In April, the northern border is already the season of warm spring and flowers blooming.
The bright sunshine poured down, awakening the vitality that had been sleeping throughout the cold winter.
The endless field is full of green grass, flowers are in full bloom, and all kinds of animals and birds can be seen playing and playing everywhere.
But in the next second, they seemed to hear some terrible movement, and they all ran away in the blink of an eye when they were frightened.
Amid the tremors of the earth, a mighty army appeared on the road leading to Winter City.
At the forefront of the team were three rows of heavy armored cavalry, numbering more than a thousand men, all of whom were professionals.
They were uniformly dressed in bright red fine gold armor, and held steel lances. The half-meter-long blades gleamed with icy cold light. They carried a kite shield bounded with fine iron on their backs. Wearing a sharp saber.
It is estimated that this outfit will cost hundreds of gold coins to build, not to mention that each of them is equipped with three tall horses, one to ride on the march, one to carry equipment and food, and the other to wear fine iron scales all over. The armor is the real charge horse.
Calculated in this way, the heavy armored cavalry company of more than a thousand people alone may be able to bankrupt an imperial viscount.
And here, they are just the sharpest spear points of the Blood Cavalry Army. Behind them, there are more than 20,000 light cavalry. Although the equipment is not so luxurious, it is enough to discourage any army.
It's just that such a strong army did not go to the west to fight against the biggest enemy of the Glorious Empire, which is really incomprehensible.
In fact, when Emperor Reinhardt heard that Colin was about to lead the Blood Cavalry to return to the northern border, he also raised doubts, but was prevaricated by Marquis Garcia on the grounds that he needed to guard against trolls going south.
Since the number of troops dispatched from the northern border has reached the requirements of the war order, even if Emperor Reinhard knew that the northern border was suspected of deliberately preserving strength, he was helpless.
This time when he returned to the northern border, in addition to the Blood Cavalry Army, Colin also brought back the Morrison Family's Phoenix Butterfly Army.
I don't know what the Marquis Garcia said to Mrs. Grace in private. The knights of the Morrison family were a little reluctant at the beginning. They all wanted to make meritorious service on the battlefield in the western border, but they were all comforted by Mrs. Grace. .
In this way, the two armies marched slowly on the field, and the team stretched for several kilometers, with no end in sight.
There were no pedestrians to be seen on the main road, and they were all led to the surrounding trails in advance by the army outpost. A row of straight hemlock trees are planted on both sides of the road. The trees may not be very old, but the distance between them is almost the same and they are very neat. It is obviously a specially arranged landscape.
Seeing these hemlock trees, Colin knew that Winter City was not far away.
Sure enough, after turning over a hilly highland, he could vaguely see the outline of Winter City.
After walking for more than an hour, the army finally arrived at the foot of Lindong City and stopped at a position more than a thousand meters outside the city.
Ke Lin came out more and more, riding a white horse slowly towards the city gate.
Outside the city gate, the guard of honor had already set up its battle formation, and the military band also played passionate music.
The Duke of St. Hilde was wearing a gorgeous palace dress, standing at the forefront of the welcoming queue, smiling and looking at his husband who was walking towards him.
Colin got off his horse, came to his wife, knelt down on one knee, and performed a standard knight's salute.
Vera pulled her husband up, then held his arm intimately, and whispered in his ear:
"Welcome home, my knight!"
Ke Lin looked at Vera's pure and warm smiling face, and the haze in his heart was swept away, but when he turned his eyes to the crowd who came to meet him, he found a few faces that surprised him.
"Okamoto?"
Seeing the gaze cast by Colin, the troll emperor Okamoto Walkin hurriedly stepped forward with a smile, and saluted:
"Dear Earl Angelet, please don't be offended by your visit."
"Of course not." Colin put away the surprise on his face, put on a smile, and said, "Welcome to Winter City again, Your Majesty Okamoto."
Before parting, Marquis Garcia also reminded Colin to be careful that the troll would go south again when the northern border was empty, but unexpectedly, the troll really went south—
It's just that it wasn't the army that went south, but the troll emperor.
What does it mean
Sincerely express that you have no plans to take advantage of the fire
Or is it deliberately hypocritical to paralyze the northern border
Ke Lin had various thoughts in his mind, but on the surface he did not miss a single bit. He greeted Okamoto with a smile, as if he had been a long-lost friend.
During the conversation, a woman with a face somewhat similar to Vera stepped forward and saluted:
"Count Angelet."
"Your Royal Highness." Colin also recognized that this was the noble daughter of the St. Hilde family who was married to Okamoto by the previous Duke of St. Hilde—Nara St. Hilde.
Immediately, he saw an unremarkable little follower behind Nora.
"An... Ang... Earl Lie... Your Excellency."
Colin raised his brows, looked at the half-troll child in front of him with both human and troll characteristics, looked at Okamoto in surprise, and asked, "Is this your son?"
"Yes." Okamoto nodded with a smile, "His name is Gondwala Volkin, and he will only be one year old next month. Please forgive me for not speaking well."
Colin nodded, looking at this half-troll who walked freely and was about the size of a three- or four-year-old human child, he secretly lamented that the racial differences are really obvious.
However, as the troll emperor, Okamoto was actually willing to give birth to a half-troll son with Nora, and this sincerity is quite acceptable.
Just like half-elves are not treated by elves, half-trolls are actually discriminated against in the troll empire, and their status is extremely low.
Although Okamoto didn't say it, Colin could also guess that because of this half-troll son, he must have been protested and opposed by many tribesmen.
I just don't know if this half-troll prince can successfully inherit Okamoto's throne in the future.
If it is possible, then conquering or even assimilating trolls is not an unimaginable thing.
The ice field in the sky is too barren, too cold, and the territory is almost endless. It is impossible to completely wipe out the trolls in the northern border.
Moreover, even if it is eliminated, it will be of no benefit, and the northerners are unwilling to settle on the sky ice field.
Therefore, it is a wise choice to use a gentler method to conquer this race.
While thinking about it, Colin had squatted down, looked at Gangwala with a smile, reached out and touched his head affectionately, and said warmly:
"Gonwala, do you like the North?"
Gangwala nodded foolishly and said, "Hi... like it."
Colin smiled more cordially: "Then stay in Winter City for a while longer."
Gunwala raised his head and looked at his father.
Okamoto seemed to have no objection to this, immediately nodded and said:
"Since Earl Angelet personally invited you, you should stay in Winter City for a while longer."
"Okay." Gondvala also smiled happily, showing two ugly fangs.
(end of this chapter)