Chapter 411 Temporary guest appearance!
Conquering the castles along the routes of other families did not conflict with Gervis's plan to assassinate the eldest prince, so Gervis immediately made up his mind to give his idea a try.
So Gervis took out his simple map and started studying it.
It is not known whether the eldest prince's arrangement of the route has any special significance. The Jones family's attack route is on the leftmost side of all the families, which is the barony territories on the edge of the Earldom of King MacArthur.
If you go further to the left, you will have left the territory of Earl Jinmai and enter a vast uninhabited forest.
On the right side of the Jones family's route, adjacent to them is the Charles family, and adjacent to the Charles family is the eldest prince's own team.
It seems that the Charles family and the Great Prince's team directly formed an invisible wall. If the vassal team of the Jones family wanted to march towards Maiye City, they had to pass through the route of the Charles family and the Great Prince.
"Since you are so close to me, you can only consider yourself unlucky."
Although Gervis vaguely sensed that something was wrong, he was not too worried because he had the confidence of the black kiwi fruit.
On the contrary, he felt that this was exactly what he wanted. He would be very happy if he could snatch some gold coins from the Charles family.
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Next, Gervis replanned his route and headed directly towards the Charles family on the right.
Gervis calculated that by circling the Charles family's attack route, he could run to the front of the Great Prince's team, hide his subordinates, and then assassinate the Great Prince.
Thinking of this, Gervis gave an order and started to march quickly with his men. Even for meals, Gervis ordered everyone to do it in the carriage.
The soldiers riding war horses were also divided into two groups, and they could take turns to rest in the carriages.
And Gervis himself was already sitting in the carriage to cope with the day and night journey.
After more than ten hours of traveling day and night, the two hundred people led by Gervis finally intersected the route of the Charles family.
There are a total of six noble territories along the Charles family's attack route, the first of which is the Viscount Castle, and the others are Baron Castles.
When Gervis arrived at the second baronial castle, it was still intact and the garrison was nervously guarding the castle.
The Charles family's marching speed was just as Gervis had guessed, and they were still attacking the first Viscount Castle.
The vassal states of the Charles family were numerous, but none of them were as wealthy as Gervis, who owned fifty catapults. Therefore, every war was a real primitive siege. It would still take a day or two to capture a viscount's castle.
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While the vassals of the Charles family were still working hard to attack their first target, Gervis had already circled in front of them and started to snatch the 'fruit' that belonged to them.
"Listen up, people on the wall. We are from the Charles family of the Principality of Jean. Now we give you ten minutes to consider whether to surrender! If you are willing to surrender, you only need to hand over the heirs of the baron of your castle, and then we will redeem them with 800 gold coins!"
"If you are unwilling to surrender, then I will let you have a taste of the power of the trebuchet!"
Standing at the foot of the Baron's Castle, Gervase did not use the name of the Jones family. He needed to avoid giving the Charles family an excuse to complain to the king.
Now I am using the name of Charles family. Even if the vassals of Charles family have some speculations, they will be unable to do anything to me. After a few days, I will get the ransom. Who can Charles find to testify?
Many times, the rules and regulations of the nobility are like this. As long as they don't show it in public and don't commit suicide in a high-profile manner, everyone will turn a blind eye.
"Charles family? Isn't it said that only the Jones family has this rule?"
Standing on the city wall was a young man in full body armor. He was the eldest son of the baron who stayed in the castle, named Darren.
When Darren heard Gervis's advice to surrender, his face was full of confusion.
When Gabi and others passed by their castle, they did mention the matter of Gervis, but they clearly said that Gervis was from the Jones family.
And because stewards from other castles came forward one after another to persuade them to surrender, they had to take it seriously and start thinking about the pros and cons.
In particular, Gabi and others also said that Gervis had fifty catapults, and if they were unwilling to surrender, he would just use the catapults to smash them without any hesitation.
No one is not afraid of such a bold move, so the noble descendants who stayed in the castle were thinking, if they really encountered the legendary Gervis, would it be more cost-effective to just surrender directly.
Otherwise, if the city wall collapsed and I was captured, the loss would be huge, and there were precedents for this.
"Yes! It's the Charles family! Of course, this is just a temporary guest appearance!"
"Alright! Stop talking nonsense. I said I am from the Charles family, so I am from the Charles family. Look, Babette, Phoenix, and Ulrich are all here. Do you want to ask them?"
Facing the doubts of the people on top of the castle, Gervis generously gave an explanation. At the same time, in order to prove the credibility of his words, he pointed at Babette and the other two and spoke to the castle.
"Temporary guest appearance? What do you mean?"
After hearing Gervis' explanation, everyone in the castle became even more confused. Can family affiliation be changed at will?
This is a feudal lord, not a wife, so change it if you want!
But when they heard Gervis' next words, everyone looked towards the three people with their upper bodies tied up beside Gervis, and Darren immediately recognized them.
Darren and Babette are about the same age. Even though they don't have much social interaction on a daily basis, as family heirs, they may be familiar to each other because they have attended banquets together.
"Viscount Gervis, I am willing to be your hostage. I hope you can keep your promise!"
"Of course!"
After confirming that Gervis was the inhumane guy that Gabi and others had mentioned, Darren did not struggle much and surrendered directly in exchange for the safety of the castle.
Although he didn't know why Gervis used the family name of Charles, the three baron heirs were real, and the tarpaulin on the carriage at the back was deliberately lifted to reveal the catapult parts, which could not be fake.
Soon, Darren ran down from the castle.
After Darren was tied up, he asked his castle steward to go to Maiye City to report the news. Then Gervis suddenly remembered something.
So he said to Darren: "I promise not to attack your castle. I mean what I say."
"But I can't guarantee the other nobles of the Principality of Zeon. So, I have a suggestion. You'd better let all your subordinates leave the castle. There is nothing valuable in the castle anyway. Even if other teams from the Principality of Zeon come, they will not cause damage to the castle."
Gervis is a principled man. Since Darren is so cooperative, Gervis doesn't mind giving him some more advice.
If the guards and servants in the castle do not withdraw, they will definitely attack the city when Charles' family's troops arrive.
If these people ran away and the castle gate was open, the Charles family would not need to attack the city again.
"This... is good..."
Darren saw that Gervis was not joking, and although he felt that Gervis had discounted his promise a little, now that things had come to this point, he had nothing to worry about.
So Darren quickly gave a few instructions to the castle steward who had not yet left.
Seeing that he had finished explaining, Gervis did not delay and brought him and Babette and others back to his team, and then prepared to rush to the next Baron Castle.
(End of this chapter)
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