Chapter 855 Ambition
In the Barony of Zak, compared to the small town of Danik which was built along the river, the small town of Zak was built relying on a mine.
The town is located in the "concave" shape of the mine, so you only need to defend one side.
This allowed the town's walls to be built luxuriously with stone.
These stones can be considered as by-products of mining and do not cost much.
Although there is no moat outside, it is located on a slope, which is a typical example of being easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Relying on this mine in his territory, Baron Zach can be considered a fairly wealthy lord in the East.
Although his title is only baron, the power he holds is greater than that of an ordinary viscount.
Thanks to his own mines, in addition to the fifty heavy cavalry elite troops under his command like Baron Danic, he also has two hundred heavy armored infantry and one hundred longbowmen.
These are all professional elite soldiers and are definitely not on the same level as the militia.
The longbowmen guarded the town walls in coordination with the steep mountains, making the territory impregnable.
In other words, the war horses themselves are too troublesome to maintain, and all the feed in his territory has to be transported here, otherwise those heavy armored infantrymen will also be trained to become heavy armored cavalry.
At the same time, because of his control of the mines, Baron Zak has frequent trade with the neighboring Principality of Nott.
Also, because the land in his territory was relatively barren, he had to purchase most of his food from the Principality of Nott, otherwise he would not be able to feed his subjects and soldiers.
Although Baron Zach's land was barren and produced little grain, he had relied on his relationship with the Principality of Nott to get the news in advance and spent a huge amount of money to buy a batch of low-priced grain from the Principality of Nott. This time he also made a fortune.
As for the Calais Federation's plan to build an airship dock, he also held an absolute supportive stance and could be considered a die-hard core of the pro-Calais faction.
This time, Earl Luke, the lord of the East, launched a sudden attack, which resulted in the death of two special envoys from the Calais Federation. He also confiscated the assets of the nobles in the East who were friendly to Calais in the city of Dunno. He was very furious.
He is also one of the people with the loudest opposition, and is also vaguely one of the core figures of this rebellion.
He wrote letters everywhere to win over nobles from all over the country in order to form an alliance.
Baron Zack was initially frightened by the sudden attack from the usually gentle Count Luke.
Because he owns mines, is strong, and has a high prestige, he is likely to be targeted as a scapegoat.
No matter how solidly his Zak Territory was built, it would surely be crushed to pieces by the army led by the top knight Luke himself.
Although he is a high-level knight, he also received an earth blessing from the Temple of Mother Earth because of his donation. Standing on the ground can enhance his strength and quickly recover from injuries. He also masters two enhanced blessing magics, and his strength is considered top-notch among the professional class.
But for Count Luke, who is in the first echelon among the great knights and may even become a legend, the gap is still too big.
The only way he could think of to fight back was to contact nobles from all over the place. Once they were attacked, they could attack the city of Dunno from other directions and at the same time create momentum for resistance.
But after he had been actively contacting people for a while and had vaguely formed a rebel alliance, he discovered that Count Luke did not take the next step, but slowly checked their assets in Dunnox, began to digest them, and issued a notice ordering them to go to Dunnox to receive punishment.
This made Zack feel relieved and his mind became more active.
In fact, he could roughly see that Count Luke's goal this time was to reorganize the East and eliminate the influence of the Calais Federation and the Principality of Nott. He did not want the previous situation of uncontrolled grain prices to happen again.
If I take the lead and surrender at this time, in order to appease the nobles in various places and avoid the bad reputation of depriving the title and maliciously taking back the territory, I will most likely be given a light punishment and a severe warning, and I can continue to be my lord.
But the problem is that Zack has already tasted the sweetness.
The low-priced grain from the Principality of Nott can allow the company to employ more miners to mine and more elite soldiers to guard. The profits it can reap from selling its own minerals directly to the Principality of Nott or even the Calais Federation will also be greater.
With this increase and decrease, if he compromised with Earl Luke, it would be impossible for him to maintain the size of the elite troops he had.
The number of miners will also drop sharply, and the output of minerals will also decrease, entering a vicious cycle, which he does not want to see no matter what.
Therefore, he seemed to be more active in contacting the internal rebellious nobles, and had even begun to write letters to the neighboring Duchy of Nott and even the Calais Federation.
I would like to ask for some outside help to "give some advice".
Earl Luke relied on his superior military force to openly seize the property of his nobles. Even the envoy from the Calais Federation was killed. He must be given an explanation!
This is not rebellion, this is a just act!
Zack knew that if he could get the nobles to unite, not only Count Luke, but even Grand Duke Kedun would have to give in.
And just when he was preparing to invite reinforcements, encircle the enemy from both sides and turn defeat into victory.
However, he learned about the wildling caravan from the spies he arranged...
"What? Are you serious?"
Zack looked at the spy in front of him with a serious expression, a gleam in his eyes.
The demihuman caravan under Earl Luke's command had passed by the territory before, and he was paying attention to it, so he had arranged spies to observe the situation.
It's just that Zack himself is very dependent on trade. Even if he is now ready to resist, he dare not attack the caravan easily.
Besides, the escort team of the demi-human caravan is very powerful. Although the tiger man King Kong is only a mid-level knight, he has the blessing of racial talent, plus the magic pig mount. Even if he cooperates with the captain of his personal guards, he may not be able to defeat him easily.
For the sake of mobility, we led the cavalry out to face those tiger guards. Even if we could win, the losses would be huge, and it would not be worth it.
This is actually the biggest role of the caravan guards. As long as you create a deterrent and let others know that you are not someone to be trifled with, you can usually ensure their safety and at most they will have to pay some tolls.
Those who rob and attack are just trying to make a living, there is no need to risk their lives, the benefits are not in sight!
But now, through the intelligence from the spies, the Savage caravan has actually opened up the trade route in the Warcraft Forest and transported a large amount of goods to the town of Danik!
The most important thing is that the savage caravan actually used dozens of magical beasts as mounts to transport goods.
This naturally made Zack as shocked as Danik and the others were at the beginning.
Warcraft cargo transportation? So luxurious?
He had his own mines and built two hundred heavy-armored infantrymen, but his cavalry was still only maintained at fifty.
As a result, they directly pulled out dozens of monsters.
The impact of this news naturally shocked Zack.
But then I felt a burst of ecstasy.
"Haha! Who would have thought that those barbarians could have such a profound background? Now that I know about it, I deserve this blessing!"
Zach's eyes flickered, and many plans quickly emerged.
The Calais Federation is powerful and rich, but they are still stuck on the size of their Warcraft army.
The artificially bred hybrid species have degraded too severely, and most of them have degenerated into ordinary beasts. They cannot be put into service at present, and can only be used in small numbers.
It can be said that if the Warcraft Legion can be purchased simply with money, there are definitely wealthy countries in Middle-earth willing to pay a high price.
Even those empires that already have legions of Warcraft are still willing to add more.
And now, such wealth is right beside me?
This is so easy to come by!
It wasn't as if Zack wanted to rob the savages.
Those dozens of monsters alone were enough to flatten his territory.
What he wants is the right to trade with the savages!
The territory of Danic borders on him, and although Danic's subordinates are also strong and have the same number of cavalry as his own.
But the two hundred extra heavy armored infantrymen were enough to maintain absolute suppression.
As long as the family ensures that there are 100 longbowmen guarding the house, the enemy can be defeated.
The savages certainly don't care who they trade with.
And relying on the relationship with the Principality of Nott and the Calais Federation, he has an absolute advantage in terms of goods and trade!
However, the defense of the town of Danic itself is not weak. Although he has the upper hand, he will suffer heavy losses if he tries to attack it head-on.
The best way at this time is either to persuade Danik to join, or to call on all the friendly forces that you have contacted to maintain absolute advantage and conquer the enemy!
"Humph, I won't underestimate my opponent. This time I will definitely crush him with the force of thunder."
There was a flash in Zack's eyes and he made the final decision. He invited reinforcements and everyone came together to protect this huge profit!
This time, the advantage is on my side!
Zach quickly wrote many letters in his study, and then used messengers and magic to invite reinforcements. At one time, a large number of messengers flew out of Baron Zach's castle, leaving behind a lot of falling feathers...
