But as time went by, the food supply for the tens of thousands of troops had gradually reached the bottom, and it seemed that they could no longer sustain it. The earls had already prepared for the worst.
Now the Northern Principality is threatening their heir, which makes everyone hesitate.
After all, even if there is no threat from the north, if forced to do so in the end, all the earls will choose to abandon their vehicles to protect their commanders, and try to save the most elite team to escape.
Now among the conditions given by the Northern Principality, the only difference is that there is an additional condition of ceding the Fire Dragon Fort.
But the exchange of Fire Dragon Castle is also related to the safety of their children.
Therefore, the king and several earls focused on whether it was worth using the Fire Dragon Castle to redeem their heirs.
"Rakov, although my heir was not captured, this is not the most important factor for me to judge the quality of this peace negotiation!" Bernard frowned.
"Your Majesty, and everyone, the Fire Dragon Castle Fortress not only facilitates our invasion of the Northern Principality, it is also our most important barrier against the Northern Principality!"
"If the Fire Dragon Fort Fortress is lost, then the offensive and defensive situation of our principalities will be reversed, and the Northern Principality can invade us at any time!"
"More importantly, if we lose these tens of thousands of troops again, we may no longer be able to resist the invasion of the Northern Principality!"
When Bernard finished speaking, the place fell into silence.
How could the other earls not have thought of the consequences Bernard said.
But according to the current situation, there is a high probability that the army will not be able to be brought back.
Although Fire Dragon Fort is very important, it is not their own territory, it belongs to the king.
Several earls still have a sense of superiority from the past, and feel that as long as they return safely and only need a year or two to cultivate, they can regain their strength.
When they launch the Autumn March again, they will be able to recapture the Fire Dragon Fort Fortress by force.
Now it is more cost-effective to exchange the Fire Dragon Fort Fortress for their heirs.
"Dong dong dong!"
Just as the hall fell into silence, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" The king did not show displeasure at being disturbed, because he knew that if he knocked on the door at this time, he must have something important to report.
Sure enough, an iron guard walked in cautiously, and then whispered: "Your Majesty, a spy just took advantage of the opportunity to attack and delivered a secret message!"
Although the army is now besieged and cannot send messages to the outside world, some of the spies deployed in the past will still take the initiative to pass on information as much as possible.
However, most of this information is of no use. It only provides a rough description of the military strength at the foot of the mountain. There have been several such secret letters in the past two days.
"Yes!" The king calmly took the note after hearing this, and waited for the Iron Guard to withdraw before slowly unfolding it.
After opening the letter, he checked the complex icon at the bottom of the secret letter and concluded that it was indeed a spy. The king then took a closer look.
As he checked, the king's brows immediately wrinkled, and his eyes became bright and dark.
Seeing this situation, all the counts waited curiously to see if the king would reveal the contents of the letter later.
Not long after, the king read the letter and found that he had no intention of keeping it secret. He looked at everyone strangely and said: "The Northern Principality mobilized tens of thousands of troops and returned to the Marquis of Lisson the day before yesterday!"
"Deploying tens of thousands of people to return to the Marquis Territory? Your Majesty, why is this?" All the earls were confused.
"It seems that an army from our Agate Principality has invaded the hinterland of the Marquis of Lisen and has captured several castles in succession!" The king's eyes flashed.
"Ah? Our Agate Principality's army has entered the hinterland of the Marquis of Lisen. How is this possible?" Several counts looked at each other.
They are all sitting here happily!
Where are the other armies of the Agate Principality?
"Your Majesty, whose army is it? Our troops seem to be all here!" Several counts looked at me and I looked at you, feeling a little confused.
"I don't know this either. I still want to ask you! Isn't it your army?" The king was also surprised. He originally thought it was a good deed by his vassals.
But looking at their reactions now, it seems that this is not the case.
Unfortunately, the position of the spy who delivered the news was not high, so he could only collect general information, because the news had spread throughout the entire Northern Principality army.
As for the identity of the invading team, it has not been revealed.
"Could it be that there are teams from other small principalities pretending to be our Agate Principality and invading?".
"Probably not! How dare those small principalities dare to invade the northern principality!" All the earls frowned and speculated.
"Maybe I know who that team is!" At this moment, Bernard, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up.
"Bernard, do you know?" In an instant, all the earls looked at Bernard, and the king also asked directly.
"Yes! Maybe, this team is my vassal Nalant!" Bernard no longer pretended.
After much thought, the only possibility was that it was Narant.
After all, according to Stella, Nalant is indeed planning to go to the hinterland of Marquis Lisen.
It's just that he was a little unsure just now, whether the 500 people in Nalan District were capable of conquering several enemy castles in a row and attracting tens of thousands of troops from the Northern Principality to return for reinforcements.
After all, among the hundreds of people in Nalant, excluding the auxiliary personnel, the real combat effectiveness is less than 200.
Chapter completed!