Chapter 294 144 Defending the City

Chapter 294 -144- Defending the City

Charlotte's words finally succeeded in calming down the panicked northern nobles.

Of course, what reassured the nobles was not the so-called "reinforcements", but the conspiracy mentioned by Charlotte, that is... they could afford it, but the third prince could not.

Beigang, the capital of Castel, was able to stand firm in the Star-Moon War and the repeated attacks of magic tides and pirates in the past thousand years. Naturally, it was not a vegetarian.

While being the most famous commercial center in the North, it was also an isolated fortress overseas. The tall seaside walls, the large stone cannons on the fortress, and the towering wizard tower are proof of this.

However, with the rapid increase in population and the influx of immigrants in recent years, the expanded blocks around Beigang made it seem as if it had lost its edges.

The northern nobles knew this very well, and their panic was only directed at the powerful army of the third prince.

After Charlotte explained everything, although she was still worried, the nobles at least had hope.

All of this was particularly evident after Viscount Roman-Forle came to the meeting hall.

The moment this not-so-good-reputation viscount entered the room, the nobles of the North almost breathed a sigh of relief, and their frowns eased a little.

Obviously, although most of the nobles did not like this viscount who came from a pirate family, everyone could see the fighting power of the Roman-Forle family.

The arrival of the Roman-Forle family in North Harbor undoubtedly made the defense of North Harbor stronger.

"My Lord, the fleet of the Roman-Forle family has all arrived at the port, and all the extraordinary people of the family have also landed. We swear to fight with you until the last moment."

Viscount Roman-Forle, who always wears a black dress, knelt on one knee and said respectfully.

Behind him, there were several barons and more than a dozen hereditary knights of the Roman-Forle family.

Charlotte compared the list she had memorized with the badges on their chests, and was surprised to find that all the middle and senior leaders of the Roman-Fol family had really arrived.

This attitude was even more resolute than that of the Ryan-Castel family.

You know, even the old Viscount Ryan-Castel, who had always been following her, did not have all the noble lords in his family come to North Port. There was even a small area of ​​baronies that surrendered in the occupied area in the south.

"It's good to be back. Roman-Fol will still need to worry about the coastal defense of North Port."

Charlotte nodded slightly and said.

"Don't worry, Lord Earl. We have already fought with the fleet of Bold-Violet once. Although they are very powerful, we are not without the power to resist with the defense of North Port."

Viscount Roman-Fol replied solemnly.

Viscount Ryan Castel looked at the "Pirate Viscount" thoughtfully, then looked around at the nobles who had quieted down in the meeting hall, nodded slightly and said:

"It seems that everyone has calmed down. Viscount Roman Fore has also returned. Then... let's discuss how to defend North Port."

This time, the nobles did not refute.

They quickly began to discuss the deployment of North Port under the leadership of the old viscount.

Of course, most of the nobles were just listening, and they would only occasionally put forward their own suggestions.

The only ones who really participated in the discussion were the two viscounts and barons. On the one hand, these nobles with higher titles had higher status, and on the other hand, most of them had commanded similar battles and were commanders.

Charlotte did not participate in the discussion again, but listened quietly to the discussion of the nobles.

She knew that she had no experience, so it was better to let the professionals continue to worry about it at this time.

But this did not mean that she would be a hands-off shopkeeper. The process of listening was also a process of learning. In addition, no matter how the nobles discussed, she would make the final decision.

Gradually, as the nobles discussed, a defense plan led by Viscount Roman-Ford and Viscount Ryan-Castell, supplemented by many nobles, was also brought out.

The core of the entire defense plan was quite simple and crude, that is, to abandon other territories south of North Port, defend North Port and North Port Bridge, use small warships to control the Dorne River, and defend and delay with North Port as the center.

Thanks to the Dorne River, North Port was originally the gateway to the north of Castell. As long as the North Port Bridge and the Dorne River were controlled, the Bolde-Violet coalition could not continue to move north, nor could it completely surround North Port.

North Port can still maintain logistics and will not become an isolated city, and Castell can fight the enemy with the city defense of North Port.

If they win, the enemy will not be able to attack for a long time. After suffering heavy losses, the coalition forces of the two principalities are likely to retreat under pressure from all parties, and Castell's army may even have the opportunity to counterattack.

If they lose, the city will be broken, and the Castel family will probably become history.

In addition, Charlotte also made several suggestions, but they were not about how to defend, but about bringing the poor people in the diving streets outside the North Port into the inner city in time, or evacuating them directly to the north.

The nobles did not object. Many of them did not care about these poor people, and just regarded this as Charlotte's kindness.

Charlotte did have this consideration, but it was not entirely true.

Expanding North Port has always been an idea in her mind since she took the throne. However, if she wants to expand North Port, she must first demolish the large area of ​​slums in the outer area of ​​North Port, Shallow Water Street.

Demolition of Shallow Water Street is a big project. The North Port City Hall has mentioned many times in previous reports that this matter is very difficult to do, and there are many hidden conflicts of interest, but this war may be a good opportunity.

An offensive and defensive battle is enough to shut up those who oppose it.

It is worth mentioning that when discussing the plan, the reinforcements mentioned by Charlotte were not mentioned by the nobles.

In other words, although Charlotte promised solemnly that there would be reinforcements on her side, the nobles did not really take it seriously, or... did not take it to heart.

What made them regain their confidence was the political situation in Xinyue, the "evidence" of the third prince revealed by Charlotte, and the terrain of North Port that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, rather than the reinforcements she promised.

In the eyes of many nobles, the so-called powerful reinforcements of a girl who was born in Bolde and had no deep exchanges with other noble families were at most some mercenaries, just to reassure everyone.

The only mercenaries they could think of were those in the East Yunite Black Land.

Although there were many powerful mercenary groups in East Yunite, the hiring price was sky-high, and in many cases, the real extraordinary mercenary groups did not want money, but the corresponding extraordinary materials.

Castel was rich, but lacked the channels to obtain extraordinary materials. The only extraordinary material he could afford was mithril.

But mithril also depended on the stock.

In the rebellion in the north, the connection with the Silver City was cut off, and the situation in the north was unclear. The nobles did not think that Charlotte could really hire those powerful extraordinary mercenary groups.

The extraordinary materials in Beigang might not be enough for the consumption of defending the city, so how could they hire mercenaries?

In their opinion, Charlotte could only add some defenders to the north.

The plan was decided, and Charlotte finally made the decision.

The nobles also took action and made the final preparations for the upcoming war...