Chapter 28: The War with the Harmon Territory (1) (1/2)
Chapter 28: The War with the Harood feeling when he first heard of the letter’s arrival Guessing that the upstart youngster was finally getting to grips with his situation and sub to hian reading
Dear Viscount Harmon,
Recently, so a commotion</ee their territory in order for good, upstanding members of your county to be ready to up their roots and coardless, as a result of the considerable strain
No matter how incompetent one is, they should not cause trouble to others because of their own ineptitude – would you not agree?</e in mind the relationshi+p you had with s you have inflicted unto me until now
However, in the event that your people continue to breakaway to our territory in the future – you shall pay the appropriate price</eards, Milton Forrest
Viscount Harmon tore the letter to pieces and screamed
“This impudent brat!!”
His patience, already at its breaking point like water sloshi+ng in a cup, finally reached its limit The contents of this letter went beyond the point ofViscount Harht His patience was not strong enough to stay put, while being treated by a green-as-can-be youngster like Milton in thisForrest county immediately”
“My Lord, how about we think this throu- UGH!”
Pow!
For the chamberlain’s efforts to cal
“Stop fluffing about and do as I say at once!”
In the end, the pact he had made with the other two nobles was erased clean from his mind as he promptly rounded his soldiers
“Milton Forrest! I shall quell ed, Viscount Harmon resolved to personally lead his army to them
Viscount Harmon mobilized his troops without a declaration of war
Even if this was a county war – no, specifically because it was a county war – in order to properly lay claim to captured territory as a victor, it was important to declare the justification for war and perforer stirred, Viscount Harmon cleverly (?) decided to attack the Forrest county unannounced, to take ould be the astonished Milton’s head
However…
“My Lord, they say that Viscount Har”
“Is that so? All according to plan”
Regardless of whether a declaration of as received, Milton had already established a reconnaissance network to preempt Viscount Harmon’s movements
Next to Milton, Jerome was dumbfounded
“He is le letter would bait hi his army…”
“You see, he’s a rural noble with the stubbornness of a Duke I’hts iped clean from that head of his after I insulted him”
“In all honesty, I nevertheless did not think ould catch him so easily It’s like he bit the hook e haven’t even stuck the bait on yet”
“He’s a frog, not a fish – in the way that he s first and then sees what happens” Milton mocked the Viscount
Now that the ene, Milton’s first scheme had hit its mark
No , facing off against three counties at once was a tad too much to handle So Milton foret of that plan was Viscount Harmon
He was famous for his impatient personality around these parts, and Milton had personally confir Subsequently, Milton sent a letter that openly picked a bone with Viscount Harmon in order to provoke him In fact, if this letter did not work, they had a Plan B and C prepared to continue provoking him – but Viscount Harmon fell for it hook, line and sinker with only the letter, causing hie are their forces?”
“Sir, they are shaping up to be around 600in total”
“600? That’s more than we expected”
“Yes Word is that they have recently been hiring mercenaries in preparation And…”
“And what?”
“Our scouts say that he e portion of them are poorly armed males”
“He rounded up his civilians? What a lunatic”
“Indeed, he does not seem to be of sound mind”
A lord’s subjects were meant to be protected by hi in a lord’s territory – but in turn, the lord had a duty to protect them
Of course, there were instances where common civilians had been forcefully conscripted, in critical situations such as large wars that affected the entire nation; but even then, this was a last resort
But ould forcefully round up his own civilians, not in a dire war of a national scale but for a territorial tussle?
This was a coations as a lord
uy, but… ould’ve known he was this much of a snowflake’
Milton was duust
“My Lord, siive me the command, and I shall take the head of Viscount Har as he wanted to lead the troops in a sortie iinal plan anyhow
The plan was for Jeroh the enele focal point in one fell swoop, with the objective of striking their commanders It was a simple plan, but they had the conviction that it would work Although their numbers were inferior, the quality of their troops was of an overwhel, it would be greatly advantageous that Jero the counterattack
There was no way that an Expert knight would be residing under a countryside county such as Viscount Harhest possible caliber for an Expert If he were to take the charge and push into their lines, the enemy would not have any way to impede the rush of their soldiers
This was the best choice with the greatest chances of victory from Milton’s perspective
Yet…
“We should rectify our operation a little”
Jerome raised an eyebrow in puzzlement
“What is the matter, my Lord?”
“Word is that the enemy conscripted their civilians, correct? Then it would be preferable if we could uiltless”
“Oh!” Jeroht about this yet
Milton was actually planning to integrate Viscount Har hi to act with the future in mind as it would be hard to sway the hearts of the people if their newly appointed lord was responsible for a slaughter
“It would be difficult to co civilians, but we should at least try to minimize the blood spilt where we can”
Jerome seemed deeply moved by Milton’s concerns