Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

John unlocked the strategic map of West Balden after entering the Balden area. Based on the army's marching routes on the map, John already knew that the other two troops had also captured a village. Now he only needed to expand and consolidate the defense zone, and then wait to welcome Count Milo's army.

In the following weeks, John ordered them to immediately attack other Balden villages on the edge of the forest to ensure that their occupied areas could be connected to expand their map vision.

Then John ordered someone to notify Simon to transport a batch of building materials, food and medical supplies, and start building fortresses and houses in the defense zone.

A castle in West Balden

"Have all the villagers from each village come to do the labor?" The noble made daily inquiries to the butler. Recently, he received news that Midlan might be used by Balden, so he must quickly build and expand the castle and store more food and supplies to deal with it.

"Except for a few villages that are far away, people from most villages have arrived," the housekeeper replied.

"Let those low-class people work quickly, and tell them that they will get an extra 5 silver coins each when the construction is completed." The nobleman was eager to finish building his castle because there was not much time left before spring.

Outside the castle, there are a large number of people working on the construction. The curses of the guards and the screams of the villagers can often be heard from the construction site. It can be seen that the project is very urgent, and the lord treats the villagers like ordinary livestock. Although Midlan and Yoda are also like this, because this world is a world of worse things, people can only choose a less bad person from a bunch of bad people to trust him, even if he may not be much different from the group of worse people.

In some corners of the construction site, some people worked while observing the surrounding terrain, the number of guards, the number of patrols, and the shift changing times. At night, they would communicate with people outside, not only the construction workers, but also some insiders among the soldiers, as the nobles also conscripted a considerable number of people to serve as soldiers. This information was summarized and finally placed on John's desk in the form of letters.

"It turns out these nobles are not stupid." John thought. At present, it seems that many nobles in Balden are in a state of war readiness, using a large number of civilians as construction workers and soldiers. Some territories with small populations even go to other territories to steal people. This also means that John can use a large number of systematically recruited peasants to infiltrate the middle and lower classes of the castle, and the nobles have to provide them with food, housing, and even weapons and equipment. These will be the heaviest blows to them in the future.

Because it was impossible to make the local people accept their control in a short period of time, John had to recruit farmers to assist the army in controlling the vast rural areas, and actively infiltrate castles in various places and the western town of Binsey in various forms to reduce the resistance of future sieges.

In order to ensure that the operation could proceed more smoothly, John spent a lot of money to recruit some spies and improve the spy network in the West Balden area. In this way, except for Binsey, most areas of West Balden were basically under John's control.

A castle in Yoda on the East Balden border

The entire castle was covered with campfires. The previously barren land outside was now filled with endless tents, which looked like there were no less than 10,000 people. Inside the castle, a group of Yoda's generals were discussing the strategy of attacking Bardon in the castle hall. There were two people sitting in the upper seats, one wearing Yoda's general armor and the other wearing gorgeous clothes.

"So what do you think, Your Highness the Third Prince? When will you start sending troops?" General Yoda said.

"Speed ​​is of the essence in war, General Adam. I think we should concentrate our superior forces while Midland's focus is on the southern battlefield and attack the capital of Balden directly. I should discuss the issue of the throne with my father and eldest brother." The third prince expressed his thoughts based on the current situation.

"Then give the orders, prepare the supplies, and attack Balden in two days." As the order was passed down, the whole castle fell into a boiling commotion, and the soldiers outside also began to prepare for the invasion of Balden, fantasizing about being able to make a profit.

The war came early.