Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 17 Attack on Clivia Collar
"Master, it is said that the Black Rock Mountain Range stretches for more than a hundred miles, reaching the mouth of the sea."

Les looked at the mountains to the north, and continued: "I heard from the businessmen who used to come and go, that there are many big ships going out to the sea every day. If the businessmen of Luma Dukedom take big ships, if the wind is favorable, they can travel from Luma in three days and two nights." The Principality of Ma has reached the Violet Territory."

"It's a pity that the Principality of Artem and the Principality of Luma are at war. The number of merchants came less, and then they even stopped coming, and gradually fell into disrepair. It has been more than ten years now."

Charles has read it from books. At that time, the Violet Territory was extremely prosperous and it was the jewel of the Principality of Artem. Many nobles had houses in Violet Town, and they liked to go there for vacation in summer.

At that time, Shire's grandfather started from the castle, walked along the mountains, crossed the bordering Clivia Territory, and then walked east for dozens of miles to the mouth of the Violet Territory, the small town of Haikou.After there are no merchants, it is estimated that it is just a village now.

Charles said: "Knight Commander Les, I don't know how far we are from Clivia's territory."

Les glanced at the serfs behind, turned around and said, "If there were no serfs, the cavalry would have arrived in a day. Now that they have walked for a day, if they brought the serfs with them, they would be able to see the wheat fields led by Clivia one day later. If you want to go to Clivia Castle, you have to walk another day.

Charles nodded. For this expedition, the Iris Knights dispatched more than [-] people, and there were more than [-] people left, including those injured knights guarding the captives. However, he brought more than [-] serfs. Khamis does not have the strength to fight him in the field.

Going this time, let’s see if the castle is strong or not. The main goal is to plunder the population and food. It’s too bad for the cavalry to attack the city.

But Khamis fled back to Clivia's territory with Qibaqi in fear, and rushed back to the castle all day and night.When we arrived at the castle, the sun was setting, and the dim sunlight shone on the low castle, making Khamis feel infinite sadness in his heart.

At that time, he led [-] knights and [-] serfs, and marched aggressively towards the Iris flower territory, intending to attack the Iris flower family in one fell swoop. He looked around, and now only seven or eight riders came back with him. It was really a big dream. How many times in life is cool.

He got off his horse, and his old partner seemed to know that his mission had been completed, neighing after a while, and then fell down.Khamis felt even more desolate.

But Khamis knew that he didn't have time to grieve, the most important thing now was to quickly gather people to defend the castle, Charles Iris, that despicable villain would definitely not let him go.

In the hall of Clivia Castle, Rob, the political officer who had just had dinner, was called over. At this time, Khamis had washed and dressed neatly, and the misery of being desperate just now had disappeared. After hiding it, Khamis still couldn't let go of his aristocratic demeanor.

Rob looked at Khamis with some concern. Only the lord came back, and neither the knights nor the serfs came back. This is not a good sign. Although Hamis was dressed neatly, he couldn't hide his exhaustion. Rob said worriedly : "My lord, what happened?"

Khamis sighed and said, "I regret that I didn't listen to Mr. Robb's words at the beginning. Now that I have defeated one, even the knight commander Norman doesn't know whether he is dead or alive."

"Then, my lord, did Lord Lamar sacrifice himself?"

Khamis understood what he meant. If Lamar was sacrificed and the knights sent by Violet were wiped out, how could he explain to Earl Violet? Could it be that Lamar you sent was responsible for blind command and something went wrong? Now, blame him all.

If Lamar sacrificed, Khamis could only take all the responsibility this time. Khamis breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The situation was urgent at that time, Lamar put down and evacuated to the other side, and we separated. If there is no accident, It should be safe and sound."

Rob also heaved a sigh of relief, but he seemed to have thought of something suddenly. He was a little worried, and said, "Next, the iris will march, how should I deal with it?" Attack before the autumn harvest, eat in the iris territory, it's okay if you win, if If you lose, the other party will definitely not let you go. "

Khamis breathed a sigh of relief, and said cruelly: "Let's recruit the strong men first, and guard the castle. As for the rest, we will talk about it later."

"But, my lord, the serfs are finished."

"Could it be that I want to fight in the field myself, just do what I say, immediately." Khamis scolded angrily, rather than being angry, it would be better to vent the fear in his heart.

Rob's face was gloomy, and he said in a resigned manner: "Obey, my lord."

The decree was distributed from the castle. Because the Knights suffered heavy losses, they had to rely on government officials and servants to enlist young men. Households moved into the castle and equipped them with leather armor and spears. The remaining knights gave them simple training.

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Charles marched to Clivia Castle. Charles looked up and saw that the castle was located on a hillside, backed by the Black Rock Mountain Range. The castle had three floors and was almost ten meters high. There was an arrow tower on top of the castle, and the gate was closed.

At this time, Rice whispered: "Master, why don't you drive the serfs to attack the city and see how the defense is." Of course, the serfs he was talking about were serfs led by Clivia. Coercing serfs, taking human lives to pile up castles.

Charles frowned, doing so would be too harmful and not worth it. At this time, Charles resorted to the method of asking the mind, what did he want to do?He needs people to set up villages, he needs food, gold coins, and goods.Now the castle is very difficult to attack, so don't attack, and plunder the food and goods in Clivia's territory, and continue next year, year after year, what's the use of a strong castle.

Charles ordered: "Find a knight, go to the door and shout, and see if Khamis has the courage to fight in the field." Although the hope is not high, there is no harm in trying.

"Coward Khamis, do you have the guts to come out and fight?"

"If the Clivia family knew that there was a coward like you, they would want to get up from the ground and scold you."

"You just need to kneel down for our young master, and our young master will let you be merciful."

The knights were cruising and yelling under the castle, but the castle was as motionless as a shrinking tortoise.

"Come here, find a woman's clothes and send them to him." Charles ordered.

Inside Clivia Castle, a box was delivered to Khamis. Khamis opened the box and saw a set of women's clothes. He stood up abruptly, picked up the wine glass beside him and threw it out, cursing: "It's too deceitful!" , I'm going out, and kill that bastard, and chop off his limbs, and soak him in dung, and make him die forever and ever."

The more he scolded, the more angry he was, he tore the suit to pieces, then walked out of the hall, put on his armor and walked up to the top of the castle, overlooking the past, a huge crowd surrounded them all, Khamis instantly turned off the thought.

"It's okay, I still have my sister. When Earl Tulip is done playing, I will want you to look good sooner or later. I will bear it." Hamis gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry about the enemies' scolding, just stick to the castle." After finishing speaking, he left went back
The conscripted serfs laughed secretly at Khamis, "Anyway, I wasn't scolded, so the devil got out."

Les walked up to Charles and said, "This Khamis really doesn't have any bravery. When I saw him on the battlefield a few years ago, I thought he was a lord who was good at fighting and dared to fight. I'm really disappointed. See No matter how humiliating the appearance is, it will not come out."

Charles nodded, and said: "It seems that the first battle scared him out of his courage, so don't worry about him." Charles thought for a while and continued, "Have the scouting knights you sent out found the village?"

Rice replied: "I just came back this morning to report and found three villages, more than a dozen villages."

"After tonight, set off tomorrow morning. If he doesn't come out, I will cut off all the wheat in his territory."

In the early morning, when the sun shone into the hall, Khamis was having breakfast when suddenly a servant barged in and said, "My lord, my lord, the troops are withdrawn."

Khamis stood up in surprise and said, "When did it happen?"

The male servant organized his language and said: "This morning, they started to break out of the camp, and now there is no one outside the castle."

Khamis didn't bother to eat anymore, and then walked out to the top of the city wall. There was really no one outside the castle, only the feces scattered everywhere proved that someone had indeed been there.Khamis ordered: "Don't open the city gate for the next few days, I'm worried that they will be cruising around the castle, so wait a few days before we talk about it."

"Yes, my lord."

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Charles
Les pointed to a village in front and said, "This is Dadao Village. Counting the surrounding villages, it is estimated that there are more than 1000 people."

Charles nodded and ordered: "Send the serfs to cut all the wheat around, and ask the knights to tell the serfs inside that their food is gone, and they can get free food in the iris territory, and they will not be harvested in the first year. Taxes. In short, coercion and bribery are fine, but killing is not allowed.”

Charles looked at the knights and the serfs behind, and said, "Everyone will be rewarded this time. The knights will reward one piece of miscellaneous silk, and the serfs will reward ten pieces of black bread and three measures of grain, but no robbery is allowed."

Then he turned to Les and said, "In the future, the knights will be fully paid, and the rewards they can receive every month will increase, but they cannot rob. In the future, they will be managed and distributed in a unified manner, and they cannot rob privately."

Seeing Charles' solemn order, Les nodded in agreement. "Don't worry, young master, I will definitely control the military discipline, and there will be no murders."

Afterwards, every time we arrived at a tun or a village, we sent out serfs to cut the wheat first, and then entered the village to intimidate the serfs. Many people "voluntarily" followed, but there was no way, the wheat was all cut, not to mention the lord will People will not be sent to collect food, and the food left alone is not enough to live on.

A few days later, Shire, who had returned with a full load, was ready to go home. At this time, there were no wheat fields in the Clivia territory. There may be some omissions, but it is not important anymore.Charles looked back at the long queue, full of pride in his heart. There were less than 900 people when he came, and it was estimated that there were 3000 people when he went back. The car was full of food, and he returned home with a full load.

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(End of this chapter)