Instead of keeping Sir Edwin, Darick Danny picked up his glass and gently shook the crimson wine in it, whispering, "I know even better about Fort Herien than MI. ”

Edwin stopped, his eyes glowing with cold light in the light, and he said, "You're involved in this?"

"I'm helping Baron Pedy, I've been helping him from the beginning, do you think the Northern Passage can be won with just one war?" Derick smiled with a very confident smile, "I know that Baron Pedi is eager to solve the problem of Fort Herien, I'm just helping him find a reason to go to war!"

Darik raised his glass and looked at Edwin, "That's what I do..."

"Master Pedi doesn't need you anymore!" Edwin interrupted Deric, "From what I've heard, Mistress Pedi originally wanted to kill you outright, but for the sake of the family's reputation, he gave up on this plan, and you should be glad to have done so. ”

"He's not going to do it, because he's going to rule Crewe. ”

"Then you should stand up and admit your mistakes. Edwin spread his hands, "You must admit your mistake yourself, too, for Baron Pedi needs to rule Crewe." ”

The smile on Dyrick's face froze, and he withdrew his gaze from Edwin, and lowered his head to peek at the wine glass glowing red in the lamplight, "Go back and tell Pedy Reagan that in less than half a month, I will be leaving Crewe in three days!" he looked up at Edwin again as he said this, "I am very much looking forward to the day when I will come back." ”

Edwin laughed out loud, "I'm looking forward to it too, and hopefully the next time we meet, it's not in prison." ”

"Haha!" Derrick laughed, "if there is a day, guess you are in there or am I in it?"

"What do you think?" Edwin straightened his back, "Do you really know the Reagan family?Do you know Baron Pedy?Know Duke Nick?"

"Of course! no one knows the Reagan family better than I do, and knows Duke Nick!" Derick stretched his voice long, "Are you interested in the truth about that war thirteen years ago?" he pointed to the couch opposite, "I think you should hear it... When you listen to it, you will have a new understanding of the rule of the Reagan family and the entire empire. ”

Edwin decisively refused, "The truth now is good for anyone, isn't it?"

With that, he lifted his feet and walked towards the door.

"That war indirectly led to the present situation," Derick began to recount, his voice getting louder and louder, "the leader of the merchant regime of Elok, what the 'Radiant Force' has done over the years, and everything that has happened in this war, and even what is happening in the northern government today, has to do with the power that remains of that war. ”

Edwin didn't stop because of these words, but walked faster and faster!

...

night

Fort Harrynn, northwest of Harrence Heights, was brightly lit, and countless soldiers assembled in the castle grounds.

Bane-Lockton stood on the top wall of the castle with a serious face and looked at the neat formation in the school yard, his eyes showing no sign of the determination of a careerist.

When the war with the Kawar Fort really broke out, the young lord found himself in the depths of his heart with no confidence in the future. Or rather, he was not ready for war with Castle Cavall, he was tied to the chariot by the nobles of the Herion region.

However, Bane Lockton did not refuse the war,

Because he's going to rule Fort Herien!

"Your Excellency," the Captain of the Knight Guard, Knight Warner-Wefley, walked in briskly, his face flushed with excitement, "because Sistt has the wealth of the war, and the people are very enthusiastic about your conscription orders. He raised his hands, "Our soldiers are full of morale, and we are destined to win this battle!"

Maybe it's Warner Cavaliers' fighting spirit that infects Bane Lockton, or maybe he doesn't want his subordinates to see his unconfident side. The moment Warner Cavaliers appeared, Bane Lockton asked confidently, "How's the battle going ahead?"

"More than 20,000 of our two legions and the noble private army and the Guards Corps faced off at the crossroads northwest of Cade's territory, and I did not have the advantage in the afternoon with a tentative attack. Warner Knight said sullenly, "Those fools, if we wait until night to launch a surprise attack, we won't be so passive now." ”

"This war cannot be fought with a sneak attack. "As a lord, Bane Lockton can understand the nobles' calculations.

"Yours right. Warner Knight immediately stated that he was not a reckless man with an IQ, but was used to looking at the war from the perspective of a soldier.

"There's word from Fort Caval that Pedy Reagan intends to mobilize the entire Crewe Territory to fight us..."Bane Lockton looked at the noisy schoolyard, "and it will take him at least a month, if not more... What we have to do is to complete the mobilization for war before Pedy Reagan does. ”

"It only takes ten days!" Warner said firmly, "thanks to the military service system that the old lord has continuously implemented for twenty years, our territory has a sufficient supply of soldiers, and sixty percent of the young and strong men between the ages of eighteen and forty have a record of military service, and they can be assembled within ten days, and they can appear on the battlefield of the northern official road within twenty days." ”

Bane-Lockton nodded, "Send an order to the two corps on the front line to refrain from advancing for the time being." ”

"Those nobles won't heed our orders. ”

Viscount Ban shook the beads of sweat from his palms and said, "I don't care about the lives of those nobles, tell the commanders of the two corps on the front line, and ignore the agitation of the nobles." ”

"I see. Warner Knight pressed the saber at his waist, and a very special smile flashed across his face.

"What about our Prime Minister?" said Bane Lockton, who had not seen Sir Merleau-Cafe all day since the morning meeting.

"He's busier than us right now. Warner Knight shrugged, "This war is more than attrition, we need enough supplies to support the subsequent offensive and defensive battles on the northern official road... According to the calculations of the Knights of the Guard, we will need to confront Fort Kawar on the northern official road for at least more than a year. ”

Bane-Lockton was silent.

"Don't worry, according to the information from the Imperial Capital, the war in the Elok Territory will soon break out again. Warner Knight saw his master's concern, and he whispered, "Perhaps, the elves are trying to wait for a full-scale war to break out in the Kru Territory. ”

"You're saying someone is taking advantage of us?" Bane Lockton frowned.

Warner Knight took two steps forward and leaned against the cold battlements looking at the brightly lit schoolyard, and said after taking a long breath: "From the beginning of last year's Orc War to the current Iruk War, the Empire originally had countless chances of victory, but every time it was a critical time, the balance of victory would always suddenly fall to the enemies of the Empire!"

"Last year, if Emperor Sinda had been able to let Kru's army cross the Kumar fortress, perhaps the war in the Eluk Territory would have been over long ago... As long as the crisis of the Eluk Territory is resolved, the Empire is fully capable of dividing its forces and directly killing the orcs entrenched in the Klan Territory and the elves of the Felder Territory, forcing the Cullen Territory to return to the embrace of the Empire, and at that point, the power of Cize-Devin will be like a joke. ”

A powerful empire that makes all the Empire proud, and even makes many nobles think that they are superior to all the intelligent creatures on the continent of Alan. However, in just one year, the once powerful empire has almost collapsed, and Warner Wifley, the knight of the empire, naturally regrets it.

"But the problem is that our young Emperor His Majesty doesn't trust Duke Nick as much as his father does. "Bane-Lockton, who had been nurtured by his father to admire Duke Nick, had listened to the story of the war that had taken place thirteen years ago, "Last year's war left Crewe with nearly 100,000 experienced soldiers, and if Emperor Sinda could trust us, our army would be able to wipe out the rebels of the Elok Territory in an instant." ”

"But the truth is that these 100,000 troops are killing each other..."Warner Knight shrugged, a mocking expression on his face as if he was mocking himself and the Empire's decision.

"Last year's battle with Baron Pedy seemed like it happened yesterday, when there were no Leads, no Harrances, no Herryns, we had only one name... Crewe Leader. Bane-Lockton whispered softly, his whole being slowly relaxing as he spoke, "I never thought that one day I would break my vows and stand against the Reagan family. ”

He raised his head to look at the starry sky, "If my father were still alive, he would have hanged me with his own hands... He taught me and my brother from a young age not to be unnecessarily ambitious. ”

"One night three years ago, my father strangled my brother with his own hands, because the servant found alchemical poison in my brother's room..."

Warner Knight suddenly looked at his lord and asked, "You put those poisons in Master Petave's room, right?"

"Why do you think that?" a cold look flashed across Bane Lockton's face.

"There were two confessions from the servants, one of which identified you as having entered Sir Petave's chamber before the poison was discovered, and that your attendant had confessed your plan. Warner Knights shrugged, "A lot of people in the Knights Guard know about this. ”

"You—" Banne-Lockton's chest rose and fell violently.

Warner Knight said with a straight face, "It is precisely because the old lord knows that you put it in, that he wants to strangle Young Master Petave, because he doesn't want your brothers to kill each other one day, because that will plunge the entire Heron Territory into turmoil... Or split. ”

Bane Lockton stared at his captain of the guard, the murderous intent in his eyes unmistakable,

A few seconds later,

He turned his gaze back to the hustle and bustle of the school field, took a deep breath and said, "Ambition is really a terrible opponent!"