Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 279
The García family has ruled the Duchy of Tanis for 15 years and looks set to continue.The reason why this emerging foreign family was able to patrol the Principality of Tanis on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, guarding the entire eastern border, and being coveted by so many eyes, was able to sit firmly on the Duke's position, except for the soft methods of poison and scheming. There is also a ruthless iron fist, that is the invincible Tanis army that only serves the Garcia family.

After completely annihilating the last force loyal to the former Duke 12 years ago, the great reputation of the Garcia Invincible Legion spread throughout the Principality. In addition to the elite Black Watch directly under the Duke, the Duke also has a huge Tanis standing army. The principality's taxes supported a staggering 4 of them.And the Marquis who is second to him in the Principality has a maximum of 5000 people, which is not an order of magnitude at all.Except for the Garcia family, the combined strength of the other princes and lords is no more than a tie with him. In the situation where he occupies half of the principality's strength, His Royal Highness can of course do whatever he wants, while the others can only hold their breath.

And now, the Duke sent half his army to destroy Stannis.

In this regard, Stannis, who had just returned from victory, said.

"...fuck..."

He had been carried into the castle in a daze, and when he woke up, he found himself sitting in the war hall, and the people in front of him were looking at him enthusiastically, expecting him to lead them to another victory.

But in the face of absolute strength crushing, any strategy is useless. With a disadvantage of one to twenty, it seems that there is no other way except to go into the forest to fight guerrillas.

"Could it be that old man Garcia already knows that I want to get him out?" Stannis frowned. Although many people already knew about this, who sold him?Moreover, dispatching so many troops to eliminate him with great fanfare is not in line with Garcia's usual style, not to mention that this will arouse the vigilance of other lords, and the emperor will never allow such a large-scale civil war to break out under his rule. Besides, wouldn't it be better to assassinate yourself?
The more Stannis thought about it, the more he didn't understand, but he only knew that if he didn't do well this time, he would really have to go into the forest as a savage.

"Your Excellency?" Bachelor Romon urged in a low voice, and everyone was waiting for his order.

Stannis rolled the eyeballs in his eye sockets for a moment, then stood up.

Korodov held his sword enthusiastically. This time he hadn't had enough fighting yet, and he didn't expect a new battle to come immediately.

But what the lord said next disappointed him greatly.

"This time we used to negotiate an end to the war, so we don't need to bring troops over there, because we can't fight anyway. I would like to know why Your Excellency the Duke is attacking me."

Bachelor Romon hurriedly persuaded: "Your Excellency, isn't it too risky to do this? If they catch and kill you on the spot, wouldn't it be..."

Stannis waved his hands confidently. He believed that the other party still talked about aristocratic etiquette. Even if he wanted to kill him, he would kill himself with a legitimate reason after the battle, and he knew that he had such a dick now. Armor, it is not difficult to retreat alone, but I am afraid that I will have to abandon a few younger brothers...

Bachelor Romon didn't say anything anymore, because he knew that Duke Garcia had always wanted to portray a kind and generous image for himself, and he hadn't executed his lords publicly for a long time.

"So, this time, everyone put away the swords. Robert and I can go together. A large group of people will eat and drink for free. Money is not money!"

Seeing that there was no overtime pay and meal allowance, the crowd who were eager to try in the War Council dispersed in an instant, and only his most loyal three remained.

"Boss, it might be a bit too ostentatious to go just the two of us." Robert began to retreat again.

Stannis held him down, "When did the boss let you suffer? By the way, wrap up the corpse of the god seal and bring it there, and bring a box of gold coins."

Although he didn't know his intentions, Korodov immediately went down to do so.

"Also," Stannis whispered to Maester Romon secretly, "Maybe we're going to fight a guerrilla this time, do you know what to do?"

Bachelor Romon nodded to show that he knew how to do it, "I will immediately start transporting some supplies to the other side of the river."

After making all the funeral arrangements, Stannis took Robert and Barrow and set off with Randall. Although their destination was the territory of Doug's family, it was Hillier who was stationed there now.

If it weren't for his timely assistance, Doug's castle might have fallen already.

After half a day's journey, a group of four people appeared under Doug's castle, which has now turned into a barracks, and all the troops that Stannis left for Hillier were less than 300 people gathered here.

Thanks to the criss-crossing river network of the Sancha River, Garcia's army could not move quickly, so the opponent has been stationed on the opposite bank and has not launched an attack for a long time.

However, half of this was due to Hillier. Even though there were only 300 people, but he dared to confront the opponent's 2 people, and there was no flaw in the entire defense line, Stannis couldn't help but give this guy a higher look.

When they arrived at the barracks, Hillier, who had already heard the news, came out to greet them. This handsome blond knight was dressed in military uniform, and the dark circles around his eyes showed that he hadn't slept for several days.

"You are finally here, His Excellency Stannis Justin."

Stannis said with a bitter face, "No, how many times have I told you to call me Stan! It's really unfamiliar for you to call me by my full name like that!"

"If you insist, then Mr. Stan, we will go to the castle immediately, and there is an important thing that needs to be seen by you."

Half an hour later, these people had already climbed to the top of the castle, where they could have a panoramic view of the enemy army on the opposite side.

The 2 people were crowded into rows of tents like this, and the smoke from cooking and fires rose slowly one after another. He had never seen so many people crowded into such a small space since the Spring Festival travel rush. inside.

"It seems that this time there is a narrow escape. By the way, who is the leader on the other side?" Stannis asked.

Hillier replied seriously: "It's Garcia's eldest son, Sir Junian."

It turned out to be an acquaintance, I hope this guy can make some sense.Stannis prayed.

(End of this chapter)