Black Iron Crown

King Emalu did not know until now that the imperial capital and the Kingdom of Bookeden had formed an alliance.

Prior to this, Elmaru's knowledge of the Kingdom of Bukden was limited to rumors and the annual diplomatic ceremony of the Ridka Empire's Advent Day.

After all, one is in the northwest of the mainland, while the other is in the southernmost seaside area of ​​the mainland, and the two sides almost never meet.

Therefore, even after seeing the serpent and rose flag representing the royal family of King Bukeden and the heraldic flags of the lords of the Bukeden Kingdom, they did not recognize the identities of this group of people.

It was the light cavalry sent by King Emalu who found that the enemy's coat of arms was a bit weird, not like the imperial coat of arms style, and reported it to King Emalu, and checked the coat of arms illustrations and found that it was indeed not from the Empire. After that, they began to thoroughly investigate the identity of the other party.

Finally, after quietly catching one of the opponent's soldiers who peed at night and interrogating him, he realized that the enemy army came from the south.

In fact, the original King Emalu was a little flustered when he heard that the imperial capital sent a large army to the west to attack him. Although the news of the weakening of the empire has not stopped, this point of the old empire still brought him a great deal. pressure.

Although the current empire can no longer achieve the courage of a hundred thousand troops waving banners and gathering in the imperial capital to fight against disobedient officials at the emperor's order at its peak, the army of more than 15,000 people still makes him lack confidence.

This is also the reason why he chose to enter the castle and stick to it. Although he also brought more than 13,000 soldiers here, only a mere 7,000 soldiers with strong combat effectiveness and armor, and most of the rest were soldiers. Make up the number of serfs.

Although these serfs were also fiercely tempered by the environment, there was a huge gap in combat effectiveness between them and the regular army.

When he heard that the empire could still gather 15,000 troops to conquer him, he was also very uncertain.

However, during this period of time, through the investigation of the light cavalry, he has already understood the combat effectiveness of this group of people and the identity of the other party.

After dispelling the doubts and worries in his heart, King Emalu began to think about the strategy of retreating the enemy.

He is very confident now, because he only saw the flag of the royal family and the heraldic flags of a small number of lords among the coalition forces of the other side, and he didn't even see the flags of the lords of the royal family.

And this is what makes him most fortunate. Even King Emalu, who is thousands of miles away, knows how capable Leiner, his northern army, and the northerners of the empire are.

He knew very well that there were no soldiers without a reputation, and that the northern army, which was so praised by the whole empire, would not be weak in combat power no matter what.

If they appeared on the battlefield, King Emalu might return the plundered food and gold and silver treasures directly to the Kingdom of Bazalan.

Now that the identity of the enemy has been confirmed, King Emalu's mind is alive.

After discussing with his vassals for a while but with no results, King Emalu returned to the largest room in Innzburg, which was his temporary bedroom.

The leader of the light cavalry he sent had entered Innzburg through a hanging basket to be questioned by King Emalu.

"Yes, Your Majesty, after observing the imprints of their carriages for a long time, and observing the depth and wear of the ruts, I have deduced the number of the other party's food delivery team and the arrival time, and finally confirmed it after some inspections. Target!"

The hussar knelt on one knee,

Sincerely looking at King Emalu, I hope he can see his own value because of this.

"The enemy's food transport team will come every fifteen days, and the food they transport each time is just enough for them to eat for fifteen days. I took my men to trace the direction they came from according to their ruts, and found that they The source of logistics has changed from the lord of the western region to someone farther away, this is the map I drew at that time!"

The leader of the light cavalry respectfully handed a piece of parchment to King Emalu, and looked at his king expectantly.

"I don't know who they are, but it's clear that the lords of the western region can no longer provide them with more food."

The light cavalry told King Emalu everything he knew, and he knew everything he could say. He hoped that his contribution would be valued by His Majesty the King, and he would be rewarded with a title.

After listening to the light cavalry, King Emalu nodded in satisfaction, took the map in the opponent's hand and looked it up and down. After confirming that the map was indeed accurate, King Emalu stood in satisfaction. stand up.

"You will get the reward you deserve!" The reward and punishment are clearly one of the reasons why so many people are willing to serve him under such a brutal situation.

After sending away the leader of the light cavalry, King Emalu looked at the map in his hand very excitedly.

Although the map is very crude, the enemy's grain roads and the surrounding environment are clearly depicted.

King Elmaru checked the terrain in his self-study, and then recalled the last time the other party delivered food, and he decided to give the enemy a ruthless move.

It's not that there are no ways to cut off food, but it is indeed very rare.

The lords on the mainland seldom have a war scale of more than 10,000 people, and an army of less than 10,000 people can prepare food in advance by themselves, and plunder it after arriving at the destination, which will be enough food and military supplies for the war.

Where has such a food road to support a small-scale army appeared, except for the ancient emperors who formed a huge army, and the old emperor Caffett went to the grain road transportation during the unification war, and basically disappeared from the mainland.

King Elmaru found out that the enemy army had logistical food channels. This was also what he had thought before. It is well known that the enemy army has a small stockpile. It is normal to need to transport food from the rear.

After confirming the plan to attack the enemy's grain road, intensive preparations began in Innzburg.

The knights fed their horses fine beans one after another, and the person to lead the troops to the battle has not yet been determined. The knights and even the vassals are all arguing, wanting to get this great opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

Soon, King Elmaru forced but ended the wrangling of these people, and dispatched the baron who thought he was prudent, leading 200 knights to raid the enemy's food road, cut off the enemy's food supply, and relieve Rolle Fort siege.

Baron Sander, he was one of the early vassals who turned to King Emalu, and he was more trusted by him. In addition, he was mature, steady and not aggressive in his daily life, so he was appointed as the commander of two hundred knights.

So just like that, Baron Sander led a full 200 knights to leave Innzburg, took the map, and together with the light cavalry, marched towards the food road of the imperial capital and the coalition forces of the Kingdom of Buckden.