I'm not a lord

Chapter 143 Defeat the enemy!

Baron Chixi is still young and at the age where he can still dream.

The status of a baron is too low, and it is difficult to be called a noble in the North. The wife of a baron can only be called "Madam", and the countess can be called "Lady".

Only by obtaining the title of earl can one be considered a true aristocrat.

Baron Chixi is not optimistic about the future of the Duke of Swamp. He believes that the Duke will most likely fail and the entire Dukedom of Swamp is also at risk of collapse.

However, since the Duke held a large number of troops, he did not dare to act rashly and could only find ways to improve his strength.

He believes that opportunities always come to those who are prepared.

This war may be the opportunity for his rise to success.

Of course, for now he could only send an envoy to the military camp of the Earl's second son to investigate the situation.

Lin En's light cavalry naturally detected the enemy's movements, and he had marked the specific location of the enemy's stationed village on the map.

The two villages were just south of him, separated by a six-kilometer plain and a green river more than ten meters wide.

If last year's Battle of Shallows Territory could be considered a village fight, then the Battle of Green Lake Territory that is about to break out finally looks a bit like a war.

If the enemy troops in the Green Lake Castle are also counted, the White River Alliance has dispatched a total of about 300 people this time, and almost all of them are on horseback and wearing armor. In addition to having good defensive capabilities, they are also very mobile.

Lin En's plan is to wipe out this army in one fell swoop.

But the main force under his command was entirely infantry, with less than fifty cavalrymen.

Given the mobility of infantry, it is extremely difficult to completely wipe out cavalry in the plains.

The simplest way is to lure the enemy into actively attacking one's own army, so that the spear phalanx and the barbarian archers will have room to play.

For this reason, Lin En had already shown his weakness to the enemy in advance, but the enemy did not rush up foolishly. Instead, they stationed in the village and sent light cavalry to collect intelligence.

This shows that the enemy commander is not a fool.

For this reason, Lynn is preparing his second move.

But before he could make a move, the enemy's envoy arrived at the south bank of the Green Water River waving a white flag.

Just when he was about to go to sleep, someone handed him a pillow. Lin En immediately ordered someone to take the messenger into the military camp.

The messenger was a middle-aged knight, and he had to confirm his identity before bowing.

Facing the envoy's doubts, Lin En, wearing a plate armor jacket and a robe, admitted openly: "Yes, I am the second son of Earl Cold Wind, Baron of White Bear!"

The double pine tree emblem embroidered on the chest of his robe highlights his noble status.

After confirming it was the real culprit, the envoy asked, "Then may I ask why you suddenly launched an attack on Green Lake Territory? You are also a vassal of the Duke, and you should be aware that all fiefdoms are supposed to maintain peace during wartime. If the Duke blames you in the future, how will you bear the consequences?"

Facing the envoy's questioning, Lin En clapped his legs and laughed: "Take responsibility? What a joke! If I tell you that everything I do has been approved by the Duke in advance, how would you feel?"

For these petty barons of the White River Alliance, Lynn knew how to use their skins to cause the greatest damage.

Anyway, he is still using Roman's vest, so naturally he has to use the power behind this vest to the fullest.

It can be said that he is worthy of Brother Roman.

"No, it's impossible, how is this possible?"

As the messenger was stunned and at a loss, Lin En once again delivered multiple critical strikes:

"As a reward for Earl Coldwind's service, the Duke instructed me to unify the White River Basin and would later confer the title of Earl of White River. If it weren't for this earl title, why would I have run from the prosperous Coldwind Valley to this barren White Bear Territory?

Go back and tell them that I will only take Shallow Beach Territory, Green Lake Territory and Red Creek Territory as my direct fiefdoms. If the barons of Heron Territory and River Swamp Territory are willing to pledge allegiance to me, they can preserve their respective territories.

If Baron Green Lake can surrender before nightfall, I will grant him White Bear Territory's land and population. The only person I will not forgive is Baron Red Creek, the leader of the alliance! I will chop off his head, strip him of his lands, and give his wife to the humblest serf!

Lin En's plan to sow discord has been brewing for a long time.

As early as the night before he set out to attack Green Lake Territory, he learned about the existence and internal structure of the White River Alliance through interrogating the envoys all night.

The messengers were supposed to witness the birth of the fetus in Yagna's belly, but they were tortured to the point of doubting their lives, so they naturally spilled out everything they knew.

The four baronies seemed to have formed the White River Alliance, but this alliance was like a makeshift wooden house that would creak at the slightest kick.

The four companies all have their own interests and the representatives they send have very different personalities.

Among them, Baron Chixi, who serves as the leader of the alliance, is young and energetic, and most likely cannot tolerate such an insult.

In addition, Lynn deliberately instigated discord, and in order to prevent any further complications, the young baron would definitely choose to rush forward.

Originally, he wanted to send an envoy to the enemy camp to carry out the mission of sowing discord, but since the other side took the initiative to send an envoy, it saved him the trouble.

Before the enemy envoy left, Lin En specially wrote a letter to him and reminded him, "By the way, the joint delegation you sent to the Shoal Territory are still alive, but I have put them under house arrest. Once you pledge allegiance to me, I will naturally release them."

The messenger left the military camp sweating profusely and brought back Lin En's words to the White River Alliance without missing a word.

This immediately caused an uproar within the alliance.

Baron Chixi was the first to object, and his words were extremely fierce: "Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could the Duke allow him to rule the Baihe River Basin? This is all a lie!"

Although Baron Chixi strongly opposed it, the attitudes of several knights present were somewhat ambiguous.

Erlin from the Heron Territory frowned and said, "But the Duke's flag is indeed hanging in his camp, and his father's relationship with the Duke is also true."

Gabe from the River Marsh Territory echoed, "I heard from the merchants returning from River Bay that the Duke values ​​Count Frostwind very much and even gave him the command of one hundred court knights."

After hearing what these two people said, even little Bogdan, who advocated a quick battle, was a little confused. He asked quickly:
"Is what you said true?"

Erlin and Gabe said in unison, "Of course it's all true!"

The latter added, "Without the support of the earls of the Crown Territory, how could the Duke have entered Riverbend? And..."

boom!
"Shut up!"

It was not until Baron Chixi slammed the table with a sullen face that Gabe reluctantly closed his mouth.

Baron Chixi clenched the handwritten letter from Lin En in his hand, as if he had really crumpled the earl's second son into a ball of waste paper.

Then he looked around at the knights present and said sternly:

"You've all been fooled. This Earl's second son is a venomous snake with a mouth full of poison! He's afraid, afraid of our powerful united army, so he's trying to break up our alliance with filthy, venomous words. His goal is to conquer us one by one!

But as long as we always remain a whole, he will have no way to deal with us, and only failure and humiliation will be waiting for him!
As the leader of the alliance, I now give the order to assemble the entire army, cross the Green Water River, and defeat that army that seems large in number but is actually weak!

There is no need to be afraid of the Duke's Golden Deer Banner. He can't even produce a personal letter from the Duke. We just need to defeat his army, and the Duke will surely understand our loyalty and forgive our actions!

A lord who only knows how to talk will become a coward on the battlefield. We will use our swords and lances to show him that the conspiracy and trickery from the Crown Territory will be completely shattered by the ice storm of the White River!

At the critical moment, Baron Chixi burst out with unprecedented potential, and his eloquence suddenly caught up with his muscle level.

Not only Bogdan Jr., but even the relatively conservative Erlin and Gabe were somewhat persuaded by him.

Of course, they also coveted the wealth and population of the Shoal Territory and the White Bear Territory, and even more so the high ransom that could be exchanged for the Earl's second son.

"Defeat the enemy! Defeat the enemy!"

Around five o'clock in the afternoon, the knights of the White River Alliance put on their armor and mounted their horses, heading north.

(End of this chapter)