Great Nobleman

Although Yanxin City is called a "city", it is actually just a small town surrounded by stone walls.

——It is a neutral city established by several large bandit forces nearby.

Bandits also have trading needs.

It is not so easy to obtain the desired materials by looting alone.

So the "neutral city" like Yanxin City came into being.

Under the guarantee of the big bandits, the small bandits can conduct various transactions safely in the neutral city.

At the same time, the big robbers will also benefit from it.

According to the scouts, the stone walls surrounding Rock Core City may be able to hinder ordinary people or ordinary beasts, but in front of formal knights, this "city wall" can be ignored.

Compare the strength of the enemy and ourselves.

The Sixth Infantry Regiment has nearly 20,000 people, 80% of them are fighters, and the other 20% are logistics personnel. Every soldier is wearing armor.

Among the 80% combatants, half of them are well-trained recruits with little strength.

The average strength of other soldiers is at the level of intermediate knight apprentices.

Aside from these low-level soldiers, the Sixth Infantry Regiment also has more than a hundred senior knight apprentices to junior knight-level centurions, and more than a dozen junior knights to intermediate knights.

Finally, there is Anthony, a senior senior knight.

And the robbers here

If the entire Yanxin City is not considered old and weak, there are about two to three thousand bandits with combat effectiveness stationed in it for a long time.

The bandit leader in the chaotic zone still has a certain strength.

As a bandit leader, he was at least at the level of a junior knight.

Although bandit leaders at the level of intermediate and advanced knights are extremely rare, they are not uncommon.

It is unlikely to go any further.

The strength has reached the level of a great knight, and he can receive courtesy no matter which country he is in.

A powerful empire like the Kaya Empire only has a hundred or so great knights.

Not to mention those kingdoms and principalities.

With such strength, why stay in the chaotic zone.

Of course, it's a different matter if it's the "Undead Grand Knight" that everyone shouts and beats.

But even if there really are "Undead Grand Knights" lurking in the chaotic zone, seeing the standard armed forces of the Kaya Empire must be as far away as possible.

After all, once they are found on the trail.

Perhaps within two days, a mage who is good at finding traces will bring several great knights to kill him.

Except for the bandit leaders, the strength of ordinary bandits is quite uneven.

The vast majority of bandits are ordinary people, and ordinary people plus a weapon can be regarded as the basic combat strength of bandits.

If you have gone out with the team to rob once or twice, you can be regarded as the "elite" among bandits.

As for whether there are knight apprentices among ordinary bandits...

There must be some, but they must be very few.

Things like knight training methods are very common in the eyes of the aristocrats.

But in the eyes of ordinary people, it is very high-end.

Even the registered citizens of the Kaya Empire need to pass the assessment of the Knight Academy in order to obtain the knight training method.

Of course, if you have money, you can also go to the auction house to buy it.

is the price is more expensive.

And there is a high probability that it is incomplete, and the cultivation method that can barely cultivate to a formal knight is already considered "high-quality goods"!

In addition, even if you really get the knight training method, you can't just practice it casually.

There must also be enough resources and "knight talent"!

As for the mage or something, there is no need to think about it at all.

After introducing the basic situation of Rock Core City and the chaotic zone, Louise talked about the military plan of the Sixth Infantry Regiment:

"After marching for a day and a half, we will arrive at Yanxin City, and then we will directly attack Yanxin City.

There are the supplies we need, and then we will use the core city as the center to radiate to the surrounding area to capture bandits and slaves.

When the supply of Yanxin City is almost consumed, we will attack the next 'city'. "

...

In the early morning of the next day, the Sixth Infantry Regiment started the rapid march mode again.

Because there are no smooth roads beyond the border.

So the speed of this march was much slower than before.

But even though the speed dropped, the turbulence intensified.

After only walking for a long time, the merchants' team has already fallen to the end of the baggage transportation team.

Of course, this is not a big deal.

Anyway, they don't have to participate in the battle.

So it doesn't matter if it's slow.

Just don't get too far out of touch.

After all, among the hundreds of merchants, only a few small groups of soldiers were following and guarding.

If the connection is too far away and there are many bandits, the Sixth Infantry Regiment may not be able to rescue them in time.

On Brand's side, at this time, he only had Catherine and a few Holland family attendants riding beside him on horseback.

As for Yersin, because he had just heard that the vanguard had spotted the bandits, he hurried up with Anderson and a few attendants.

According to Yersin, he can't wait to experience the feeling of actual combat.

Brand didn't have that interest here.

Although his physical strength is very good, the bumps along the way still make him a little tired.

If it wasn't for the long march, he would have given himself an acceleration spell and dismounted to "walk".

Of course, compared to those merchants who couldn't speak, Brand was much better.

Maybe it was because of the enemy in front.

The team transporting the luggage in front gradually stopped.

Seeing such a situation, the merchant team also stopped to prepare for a rest.

Brand also got off the horse immediately, moved his body, took a big sip of the honey water handed over by Catherine, and finally took out a chair skillfully to sit down and rest.

At this moment.

Brand felt that the study of space-like rune circles should be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

Although the learning progress of the runes is stuck, the relevant theoretical knowledge can also be learned first.

At that time, he will set up a large teleportation array in his home, and let people arrange the space coordinates outside, and he will be able to reach the destination in the blink of an eye.

It's like now, I've been out for several days, and I'm still on my way.

——This is not a mage at all!

Not long after Brand sat down, Louise came over to chat with him.

Speaking of Louise, Brand felt that she had become a lot more "normal" since the night before.

Although there are many girls who like Brand, few are as "straight" as Louise that day.

Most of the aristocratic ladies are relatively restrained.

From here, it can be determined that her behavior that day should have been instructed by someone.

Combined with what Chris told him, the secret plan of several elders.

It is not difficult to guess that it is the "trick" of several elders.

Regarding the plans of those big masters, Brand's evaluation is: that's all!

No wonder Chris didn't think their plan would affect him.

The main reason for this is the information asymmetry between the two sides.

Many of Brand's amazing deeds in the Master Academy were "sealed" by the head of the academy.

So although there are a few college instructors who know that Brand is "outrageous".

But they won't spread the word either.

In addition, apart from his extravagant life, Brand has always kept a low profile about other things.

Therefore, several elders, including Grand Master Holland, don't know much about Brand's situation.

They are still looking at Brand from the perspective of ordinary noble descendants.

However, no matter in terms of strength, wealth or vision, Brand has already left the level of "descendant of ordinary nobles"!

After sitting down to rest for a while and chatting with Louise for a while, a group of soldiers in front came over, pulling a long line of "ragged" captives who were tied up with ropes.

Yersin, Anderson and several family servants followed on horseback.

The difference from when they went there was that their armors were all stained with blood.

When Yersin approached, Brand asked with a smile:

"Why didn't you see the spoils?"

Speaking of this, Yersin was a little upset and said:

"Just these little thieves, the whole body is not worth a magic gold coin! What more spoils do you want?"