Chapter 46 Taking the initiative to start a war

The next morning.

The soldiers gathered on the road, looking for their teammates around them, and after confirming their positions, they lined up in neat formations.

Rhodes in front turned around and nodded after seeing the relatively stable reserve army.

It can be seen that Holmes's week-long training has achieved good results.

These two hundred serfs have become able to find their positions skillfully.

There will be no embarrassing situation of running around and disappearing mysteriously.

Standing in front of the reserve army were shield-spear soldiers and cavalry, led by Rhodes and his three knights.

This is also the normal configuration of the Knights Templar, with a few knights as the core, followed by squire cavalry and bodyguard infantry, forming a mixed charging corps.

"Let's go." After counting the soldiers and making sure no one was left out, Rhodes took the lead and set off.

The destination, Knight Charlie's territory, is in Dragon Ridge Mountain.

It is located in the northwest of Pingdingshan, about thirty kilometers away.

The straight-line distance is not far, but due to the poor environment in the north, there are many high slopes and rivers blocking the road.

Fortunately, the previous caravan had explored the road.

Following the map, if nothing goes wrong, the team will arrive there in a day and a half.

The importance of mounts was reflected at this time. Rhodes looked at the slow marching speed.

If he had a cavalry of snow horses, he could reach his destination in less than an hour relying on the running of the snow horses.

That is what it means to come and go like the wind.

Without the restrictions of equal extraordinary soldiers, the enemy could not be stopped at all and could only watch their own army being slaughtered.

After imagining that scene in his mind, Rhodes quickly shook his head and returned to reality.

Because of the brick and stone trade, the routes to and from each other were clear.

As the day passed, he had entered the territory of Knight Charles.

"Stand here." Rhodes stopped and ordered the team to build a camp on the spot.

He looked around and saw many camp tents already set up there.

Flying coat of arms flags stand in the middle of the camp, showing the different identities behind the camp.

At a glance, judging from the different coat of arms, there are at least twenty noble private armies stationed here.

The ravens circling overhead gave Rhodes a clear picture of the number of people.

"The total number of soldiers has exceeded four thousand, which is quite large." Rhodes sighed.

As the northern kings were stopped by the Dragonbreaker Fortress, peace and harmony reigned in the kingdom.

Large-scale wars involving tens of thousands of people rarely occur.

Let alone tens of thousands of people, even a noble war involving a thousand people would be enough to alarm the nobles from all sides and be watched by everyone out of curiosity.

Rhodes had only heard it a few times in the more than ten years he had been in Jianling.

"Sir Knight, Lord Charles invites you."

After the soldiers were settled in the camp, a servant bowed and invited them.

Rhodes nodded and followed him.

Knight Charles' castle was also built on the mountain. When Rod approached, he found that only the first and second floors were roughly completed.

Using the Eye of True Vision to observe, judging from the traces, construction has not been continued for half a month.

With some doubts, Rhodes entered the castle.

"Knight Rhodes! Long time no see, thank you for coming, my dear friend." Knight Charlie, wearing a flashy red suit, stepped forward to greet him.

"Yes, it's been a week since we said goodbye at the Temple of the Round Table." Rhodes greeted him with a smile.

At the same time, the information about this knight came to mind.

The third son of the Mayfield family, he had reached the pinnacle of knighthood at the young age of thirty, becoming a renowned Extreme Knight.

His usual weapon is a Flame lance, and he likes to pierce the enemy's heart with the lance during battle, burning the heart to ashes. Therefore, he is called the "Flame Heart Knight" in the aristocratic circle.

This is not the funny title of "Gardener Knight" that Rhode was ridiculed for.

Instead, like his elder brother's "White Knight of Jianling", it is an honorific title recognized by the nobles, representing the honor and medal of the knight.

After exchanging pleasantries with him, Rhodes entered the banquet hall.

Many nobles had gathered in the banquet hall of the castle, walking around and talking with each other.

Although Knight Charles gathered everyone together, he was not in a hurry to discuss alliance matters.

Instead, in accordance with aristocratic tradition, they first held a banquet that looked quite good.

Rhodes cut a piece of shiny barbecue and put it into his mouth. His expression remained unchanged, but he rolled his eyes in his heart.

Well, it just looks good.

There is no rosemary, black pepper and other seasonings, the taste is bland, probably just a sprinkle of salt.

Even the barbecue chef was a novice who came from nowhere, and the meat was dry and slightly burnt.

This is obviously over-baked.

After scanning the dining table and not seeing any cakes or other desserts, Rhodes simply put down his cutlery and turned his attention to the guests here.

There were more than thirty people walking back and forth in the banquet hall, four of whom were knights outside the Round Table Council.

Except for a few people who were obviously really hungry, no one touched the food.

After a while, the pioneer knights from all sides had arrived.

Knight Charles walked straight to the front.

He knew that the food at the banquet was all fake, and he didn't have the money to throw a grand banquet.

So in order to avoid embarrassment and not waste time, he went straight to the point from the banquet and said to everyone:

"Everyone, our intelligence has been known to the barbarians. According to reliable information, more than ten wolf chief tribes have begun to unite and gather in the nearby Sarko Ice City!"

"There is no time to hesitate! If we don't want to be defeated one by one, we must unite with each other and take the initiative!"

“Before winter comes and the Wolf Chieftain tribe unites completely, we must work together to break through the Sarko Ice City. Only in this way can we ensure the safety of all our territories!”

"So I propose that we form an alliance army here and attack Sarko Ice City from today!"

Knight Charles shouted loudly.

The meaning is simple. The emergence of pioneer knights has allowed the various small wolf chief tribes to begin to unite.

Once the Wolf Chiefs' tribe unites and launches an offensive, a single pioneer knight will have no ability to resist and will be destroyed in the blink of an eye.

In this case, they decided to strike first and initiate the attack.

After hearing what he said, Rhodes thought it was a good idea.

Today, most of the defenses in their territories are unfinished.

Compared to waiting for the enemy, this move, turning passivity into initiative, is a good strategy.

Rhodes knew that the location of his territory had been exposed long ago. If he allowed the Wolf Chiefs to gather, given his family's level of ridicule, he would definitely be the first to die!
The alliance was just what he wanted.

This Knight Charlie seemed to know something about military tactics, which gave Rhodes more confidence in this alliance.

Knight Charles was in the front, speaking his manifesto in an eloquent and inspiring manner.

But Rhodes discovered that the Byrne Knight beside him was not in high spirits.

As a fellow Knight of the Round Table, this knight who was born into Viscount Adrian's family shook his head and explained to Rhodes in a low voice:
"Charles has taken in a large number of wandering knights, declining baronial families and knightly forces. The financial burden is about to drag him down. He has no choice but to take the initiative to start a war."

Building a territory requires a lot of gold coins.

When many pioneering knights can no longer bear the burden, they will choose to join other powerful pioneering forces and become vassals.

Having said that, these external forces are of varying quality, and if not used properly they can easily bring themselves down.

Rhodes was speechless when he thought of the suspension of work outside the castle.

It turns out the reason Charlie was in a hurry to start a war was because he had no money!
(End of this chapter)