Riding and Slashing

Chapter 185 The Real Storm

The halberd soldier and several cavalrymen set off first, and they were going to carry out the task assigned by the lord.

For the lord, those who entered the team list of his own system are basically reliable.

It's a pity that Wenda Dier, Wendy Erfu, and even the other two girl rangers didn't join her team...

Thus, the lord came to Vendatil and Wendylf.

"Vendatier, your unique swordsmanship relies on hearing to judge the enemy's position, right?"

The lord covered his eyes with his hands and gestured to Vendatil.

"That's right, Lord Li Ang, but human beings can't learn..."

Vendatil nodded: "Human beings can't hear those subtle voices, which cannot be exercised by nature. But we can hear where the enemy is, and even hear how the enemy is going to make a move, just like what we see with our eyes Same—ears are not decorations to us!"

The implication is that human ears can only be regarded as decorations?

Elves have long pointed ears, which can be seen only from the appearance. The range of sounds they can hear must be much wider than that of humans, at least they can hear more subtle sounds.However, they also encountered more noisy disturbances.

"Of course I can't learn...Wendy, you are a student of Wenda Dier, you should know it?"

The lord turned around and asked Wendylf.

"Of course I will! I am an excellent ranger! Master Li Ang, do you want to arrange some combat missions for me?"

Wentilef's eyes lit up, as if she was looking forward to an adventure—it seemed that she had indeed read a lot of knight novels.

"Yeah, I'm thinking about who to carry out the most important task...Wendy, besides Wenda Dier's sword skills, what else can you do?"

The lord seems to be planning something.

"My lord, I know a lot..."

Wentierfu became more energetic now, and she was aroused with great curiosity: "What is the most important task? Can you tell me about it?"

……

There was indeed a large army gathered near Qicha Fortress.

The Duke of Brennus led the Knights of the Lions to take over the defense, while Lehman was wandering around the Sarleon Land with his troops - Lehman's task now was to defend the flanks and try to find the team that "killed the bridgehead garrison." Troops lurking in Sarleon's territory."

The reason for this situation is that the garrison of the Sava River Fort of the Bacchus Empire also saw the beacon, and they found that the large army of the Lion Kingdom was at the border of the Chen Army-in this case, the person in charge of the defense of the Sava River Fort General Titus naturally wanted to call up a large army for defense.

Later, General Titus discovered that the hills south of the Sava River that were originally occupied by the Sarleon Kingdom did not have any troops...

This is because Lehman came to the judgment that "the enemy has probably crossed the bridge and sneaked into the territory of Sarleon", so Duke Brennus believed that it should not divide his troops to defend the uninhabited areas in the south, so as not to lose sight of the enemy.

So he gave up the fortifications built by Lehman on the south bank of the Sava River, and gathered his troops to deploy defenses around the Qicha Fortress, intending to be on the safe side, lest "lurking enemies" attack the surrounding areas of Sarleon City...

If there are enemies sneaking into the hinterland, this approach is actually reasonable, at least to ensure that the capital circle will not be attacked by surprise.

Moreover, the main force of Duke Brennus' current army is the Lion Knights with outstanding field combat capabilities in the plains. In fortifications or mountainous environments, these Lion Knights who do not have long-range capabilities cannot be used at all, so the defense zone is arranged in Qicha A plain around a stronghold would be more appropriate.

But in this way, General Titus of the Bacchus Empire naturally took over the abandoned fortifications unceremoniously, and pushed the front line to the south bank of the Sava River.

So the armies of the two countries began to confront each other across the bridge...

Because of this, the Sarleon Kingdom also determined that the attack on the defenders on the bridge was mostly done by the Bacchus Empire-this kind of provocation must be retaliated, so Duke Brennus directly reported to General Titus The troops launched a tentative attack.

The battle between the Sarleon Kingdom and the Bacchus Empire started again in such a muddle because of this accident and misunderstanding...

But fortunately, there is a lot of trouble in both countries, and neither side is willing to start a large-scale all-out war.

The two sides are only engaged in constant skirmishes over the ownership of the bridge.

"My lord, we rescued an infantry captain across the river. He is a subordinate of Sir Lehman. He has important military information to report to you!"

In the Qicha Fortress, a lion knight reported to Brennus.

"Bring it in!"

A halberdier was brought before Brennus.

"Duke... Your Excellency the Duke... I am the captain of the infantry loyal to Sir Lehman..."

The halberd soldier looked quite nervous, and he probably hadn't seen such a big man like the Duke.

"To the point, I'm not interested in your position!"

Brennus's temper seemed rather violent.

"My... my lord, my defense area was attacked by a group of mercenaries, and they killed all my team members..."

The halberd soldier stammered about the situation.

"Mercenary?"

Brennus frowned: "What do those mercenaries look like?"

"They look like a slave hunting team. I said this area is a military controlled area and asked them to put down their weapons, but they suddenly started doing it! There are many of them, and they are all very skilled. We are not opponents... I am being beaten Before falling into the river, hear what they say about His Royal Highness' mission!"

The halberd soldier gritted his teeth and said - except for the last sentence, what he said was basically the truth, so he was really right.

"His Royal Highness?...Where did those mercenaries go?"

Brennus' expression changed.

"They went south, and I heard them say that they have to do a full set of plays, and I heard them say that Baron Alderfried is waiting for them! My lord, I don't understand... What is the mission of His Royal Highness? I'm not sure I am It's not that I heard wrong..."

Brennus twitched a few times, and squeezed out a dangerous smile: "That's the enemy's conspiracy...you don't need to understand."

Then, he said to the Lion Knight next to him, "Give this captain a hundred dinars in recognition of his loyalty."

The halberd soldiers were sent away—it was because they 'didn't understand' that they were able to survive, and there were still rewards for them...

In the view of Duke Brennus, what the halberd soldier said was very credible. He was only a small character, and he would not lie about such things.

Because killing a team of bridge guards seemed like deliberately inciting a war-if the Bacchus Empire didn't let the troops enter the Sarleon, then they didn't need to.

It was originally an illogical coincidence, but now Brennus has found a logic—this is probably a conflict created by Alan Rick who wanted to seize military power?

Indeed, it is only logical to think so...

For most people, there is always a logic to everything.

But reality is often not so logical, and history is often more absurd than legends...

But people will always consciously make up a situation that they think is logical based on some so-called clues—even if the truth of the matter is just because a leader of the slave hunting group who didn't want to waste time was ripped off ...

Not long after, Brennus withdrew his troops to Seven Forks and sent emissaries across the river to General Titus.

Afterwards, Brennus returned to Sarleon with some Lion Riders.

And General Titus' troops also withdrew to the Sava River Fort, but the fortifications south of the Sava River that originally belonged to the Sarleon Kingdom had all been replaced by Titus' Phoenix banner.

The initiative Earl Oden and Leon won here was returned to the Bacchus Empire by Brennus.

Li Ang didn't forget that Prince Alan Rick planned to pay for his murder, so he used that halberd soldier to give Alan Rick a shit.

This will at least make everyone suspicious and suspicious of Alan Rick, and they have no way to verify it anyway...

Of course, this is mainly for the temporary truce between the two countries. In fact, maintaining peace is beneficial to everyone.

Ramon said before that Baron Alderfried was looking for a Noldor noble girl—this meant that Alderfried must know a lot about it, so the lord also mentioned the baron.

To someone who knows that the king is 'ill', this situation looks like Alanric is taking advantage of his father's illness to start a war, Ulrik can't lead the army, and the prince is likely to use this to gain military power , and the executioner seems to be Alder Fred's subordinate.

Alfred is the Knight Commander of the Lion Knights.

Brennus and Lehman are both managers of the Knights of the Lion, a leader, and a prominent deputy knight leader. They also know that the king is sick.

But no matter whether it is Brennus or Lehman, if the prince "did not tell them" about such a major event, but let Alder Fred do it, it naturally means to them that the prince is not Trust them, but want to use them as cannon fodder.

In this way, everyone will think of the issue of the control of the Lion Knights... and they will all think that Prince Alanric intends to provoke disputes...

In fact, no matter who is in charge of military affairs, as long as it is not Alan Rick himself, they will never start a war with Bacchus because of the "prince's mission". .

Therefore, those who are in charge of military affairs would rather suffer losses than definitely cease fighting.

This is what the lord thought when he saw the halberd soldier. In fact, Li Ang just wanted to go back to White Hart Castle safely-only when there is no more fighting here, the lord can make it through.

At the same time, everything the lord does is to seize the time to develop. During the period of accumulating strength, he does not want the two countries to continue to fight.

It stands to reason that with the temporary truce between the two countries, Li Ang can easily return to White Hart Castle.

But who knew that the lord would actually meet someone he hadn't expected at the bridge.

Bachelor Igor.

And he brought at least 300 people with him, all of them were lion knights and lion retinues, and they were acquaintances—these were people under Lehman.

"Master Li Ang? Why are you here..."

Igor looked extremely surprised.

"Your Excellency Igor, why are you here?"

The lord was even more surprised. He thought that he would meet Lehman at most when he arrived here—this is Lehman's territory, how could Igor be guarding it?

"I was ordered to negotiate peace with the Bacchus Empire... Your Excellency Li Ang, it seems that you should explain why you came from the territory of Bacchus?"

Igor seems to be confident and confident, and he is probably in charge of the peace talks...

His position is indeed suitable for this work.

"I'm a businessman...and, as you know, I have to raise money for His Majesty..."

The lord gritted his teeth and laughed.

Igor stood up slowly: "Since this is the case, why not go see His Majesty first, anyway, Lion City is not far away... Lord Li Ang?"

After speaking, he waved his hand directly, and let the lion knights step forward to surround Li Ang's men.

"Igor, what do you mean? Are you going to attack me here?"

Li Ang pulled out his sword directly, staring at Igor with unkind eyes.

Igor stepped back a few steps, and retreated behind the lion knights: "Catch him! This is a traitor!"

The Lion Riders did not move.

"Catch him! Otherwise not only Lehman will die, but you will die too!"

Igor yelled.

The Lion Knight in the front row said softly to Li Ang, "I'm sorry, Lord Li Ang."

Then, all the lion knights drew their weapons.

……

In the past few days when Li Ang led the team to leave White Hart Castle, Lion Lake City set off a storm.

Grand Long, the flag officer of the First Banner Guard in Lion Lake City, was accused of raping and murdering Nelda's maid, and the accuser was his wife Nelda...

In fact, many of the maids in the families of the nobles these days are the daughters of the knights in the family, and they are nobles.

Therefore, murdering a maid is not a trivial matter, and the crime is equivalent to killing a nobleman for no reason.

Although this accusation was not established in the end, and the "real murderer" was sent to the gallows in just one day, the two divorced reasonably and reasonably-the wife accused her husband of capital crimes. The family is not happy.

On the day of their divorce, the news of Alma's death was publicly announced, and the Duke of Lion Lake City was succeeded by Nelda.

Obviously, this divorce was brought about by the Horton family, in order to prevent the Duke's power from falling into the hands of Grandlon, who already held the military power.

But Grand Long is not a fuel-efficient lamp either. He incited the Lion Lake City Banner Guards to stage a demonstration—the heavy cavalry team of more than 500 people arrested the 'traitors' wantonly on the streets of Lion Lake City, causing panic...

The traitor didn't exist, of course, but everyone saw his power over the Banner Guard.

Of course Nelda panicked, she was only a little clever woman, and she would not be able to go to the battlefield if there was a real battle.

At this time, her lover Milgan publicly appeared in the Lord's Hall of Lion Lake City.

And just one day later, Nelda announced her marriage to Milgan, and handed over the duke's power to Milgan...

Of course, this is just a private authorization, without the recognition of the king and nobles, it is impossible for Milgan to become a duke.

But he became the military officer of Lion Lake City, and within a day, he got Payne Village as his territory as a knight-but this was originally the territory of the Grandlon family.

Of course, Grandlong refused to accept it, and went to the door to argue, but a duel broke out on the spot.

Milgan challenged Grandlon to a duel in the name of a love dispute - which was barely a reasonable reason...

Although Ge Langlong is divorced and is already an ex-husband, facing a duel initiated by the person who cuckolded him, as long as he is a man, he will definitely accept it...

As a result, Grandlon, who had fought with Ralph before and suffered both losses, went into battle with injuries, was easily defeated by Milgan, and was even humiliated—Mirgan slapped Grandlon's lower body with the blade of a sword, and publicly said that he was missed. use.

When Milgan first came to power, he probably got carried away and overdone it.

Even killing people during a duel is understandable, but this kind of humiliation is indeed a bit redundant-as a result, the Banner Guards of Lion Lake City rioted because of this!
They refused to obey the orders of Milgan and Nelda, and publicly declared that they hoped that Fawcett would return to Lion Lake City to preside over the overall situation...

Fawcett did return to Lions Lake a day later and did have the support of the Lions Lake Banner Guard.

In fact he even had the support of Lord Keldron of Eagle Talon - it was Kedron who brought him back.

Then Fawcett went into the lord's hall alone to meet his sister Nilda, and when he came out, his face was covered in blood, and his eyes were cold and piercing.

He announced that the Horton family would be taken over by him, and Lion Lake City would also be taken over by him, and that the murderer, Milgan, was wanted immediately.

No one in the Horton family refuted.

Because Nelda is dead.

At the same time, all the other children of Duke Alma died--four other children who were underage, also died.

Fawcett became the first heir of the family—whether he inherited from Alma or Nelda, he was the first heir.

And Grandlon also clearly supported Fawcett.

In fact, it was obvious who the murderer was, but no one would confront Fawcett at this time. A person who dared to kill his own brothers and sisters was no different from his father back then.

In fact, the members of the Horton family agree with Fawcett more, because such a character makes him look like Alma's child.

After being wanted by Fawcett, Milgan, who had only been in power in Lion Lake City for two days, had to flee again...

He finally remembered the Griffin Sword Mercenary Group that had accompanied him for many years, but he didn't know where his troops were now, and the one chasing and killing him was the First Banner Guard of Lion Lake City, which had been re-administered by Grand Long— ——The two sides already had enmity, and they pursued them very closely.

As a result, Milgan fled all the way south, and then disappeared.

However, the most unexpected thing is that the Lion Lake City Banner Guard, who was chasing and killing Milgan, suddenly launched an attack on Changhe Town!

Moreover, Changhe Town was captured within a day!

This is not because of how powerful the First Banner Guard of Lion Lake City is, but because Grand Long actually holds the golden seal of the king of the Sleet Lion Kingdom in his hand!And claim that it is the will of Sarleon!

There are only more than 500 people in the Lion Lake City Banner Guard, and all of them are heavy cavalry without any luggage. It was impossible to capture Changhe Town, or even organize a decent siege.

But Godric and Eric still left Changhe Town by boat from the pier, and did not stick to the city. It can even be said that they did not intend to stay here at all, but gave up Changhe Town.

Because they both knew that no matter where the golden seal of the king in Grand Long's hand came from, anyway, they couldn't fight the person who held the seal of the king-no matter whether they won or lost, there would be no good end!

To win is to despise the authority of the king, but to lose will naturally lose troops and become prisoners...

Moreover, they knew that the golden seal was real—in the room where Alma was stabbed to death, there was a king's decree transferring Changhe Town to Alma!The seal and handwriting on it are real!
(End of this chapter)