Black Iron Crown

Looking at the weeping lords, Reiner's heart was not very good. Sure enough, the only black sheep was Baron Belem.

There were only a dozen soldiers left under the worst lord's command, and only two knights left, and the rest were all killed on the battlefield. What kind of loss is this?

Baron Belemmu asked for support after only losing more than 20 people, and finally even turned against each other. This simply formed the most stark contrast.

"Baron Azak, don't cry! I will make the damn Earl Zhebo pay the price! We will wipe out all the lords who participated in the attack! They don't deserve to own the territory!" Reiner comforted the one who suffered the most casualties. baron.

Seeing such a loss, Reiner felt sympathy for him, and he could not tolerate his admiration for being able to persevere like this. Perhaps he was able to endure such a loss because he didn't want to lose his territory, but at least he didn't act like Baron Belem. His act of betrayal cannot be denied.

After comforting Baron Azak, Reiner went on to say: "The victory of this war is not only due to me alone! Without the cooperation of all of you, I would not be able to fight against such a terrible enemy!"

"I, Lena, am here to thank you all for being able to delay the enemy's footsteps, thank you very much!" Lena bowed sincerely.

This is not high-sounding, he is really grateful to this group of people, although they are all protecting their territory for their own benefit, but without this group of people, he is really dangerous.

People should know how to be grateful, this is the principle that Reiner has always pursued.

"No! Baron Reiner, you are too polite! All we did was delay the enemy's strength. If you hadn't defeated the enemy's main force on the frontal battlefield, it would be useless for us to delay for a long time!"

The lords talked in a hurry.

"So! What should we do next? Since Earl Zhebo has been defeated, he will suffer heavy losses. Perhaps we can take advantage of the victory and pursue all the enemy's territories!"

A lord said viciously that she had paid too much on the battlefield, and she hoped to make up for her losses by annexing the enemy's territory.

"Yes! We should indeed take all the enemy's territory, but not now, our losses are too great! The enemy still has at least 3,000 troops in total, and we don't have enough strength to deal with them!"

There was a gleam of light in Reiner's eyes: "Our only chance is to take advantage of the enemy's inattention and slowly encroach on the territories of the little lords, weakening their strength!"

"Why? Can't we just attack them directly?" A lord asked puzzled.

"Yes! Of course!" Reiner said, "But we need to do it as soon as possible. After we lose this opportunity, we will slowly figure it out!"

"The enemy has just experienced a defeat now. They will inevitably return to Earl Zhebo's Mecaron City to rest for a few days. We will take advantage of this time to raid the enemy's castle that lacks garrison troops and take their territory completely. When the time comes When they returned to the territory, what greeted them was our head-on blow!"

"good idea!"

"Exquisite!"

"I admire your wisdom!"

The lords flattered for a while, but some of them were frowning: "But now we don't have that many troops! The enemy's castle has at least a dozen people stationed there, so how can we break it with our remaining troops?" The enemy's castle?"

As soon as these words came out, the lords who were chattering just now fell silent, and turned their attention to Reiner.

When Reiner heard this, he wished he could slap himself. Yes, this plan sounds good, but it's just on paper. The lords simply don't have so many troops to attack the castle.

What is this castle thing for? Defense! It is something that countless lords live and work in. As long as they are lords, the most important thing must be to build castles.

Especially for some unambitious lords,

With the same amount of money, they would rather choose to build a castle than expand their army. Reiner knew exactly how strong the castle's defensive capabilities were and how much it would boost the defense.

Not long after he crossed over, Mollander Castle was besieged. Baron Robian led more than 300 people to attack the castle for so long, without breaking through for a whole day.

If it wasn't for the poor combat effectiveness of the defenders in the castle, even if he was given another month, he wouldn't even think about conquering it.

From this we can see how difficult it is to siege a city. It is tantamount to nonsense to let the lords who are left with only remnant soldiers and defeated generals to attack the city.

Leiner wanted to attack the enemy's castle by himself, but in this way, too many troops would be lost.

Sergeant Morland is strong but strong, but after all, they are all flesh and blood. There will inevitably be a lot of piles of shit and logs in these castles. It is useless to wear thick armor even if they are hit.

What's more, even if these castles are broken, it will be of no use to Reiner, the distance is too far away, they are some enclaves that cannot be controlled at all, and 80% of them will have to make wedding dresses for others.

Thinking of this, Reiner could only say helplessly: "I still haven't thought carefully enough! Sorry everyone, we can only slowly launch an offensive against the enemy!"

Leiner thought, although these lords can't quickly restore their strength and expand their army on a large scale, but he can, order the army to sweep the northern frigid forest, and easily get enough merit points to expand his own army.

With an army, are you afraid that you will not be able to break through the enemy's castle? Anyway, Leiner wanted to bring a large number of territories under his command. If this group of people also made contributions, how could he take advantage of their achievements?

Not to mention that they are not Leiner's vassals, even if they are, Leiner will definitely lose people's hearts if he does this, and push everyone to the opposite of himself. To paraphrase a sentence from the great man in the previous life: make more friends, Make the enemy a little less!

Reiner took it very seriously, and he planned to carry out this sentence to the end. Didn't one emperor through the ages unify the celestial dynasty also use the strategy of long distance and close attack?

"Okay... In this case, we can only go back and gather the army to wait for the next opportunity!" The lords were a little disappointed, but they also knew that attacking the enemy now is indeed a bit whimsical.

Although tactically won the victory prize for defeating the enemy, but in terms of strength comparison, there has not been a huge change.

At the same time, Earl Zhebo led a group of lords hurriedly towards Mecaron City.

Although the lords were very dissatisfied with Earl Zhebo's defeat and lost their trust in him, they had to surround him. This defeat made it impossible for everyone to be alone.

The only way to warm up is to report to Earl Zhebo's side, which may make the enemy fearful and dare not act rashly. If they fall out with Earl Zhebo at this time, then the enemy will inevitably be attacked wildly.