Herald of Steel

Hearing Lord Macht dismantle his plan like that, Lord Kite for a moment felt he really could not stand the simple and straightforward Lord Macht.

He wished the man could have kept shut for just a little while, perhaps even only until Lord Parker had left the room.

It made him feel like snapping at the man.

But what was done was done.

While seeing Lord Kite's 'brilliant' idea get shot dead in the water, Lord Parker's eyes suddenly turned menacing, growling in a furious voice,

"What about taking the city by force? Or at least the manor?"

Lord Kite who was standing by the side was stunned hearing this. He could not believe what he was hearing.

Take the entire Margraves family as hostages?

This could no longer be called a last resort desperate move but a suicidal detonation.

At least now, even if they lost, they would be able to make a comeback in some covert form after a few years.

Just as Alexander said, the Heeats were not going to let this go just because they lost once.

But if they did this and Alexander still broke through, they would not be welcomed on this island for at least the next hundred years.

And winning might not be that much better either.

Even if they succeeded, their alliance would be shattered with the Margraves likely showing very little gratitude.

Puppeting them would prove difficult, with the nobles who suffered at the native barbarians blaming them and Miss Linda.

'By that point, we might as well kill all of them and annex these lands for yourselves.' Lord Kite thus said to himself in resignation, feeling like they should go all the way should they choose to proceed.

However, unlike his counterpart Lord Machtt, he kept those thoughts to himself.

Some words just could not be said willy nilly, and he did not want to start giving Lord Parker new ideas.

"It is too late." The one to answer Lord Parker's query was none other than Lord Macht, who was perhaps the only officer to contemplate this insane ask seriously.

And while contemplating on it, the veteran warrior frankly revealed,

"I have already looked into this. But after Alexander, the Margraves have strengthened their security. Taking the city might be possible, but taking the manor will be very risky. If we mess up or get delayed… we might have to fight through the entire Margraves army. The results will be unpredictable."

Lord Macht had a clear trace of regret as he made the statement as if he was really sorry that he could not do this.

"....." The rest of the officers in the room were stunned into silence hearing this.

They could not decide whether they should be impressed by how bold this warrior was or curse his lunacy.

If the two forces started fighting, it would certainly not end as amicably as Lord Macht was suggesting here.

Lord Kite even wanted to chide the veteran man for his foolishness and utter disregard for politics.

He only did not because of the man's prestige and because it seemed this option was off the cards.

Thus, Lord Kite took the chance to step up and advise the crestfallen Lord Parker with another one of these tricks,

"My lord, even if we have to move out with the Margraves, there is no need for us to fight. If things go as Lord Bernard said, then all will be well. However, even if they do not, we will be fine.

In the past few days I have sent a few scouts around the surrounding countryside… to spy on Alexander as well as to locate suitable terrains to stage our battle. Places where Alexander's greater number will mean nothing. And I believe I have found the perfect place."

Lord Kite's eyes gleamed with a crafty light as he said this, showing that Lord Macht was not the only one working to think of a way out.

Lord Parker's eyes quickly regained their luster hearing Lord Kite's claim, and it started to gleam as Lord Kite went on to reveal,

"There is a large hill a bit south of here. Around a day's march. We can set up camp there and wait for Alexander. If he comes, then he will have to fight us uphill. If he doesn't… that's perfect. It's exactly what we want.

We can also wait there for months if need be. The river that runs through Caira also runs alongside it. We can be supplied by boats from here to directly our camp no problem!"

One should have seen how Lord Parker's eyes sparkled at hearing this.

He almost jumped up to hug Lord Kite and with a wide grin that went from ear to ear, tapped the man on the shoulder,

"Hah hah, Lord Kite, this is great! This is great! Why didn't you say this earlier? Why didn't you say this earlier? Hah hah…"

The young scion was so overwhelmed by the revelation of this perfect plan that he seemed to have lost some of his speech facilities, repeating the same words over and over again.

While the other officers were a bit better, but not by much, also taken over by happiness and surprise.

Only a few were jealous of the favor Lord Kite was sure to earn for this success, while Lord Macht with a little of acrimony snorted to himself,

'Why did you have to go through all the roundabouts to reveal this? If you revealed it as soon as Lord Parker had asked, we could have skipped all the previous tedious discussion.'

Although the veteran man was not exactly jealous like the others, he was still a bit peeved that he had missed up an obvious move.

By all accounts, given his experience, this should not have escaped him.

'I'm getting old.' Lord Macht thus ultimately lampooned to himself, feeling that his mind and senses were not that sharp anymore.

Now one might think the reason for Lord Kite not revealing this trump card sooner was to make himself appear more important.

After all, if he had revealed this plan right at the first instance, Lord Parker would have never reacted so favorably.

Only by offering it as the last resort, after Lord Parker had faced several failures and there seemed to be no other way out, could Lord Kite extract the best benefits.

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Lord Parker did not reveal the plan until the last second because he thought it had two gigantic flaws.

One was that with them taking the hill that was around 20 kilometers away, they would not be able to quickly react to changes in the frontlines here.

The Margraves would definitely not follow the Heeats to their camp, but choose to give Alexander battle.

And if somehow the natives did not scatter and the outnumbered family lost the battle, well… the road to Caira would lay wide open for him.

Who knows what could happen then?

The walls might still hold but would the defenders really fight to protect it till the last man standing?

Lord Kite greatly doubted that.

Seeing their forces get thrashed, and the Heeats nowhere to be seen, the scant few Miss Linda defenders in the walls could very likely assume they had been abandoned by the cowardly ducal family and thus choose to surrender the city.

Alexander who had Lady Miranda as well as the other family elders certainly had the political capital to pull this off.

Lord Kite could even easily imagine those powerful, known faces appearing before the defeated garrison and promising them general amnesty in exchange for them opening the gates.

If that happened, Lord Kite was willing to bet his entire fief that the green levied men up in the walls would choose to bend the knee over getting them and their families slaughtered once Alexander broke through.

And at that point, the game might be very well lost for the Heeats.

It would take them at least a day to respond and by then the walls would be manned by 20,000 men who would have their morale soaring by their recent victory.

This was Lord Kite's first and most significant concern.

While his second one had to do with supplies,- namely that it would be completely dependent on the mood of the Margraves inside the city.

Lord Kite intended to use boats to supply themselves via the river that ran through Caira.

And given that this river ended in the nearby sea, the family basically controlled the mouth of the river.

Thus they controlled whatever entered its 'guts'.

So what if the Margraves won and then quickly shut off that artery?

Would not the entire contingent of 9,000 elite Heeat infantry and 2,000 cavalry get stranded in the wilderness, forced to live off the land?

The relationship between the two families had certainly deteriorated to the point such extreme moves were a possibility, a rather small one for sure, but it still existed.

However, despite his two misgivings, Lord Kite kept all such thoughts to himself.

Under the current circumstances, this was the best course of action.

And luckily no one managed to point out the flaws.

So after a week of waiting, the Margraves and Heeats finally moved out.

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