Vol 3 Chapter 208

Act 208 Roses, thorns and power

Here comes Madara.

Not only that, but Count Denel also gathered 20,000 troops in Palas in just one or two months, including three Paladin knight lords, plus the army of the mountain people and the barbarians. It seems that such a gimmick is not just about destroying the rebellion, but is demonstrating to those who dared to laugh at him before.

This ability to mobilize shows that the Earl is still far from needing to "retire". He was like a squinting tiger before. Once his eyes were full of anger, he could still shake the entire forest as it was decades ago. stand up. Now the entire Tonigel is completely under the finger of this tiger, and most of the remaining *** have begun to gleefully wait to see the end of those unlucky people who dare to touch the whiskers.

Griffin's guard knight, Viscount Assel, left his office as soon as he got the information, and walked towards Her Royal Highness's study. After seeing this, Sir Popular Science followed him: "Hey, Lord Knight, I heard the news from the south."

Popular science is not high among the royalists, but it is on the side of Master Lewoods. Lewoods is the princess's teacher and the chief court mage of Eruin. He is respected in the royal family, even if he has real power. The big men who sent the leader had to bow their heads when they saw the old man. Assel was unwilling to mess with each other and nodded: "His Royal Highness is very optimistic about the rebels, but unfortunately this time she will be disappointed. In fact, the adults above are not very supportive of contact with these rebels. It is too risky. Some, Lord Denell is after all a prince. "

"Master Princess is not willing to have peace with Grandpa Alec. Hey, after all, she is still a child, no matter how wise she is to pass her on, but women are women and it is inevitable to have some naive wishes." Science nodded. , Pretending to sigh.

Assel glanced at him and replied: "Politics is politics, and the future of the kingdom is more important than anything. I believe that Her Royal Highness will eventually see this. It is most important for us to reach an agreement with Count Denel. It's a good choice. Only in this way will Her Royal Highness have enough weight to discuss the conditions with the old fellow of Alek. "

"Yeah, but I'm worried about Her Royal Highness's obsession. You know, Lord Assel, I heard she secretly contacted the rebels. If this evidence was given to Denel, we would be passive. . "

"Relax, Master Lewoods and Grand Duke Lantoniland do not agree to continue to support those countrymen secretly. The Cavaliers also expressed the same wish. In addition to the current situation, Her Royal Highness will not go it alone." Knight Long answer.

Popular science laughed secretly, thinking that Her Royal Highness Princess was more stubborn than rumored, not to mention that no one supported her. But he was a smooth man, and he didn't say something directly in his heart, but asked subtly: "What about Lord Overwell?"

"He ..." Axel remained silent. Indeed, the guy called "Wolf" has always been ambiguous and makes people confused. Even more troublesome is that Overwell is also a leader of the real power, and his mind is not inferior to that of Makaro, which is called `` cunning fox ''. It was because of this person's silence that the voice around the princess was not agreed.

As long as there is no agreement on the sound, there are variables. But Assel is not optimistic about which rebels. In his opinion, it is almost a child's play to pin the fate of the country on gambling-like behaviors. Popular science also thinks the same way. In fact, most people in the party of Kings have similar ideas. In their opinion, Earl Dennell was much more reliable than a band of rootless rebels.

It's even more cordial--

As for Her Royal Highness Princess Griffin's plan, there are some feasibility. But it's too risky. The so-called well-informed, in the eyes of the nobles, is nothing more than a naive idea of ​​a girl pursuing the so-called ‘dominate her own destiny’. They have seen this kind of behavior a lot, and no longer care about it, but with a look of almost compassionate understanding.

The fate of the princess is used for political marriage. Since the little girl is struggling, let her go, as long as it does not affect the overall situation.

Assel made a gesture to science, and after the latter left, he pushed open the wooden door of the princess's study. There were a lot of people in the study. He looked up. Overwell, Levys, Macaro, and Baal, Earl of Violet, almost all the core members of the royal party gathered. It's not surprising that this knight grows up. In fact, since the situation in the south has become tense, meetings have started here almost every day.

It was just that the atmosphere in the room was a little depressing, and it was so boring that it felt abnormal. Under such circumstances, Viscount Assel could only present the newly acquired information in the public eye.

"Thank you, Master Assel." The princess's crisp voice seemed calm, but for some reason, Atsel felt guilty at the moment. In fact, Leuzi was the teacher of His Royal Highness, but he was also considered to be half. His Royal Highness's excellent sword skill was obtained from his teaching.

"This is the duty of the courtier, Her Royal Highness." Assel replied with her head down. When he saw that Princess Griffin and others had no intention to look at the information, he knew in his heart that it seemed that everyone present had already heard the news.

He couldn't help but quietly looked up at the calm and half-elf princess. Today, Princess Griffin is as calm as ever. Her beauty seems to have penetrated this temperament, which makes people feel heart-worried. But the girl was a little silent, and her long silver hair reflected the candlelight as if forming a hazy halo. She put her hands on her slender knees, pursed her lips, and faced everyone's face without shrinking. look.

"I see, just follow what the adults mean," she replied.

Although it was a compromise, the voice was decisive and there was no room for retreat. As if even that was the decision she made. Seeing such a scene, even Count Baal couldn't help shaking his head. How good would this Princess be a prince?

But history does not.

It is imperative to compromise with Count Jean-Dernell and to marry Enrique, and in the hearts of every member of the Royal Party, the Yankees are nothing more than earthworms. After the ice and snow melt, a battle between the north and the south will determine their future status.

The revival of the kingdom seems unstoppable.

It was a perfect result.

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"A sneeze!" Hardesh sneezed, and rubbed his face so that the cold air didn't freeze his face. Although it has been turned for years, there is no sign of silence in winter, but it is getting colder. To the north of the Gris River, a small whistle in this forest has a layer of ice on the wooden walls, and the wood is frozen so hard that it is the same as the rocks.

Hadash put his gloves on the female wall, stood on a high watchtower, and looked into the forest. There was originally a wasteland in the forest, but it has not been sown since winter. The hired farmers who reclaimed here crossed the river before the winter, and now only soldiers like him are left here. Soldiers, mercenaries, soldiers in castles, the garrison and knights are all the most professional professional soldiers from various places.

A little farther away from Toniger, in fact, many people have already learned about the upcoming war, but in their opinion, this disparate battle has no suspense, although Count Denel has gradually entered the old age. However, the vigorous energy has not faded, and his orders are still regarded as the authority in the area under his command, and in a short period of time, an army of 10,000 or 20,000 can be gathered. Moreover, everyone knows that the Earl at this moment still has barbarians and undead wings, and even the Duke of the North cannot dare to face such power.

It's just that Hadsh's view is a little different. Just before today, soldiers from different places have entered this small sentry for three consecutive days. Four came three days ago, and six came the next morning. The last batch was seven yesterday. Within three days, the troop strength in the outpost reached 20.

These people are all professional soldiers. This conclusion frightened Hardesh himself; before he turned to the new lord, Hardish was a knight ’s follower of Grudin. Of course, he was not as good as those guards in the castle, but Grudin was like There are at most no more than fifty such experienced soldiers. Others, mostly the kind of aristocratic personal soldiers, or even militia, used to make up the numbers.

Hadsh has experienced several battles between lords. In this era, the battles between lords are usually very bloody, although nobles are often not really hurt-except for the unlucky ones, they are blasted. Other than medium-but the consumption of the personal soldiers and knights below is very severe. Only a person who survives a battle can be called a skilled warrior, and a person who has experienced several battles like him does not look down on those guys who can't hold the sword. That kind of guy is no good at all.

However, a lord, the knights who are really reliable often have so many hundred, no more. First of all, can not afford to raise, a professional soldier needs to occupy a lot of resources, let alone an experienced knight. Secondly, there are not so many excellent talents. Small lords are often less attractive than those who are powerful and powerful. Cavaliers with a little strength will go to big lords such as Count Denel. Those who claim to have more than a hundred soldiers can already be said to be a very powerful lord, such as the baron of the Grudin side, and only a hundred people are really reliable.

But Brando is an exception.

Because all of his talents can be said to have gathered together by chance, mercenaries from mountain people and even farther away. Although these mercenaries have not experienced any real war, they have been in the blood-seeking battle all year round. Climbing and fighting, those who can survive are often more alert than ordinary soldiers.

The mercenaries under the heads of Yuta, Fern, and Klenthia are outstanding, especially Fern's subordinates were mostly originally from the Karensu Plateau, the original Eruin cavalry, as a scout originally It is elite. After the baptism of blood and blood, personal strength is stiffer than other mercenaries.

But this is not the strongest, because there is a group of Red Copper Dragon Reto. Those people are not high, and the best ones are just hovering at the peak of the Black Iron, but the combat experience is incredible, Brando has long doubted the identity of these guys. In particular, Reto's identity was there, and he was very doubtful whether these veterans were all veterans of the November war.

This conclusion is a bit scary, but it seems to be the most reliable guess. These experienced mercenaries accounted for nearly two-thirds of the manpower of Brando's humans. In addition, there were members of the original guards and patrols from Butch and Rittenberg, who were also associated with Madara fought.

The last part is a knight following Sir Mintel, who came over to Carglis, plus recruits. Brando now has about 2,000 human soldiers close to 3,000, but more than 80% of the more than 2,000 people are real veterans, and they are full-fledged knights who have the skills to practice combat all year round. Compared to the most experienced and experienced fighters that are not inferior.

Outsiders thought that their group of Tonigel's ‘rebels’ was nothing more than a two-thousand-thousand number of Uighurs, but Hadsh knew that the young lord could well be said to have more than two thousand knights. More than 2,000 knights, Martha is on top, and more than 2,000 knights can lead over 100,000 troops.

When Emperor Ek established the country, there were only two hundred knights following him.

"There is motion in the forest." Suddenly, a voice said this behind him. Hadsh was startled and turned back subconsciously.

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