At the beginning of March, the heresy incident in the Dean family finally calmed down. The bodies of Dean and his son have been burned, and the bodies of their relatives have been quietly buried. The prisoner has accepted the punishment. The leading bishop of the Heretic Tribunal embarked on the return journey to Paris with a large amount of fines paid and a large number of culprits, leaving two priests to continue to investigate and deal with the follow-up matters.
The whole heresy incident came and went quickly, and many palace dignitaries were involved. The inner court faction headed by Bernard was hit hard but not fatally. The biggest loss Bernard himself suffered was the loss of a viscount, three barons and five knights of his faction, including Dean. Of course, the benefits Bernard gained from these people also disappeared...
One day in early March, the military priest Robert, who had completed his mission of accompanying and guiding the Inquisition, rushed back to the valley from Besançon in the wind and rain. Without taking a break, Robert hurriedly found Art, who was accompanying his expectant wife on the second floor of the mansion.
Matt quickly invited Robert, who was shivering from the cold, to sit down in the office room, and then ordered the servant to bring Robert steaming venison soup early in the morning.
Robert was not polite. He took the wooden bowl handed over by the servant and drank it in one gulp. He drank it too quickly and choked.
Art standing aside waved his hand to persuade: "Robert, drink slowly, don't be in a hurry."
Robert coughed a few times, and after his breath stabilized, he picked up the wooden bowl and poured all the remaining soup into his mouth, licking his lips with unfinished content.
Att personally took the wooden bowl and handed it to the servant, and ordered: "Let the cook prepare some food for the priest immediately, and stew some venison soup."
After the servant left, Art closed the door to the office room and sat behind the office desk opposite Robert. "Robert, did something urgent happen? How did you come back in such a hurry alone?"
Robert unbuttoned his coat lining and fumbled around as he replied: "Olov The bishop sent two religious guards to take me to Wincheston Manor before I left." Robert did not explain too much and took out two letters hidden in the lining of his clothes. "Sir, this is a letter written by Count Baldwin and Bishop Olof. It was given to me personally by Bishop Olof when I left Besançon, so you must read it personally."
Att took the envelope. The envelope was indeed stamped with Earl Baldwin's eagle coat of arms. He broke open the paint with force and unfolded the parchment to read it carefully.
After a long time, Art slowly put down the letter in his hand, raised his head and said to Robert: "Earl Baldwin hinted that the time of the incident was postponed, and asked me to wait for his order."
Robert has been with Art for the past year and has been very wise. He also personally participated in the heretical incident of the Dean family, so he has been regarded as a confidant by Art. He also knows about the earth-shattering changes that Earl Baldwin and his group are planning.
「如今宫廷里鲍尔温伯爵一派正占据优势，为什么却要推迟行动？难道是侯爵又～」
亚特重重地点了点头，「侯爵大人身体有恢复的迹象，二月末他已经参加过两次重臣会议。」
Baldwin was a die-hard loyalist of the Marquis of Ivrea. The reason why he had conspired with Flanders, Count of Longchal, in recent years was basically because he was worried that he would become an injustice in the hands of his successor after the death of the Marquis of Ivrea.
And if the Marquis of Ivrea can recover, he will not risk being spurned as a traitor.
"Is this result a good thing or a bad thing for us?" Robert asked.
Matt is also undecided in his mind.
If you follow the Earl of Flanders in revolt, you will definitely be a hero of the new dynasty if it succeeds, and the title and fiefdom will definitely be indispensable. However, Flanders is only Ivrea's cousin after all, and the Marquis has never claimed that the crown prince Robert is not his legitimate son. Once the crown prince inherits the title and takes charge of the county, the new monarch faction headed by Flanders and Baldwin will inevitably be convicted of treason. The risks are self-evident.
If the status quo is maintained, with the Marquis of Ivrea continuing to be in charge of the county and with Count Baldwin and Bishop Olof as backers, Art can also develop slowly, but the speed will be too slow.
"Forget it, things at this level are beyond my control."
Art rolled up the parchment and put it in an iron box on the wooden table, and said: "It's better to postpone the incident, so that we can have more time to train the army, and I will have more time to slowly lay out the plan."
“Matthew! Matthew!” Art shouted towards the door.
Hynh Ron now has to be in charge of not only the military law team but also the intelligence network. It is impossible to be by Art's side all the time, so Matthew, who is young and somewhat brave and clever, was chosen as Art's personal bodyguard.
Matthew immediately opened the door and came in after hearing the sound, "My lord?"
"Immediately go to the Beiguan Army Fort and let the two adjutants Odo and Angus return to the castle to discuss the matter."
"Yes." Matthew adjusted his armor and prepared to turn around and leave.
Earl Baldwin postponed the time of the uprising, and we will wait for the order from Earl For a while, my focus will be on things other than the army. You are the adjutant of the army. During this period, the army will be in charge of you two. This time the march north to attack Wincheston and the Southwest Farm exposed many problems. You need to discuss more with the officers and soldiers and carry out targeted improvement training. "
"In addition, the chariot formation we discussed last time can be practiced, using the carriages captured from the Wincheston Manor. Anyway, I don't have enough manpower to form a caravan for the time being, so I just handed those carriages along with the horses and livestock to the legion to train the formation. Our cavalry cannot form an advantage, so we can only try to use this formation to break the enemy cavalry." Wells Legion. They are mainly infantry. Until now, the role of cavalry has only been at the level of sentinel patrols and reconnaissance. Art also has a few officers who are good at cavalry warfare, but they alone cannot form absolute combat power. It is even more difficult to train ordinary soldiers into qualified cavalry. Not to mention the huge consumption of training cavalry, the entire Wells Army cannot find many people suitable for cavalry training.
However, the future main battlefield of the Wells Army will be in the North, which is the natural slaughterhouse of cavalry. Therefore, how to restrain the enemy's cavalry when our own cavalry is weak is related to the success or failure of the battlefield. Therefore, Art, together with several commanders of the legion and a group of mid-level officers, thought about it and finally decided to try to use a chariot formation to resist the enemy's cavalry.
This kind of chariot formation was used against bandits back then. Art hopes to figure out a synergistic formation of lunges and riding horses...
"Sir, we will start training the chariot formation, but no one in the army is proficient in this, I'm afraid~" Odo was a little unconfident. He was not sure whether the wooden carriage could withstand the overwhelming enemy cavalry charging into the formation.
"Odo, Sergeant Major, you two just try, remember to record in detail the various problems that exist in the car formation, and I will work with you to solve the most difficult problems."
What Matt said gave Odo a little confidence.
"Okay, you will be mainly responsible for the army training. I will organize a legion competition in a month. Don't let me down."
Odo and Angus straightened up immediately, "Yes! Sir. ”
Matt waved his hands to the two of them to relax, and then said to Ron, who was sitting next to him playing with a hunting knife with a wooden handle: "Ron."
Ron immediately stopped playing with it, turned the hunting knife twice in his hand and inserted it into the sheath on his leg.
「Master.」
“Ron, you are the chief intelligence officer. In addition to continuing to pay attention to the dynamics of various forces in the palace in the next period of time, you have given our eagle eyes a task - except for the county town, Sarp Castle, Andermatt Castle and the three places we have already occupied, the situation and background of the lords’ families in the remaining places in Tyniec County. Is there a backer? Who is the backer? Which faction is it? Find out everything for me."
Odo and Angus looked at each other, "Sir, what are your plans?"
"Yes, I need more people and more land..."