las was at his office in only 20 days oliver was able to have ready all the 320 uniforms and 100 crossbows , 300 were the soldiers that the previous lord had and 20 for the new knights from everden
las was very impressed by oliver ,he used a lot of money to have them ready in just 20 days
there were already 20 crossbows in the army , and he order 10 crossbows from 8 different forges and he divided the uniforms so he was able to have them ready
las was waiting for the cannons to be made and he needed cannon balls and grapeshot and gunpowder was needed too
las looked at the window on his right , [ i must start to produce coke for winter and i must start to produce iron] it was still july ,but las wanted to be prepared
he called arthur to his office "my lord what is your order " las spoke "i want to visit the cannon production prepare a carriage" arthur bowed and left without resistance
after 30 minutes they reached the building leonard by his side the knights saluted and saw the identification and they let them in noz was there when he saw las walking with his cane he ran to him "greetings my lord" las smiled " how have you been ?" noz laugh a little and spoke "thanks to the lord im better then ever "
las saw the blacksmiths making cannons las and noz were proud noz spoke again "my lord do you have any other invention for me ?" las was surprised [ does he believe so much in my inventions? now that i thing about it i never had a doubt about this things why is that ? im i changing?]
las Stayed for 20 minutes then he left he didn't do much ,"arthur let's go to the cement production" arthur said in response "my lord are you going to a dirty place like that ? but your a noble "
"yes arthur im going and yes im a noble so i must see if my plan is going well"
in the gate the soldiers had let william who come to check the progress but they were scared when they saw the flag of the lord who had at the top of the stick a small golden dragon
they spoke to each other " there is no way the lord is here " "yes yes why would the lord come to a place like that "but they froze when they saw the patrols kneeling to salute the lord
then the carriage stopped the lord who they had saw only once , got down "greetings soldiers" said the boy the soldiers took some seconds to respond "greeting to the lord helstain " las smiled the gate were opened
las got inside the area ,he walked and he saw william
william did not heard the door he was far away so he just heard a voice "greetings william" william looked back and he saw a kid "my my lordddd" las laughed "why are you here lord in this kind of place"
"to see how things are going " the workers froze at the scene they started to whisper "is he the new lord " "no he is just a child he is 15 or 16 "an old man who was employed because he could be trusted said "but he sure is a noble so work and don't look at him"
las looked around there wasn't much to see
las was back at the castle and thought [hmmm james has not even come to pay his respects to the new lord how arrogant ]a knight came near him "my lord commander william said that his people are here " las sat at his chair and said "tell them to came in "
3 knights came in ,when they were in a line they kneeled "we greed the lord " las smiled and spoke " i may not have been for long in helsain but i need to tell you how much i appreciate your service you will be rewarded"
the man in the center spoke "everything for helstain even our pride as knights " las was satisfied "do you know of our plan right ?"
"yes my lord the person you sent explained it , per your command we pressed the bandit leader to sent the troops of james home and we were sent to have them under surveillance james knows nothing of us, and we gave the bandit leader ideas of betrayal so he started to see him as an enemy "
"we rode with our men who are under your command too ,here the army of james will reach the capital in 8 days they are arrogant and sure of their victory james got careless with you after hearing about you being a child and that you did not call him to pay his respects , he will not even use scouts he thinks that he is the lord"
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las smiled [hmm james must not have heard about me being an everder or about my military experience after all the house has not revealed that im viscount helstain now its better to keep it a secret ]
a knock was heard las spoke to the man "put your helmet on just to be sure " the men did as they were instructed "come in " it was oliver in a panic "my lord there is a problem a very big one " las asked "what happen ""the baron and the viscount in the south took over our city near the river and a part of our territory , and the baron in the south west took over the region in the border , at the same time they did not start a war they just seized it with some man there is no army marching towards our capital "
las lost his composure for a second and hit the table " this damn bastards i will hung them" after some second las sat down oliver after seeing las calm spoke "im sorry my lord this happen because of my incompetent to help the previous lord" las looked at him "no it's not your fault , i was surprised to see that we had lost no land to other lords sooner "
there are 3 reasons as to why the helstain family had not lost territory , first it was the imperial army if the helstain lost territory the imperial house who had soldiers there would have lost face and the 1 prince so the lords did not dare move , second the imperial house had soldiers here for 15 years 7 years ago the troops of the 1 prince came replacing the real army and taking over the city but the helstain house was at the fall for 60 years with two different heads being useless the first 20 years of the down fall the house had a strong military the lord loved the army and the house was at the border with the dark forest and the kansberg empire so the army was always strong that's why the soldiers are so loyal to the helstain house 3 after the death of the lord who was ruling for 20 years the army started to get smaller and smaller and the relationship with the 2 empires got better so the house was able to live because of the glory of a defender of the empire and the military history
but this glory is nowhere to be seen now so the house is alive with the wish of the first prince but we lost land this means that the viscount in the south the baron in the south west and the first prince and likely james made a deal james would give land to the nobles in our border and they will join the first prince in the battle for succession , james would be lord with the help of the prince in the imperial court and we would give the city in the north back after all this city gives a lot of money
imperial bastard i will kill you one day las was angry but he had to be calm so he spoke with a calm demeanor " let it slide we can't do anything don't even sent a letter we can at least make james more arrogant by letting hem thing that im scared of them , at the point i can't even protest " in this room there was no fool they all understood if they sent a letter they would gain nothing we can't go to war so we can gain something but still the knights and oliver bite their lips until blood came out it was humiliating to lose land and do nothing they can't even go down with glory of a noble
las spoke oliver "call a meting we need to talk "
after 30 minutes everyone was at the room all of them knew about the lost land las spoke "i know that everyone is boiling but we must take care of the bandits we can't do anything about the lost land for now "
the woman knight from before looked at las who was calm and she spoke in anger "it's all your fault if you weren't here nothing would had happen "
las was calm and spoke "you are right if i wasn't here nothing would had happen , the bandits would have continued to raid until the people had enough and started a Revolution "
william spoke in panic "my lord please spare her i would take all the responsibility"
las spoke in a cold tone "guard take her in prison for 30 days "
william spoke again "please lord no "
las glared at him" you will be punished after the battle william you could not control your soldier for the second time "
william looked defeated "yes my lord i will receive punishment as you command "
las continued "change the clothes of the soldiers and the flags , we will leave in four groups in different days and at night , we will make an ambush and attack james army the knight who are at the bandits army will lead the charge in order to make james think that the bandits want to kill him we will do damage and then retreat "
"we will not use cannons we must march fast back , and the soldiers will no longer be granted leaves so often "
the plan was successful no one suspected a thing the soldiers were waiting in the trees a scout came back "my lord they are coming" las gave a nod "men to arms our enemy is coming this people had made you suffer go take revenge kill them but remember to really win we need to do as planed we are bandits long live helsain "
the men screamt " long live the lord "long live helstain "
after 2 minutes the order was given "MEN charge "the morale was high james was not there the soldiers had low organization so they were caught in complete surprise
the knights who were the leaders were in front in horses shouting the commander of the army saw them and said "you traitors i will kill you " the men pushed forward after 40 minutes the command was given " retreat"
las gave instantly the order "start the march we are leaving" the men had some training so they were able to form four boxes and start marching , there were 4 gates to enter the capital but las used a secret road to the army was back no one could say anything
james could not come for help to las ,because what would he say why was your army out why do you have so many soldiers but he had to get rid of the bandits
the knight from the bandits were given some letters to give to the bandit leader the left
las was waiting for james to move and he did after 10 days he left the capital