Unknown Knight

Chapter 377 Sea and Land Blockade

The Lord of Helusburg was none other than Mrs. Gand's biological brother and Aix's legitimate brother-in-law, Borbayar.

Ever since Aix-en-Provence traveled thousands of miles to rescue his father-in-law, the two have appreciated each other. Although they have never met again, they have developed a deep friendship. They often exchange letters, and during the holidays, both sides will send gifts on the ship.

Not only that, Aix also fulfilled the promise he made when they parted that year, and took great care of his elder brother-in-law. Not only did he buy all the goods produced in his territory at a price 20% higher than the price he sent to Tiha City, he also sold the goods produced in the territory to him at wholesale prices.

These actions are almost equivalent to giving money to Borbayar. He can make a profit as long as he resells it. He has never treated his own family members unfairly, which has made Borbayar more and more wealthy over the years.

Correspondingly, Bolbayar's territory also developed greatly. In addition to the increase in population due to the increase in natural fertility rate, it also attracted many compatriots who came from their hometown in the northern continent to seek refuge, causing the population of his territory to more than double from the original basis.

The originally affiliated fishing village of Ryze has now grown to the size of a small town, with a simple city wall built outside the town. The goods sold in the town are not only rich in variety but also of good quality and low in price, attracting people from nearby areas to come and trade. Merchants from other places have also invested and started businesses here, allowing Ryze to successfully divert a large part of the customer base of Tiha City. With the development and the support of Lord Aix and his father Wocheze City, Tiha City is showing a trend of being replaced.

For this reason, Eden Yar even found fault and scolded him. Of course, with the support of his brother-in-law Aix and his father Iaya Yar behind him, Borbayar was not afraid of Eden. Eden could only scold him verbally and did not dare to completely break up with Borbayar.

Through this incident, Borbayar completely saw through Eden's true face, and regretted even more that he had followed him in carrying out the Great Nordism and went to Wochelze City to seize power from his old father. Eden's rhetoric and the ignorant Nord youths who were instigated by his rhetoric were nothing more than tools for him to seek selfish interests.

On the other hand, his righteous brother-in-law was a good lord who worked hard and was dedicated to the welfare of his people. With the support of Aix, Borba used a large part of the money he earned to resettle his compatriots who had fled from his hometown.

If there was really no place for them, he followed the advice of his brother-in-law Aix and let them go upstream with the merchant ships of Aix to settle down in Aix. After all, the land there was vast and sparsely populated, and a large population was needed. With his sister Tsunde as the mistress, he didn't have to worry about these compatriots who came across the ocean being oppressed and excluded.

Through his efforts over the years, thousands of his compatriots have found a place to settle down on this continent. This not only allowed Borbayar to realize his ambition as a Nord and a young lord, but also made him admire his equally young brother-in-law even more. As a businessman, he was able to create a prosperous paradise for his people from scratch in this bitter and cold land. This is the good lord that his people need.

Of course, as a result, the relationship between Bolbayar and Eden became increasingly worse. The people of the two families often had frictions over colonization issues on the adjacent border, and even large-scale fights broke out, causing the relationship between the two to become increasingly hostile.

Ostensibly, Aix sent troops this time to settle a personal grudge, but in fact, it also included an element of helping his brother-in-law Borbayar.

He also knew that the territory was very far away from Tiha City. The reason why he dared to send troops on a long expedition was because he could rely on Borbayar. His Helusburg was near Tiha City and could be used as a bridgehead to attack Tiha City.

With this seaside Helusburg as a base, there is no need to worry about the logistics line being cut off. Even if the inland waterway transportation line is cut off, he can rely on the advantage of a large fleet to obtain sufficient supplies from his father-in-law Iayayal across the bay.

After the fleet landed at the port of Reize, the army of Aix moved directly into Helusburg. After resting for a day, they began this military operation.

According to the plan, he did not attack the city of Tiha directly, but sent out the vanguard cavalry first. This cavalry unit arrived at Helusburg three days earlier than the fleet and had rested for several days and could be directly engaged in the battle. It consisted of more than 400 cavalry, including more than 100 heavy cavalry and more than 300 light cavalry.

This cavalry unit is near the city of Tiha, which has almost no cavalry. As long as Eden doesn't risk sending all his troops out of the city to fight, there will be no rivals.

Aix gave two orders to Sir Fatis, who commanded the cavalry. One was to cut off all the land routes to Tiha city, forming a practical blockade of Tiha city; the other was to attack the village strongholds affiliated with Tiha city and capture Iden's subjects outside the city, especially the young and strong ones who could be captured, and drive those who could not be captured together with the old and weak into Tiha city.

Soon, under the leadership of Fatis, this cavalry unit cut off all the main roads around the city of Tiha. No foreign caravans were allowed to enter the city, and any caravans leaving the city that were not from friendly forces were not allowed to pass and were all driven back to the city of Tiha.

Not only on land, Lord Mathilde, who commanded the fleet, also sent single-masted dragon-headed ships equipped with catapults to the sea area near the city of Tiha. He not only blocked the waters, but also burned the port dock of the city of Tiha with flaming oil.

With the joint efforts of both sea and land, Aix's army completely blockaded the city of Tihar in just one day.

Eden could only hide in the city. He knew the strength of Aix's army and dared not go out of the city to fight Aix in the field. He could only hold the city and let Aix's army clean up his stronghold outside the city.

From the third day, Aix pushed all the remaining troops forward, began to deploy troops outside the city of Tiha, and launched an attack on the city with catapults.

Although he had received relevant intelligence a long time ago, the city of Tiha at this moment still surprised Aix. It was very different from his previous impression of Tiha City.

The wooden city wall, which was less than five meters high before, has now been raised to more than eight meters. There is also a deep trench outside the city that is more than four meters deep and more than ten meters wide. Eden should have used local materials and piled the earth dug out from the trench directly on the city wall.

And Eden also heard that Aix had flaming oil, so a thick layer of soil was covered on the wooden fence outside the city wall, so that Aix could not use flaming oil to burn down the city wall.

These are just the surface phenomena seen outside the city. According to intelligence, the city of Tiha is also heavily armed. Not only is there a second trench behind the city wall, there is also a second city wall behind the second trench, and there are several checkpoints set up on the streets of the city.

It seems that old man Eden is prepared to fight to the end. Even if Aix can break through the outer city wall and enter the city, he will inevitably have to fight a fierce battle in the streets of the city.