Amid a burst of scolding of the nobles and calls to praise Redel, the miners from the barony and the poor in the castle quickly became familiar with each other, to the point where they could talk about everything.
Obviously, the method of complaining that Lin En told him was very effective. Just one meal had destroyed the hostility of most of the poor.
After drinking and eating, Redel rejected the poor people and mining slaves who wanted to join the team and liberate themselves, and asked them to think about it for a few days before making a serious decision.
Although it was very urgent to expand the team, he knew that recruiting too many unqualified people would only make the army loose and ineffective.
"It's up to you to lead the vigil tonight. You must pay more attention and don't take it lightly." Redel assigned a personal guard and instructed.
Although the soldiers in the castle have been killed by them, it does not mean that it is completely safe.
Previously, he ordered people to arrest and hang all the notorious wealthy households and minor nobles in the castle. The treatment may not be clean, and he needed to beware of sneak attacks by the remaining forces at night.
After arranging everything, Redel, who had been extremely tense, finally relaxed a little and was about to go back to have a good sleep when Linn's voice rang in his mind.
"It seems that you are already very experienced in doing these things!"
Leidel had long been accustomed to the sudden voice in his head occasionally, so he was not surprised at all. He scratched his head and said sheepishly. "This is all thanks to your guidance, Mr. Linn."
Without the miners around him, Redel took off his disguise. He was not old to begin with, but he had to pretend to be mature in order to give everyone confidence.
"It's just a guide. When it comes to actual practice, you still have to rely on yourself." Linn responded with a smile. Redel's performance was even better than he expected. At the beginning, the arrangements for leading the battle and tactics were almost impossible. You have to do everything yourself, and now you can make some arrangements on your own in just over half a month.
"But I have to tell you some bad news. The Count Joyce you let go has fled to the palace, which means that your story of liberating the mining slaves in the southern part of the kingdom has been exposed!" Linn continued solemnly. "The army coming to attack you is led by Duke Rickman. There are fifteen thousand people in total. Several bishops and some priests are accompanying the army."
The expression on Redel's face immediately became extremely solemn. One bishop alone had caused them huge trouble, let alone several coming this time.
Although the lightning drawing technique is powerful, it can only display its extraordinary power during thunderstorms, allowing him to compete with those bishops who can use divine magic, and it only takes a few times.
A regular army of tens of thousands of people can easily destroy them.
You must know that Joyce, who was dealt with before, only brought a thousand people with him when he came to conquer them. Including the entire earldom's guards, there were only about two thousand people. Most of them were temporarily recruited serf soldiers. Even so They all need to cheat to win.
Redel struggled for a long time and finally sighed. "There's no way I can defeat them. It seems I can only hide in the mountains."
This is the only way out.
"No, that's not necessary. I have a way for you to defeat the Grand Duke." Linn's voice sounded again.
Redton's eyes lit up, and he had no doubt about Linn's statement. He had seen all kinds of fantastic tactics used by the opponent, and they were very powerful, and he was able to trick Earl Joyce around.
"I have sent you some reinforcements. Of course, you still need to buy some time, about ten days, and the legion led by Rickman can arrive in five or six days at most." Linn explained.
It is not easy to transport the entire musketry team from Iyeta to the Kingdom of Hadhrata, especially the artillery, which cannot be moved quickly...
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A few days passed in a blink of an eye. Under the shouts of Grand Duke Rickman, the army gathered in the royal capital marched toward the earldom in a majestic manner.
But only halfway along the road, Rickman realized how ignorant those humble slaves were, not only on the road along the way, but also on the way.
Many traps were set and a guerrilla team was sent over to hide in the nearby mountains.
During the day, no one can be seen at all. When they are ready to rest at night, these mining slaves will suddenly come out and shoot a wave of rockets from a distance, and then run away without hesitation, regardless of whether they are hit or not. .
Although it was too far away and it was late at night, so the arrows were not very accurate, and they barely hurt a few people, but they still disturbed their peace.
These people are like rats, squeaking in your ears, and when you get up and want to hit them, you can't find them.
As a last resort, Archduke Rickman had no choice but to rescue the bishops who were accompanying the army. He used magic to get rid of all these elusive and desirable rodents, and also captured 150 crossbows in one go.
"What a stupid tactic to bring such precious crossbows to your door!" Rickman said with a sneer. Before, he thought that the leader of the mining slaves was a difficult character to deal with, but now it seems that he will use it. Just some dirty tricks.
An earldom can reach the sky if it can plunder 300 crossbows. It is also the only way for those mobs to fight against them. The other party actually gave away half of them at once. It can only be described as stupid!
It took almost eight days of stumbling all the way to reach the destination. Rickman did not directly choose to attack the city because Joyce had dug a passage outside the city in order to leave a way for himself to escape. Now is the time to use the secret passage to the inside of the castle!
Rickman immediately dispatched an elite team, and together with a bishop, they passed through the secret passage, sneaked into the city at night, opened the city gates, and even contacted the minor nobles in the city to coordinate internal and external cooperation.
Things went extremely smoothly. Less than half an hour later, the closed city gate was opened. Rickman immediately led his men in, but was surprised to find that all the rebellious mine slaves had withdrawn.
It was like a punch to cotton, which made Rickman depressed.
Joyce's eyes filled with excitement when he returned to the castle, but when he hurriedly led people back to the manor and opened his treasury, what he saw was an empty scene.
All the gold and silver was divided by Redel, and the inestimable treasure was buried, leaving only four white walls.
"These are extremely despicable thieves!" Joyce was so angry that he vomited blood and almost fainted on the spot.
