Ten years ago, in order to expand his influence and establish himself in the northern side, Chen Heng had actively tried to get on good terms with the northern side's nobles.
As the nobles multiplied, apart from the eldest son who had the right to inherit, there were also many people who could not be taken care of.
The places where these people went gave Chen Heng a headache.
As second sons, they did not have the right to inherit, and they could only receive a small amount of wealth and other help.
Under the rules of this age, it was very difficult for them to live a decent life like their fathers.
However, to a certain extent, Chen Heng had solved a problem for them.
Different from the other rulers of this era, Chen Heng's territory had a complete system of governance, which was quite complete.
A complete administrative system naturally required a large number of administrative officials.
As for the second sons of nobles who could not find a place to settle down, Chen Heng had his eyes on them.
In this age where commoners could not read, the second sons of nobles could all read and write, and some even had other skills. They were the best and only source of officials in this age.
As such, over the past ten or so years, as Chen Heng developed, many people from other nobles gathered in his territory.
At this point, there were naturally many people who were loyal to him.
However, there were not many rulers like Krudo.
Most of those who were loyal to him did not have any territory and wanted to obtain territory through Chen Heng.
"Her Majesty ordered me to gather an army to fight against the rebel army."
Sitting in the hall, Chen Heng's expression was calm as he looked at Krudo.
"Fight against the rebel army?"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's expression changed.
Leaving one's territory to fight against the rebel army in an unfamiliar place was not something that could be done with just a few words. There were many, many things that were involved.
How would they arrange for food and logistics? Where would they draw the army from? Would it cause the territory to become empty and cause accidents?
There were a lot of problems in the literal sense of the word.
There were even more problems outside of the battlefield.
This was especially so given the current situation. Should they still support Olivia and fight against the rebel army?
These were all problems.
Thinking to there, everyone's expressions changed as they looked at Chen Heng.
Right now, in all of Sordar, the only person who could make this decision was Chen Heng.
His opinion was the most important factor in deciding whether or not to fight.
Sensing everyone's gazes, Chen Heng's expression was calm as he looked up and said, "If we really fight, how many soldiers can we take out?"
"Without affecting the defense, we can probably take out five thousand people."
Someone pondered for a moment and said.
"Five thousand."
Chen Heng nodded.
These five thousand people were the wealth that he had accumulated over the past ten years.
Even though it looked good, it could not compare to the hundreds of thousands or even millions of soldiers in history. However, this was the result of Chen Heng's full effort.
After all, Sordar's foundation was too poor. Back then, he was just an empty piece of land.
Even though Chen Heng had done his best over the past ten or so years to attract people and buy slaves, Sordar's population was only in the hundreds of thousands.
With such a small population, supporting an army of ten thousand was already the limit.
Out of these ten thousand people, he could only take out these five thousand.
Of course, even though this was not much to Chen Heng, to the other rulers of the Kutu Principality, it was a massive figure.
In this era, rulers were generally quite poor. Apart from a few large nobles, the smaller rulers did not have many soldiers.
For example, Chen Heng's father, Baron Kaisen, had only had 300 to 400 soldiers in his territory.
Right now, the rebel army in the south was incredibly powerful, but they most likely only had less than 10,000 soldiers. Moreover, they were under different rulers, and they could not be compared to Chen Heng's army.
From how Krudo and the others saw it, Chen Heng's army was already quite powerful, and it could be said to be the strongest in the northern side.
However, from how Chen Heng saw it, this army was not enough.
It was not that they did not have enough battle power.
In actuality, in order to ensure the battle power of his army, Chen Heng had put in a lot of effort.
His army was an army that fought against Outlanders every day. Not only did they often fight, but they also had good food and training.
With their training, if they were in another ruler's army, they would immediately rebel.
Training, logistics, equipment, and battle were all there.
Such an army would definitely have great battle power.
In reality, this was the case.
Over the years, apart from fighting against Outlanders, Chen Heng had also fought against the northern rulers' armies.
To the southern rulers, the northern rulers' armies were considered elites, but facing Chen Heng's army, they were not a match at all and would be easily defeated.
The northern rulers fought all year round, so their armies were much more powerful than the southern rulers' armies.
If this was the case for them, there was no need to even mention the southern rulers' armies.
It was just that even though they had enough battle power, it might not be enough to achieve a bigger goal.
If he wanted to defeat the southern rulers' armies, Chen Heng's 5,000 soldiers would be enough.
However, if he wanted to control that vast territory, it might not be enough.
Thinking to there, Chen Heng turned and looked at Krudo, "If I ask the northern rulers to send an army with me, how many people can I get?"
Chen Heng asked calmly.
Looking at Chen Heng, Krudo felt quite startled.
However, he quickly came to his senses and said with a serious expression, "The Olas family is willing to give 500 people.
"The Kaiser family is willing to give 300 people."
"The Solin family is willing to give 400 …"
"The Widor family is willing to give 300 …"
A series of voices fell on the spot.
Apart from Krudo, there were a few other rulers who also pledged their loyalty to Chen Heng.
In a short period of time, the number of soldiers that these people took out added up to 1,500 people.
"Help me send a message to the other families that I want to invite them to a banquet in Sordar."
Hearing Krudo and the others' words, Chen Heng smiled and said, "Also, ask them to send an army to help me."
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