Chapter 31: Territory War (1) (1/2)

Chapter 31: Territory War (1)

When Viscount Rosswai surrendered, Jero, my Lord You really le arrow fly”

Milton grinned at Jero expression and replied

“It’s a 50-50 whether this was going to work I thought it orth a shot regardless”

“Still, that was superb And it looks like your plan did end up working after all, yes?”

“We just had a stroke of luck, is all”

“What did you plan to do if Viscount Rosswai did not surrender?”

“Then ould have continued with the attack, backed with a more than apt justification”

“I see; ouldn’t have incurred any further losses as we kept a fight in mind anyway”

Jeroen of strategies that influenced the field of war, or tactics used on the frontlines in the heat of battle

Milton had his opponent in the pal an accurate notion of their adversary’sup strategies accordingly

Milton’s wisdo and prediction than coists or policy advisors, history tells that backstage schenition But schemers like Milton were the worst kind of eneists aih orthodox means, schemers discreetly played their cards in unseen places, disturbing the psyche of their opponent’s top brass back ho of Viscount Harh provocation, and Viscount Rosswai’s surrender after being unable to handle Milton’s pressure

Once Milton put his plans into ly

s turned out so nicely I really wasn’t expecting it to go this well’

Milton smiled contently Even by his calculations, this issue with Viscount Rossas solved with flying colors

Now that the two Viscounts were dealt with, there was just one more piece of hoy in the co arrives, we’ll see to the end of this business with Count Rosscaiz’

Milton resolved with clenched fists

Another harsh winter passed, and spring came

Milton pruned his territory to the best of his ability for the past winter Winter normally passed by with such deathly quiet that it was referred to as the ‘season of silence’ – but they could not afford to do the same this ti the tly assie these lands

But even a those many tasks, the one that de theirbut that, as the conflict with Count Rosscaiz loo ca the knights and soldiers, but they also recruited the coinally under the command of Viscount Harmon and Viscount Rosswai

The result of these efforts was that the current Forrest county was incoer than the past

Territory – Forrest Territory

Population – 21150

Funds – 7480 Gold

Main Products – Wheat, Barley, Oat, Lumber, Fur, Wool

Available Develophts, 40 Probationary Knights, 100 Cavalry, 700 Infantry, 300 Archers

reater than 20,000, with a total arhts on top of that… we really somehow made it all the way here’

Milton admittedly felt some pride when he opened his territory’s stat

When the land was first passed down to hier three knights, and a100 men But now they had close to triple the population, and their troops numbered more than tenfold

Now Milton was a Viscount only in nale run-of-the-, it was possible that he would be elevated to the position of Count in the near future

nobles were generally promoted when they nificant contributions to their nation However, the Capital also granted higher positions if a lord accu in territory battles In such an event, a noble’s power did not increase because their position was elevated, but rather the converse: they were promoted to reflect that their influence had increased

Although promotions in this do the Forrest territory was different

It was already well known that Milton Forrest did not think twice about continuing to invest in his th; and that Count Rosscaiz fro all his coffers toprice of mercenaries abruptly spike in line with their de for war

Of course, all eyes in the district were set on these two lords

Although ages upon ages had passed since the birth of the Lester Kingdo fathers once upon a tireat power in the Capital Though they were slowly pushed out to the outer regions of the country after losing a war o, the history and latent power of this household was cut from a different cloth to the nobles around them for this reason

Meanwhile, Milton Forrest recently inherited the peerage of the Forrest Viscounty and rapidly expanded their influence A young lord with enough of a propensity for violence to actively participate in a war had seized two territories in his vicinity and noticeably increased his influence as a result

The new House Forrest and their meteoric rise, versus the storied House Rosscaiz that yearned for the glory of old

The surrounding nobles ht up in this storm – but that did not mean they couldn’t enjoy this shon fro of the ters had the attention of every noble in these southern parts of the Lester Kingdom

The as declared in the ly, the first to declare as Count Rosscaiz

His justification was that he would punish Viscount Forrest and put hihbors and disturbing the peace

In all honesty, Milton was grateful that he did not have to declare the war hih it was true that this clash was bound to happen anyway, now he did not have to mull over what an appropriate justification would be

“I’ll gladly accept it”

Milton called on Jerome at once and ordered hi after, the two ar plain

“Really now… is this why he declared war first?”

Milton muttered as he scanned Count Rosscaiz’s forces He had a

“I heard that he mass-recruited mercenaries, but I didn’t knoould be to this extent”

To be precise, Count Rosscaiz’s forces were three times the size that Milton had anticipated There were civilians from his territory that had been drafted to bolster their numbers, but most of the additional forces were mercenaries employed with cash

Jerome approached Milton’s side on his horse and infor to reports, the number of employed ht he would recruit over 1000 mercenaries as if it’s an all-out war? It seems he had a lotthat many mercenaries demanded a colossal fortune, just to maintain them day by day without the added costs of war It was likely that Viscount Rosscaiz expedited this battle partly in order toof his capital

“Well, this is a relief since eren’t thinking of dragging this along either”