But the current situation is far from what he had envisioned. As the Governor of the Provincial Affairs Council, Rong'en's territory only had a bit over 100 elite knights in total? Including formal knights, the number was barely over 200.
This meant that even if he lowered the standard to formal knights, he was still short by half!
Previously, he was somewhat smug, thinking his strength had increased significantly, possibly even comparable to Bauhinia Castle.
But now it seems he was still far from it. As far as he knew, a duke could have 10,000 heavy armored cavalry, and a count about 3,000. For example, Bauhinia Castle, the Bauhinia Clan, throughout generations, have brought the entire Bauhinia Valley under their control. Within such a vast area, the Bauhinia Clan had more than 500 elite knights just in the fortress of the Red Night Knight Order garrison. In the entire Bauhinia Earl's Territory, the number of elite knights was probably no less than 2,000.
