Chapter 115 Strategy

The strategy is definitely a good one.

The current Kingdom of Prussia has a bit of the flavor of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The prestige of the King of Prussia plummeted due to a major incident, and the nobles with real titles in the provinces across the country have all set up their own families.

They have united to keep each other warm. Although they are still vassals of the king in name, they don’t really care about the king anymore.

Now there are 20 to 30 nobles with real titles in the Orange Province, and all of them are princes. The biggest boss is the Count of Libya.

The Pompeii family is a vassal of the Barton family.

In other words, they are powerful generals.

And to stand out in the entire Orange Province and demonstrate military power and strength is a very, very reliable strategy.

So this time, Lelouch and Luther thought of the same thing, not only to recruit residents, but also to publicize that there is a Pompeii family in Orange.

Originally, this matter was a bit taboo. After all, they were vassals of the Patton family. If they were too aggressive, would the lord be happy?

But didn't Luther ask his father for advice? His father said it was okay, just do whatever he wanted.

Luther still believed in his father's ability as a politician, so he dared to think and do it.

In fact, the reason was very simple. First, the Patton family had a knight vassal who owned a town and had greater military strength and financial resources than the Pompeii family.

If the Pompeii family developed, it would just be one more great vassal, which was nothing.

Second, Old Sol hid his strength. With his military power as a senior knight, he actually had a place in the entire Patton Territory and could be used as a great general.

Besides, Old Sol now had the possibility of being promoted to a great knight. If Old Sol really became a great knight, then Old Sol would be the most powerful person in the entire Patton Territory.

Not to mention a town, even if he owned two or three towns, it would not be a problem.

Of course, this kind of acquisition by force is unreliable. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a rural knight lord family to become a great knight in every generation.

If the family's force declines, then the power will inevitably shrink.

But Old Sol trusts his son, Luther Pompey.

So Old Sol's idea is to develop upward in his generation, or Luther's generation, and become a baron. At that time, relying on huge power and financial resources, using magic potions to pile up grandchildren and great-grandchildren to become great knights.

Secure the position of Baron Pompey.

Old Sol did not tell Luther about these things in detail. He just took action and said, "Go ahead, son, I support you."

In short, Old Sol is Luther's strong backing. Luther dares to think and do anything, and is very courageous.

The topic returns to the starting point. How can we eliminate a notorious bandit group rooted in the Orange Province and demonstrate force?

It is definitely not possible to use a dozen knights of the Pompey family to fight hard, and they cannot win.

Then the remaining method is to ask the mercenary group to take action.

This is not a matter of losing face. Financial resources are also part of military power. How powerful is the financial resources that can afford to hire a mercenary group to show the military power of their family?

It is also a kind of strength.

And you can whitewash it at that time, for example, the Pompeii family joined forces with a certain mercenary group to wipe out a certain notorious thief group.

Everyone is working together.

In short, this is a good choice.

But the question is how much money does it cost?

Luther asked Lelouch to find a thief group entrenched near Barton County. This thief group is called "Autumn Wind Thieves Group".

The leader is a senior knight named Omima.

A very ordinary name, without a surname. Prove that this senior knight was born a commoner. In fact, the knights who have fallen into thieves are all born commoners.

No knight of noble birth will become a thief.

Because the nobles have enjoyed a fine and luxurious life since childhood, they will not become thieves unless they encounter something particularly serious, such as being exterminated or being hunted down.

No one knows the experience of the leader of the Autumn Wind Thieves, Knight Omima, before he became a thief. He was a high-level knight and had a strong fighting spirit.

He recruited a group of civilian knights and established the Autumn Wind Thieves.

They have been entrenched in a mountain range between the territory of Barton and another great noble, living a happy robbery life.

It has been more than ten years since then.

The thieves' group now has thirty or forty formal knights, of which thirty-two have names and bounties. The proportion of intermediate knights is actually ten people.

Not to mention the knights who are hiding in the dark and may not have shown up.

It is best to treat this Autumn Wind Thieves Group as a thief group with the combat power of forty or fifty knights, otherwise it is easy to capsize in the gutter.

The style of this Autumn Wind Thieves Group is relatively mild among thieves. For more than ten years, they have only robbed and collected protection fees.

Rarely attack towns in Patton's territory.

Because the bandit group was so powerful, Baron Patton was afraid that his own strength would be weakened, so he never attacked this bandit group.

There is another reason.

The place where the Autumn Wind Bandits Group is entrenched is between two territories. Why should I take action?

This is a typical idea, and it is also the reason why the bandits have grown in the entire Orange Province.

Lelouch collected more detailed information. After Luther checked it, he found a big problem. The bounty on the heads of this Autumn Wind Bandits Group is as much as 80,000 gold coins.

Among them, the bounty of the senior knight, the leader of the Autumn Wind Bandits, Omima, is 30,000 gold coins, and the rest is shared by the knights under his command.

As long as the heads of these members are obtained, you can go to the official residence of the Orange Governor, the Count of Libya, to collect the bounty.

In addition, the bandits have robbed for many years and obtained wealth.

This is a very tempting idea, to make a fortune by robbing bandits.

But the question is whether it is calculated in this way.

First of all, if we want to attack such a bandit group, can we keep all the knights? If Omima escapes, it means that 30,000 bounties will be lost.

After the robbery, will the thieves leave the accumulated wealth? Many knights become thieves because they can make money quickly. Many of them will exchange the money for potions to increase their strength.

This is also an important reason why the Qiufeng Thieves Group has only 32 knights, but the proportion of intermediate knights is as high as 10.

In other words, robbing this thief group may not necessarily get the corresponding spoils.

And Luther estimated that the price of asking the mercenary group to wipe out such a thief group would be at least 100,000 gold coins.

What if the bounty obtained, plus the spoils, is only 50,000 gold coins? Then the Pompeii family will lose 50,000 gold coins.

Is this business worth doing?

Because the name of the president of the United States was given to the leader of the thieves before, it was harmonized by an asterisk. Now it is changed to Omima.

But the modification may be wrong. If an asterisk appears in the text, it represents the leader.