Chapter 254: Sandro Rivi

With the arrival of June 12th, nobles and knights, great and small, from across the Marquis Territory gathered here to convene the Wushan Territory noble assembly.

Compared to the lively atmosphere of the banquet at the beginning of the year, the nobles who came here this time all wore a faint sorrow on their faces to varying degrees.

They were not worried that the Bolante Bandit Group or the Black Gold Brotherhood would break into Wushan Territory this time and violate their own lands.

Yet, it could still be seen from these two conflicts that the influence and deterrent power of Wushan Castle were still in a continuous decline, and its situation would become increasingly awkward.

They were all nobles attached to Wushan Castle; if their liege lord could not protect them, they too would suffer a huge impact.

Even if they were to change their allegiance and serve another, they would inevitably go through Along period of turmoil.

And during this period, the reputation and wealth of their families would inevitably be greatly affected, and if they were not careful, the entire family could even become a part of history.

Placed among the surrounding major territories, Wushan Castle might look a bit weak, but no matter how weak, it could not fall.

Therefore, this call to arms was basically responded to, which also led to a very large number of nobles and knights arriving at Wushan Castle.

"Brother, why do you think the Bolante Bandit Group and that Black Gold Brotherhood choose to keep attacking our Wushan Territory?"

Buleidun was very puzzled; there were other nobles around these two forces, such as Yueguang Valley, such as the Vila Principality, and vast areas of wilderness they did not occupy, so why did they always aim their spears at Wushan Territory?

"Count Hesusu of Yueguang Valley is the younger brother of His Majesty Bruno, and the wife of the Grand Duke of Vila is the elder sister of His Majesty Bruno, so they naturally dare not offend them."

Luoning explained casually: "And our Wushan Territory has nothing to rely on. After Grandfather Lulansi established his merits and built this foundation, he could no longer use force, and Father's strength is poor, making the outside world feel that the Wushan Family will decline in about three or four generations. Before that, they just want to carve up what they can."

During this time, he had heavily supplemented his knowledge of the last few hundred years of history from Lulansi and from books.

Do not look at the two kingdoms of the Orland Continent as appearing peaceful now; that was only a matter of the last thirty-odd years, and most of the time, war was the norm.

Nowadays, the two kingdoms were still in a state of confrontation, and the nobles, great and small, within the kingdoms were not harmonious neighbors; friction and disputes always existed.

Wushan Territory was such a large cake, and seeing that Wushan Castle had the appearance of being unable to hold it, the neighbors nearby naturally thought day and night about dividing and eating it.

However, hindered by the fact that the kingdom's ruling power still remained, they could have endless disputes in secret, but on the surface, they still had to maintain the appearance of harmonious coexistence, so it was impossible for them to personally take the field for the time being.

Thus, supporting a force to continue weakening the ruling power of Wushan Castle, and taking the opportunity to invade territory and plunder resources, became the things they loved to do.

But Buleidun did not realize these things; his level of politics was on par with Luoning's predecessor.

After hearing Luoning's words, Buleidun clenched his fists.

"In the end, it is still because our family has no powerful Transcendental! If Grandfather's body had not had problems and had remained in a state of strong power, there probably wouldn't be so many things in Wushan Territory now."

This statement was indeed true.

If such a major change had not happened to Lulansi, with his aptitude, he might even have been promoted to a Silver Moon Knight.

Even if those people had other thoughts, they would have restrained themselves a little.

Speaking of this, Buleidun could not help but turn his head to look at Luoning's profile, thinking to himself: Fortunately, the Wushan Family has hope. Now, besides him, there is also the strongly rising Luoning.

In the recent sparring sessions, Luoning's strength had already become a mystery to Buleidun.

"Haha, Luoning, long time no see. Did you just arrive?"

Below the steps of Wushan Fortress, Viscount Mawen of Muma City, with his short, flat-cut hair, walked up with a smile and greeted Luoning enthusiastically.

Beside him was a tall man, but Luoning did not recognize him, and he did not seem to have seen him at the banquet at the beginning of the year.

"Long time no see, Uncle Mawen!" Luoning walked up and gave the other party a hug.

"Hello Luoning, we haven't seen each other for Along time either!"

The man beside him also reached out his hand, and Luoning shook it, but the awkward thing was that Luoning could not remember who the other party was; his memory was blurred.

Fortunately, the other party did not let the conversation die, but continued: "After Yousef returned to Lingchuan City, he told me about you heroically saving Princess Blanche and defeating Baron Leisen. I feel surprised and full of admiration for you!"

Only then did Luoning know the other party's identity.

Sangdeluo·Liwei, Regiment Commander of the Fourth Knight Order, Viscount of Lingchuan City.

His predecessor had met him many times, but Luoning had no impression of him.

At the banquet at the beginning of the year, he only saw the other party's son, Yousef Rivi, an Advanced Mage with a lot of temperament.

Viscount Sanduoluo's territory, Lingchuan City, was located to the north of Wushan Castle, not very far away.

Lingchuan City was located on a plain with fertile land; early on, Lulansi had devoted himself to reclaiming it, preparing to build it into the granary of Wushan Territory.

It was just that it was located in the middle of the Wushan Magical Beast Mountain Range, and the degree of invasion by Magic Beasts was much greater than that of Shanlin Town.

In order to protect the safety of the grain production area, Lulansi had the Liwei Family, who were barons at the time, lead a Knight Squad to station at the foot of the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

In the following decades, Sangdeluo stood out, and relying on his merits and strength, he became the Regiment Commander of the Fourth Knight Order and was enfeoffed as the Viscount of Lingchuan City.

"Very happy to see you, Viscount Sangdeluo!"

Luoning said with a smile: "Yousef didn't come this time?"

"Haha, he is busy preparing grain, fodder, and soldiers in the territory."

Sangdeluo asked with a smile: "I wonder how many people you are planning to bring to participate in the battle this time, Luoning?"

Luoning did not expect that the first person to ask this question would be Sangdeluo.

He said with a smile: "Wubei Territory has just been established, and my manpower is still very insufficient; I can only spare one Knight Squad."

Sangdeluo felt that the first two sentences were very reasonable, but he was immediately stunned when he heard the last sentence.

"A full-strength Knight Squad?" he asked in surprise.

When he was chatting with other nobles, he had discussed how many troops Luoning would bring to the war.

Most people guessed that seven or eight knights and a few dozen soldiers would be about right.

He also felt that this was more reasonable, but he did not expect that the number Luoning gave was this.

"Yes, a full-strength Knight Squad."

Sangdeluo was surprised, "You have had a Knight Squad in less than a year since becoming a Baron?"

Luoning laughed and could not help but look at Viscount Mawen on the side.

"This is all thanks to Uncle Mawen's care, allowing me to buy dozens of warhorses at a favorable price."

Viscount Mawen smiled, "I didn't sell them at a loss; being able to buy them is also your ability, Luoning."

Sangdeluo could not help but glance at Mawen; this guy seemed to have expectations for Luoning, and he heard that even his second son was following him.

However, when forming a Knight Squad, warhorses are secondary; the core is still the Professional Knights.

Does Luoning have that many Professional Knights under his command?

Aside from the ones often heard of, Maiken, Ruidar, and Luogena, aren't the rest just randomly thrown together?

Hmm, thinking about it, that seems to be the only possibility.

He had not heard of Lulansi allowing the knights who followed Wushan Castle to switch their allegiance to Wubei Territory.

If it is a Knight Squad thrown together at random, compared to a Knight Squad with regular training and years of experience, the combat power would be far inferior.

Sanduoluo could not help but put himself in Luoning's position.

If it were him, he would not bring this immature Knight Squad on this expedition.

If this Knight Squad were to be wiped out in battle, it would take several years to recover.

What's more, with the Knight Order of Wushan Castle, he would not need to bring so many people to deal with the Bolante Bandit Group at all.

"Yousef still overestimated Luoning."

Although his son Yousef said that Luoning was steady, in Sanduoluo's view, this young Viscount was still a bit hot-blooded. (End of chapter)