In the end, the gate of Grothen Castle of the Wayne family didn’t open.
Instead, more and more soldiers were guarding with weapons and equipment on the city walls and towers. They were ready to defend the city to the death and resist the impending siege.
No one could be trusted, even if the family head was there.
Even if they had negotiated, they would not open the city gates in order to ensure their safety.
This was for their own consideration, not even for the sake of the Wayne family. They had already formed a situation where they would rise and fall together. If something unexpected happened, their wealth and family would not be guaranteed!
In this seemingly peaceful feudal era that was in fact extremely chaotic, the castle was the ultimate reliance.
As long as they relied on this sturdy castle, even if tens of thousands of enemy troops arrived, they firmly believed that they could defend with the city defense fortifications of the castle!
It was simply too difficult to attack a castle head-on without siege equipment and without an insider inside. It was so difficult that even if all the troops were wiped out, they might not be able to take it down. This was the conclusion drawn from history and experience!
Even grand knights had to worry about the ballistae on the city walls and towers.
These siege weapons were not a joke.
They were very effective!
However, under the peaceful negotiation between the two sides, they maintained the greatest restraint.
There was no intention to fight, but there was absolutely no so-called peace. On the contrary, both sides were clearly divided and did not invade each other. However, Wayne still had to provide the necessary logistical supplies.
For example, they had to provide the necessary food and bedding for the troops, as well as a lot of clothes that had to be changed.
These cavalry troops were still fine.
The key was point here were footmen rushing over here in two days!
They were the main factor in ensuring the logistics. These noble alliance army that originally belonged to the various noble families in the North County, who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune in the Stone Pass or the Nahrin Desert, were eventually kidnapped and forced to head to the South County.
That’s right, they were kidnapped because their family head or the noble families that were loyal to them were all kidnapped.
Right beside Firentis, they were strictly guarded by 50 Royal Knights!
They enjoyed treatment that even an ordinary king could not enjoy!
At the very least, the political enemies of the kings did not have the ability to send out 50 grand knights with extraordinary powers. One had to know that even if there were more than 50 grand knights secretly in the current Dukedom of Leo, they were distributed in three counties.
Even if there were more grand knights in the South County, they would not be controlled by a single force.
However, Baron Kant had so many formidable forces under him.
To these noble families, it was as if they had boarded a pirate ship and could not get down.
If they wanted to get down, they would have to wait for their strategic goal to be achieved before they could do so.
Viscount Wayne and those nobles stayed in a large tent alone. There were no guards inside. There were only two grand knights ‘protecting’ them and a grand knight’s tent beside them.
If there was an unexpected event, they could rush in at any time. It would probably take less than 10 seconds.
Looking for trouble?
The result would be nothing but death.
These nobles cherished their lives very much, so they lay on their respective blankets and slept soundly.
Anyway, they had eaten their fill, so they could just wait for the result in peace. Things had already come to this, so should they run away or risk their lives to send a message to the noble families in the South County?
Come on, what if Baron Kant really could take over the South County?
Even if Kant couldn’t make it, they were being coerced after all.
Now that they were arrested here, were they really going to risk their lives to showcase their loyalty to the Dukedom of Leo?
Impossible, what a joke. The current Dukedom of Leo was no longer the dukedom that was united as one ten years ago. Even the current Grand Duke of Leo, Cameron, had a bit of a dubious reputation when he ascended the throne.
It was absolutely impossible for them to show their loyalty in battle!
Right now, they were unwilling to!
Viscount Wayne sat on the blanket and looked at the dark object not far away through the gaps of the tent.
He knew that his family had spent 30 years to build and expand Grothen Castle based on the previous viscount’s foundation. It was simply an indestructible war fortress.
If they wanted to attack this castle, they were not probably to success even if all the current cavalry troops were wiped out, because they had no siege weapons.
But what he was most worried about before was that his inexperienced sons would open the city gates and surrender.
At that time, the entire Wayne family would be completely destroyed. It was not that these Baron Kant’s troops would go in and rob them, but that they would definitely be wiped out by the South County after they had completely surrendered to Baron Kant!
They could still be considered as a hostage. They could use the golden eagle to make connections and smooth things over.
But once the city gates were opened and Wayne Castle was used as the foundation, then it would all be over!
Viscount Wayne did not believe that Baron Kant would be able to invade the South County and ascend to the Dukedom of Leo.
Although in the eyes of many nobles, the current Grand Duke of Leo, Cameron was the same position as them. The prestige left behind by the Leo family could still make many nobles choose to listen to the orders of the Grand Duke.
Moreover, the South County and the high-ranking noble families could not sacrifice the current Grand Duke of Leo, Cameron.
The interests of both sides had long been involved to an extremely deep extent.
Whoever was eliminated would cause a great change. It would hurt them very much!
This was also the reason why the South County was able to band together. Their interests were all linked together.
If Baron Kant’s forces entered the South County and expelled the forces of the Grand Duke of Leo, Cameron, then high-ranking nobles like them would definitely be wiped out as well, because it would affect their interests.
And the emerging forces would definitely provoke and antagonize the existing forces.
Unless there was a big enough cake.
But at the moment, the Dukedom of Leo was a small piece of cake.
The richest and most fertile place had already been eaten by the noble families of the South County.
Now that the newly joined Baron Kant had come over, not only did he want to snatch the most beautiful cake from the mouth of the original royal family, but he also wanted to snatch the cake from the mouths of others. That would be no different from a bandit, an enemy!
Even if he did not snatch the cake from the mouths of others, would the others believe him?
Exceptional ability and strength would attract jealousy.
Most importantly, how could they allow others to seize their belongings!
How could the noble families of the South County, who had already formed an alliance, let Kant took their things?
Their territory must never change, just like how they would never tolerate their own interests being snatched just like that. Once Kant’s forces entered the South County, he would be met with the most violent resistance.
Even the push back from the battlefield!
