner came to the Frost Moon Kingdom from the Holy City, the headquarters of the Torch Church, and originally wanted to come and meet his mentor.

(End of this chapter)