At the nobles' meeting held in Wushan Castle last month, he not only attended in person, but also said that he would personally lead elite troops to fight against the Polish Thieves Group.

Luo Ning didn't expect that the other party would be absent, so he sent someone to inquire about it, and only then did he find out the reason why the other party didn't come -

It is said that a large sea monster sword shark about seven or eight meters long suddenly broke into Dennis Port. It has destroyed many merchant ships and even caused dozens of casualties in recent times.

In order to solve the port problem as quickly as possible, Viscount Vitorino took his elite knights on a warship to try to destroy the monster, but he did not expect that the other side punctured the hull, causing the warship to gradually sink.

If the sword shark had not been so arrogant and rushed onto the hull when the warship was about to sink completely, and was killed by the bombardment of Vitorino and others, no one knows what the ending would have been.

Although they won the battle, Vitorino and his elite knights were all injured, especially the Viscount himself, who had a piece of flesh cut off from his thigh by a sword shark. He is now recuperating in the castle and cannot get out of bed.

Obviously, he could not participate in the war against the Polante Bandits.

Not only him, but also those elite knights who went with him to the sea to kill sword sharks and were seriously injured were unable to participate.

Defeating a level 5 monster sword shark at sea, just by listening to this story you can tell how dangerous it is.

But in Roning's opinion, there was no telling how much water there was in it. He even thought that there might not have been any monsters like the sword shark in Dennis Port. Everything was just an excuse for Viscount Vitorino not to participate in the war.

He sighed. The other party did not come, which resulted in the loss of two high-end combat forces on his side for no reason.

But what could he do?

Ronin wouldn't ride his dragon to Pointed City just to see for himself whether Vitorino was really unable to get out of bed, right? Even if he did go there and saw that Vitorino was alive and kicking, he wouldn't have the right to order him to go to the battlefield.

Luo Ning was only a commander on the battlefield. Off the battlefield, he and his opponents were both viscounts of Wushan Castle.

What's more, Pointed Horn City is much more prosperous than the current Ubei Territory.

However, although Vitorino and his elite knights were unable to participate in this war, in order to express Pointe City's loyalty to Wushan Castle, he still sent a team of 300 people to arrive at the Stone Territory as scheduled.

Roning was still unclear about the specific combat strength of this team, but the number of people was definitely beyond reproach, being the largest among all the noble reinforcements.

Compared to Vitorino, other nobles were not so "generous".

Apart from the bankrupt Baron Conor who was in a group of three, the other barons, pioneer knights, etc., those with a team of thirty to fifty people were considered large, and most of them had only a dozen or twenty people.

Roning rode on his Cloud-Stepping Horse, standing on a high slope and looking at the scattered and disorderly camps of the nobles outside the Stone City, he could not help but frown.

He really doubted whether such a coalition had the combat effectiveness?

A horse galloped over, Rognar dismounted and came to Roning to report.

"Sir, I have already inquired about the situation in Pointed City on behalf of your commander. The leader is Mahamet Lev, a knight appointed by Viscount Vitorino, and a bronze-level knight."

"He has two mid-level knights and five junior knights. The rest of the infantry and archers are ordinary people. There are no cavalry."

The Bronze Knight is pretty good, but the combat power of the latter ones is hard to describe.

"Rogner, tell me why Viscount Vitorino is unwilling to participate in this war?"

Luo Ning had some guesses about this behavior, but he still wanted to hear what outsiders thought.

Rogner hesitated for a moment, then slowly expressed his thoughts: "He probably thinks there is nothing to gain from this war, and the more he invests, the greater the loss."

Rogner smiled awkwardly, "I'm afraid this matter is related to your father, Earl Wiggins."

Then, he expressed all his views.

Simply put, whether it is Viscount Vitorino, Marvin, German and others, as long as they are well-informed, they all know that Wiggins has a share of the iron mine in Chishan Town.

If Wushanbao recaptures Chishan Town in the next war, it will definitely not continue to be handed over to Corian for operation and management.

And according to Wiggins's character, the other party is likely to put the Chishan Iron Mine, or even the town, under his own name.

Hearing this, Luo Ning couldn't help but sigh.

People like Vitorino are indeed old men who have followed Wiggins for a long time, and they even predicted the latter's thoughts.

The only difference is that Wiggins doesn't want the management rights of Chishan Town because he is too lazy to manage it, and instead plans to give it to Roning.

Under this premise, the valuable things that the nobles who supported the war could obtain became limited.

In the end, some nobles might only be able to plunder some spoils from the battlefield.

As for other things, such as improving military experience, increasing reputation and influence, they are all empty things. For small nobles, they are not as real as money.

For these people, since the big share would not fall on them and the small share was dispensable, why should they send out their elite troops? They could just recruit serfs to make up the numbers, and then have a few knights lead them, respond to the call, and make some noise.

As for why Marvin and Germann were not so "hide their shortcomings", the reason is not difficult to guess.

For the former, his second son Rognar worked under Ronin, who was the commander of this war.

As a father, Marvin naturally had to support Rogner.

For the latter, it was Roning who saved the lives of his son and daughter, and at the banquet he also eliminated the hidden enemy, Lei Sen. In order to repay his kindness, Hermann would also send more people.

"So in the end, the main force of this war will still be the three knight groups of Wushan Fort, Wubei Territory, Muma City and Hushang Town, which together have more than a dozen knight squads."

"A dozen squads of knights are more than enough my lord."

Rogna said: "The enemy is estimated to have at most the strength of one knight order. The advantage is on our side."

"Perhaps."

Roning waved his hand and said, "I'll have to trouble you to inform the leaders of these teams. Since everyone has arrived in the Stone Territory, let's act together starting tomorrow. After we enter the Stone City and meet up with Toru, Corrine, Philip and others, we'll find a time to hold a meeting."

"At your service, my Lord!"

The reason why he gave the task of liaison to Rogner was mainly because the latter knew a lot of people, unlike McKeon, Rydar, Joffrey and others who had little experience of the world. This was Rogner's advantage.

Rhonin returned to his tent and called for Redal, Macon and Elrond.

In this war, I'm afraid that Wu Beiling's high-end combat power will no longer be able to hide its shortcomings.

But it is worth it for the iron ore in Chishan Town. (End of this chapter)