Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

After John captured the first castle in Balden, in the next two weeks, all the castles near the forest in the entire West Balden area were destroyed by John's army and the Old Farmers' Special Forces. John finally received reinforcements from Count Milo.

Then a group of people discussed in the tent how to besiege Binsey, because the difficulty of attacking Binsey was no less than that of Dordorei.

Binsay used to be a fortress. As early as the Millennium Empire, Binsay was used as a military fortress to block the attacks of pagans from the east. After a long period of evolution, Binsay was finally expanded from a fortress to a city. A moat was built outside the city to connect with the river. Usually, it needs to be connected to the outside through a drawbridge. It is closed at night or in wartime. The original site of the fortress was built into a castle by the nobles. It not only has defensive equipment such as catapults and crossbows, but also various shooting holes for archers. Unless a gap is directly smashed in the city wall, if you want to attack, you must brave the rain of arrows and break open one city gate after another. However, such an attack is definitely not feasible. Even if there are insiders, the insiders must open many city gates to open the way to the castle, but this will definitely expose them directly.

"I think we should bypass this place and cross the river directly to the capital of Balden," said a general. His suggestion was recognized by many generals. Instead of wasting soldiers and time here, it is better to go to the capital of Balden quickly, have the second prince crowned as king, win a legal victory, and then defend the city. When the time comes, the consumption of energy will force Yoda to withdraw.

John was speechless when he saw this. What's the level of your Midland army? Are you sure you have the ability to cross the river and capture the capital of Balden? With only 3 people, let alone a few thousand to guard the home, there are more than 2 people left to cross the river. First, you have to fight against the troops of the Balden Kingdom, and then the troops of the Yoda Empire. Based on past battle records, everything will be fine if you can capture the King of Balden and the eldest prince and then run back.

"I think we have to conquer Binsey," John put forward his point of view.

"First of all, Binsey is the storage place for Xibalden's grain. All the grain handed over from the Xibalden area is gathered there. If we conquer this place, we will have a stable supply point."

"Secondly, it is estimated that the garrison of Binsay must be at least 5000 people, plus the mercenaries, the private soldiers of many lords and the armed citizens, the number can reach at least 1. If we let them stay in our occupied area, they may even attack our supply routes. I am afraid that you will not even have a safe supply point."

So there are currently two opinions, one is to bypass Bensai, and the other is to besiege Bensai first. Both sides believe that their method is correct. For a while, the two sides argued endlessly and saliva flew.

Until one of the generals said: "If you think your method is feasible, then we will cross the river, and you will just follow me to besiege this broken castle."

John thought about it and said to Count Milo: "My Lord, I have a plan..."

A few days later, Midland's troops arrived at Binsey and surrounded it.

John and Count Milo rode on horseback to observe Binsey's movements.

"The architectural styles are all different. This castle really has a long history. Governor John, will the method you proposed work?" asked Count Milo.

"If the general guarding the city of Binsey is King Balden's confidant, then this plan will have a 90% chance of success. If not, send people to surround this place first and then cross the river directly," John replied.

"Then I'll listen to you first. We can only stay here for a week. If we don't cross the river after a week, it will be too late," said Count Milo. In view of John's previous contributions, Count Milo felt that although this governor was young, he was still very strategic and he was also one of their own, so he could trust him.

When the defenders of Binsay saw this, they immediately reported the news to the general defending the city. General Binsay was the king's confidant and knew that his mission was to defend Binsay and block the attack from Midland. The king had informed him of this when he was appointed, so he said to the guards: "Don't worry about them. No matter what they say, don't leave the city, but keep an eye on their movements."

"I beg you, my immortal, to tell me the truth, whether you surrender or not..."

Outside, all that was heard was the shouting and cursing of the Midland soldiers, but the Binsey defenders did not move, and even if they heard anything they pretended not to hear it.

At this time, John ordered someone to borrow a dress from the second prince, a more gorgeous one.

"Why does he have to use our family's skirts? Is he allowed to touch anything belonging to the royal family?" The second prince was very unhappy. The governor had killed his mercenaries before. Although these mercenaries could be hired everywhere, he was very unhappy. Even the governor did not hang up those unruly people.

So John took his men to talk to him, and went straight into his tent without any notice.

"What are you going to do? Rebellion!" The second prince screamed like a woman, making John's ears hurt.

"Your Highness, my men came to you to ask for some clothes, but you didn't seem to agree with me doing so," John said straight to the point.

"Can you touch the royal clothes just because you say so? You are just a knight who doesn't even have a family tree, and you still want to ask me for things?" The second prince refused outright and began to mock his background.

John was not annoyed when he heard this. Instead, he asked the soldiers around him whether the mercenaries were trapped.

"As you ordered, we have surrounded the mercenaries' camp tightly. They dare not come out." said the guard.

Before John set out, he ordered his men to surround the entire mercenary camp in order to prevent the Second Prince from calling for help and to prevent chaos on the ground.

After hearing that the mercenaries had been surrounded, John said to the Second Prince:

"First, you are not the king now, but the second prince. To put it nicely, you are the second heir to the throne. To put it bluntly, you are a spare tire. If the Yoda Empire had not wanted to fight Bardon, you would not have been pushed forward by us. To put it bluntly, you are a puppet of our Mitlan. What qualifications do you have to give opinions to me, the governor-general personally selected by the Mitlan royal family?"

"You, you..." The second prince was dizzy from the series of artillery fire.

"I come from a family with a 500-year history, and my blood is as precious as an angel..." the second prince defended.

"Yes, you are right. If you didn't have this bloodline, you would have died in some stinking ditch with your character," John continued.

"What we in Mitelland are interested in is your bloodline. You have nothing except the throne obtained through the bloodline trade with Mitelland. Your food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and even the cost of your mercenaries are all provided by Mitelland. What's wrong with me taking back something that belongs to us in Mitelland for the royal family?"

"If you want to be king, you should listen to what we in Midland say. Otherwise, we will kill you. You have descendants in Wendam anyway, so we will support your son to be the king. As for you, no one will know where you die."