As the panic in Fort Creek spread, the residents began to pour their anger on Frank, completely forgetting the words that had been selflessly praising the Prince of Frank.

Only the resentment towards her is left, as if the situation today was caused by her.

I have completely forgotten that without Frank's dedication, Fort Creek would be divided up as soon as the war ended.

Baron Lindauer led his army and two other barons stationed on the southern border for defense, while Earl Crick sent a part of his army to guard southwest.

This kind of action only serves as a warning. They have been prepared for a long time. Once the war really starts, they will immediately withdraw all the troops to Fort Creek for defense.

The property scattered everywhere, as well as the wealthy squires, also took their wealth into Fort Creek for refuge.

Fort Creek itself is a military castle and does not undertake the task of accommodating residents, so it has a strong defensive ability.

It is difficult for the enemy to conquer such a castle during combat.

After all, this is something that most feudal lords of this era settled down, how could it be built not strong enough.

In many cases, the feudal lord rescued himself by holding on to the castle and waiting for his relatives or allies.

Earl Crick stood on the towering city wall, looking worriedly at the deserted farmland outside.

Affected by the war, the residents have no intention of farming. They just want to bring their food and wealth to find a safe place to escape this disaster.

They don't have the ideological awareness of the north, especially the residents of the north.

These residents themselves were serfs, and they were basically the private property of the lord.

However, at this time, as the private property of the lord, they were not eligible to enter the castle for refuge, and naturally they had no idea of ​​resisting.

If this situation were to be placed in the North, I am afraid that all the residents of the North are now sharpening their knives and preparing to fight. They will inevitably encircle their homes and assist the Duke's army in combat.

After all, they are people with wealth and arable land. They can earn a large amount of food every year, and losing their homes is absolutely unbearable.

There are permanent crops and perseverance. In order to defend their homeland, they will inevitably explode strong fighting power, while these serfs in the south will follow the crowd. After all, they are just humanoid animals. After a period of time, they may just change their owners.

Frank's brother Sir Andrew walked up the city wall, his face was dignified, his figure was slender, but his face was abnormally pale, and his body was a little weak, and his plainness added a bit of weakness and sickness.

"Ahem..." Sir Andrew coughed and said, "Father, what should we do now? Shall we stay here like this? But we have no reinforcements!"

"No...we still have reinforcements..." Earl Crick shook his head and said, "Northern Grand Duke Rainer, your sister's husband, your brother-in-law, he will be our last and a drunk and powerful reinforcement!"

"Do you want to ask him for help?" Sir Andrew was a little excited, and he couldn't help coughing twice.

Although he is weak, he has a strong heart. Sacrificing the happiness of his sister in exchange for the peace of the territory has already made him unbearable. Now he has to ask the former enemy, the current brother-in-law.

"Otherwise?" Earl Crick glanced at his weak son and couldn't help but shook his head, and said: "For the continuation of the family, the face is really worthless! We have no choice!"

"But..." Sir Andrew wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Earl Crick's wave: "It's nothing, I've decided!"

"You..." After a pause, Earl Crick's eyelids drooped slightly, and he sighed and said, "You should cultivate quietly in the castle..."

Sir Andrew's lips moved slightly, and he also wanted to fight blood on the battlefield like a noble heir, pursuing his own glory.

But thinking of his physical condition, he finally didn't say what was in his heart, because he knew it was impossible.

On that day, the three messengers rode horses and began to rush towards the north with the letter written by Earl Crick. They had to reach the north within two rains and hand the letter to Rainer.

They ran all the way from the warm south to the north.

And just half a month after they rushed wildly to the north, Earl Entos brazenly raided the garrison where Fort Creek was from the south. More than one hundred garrisons were almost collapsed, and Baron Lindauer led the remaining more than sixty. The soldiers fled back to Fort Creek in embarrassment.

For a time, all the vassals of Earl Creek gathered in Fort Creek. All the defenders of Fort Creek amounted to more than 1,400 men. Many regular troops were killed in the previous rebellion. These people are the soldiers that Frant left behind.

They basically have a retention rate of more than 60% of the iron armor, far exceeding the rest of the army under the command of the southern lords.

However, the regular army of the lords has reached more than 4,000. This is still not counted as the cannon fodder of the serf symptom. If all counted together, it is estimated that the number will exceed 10,000.

After crossing the border, the war between the two sides officially started.

They headed towards Fort Creek from the south and southwest respectively. They burned, killed and looted along the way, and there was no grass wherever they passed. Instead, they won a lot of rations along the way.

Earl Crick stood at the highest point of the castle and looked into the distance. Here you can even see the black smoke from the distant villages.

April 25th, 26th year of the Empire.

Count Entos and Count Riel led the army to meet under Fort Creek, in addition to their vassals and three independent barons.

A huge army of nearly 10,000 people camped under the walls of Fort Creek. Although they did not commit any crime to the castle for the time being, everyone knew that the cruel war was about to come.

Smoke curls up, and the southern land that has just entered spring is still cool and moist. There are countless tents densely distributed on the muddy land, stretching far away.

Earl Creek was fully armed with soldiers garrisoned on the wall, guarding against the enemy’s attack at any time~lightnovelpub.net~ The soldiers were sitting cross-legged on the battlements with their spears, holding clear water and brown bread in their hands. And a small amount of dried meat to eat silently.

The atmosphere became extremely depressed at this moment. There were more than 10,000 enemy troops, what a huge number, fifteen to ten thousand, nearly ten times the force gap.

In such a war, no matter who it is, it is possible to die in the war.

Early the next morning, the defenders on the city wall suddenly discovered that three wells nearly as high as the city wall appeared below the castle.

Jing Lan is a very big oppression on the city wall, which will make the battle more difficult.

The enemy's archers can then project on the wall to fight against the archers.

The infantry can also hide in the hole of Jinglan to avoid the arrows and gravel of the defenders. After the wooden frame on the well is on the wall, they can also walk up the wall smoothly.

There is no need to climb the ladder, braving arrows and gravel to climb towards the city wall.