Viscount Eddis took his two cheerful sons and twenty horse-riding guards, Baron Claus and Baron Wade, Viscount Schindler also brought four or five of their nephews, and forty or fifty guard. For these four nobles in the Winston province, it was their best effort to gather these sixty or seventy horse guards. After setting off on the road, the nephews of the four nobles drooled at the bodyguards of the four nobles of the North Land wearing standard equipment. They had no choice but to find that the knight armor carefully collected by them was not as good as the equipment of a guard of the North Land nobles. Self-confidence took a big hit.
The eldest son of Viscount Eddis, Warwick, is the leader of this group of young people, and he challenged El unconvinced. So at noon, the four nephews of Winston's nobles had a contest with Lorist's guards. To Worich's surprise, his fellow guards, who thought he was brave, suffered a lot from these ordinary guards. In the end, he went into battle himself, and the result was a tie with Pat who played, and no one could help the other. The problem is that he is a three-star silver star, while Pat's practice was delayed due to injury, and he is currently only a two-star silver star.
The four nobles, Viscount Edis, seemed to have expected this, and they were also very happy to see their nephews, who were usually ignorant and arrogant, hit a rock and fall, so that the guards of the Norton family could teach them a lesson. It is also a good thing, and it is better than risking their lives because of impulsiveness and ignorance when they travel by themselves.
After leaving Walker Town, there is still a day or so away from Winderbury King City. Now the situation on the national highway looks relatively normal. There are many horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws carrying goods on their way to the royal city, and even some wandering knights who look like mercenaries are on their way in groups of three or four.
When the horse team of Lorist and the others was marching, those who were walking or dragging carts hurriedly got out of the way and stood by the side of the road respectfully saluting the flags of the various nobles, especially the Angry Bear flag of the Norton family. , attracting the most glances and bows.
From time to time, nobles and Viscount Eddis greeted them by the side of the road, and Earl Kenmes became active. He knew no fewer nobles than Viscount Eddis and the others. After obtaining Lorist's consent, the team slowed down. The speed of travel is increased, because there are many aristocrats you know who want to join the team and walk together. Lorist felt that what Earl Kenmes said was right. Instead of rushing to the Royal City after dark, it would be better to slow down and arrive tomorrow morning after the night. That would be easier to complete the handover of the South City Gate.
What surprised Lorist was that Earl Kenmes, after all, was a noble in the territory conferred by the second prince. Although he was a merchant, he was well-informed in the Kingdom of Iberia, so he didn't know Viscount Eddis and the others. I thought he was bragging, but the nobles I met along the way knew him for a long time, what's going on
Earl Kenmes explained dumbfoundingly. He had heard of Viscount Eddis but had never seen it. Seriously speaking, as a nobleman of the Kingdom of Iberia, he, like Baron Felim, belonged to the king’s faction. He is more familiar with the nobles from the southern province, who are enemies of the queen's faction, and the nobles from the southern province are their allies. As for Viscount Eddis and the others, they belong to the local faction of Winston Province. They are used to forming alliances to protect themselves. They can be regarded as local neutral faction and also a powerful faction. As long as the second prince does not violate their interests, they are basically neutral, and they usually do not want to go to the royal city. He had an audience with the King and Queen, so it was not unusual for him not to know Viscount Eddis.
Well, the nobles in a small Iberian kingdom are divided into so many factions, Lorist is also considered drunk. Earl Kenmes said that since Lorist sent troops to retaliate and captured the second prince, there are only two factions left in the current Iberian Kingdom, namely the queen and the native nobles of Winston Province. Without the second prince, the nobles in the southern province had no choice but to take refuge in the queen. Their goal changed from expanding their territory to targeting the local lords of Winston province, and they could not wait to treat them with their own bodies. The stalemate between the local lords and queens of Winston Province like Viscount Eddis was basically caused by the nobles of the southern provinces instigating them.
The closer you get to the royal city of Winston, the more people will be on the road. When a flag with a rusty round horseshoe print and a sharp sword in the middle appeared in front of everyone, even the usually calm Baron Felim was moved. : "Will Bonaparte also go to the royal city?"
He rushed out of the team and wanted to catch up, but the few people under the banner saw the many noble badge banners behind them, so they accelerated their speed and quickly disappeared.
Lorist asked Baron Felim curiously: "Who is that Bonaparte you are talking about?"
Baron Felim replied with a sense of loss: "That is a heavy general under the second prince before he established the Iberian Kingdom. He is brave and good at fighting. He was born in a well-known knight family in the southern province. He is also a well-known golden knight. He commanded two of the three big victories that the second prince fought before the founding of the country. Originally, the second prince wanted to be knighted when the country was founded, but the second prince asked him to pay a large sum of money. So he left angrily and disappeared without a trace. Unexpectedly, he will also participate in the knight tournament now... "
Lorist was dumbfounded, and he patted Baron Felim's shoulder after a long time: "Forget it, that Bonaparte obviously doesn't want to get in touch with us, or doesn't want to get in touch with us, a large group of nobles. After arriving in the royal city, you have enough chance to find him."
In the evening, Lorist ordered to set up camp early, and chose a small mound near the national road as a place to camp. In the middle of the night, when Lorist got up to patrol the camp, he found a large group of people in the distance with torches driving overnight, looking at the direction they were headed towards the royal city. When they got closer, they were surprised to find a heavily guarded military camp beside the road. After hesitating, the first few riders rushed to the barracks and lit torches to ask for identification. A night guard team told the few riders that this was the campsite of many nobles who were going to the King City to participate in the Knights Conference. After the few riders returned, the team continued overnight. march.
There are a lot of clouds in the sky tonight, and it seems that there may be light rain tomorrow morning, so the moonlight is very dim. Lorist stood on the mound and watched the team on the national road quickly pass under the mound, and disappeared into the distance with the sound of rumbling wheels.
Nearly a thousand cavalry, more than forty carriages, caravan or private freight of nobles? While he was thinking about it, the patrolling guard team came forward to report that the team that passed by just now came from the Duchy of Forendo, saying that the little prince of the Duchy came to participate in the knight tournament.
Hmm... It seems that the popularity of this knight tournament has spread so much that even the four central duchies have heard the news. The little prince of the Principality of Forondo came here in person, and it seemed that he wanted to be married to the Feisabrun family. On that day, the four principalities of the central region had just united with the business alliance to wipe out the army of the Second Highness in the former Kingdom of Ridleys, and they were about to marry the Fesabrun family. Support and rely on. If he wants to implement the strategic plan in his heart, then the four central duchies and the Feisabrun family will become five mountains in front of him...
We must not let their marriage be successful, everyone is like this, originally Lorist's affection for Princess Sylvia was a bit plausible, but when he found that there were still people robbing him of the princess, he felt that his cheese was passive In general, this time he is determined to bring Princess Silvia back to the family territory. Never allow others to touch your own Princess Sylvia...
In the morning of the next day, when the brigade approached Windbury King City for nearly ten miles, a long and loud welcome horn sounded from a distance. The guard squadron that explored the road sent two riders back to report that the Grand Duke Feisabrunn brought more than a hundred riders to welcome the arrival of the four great nobles of the Northland. This news not only stunned Lorist, but even Viscount Eddis The nobles of the Kingdom of Iberia were also greatly surprised. No matter from the point of view of the title or those who do not understand the strength of the Norton family, this move by the Grand Duke Fessabrun is not only a big surprise for everyone, but also shocking.
The old fox is putting me on fire. Lorist was very clear that the purpose of Grand Duke Feisabrun's coming was only for himself. He said that he was to meet the four great nobles of the Northland, but he actually wanted to meet him and weigh the weight of the Norton family. Just as he regards the Feisabrun family as an imaginary enemy in his own heart, it is estimated that the old fox thinks so too. After all, the troops under his command have already suffered a lot from him, and if it weren't for his family for them in the past few years With the high-quality equipment provided, I am afraid that this old fox still dare not and will not take the idea of the big and small Jinchuan area...
This was the first meeting between Lorist and the Grand Duke Fesabrun. Under the watchful eyes of the nobles of the Iberian Kingdom, when the Grand Duke Fessabrun rode closer and closer, Lorist Dismounted first and waited by the side of the road, then Earl Kenmes, Baron Felim, Baron Shaheen and the guards of the brigade dismounted one after another. The allies took a step back consciously and stood behind Lorist. The guards of the four families lined up on both sides of the road and stood at attention, one man and one horse, forming ten phalanxes of five hundred people facing each other.
Grand Duke Fesabrun is said to be over seventy years old, but the third-level great swordsman is the third-level great swordsman. His face looks like he is in his fifties, and he is full of energy. From a distance, he saw Lorist and others dismounting and waiting , kicked the horse's belly, and the mount under him leaped forward, leaving a large part of the Bailaiqi behind him, and soon arrived in front of everyone, "haha" smiled. Swinging his stirrups and jumping off his horse, a pair of radiant eyes fixed on Lorist's body: "You are Earl Norton, I have known your name for a long time..."
Lorist stroked his left chest with his right hand, lowered his head and bowed slightly, and performed the standard meeting etiquette of the former Christen Empire: "The Norton family in the North has met the Duke of the Empire, His Royal Highness, the God of the Grassland Army, Feisabrun, and paid tribute to Fei. The Sabrun family is proud of the Prairie Congratulations."
Grand Duke Feisabrun reached out and patted Lorist's shoulder twice: "Hehe, the Northland roars and bears, and the Norton family has guarded the Northland for the empire for generations. I have heard the name of your family for a long time. Can the Northland I am really excited and honored that the four great nobles joined hands to participate in this knight tournament."
"His Royal Highness, it is our honor to participate in the knight tournament organized by you, and you are honored." Lorist said politely.
Grand Duke Feisabrun waved his hand boldly: "You're welcome, I'm telling the truth, let me guess, this gentle and gentle man must be the Earl of Kenmes? I've heard of your name, but I haven't seen it for a long time. Come on, this time it’s okay, but I made my wish.”
Earl Kenmes saluted humbly: "I have seen His Royal Highness..."
"This knight with a calm personality and a resolute face, I think, should be a descendant of the Pegasus family, the famous Golden Knight Baron Felim."
Baron Felim slammed his right fist on the breastplate, and he performed a knight's salute: "The Felim family salutes the Grand Duke!"
Baron Shaheen next to him immediately imitated the example, and gave a knight salute with a "snap": "I have met His Royal Highness, I am Henned of the Shaheen family in the Northland, and I salute the Feisabrun family of the Prancing Horse Grassland!"
Grand Duke Feisabrun patted Baron Shaheen's breastplate twice with a smile, and praised: "Good man..."
Next, the nobles of the Iberia Kingdom greeted the Grand Duke one after another, but the Grand Duke just hummed twice, nodded and turned his gaze to the guards who lined up, and turned to ask Lorist: "Earl Norton , Is this your family's armed force?"
Nonsense, didn't you see the angry bear badge on their breastplates
However, Lorist understood the meaning of Grand Duke Fesabrun in his heart, and nodded: "Your Highness, you are the famous God of the Prairie Army in the empire, military strategists, please review our family's armed forces, and give us valuable advice, please …”
"Stand at attention! Salute to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Feisabrun!"
Whenever the Grand Duke Feisabrun walked in front of a phalanx, the captain of the phalanx would order loudly, and all the team members would stand at attention and pay attention to the Grand Duke.
Grand Duke Feidabrunn also kept saluting knights to every phalanx, and nodded frequently.
In front of the last guard phalanx of the Norton family, the Archduke Feisabrun stopped after giving the knight's salute, walked up to the guards and reached out to knock on the breastplate, shoulder armor and helmet of the guards in the front row. Then he shook his head and smiled wryly at Lorist who was accompanying him: "Good boy, do you want to see my jokes? I can't train such elites. If they come to our family, at least each of them can be a squad leader, or even It's the squadron leader. Among other things, even this set of equipment on them is much better than our family knights.
Tell me the truth, are the elites of your family wearing steel armor? When I knocked it on, it didn’t feel right. It wasn’t the puffing sound of refined iron armor, which was stronger than the refined iron armor your family sold me. Too much…”
An old fox is an old fox. The Earl of Kenmes and the others have not found the steel armor on the Norton family's armed forces for so long, but the Duke of Feisabrun discovered something strange when they met for the first time.
Lorist also opened his eyes and said nonsense: "It's not steel armor, but we added a layer of steel wire inside to strengthen the defense a bit, but the cost has doubled. I originally thought that expanding production would reduce costs, but we made it." After these 3,000 sets, I found that the cost could not be reduced, so I had to call it a stop. The cost of the standard equipment like the one they wore was as high as 180 Jinford. So it can only be used by my guards, other family soldiers Can't afford to…”
In order to prove that he was telling the truth, Lorist casually took off the arm armor of the guard in front of him and showed it to Grand Duke Feisabrun. There was indeed a layer of steel wire inside the blue-gray arm armor. A few times, dubious.
In addition to this episode, the Grand Duke Fesabrun was full of praise for the elite and well-trained Norton family's armed forces. At the same time, he also praised the guards brought by Earl Kenmes, Baron Felim, and Baron Shaheen. After being polite for a long time, everyone got on their horses and followed Grand Duke Feisabrun to gallop towards Windbury King City.
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