Riding and Slashing

Chapter 69 The Golden Castle

The siege lasted nearly two months.

In the middle, two reinforcements from the Bacchus Empire were dispatched.

King Ulrik's cavalry unit of the Chinese army, as expected, arrived at the Sava River Castle after Earl Oden defeated the enemy's First Support Army unit.

In the past two months, the treatment of the troops under the banner of the black and white griffin is extremely enviable...

While the other troops were fighting bravely to besiege the reinforcements, Li Ang's team sat on the top of the hill and watched the show;

The other lords were eating dry bread and drinking cold water, while even the soldiers in Li Ang's team ate steak and drank fine wine every day;

The equipment of other troops became more and more broken with the war, but Li Ang's equipment was getting better and better;
The other troops have gradually lost weight in the past two months, but Li Ang's troops are all rosy and radiant...

There is no way, hundreds of 'supply trucks' have been following Li Ang's banner. Attracted by profits, businessmen also have their own relatives and friends. More and more businessmen participated in this fortune-making activity.

Often when a businessman goes back to replenish the goods, he can bring two or three fleets again...

Of course, there are occasional losses.

A few days ago, in the south of the Sava River Fort, a group of thieves from the Snake Cult robbed the convoy of 'Leslie Trading Co., Ltd'.

Li Ang ran directly to Godric's barracks: "This time the bonus is gone, the extra loss is too great, the company is facing losses, there is no way!"

Godric was furious: "What a deceit!"

Afterwards, Baron Godric led his troops to chase and kill the Snake Cult team for hundreds of miles, and even chased into the hinterland of the Bacchus Empire.

After a fierce battle, Godric killed the opponent's corpses and took back most of the goods.

The 'non-government armed forces' in Bacchus have now seen a lot, but the matter is not over yet.

Hearing that the dividends had been reduced, Earl Auden sent his elite rangers all the way to the heart of the Bacchus Empire, and at a place less than a hundred miles away from Boshi City, they burned down the lair of the Snake Cultists. Ash.

Then a large number of cavalry troops were dispersed, patrolling back and forth on the caravans' replenishment route, extremely diligent.

So, both the bandits in the Kingdom and the Bacchus Empire understood—the 'Maixiang Company' can't afford to mess with it...

But the good days are always short-lived. After Emperor Mario of the Bacchus Empire assembled his army and came near the Sava River Fort, the battle came to an end.

The Duke of Alma did not make an inch of progress in Karen Lulu Castle, and lost troops, but he succeeded in attracting the main force of the Bacchus Empire.

Emperor Marius personally marched, and defeated the entire army of the Duke of Alma at the castle of Karen Deer Castle.

Although Earl Oden did not capture Sava River Fort, he defeated two waves of enemy reinforcements, captured three great lords of the Bacchus Empire, and successfully occupied the south bank of the Sava River, regaining part of his homeland.

Even a large-scale fortification was built on the north side of the Sava River Fort—that is, the ruins of the hypermarket at the Double Eleven International Fair, which won the dominance of the war for the kingdom.

This has already achieved the strategic goal of King Ulrik.

King Ulrik didn't seem to have any plans for a head-to-head decisive battle with Emperor Marius—it is estimated that Emperor Marius had no such plan either.

After the two sides confronted each other for a day, they retreated dozens of miles in a tacit understanding.

Therefore, on January 355, 1 of the Pandeli calendar, on the day when the New Year just began, King Ulrik announced his withdrawal.

The war is over.

The lord's army did not fight a single battle, but they returned with a full load.

But the lord cannot return to Mai Xiangling for the time being.

There is still one major event that has not been completed-a knighthood.

He asked Leslie to sort out the books and take the caravan back to Maixiangling first, and told Ansen to vigorously build various facilities and fortifications, and asked Sarah to go to Changhe Town to buy equipment.

There is one sentence for everyone: "Don't save, spend hard, and use all the gold coins!"

But there is also an emphatic reminder: "Remember to keep the replacement silver coins you have taken back! Remember, try not to spend silver coins!"

Li Ang no longer knew how much money he had in his hands. Anyway, the core members of Mai Xiangling were all rich - the lord did not fool them, and it happened to be the end of the year, so he did pay dividends according to the shares.

The soldiers also gained weight several times.

Everyone looked at Li Ang in the same way as they looked at their own father.

Everyone has a deep understanding - war is wealth...

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Li Ang came to Lion City again.

This time, he's not alone, with the Mettenheim sluggers waiting for him on King's Row.

Sarleon City still looked clean and tidy, but a little quieter.

Probably many businesses are out of stock, and many shops on the street are closed.

The palace of the Sarleon Kingdom looks quite majestic—this is a huge castle called "the radiance shines all over the land, and the existence makes people respectful".

The castle has eight floors, which can be regarded as majestic and towering. It is located on the south side of Sarleon City, and the Sava River is outside the city wall.

Probably only a few meters shorter than the tower of the former House of Lords in the center of Sarleon.

However, in Li Ang's view, this is just a bigger castle, and there is nothing unusual about it in essence.

The only difference is that this big castle is full of gold.

The golden lion coat of arms on the outer wall, the golden lion flag with red background hanging everywhere, and the golden camellias planted everywhere-this may be used to replace irises in winter.

As for the royal palace, there must be flowers blooming all year round.

And inside the castle, there are golden domes, golden chandeliers, and various golden utensils...

Even the door handles are gold.

If it weren't for the need to identify the position of the doorknob, I'm afraid the entire door panel would be painted golden—a golden lion has been burnt on the door right now.

I don't know why King Ulrik likes gold so much - even his armor is gold, and he is not afraid of being shot by the enemy on the battlefield.

The promenade of the palace is very grand, even the red carpet under the feet has gold edges.

After Li Ang entered the throne room with the imperial decree, he was almost tripped by the long carpet—the carpet in the corridor was made of velvet, but it was so thick that the soles of his feet could sink in quite a bit.

In the Throne Hall, however, there was no carpet.

There were very few people in the Throne Hall, probably His Majesty the King didn't like to face too many people at the same time.

Different from the gold everywhere, the Throne Hall looks quite plain.

The high dome depicts various god sculptures, most of which are related to the stories of Eunomia. They are just ordinary stone carvings without gorgeous decorations.

There are two huge pillars in the hall, standing on both sides of the throne.

The pillars are just the appearance of the stone itself, but the carving is very exquisite. The legend of the former king Kavala is carved on the pillars, which looks quite vivid.

The throne in the middle looks to be made of silver, and the backrest is designed as a sword and two wings of a tsuba.

King Ulrik was sitting on the throne. From a distance, it looked like a pair of silver wings had sprouted from his ribs.

Li Ang stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, Leon Griffin has an audience."

(End of this chapter)