Not only that, Count Jean Denel also gathered an army of 20,000 people in Pallas in just one or two months, including three knight lords including the Knight of Pallas, plus the army of mountain people and barbarians.
, such a large-scale gesture no longer looks like it is just suppressing the rebellion, but also demonstrating to those who dared to ridicule him before.
This kind of mobilization ability shows that the earl is far from needing to 'retire'. He was like a tiger with squinting eyes before. Once his eyes are full of anger, he can still shake the whole forest as he did decades ago.
Get up. Now the entire Tony Geer is completely under the control of this tiger, and most of the remaining people have begun to gloat and wait to see the fate of those unlucky ones who dare to touch the tiger's beard.
Griffith's Knight Commander of the Guards, Viscount Axel, immediately left his office after receiving the information and walked toward Her Royal Highness the Princess's study. Later, Sir Copp saw this scene and followed him: "
Hi, Lord Knight, I heard the news from the south."
Kopp's status in the royal party is not high, but he is on the side of Master Liwusi. Liwusi is the teacher of the princess and the chief court mage of Eruin. He has a respected position in the royal party, even if he has real power.
The leaders of the faction had to bow their heads when they saw the old man. Axel didn't want to offend him, so he could only nod: "Her Royal Highness the Princess is very optimistic about those rebels, but it is a pity that she will be disappointed this time. In fact, some of the people above
None of the adults support contact with these rebels, it is too risky, and Lord Denel is just a prince after all."
"The princess is not willing to negotiate peace with Grand Duke Anlek. Alas, she is still a child after all. No matter how wise she is from the outside world, women are women, and it is inevitable to have some innocent wishes." Kopp nodded.
, pretending to sigh.
Axel glanced at him and replied: "Politics is politics. The future of the kingdom is more important than anything else. I believe that Her Royal Highness the Princess will eventually see this clearly. Reaching an agreement with Count Jean Denel is the best solution for us."
It's the best choice. Only in this way will Her Royal Highness have enough weight to negotiate terms with that old guy Alek."
"Yes, but I'm worried that Her Royal Highness the Princess is stubborn. You know, Lord Axel, I heard that she had secretly contacted those rebels. If this evidence is obtained by Denel, we will be passive.
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"Don't worry, Master Lee Woods, and Grand Duke Lantonilan do not agree to continue to secretly support those country bumpkins. The Knights have also expressed the same wish. Coupled with the current situation, Her Royal Highness the Princess will not insist on having her own way." Knight.
Long replied.
Kepu secretly laughed when he heard this, thinking that Her Royal Highness the Princess was much more stubborn than the rumors said, not to mention that no one supported her. However, he was a smooth person and would not say it directly if he had something in his mind. Instead, he asked cleverly: "
What about Lord Overwell?"
"He..." Axel fell silent. Indeed, the guy called 'Wolf' has always had an ambiguous attitude, making it unclear what he thinks. What's even more troublesome is that Overway
He is also the leader of the real power faction, and in terms of brains he is not inferior to Macaro, who is known as the 'Cunning Fox'. It is precisely because of this man's silence that the voices around the princess cannot reach consensus.
As long as there is no consensus among voices, it means there are variables. But Axel is not optimistic about the rebels. In his opinion, it is almost childish to pin the fate of the country on gambling-like behavior. Popular science has the same idea. In fact, the royal party
Most of the people in this group had the same idea. In their view, Count Jeandenelle, who held real power, was much more reliable than a bunch of rootless rebels.
Even more cordial——
As for Princess Griffith's plan, it is somewhat feasible. But it is a bit too risky. The so-called confidence is nothing more than the naive idea of a girl pursuing the so-called 'controlling her own destiny' in the eyes of the nobles.
They had seen this behavior so often that they no longer cared about it, but instead had an understanding look that was almost pity.
The destiny of the princess is for political marriage. Since the little girl wants to struggle, let her do it, as long as it does not affect the overall situation.
Axel signaled to Copp, asking him to leave and then opened the wooden door of the princess's study. There were many people in the study. He looked up and saw Overwell, Leigh Woods, Macaro and Violet Earl Bar.
Almost all the core members of the royal party gathered together. The Lord Knight was not surprised by this. In fact, ever since the situation in the south became tense, meetings have been held here almost every day.
It's just that the atmosphere in the room was a bit depressing, so boring that it felt abnormal. Under such an environment, Viscount Axel could only present the newly acquired information in front of everyone.
"Thank you, Lord Axel." The princess's crisp voice seemed very calm, but for some reason, Axel felt a little guilty at the moment. In fact, Lee Woods was the teacher of Her Royal Highness the Princess, but he was also considered a half
Well, the excellent swordsmanship that Her Royal Highness the Princess now possesses came from his teachings.
"This is the duty of a minister, Your Highness Princess." Axel lowered his head and replied. He saw that Princess Griffin and others had no intention of reading the information, and he understood in his heart that it seemed that
Everyone present already knew the news.
He couldn't help but quietly raised his head and looked at the extremely calm half-elf princess. Today's Princess Griffith was as calm and composed as ever. Her beauty seemed to ooze from this temperament, which made people feel heart palpitated. But
The girl was unusually silent. Her long silver hair seemed to form a hazy halo against the candlelight. She placed her hands on her slender knees, pursed her lips, and faced the gazes of everyone present without flinching.
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"I understand, just follow your Lordships' wishes," she replied.
Although it was a compromise, her voice was so decisive that there was no room for retreat. It seemed that even this was the decision made by her personally. Seeing such a scene, even Earl Baal couldn't help but shake his head. If the princess
How wonderful would it be if His Highness was a prince?
However, there are no ifs in history.
It is imperative to compromise with Count Jean Denel and marry Anlek as a working man. In the hearts of every member of the royal party, those Yankees are just like chickens and dogs. After the ice and snow melt, the war between the north and the south will begin.
A great war will determine their future status.
The kingdom's revival seemed unstoppable.
It can be considered a perfect result.
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"Sneeze!" Hadesh sneezed. He rubbed his face to prevent the cold air from freezing his face. Although the new year has turned, winter shows no signs of disappearing, and is getting colder.
.North of the Gris River, the wooden walls of these small outposts in the forest are covered with a layer of ice edges. The wood is frozen so hard that it is no different from the rocks.
Hadesh put his gloves on the parapet and stood on the high watchtower and looked into the forest. There was originally reclaimed wasteland in the forest, but it had not been sown since winter. The farm laborers here were spending the winter.
We had crossed the river before, but now there are only soldiers like him left here. Soldiers, mercenaries, soldiers in the castle, guards and knights, all are the most professional professional soldiers from various places.
A little further away from Tony Geer, many people have actually learned about this upcoming battle, but in their opinion, there is no suspense about this battle with great disparity in strength. Although Earl Denel has gradually entered his old age,
, but the exuberant energy has not subsided, and his orders are still regarded as authoritative in the areas under his rule. In a short period of time, an army of ten or twenty thousand people can be gathered. What's more, everyone knows well that at this moment
The earl is also assisted by barbarians and undead. Even the Dukes in the north do not dare not face up to such power.
But Hadesh's view was a little different. Just before today, soldiers from different places entered this small outpost for three consecutive days. Four came three days ago, and another came the next morning.
Six, and the last batch yesterday was seven. In just three days, the number of troops in this outpost reached twenty.
These people were all professional soldiers. This conclusion shocked Hadsh himself; before taking refuge with the new lord, Hadsh had been Grudin's knight attendant. Of course, he was not as good as those close to him in the castle.
Guards, but Grudin has no more than fifty experienced warriors like him at most. The others are mostly private soldiers of the nobles, or even militiamen, just to make up the numbers.
Hadesh has experienced several battles between lords. In this era, battles between lords are usually very bloody, although nobles are often not really hurt - except for the unlucky ones who are hit by stray arrows.
Except for the medium - but the consumption of the private soldiers and knights below is very powerful. Only those who survive one battle can be called skilled warriors, and people like him who have experienced several battles,
I simply look down on those guys who can't even hold a sword. It's useless no matter how many guys like that come.
However, a lord usually only has a hundred or so reliable knights, not more. First of all, he can't afford them. A professional soldier needs a lot of resources, let alone experienced knights. Secondly, there are not that many.
Excellent talents and small lords are often not as attractive as those powerful heroes. Knights with a little strength will go to large lords like Count Jean Denel. Those who claim to have hundreds of soldiers are already
It can be said that he is a very powerful lord. For example, Baron Grudin has only a hundred or ten people under him who can really rely on him.
But Brando is an exception.
Because all the talents under his command can be said to have been gathered by chance. They are mercenaries from mountain people and even further areas. Although these mercenaries have not experienced any real wars, they have been exposed to bloody battles all year round.
Those who survive the battle are often more keen on combat than ordinary soldiers.
The mercenaries under the three captains Jutta, Fern, and Kerenthia are even more outstanding, especially Fern's subordinates, who were mostly originally Eruin cavalry from the Kalunsu Plateau. As scouts, they were originally
They are elites. After being baptized by blood and fire, their personal strength is suddenly higher than other mercenaries.
But this is not the strongest, because there is also the existence of the red copper dragon Leto and his group. Those people are not very strong, and the best ones are only hovering at the peak of the black iron, but their combat experience is incredible. Bran
Duo had long suspected the identities of these guys. Especially since Leto's identity was so obvious, he doubted whether all of these veterans were veterans of the November War.
This conclusion is a bit scary, but it seems to be the most reliable guess. These experienced mercenaries account for nearly two-thirds of Brando's human staff, and there are also some from Butcher and others.
The members of the Denburg were originally members of the garrison and patrol cavalry, and these people had also fought against Madara.
The last part is the knights of Sir Mintai who followed Caglis and took refuge, plus the recruits. Brando currently has about two thousand to three thousand human soldiers, but among the more than two thousand people
More than 80% of them are real veterans. They are the most experienced and sophisticated warriors who are comparable to those formal knights who have practiced fighting skills for many years.
Outsiders thought that their group of Tonigel's 'rebels' was just a ragtag group of two to three thousand people, but Hadesh knew that the young lord had more than two thousand knights under his command. More than two thousand knights.
Knights, Martha, more than two thousand knights can lead an army of more than one hundred thousand.
When the late king Ek founded his country, he only had two hundred knights following him.
"There is movement in the forest." Suddenly, a voice said behind him. Hadesh was startled and turned around subconsciously.
