Riding and Slashing

Chapter 194 Has nothing to do with blood

"Your Highness, you seem to be a little too nervous... The morale of the army will be weakened if this continues. You must let the soldiers understand that it is beneficial to follow you..."

Alderfried felt that it was not good to go on like this. The morale of the troops was quite low, and it was very likely that they would collapse when they first came into contact with the enemy, so he began to give advice to Alanrick.

"What... benefits? I don't know... I don't know how to deal with these rude soldiers... What should I do?"

Alan Rick couldn't speak very well now, he really didn't know how to boost morale and make the soldiers trust him.

But after he blew the cool breeze for a while, his mind was clear, and he also understood that it was difficult for the soldiers to have any fighting spirit with his current appearance, but he really couldn't control his fear. The closer he was to Lion Lake City, the more frightened he was .

"Kwen is a place... It is said that there are rebels, Your Highness, it seems that there is a man named Dalion here who claims to be the royal family of Pendor..."

Baron Leoferwan and Alfred exchanged glances, and together they looked back at Kewen Village that they had just passed by...

Half a day later, Brennus brought 1000 or [-] members of the Lion Knights to the north of Kewen Village.

Then, he saw an indescribable uproar and tragedy.

Almost every house in the northern part of Kewen Village was on fire, children were crying everywhere, many villagers were running around in panic, and soldiers could even be seen raping women in public in the fields.

The corpses of civilians were hacked to death everywhere, and there were countless villagers who were wounded and bleeding and fell to the side of the road crying.

It seems that most of the civilians have been harmed, and it seems that it is no different from the Jatu people entering the village...

The only ones that have not been harmed are the manors of the nobles in the center of the village.

It wasn't some bandits that caused all this - Kewen Village is a large town with nearly [-] people, and ordinary bandits are not capable of harming such a place.

It was Alanrick's troops, including Alanrick himself, who harmed the civilians in northern Kewen.

The two barons Leo Fwan and Alfred are both noble lords with combat experience. In their opinion, it is understandable for Prince Alanric to be nervous when he is on the battlefield for the first time, so they intend to teach His Royal Highness, some experience in adapting to the atmosphere of the battlefield and relieving stress.

At the same time, it also includes experience to improve the morale of subordinates.

These experiences come from their previous personal experience.

Before they first joined the battle, their predecessors taught them the same way - to harm a certain civilian village, to allow their subordinates to burn, kill, loot and rape women.

After doing all this, basically you will no longer be afraid of war, and your subordinates will be willing to follow, which can indeed improve morale and replenish military supplies.

Yes, most of the nobles in the western region of the Sarleon Kingdom do this, and it seems to be really effective.

At least it will definitely allow the soldiers under him to fully understand the 'benefits'.

But ordinary nobles would not harm a big town like Kewen, at most they would do things in some remote mountain villages.

However, a prince is not an ordinary nobleman after all - a small nobleman harms a small village, and of course a prince needs a bit of a big scene to qualify for his status.

Of course, it is impossible for a big town like Kewen to plunder for no reason, so Leoferwan mentioned Darion...

In order to suppress the rebellion, of course, is a very convincing reason.

It is also a very convincing reason to suspect that someone is harboring treason, so every civilian must be checked and every house searched.

So, when Alan Rick personally set fire to a civilian house with a torch under the instigation of Alder Fred, the soldiers under him immediately became excited...

Every soldier understood what His Royal Highness meant, and they really became "morale like a rainbow" in an instant. While shouting "Follow Your Highness to the death", they rushed to the houses of those civilians with full energy.

Then, a large number of civilians were looted, girls were insulted, houses were burned, and property was looted...

Alanric was indeed less frightened now, and he seemed to be a bit addicted - he was beating a panicked girl with his own hands, with two equally interested barons helping him.

It may take a lifetime to learn to be good, but only half a minute to learn to be evil.

It only takes a simple reason to cross the gate of morality and eat the conscience hidden in the gate.

Kewen Village, which had always been stable and peaceful, was destroyed in this way. The nobles in the manor were unable to fight against this huge army, and they could only pray that all this would end quickly.

Half a day later, they saw the 'savior', the Duke of Brennus came with the Knights of the Lion.

But then they were disappointed—the Lion Knights turned a blind eye to all this, as if the tragedy that was happening did not exist at all.

And Brennus himself didn't care about the plight of the civilians at all, he just led people to find the elated and disheveled Alanric.

The prince was coming out of the house while tying his belt, and Brennus immediately gagged a few lion riders and carried him away.

Brennus didn't even pay attention to Alfred, who was still laughing wildly in the house, or Leo Fwan, who was whipping innocent children on the other side of the house.

After taking Alanric away, Brennus led the Lion Riders straight through the still messy village, lined up outside the village, and then blew the horn for assembly.

The horn continued intermittently for a full hour, but the soldiers still hadn't all assembled.

The troops led by Alan Rick were originally supposed to have 3000 people, but actually less than 600 people came to gather.

The mercenary group, which seemed to have the worst overall quality, is basically full, with only five or six missing.

Most of the vacancies come from the Knights of the Lion, the Royal City Guard, and the levies of the two Barons Alfred and Leo Fwan.

"Your army doesn't seem to have a good military discipline..."

Brennus squinted at Alderfried and Leo Vwan with sarcasm in his eyes.

"Master Brennus, isn't His Royal Highness leading the army..."

The two barons asked with some embarrassment. They were all Brennus' subordinates, and they could only be obedient when they saw Brennus—they all knew that the Duke had a bad temper, and he would be whipped if he talked back.

"He's sick...he's going to be windy. Don't worry about those who are late, take your troops and set off. Our goal is not Eagle Claw Fort, but Lion Lake City."

Brennus casually made Alanrick sick, and then signaled the orderly beside him to blow the horn.

The marching horn sounded, and the large force left Kewen and began to march north.

……

In the countess's vineyard, Charles and Dalion are here, as are many old nobles of Kewen.

In fact, none of the noble manors have been looted. So far, no soldiers have entered the noble manors.

But the nobles of Kewen have a deep understanding of what it means to be a bandit like a comb of soldiers. These soldiers are worse than the bandits. The bandits know not to overdo things. , but these disorderly troops have no scruples.

Dalion couldn't help but want to rush out and desperately, it was Charles who hugged him tightly.

After Dalion was accidentally rescued by the alcoholic group, he met Charles who came out of the Countess' manor and was about to run away.

Then Charles found that Dalion and several of his men were locked in the prison car and no one was in charge. Based on the principle that most of the people captured by the enemy were friends, Charles released them.

So, after knowing that Charles was a knight under Leon, Dalion also became a friend of Charles, and also mentioned that Eric was building a resident of the Griffin Knights.

So Charles also went to look at the ruins, but he didn't meet Eric, who had already gone to Changhe Town to rescue Godric at that time.

So Charles stayed in Kewen and waited for Eric's news——Charles was born as a servant, and he was very good at observing words, he could see Dalion's temperament, and he could also realize that Li Ang arranged for Eric to follow Dalion There must be a reason.

After hearing that Eric had rescued Godric, Charles was relieved and did not leave in a hurry.

The countess is also willing to let Charles stay in her manor. She treats Charles very well now, and Charles, who lacked maternal love since childhood, is indeed a little reluctant to leave.

As a result, I stayed until now.

Charles had been with Earl Auden since he was a child, and had seen the faces of various nobles. He had heard a lot about such nobles harming the village, so of course he would not be impulsive.

"Charles, don't stop me! Since they want to arrest me, I just go out! Why are they doing this? Those are innocent civilians!"

Dalyon's teeth were almost gritted. He knew that the army had entered Kewen Village in the name of "hunting down the rebels", but he couldn't understand why the nobles of the Sarleon Kingdom would harm the common people of the country so much?
Burning houses, looting property, raping women, killing innocent people, what do these crap things have to do with the pursuit of treason?
"Don't be impulsive... Dalion, you will only die if you go out, it won't help, don't be impulsive!"

Charles tightly imprisoned Dalion not to let him move.

Charles didn't know why those nobles wanted to harm the common people, anyway, Earl Auden had never done so.And as far as he knew, none of the nobles in the eastern region, such as Alma, Leofric, Leon, Godric, etc., had done this.

It seems that this is a feature of western aristocracy?
Charles also doesn't understand why such a trend has formed in the west where there are relatively few wars...

"Charles, let me go... I know they are here for the blood of the Pendor royal family! Let me out, I don't want to kill so many innocent civilians because of me!"

Dalion felt that the force had come in the name of hunting him, and he was now filled with guilt.

"Royal bloodline? Hmph... Dalion, they didn't want to catch you, no one cares about the bloodline, they just used this as an excuse to rob civilians."

The countess walked in front of Darion: "But if you go out, they will loot our manor on the grounds of harboring rebellion!"

Dalion, who was tightly held by Charles, stopped struggling and became quiet, as if he was a little dazed.

Before this, the nobles of Kewen, including the Countess, never paid attention to Dalyon's great cause of restoring the country, and they would not even deal with him.

But they all knew Dalion.

It's just that, in their eyes, Dalion is just an upright but frizzy child, and they don't want to care about his status as a royal family of Pendor blood.

But when Alan Rick's troops harmed the village on the grounds of "tracking down the rebel", they joined forces to control Dalion.

This is not for the purpose of confessing Dalion, but because he does not want Dalion to take people out to fight for his life, so as not to bring more disasters to Kewen Village.

These old nobles had a lot of experience, and they knew very well that these rebellious troops were not actually recruited by Dalion, but Alan Rick just randomly found a civilian who robbed Kewen Village in the name of.

As long as Darion does not appear, Alan Rick's troops will not attack the noble manor.

But if Dalion impulsively appeared in front of Alan Rick's troops, then the manors of these nobles would also be "thoroughly searched".

So, they took Dalion and hid in the Countess' manor.

Now, these nobles are cursing the disgraceful rebels, the Knights of the Lion, Prince Alanric, and King Ulrik who caused this disaster.

Perhaps the nobles in Kewen are not very kind to the commoners on weekdays, but everyone is extremely indignant right now. Kewen, which was an excellent retirement home, has suddenly become devastated and devastated, and everyone is angry.

"Dalion, when you asked for support before, it seemed that you were the heir to a certain knight order... Are you planning to rebuild the knight order?"

The countess suddenly mentioned this matter at this moment, and the nobles present stopped their cursing voices.

Dalion stopped struggling and fell silent.

"Yes, I want to rebuild the Griffon Knights...Madam, I am of the blood of the Pendor royal family...Have you seen this ring?"

Darion raised his hand and turned the ring outwards as a gesture.

"This griffin looks like the banner of Baron Leon...Dalion, if you are willing to form a knight order to protect this village, I would be happy to support you with money and food. But this has nothing to do with your royal blood—see What the hell did that prince out there do? He's also of the royal blood of the Sarleon kingdom... I just hope this place is protected. But if you're just looking for the support of the nobility with your so-called blood status, then I hope you Leave Kwin, and never come back, lest you again give excuses to these scourges."

The countess didn't care much about Dalion's ring and identity, she just purely didn't want such things to happen to Kewen again.

"Yes, we are willing to support a knight order to protect the village, but don't talk about royal orthodoxy..."

"Yes, just like the Horn Call Ranger Group, not participating in power struggles..."

"I heard that Fletcher Village in Charles has also formed a longbow team..."

"If you just want to fight for power and be king, try your luck elsewhere, young man..."

The other nobles were silent for a while, and then they all agreed with each other. They basically agreed with the countess.

Darion stared blankly at the Countess, then turned to look at Charles, he was a little dazed, this was completely different from what he had accepted and imagined all along.

"It has nothing to do with the bloodline... Does it have nothing to do with the bloodline...Charles, don't you care about the orthodoxy of the bloodline? Why are you loyal to Lord Li Ang?"

Darion looked down at the ring of the High King on his hand, and murmured.

"I don't know about blood... Master Li Ang has selflessly helped me avenge the murder of my father, so I am loyal to him and swear that I will never betray him."

Charles shook his head slowly: "My father doesn't have a noble background either...and he once said that a true knight is one who is willing to protect civilians. The head of the regiment."

"Protecting civilians is the real knight... I understand. Madam, everyone, I will form a knight order to protect this village..."

Darion seemed to understand something.

He looked around at the people in the manor, then turned the ring back and put on the helmet.

"But before that, I should be a qualified knight first. Charles, let's go and clean up the scourge outside... Their large army seems to have left, and those who are still reluctant to leave, we should let them stay forever it's here."

The sound of horns representing the march came from far outside the village, and Dalion was still very familiar with these military signals.

Charles nodded, took off the two-handed sword on his back, and walked out of the manor side by side with Darion.

……

Kedron really did not expect that the large army of the Sarleon Kingdom would approach the city so soon.

He was a little nervous in Lion Lake City, because his army of rogue knights was not suitable for defending the city—the people of Lion Lake City would not help them.

Not only will it not help, but it will also be hostile to them.

Because after those gangsters entered the city, they either robbed houses or stole chickens and dogs, which led to the closure of every house in Shihu City, and there was not even a dog on the street in broad daylight.

Although Kedron has been restraining them from doing anything too tyrannical that would cause anger and anger, the citizens of Lion Lake City still dislike them very much, and one brave citizen almost climbed up and raised a flag to revolt .

Outside the city is an army of nearly 4000 people led by the Duke of Brennus, and basically the entire Lion Knights are here. Of course, Kedron's heart is trembling...

He knew that in recent years, this 800-strong Lion Knights basically had no opponents in the field battles on the plains.

When those extraordinary heavy armored knights of the Lion Knights formed an organized charge, they were a torrent of steel and lances. So far, no troops have been found in the entire continent that can withstand the charge of the Lion Knights in field battles.

So now he can't even run, and going out of the city in the wild is sure to die.

But defending Lion Lake City seems to have no good results. Maybe when Brennus starts to attack the city, there will be civil riots in the city.

The desperate Kedron couldn't understand, didn't Ulrik care about the safety of Sarleon City?Why did he send out all the elite troops directly under him?
And why didn't he take back Changhe Town first?Why did you come directly to Lion Lake City?

Time is running out for Kedron, as Brennus's army has sounded the horn to attack.

In fact, when Kedron saw the army, he directly raised the kingdom's Sarleon flag, and waved the white flag at the top of the city...

He did not openly claim to follow Ursula, and so far, Caedron is still considered a vassal of the kingdom.

But Brennus didn't seem to see the banner on the top of the city at all, and the duke didn't even send any envoys to ask.

He directly dispatched Alfred and Leo Fwan, using the Knights of the Lions as the supervising team, forcing the two barons to lead their conscripts to attack the city.

(End of this chapter)