Chapter 476 - The Connection between the Rebellion Forces
Chapter 476: The Connection between the Rebellion Forces
The rebellion forces in the South County were huge, but the only forces capable of quelling the rebellion were Grand Duke Cameron of Lion Fort, the troops under his direct command, and the city defense forces of Lionheart City, in addition, there were the private armies of the noble families scattered in the manors of the South County, and of course, there were also the 20 knight corps stationed in the north of the South County.
Strangely, the direct forces of the Grand Duke of Lion Fort did not move out. The city defense team of Lionheart City, which was indirectly controlled by many top noble families, also did not move out. Even the private armies of the noble manors did not move out.
Only the noble armies of the South County, which were made up of the 20 knight corps, chose to divide their forces.
The 15 knight corps were still stationed here.
The remaining 5 knight corps led 500 knights and 4,500 heavy cavalries to leave the battlefield. With the high mobility of the cavalry, they went to reinforce the South County’s hinterland, which was getting more and more dangerous.
Otherwise, hundreds of farms and dozens of villages would be destroyed by the spreading rebel army.
One had to know.
These farms and villages were the cornerstone of the South County.
The resources that the Dukedom of Leo relied on were the grain that they harvested for two seasons every year.
The fertile land in the South County, coupled with the excellent weather that didn’t freeze all year round, had turned Lionheart City, the commercial city of the river, into the largest grain production base of all the human countries!
Who knew how many fractions would send their fleets to import large amounts of grain every month.
If there were any changes in the South County, then the entire human countries would experience a regional famine.
This was definitely not a joke. Although both banks of the Resniston River were excellent grain cultivation grounds, it still depended on the situation. The other human countries weren’t doing so well. Especially after the river had developed, many kingdoms relied on the grain imports from the South County, which increased the importance of this place.
Back then, the Silver Platter Kingdom had launched an invasion war against the Dukedom of Leo because of the top-tier agricultural land in the South County. However, because the war had lasted for too long, it had affected the other human kingdoms, and it had finally calmed down.
Of course, this had to do with the stubborn resistance of the Dukedom of Leo.
However, there was a prerequisite.
With the strength of the Silver Platter Kingdom, it could completely annex the dukedom of Leo.
The reason why they did not attack was because the other human kingdoms had intervened.
It was not only for the reason that the war would affect the food supply. It was also for the reason that the Silver Platter Kingdom was worried that after annexing the Dukedom of Leo, which was a famous food production area, the country’s strength would expand.
The current strength of the various human kingdoms was almost the same.
Similarly, they were all linked to each other.
Once the strength of a kingdom increased explosively, then it would affect the Resniston River. All the human kingdoms would ensure that their own interests and safety would not be violated. By then, the annexation plan of the Silver Platter Kingdom was destined to fail.
However, this didn’t mean that the Dukedom of Leo wouldn’t have internal strife, especially the conflict between the heirs!
This was the common problem of all the human kingdoms.
Or rather…
As long as there were forces and heirs, there would be a struggle for the throne!
The current chaos in the North County could be seen as such a struggle. To the noble families, this was still a result that they could barely accept, or even pinch their noses in agreement.
However, this group of rebels who were once captives and now slaves actually dared to rebel against their rule?
They were simply courting death!
There was no reason for them to survive!
As the second son of the Grand Duke, Kant organized troops to seize his own position, or to fight within the noble system. It was completely different from the rebellion of these slaves, who were known as the rebel army.
These slaves were completely planning to overthrow their rule, and their attitude was to flip the table!
This was also the reason why the noble families were so furious.
The most important thing was that the serf rebellion army had destroyed the South County too thoroughly.
Burning, killing, and robbing, the damage they caused was even more vicious than Rolf and his light cavalry. Not only did they destroy a large number of farms that originally belonged to the noble families, but they also burned a lot of villages that belonged to the Grand Duke.
The fields were directly razed to the ground, and even the wheat seedlings that were sown were completely destroyed.
The serfs vented all of their resentments and angers.
When their emotions were stirred up after they had eaten and drunk their fill from the robbery, they became even more aggressive. They wanted to completely return all of the torture that they had endured in the Dukedom of Leo to those who had tormented them before!
Even a group of civilians from the Dukedom of Leo had been humiliated by these newly risen serfs.
They even had the tendency to become rebels together.
The innocent was often innocent.
In the face of these furious rebels, any civilians who wanted to stay out of it were brutally murdered.
The uprisings and rebellions in the feudal era were often accompanied by blood and fire, as well as a large number of withered lives and corpses littered the ground. Buildings and infrastructures were destroyed, including the plague and famine that followed after!
This was also the reason why the noble families anxiously mobilized the knights to return and quell the rebellion.
There couldn’t be anything bad happen to the Lion Fort.
Lionheart City still needed to stabilize because of the reliance on the river.
As for the manor of the noble families, they wouldn’t take out extra troops to quell the rebellion because of their own interests.
However, even if there were 5,000 knights, a total of 5 knight corps, they could still finish off the rebel army that had already increased to 30,000 people. In fact, they could even wipe out these so-called rebel army in an instant.
So what if the prisoners of the Silver Platter Kingdom were the main force?
After losing 10 years of time, these prisoners could not form an effective defense.
Perhaps their memories and experience were still there, but after 10 years of serfdom, how could these slaves resist the powerful knights? Most importantly, these serfs probably could not even bring their armor!
This was the thought of the knights, and it was also the common thought of most of the noble families.
Of course, it wasn’t Rolf’s opinion.
He had already made contact with the rebellion army.
As a light cavalry, he was like a ghost wandering in the South County. He easily came to the territory of the rebellion army and formed an alliance with the rebellion army.
He looked at the nearly 10,000 Silver Platter Kingdom captives inside. They were wearing all kinds of leather armor or iron-scale armor, with a shortsword or hand ax hanging from their waists. They even held a long lance in their hands. He could not help but raise his eyebrows slightly. These used to be the villagers’ self-defense, the weapons to arm the militia or recruit the militia had already been grasped by the rebellion army.
Although most of the soldiers held pitchforks made of dung and wore leather made of cow or sheep skin, these captives who were former elite soldiers from Silver Platter Kingdom, were no less than ordinary regular soldiers.
It could be seen that these captives of the Silver Platter Kingdom had been prepared for ten years.
Perhaps they had long wanted to start a rebellion.
They had been waiting for an opportunity.
And now, it was a good opportunity for these prisoners to completely mess up and step onto the stage in the Dukedom of Leo!