The Northern Territory had just ended the war, and finally restored its usual peace and stability.

The cold winter finally left completely, and all the residents began a new round of farming. In a dozen days, they cultivated a total of 400,000 mu of arable land, nearly half of the arable land that could be planted in the northern border.

Most of these are the work of farming horses and horses. They are so powerful that they help the residents turn the land extremely quickly. A farming horse can cultivate 200 acres of cultivated land every day. What a terrifying force.

Without their efforts, 400,000 acres of arable land would probably take several years to be cultivated. It would be impossible to rely solely on manpower.

Ten days passed in a flash. On June 17, the 23rd of the Empire, the land finally gradually changed from muddy to suitable for farming, so the reclamation was over.

Although there are farming horses and cattle that can be planted more quickly, after all, it is impossible to use farming horses and cattle in some remote places, so Rainer can only immediately issue the order for sowing.

Only the areas around Mekalong City where farming horses can be used are still being reclaimed.

One hundred tons of steel is an extremely huge number. Even if Sir Horn brought more than two hundred carriages, he couldn't take all the steel away, only about forty tons, as well as some armors and long swords.

But it doesn't matter. In the past, Sir Horn had to worry about whether this was the last transaction when he bought steel, and whether Rainer would be annihilated by Count Jeppel.

But now it's different. Reiner defeated Earl Zhebo and took control of the north. Earl Twarin, who was not against the royal family, was also eliminated by him. Now the northern part of the royal family is all the lords who are in harmony with the royal family.

He can come whenever he wants. If he can't bring all the steel back this time, he will come again next time. Anyway, it won't be a difficult journey.

Sir Horn lingered with the two maids in the room that Rainer arranged for him, and Earl Weasley on the other side was not so lucky.

He is the commander of the counterinsurgency army this time, leading his own armed regular army of 300 men, 30 knights, 1,500 royal regulars, 300 archers, 30 knights, and heavy cavalry. There are forty people in a coalition, a total of 2,200 people.

This was a huge counter-insurgency army. In fact, the imperial royal family had not dispatched such a huge army for a long time, except for the sweep of the Eastern Expedition in the 20th year of the empire three years ago.

Although the strength of the royal family is far more than that, but after all, this is only to put down an earl's rebellion, dispatching too many troops is not only redundant, but also unnecessary expenses.

It will make people feel that the royal family is becoming more and more useless, and so many troops have to be dispatched to deal with a betrayed earl.

In the beginning, Earl Weasley was extremely confident. He himself had made contributions in countless wars and won many victories.

In his opinion, this time he was only a routine demonstration, and he could wipe out the betrayed earl with a casual wave.

After all, the situation here is different from that in the North.

Earl Zhebo can assemble nearly a hundred lords to form a huge coalition.

However, it is different here. The south has been peaceful for a long time, and many self-cultivating farmers with fighting capacity have been invaded and turned into serfs or tenants.

It is difficult for each lord to be the same as before the unification of the empire. With a scream, countless strong self-cultivators took up spears and joined the army, shouting that they would sacrifice their lives for the Lord Earl.

Now their army is full of people who can't even wear armed clothes. They can only fight with wooden forks or sticks.

Only a few elite troops can wear leather or chain armor and possess a certain combat effectiveness with long swords.

Even because of the gradual prosperity of commerce in the south, the lords, the military aristocratic class, began to degenerate. Some knights began to indulge in the sensuality brought by wealth and gradually lost their combat effectiveness.

Originally, Earl Weasley thought that dealing with such an army was not a problem.

However, everything is always counterproductive.

His current situation is extremely difficult.

In a gorge, Earl Weasley lifted off his luxurious helmet and visor, and the rain from the sky washed directly on his face.

There were screams of killing all around, and he even felt a little numb.

The sharp sound of arrows breaking through the air has never stopped, and the enemy troops on the top of the mountains on both sides are holding bows and arrows to shoot downwards.

The stone was retreated to make a rumbling sound, and all the soldiers hit were broken bones and tendons.

The soldiers screamed sorrowfully and looked at Count Weasley riding on the standing horse with pairs of desperate eyes.

They wanted to ask, ask why Earl Weasley had brought himself into such a desperate situation.

The arrows are like countless migratory locusts making a huge noise, and they are like the most vicious snakes. Every time they spit out a letter, they will take away a lot of lives.

The golden lion crest on a red background, symbolizing the majesty of the imperial family and representing Emperor Kafite the Great, was already in tatters, and several arrows directly tore these flags to pieces.

Count Weasley looked at the desperate scene around him and couldn't help but feel a little dazed. His body trembled slightly, and he almost fell off his horse.

His son Rebad hurriedly supported him, which saved him from falling off his horse.

Looking at the team that had lost at least two or three hundred people, Earl Weasley was like crazy, and he dodged the command flag in the hands of the banner officer, shaking desperately.

At the same time, there was a loud shout from his mouth: "Knight! Heavy cavalry! Everyone is moving closer to me!"

Hearing his shouts, the knights and heavy cavalry who were holding their shields to protect themselves immediately reacted, and quickly came to his side ~lightnovelpub.net~Earl Weasley felt extremely regretful at this time, if If you don’t entrust the big one yourself, and don’t send people to investigate, how can you be in such a low-level ambush?

However, regret is no longer useful, he can only minimize his losses, and at the same time bring these teams back.

"Charge behind us! They are just a bunch of cowards who dare not fight against us! We can knock them down with just one charge! Count Weasley pointed to the blocking army behind and shouted loudly.

"Master Earl, there is no enemy in front of us. We only need to move forward to easily escape from this gorge. Why don't we move forward?" A royal knight asked.

"This group of damned enemies is more cunning and shameless than the most sordid mice. They don't lay out an army in front of us. They must want us to go. Who knows where we are waiting?"

Count Weasley licked his chapped lips, then put down his visor, and said to Rebad behind him: "The restraint of our infantry, follow us closely, and you will immediately follow us after we rush away from the enemy. Come up! Do you understand?"