Riding and Slashing

Chapter 186 A Series of Changes

Milgan was probably lucky, but also unlucky.

Because Glang Long led the Lion Lake City Banner Guards unexpectedly turned the errand of chasing and killing Milgan into a raid to seize the city, so Milgan fled to the vicinity of Yaragal, which is the village west of Qicha Fortress.

Then, he meets Rayman who is looking around for an 'enemy'.

Both Lehman and Milgan are well-known, they know each other, and they have a little friendship-they are both frequent visitors to the Sarleon Arena.

After all, both are knights with high martial arts skills, and they still have some appreciation for each other.

"Mirgan? You look really embarrassed... Where's your mercenary group?"

"Sir Lehman, Lion Lake City... Fawcett is plotting a rebellion!"

Milgan didn't know that Grandlong had already gone to Changhe Town. In order to use Lehman to help him escape the pursuers, he lied to Lehman, and the first sentence was heavy news.

Lehman was shocked on the spot: "What's going on? Isn't he exiled?"

"He killed his father, the Duke of Alma! He also killed all the heirs of the Duke with his own hands! Now he is the only one who can inherit the inheritance of the Horton family, and he has indeed regained control of Lion Lake City... My new wife, Nelda, also Die at his hands!"

The more Milgan spoke, the angrier he became. He would indeed be angry if he lost his authority.

Lehman was indeed stunned. It might not be a new thing for father and son to fight, but there are not many sons who kill their own fathers...

Moreover, killing all her brothers and sisters with her own hands—the last person who did such a thing was Alma herself!
Lehman even wondered if the members of the Horton family had this kind of kin-killing gene in their blood...

So, Lehman believed it, because Milgan made the whole thing sound and mostly true.

Milgan told Lehman that he himself had accepted the task of escorting Nilda before, and thus had a relationship with Nilda, and he was also valued by Duke Alma's insight.

It just so happened that Nilda broke up with Grandlon, the flag officer of the Lion Lake City Banner Guard, and Grandlong was already disloyal to Duke Alma—Gronlong defected to Fawcett when Alma and his son were fighting for power, so Nilda wanted to be with the Duke of Alma. Grandlon divorced.

And Milgan claimed that the Duke of Alma also agreed with this matter, so Alma originally planned to let him marry him, marry Nilda and take over the banner guard of Lion Lake City, and even planned to set up his "Griffin Sword" mercenary group For a knightly order.

So he dueled with Grandlon, forced Grandlon to agree to a divorce, and married Nelda, and was appointed as the military officer of Lion Lake City.

And Grand Long was deprived of his military power—as a result, Grand Long held a grudge against him, led the Lion Lake City Banner Guards to rebel, and took back the exiled Fawcett, directly conspiring against...

The final result was that his new wife, Milgan, was killed, and his mercenary regiment was killed and scattered during the riots, but he himself was blamed by Fawcett as "no way to blame him", so he could only flee.

—It sounds real, because that's what it looks like...

Milgan can deceive so many girls, so the level of weaving lies is of course very high, and the nine truths and one false are extremely smooth.

He even found a motive for everyone's behavior...

Grandlon failed in the duel and was divorced, and he was unwilling to be deprived of his military power, so he would return to the exiled Fawcett and help Fawcett regain power. This is very reasonable for anyone.

And Fawcett has been exiled by Alma, and before he was exiled, he was tortured by Alma himself with a whip and salt water. Many people have heard of this. In order to regain the power that should belong to him, he committed a murder It is also very possible that this is the case - after all, Alma herself has done this before, and the father's kindness and son's filial piety are in the same line...

And Milgan did not describe himself as an innocent victim. He admitted that he and Nelda had an affair before Nelda's divorce, and that he insulted Grandlon during the duel in order to provoke Grandlon.

This kind of high-level lie weaving method of detaining the big blame to others and leaving small mistakes to oneself is actually very easy to win the trust of others.

Coupled with Lehman's understanding of Alma's family, Lehman completely believed what Milgan said.

Moreover, Lehman felt that the killing of his bridge guard team was very likely because of this matter—if Fawcett murdered Alma, it would definitely bring about the king's suppression.Whether it is killing the duke or killing relatives, such sinners are bound to be punished.

In order not to be suppressed before it gets a firm foothold, Fawcett will definitely do something.

Therefore, Fawcett is indeed very likely to deliberately kill the garrison guarding the bridge at this time, so as to trigger wars between the Sarleon Kingdom and other countries, especially wars with the southern countries-Sarleon City is away from Qicha Fortress In the near future, if there is a war with the southern countries, the king will not be able to take care of himself, and he will definitely not be able to deal with Fawcett. At least he can buy time and space for him.

Yes, this kind of judgment is not a brain supplement for Lehman, but a reasonable inference based on the testimony, which is a very logical judgment. Lehman thinks that this is the case...

Yaragar was quite close to Sarleon City, so Lehman took Milgan to Sarleon City immediately, intending to report the situation to the king. He felt that he should lead his troops to capture Fawcett while he was not on his feet. .

After all, the dozen or so soldiers stationed at the bridgehead who were killed were all under Lehman's subordinates, and he must seek justice for his subordinates.

However, Lehman was unable to meet King Ulrik in Sarleon City—the king was undergoing medical treatment for the past few days and could not handle official duties for the time being.

Lehman only saw Prince Alanric and Grand Bachelor Igor.

However, after Lehman finished telling Prince Alanrick about the situation, Alanrick issued an order that Lehman did not expect—His Royal Highness arrested Lehman in the name of "stealing the king's seal". stand up!

This is mainly because the time when Lehman met Alan Rick was not so coincidental...

Prince Alanric's original plan was to summon an army to "counter the rebellion" on the grounds that he suspected that Alma stole the king's seal for rebellion.

Since the current marshal is Ulrik himself, there has been no change in the past half a year, and since the king is sick, it is impossible to lead the army, so Alanric can temporarily replace his father as a prince and lead the army personally—killing the rebellion is what the king should do Of course, the nobles will not overstep the obligation to clean up the business of the door.

Alma itself is powerful, so Alan Rick can justifiably call up the army of nobles across the country, and take this opportunity to squeeze as many troops as possible into his own hands.Like the Knights of the Lion...

As for Alma’s charges, this is actually the reason why Alan Rick helped Alma escape and gave Alma the Changhe town transfer order—they discussed it and cooperated to play a big show together, there is no need to really Fight a huge civil war...

After Alan Rick takes control of the military, he and Duke Alma can find a scapegoat. In fact, the culprit that Alma expected at the time was Li Ang...

Of course, Alan Rick did secretly put the king's seal in Lion Lake City - if he has a smooth control over your army, it's not impossible to kill Alma with a fake show...

But who knew that Alma died before he summoned the army, and died so suddenly!
Now Fawcett has regained control of Lion Lake City, and the way of control is still by killing relatives!In fact, at this time, the king should have summoned an army to attack Lion Lake City, but Fawcett had never discussed it with Alan Rick, and he would definitely not cooperate...

Moreover, he had to find someone else to take the blame for getting the seal to Lion Lake City.

When Lehman met Alan Rick, His Royal Highness was just discussing with Igor who should be blamed for the theft of the seal—Igor couldn’t admit it himself, he would be beheaded...

Although Leman's title was not high, he was a vassal directly loyal to King Ulrik, the lord of Qicha Fortress, and a military officer who specialized in rebellion, and he had many lion knights in his hands.

For Alan Rick, this is obviously a problem.

But Lehman had neither a clue nor any in-law relationship to use, and it was not even easy to bribe. Lehman was neither lustful nor money-loving.

Therefore, Alanrick simply blamed Lehman for stealing the king's seal. If possible, he could try to force him to support him.Even if you can't, you can try to get Lehman's Lion Knight in a threatening way.

If Lehman, the deputy head of the Knights of the Lions, is guilty of treason, then the Knights of the Lions is indeed likely to be declared an illegal knights, and a large group of "questionable" accomplices will inevitably be 'discovered'...

As a result, Lehman was detained by Prince Alanric in such a muddle-sometimes, the person charged with the crime did not make any mistakes, and may even know nothing.

In fact, Lehman wasn't the only one who was charged without knowing anything. Prince Alanric himself also felt quite wronged...

Because the Duke of Brennus also returned to Sarleon City at this time, and led the Lion Knights into the House of Nobles, intending to find Alan Rick and ask him for clarification.

Because Li Ang taught the halberd soldier some rhetoric, Brennus thought that killing those garrisons and triggering the conflict between the two countries was instigated by Alanric...

For Brennus, it doesn't matter who the king of the Sarleon Kingdom is, whether it's Ulric or Alanric, and it doesn't matter if Prince Alanric wants to fight for power.

In fact, Brennus is more willing to support Prince Alanric - because Alanric is different from Ulrik, this prince has no control over the Lion Knights and can only rely on Brennus.

In this way, the Knights of the Lion can be controlled by Brennus for a long time.

Moreover, in Brennus' view, the young Alanric probably hasn't learned "balance". As the most powerful duke, a young and inexperienced king is obviously easier to deal with...

But, but...

For Brennus, no one can use the safety of the kingdom as a means to gain power!Don't let the Lion Knights be cannon fodder!

Because the Sarleon Kingdom is shared by the nobles, not the king alone.

As the Duke of the Kingdom, Brennus certainly couldn't allow Alan Rick to mess around!

However, Brennus led troops into the tower of the House of Nobles, which caused Alanrick to have a little misunderstanding—he thought it was because he had privately detained Lehman, the deputy head of the Lion Knights, which led to the death of Grand Chief Brennus. Master Slaixing has accused him...

As a result of this little misunderstanding, Alanric and Brennus had a conflict...

Because Brennus's first words after meeting Alan Rick were: "Your Highness, why do you want to put the kingdom in danger? Qicha Fortress, a vital place for survival, is not a place to play games!"

Brennus' original intention was to ask Alan Rick why he 'provoked the dispute between the two countries', to see what the prince really wanted, and to see if there was any other way to solve the problem.

But Alan Rick thought that Brennus was talking about his arrest of Lehman - Lehman was the lord of Seven Fork Fortress...

Alan Rick is not willing to share his framing behavior with anyone, and the prince thinks that Brennus's tone is disrespectful to him, so he gives a very uncomfortable answer: "Do I need to report to you? ? Brennus, you led troops into the king's private residence, are you planning to rebel!"

As a result, as soon as the hat was buckled, the grumpy Brennus immediately decided that Alanric had no trust in him.

Therefore, Brennus did not intend to have any further communication with the prince, and directly made an ultimatum request: "No matter what you want to do, you must resolve all outstanding conflicts between the kingdom and other countries! Otherwise you Nothing can be done!"

Then he left with his troops.

Alan Rick didn't expect Brennus to react so strongly. He didn't want to be hostile to Brennus. In addition, he had to attack Lion Lake City. He had to ensure that the kingdom was free from foreign troubles—so he had to arrange for Igor to go Make peace with the Bacchus Empire.

Of course, Brennus' reaction also made Alan Rick firm in his idea of ​​personally controlling the Lion Knight.

So, Igor went to Qicha Fortress.

Igor indeed shouldered the task of going south to Siyuan City of the Bacchus Empire to negotiate peace.

But the more important task is to use the charge of "stealing the king's seal" imposed on Lehman's head to divide and intimidate and lure the Lion Knights under Lehman with the words "conspiracy" and "the Lion Knights are unreliable". .

Lehman, the deputy leader, was involved in the crime of treason, and these Lion Knights were of course panicked—because this might cause the Lion Knights to be judged as an illegal knight order again!

You must know that it has only been ten years since the Lion Knights were recognized by King Ulrik and became the National Knights again.

These new generation of lion knights have just adapted to their privileges as royal knights, and they are reluctant to become ordinary royal guards again——the royal city guards are actually just retinues, and their status is much lower than that of the lion knights...

At this moment, the lord came to the bridge, but was surrounded by the Lion Knights ordered by Igor.

Igor obviously planned to plant a spoil on Li Ang on the spot - who told Li Ang to come back from Bacchus territory?

Since Lehman said that most of the murderers who ordered the murder of the bridgehead garrison were Fawsert, the Grand Scholar planned to use Lehman's own judgment to describe Li Ang as the specific executor who killed the bridgehead garrison, that is, Fawser. Te's accomplice - given that Fawcett had provided Leon with a large amount of valuable food, this statement at least made sense.

However, these lion knights under Lehman had just participated in the process of taking Li Ang away from White Hart Castle in the name of "suspecting treason". The lion knights all knew that Lehman must be innocent, and Li Ang was probably innocent too. .

But now they must obey Igor's orders - those who disobey will definitely be considered "Lehman's accomplices" by Igor.

In order to save their own lives, and to keep the legal status of the Lion Knights, they had no choice.

Of course, the lord will not be caught without a fight. Although he has been avoiding this kind of battle that would cause huge losses, this time the situation is obviously different. Igor obviously intends to kill him!
"Lion knights, where is Lehman? What is Igor threatening you with?"

From the reactions of the lion knights and Igor's additional order, Li Ang heard some clues—Leyman was probably arrested?Even charged?

"Don't talk to him, grab him, or kill him!"

Igor shouted behind the lion riders.

He was blocked by the crowd, and Li Ang couldn't see him, but Igor didn't even dare to say anything, so the lord could at least be sure of one thing - Igor couldn't make the lion knights absolutely obey.

As long as Igor can be captured or killed, maybe these lion knights can be persuaded?

So instead of retreating, Li Ang advanced, and suddenly drew his sword to force back the two surrounding lion knights, and charged towards Igor's position.

But Igor was quite astute and hid on the other side of the bridge - more than 100 meters away.

The lord was blocked by the lion knights and couldn't rush over, so he could only yell: "Kill that skinny old man!"

A short bloody battle began.

The men and horses on both sides were originally good at riding spears, but neither side could speed up. In this siege, they all used two-handed broadswords or half-handed swords.

This made it difficult for both sides to cause relatively large casualties quickly-the lion knights did not intend to kill Li Ang, and the cavalry under Li Ang's men were just to break out, so neither side fought violently to the death.

Basically, they are blocking each other with swords and shields, clanging together.

In Li Ang's team, a strange man with a gauze wrapped around his head covering the entire upper half of his face, and a warrior wearing a full knight's helmet followed behind the lord with two people dressed as female explorers.

The man wrapped in gauze was also wrapped around his eyes, like a seriously wounded man with both eyes injured, with a strange big bow already attached to the arrow in his hand.

This is Wendy Erff.

The other, of course, is Vendatil.

Igor obviously had no combat experience. He was originally a literati. As a court bachelor, he probably had never been on the battlefield before.

He probably thought it was safe to stand more than 100 meters away...

At this time, behind Li Ang, several arrows flew out at an incredible speed.

The target of the arrow is Igor!
This is the important task that the lord has arranged for Wentilef and Wenda Dier - they all have the ability to shoot sound, and the lord will use them as snipers to kill the enemy's leader.

(End of this chapter)