Apparently, the method of complaining that Lynn told him was very effective, and within just one meal, the hostility of most of the poor had been eliminated.
After eating and drinking, Redel rejected the poor people and miners who wanted to join the team and liberate themselves, and asked them to think about it for a few days before making a serious decision.
Although expanding the team was urgent, he was more aware that recruiting too many unqualified people would only make the army loose and ineffective.
"You will lead the men to keep watch tonight. You must be more careful and never take it lightly." Redel assigned a personal guard and instructed.
Although the soldiers in the castle had been killed by them, it did not mean that they were completely safe.
Previously, he had ordered the arrest and hanging of all the notorious rich families and minor nobles in the castle. The handling might not be clean, and they needed to be on guard against the remnant forces that could launch a sneak attack at night.
After arranging everything, Redel, who had been extremely tense, finally relaxed a little. Just as he was about to go back to have a good sleep, Lynn's voice rang in his mind.
"It seems that you are already very experienced in doing these things!"
Redel had long been accustomed to the occasional extra voice in his head, so he was not surprised at all. He scratched his head and said awkwardly, "This is all thanks to your guidance, Mr. Lin En."
Without the miners around him, Redel took off his disguise. He was not very old, but he had to pretend to be mature in order to give everyone confidence.
"It's just guidance. When it comes to real practice, you still have to rely on yourself." Lynn responded with a smile. Redel's performance was even better than he expected. In the beginning, he had to teach him how to lead the operations and arrange tactics. Now, in just over half a month, he can make some arrangements on his own.
"But I have to tell you some bad news. The Earl Joyce you let go has fled to the palace, which means that your liberation of the miners in the southern part of the kingdom has been exposed!" Lin En continued solemnly. "The army that came to attack you is led by Duke Rickman, a total of 15,000 people, and several bishops and some priests are also coming with the army."
The expression on Redel's face immediately became extremely solemn. Just one bishop had caused them huge trouble, not to mention that there were several bishops coming this time.
Although the lightning-inducing technique is powerful, it can only exert its extraordinary power on thunderstorm days. It only takes a few times for him to compete with those bishops who can cast divine spells.
A regular army of tens of thousands of people could easily destroy them.
You have to know that Joyce, whom they dealt with before, only brought a thousand people when he came to attack them, and the guards of the entire earldom were only about two thousand people, most of whom were temporarily recruited serfs. Even so, they needed to rely on cheating to win.
Redel struggled for a long time, and finally sighed and said, "I can't defeat them. It seems I can only hide in the mountains."
This is the only way out.
"No, that's not necessary. I have a way for you to defeat the Grand Duke." Lynn's voice sounded again.
Redleton's eyes lit up and he had no doubt about Lynn's statement. He had seen all kinds of bizarre tactics of the other party, which were very powerful and made Earl Joyce run around in circles.
It was not easy to transport the entire musketeers from Iyeta to the Kingdom of Hadrata, especially the artillery, which could not be transported quickly...
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A few days passed in a flash, and the army assembled in the royal capital, under the shouting of Grand Duke Rickman, marched towards the earldom in a show of force.
However, when Rickman was halfway through the journey, he realized how unethical those lowly slaves were. Not only did they set up many traps along the road, they also sent a guerrilla force to hide in the nearby mountains.
There were no people to be seen during the day, but at night when they were preparing to rest, these miners would suddenly jump out and shoot a wave of rockets from a distance, and then run away without hesitation, regardless of whether they hit the target or not.
Although they were too far away and it was the middle of the night, the arrows were not very accurate and hardly hurt anyone, but they still made them feel uneasy.
These people are like mice squeaking in your ears, and when you get up and want to hit them, you can't find them.
As a last resort, Grand Duke Rickman had to rescue the bishops who were accompanying the army. He used magic to get rid of these elusive and annoying rats, and seized 150 crossbows in one go.
"What a stupid tactic. They actually delivered such precious bows and crossbows to our doorstep!" Rickman said with a sneer. Before, he thought that the leader of those miners was quite capable and a difficult character to deal with, but now it seems that he can only use some despicable little tricks.
A earldom could have looted three hundred powerful crossbows at most, which was also the only means for those mobs to fight against them. But the other side gave away half of them at once. It can only be described as stupid!
It took almost eight days to reach the destination after stumbling all the way. Rickman did not choose to attack the city directly, because Joyce had dug a secret passage from outside the city to the inside of the castle in order to leave a way for himself to escape. Now was the time to use it! Rickman immediately sent an elite team, together with a bishop, through the secret passage, sneaked into the city at night, opened the city gate, and even contacted the small nobles in the city to cooperate with the inside and outside.
Things went extremely smoothly. After less than half an hour, the tightly closed city gate was opened. Rickman immediately led his men in, but was surprised to find that all the rebellious miners had withdrawn.
It was like a punch on cotton, which made Rickman very depressed.
Joyce was so excited to return to the castle that his eyes were filled with tears. However, when he hurriedly brought people back to the manor and opened his treasury, he saw an empty scene.
All the gold and silver were divided up by Redel, and the priceless treasures were buried, leaving only four white walls.
"These despicable thieves!" Joyce was so angry that he vomited blood and almost fainted on the spot.
(End of this chapter)