Phoenix Grand Lord

The second piece of information Rafa collected was about the internal situation in Marigold Town.

Ever since Marigold declared war on the Purple Forest Territory, prices in Marigold Town and several surrounding estates have continued to soar.

Originally, a Marigold commoner could earn about 12 copper coins a day. Originally, 2 copper coins could buy a large piece of oatmeal bread. Originally, a working civilian could barely survive by feeding a family of three or four people.

But now, the price of a piece of bread has skyrocketed to 20 copper coins, and civilians find themselves unable to eat even after a tiring day's work.

And the price is still rising, and there is no way to stop it.

It is obviously a year of continuous bumper harvests, and the Marigold Territory is still a major producer of grain, but the common people of Marigold are actually not having enough to eat.

This is not the most terrible thing. The most terrible thing is that in the name of revenge for his son and saving Miss Anne, Baron Edmund levied a just war tax on the civilians and businessmen of Marigold Town, and also levied various other taxes. After ten years.

Not paying tax? Then be a slave.

As a result, all the people's treasures and treasures in Marigold Town were completely looted.

The common people have been frugal and worked hard for generations, but they were completely exploited in one day.

In addition, Baron Edmund also issued a recruitment order. All men in Marigold Town between the ages of 15 and 50 must join his lord's army and fight for justice.

Marigold Town is now filled with public dissatisfaction. Anyone who resists is immediately executed on the spot by Baron Edmund's firing squad.

After reading this piece of information, Luo Wei couldn't help but smile.

People's hearts are the basis of war. Without the support of the people, Edmund's defeat will only happen sooner or later. The biggest difference between Marigold Town and Merrill Valley is that Marigold Town has two to three thousand civilians, while Merrill Valley is basically just serf.

The only civilian class in Merrill Valley are the hired craftsmen such as Chariz, Duldy, and Guerlain.

The total number of these civilians does not exceed 10.

In Regan's world, slaves are just tools, and only civilians are counted as the population.

Slaves could only do menial and heavy work, while civilians were capable of skilled work, and civilians would also pay taxes and did not need the lords to bear their food, drink, housing and transportation.

Generally speaking, the most direct way to judge whether a territory is strong is not by how many troops it has, but by how many civilians and slaves it has.

Manpower is always the most important resource.

Whether it is in the earth world or in the Regan world.

Although manpower includes very cheap cattle and horses, and even free slaves, being cheap and free does not mean that it is unimportant.

Just like water.

Water is very cheap, even free. Of course, there are also expensive ones, but no matter how rich or poor you are, no one can live without water.

People in Marigold Town are filled with resentment, prices are soaring, and the civilians are miserable.

This situation certainly cannot last for long, otherwise any regime will collapse.

Edmund must have understood this, so he must have gathered all his troops and launched a big push. While crushing Merrill Valley in one breath, he also showed off his own muscles to the surrounding lords.

To put it more bluntly, Edmund's strategic thinking is not advanced, he is just gambling.

He wanted to gather all his aces, then throw out the ace and gain victory quickly.

This is in line with his usual style.

In the backstab battle ten years ago, Edmund made a desperate bet.

In order to succeed in usurping the throne, he did not hesitate to gamble on the fate of his wife and his entire family.

He won the backstab battle, and the Flor family, which could have handed over the sacred objects peacefully, was wiped out, and his Ross family took the opportunity to take power.

Now, Edmund is gambling again.

In fact, he doesn't understand any strategy or tactics at all. He just wants to concentrate all the power he can and then win by crushing him with lightning.

Therefore, the best response strategy is to delay Edmund's assembly and attack time, and at the same time cut off the inflow of goods and materials to Marigold, further driving up Marigold's prices and aggravating his loss of popular support.

The longer time goes by, the easier it will be for the economy of Marigold Town to collapse. When we attack Marigold Town in the future,

It will be easier.

As for the suffering of Marigold Town civilians?

War has been declared, who really cares about the suffering of civilians?

Moreover, it was Edmund who caused the suffering of the civilians, and Rowe would definitely take revenge on Edmund for the suffering Marigold civilians.

In just a few seconds, Rowe came up with more than a dozen strategies to defeat Edmund.

For Luo Wei, the difficulty is never whether he can win, but what kind of posture to choose to win.

Of course, this also requires considering more intelligence.

Rafa's third piece of information was about Edmund's military strength.

After a series of consumption by Rowe before, Edmund's effective troops have been reduced by half.

The dignified baron lord has less than 300 regular lord soldiers left in his hands.

This is only slightly better than a lord of a large manor.

This also shows that Luo Wei's strategy of consuming the enemy's vitality in the previous war was completely correct. Luo Wei gnawed away Marigold's strength one bite at a time.

However, Edmund adopted the forced recruitment method of catching young men and temporarily recruited more than 500 civilians.

These more than 500 civilians have little military training. They can't even wear armor. They have no loyalty at all. Their obedience depends entirely on the supervising team.

It's just that the quantity sounds really impressive.

In addition, Edmund also had a serf regiment of 600 people.

These serf soldiers are naturally used to make up for the charge.

The war mode in Regan's world is actually very simple. Basically, the serf soldiers charge first and take the lead, while the other lord soldiers and knights watch from the side.

Only when the serf soldiers have a clear advantage, or have almost exhausted the opponent, will the lord soldiers and cavalry regiments join in the occupation.

With 600 serf soldiers, 800 lord soldiers, and 100 knights, the total force in Edmund's hands reached 1,500.

And that's not all.

In addition to compulsory recruitment of soldiers in Marigold Town, Edmund also required all manor lords in Marigold Territory to bring at least 100 lord soldiers and 200 serf soldiers to gather in Marigold Town.

Rafa estimated in the intelligence that Edmond would be able to assemble a total force of 3,000 men at least within a week.

In the northwest land, a war involving 3,000 people was definitely considered a large-scale war.

In a war of this scale, not to mention that the earl must send a supervising team, even the marquis who dominates the Western Territory,

I'm afraid they will all keep their eyes on this place secretly.

This also further confirms Rowe's judgment on Edmund's strategy - Edmund doesn't understand fighting at all, he is just taking a big gamble.

Edmund won the bet in the backstab battle and received the title of Marigold.

If this "just declaration of war" bet succeeds, then Edmund will have more weight in the entire northwest frontier, and his status and reputation will be raised to a very high level.

However, 10 years ago, Edmund's opponent was the unsuspecting Flor family, but now, Edmund's opponent is Luo Wei, who had already made plans in advance.

Luo Wei only had less than 200 bell-ringing troops and the mercenary team of Knight Melvin.

Although slave traders will soon lead new slaves to Merrill Valley, it will be difficult to form real combat effectiveness in a short period of time. At best, they can only be used to build fortifications and assist defense.

Luo Wei has a full complement of troops, only more than 300 at most.

With more than 300 troops fighting against 3,000 troops with knights and level 7 magisters, this kind of comparison,

That's not an ordinary disparity.

But the more this happened, the more Luo Wei became inexplicably excited.

That’s right, the advantage is mine!

I just like one-to-many!