Spindu first went to Drawsha City, but the lord of Drawsha City, Gelwuzi, refused to pay the food because everyone knew that he suffered a serious disaster last year and could not afford any more offerings this year.
It sounds like a very reasonable excuse, but Charlemagne doesn't care about what happened last year. All he wants to see is food.
Of course, she didn't care too much about the source of the food, so Spindu decided to try her luck in other cities first.
This time, his harvest was not small, because the wheat in various places had been harvested. After wandering for about ten days, he harvested a total of more than 1.8 million pounds of grain. The remaining more than 100,000 pounds, he planned to let the city of Drawsha
If Golwuzi refuses to hand over hundreds of thousands of pounds, we can't blame Spindu for being ruthless.
But Goel still acted tough. He claimed that he distributed all the food to his people and his granary was empty.
Spindu was naturally not in the mood to inspect his granary. He had to make Goel understand one thing. He had disobeyed the king's order and had to pay the price for it.
"Old friend, no matter how many holidays we have, paying food to the king is your obligation."
"You don't have to tell me these things. I don't have any grain, not even a grain. There are hundreds of pounds of flour stored in the basement of the castle. That's food for my wife and children. If you want it, take it.
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Spindu lowered his head, trying his best to control his anger.
Normally, he would have asked the guards to pin Goel to the ground, and then use a whip to modify his tone and manner of speaking.
But since Goel's son disappeared, everyone knew that his temperament had changed. He was no longer so calm and no longer so rational. This just proves one thing. The so-called maturity in the elders' mouth is just a person.
The process of losing courage and forgetting the bloody process.
But now Goel's bloody nature is back, which means that if Spindu dares to use his guards, Goel will probably leave his body behind.
The logic didn't make sense, and the threat of force was useless. This made Spindu embarrassed. He couldn't go back empty-handed no matter what.
So he put forward the last plan. Since you are unwilling to provide food, you must provide some people, right?
"I want 20,000 soldiers, but I have only gathered 11,000 at the moment. This situation is not very good. Old friend, I can sympathize with you about the food issue, but you should also help me with the recruitment matter."
Goel hesitated for a moment and said, "How many people do you want?"
Spindu understood the rules of negotiation, and some bargaining was inevitable. In order to leave some space for the subsequent negotiations, Spindu decided to give Goel some psychological deterrent first.
"I want five thousand people!"
This is obviously not a reasonable number. According to Spindu's expectations, it is great news that Goer can give out two thousand people. He wanted to use an unreasonable start in exchange for a reasonable result, but next
The direction surprised him.
Gore counteroffered, but not much.
"I can't give you five thousand people. Counting the surrounding towns, there are only more than 20,000 people left in Drawsha City. I can't summon that many soldiers."
Spindu sneered and said: "You are making things more and more difficult for me. I have to listen to the numbers you gave."
"Four thousand, I only have so much, I can only give you four thousand people."
This result was so beyond Spindu's tone that he blurted out: "Deal!"
The two looked at each other for a long time, and then smiled knowingly. It was unclear whether they were celebrating each other's tacit understanding, or lamenting each other's hypocrisy.
Goel smiled and said: "We are still friends. There is nothing we can do about things that we can't do. I will still help you with what I can do."
Spindu nodded and said: "You have really helped me a lot. You don't know how embarrassing the conscription makes me!"
"There is something I must say upfront. Where did the weapons of these four thousand people come from?"
Spindu frowned, and the good mood just now disappeared: "This is not the first time you have fought for the king. Naturally, the lord's soldiers must be armed by the lord. Is there any need to argue about this basic rule?"
Goer said: "I spent all my savings to sell food to the people. Now I can't even get out a thousand gold coins. What do you want me to use to exchange weapons for the soldiers?"
Spindu's expression changed, and he looked at Goel with squinting eyes: "In the north of the kingdom, there are only three cities that can prepare standing troops, and Drawsha City is one of them. The royal capital has given you the power to recruit soldiers. You can have up to
With an army of five thousand men, have your soldiers lost all their weapons?"
Goel blushed, clenched his fists and said: "Prime Minister, I think you should know very well that my soldiers have long joined the king's army, and they are now serving on the battlefield, and now you are asking me to provide another four thousand
People, where do these people’s weapons come from?”
"Don't ask me about this kind of thing," Spindu stood up and said, "Who said that five thousand soldiers can only have five thousand weapons? Why don't you prepare more weapons? I don't want to argue with you about this matter for three days.
After that, I hope your soldiers will appear in Zhilin City on time!"
Just as Spindu was about to leave, Goel asked again: "What about the rations for these people?"
Spindu turned around irritably and showed the majesty of the Prime Minister: "Count Uzi, do you think I am in a good mood today and can keep answering your endless stupid questions! You are fighting for the king, how can you?
Think about your glory and stop worrying about so-called rewards!"
Spindu left. Although Gore provided him with 4,000 soldiers, he still had to go elsewhere to recruit another 5,000 soldiers for Charlemagne.
The lord's wife came to Goel, and she heard what the two said.
"Maybe I shouldn't interfere with some things, but we have received so many favors from His Highness Chris and Broken Snow City. Do we still need to send troops to fight them now?"
"Of course I won't fight with my benefactor," Goel said, taking a sip of ale. "I just want to find a suitable reason to arm my warriors."
Goel spent all his savings to purchase enough weapons for his soldiers. These cheap weapons were not of the highest quality, but at least they allowed his soldiers to have a suit of armor, a spear and a long bow.
He quickly gathered an army of 4,000 people. Most of the people in this army were civilians, but more than 1,000 people were very special. They were all retired veterans and survivors of hundreds of battles.
Between thirty and fifty, he still maintains good fighting ability.
As long as these warriors come to the battlefield, they have the possibility to change the situation of the battle. Three days later, Goel personally led the army to Zhilin City.
At the same time, Spindu also completed his mission. He raised 18,000 soldiers and two million pounds of military rations. Although there was a small gap from Charlemagne's requirements, this gap was enough for Charlemagne to
To the point where you don’t care about it.
The day of the decisive battle was approaching. Charlemagne held the last meeting before the war. Sitting on both sides of him were no longer Spindu and Conrad, but the White Wolf King of the Wolf Kingdom and Prince Perry of the Golden Eagle Empire.
kindness.
The young, handsome and brave Prince Perion always maintained a humble attitude: "Your Majesty the King, the forty-two warships of the Golden Eagle Kingdom are waiting for your orders at the port."
The White Wolf King was still vulgar. He was still chewing a leg of lamb in the hall: "I have brought two thousand more of the best cavalry. I hope you will not forget your original promise."
Narses was ready for battle: "Your Majesty, your soldiers have now become heroic and invincible lions."
All conditions have been completed, and all that remains is to determine the date for the decisive battle.
"It's been calm these days. For the navy, now is the best time to send troops," Perrine said with a smile.
"The cavalry can be dispatched at any time," the White Wolf King spat out a sheep bone. "Anyway, the sooner the better. The soldiers still want to go home and take care of their sheep."
Charlemagne nodded and said: "If everyone has no objections, I would like to set the date of dispatching the troops the day after tomorrow."
Since Prince Perion and the White Wolf King had no objections, others would not question their king. The time had come to a conclusion. Unexpectedly, Alice suddenly spoke.
In a meeting of this level, Alice's seat is in the last row. Obviously, she should not be qualified to speak here.
But she still stood up and said loudly to Charlemagne: "Your Majesty, I hope you can delay sending troops for one day. After three days, Reggie's witchcraft will be severely weakened. This is our best chance to win."
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Everyone looked at Alice in surprise. The White Wolf King put down the leg of lamb and frowned: "Who is this, a witch?"
Perrine was also a little surprised: "I didn't expect that there would be witches in your army."
"Because Reggie Victor himself is a wizard, I also chose some wizards who are loyal to the kingdom to fight with him." Although he gave a reasonable explanation, Charlemagne still couldn't hide the embarrassment on his face.
"Don't be stupid!" White Wolf King laughed loudly, "The wizard will not be loyal to anyone!"
Perrine also kept shaking his head: "Your Majesty, your actions make me somewhat disappointed."
"Miss Windsor," Conrad turned around and said, "could you please sit down first?"
He did not call Alice a viscount. If the Golden Eagle Prince and the White Wolf King knew that Charlemagne had named the witch a viscount, they probably wouldn't know how much ridicule they would receive.
But Narses spoke, and he sided with Alice: "Your Majesty, I think we should consider Viscount Windsor's suggestion. We should choose to fight when Reggie Victor is at his weakest."
"What you just said was...Viscount?" Perion looked at Nar in surprise.
"A witch can become a viscount," the White Wolf King shook his head. "There are too many incredible jokes in this world."
"This is nothing funny!" Nall stared at the White Wolf King with wide eyes, "She is fighting side by side with us, but the way of fighting is different!"
The White Wolf King burst into laughter upon hearing this. Conrad looked at Narses in astonishment, then turned around and stared at Alice fiercely.