Rise of the Empire Total War

"From now on, this is my fiefdom."

Looking at the ancient castle and scattered farm houses scattered in the fields, Fast von Flöge from the Principality of Bavaria clasped the reins tightly with both hands and said with satisfaction.

Behind him, there are 8 knights who have followed him since he came to this world. These servants fought for Caesar in the name of cavalry sergeants, but they were very lucky that no one was lost—this is also true. No wonder, because under Richard's command, the cavalry sergeants had no other purpose other than acting as scouts.

Speaking of which, Fast von Flöge was born as an imperial knight. He and some comrades in arms were more prominent than others because of their achievements in combat, and because the kingdom lacked low-level nobles, they were directly canonized by Richard as barons. , becoming the kingdom's emerging lower nobles. In addition, his comrades-in-arms who were only awarded fiefs were also sealed into his territory by coincidence. The relationship between the two has changed from comrades-in-arms to superiors and subordinates, which is really frustrating. emotion.

Turning his eyes back, he placed his eyes on this castle that belonged to him. This small castle called Keen Castle stands on the plain, and there are several village settlements around it. Its walls are gray stone walls, stone walls There are pointed towers on each of the four peripheral corners of the city, and a deep ditch is surrounded outside. The bottom of the ditch is filled with densely packed sharp wooden piles, and a narrow stone bridge is the only way out. The interior of the castle is a tall tower with a pointed square. Four stone bridges protrude from this tower, together with the city wall, which seems to be convenient for quickly supporting the city wall when the enemy attacks.

Standing outside the ditch, Fast could see several guards with spears flashing past the city wall from time to time, as if they had noticed their arrival. A guard with a pot helmet poked his head out of the wall and looked at them. People, shouted loudly: "Who are you?" His tone could not be heard as nervous, as if he was very relieved that the nine people outside the city could not threaten him who was sitting on the city wall for defense.

"Your master, the newly appointed Baron Fast von Frog by His Majesty the King is here, quickly open the city gate!" The guards glanced at each other and exchanged opinions. One of the guards left quickly, and the rest continued to observe Fast, who was the leader among them.

It was no wonder that they could immediately recognize Fast as the leader, because the clothes on Fast seemed to be more expensive than those of the other slaves.

After a while, a middle-aged man with a crew cut and a small scar on his face followed the guards who left earlier to the wall, and shouted to the people outside the wall: "Who are you?"

"Open the door, this is your new master!" The knight named Dulles Garcia continued to shout, as if to prevent them from believing, he also took out the scroll that conferred the status of Baron Fast, Waving in the air. Seeing this, the scarred man didn't dare to neglect, and quickly ordered the guards to open the city gate, and walked down the city wall to meet Fast and his party behind the city gate. After the city gate was opened, Fast led the horses to enter. On both sides of the narrow arch gate that only allowed one horse to pass through, several guards holding spears stared at them with curiosity and vigilance. After entering the castle through the vault gate, he saw the scarred man who had shouted before leading a few soldiers blocking the middle of the road.

"Please show me your canonized book." The man with the scar said.

"Take it, this is the canonization book personally issued by His Majesty the Great King!" Knight Yicong Dulles Garcia proudly handed the scroll to the scarred man, who took the scroll and untied the rope that bound it, After carefully browsing the contents, the expression on his face changed slightly, he put away the scroll and tied it up, returned it to Dulles, saluted Fast, and said respectfully: "Dear Fas Sir, welcome to this castle that belongs to you."

"Yeah." Fast nodded, and he asked the scarred man, "What's your name?"

"My lord, my name is Taut,

Is the captain of the militia of this castle. "The scarred man replied respectfully.

"You are the captain of the militia? Well, let me ask you, how many soldiers are there in this castle." Fast asked.

"My lord, there are fifteen soldiers in Castle Keene, and only two of them are archers."

"So few?" Fast asked in surprise, even in the continent of Europa, even knights have more soldiers than this, let alone a baron who is a level higher than knights.

"Yes, my lord." Taut replied with some frustration, "During the previous war, the usurper Jutian mobilized all the troops in the territory, and your former nobleman responded to his call and took him to the castle All the soldiers except us. But he never came back after he left, not even a word."

"..." Fast was silent. It was impossible for him to tell Taut that he might have killed a few soldiers from Fort Keen on the battlefield of Ravana.

After a while, Fast said: "Tauter, please take me around this castle, and please arrange accommodation for my eight eunuchs."

"Understood, my lord." Taut replied, and then called in a young servant who looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, whispered a few words to the young servant, and the latter trotted back to the pointed square tower in the center of the castle . Then, he forced a smile on his face, made a gesture of invitation, and said to Fast: "My lord, please come with me."

"En." Fast nodded lightly, and followed Tao Te out of the crowd. Seeing that there was no more excitement, the soldiers and civilians who were onlookers dispersed. Following Taut, Fast observed the small castle quietly. The Baron's castle in this world was not much different from the castle in his hometown in his memory. smelly.

Through the conversation with Taut, Fast gradually understood the status quo of the castle and territory he took over. It was impoverished, there were not enough troops, and even the armor, weapons and shields of the soldiers were old, broken and in disrepair. Even his baron is so miserable, not to mention those comrades who were canonized as his knights. Difficult, it is too difficult. Fast thought to himself that if he wanted to improve the current situation, he could only sell the trophies he had obtained in previous wars and exchange them for silver coins to subsidize his family.

In fact, not only Fast von Frog encountered such difficulties, but the new barons conferred by Richard basically had to face and solve this difficulty.