"It's here." Chrisya clicked on the map of the former Ridleys Kingdom brought by Shi Huade: "This is a small valley in the Yunduan Mountains, less than a hundred miles away from the Daxue Mountain. Your Majesty took us to prepare Once again, they crossed the Yunduan Mountains and returned to the Kingdom of Antinac, accumulating strength and making a comeback. The six thousand soldiers who followed His Majesty were the most loyal and elite. After leaving the secret passage of King Federica's city, there was a creek beach, which was effective. It concealed the traces left by our marching troops.
We waded along the creek beach for a long time, a hundred miles away from King Federica, and then turned to the hilly area of Yunduan Mountains, where the forests are densely covered, giving us a place to hide. However, His Majesty thinks it is better to find a place for us to rest for a few months, and then cross the Yunduan Mountains after winter arrives, so that we can return to the Kingdom through the frozen cloud and mist swamp.
When we opened the map of the Kingdom of Ridleys we got from the palace, we were surprised to find that this small valley less than a hundred miles away from Daxue Mountain turned out to be a land owned by a man named Clemento. baronial land. After we got to know it, we found that this Baron Clemento seemed to have never appeared in the court of the Kingdom of Ridley, and no one had seen him.
His Majesty believes that this baronial territory is the best place to rest. As long as the entrance to the valley is guarded, no one will know what is going on in the territory. So we marched towards the valley, and one night we took the small castle at the entrance of the valley by surprise. When we occupied the small castle, His Majesty was going to send someone to notify the baron named Clemento to surrender, and the knight Bowen Kedi volunteered to go, but we didn't expect that his head would hang on the on the outer wall of the castle of Baron de Crimondo in the valley..."
Lorist knew that this golden knight named Bowen Kedi was the confidant of the Second Highness and one of the five tigers under his command, but he never thought that he would be killed as an envoy to persuade him to surrender.
Chrisya's eyes were filled with tears: "We were all mad at that time, no nobleman would behave in such a way to kill an envoy, His Majesty ordered us to attack the city immediately, we must hang this Baron Clemento Knight Bowen Kedi took revenge. After fighting for two months, we lost nearly 5,000 people, and Knight Hisrad died on the city wall. Of the thirteen golden knights who followed His Majesty to leave the royal city, I was left, Lippi Red and Karitoke, the two great sword masters guarding His Majesty also killed one, and the other was seriously injured... "
Lorist's eyes lit up: "Calitoke is still alive?"
Karitoke is a veteran student of Dawn Academy, followed Lorist's convoy northward, was poached by the Second Highness when passing through the Kingdom of Antinak, and became a royal knight of the Kingdom of Antinak. It is a pity that at that time, the twenty-six old students of Dawn Academy and the Silver Knights who went to the Second Highness together fought under the Second Highness's command year after year, and the only ones who are still alive are Karitoke and Sunder. Lorist was naturally pleasantly surprised to hear the news about Calitok.
Chrisya nodded, probably thinking of the bloody battle and heavy casualties that took place in the valley, tears fell down again.
"Is that Baron Clemento the eldest prince? He has been hiding in this valley territory?" Lorist asked.
Chrisya shook her head first, then nodded again: "Finally, we finally conquered the castle in the valley. At that time, we knew through the captives that Baron Clemento is the illegitimate son of the prince. A back route arranged by the prince for himself. There are still 3,000 elite soldiers of the eldest prince in the valley. The eldest prince has been hiding here since he escaped from the city of Federica, watching us fight with the nobles of the Kingdom of Ridleys Fighting to the death, preparing to make a comeback after our defeat. Unexpectedly, we also escaped from King Federica along the secret passage, and blocked him in this valley territory by accident, forcing him to have a decisive battle with us...
We are all red-eyed, Your Majesty is about to go crazy, never dreamed that we would end up fighting with the prince in this valley territory, and in anger, he gave an order to kill all the more than 10,000 captives in this valley territory , anyway, they are relatives of the enemy. He himself even vomited blood and passed out after beheading the heads of the eldest prince and his illegitimate son, Baron Clemento.
These 6,000 troops are His Majesty's elite, and if they are brought back to the Kingdom of Antinac, they can easily regain military power and kingship, but they suffered heavy losses in this valley territory, and the remaining 2,000 or so were mostly wounded. After His Majesty recovered from his injuries, we got the news from the outside world. The overall situation has been settled, and returning to the kingdom now means death. So we had no choice but to disguise ourselves and come to the Northland to ask you for help, hoping that the Norton family can send troops to help His Majesty return to the country and restore himself. "
Is the eldest prince finally dead? In the past, the chief culprit who raised the flag and rebelled and provoked the civil war in the empire, the second prince died at the hands of the second highness. From this point of view, the Second Highness really looks more like the protagonist than himself! Lorist let out a long breath: "Chrisia, you have been with His Majesty for nearly twenty years, and you are his lover, so did he give you an explanation?"
Chrisya blushed: "He, he said this, he said that he would marry me when the former empire was unified..."
"Queen or princess?"
"Well, what's the difference? Just be with His Majesty."
"Krisya, you are three years older than me, and you are not too young. If it was the former Norton family, then His Majesty married you as the princess with deep affection and deep affection. You will not forget your roots and you have been with him for so many years. But now with the strength of the Norton family, if His Majesty marries you as his concubine, it will be an insult to the Norton family. Don't forget that you have the blood of the Norton family, unless His Majesty does not marry the queen and regards you as the princess, then it is still a shame. Barely said the past.
I'm not scaremongering, Chrisya, haven't you noticed that His Majesty has always been afraid of the strength of our Norton family? This was the case when he was the Second Highness. It was the guards of our northbound convoy who wiped out those nobles who did not obey the king's orders in the Antinac Kingdom and helped him take over the power of the kingdom. Since then, he has always wanted to use the strength of our Norton family and was unwilling to pay what he deserved. the price.
As a king, one must be just and fair, but has His Majesty done it? He's been giving us big shots, seductions and empty promises. Chrisya, do you think about what our Norton family has done to His Majesty? Back then, the northbound convoy was almost cornered by him. He poached so many knights from the convoy, but how many are left now? There was also the Kebo City incident that year. We captured Kebo City and provided him with a large amount of food to solve the food shortage of his army. We only hope that his army can defend Kebo City and provide our northbound convoy and a large number of The refugees went to the north to buy time.
But what did he do, Chrisya, do you know that our majesty sent an army over but withdrew after tearing down the city walls, making it clear that he wanted to use our northbound convoy and refugees as targets to attract the enemy. We gave him so much help, but he stabbed our family in the back. Since then, I no longer believe in His Majesty's character.
Hilovas Island was his fiefdom for our family, but he let his tax officer, that viscount, extort money from the island without asking, and he didn't know that the noble children of those kingdoms occupied the Wanghai Villa on the island. Do you believe that our Majesty is really unclear? Also, I killed that viscount, and his elder brother, that count, brought nearly a regiment of troops to hunt him down. Do you think our majesty really doesn’t know about it? I don't believe it, he's just pretending, and at the same time wants to knock our Norton family down and make us obedient.
I'm really bored, Chrisya, have you forgotten that our four major families defeated the second prince to carve up the northern land and formed an alliance? I wrote to you back then. You may have forgotten, but Your Majesty Will you forget too? Let me be the Grand Duke of the Northland now, and promise that all the Northern Territory conquered by our Norton family will belong to the Norton family. If I agree, do you know what will happen when the news spreads
This is purely to sow dissension. The four major families in the Northland are now headed by our Norton family. If they hear that I have accepted His Majesty's order, will they suspect that I am planning on their Northland family territory? He never forgets to cause trouble for me. Does he wish that the Northland will be in chaos and return to the original situation of chaos? "
Chrisya quickly waved her hand: "No, Locke, you must have misunderstood Your Majesty. Your Majesty is unaware of many things. His Majesty also told me about the Kebo City incident. He said that he didn't want to help you, but At that time, there were not enough troops to waste the 10,000 horses in Kebo City, so they ordered the 10,000 horses to demolish the city wall after confirming that you left. The leader of the army at that time was Bowen Kedi. Because I was worried about His Majesty's safety, I demolished the city wall a few days earlier, but I was scolded by His Majesty when I came back. I was there at that time, and Your Majesty said that I am very sorry for the Norton family...
As for what happened on Hilovas Island, His Majesty really doesn't know about it. You know that His Majesty has been integrating the power of the kingdom for military preparations to unify the former empire in those two years, so naturally he would not pay attention to such trivial matters. What the tax inspector Viscount Aslan did has nothing to do with His Majesty. After being killed by you, his elder brother Earl Aslan led troops to hunt you down and angered His Majesty. His Majesty ordered that Earl Aslan's house be confiscated and their titles stripped. "
Lorist shook his head: "Forget it, the past is in the past, there is nothing interesting to talk about now. But Chrisia, is it His Majesty's order for you to come so late, and I want you to find out what I mean?"
"Yes, His Majesty meant that he was afraid that you might misunderstand him, so he asked me to ask what conditions you need to send troops to help His Majesty restore the country. As long as it is not too much, Your Majesty is willing to agree to all your requests." Kerry Siya said.
"Tsk tsk, look, Chrisya, what time is it now that His Majesty still can't ask too much, think about it for yourself, is this what I said about His Majesty's fear of the Norton family? I would like to ask His Majesty to give Norton What are the benefits of the family? In name or just to make a big cake, it will be avoided."
"Lock, your attitude is too much. Don't forget that His Majesty is your superior lord. As a lower lord, you must show due respect to His Majesty!" Chrisya was very angry.
"Okay, okay, okay. Chrisya, go back and tell Your Majesty that the Norton family cannot send troops, but we can support His Majesty with a sum of 100,000 Goldford and a regiment of standard equipment, which His Majesty used to let our family The price paid by his northbound convoy to help him wipe out the nobles of the kingdom, there are still more than 72,000 pieces of standard equipment of the White Lion Legion, and I will return them all to you as the Norton family's support for His Majesty's restoration of the country. Have you fulfilled the obligations and responsibilities of a lower lord?"
Lorist said a little impatiently that the standard equipment of the White Lions is still thrown in the family arsenal, taking up a lot of space. The Norton family already had the lighter and stronger Sid steel armor, and they had long looked down on this heavy and old-fashioned standard equipment. In view of the status of the White Lions in the former Krissen Empire, it is not easy to sell these standard equipment. For Lorist, this is a tasteless thing, because other alloys are added during the forging process. , so that it is too troublesome to even take it back to the furnace. He simply took this opportunity to return all the standard equipment of the White Lion Legion to the Second Highness, so as not to damage the family's armed forces by sending troops for his restoration.
Chrisya jumped up in surprise: "Lorocco, you, are you really willing to give all the standard equipment of the White Lion Army to His Majesty?"
In Chrisya's eyes, she never thought that Lorist would be willing to return the entire standard equipment of the White Lion Legion to the Second Highness. After all, a set of standard equipment of the White Lion Legion would cost sixty or seventy gold dollars a piece. The sets are all considered cheap, more than 72,000 sets, which is almost equivalent to five million Goldfords. Lorist is unique among the lower lords who can do this. No one can say that he doesn't try his best...
"Really." Lorist said in his heart that it would be a burden to put it in the arsenal anyway, and Director Speer reminded him several times that it was time to deal with the standard equipment of the White Lions, as it took up too much space.
"Then we still need to recruit troops in the family territory..." Chrisya immediately made another request.
"Don't talk about it!" Lorist refused straight away. Why should I recruit soldiers in my family territory? There is no such obligation: "You can recruit soldiers, but you can't recruit soldiers in the name of the Norton family. The family's armed forces have no effect on the conscription of the people. Its own rules, even His Majesty has no right to enlist the citizens of the Norton family to bleed and die for him!"
No noble has the right to recruit soldiers in other noble territories. For any noble in the territory, the population in the territory is also his resource wealth. But if it is recruiting, there is no other way. One party pays real money, and the other party fights for money. Then it becomes a deal, and the lord cannot stop it.
"Well, recruiting is also okay, but Locke, you have to give us the 100,000 support Jinford first, and if we go to recruit soldiers, you can't deliberately find trouble to hinder our actions. Finally, the soldiers we recruited will be provided in the Northland Let the Norton family pay first, is that okay?" Chrisya was pushing the envelope.
She thought beautifully, with this batch of standard equipment of the White Lion Legion, plus the one hundred thousand Gold Ford, His Majesty will definitely be able to raise an army of 60,000 to 70,000 people here. I didn't expect that there were so many people in the Norton family's territory. As long as one person spends a Jinford as a settling allowance, there will be an endless stream of soldiers coming to serve. This is what His Majesty used in the Kingdom of Antinac and the Kingdom of Ridleys It took more than 300,000 troops to pull up.
Lorist sneered: "Okay, you have the final say, I think you can report to His Majesty now. He will be very happy to hear the news."
Watching Chrisya leave happily. Shi Huade, who was standing beside Lorist, asked worriedly: "My lord, if you return all the standard equipment of the White Lion Army to the Second Highness, and allow them to join forces in the family territory, you don't have to worry about the family territory. Will they mess it up or have an accident?"
Lorist laughed: "If you want to recruit soldiers in our family territory, I want to see how many people they can recruit. Of course, if someone in our family territory wants to serve, it's very simple, we will also salute his family members." Send them to the barracks, and cancel the houses and fields they allocated. Since you want to serve His Majesty, His Majesty will settle their family's life. Our Norton family's territory cannot be taken advantage of by them."
"Yes, my lord, you are so right." Schwader also laughed.
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