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Chapter 135 The Latest Enemy Situation

The black velvet night is inlaid with a curved moon, and together with the diamond-like stars, it brings a little light to the ground.

In the dark forest, an owl shuttled silently, flapping its wings from time to time, looking for mice in the bushes with its big round eyes.

Suddenly, it saw a pair of shiny eyes bigger and rounder than itself appeared in the bushes not far away, watching every move down the mountain.

The castle of Earl Roth is in the mountains more than 30 kilometers northeast of Wessenburg. The Swabian Rezart River from Wessenland flows through the mountains to the Rhine River. The two banks are flat farmland. The castle is located on three sides facing the water. On the small hill, a moat was dug on the side connecting to the land many years ago, and now the castle and a large area around it are surrounded by water on all sides.

A temporary military camp was built by the river not far from the castle, and it was quiet at the moment, only some braziers for lighting were burning.

But 100 meters away from the military camp, the camp of merchants accompanying the army is brightly lit, with barbecue, alcohol, women, child prostitution... anesthetizing the soul about to go to the battlefield.

The two black shadows saw everything under the mountain in their eyes and remembered it in their hearts. After a long time, they slowly backed away and finally disappeared behind the mountain.

They are special forces trained by Richard Nall himself in Black House Castle. Because they chose a black cat as their symbol, they are also called "Black Cat Squad".

Now the task of the Black Cat Squad is to divide into several groups, carry communication equipment the size of a computer case to conduct reconnaissance on the military camps in the surrounding territories, and then relay the information back to the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Half an hour later, in the map room of the military affairs building in the northern barracks of Weissenburg City, Franz Jr. pointed to the position of Rothberg on the map with a wooden pole and reported the enemy situation to Frederick: "At present, Rothland has built the camp. Well, the recruitment of peasants and soldiers will start tomorrow, and it is expected that all will be in place in three days, with a total of 2000 people."

"Right now, there are about 500 soldiers in the city defense army and other soldiers in Roth Territory, and it is estimated that 300 people will be dispatched."

"Currently there are 2000 mountain mercenaries here, and they are the core force."

"At present, Roth has nine knights. It is reported that five of them will go to Ansbach with Earl Roth to meet His Royal Highness and Ansbach. There are 100 cavalry in the same party, and they may take half of the city defense army and about 500 farmers. soldiers, and the rest are under the command of Earl Roth's son."

Little Franz couldn't help laughing when he said the last.

We are all neighbors, and they know everything about Earl Roter's family.

Frederick also said with a smile: "The horse has worked hard, and it will drag a pig to the battlefield."

The next moment, his expression became serious, and he said seriously: "Although that pig is stupid and extremely lazy, he has an advantage. Because he is lazy, he entrusts others to do the work, so he won't delay carry."

"If he leaves everything to the mountain mercenaries, we're going to take it seriously."

Little Franz also immediately became serious, and then pointed to a mountain basin more than 40 kilometers southeast of Wessenburg City and continued to report: "The situation of Earl Eichstätter is similar to that of Rotterland. They are expected to 4000 farmers and soldiers will be recruited, and the standing army currently has 1000 people, 25 knights, including seven magicians, and 3000 mountain mercenaries."

"Reliable news, she will take all the knights and standing army to the Ansbach Territory, and at the same time will take some farmers and soldiers away."

腓特烈有些无奈地叹了口气，随后打趣小弗朗茨：“还好那年你没嫁过去，不然现在就是我揍你了。”

Old Franz laughed out loud, and the old mercenary officers around him cared a lot about the young countess from the beginning, but now their eyes lit up when they saw gossip.

In that war, the old Earl Eichstätter was seriously injured when he was defeated and fled. He died before he came back in 1024, and the title was inherited by his 20-year-old daughter at the time.

This young lady seems to have concentrated her nutrition on the two white slimes, so that the part above the neck is developing slowly inside and out. Not only does the outside look like a teenager, but the main internal organs also look like a teenager.

In fact, Miss Eichstedt is quite skilled. From the fact that the area of ​​Eichstedt's collar is only [-]% larger than that of Wessen's collar, but the number of knights is more than doubled, it can be seen how many people are given by her. hanging.

At the beginning, the old Earl Eichstätter wanted to find a husband who could fight for his daughter, but he found that within a hundred miles, little Franz was the most suitable in terms of status, strength, and appearance, and he was able to do it well. Earl Wesson's work.

The two earls agreed that if the two young men had a daughter, they would be Frederick's wife. If it was the eldest daughter, then the two territories would be merged.

It's just that little Franz had already gone out to practice at that time, and he didn't expect to come back five years later.

Old Franz narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "I'm afraid Miss Eichstaedt is trying to trick His Highness the Crown Prince."

Frederick sneered, and said, "If that's the case, the scene will be nice."

If it was normal, he would still gossip about it, but now that the two sides are enemies, it is hard to say whether the other party can leave the whole body after the fight.

The guys at Springfield Armory got new ammunition for the old-fashioned catapult. The interlayer of the double-layer wooden barrel was filled with small pieces of scrap iron, and the inner barrel contained a full 20 kilograms of deactivating angina drugs.

Franz Jr. continued to introduce the latest enemy situation, and the wooden pole pointed to the Reese Territory in the south: "Currently, Earl Reese is still in that decadent state. There are only five new knights, 1000 peasants and soldiers, and [-] mountain mercenaries."

"It's just that his temper is unpredictable. I don't know whether to go to the Ansbach Territory to join the main force, or to act independently."

Frederick nodded, Liesling was the place he had penetrated the most. The children of the high-level people were studying at Wessenburg University and affiliated schools, and there was no lack of information.

Little Franz finally pointed the wooden pole at Ansbach in the northwest, and said solemnly: "This is the main direction of the enemy's attack. The enemy will use Earl Ansbach as the actual commander. The prince is just a look."

"At present, the Ansbach Territory has merged with the Fürth Territory's army. There are a total of forty knights, thirty magicians, 400 cavalry, 3000 standing troops, 1 mountain mercenaries, and farmers and soldiers are expected to exceed 6000 people."

"In addition, the crown prince will bring a Royal Knights with 600 knights as the main part, and at the same time there will be about 1000 cavalry and [-] servant infantry."

"In theory, the knights will not participate in the battle, but their cavalry and servant infantry should join the battlefield to strive for military exploits. These people are the troops of the major families in the capital, and they are well-equipped. Many of the cavalry are knights, and their strength should not be underestimated. watch for."

Frederick looked at the sand table and nodded after listening. Judging from the number of people alone, the enemy has a great advantage and it is impossible to lose.

(End of this chapter)