Lord of the Oasis

Chapter 495: Brilliant Strategic Planning

The border between Maas Castle and Seria Castle was the most favorable plain for the cavalry to display their power. The nobles of the South County celebrated their victory in advance. It was not because they were too arrogant.

They could only blame themselves. They thought that their opponent was the alliance army of the North County, but they did not know that their real opponent was actually Baron Kant.

The army under Baron Kant could not be measured by the conventional military strength in this world.

They did not belong to this world but came from the worlds of “Mount and Blade”. The combat strength of the ordinary army from those worlds was much stronger than that in this world.

As for Baron Kant, he upgraded his troops crazily. Any troop class that could be upgraded would be upgraded to level up.

Hence, the number of troops under him might only be equivalent to the number of a top-tier noble in the South County. However, with his terrifying strength, if he were to really fight against a top-tier noble in the South County, he would be able to perish them all.

Not to mention the 30,000 infantrymen, there were 2,000 level 4 troop class Swadian Footmen, as well as 3,000 level 3 troop class Swadian Light Footmen, who had disrupted the 25,000 allied forces in the North County and East County. It made the entire 30,000-man formation seem like a single entity, like a reef in the endless sea, no matter how strong the waves were, it would not budge.

Such a 30,000-man strong formation was not something that the 15,000 heavy cavalries of Seria Castle a could easily defeat.

Just the 5,000 heavy cavalries that belonged to Baron Kant, even if they were to clash head on with the 15,000 heavy cavalry of Seria Castle, they would not be able to do so on the plains between the North County and South County.

The 15,000 heavy cavalry soldiers, as well as the noble from the South County, who were confident of victory, would be able to understand what “despair” truly was when they faced Kant’s troop.

Unfortunately, Baron Kant’s terrifying troops were either in the depths of the Nahrin Desert, which was blocked by the central posthouse, in the uninhabited Senwaya Range, or in the underground tunnels and underground temples. The battles that took place in these places had never been known to the outside world.

Their opponents had never been the regular armies of this world.

On the contrary, it was foreign armies like the Jackalan, whose physical qualities far surpassed that of humans, or even more bizarre undead armies. Even in the Senwaya Range, their opponents were demonized creatures and even more terrifying demons.

Even the battle that made Baron Kant famous in the entire Dukedom of Leo and confirmed that he was a noble with the strength of a top-tier noble took place in the Mountain of Death, the battle that wiped out the headquarters of the Crimson Sect.

The enemies in that battle could not be measured by the regular human armies. They were all half-demonized fanatics who had received the infusion of demon power and were not afraid of death. They were also powerful demon incarnations that were summoned by Viscount Gibran through countless blood sacrifices.

However, even in this battle, the various nobles of the Dukedom of Leo did not obtain any specific information.

They had only deduced that Baron Kant possessed extremely terrifying strength from the easy destruction of the Crimson Sect, a force that was comparable to top-tier noble families.

On the way back from the Crimson Sect’s headquarters to his third castle, Sargoth, Baron Kant had led his troops to encounter water bandits. They were just a motley crew that had made a fool out of the noble families of the Dukedom of Leo, they were completely unable to reveal Baron Kant’s true strength.

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At the border between the North County and South County, there were many wandering soldiers.

These were spies from different forces. If they met people from opposing forces, they would even fight.

The reason why they were able to roam around the battlefield so calmly was because of Firentis’s determination to carry out his highness Kant’s will. It was because of this that these spies were able to watch the battle such comfortably. They did not have to hide in a hidden corner like rats and secretly spy.

The nobles and various human forces had a keen sense of smell. After Rolf gave up on killing all the suspicious people around the battlefield.

These spies from the nobles of the Dukedom of Leo or other forces, the nobles of the Silver Platter Kingdom or other forces, and even the noble of the human kingdoms and dukedom or other forces were like vultures smelling rotten meat, they were constantly gathering from all over the world.

At this moment, only a small portion of the spies near the battlefield were here.

More spies were still on the way. Using the fastest speed they could use, they recklessly rushed towards the battlefield.

After all, it had only been two days since Rolf gave up on killing them.

The reason why they were so crazy was because they had enough profit to drive them.

Table salt was produced in the depths of the Nahrin Desert. It was the whitest and most delicate table salt that humans had ever seen.

Sacks of table salt flowed out of the Nahrin Desert. Tens of thousands of golden eagles and great silver coins were gathering towards the posthouse in the center of the Nahrin Desert from all over the world.

Look at the profits.

The North County of the Dukedom of Leo had become prosperous just by collecting the taxes of salt merchants. If the North County was allowed to develop for another two years, it might be comparable to the South County before the uprising.

Took Baron Kant for example. It was precisely because he controlled the table salt production in the depths of the Nahrin Desert that in a short year, he had changed from the laughingstock of the entire Dukedom of Leo he used to be and turned into an unfathomable top-tier noble that recognized by all the noble families in the Dukedom of Leo.

In this world, the noble families and various major forces had never looked down on the power of money.

They attributed Baron Kant’s strength to Baron Kant’s wealth, which was so rich that any human force would be moved by it.

With money, one could develop a more powerful force.

A more powerful force would be able to seize a more abundant amount of money.

Money was the common pursuit of all forces, even their greatest pursuit.

No one knew how big the salt mines in the Nahrin Desert were, but from Baron Kant’s increasing sales of refined white salt, it was obvious that they were astonishingly large.

The amount of wealth represented by such salt mines was enough to attract any force. Even if they knew that the chances were slim, they wouldn’t mind testing it out.

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The infantry formation led by Firentis moved to the middle area between Maas Castle and Seria Castle. They were separated by twenty-five miles from each of the two castles, and they didn’t move forward anymore.

Instead, they set up their camp.

This camp was set up in a very orderly manner. When the real famous generals on the battlefield saw the well-organized camp of Firentis, they would understand that this army was definitely a tough nut to crack.

It would be very difficult to bite down on them easily.

Firentis had done it on purpose!

He was worried that the nobles of South County would be too stupid that they directly led the army to charge at the phalanx of infantrymen led by him without caring about anything else.

If that was the case, Firentis was confident that the 15,000 heavy cavalry soldiers would be trapped in the formation of his 30,000 infantry soldiers and be devoured by them.

This could lead to victory, but such a victory was not what Firentis wanted.

There were 30,000 infantry soldiers.

There were 25,000 infantrymen came from the North County noble alliance army and the East County noble alliance army. There were only 5,000 infantrymen from his highness Kant.

If they were able to destroy 15,000 heavy cavalries from the South County, would Baron Kant or the North County noble alliance army or the East County noble alliance army be credited for destroying the enemy?

Firentis, who had carefully prepared the plan for the decisive battle, would not allow such a casual battle scene to appear.

This battle was a show.

Lord Kant’s army acted as the main lead. The 15,000 heavy cavalry soldiers of the South County who had been upgraded to their strongest status acted as the antagonists, while the North County and the East County’s noble alliance army acted as the supporting roles.

Most importantly, the spies of most of the forces in the world acted as the audience.

Not a single one less!

This battle was Kant’s first announcement to the world, revealing his true, hideous first battle. Firentis sought to shock and excite!