About fifty people came, all dressed in armor, shining in the sun. Of the four flags in the team, three of them were the tall tower double-gun flag that symbolized the royal family of Graycastle, and the other was the tall tower horse-head flag. .
One of the knights walked out and shouted: "I am Reman Hoth, the messenger of King Tifek, and I have brought the decision of the royal capital, please put down the drawbridge."
"Where's the certificate?" Pei Luo stuck his head out and asked loudly.
The opponent took off the bow and arrow from behind, tied a piece of paper to the arrow, and shot it directly at the city head.
The guards around him immediately picked up arrows for him, Pei Luo unfolded the parchment, and saw the interlaced gold threads faintly embedded under the document, and the seal of the Wimbledon royal family was covered in the lower right corner, which was indeed the messenger of the new king.
"Get off the bridge, open the door." Peiro took a deep breath. He had probably guessed that the content of the so-called decision of the Royal Capital was related to Roland Wimbledon. Since the other party is not a fake, he has no reason to keep the new king's messenger out of the door, otherwise it is equivalent to being an enemy of the King of Greycastle. Once the news spreads, the other people will definitely point their finger at the honeysuckle territory without hesitation, and the undercurrent suppressed in the city will rebound instantly.
However, Tifeko only sent a 50-person messenger group to inquire about the situation, which also confirmed the fourth prince's statement that the new king may not have time to rule the western land now.
Since His Royal Highness even the Duke's coalition of more than 1,000 people can repel, these 50 people may only be able to return without success.
Of course, this news still needs to be notified to His Royal Highness Roland as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, he called the previous knight, "Westeros, take three short-tailed horses and transfer all the way, and tell the lord of Border Town as soon as possible. Just say, the people from Tifek are here. ."
"Yes." Westeros nodded.
Seeing the knight turn and leave, Peiro sighed, "Let's go down to meet the new king's messenger."
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Only when he stood at the gate of the city did he realize that, except for the dozen or so people walking at the front of the line, who seemed energetic, the rest of the knights looked a little sluggish, sitting on horses and hunched over, as if they were about to fall down at any moment.
"Hello, Ser Leiman," Peiro nodded in greeting, "I'm the fortress manager, Pelor Hermon of the Honeysuckle Family."
The word fortress manager made him feel a little awkward. If he is really the ruler of the West, the Duke of the fortress, he doesn't have to salute the messenger, or even greet him at the door, he just needs to stay in the lord's castle and wait for the other party to ask to see him.
"I've heard your name in Cold Wind Ridge, Your Excellency Duke," Leiman dismounted, walked up to him and smiled, "Your western border is really a strange place, and Duke Ryan's army was not able to defeat a single one. The small town, instead, lost her own life, which is rare in Greycastle. Of course, this may be good news for Honeysuckle.”
Pelor automatically ignored the sarcasm in his words, "Are your subordinates okay? They look a little… uncomfortable."
"Don't worry about them," Lehman glanced back. "It's probably because of the travel and acclimatization, and it's good to rest for a while. To be honest, this place is too hot."
"It's too cold in the north." Since the other party didn't care, Pei Luo didn't bother to pay attention to it. "I'm curious why your Majesty's messenger set out from Cold Wind Ridge instead of the capital?"
"Because His Majesty Tifeko is in the north at this time," he said bluntly, "Duke Ace took advantage of the emptiness of the Border Guard to create a riot in the north, suspected of a rebellion, and the king had to send troops to suppress the rebellion."
Rebellion? Pei Luo frowned. This is not common sense. Although the Border Guard has knights and mercenaries from all over Greycastle, most of the members are still under the Duke himself. How can there be a reason to launch a rebellion when his subordinates suffer heavy losses? Thinking of the letter from Duke Ryan who planned to take this opportunity to annex the Northland, a bad premonition arose in his heart... Could it be that Feike Wimbledon had the same idea
"Then what is the decision of the capital?"
"The recall order," Lehman said, "His Majesty sent me here precisely because I didn't want to see the Western Region fall into war. If I remember correctly, as early as the Moon of Demons, His Majesty the King sent a message to Roland Wen. Buton sent a recall order, but he still hasn't returned to the capital."
"The time when this document was sent to the fortress should have been five months ago, but His Royal Highness Roland did not return to the fortress before the evil moon came to take refuge like those lords in previous years," Pei Luo paused, "He was leading the frontier town at that time. His people resisted the invasion of evil beasts, and they couldn't set off immediately to return to the capital."
"It's been almost three months since the Devil's Month ended," Leiman said irrefutably. "The king sent me to escort him back to the capital."
"When are you going to go to Border Town?"
"Leave early tomorrow morning."
If you travel normally, it will take three days to arrive at the town. If the knights you send travel day and night, they will be able to deliver the news one day and one night. In this way, His Royal Highness Roland should also be ready to deal with it. Pei Luo thought, what he can do. Yes, there is only so much.
Taking the group of messengers to the fortress camp, he stopped and said, "This was originally the garrison of the Duke's Knights. You should rest here for a good night. Dinner will be delivered by a special person. As for Mr. messenger," He looked at Lehman Hawes, "The castle will hold a sumptuous dinner for you, please be sure to attend."
"Thank you for your generosity, Ser Pelor." The latter laughed.
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After the dinner, Leiman returned to the camp and walked into the central tent, and several men immediately surrounded him.
"How's it going?" he asked.
"There are people watching all around, and there is a troop of nearly 100 people stationed at the exit, but most of them do not have complete armor, they should be city patrols," one person reported. "It seems that the lord is not at ease with us."
"At least the information is correct, and the information I inquired from the banquet also confirmed this." Lehman said solemnly. "After the Duke was defeated, most of the knights were taken to Border Town. There are not many elites in the fortress who can be used for battle."
Before arriving here, he had already learned about the situation of Longsong Fortress in detail. The task assigned to him by His Majesty Tifeko is also very simple, that is, to find out the reason for the Duke's failure, and then take corresponding measures to seize control of the Western Territory as soon as possible.
"Those who take the medicine... how are they?"
"It's getting to the limit," another said. "Now they'll do anything as long as they're given a pill."
The messenger group is just a pretense, a team of fifty people, there are only thirteen real knights, and the rest are mercenaries disguised as knights. Under the influence of the church pill, they are now more obedient than the hounds, and more Beasts are also cruel. This is the key for Lehman to seize the city gate. According to the plan, another militia team of 1,500 people is slowly approaching the fortress. As long as the city gate is opened, the city will fall into its own hands.
"Distribute the pills, let ten people stay and deal with the patrol, and the others head towards the east gate," he ordered. (.)