Black Iron Crown

In this way, neither side was in a hurry to start a war immediately. Earl Zhebo hoped to lower the morale of the enemy through pressure, while Leiner hoped that Earl Zhebo would best come to Babsburg as soon as possible. Come and fight them in complex terrain.

The sun rose in the east and set in the west, and it had been three days since Earl Zhebo came here. Both sides were closely watching each other's movements, and immediately became tense whenever there was any trouble.

However, unexpectedly, neither side made any big moves, especially Earl Zhebo, who seemed a little different in being so calm about the enemy.

"My lord, our food is depleted too fast! The soldiers under the lords are simply a bunch of worthless, and now we are running out of food!" Earl Zhebo's quartermaster came to Earl Zhebo's with a bitter face. Complain in front of you.

This is really no wonder to him, those lords responded to Earl Zhebo’s call to join the war, Earl Zhebo can’t let them help him fight and prepare their own food, right? It was normal, after all, it was their duty to fight for him.

But the other lords are different. They have not become the vassals of Earl Zhebo. To help him fight the war, Earl Zhebo needs to pay for the military rations. The bowl is full, but a terrible amount of food has been accumulated over the years.

But now he finally knows what it costs to support so many troops. Just three days of being stationed here has already made his heart bleed.

Under the chewing of horses, a person consumes a batch of grain like a hill almost every day. It can be said that according to the current grain consumption rate, it only takes fifteen days to consume the grain produced by his territory in the previous year. Eat up.

Although he does not rely on farming to survive, it is almost the same as killing him. People need to eat, thousands of draft horses also need to eat grass, and hundreds of war horses need to be fed with delicate beans.

This is a considerable amount of consumption. Originally, he thought that he could easily afford it, but judging from the current situation, it was obvious that he was thinking too much.

Listening to the quartermaster's words, Earl Zhebo's face was also very ugly, and he saw the current situation in his eyes.

No, it's really unbearable, and Earl Zhebo can't bear such expenses. He thinks it's a terrible idea to confront the enemy like this.

After finding the vassals and generals under his command, as well as other lords, Earl Zhebo said in this huge tent: "I have decided, I will send a letter of war to the enemy today, and tomorrow we will fight against the enemy. Let's fight the enemy on this plain in front of us!"

After hearing Earl Zhebo's words, the lords felt a little sorry. They were very happy that Earl Zhebo was so "generous" in supporting their army, at least they didn't need to spend a penny.

But at the same time they feel sorry, the decisive battle is about to begin, and none of them cares about the victory or defeat of this war. In their view, they and others have assembled such a huge force to face the enemy's poor army How could it fail?

What awaits them will be victory without any surprises, and a large amount of territory and wealth will follow. It is said that Baron Rainer's army has a lot of armor, and it seems that they can make a fortune!

All the lords were full of fighting spirit, and they hoped to gain huge benefits in this war, while Earl Zhebo's vassals finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The three days they stayed here consumed a lot of their food. As the vassals of Earl Zhebo, it was natural for them to fight for the title of king. Of course, Earl Zhebo would not bear their military food supply.

They are very worried about having a long confrontation with the enemy here. In that case, I am afraid that they will go bankrupt before the war even starts!

At this time, Reiner was calmly waiting in the camp to see the movements of Earl Zhebo and others.

Anyway, he would not take the initiative to attack if he was killed now, and if Earl Zhebo took the initiative to attack, he would have to give up part of his force advantage and come to fight near Fort Babs.

Putting aside the comparison of troop strength, the initiative is still in Leiner's hands for the time being.

However, it is obvious that the problems of Earl Zhebo have also appeared on Reiner's side. Baron Belem's food can no longer keep up with the supply, but fortunately these lords also understand.

After all, they did not unite for the sake of gaining benefits, but for the sake of survival. At this time, understanding is very valuable. Everyone expressed understanding for Baron Belem, although he only provided military rations for a day or two. , but everyone knew that he had tried his best, he could only temporarily eat the military rations he carried, and then send people to his territory to gather more food for consumption.

However, Rainer was not so calm. The expansion of so many troops was obviously not what the food last year could support. Now Fort Moreland is about to run out of food. Where can I find food for the army?

But that night, Reiner received a letter of challenge from Earl Zhebo.

After finding other lords, Leiner passed on the letter of war, and then said, "Earl Zhebo wants us to go to the Paznon Plain for a decisive battle tomorrow. What do you think we should do?"

"Ha! Of course we should think of what you said before, Baron Reiner, just wait here. If they really want to fight, then let them come. If not, then we will waste time with them like this!" As a The middle-aged old nobleman, Baron Cromwell with a big belly, glanced at Reiner, and then said with a smile to the other nobles.

"Haha! Good way!"

"We just want to piss Earl Zhebo to death!"

"That's right! If they don't come, we won't fight. What are we afraid of?"

All the lords seemed to agree with Baron Cromwell's words, and Reiner also nodded with a smile on his face: "My dear Baron Cromwell is right! Let's do it like this! Then I will immediately Wrote him back! That damned messenger is still waiting!"

"Damn it!" Earl Zhebo tore it into pieces immediately after reading the reply, and slapped the table furiously, as if an irritated lion was roaring loudly.

"How dare he! Despicable and shameless! Doesn't he even have a bit of aristocratic shame?"

Reiner's letter was very arrogant and domineering, and the whole article was full of cynicism towards Earl Zhebo, in the hope that Earl Zhebo would lose his mind and launch an attack directly.

"Lord Earl! We should send troops to destroy this damned Baron Reiner immediately! He is too arrogant!" A vassal also said indignantly.

"Very good! We will launch an attack immediately tomorrow morning! I will tear this arrogant boy to pieces!"