Chapter 256 Reasons for Not Coming
Vitorino Dennis is the Viscount of Pointed City and a Silver Knight.
At the nobles' meeting held in Wushan Castle last month, he not only attended in person, but also said that he would personally lead the elite troops to fight against the Port Thieves.
Roning didn't expect that the other party would be absent, so he sent someone to inquire about it, and then he learned the reason why the other party didn't come--
It is said that a large sea monster sword shark, which is seven or eight meters long, suddenly broke into Dennis Port. It has destroyed many merchant ships recently and even caused dozens of casualties.
In order to solve the port problem as soon as possible, Viscount Vitorino took his elite knights on a warship to try to destroy the monster, but he didn't expect that the other party would pierce the hull, causing the warship to gradually sink.
If the sword shark hadn't been too arrogant and rushed onto the hull when the warship was about to sink completely, and was killed by Vitorino and others' bombardment, it would be hard to know what the ending would be.
Although they won the battle, Vitorino and his elite knights were injured, especially the Viscount himself, whose thigh was stabbed by a sword shark and he is still recovering in the castle and can't get out of bed.
Obviously, he can't participate in this war with the Port Bandits.
Not only him, but also the elite knights who went to the sea with him to kill the sword shark and were seriously injured.
Defeating the level 5 monster sword shark at sea, just hearing about it, you can know how dangerous it is.
But in Ronin's opinion, there is no telling how much water there is in it. He even thinks that there may not be monsters like sword sharks in Dennis Port. Everything is just an excuse for Viscount Vitorino not to participate in the war.
He sighed. The other party didn't come, which resulted in the loss of two high-end combat forces for no reason.
But what can he do?
Ronin won't ride a dragon to the Pointed City to see with his own eyes whether Vitorino really can't get out of bed, right?
To put it another way, even if he really went there and saw the other side jumping around, he had no right to order the other side to go to the battlefield.
Ronin was only the commander on the battlefield. Off the battlefield, he and the other side were both viscounts of Wushan Fort.
What's more, Pointed Horn City was much more prosperous than the current Wubei Territory.
However, although Vitorino and his elite knights could not participate in this war, in order to express the loyalty of Pointed Horn City to Wushan Fort, he still sent a team of 300 people to arrive in the Stone Territory as scheduled.
Ronin was not sure about the specific combat power of this team, but the number of people was absolutely unquestionable, and it was the largest among all the noble reinforcements.
Compared with Vitorino, other nobles were not so "generous".
Apart from the bankrupt Baron Kona who formed a team of three, other barons, pioneering knights, etc., those who brought a team of 30 to 50 people were considered many, and most of them were about 10 to 20 people.
Ronin rode on the cloud-stepping horse, standing on the high slope and looking at the disorderly camps of the nobles outside the Stone City, he could not help but frowned.
He really doubted whether such a coalition army had the combat effectiveness?
A horse galloped over, Rogna turned over and dismounted, and came to Ronin to report.
"My lord, I have inquired about the situation in the Pointed Horn City in the name of your commander. The leader is 'Mahamet Lev', Viscount Vitorino's canonized knight, bronze level."
"He has two intermediate knights and five junior knights under his command. The remaining infantry and archers are all ordinary people, and there are no cavalry."
The bronze knights are not bad, but the combat power behind them is hard to describe.
"Rogna, tell me why Viscount Vitorino is unwilling to participate in this war?"
Ronin had some guesses about this behavior in his heart, but he still wanted to hear what outsiders thought.
Rogner hesitated for a moment, then slowly expressed his thoughts: "He probably thinks there is nothing to gain from this war, and the more he invests, the greater the loss."
"Tell me in detail why he thinks there is no 'benefit to gain' from this war."
Rogner smiled awkwardly, "This matter may be related to your father, Earl Wiggins."
Then, he spoke out all his opinions.
In short, whether it is Viscount Vitorino or Marvin, German and others, as long as they are well-informed, they all know that Wiggins has a share in the iron mine in Chishan Town.
If Wushanbao recaptures Chishan Town in the next war, it will definitely not be handed over to Corian to operate and manage it.
And according to Wiggins's nature, the other party is likely to put the Chishan Iron Mine, or even the town, under his own name.
Hearing this, Roning couldn't help sighing.
Vitorino and others are indeed old people who have followed Wiggins for a long time, and the latter's thoughts were predicted by them.
The only difference is that Wiggins doesn't want the management rights of Chishan Town because he is too lazy to manage it, but he is going to assign it to Ronin.
Under this premise, the valuable things that the nobles who support the war can get become limited.
In the end, some nobles may only be able to plunder some spoils from the battlefield.
As for other things, such as improving military experience, reputation and influence, they are all empty things. For small nobles, it is not as real as money.
For these people, since the big head can't fall on them, and the small head is dispensable, why send their own elite?
Pull the serfs to make up the number, and then lead a few knights, respond to the call, and make a shout.
As for why Marvin and German did not hide their true colors, the reasons are not difficult to guess.
For the former, his second son Rogna worked under Ronin, who was the commander of this war.
As a father, Marvin naturally had to support Rogna.
For the latter, Ronin saved his son and daughter's lives and eliminated the hidden enemy Leisen at the banquet. German would also send more people to repay his gratitude.
"So in the end, the main force of this war will still be the three knights of Wushan Castle, Wubei Territory, Muma City and Lake Town. The four forces have a total of more than a dozen knight squads."
"More than a dozen knight squads are enough, sir."
Rogna said: "The enemy is estimated to have the strength of a knight at most, and the advantage is on us."
"Maybe."
Ronin waved his hand, "I have to trouble you to inform the leaders of these teams. Since everyone has come to the Stone Territory, let's act together from tomorrow. After entering the Stone City tomorrow and meeting with Toru, Corian, Philip and others, find a time to hold a meeting."
"Glad to serve you, sir!"
The reason why he gave the task of contact to Rogna was mainly because the other party knew many people, unlike McKen, Redar, Joffrey and others who had not seen much of the world. This was Rogna's advantage.
Ronin returned to his tent and called Redar, McKen and Elrond.
I'm afraid that the high-end combat power of Wubei Territory can't hide its shortcomings in this war.
But it is worth it for the iron ore in Chishan Town. (End of this chapter)