Baron Valent's cavalry had been rebuilt after being devastated by the Épinay knights, or so I'd heard, but naturally most of them would be raw recruits.
Morale was yellow, combat power at 53.
The force under my command had a combat power of 80.
They were elites brought by the princes, so that made sense. The Gale Knights, too, boasted high morale and combat power second to none. This was a clear mismatch. And we outnumbered them three to one.
Unless you recruited cavalry from across the entire country as I had, building up a cavalry force as a regional noble was extremely difficult. That's why Baron Valent had wanted monetary compensation instead.
If he'd asked for my help sincerely instead of threatening me, I would have helped. If he'd approached me that way from the start, things would never have gotten this bad between us.
