Belief In The Kingdom of God

After a few more months, the seasons changed, and in a blink of an eye, it was autumn.

In this year, the situation in the Northern Territory has changed again and again, which is dizzying.

The first is that the Principality of England in the south led the Knights to launch an offensive against the surroundings. At the same time, they were hostile to the five principalities, and they were defeated. They defeated the powerful enemies in one fell swoop, and completely defeated and besieged several powerful enemies that had hindered its annexation. Under the capital.

In the north, in the autumn, in the season that should be cultivated, many principalities just breathed a sigh of relief in the deadly environment of the Northern Territory, only to find that the war had returned.

In this harvest season, Artis brazenly raised his troops, led an army of 30,000, and recruited a total of 50,000 reserve soldiers. Taking advantage of the situation in the south that he could not move his hands at this time, he began to attack the surrounding city-states.

Suddenly, the surroundings were shocked, and a wave of waves began to occur, and he seemed a little caught off guard under Attis' sudden movement.

After all, autumn is the harvest season. In this season, no matter where it is, the lords of each country will stop what they are holding and return to their own territory to organize the leaders and start harvesting food. There are few exceptions.

Even the Principality of Yingdeli, which was fighting in the south, had to temporarily suspend the offensive in this season and organize people to harvest, or else it would not even be able to provide rations.

But Artis is an exception.

First of all, there are decades of accumulation of the desert tribes in the north. With the full support of the Church of Nature, these are stored in the national treasury. Even after such a long period of consumption, they are enough to use.

The second one is due to the system.

Under the original system of this world, there are lords under the king, and there are knights under the lords. Such a level will save a lot of trouble, but it also brings a lot of trouble to the rule. The decree cannot be operated efficiently.

This is especially true in the season of farming and harvesting. All lords and knights, large and small, need to return to their own territories to lead the people in farming and harvest, and collect the tax burden for a year. In this way, each level does its own thing, which not only makes the combat power extremely dispersed, but also causes great trouble and waste.

In Attis, because the noble lords were deprived of their original autonomy and the officials were all allocated by the state, its administrative efficiency would be greatly improved. Moreover, because the current corps implements a system of full-time hiring, the soldiers are all supported by the state, so that the trouble of enlistment is eliminated, and they can be dispatched quickly when needed, without the trouble of other city-states at all.

In this case, the surrounding city-states still take some defensive measures, such as setting up guard towers, but under the pressure of this powerful army, they still fall into a passive situation for a while. .

The lords were scattered, and the knights were in twos and threes, completely unable to form a decent combat power, and had no advantage at all but individual combat power for the massing of hundreds of thousands at every turn.

Moreover, even in terms of individuals at this moment, the Attis side will not fall into the disadvantage at all at this moment.

After the Northland tribe surrendered, a large number of sacrifices joined the Attis side, which seriously enriched the army's strength. In addition, with the gradual popularity of fighting spirit, in the army, anyone above ten captain will get the opportunity to practice fighting spirit, basically to the extent that it will give birth to fighting spirit.

With the accumulation of all these advantages, Artis attacked the surroundings at an extremely fast speed.

Among them, Roja, located at the northern border, and Barlow, who had been annihilated by Attis before 5,000 people, were the first to bear the brunt.

On the border of the Principality of Barlow, inside a large camp.

"? Bill, how is the progress around?" In the dull and calm camp, a voice gradually sounded, breaking the surrounding calm.

In front of Attis, Bill frowned and looked at the map. After hearing Attis' question, he quickly got up to respond.

"Your Majesty, the Nadir-sama's side is progressing smoothly now, because it is the area where the church first preached. The territory of the Duchy of Roja is almost completely infiltrated by our believers. Even many noble lords are already ours, plus The King of Upper Roja was young and immature, and his decision-making could not help being delayed. Therefore, under the leadership of the believers, the progress was very smooth, and he was about to get under the city of Roja."

Attis nodded: "Where are the protons we sent out to persuade you to surrender?"

"I have returned to my family as we ordered."

Bill responded.

"These hostages, according to our requirements, are almost the eldest sons in those families. Although they will definitely be manipulated a lot, and there will definitely be changes after such a long time, they still have a certain influence that can affect their family."

"Together with the group of people we infiltrated and bought before, it is enough for us to open the situation."

He bowed slightly, and then continued: "Furthermore, with your call from your Majesty, in the North Land, several high priests who originally defended the border demonic tide are already on their way, please don't worry."

Hearing the news, Attis finally nodded, turned and looked at the map in front of him, without continuing to question.

The army continued to gather. After entering the territory of the Principality of Barlow, the opponent finally reacted. A large number of lords who had originally returned gathered together and began to try to counterattack and defend Attis.

However, these people were few in number, not many hundreds at a time, and after barely gathering into a force of thousands of people, they were defeated by Attis's assault and completely disintegrated.

Suddenly, the surrounding lord was terrified and did not dare to continue to test this very strange team. Under the call of the royal family, they gradually gathered in the city of Barlow, seeming to want to use the city wall to defend.

However, for this situation, Artis was not in any rush, but rather calmly stationed around, slowly digesting the newly acquired territory, and dispatching officials one by one to manage it, and it seemed that he was not in a hurry to attack the city.

Faced with this situation, Barlow's royal family felt a great pressure as they were puzzled.

Originally, if Artis chose to go deep, the supply line would inevitably be stretched very large because of the long distance. If the siege took too long, it would easily lead to problems with the rear replenishment, which might eventually collapse.

But when Atis chose to station directly, the situation was different.

For those big and small lords who entered the city because they were driven by Atis, the entry of these people certainly brought a certain amount of force to the city, but it also put huge logistical pressure on the city. Coupled with the fact that so many troops with different destinations were stationed in the same city, the city became very chaotic for a while.

In this situation, Attis sent an army to burn down the wheat fields that had not yet been robbed, and at the same time slowly attacked various territories under the guidance of the believers, eroding the Principality of Barlow step by step.

However, if there are no accidents, this situation cannot last long. After all, this place is far from the home country of Ya Dixu. In addition, the enemy's power is still there. If you rashly take root here, you can only drag your own strength. It's just being consumed a little bit.

So Artis was still waiting, waiting for the end of the battle on the other side.