Madara is here.
Not only that, the Earl of De Nell gathered an army of 20,000 people in Pallas in just one or two months, including three knight lords, including the Palais knights, plus the army of the mountain people and the barbarians. , Such a big deal does not just look like annihilating the rebellion, but is demonstrating to those who dared to laugh at him before.
This ability to mobilize shows that this Lord Earl is still far from the time he needs to'retire'. He was like a tiger with squinting eyes before. Once his anger is round, he can still shake the entire forest as it was decades ago. stand up. Now the entire Tonigel is completely under the palm of this tiger, and most of the remaining people have already begun to gloat and wait to see the end of the hapless ones who dare to touch the tiger's beard.
Griffin's guard knight commander, Viscount Assel left his office as soon as he got the information and walked towards the study of the princess. Later, Sir Popular Science saw this scene and followed: "Hi, Lord Knight, I heard the news from the south."
Popular science is not high in the royal party, but it is on the side of Master Lewoods. Lewoods is the teacher of the princess and the chief court mage of Eruin. He is respected in the royal party, even if it is a real power. The big men in the lead had to bow their heads when they saw the old man. Axel was unwilling to provoke the opponent, so he nodded: "His Royal Highness is very optimistic about the rebels, but unfortunately she will be disappointed this time. In fact, the adults above do not support contact with these rebels. It is too risky. Some, Lord Denell is a prince after all."
"The princess is not willing to negotiate with Grand Duke Anlek, hey, she is still a child after all, no matter how wise she is spread outside, but a woman is a woman, and it is inevitable to have some naive wishes." Kopu 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 Her Royal Highness will see this clearly in the end. It is the most important thing for us to reach an agreement with Count Denell. It's a good choice. Only in this way, the princess will have enough weight to negotiate terms with the old fellow Anlek."
"Yeah, but I am worried that the princess will not understand. You know, Lord Axel, I heard that she has secretly contacted the rebels. If this evidence is let Dnell have the evidence, we will be passive. ."
"Don't worry, Master Lewoods, Grand Duke Lantonilan does not approve of continuing to support those hillbillies in secret, and the Knights have expressed the same wishes. Coupled with the current situation, the princess will not go her own way." Long answer.
Popular Science laughed secretly when he heard the words, thinking that her Royal Highness was much more stubborn than the rumors, not to mention that no one supported her. But he is a sleek person, he will not say anything directly in his heart, but cleverly asked: "What about Lord Overwell?"
"He..." Axel went silent. Indeed, the guy called the'wolf' has always had an ambiguous attitude, making it unclear what he thought. What is even more headache is that Overwell is still a leader of the real power faction, and he is no less inferior to Macaro, who is called the "sly fox" in terms of mind. It was because of this person's silence that the voice around the princess did not reach agreement.
As long as the voices do not reach agreement, there are variables. But Assel is not optimistic about which rebels. In his view, it is almost trifling to pin the country's destiny on gambling. Popular science also has the same idea. In fact, most people in the royal party have similar ideas. In their view, Count Dernell, who holds real power, is much more reliable than a group of rebels without roots.
It's even much more cordial—
As for Princess Griffin's plan, it is somewhat feasible. But it was too risky. The so-called confidence, in the eyes of the nobles, is nothing more than a girl's naive idea of pursuing the so-called'dominate her own destiny'. They have seen such behaviors a lot, and they no longer care about them, but with a look of understanding that is almost compassionate.
The fate of the princess is used for political marriage. Since the little girl is going to struggle, let her go, as long as it doesn't affect the overall situation.
Axel gave Kepu a gesture, let the latter leave and then opened the wooden door of the princess study. There were many people in the study, he looked up, Overwell, Li Woods, Macaro and Violet Earl Baal, almost all the core members of the royal party gathered together. This is not surprising to the Lord Knight Commander. In fact, since the situation in the south has become tense, there have been meetings almost every day.
It's just that the atmosphere in the room is a bit depressing, and it feels abnormally dull. In such an environment, Viscount Axel could only submit the newly acquired information under the eyes of everyone.
"Thank you, Master Axel." The princess's crisp voice seemed very calm, but for some reason, Axel felt a little guilty at this moment. In fact, Li Woods is the teacher of the princess, but he is also considered the first half. The princess's excellent swordsmanship now comes from his teaching.
"This is the duty of a minister, Your Royal Highness." Axel replied with his head down. He saw that Princess Griffin and others had no intention of looking at the message, and he understood in his heart that everyone present seemed to have known the news.
He couldn't help but quietly raised his head and looked at the extremely calm half-elf princess. Today's Princess Griffin is as calm and calm as ever. Her beauty seems to seep out of this temperament, which makes people feel palpable. But the girl was rarely silent. Her long silver hair was reflected in the candlelight as if forming a hazy halo. She put her hands on her slender knees, her lips pressed, and she faced everyone present without flinching. look.
"I understand, just do what the adults said." She replied.
Although it was a compromise, the voice was decisive and there was no room for retreat. It seemed that even this was a decision made by her herself. Seeing such a scene, even the Earl of Baal on the side could not help shaking his head. If this princess was a prince, how good would it be
However, history has no ifs.
It is imperative to compromise with Count Jean-Dennell and to marry Anlek to work. In the hearts of every royal party member, the Yankees are nothing more than terracotta dogs. After the ice and snow melt, a battle between the North and the South will determine their future status.
The rejuvenation of the kingdom seems to be unstoppable.
It is also a perfect result.
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"Sneeze!" Hades sneezed, and he rubbed his face to prevent the cold air from freezing his face. Although it has been a year, there is no sign of decay in winter, but it has become colder and colder. To the north of the Gris River, the wooden walls of this small forest post are hung with a layer of ice. The wood is frozen so hard that it is no different from the rock.
Hades put the gloves on the female wall and stood on the high watchtower and looked into the forest. There was originally a wasteland in the forest, but it has not been sown since the winter. The farmhands who cultivated here crossed the river before the winter, and now only soldiers like him are left here. Soldiers, mercenaries, soldiers in the castle, garrison, and knights are all the most professional professional soldiers from various places.
A little farther away from Tonigel, many people have actually learned about this upcoming battle, but in their opinion, there is no suspense in this battle of disparity in strength, so that Earl Dernell has gradually become old. , But his vigorous energy has not faded. His orders are still regarded as authority in the areas under his control, and an army of 10,000 to 20,000 can be assembled in a short period of time. What's more, everyone knows that the Lord Earl at this moment also has barbarians and undead wings, and even the dukes in the north dare not ignore such power.
It's just that Hardesh's opinion is somewhat different. Just before today, soldiers from different places have entered this small post for three consecutive days. Four came three days ago, and six came the next morning. Yesterday the last batch was seven. In just three days, the strength of this outpost reached 20.
These people are all professional soldiers. This conclusion shocked Hades himself; before taking refuge in the new lord, Hades was a knight's entourage of Grudin, of course, not as good as the guards in the castle, but Grudin's men are like There are no more than fifty experienced fighters like him. Others, mostly the kind of noble private soldiers, or even militias, were used to make up the numbers.
Hades has experienced several battles between lords. In this era, battles between lords are usually very bloody, although nobles are often not really harmed-except for the kind of bad luck, being hit by the arrow. In addition to this-but the consumption of private soldiers and knights below is very severe. Only a person who survives a battle can be called a skilled warrior, and a person like him who has experienced several battles simply looks down on those guys who can't even hold a sword. No matter how many such guys come, it's no use.
But for a lord, there are often only a hundred and ten knights under him, not more. First of all, they can't afford it. A professional soldier needs to take up a lot of resources, let alone an experienced knight. Secondly, there are not so many outstanding talents. The attractiveness of the small lord is often not as good as those of the heroes. Knights with a little bit of strength will seek refuge in the lord like Count Jean Dernell. It can be said that there are hundreds of soldiers outside, it can be said to be a very powerful lord, such as the baron of Grudin, and there are only a hundred people who are really reliable.
But Brando is an exception.
It can be said that all the talents under him were gathered by chance and coincidence. Mercenaries from the mountain people and even further away. Although these mercenaries have not experienced any real wars, they have been in bloody battles all the year round. Those who can survive are often more keen on combat than ordinary soldiers.
The mercenaries under the three commanders of Uta, Fern, and Kerencia are even more outstanding. In particular, most of Fern’s subordinates were originally Eruin cavalry from the Kalensu Plateau. They were originally scouts. It is the elite, after the baptism of blood and fire, the personal strength is abruptly higher than other mercenaries.
But this is not the strongest, because there is also the existence of the red bronze dragon Leito group. Those people are not high in strength, and the best ones are only hovering at the peak of Black Iron, but the combat experience is incredible, and Brando has long doubted the identity of these guys. Especially where Reto's identity is there, he doubts whether these veterans are all veterans of the November War.
This conclusion is a bit scary, but it seems to be the most reliable guess. These veteran mercenaries occupy nearly two-thirds of Brando’s human organization. In addition, there are also members of the former garrison and patrol cavalry from Buche and Ridenberg. Madara fought against each other.
The last part is the knight of Sir Mintai who followed Kaglisi, plus the recruits. Brando currently has more than two thousand human soldiers close to three thousand, but more than 80% of the more than two thousand people are real veterans, and they are official knights who have the skills to fight those years of practice. The most experienced and seasoned fighter who is not inferior in comparison.
Outsiders thought that their group of Tonigel's'rebels' were just two to three thousand mobs, but Hades knew that the young lord's men could be said to have more than two thousand knights. There are more than two thousand knights, Martha is on top, more than two thousand knights can lead an army of over 100,000.
When the first king Ek established the country, there were only two hundred knights around him.
"There is movement in the forest." Suddenly, a voice said from behind him. Hades was startled and turned back subconsciously.
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