Chapter 375 Even the salted fish is tempted!
King Lawrence, standing on the city wall, listened quietly to the noisy discussions below, feeling extremely satisfied.
This was the first strategy he made to completely conquer the Principality of Alban this year.
Baiyan City, as the name suggests, the entire city wall is built with huge rocks weighing thousands of pounds. Although Baiyan City has a history of hundreds of years, the thick walls are still standing and extremely solid.
The wall of Baiyan City is more than 10 meters high, which is wide enough for two carriages to run side by side. After decades of improvement, the fortifications on the wall are complete.
In addition, the Principality of Alban has stationed an army of up to 5,000 troops in Baiyan City.
This army of 5,000 people is not like the ragtag group of small nobles, but the direct guard of King Hayden of Alban. These 5,000 people do not need to do any farming work every year. They are only responsible for guarding the safety of Baiyan City. Baiyan City can be said to be impregnable.
In previous years, when the Principality of Zeon marched south, it would not launch a violent attack on Baiyan City.
Because Baiyan City is simply a huge military fortress, there are no civilians or nobles living in it.
The absence of commoners and nobles means there is no wealth or benefit to be gained. Without benefit to be gained, the small nobles of the Principality of Jean have no desire to attack.
Therefore, every year the Principality of Jean would surround but not attack, leaving double the number of troops to garrison, just trapping them in the City of White Rock, while the rest of the army would continue to detour and plunder other castles and cities of the Principality of Alban.
At this time, the defenders in Baiyan City would never go out of the city to fight, and the two sides maintained a strange tacit understanding.
Of course, the defenders of Baiyan City did this not because they were cowardly and afraid of death, but because as long as they defended Baiyan City, Baiyan City could be like a nail in the rear of the Principality of Jean's southern expeditionary force, making it impossible for the Principality of Jean's southern expeditionary force to advance recklessly into the Principality of Alban.
You must know that the Duchy of Alban is located in a plain and there are no dangerous checkpoints to defend. If the Duchy of Jean was allowed to march south freely, the Duchy of Alban would have been destroyed long ago.
It is precisely because of this that after King Lawrence made up his mind to completely take over the Duchy of Alban, he had to crush the hardest bone, Baiyan City, first. Otherwise, he could only plunder some property and food on the outskirts as in previous years.
However, there are only 5,000 defenders in Baiyan City, and there is no benefit to be gained. The small nobles under his command do not have the vision and ambition of King Lawrence. They only care about how much benefit they can get and how much price they can pay.
If there were no benefits in the city, King Lawrence would create benefits for them, which was why there was this reward for the first merit.
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Next, King Lawrence no longer needs to continue to incite the emotions of the nobles.
Because the nobles below the city wall were obviously impatient and wished they could get the first credit for entering the city right outside Baiyan City.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the king ordered someone to send a mid-level magical beast that had been prepared long ago - a violent bison.
After the soldiers hung the mithril iron cage containing the raging bison on the city wall, King Lawrence drew the sword from his waist.
With a flash of sword light, the intermediate-level monster in the iron cage was killed without any struggle!
"Everyone, get your formation in place! Move out now!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
With the killing of monsters and the flag-raising ceremony completed, this year's southern expedition finally began.
After the nobles below shouted the word "kill" three times, everyone began to rush towards their respective camps impatiently.
"Gervis, do you think we have a chance to win the first prize in Baiyan City? The spoils will be ours!"
"Ah! Ah! Ah! What a tempting reward! How great it would be if our Jones family could get it!"
Gervis and his men were also heading towards the camp, but this time the formation for the expedition was the same as that for the garrison.
Therefore, the Jones family's team is the last in line and there is no need to be so anxious.
Riding side by side with Fatty Pat and Code, Fatty Pat asked Gervis with excitement on his face.
"Pat, don't tell me you're going to take the credit too? Didn't I remember you said you wanted to be part of the logistics team?"
Gervis was speechless.
"Ahem! Ahem! Gervis, I have a dream too!"
Pat felt as if he was stabbed in the heart, and his fat, round face became like a deflated ball.
"Okay! Okay! I admit that I don't have the guts to grab the credit!"
"But didn't the king say that whoever rushes into the city first and guards the entrance to let the army in, his earl family will get the reward! Don't you have us?"
"The team hasn't started to distribute the rewards yet. If the Jones family really gets this reward in the battle of Baiyan City, I will definitely not join the logistics team this year. After all, such a southern expedition is worth more than ten years of harvest!"
"Money really is the key to success! Money makes the world go round!"
Gervis rolled his eyes and couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he looked at Fatty Pat, who had a funny expression on his face.
At this moment, even Code, who was standing next to him, didn't say anything, but the excitement on his face was beyond words.
"It's not easy to win the first place. I heard that Baiyan City has 5,000 elite defenders, and the city walls are built with huge stones weighing thousands of pounds. Even the Golden Knights can't shake it. Pat, I think you should go back to your old job and escort the baggage train!"
Gervis didn't want to discourage Fatty Pat's enthusiasm, but if he wanted to attack Baiyan City by force, it would definitely require huge casualties.
The king is not a fool. If he gives up such a big pie for no reason, he will definitely have to pay a price.
Our group of weak men, with only dozens or hundreds of people, was not even enough to withstand a round of volleys from the enemy.
"Well, think about it! Now that the old earl of our Jones County is missing, if too many soldiers are killed, we will be in big trouble in the future!"
Little Fatty Pat was poured a basin of cold water by Gervis, and immediately felt like an eggplant hit by frost.
"Let's go! We'll see then!"
Seeing Pat's look, Gervis couldn't help but shook his head.
He had never participated in the Southern Expedition, so he could not understand Pat and others' anticipation for rewards. Perhaps after this experience, he would be tempted.
When Gervis and others arrived at their respective camps, all the equipment and supplies in the camps had been reloaded, and the soldiers had gathered beside the carriages waiting for orders.
Half an hour later, Gervis finally saw that the Charles family's troops had gathered on the avenue outside the City of Glory and were slowly heading towards the gate of the City of Glory.
There are towering mountains on both sides of the City of Glory, so if you want to cross the border between the Principality of Alban and the Principality of Jean, you can only pass through the City of Glory.
As the families in front marched forward in an orderly manner, it was finally the Jones family's turn an hour later.
"Everyone! Set off!"
Gervis sat on the unicorn. With his command, more than 300 people under his command followed the huge team and slowly moved forward.
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The distance of fifty miles was not considered far in the previous life, and it only took more than half an hour to drive there.
But in this backward world, serf soldiers traveled on foot and carried weapons and armor, so one can imagine how fast they moved.
Fortunately, the road out of the City of Glory was flat and wide. When the southern expedition team arrived two miles away from Baiyan City, the sky had just darkened slightly.
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