If Allen wanted to face off against Ulric who was stationed at Qicha Fortress, he would even be able to intimidate the nobles around him to sway.
The power he currently possesses cannot reach this level.
Of course, if you just compare the elite level of the troops, it is definitely more than enough.
The fighting power of the Noldor elves is the best in the mainland of Pendor. Whether it is long-range output, close combat, or even if they are extremely bad at fighting on horseback, they are the best in the continent. No knight is confident that he can defeat a Noldor head-on.
Elf.
But fundamentally speaking, it is far from enough for an army to have only elites, or in other words, 1,500 elites.
If we talk about the two surprise battles at White Deer Castle and Changhe Town, we can certainly handle them, and it can even be said to be easy, but if we want to defeat a kingdom army with complete arms, this number of people is a bit stretched.
Even if he can win, I am afraid that many elves will have to pay the price with their lives. If Allen wants to use the power of Elacle in the future, he must pay more attention to this.
The population of elves is really too small, and too many casualties may cause dissatisfaction among the four family heads.
In order to truly unleash these elite combat capabilities, at the very least, a large number of auxiliary troops are needed to handle the necessary but piecemeal tasks of transporting grain and fodder, and stationing in camps.
And after the battle officially begins, a sufficient number of ordinary troops that can contain the opponent's strength, commonly known as cannon fodder, are also needed to create a decisive blow for these elves.
And these all take a certain amount of time to prepare.
However, Allen believes that he can still buy some time.
The messengers Faucher sent out before have been overtaken by the Twilight Knight, who is faster and has better endurance. The team that ran the farthest, that is, the few people who took the boat to Lion Lake City to report the message, were
Allen flew over and killed him on the spot.
Of course, it is impossible to hide the news from Changhe Town forever, but as long as the messenger is killed, the clear news becomes an uncertain rumor, and then it is delivered according to the normal speed and method.
, then it will be much slower.
When a war begins, the most indispensable thing between the two countries is rumors. The lords and nobles who get the news usually send people to investigate to avoid being deceived.
What's more, opposite Ulrik, the Bacchus Empire's army is stationed. He cannot retreat easily. Retreating means that the Lion Kingdom has given up the Qicha Fortress and also given up its defense against the Bacchus Empire.
Behind the Qicha Fortress is the capital of the Lion Kingdom, Lion City.
For Ulrich, this is a dilemma.
And the kind of individual lord who listens to the wind and immediately leads his troops to support after receiving the news is generally a fool.
Like this, Allen doesn't mind multiple captives in the dungeon, and maybe he will have one more devoted vassal.
Nobles with simpler ideas are always easy to fool. However, this situation is rare or even impossible. Even the lords who act fairly upright are still human beings. They just don't want to do evil, but what is it?
I still understand evil.
At the same time, in order to prevent his enemies from getting specific information prematurely, Allen also scattered all the Twilight Knights. They would kill any suspicious elements wandering around Long River Town and cast a layer of light on the area.
Thick fog of war.
This series of actions should be enough to buy a month. Even Lord Monteverg has this idea.
Then all that's left is to recruit troops.
The location of Changhe Town in the Lion Kingdom is not particularly good. Although it is right next to a lake, the river connecting the lake is very short and does not flow directly through Lion City, the most fertile area in the kingdom. Instead, it flows into a large mountain.
, became an underground river.
Therefore, without access to ships, the business atmosphere here is not particularly strong, and is not as good as that of Shihu City further north.
But even so, there is a lot of wealth in the Duke of Alama's treasury, because Changhe Town is the largest town closest to the Noldor Forest. There are some shops selling elven goods here that are very popular among the nobles. Every year, there are a large number of merchants and
Representatives of the nobility came from elsewhere to purchase these extremely expensive goods.
Alama would be merciless simply by collecting taxes.
Now, the money is cheaper for Allen.
Soon, the news that the new ruler wanted to recruit troops spread throughout the streets and alleys of Changhe Town, as well as the surrounding manors and villages within a day.
The remuneration is extremely generous, and the accommodation allowance is twice as high as before while providing food and housing. This is extremely rare in the Kingdom of Lieshi, which implements a feudal system of nobles. In many cases, the lords recruit serfs without paying them.
Allen doesn't care about this, since it's not his own money he's spending anyway. His current situation is a big gamble, and he must put all the chips that can be put on the table.
If he wins, he will sit on the Silver Throne and become the new king; if he loses, his own life will probably not be in danger, but the investment of the Noldor elves will be wasted, and he will need to continue to lie dormant and wait for the next opportunity.
Of course, the next opportunity may not come in time.
In the first few days, no one paid any attention to the recruitment point. Commoners, landlords, nobles, merchants, and even the gangsters who were walking on the streets were all waiting to see if any warriors would dare to be the first to sign up.
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After all, whether the other party can gain a firm foothold in Changhe Town is a question. When the Duke of Alama comes back, there may be a situation where you can take money but not spend it.
Moreover, any resident of Changhe Town who has some wealth will inevitably have some hatred against the Noldor elves, and they are also worried that they will suffer malicious revenge after joining the other party.
Another part of the reason is that when the Duke of Alama responded to the king's call, he had already taken away a group of soldiers. Those who wanted to make a fortune by fighting had basically left.
The rest are civilians who live an honest life and are unwilling to go to the battlefield unless they have to.
For various reasons, the recruitment offices located in various streets were very deserted. It could be said that not a single person signed up.
However, Allen was not in a hurry because he knew that this situation would not last long.
Sure enough, three days passed quietly, and some people couldn't bear it any longer and started to inquire about the news.
There is nothing they can do.
Ever since Changhe Town changed hands, the town has basically come to a standstill. Many people have lost their jobs, and most of them earn daily wages.
In layman's terms, what you earn today is what you eat tomorrow, and what you eat the day after tomorrow is what you earn tomorrow. Such a family basically has no surplus food, and naturally has no ability to resist risks.
And this group of people, the kind-hearted Lord Faucher has helped Allen to select them, they are the civilians who once helped defend the city on the city wall. These people are not even considered militia. Allen did not make things difficult for them.
Put it back.
If you lock them up and have to control their food and drink, they will definitely be resented by others over time. It is better to be more generous and release them to get some goodwill.
These people who were released made a living by doing odd jobs on weekdays. During the war, they helped the nobles defend the city to get a little salary to buy food, or they simply received part of the food and went home to support their wives, children and parents.
However, the battle ended quickly, and the nobles were imprisoned one by one. In the past few days, the new rulers had forcibly stopped most of the commercial activities in Changhe Town, leaving these poor civilians
There are not many ways out.
Perhaps to put it simply, Allen left them a way to survive, which was better than being forcibly recruited.
Soon, when some people returned home with food, settlement fees and a contract, the once unattended recruitment point was instantly overcrowded.
After all, most adult men living in this era will not watch their wives and children starve. In order to survive, these low-level civilians basically do not care who they are loyal to.
Their basic desire to do things is just to survive. Those rules and regulations such as honor and hatred cannot restrain these low-level people.
We are going to starve to death, who cares if we have something or not.
Only those with rights and permanent property, that is, the nobles and landowners, are still struggling with whether they should become a "shameless" grass on the wall, abandon the Duke of Alama at this time, and join the service of the new king.
These days, they have been active. Many people have prepared extremely expensive gifts and want to meet the new ruler. However, Allen did not pay attention to them, but handed over the job to his newly appointed mayor.
Long, Paul.
This former tavern owner had served Allen for nearly seven or eight years. He was very loyal and knew the major families in Changhe Town extremely well.
Recently, Allen sent a total of one hundred and twenty Noldor rangers to assist Paul and let him deal with the nobles who have been in the city for a long time.
The order is to kill some of the heartless people who sell elves, win over some allies who can be won over, and finally suppress those disobedient troublemakers.
As for what needs to be done specifically, Allen can just let Paul do it himself.
Because this town will be managed by him in the future, in order for future work to be carried out smoothly, and for his family to obtain a knighthood, Paul will definitely try his best to get rid of those nobles.
This was an opportunity for the family to change its destiny, so he couldn't help but work hard.
Of course, Allen himself is also very busy. He is receiving waves of griffon knights who come to him.
In just one week, dozens of knights and hundreds of attendants came to Changhe Town, and they called Allen "Your Majesty" as soon as they met, as if they knew who they wanted to be loyal to from the beginning.
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Allen felt very strange about this, but the answers given by these fanatical knights were very consistent, and that was the guidance from Eunomia, the goddess of enthusiasm.
In the end, Sir Azrael, the recognized leader of the Griffin Knights, gave an extremely reliable explanation, that is, the goddess Eunomia, the only faith of the ancient Pende Kingdom and the first main god of the mainland, was induced.
The rise of the Pendor royal family was at this time, so the Griffin Knights were directed to find their new king.
And the time was exactly the moment when Allen put on the ring on Elacle. As the person involved, he really understood why Darion, who had always claimed to be the ruler of Pendor, said that this ring symbolized the king.
identity of.
Indeed, this ring was worn by the real son of the prophecy and played an extremely crucial role. A steady stream of griffon knights came to Changhe Town and gathered under the banner of the Griffin King.
Now, Allen has more elites under his command, and there are also a large number of instructors to train civilians who have been recruited into the army.
It does not mean that we need to teach them how to fight in a short period of time, but we only need to teach these people how to wear equipment and how to march with the large army.
However, the team that came to the door was not only the gryphon knights who were resurrected from the ashes, but also Sir Morcas Vilar from the Raven Realm.
This burly knight claims to be Baron Villar and the legal lord of Dagon Castle. He is a loyal descendant of the North. For more than two hundred years, his family has been seeking to unify the North and the Kingdom.
"Dear Your Majesty, I lead the famous Snow Lion Legion.
As warriors who remain loyal to the Kingdom of Pendor, we will fight for anyone who strives to unite the North with Pendor's heartland. I once served Ulric, but he was a complete coward. Now, he may not even
He no longer intends to reconquer the North. He is not worthy of sitting on the Silver Throne!
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More soldiers to serve you."
For Allen at this time, of course, the more fighting power that comes to his door, the better. Due to the confiscation of his home, he is not short of money now. Compared with the cold gold, this kind of fiery courage and determination is more worth cherishing.
Time passed bit by bit, and Changhu Town gradually became lively due to the recruitment of soldiers.
Now, not only civilians, but also captured soldiers, nobles who want to speculate, businessmen who think they have good martial arts skills, and those brotherhood members who want to get rid of the past have joined the army.
Allen will also give them generous salaries and an excellent contract based on their physical fitness and the equipment they brought when they joined. The highest reward even includes a large number of shops and titles.
Some of the original owners of this wealth are in prison to plead guilty, while others have been hanged in Sentinel Square in Changhe Town.
Some people may see this part of the benefit, so they take risks. Allen doesn't care about the reasons. At this time, he only cares about the results.
Corresponding to this excitement, the Twilight Knights are bringing back more and more heads, which shows that a large number of nobles are beginning to pay attention to Changhe Town. The news of the fall here may have spread throughout the entire kingdom.
Allen knew that the time for him to set off had arrived, and the power he had at this time was already considered powerful.
In just one month, more than 2,000 civilians signed up and received simple armors and weapons. In other words, Allen used food and gold coins to hollow out the low-level young adults living in Changhe Town.
Sir Mocas Villar, the captain of the Snow Lion Legion, took a large amount of wealth given by Allen and brought an army of more than a thousand people. Most of these people were cavalry and came from the Raven Realm. The equipment in the team
Most of the knights with fine horses and majestic horses are descendants of the exiled northern nobles.
As for the gryphon knights who have reunited under the royal banner, there are only more than a hundred gryphon knights and only more than three hundred attendants. The number is not even one-fifth of what it was in its heyday.
But after they received the guidance, they rushed over with their attendants without hesitation. It can be said that they were the most loyal group of people under Allen's command. After all, the Noldor elves were just guest troops.
At this point, the number of soldiers under Allen's command snowballed to more than 6,000, and they were quite elite. Although the number was not as large as that of Ulric's Kingdom army, they already had a certain deterrent effect.
Coupled with Allen's various abilities, he has a very high chance of winning in a head-on battle with the enemy.
The horses neighed and the trumpets sounded.
On an increasingly chilly morning, a large army set off from Changhe Town and marched along the shore towards Lion City.
The new mayor of Changhe Town watched his king leave on the city wall under the protection of many elves. He still had a lot of mess to deal with next.