The Release That Witch
Chapters 113's

Since the end of the Demon Moon, it had only rained for two days in the West, the other days were sunny days, it seemed, this was compensation for all the snow during winter. The stuffy air in the office had also been swept away, becoming as fresh and clean as nature, and when she opened the windows, the fragrant scent of spring sometimes drifted into the room.

At this moment, the road between Border Town and Longsong Fortress was almost restored to its original quality. But every day, Roland would become more concerned about the matter with the fortress.

Every year after the return of land traffic there would also be merchants coming to Border Town selling their fresh goods, he said, but to this day he had not seen any merchants coming from Longsong Fortress. Lightning now flew twice a day to Longsong Stronghold, to ensure that they would have a warning early enough to prepare well for the arrival of the enemy.

Over the past week, the First Army has entered a comprehensive training stage, including setting up defensive lines to welcome enemy attacks and also training ways of pursuing and attacking the enemy. For the first, they rely heavily on Lighting to always tell them about the distance between them and the enemy, the artillery and weapons team will shoot according to his command – makes it easier, the, regardless of whether it gives orders or acts on orders given. . For example: Shooting solid bullets at a distance of 800 meters and 500 meters, while using canister bullets when the enemy approaches 300 meters, and shooting with firearms at a distance of 50 meters and so on. As long as they saw Lightning waving the appropriate flag, the team leader would then signal his team to attack.

The key to victory on the battlefield lies in the pursuit and assault stage. According to Roland's plan, when the enemy was defeated, they would turn around and retreat to Longsong Stronghold, which they also needed to use for three days. Even if Duke were to escape on his own, leaving behind the hired militia and mercenaries, he would still need two days for the trip, so he would have to stay at least one night in the wild.

This gave the First Army the perfect opportunity to chase after them. The entire monitoring process would be carried out by Lightning, while the first troops would always be outside the reconnaissance of distant enemies but ready to catch up at any moment. Artillery and ammunition will be transported by the city's civilians. When the enemy had set up their night camp, it was time for the First Army to encircle them completely, and on the morning of the next day they would start an attack, destroying the opponent completely.

Although the plan did not seem complicated, it was almost impossible to coordinate the two forces due to the absence of modern communication devices. Roland could only hope for the witches, to make up for the lack of communication. How the end result would end, even he himself was unsure.

Another critical point is that its gunpowder reserves are running low, as this First Army cannot use live ammunition during their comprehensive exercises. However, the main purpose of the training was to improve the collaboration of the Shooting Team and the Artillery Team, as well as the coordination between the First Army and the witches. Roland had sent people to go further into the Redwater River to Fallen Dragon Ridge and Redwater City, hoping to find a new source of saltpeter. If I am unable to replenish my gunpowder reserves, I am worried that after two more fights, the weapons in the hands of the First Army can only be used as spears, Roland thought.

Roland wrote down a number of items he had to buy on paper which included saltpeter, grains, grains, and other supplies, among others, he intended to send one of the Barov disciples to King City to try his luck. The place has enough merchandise, especially enough burps – with summer approaching, the King must have started collecting burps by now. As a city filled with rich nobles and also rich merchants, when the weather gets hot, the consumption of saltpeter will be very astonishing. He hoped to find a stable supplier that could provide a steady flow of raw materials that Border Town needed to produce gunpowder.

Before this, he had sent two of his personal bodyguards, one to carry out a plan called "Gathering the Witches" and another to work on a program of "finding fruit".

The first pretended to be a traveler or businessman, and spread through streets and lanes, pubs and other places the rumors of Border Town being a safe haven for witches. Of course, it was not said that the host was the 4th Prince himself, but rather the spreading news was that they had been able to find the Holy Mountain, and that the Witch Cooperation Association was now looking to recruit new members.

The others went straight to Clearwater Port, and bought some strange plants from the Fjord from across the ocean. Of course, when he found a certain seed in any city on his way, he also sent it back.

After he was done with his purchase list, he handed it to Scroll, let her go to the City Hall and handed it to Barov. After Scroll left, Roland reached out his hand to drink water, but only to find that the cup was empty.

Roland slowly sipped his tea, while trying to think of what would happen to make him smile like this. Recently Nightingale's attitude was a bit strange. In the past few days he had always had a smile on his face, and moreover, he was now even taking the initiative to serve tea for him, did he secretly want his salary increase? Previously, he would just sit on the sofa holding a pot of dried fish and chew on it all afternoon.

Although, Roland had already asked her what had happened, she simply laughed and refused to answer, she just had to let go of the question.

Can playing Gwent really make people so happy? Then when he "created" Poker and Mahjong, he could just open a casino, and the money would go in on its own... Stop over. Roland shook his head, pushing those thoughts to the back of his head. Now was not the time to seek pleasure, he still had to consider what he would do after achieving his victory against Longsong Stronghold.

Should he move his office to Longsong Stronghold? Roland had been considering this for a long time, moving to a more prosperous land seemed to be quite tempting, but it was actually not a very good choice. Longsong Stronghold had a history of over a hundred years longer than Border Town, so there were many different powers fighting for power, while the other nobles also took a lot of power.

The territory was overseen with the principle to divide and conquer, even as the Ruler of Longsong Fortress, it was difficult to deal with the problems in the territory of his subordinates. If Roland wanted to master all of these forces for himself, it would be extremely difficult to achieve without causing a revolution. Moreover, it was a region where fish and dragons mixed into one, so his own safety could not be guaranteed either. He did not want to walk the streets while always fearing that a radical nobleman would try to commit murder.

Compared to this, Border Town was completely different. Here only he had the final say, the land around him was vast, so he was not in an urgent need to expand his territory. Most of the people were miners or hunters, or all of the same social rank, and with his success during the Demon Moon, his reputation among the people had improved greatly. Most importantly, after the integration of the First Army and their propaganda, most people had accepted the existence of witches. When compared to Longsong Stronghold or any other city where the Church had a lot of influence, Border Town was much easier to turn into a hiding place for witches. Hence, Roland decided to use Border Town as his core area.

As for the fortress, he decided to let others manage it on his behalf and he would only be there to provide support from afar. After all, as long as they gave him a steady flow of labor as well as paying taxes, he would be satisfied. What he misses the most right now is people and money.

So Roland's consideration for Longsong Stronghold was that they would give him coins and people to continue the construction of Border Town. Like this, the gold noble of the defeated noble would return to the hands of the commoners, who would then use it in the market of Longsong Fortress, from which he would get the money back in the form of taxes. Moreover, perhaps he could go through a number of preferential policies to convince some people with special skills to stay for the long term in Border Town.

But all this is still just some rough plan. Things like who would manage Longsong Fortress as its successor, or the specifications of the taxation system, would have to wait until the end of the battle to be considered.

At this moment, a yellow-clothed figure suddenly flew through the window only to stop beside the prince's table – this figure was Lightning.

"You've worked hard, drink first," Roland picked up his cup and gave it to her. He took a cup from her but she did not drink, instead she just shouted, "Your Majesty, they are coming!"