Chapter Sixty-Eight: Threat First, Trick Again
Seeing that someone took a tough stance first, the rest of the nobles began to echo it.
"Your Majesty, forgive me, the highest title among us is only a viscount, and the family business is too small. If these people are too dead, they won't be able to sit in their seats when they go back. ”
"Those who have money and people are nobles, and those who have money and no one are fat sheep, we little nobles have a hard time, please be more considerate. ”
"That is, isn't it a death for us people to provoke the Valen family? being killed by you here and being killed by Jiber of the Valen family in the future is only the difference between dying early and dying later. ”
Even Viscount Arnold, who had always been polite, refused with a bitter face.
"Your Majesty, there are still more than 60,000 people here, of which more than 20,000 are the private army of the Marquis of Giber, and the remaining two marquis also control more than 20,000 people, and the total number of our troops is only 10,000.
I'm not afraid of your jokes, our private army is a rabble, and more than 800 of my 2,000 people are untouchables who have been temporarily captured, and it's okay to fight a good fight, if it's hard, I'm afraid that we will run faster than anyone else......"
Seeing that these guys unsurprisingly began to prevaricate, Avril's eyebrows lifted slightly, and she pretended to sigh.
"Since I can't talk about it, I won't force you. I can swear in Peter's name that even if you get out of this tent today, I won't do anything to you in the future. It's a big deal to marry that old guy from Giber and give him the throne. ”
A group of nobles in the camp were happy, and Viscount Arnold, who was the leader, said with a smile on his face: "Then congratulations to Her Majesty the Queen in advance, and I hope you will take more care of us little nobles in the future." ”
Avril smiled. "Of course, I will take good care of you, and I will not instigate Giber to mobilize you to the north to defend the barbarians, nor will I apportioned a large amount of military expenses to you, nor will I support the side branches of your families and you to seize power.
Even if all of you take the initiative to join my knights, I will not accept their allegiance, let alone instigate them to do the following......"
As Avril counted them one by one, the smiles on the nobles' faces gradually stiffened, and Arnold took out a silk handkerchief with a shaking hand, and began to wipe the fine sweat oozing from his head.
"Oh yes, I still owe hundreds of thousands of Gingold to the Wealth Church, which was mortgaged with the treasures of the palace at that time, but now that the royal capital has fallen, I may ask you to borrow some for the time being.
After all, the money of the Church of the True God cannot be relied upon, and I hope that you will be generous when the time comes, so much for the time being, please leave on your own, rest assured, I will never order anyone to stop you. ”
The meaning of Avril's words is obvious, although I am not Girber's opponent, but as long as I want to, there is no problem in cleaning you up, if you really get out of this camp, then everyone will bear the consequences.
The nobles in the tent looked at each other, and after a small argument, Arnold was pushed out, and said to Avril with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Giber is afraid that you will not be so tormented......"
Avril didn't answer, but asked with a smile: "Do you also know that Giber is just a marquis? Ten years ago, there were six marquis in the principality directly under the royal family, and although three have been broken over the years, there are still three left, isn't it?"
I swear by the soul of Fran I, that the families of the two remaining marquis are in my hands, and they will not have any objection to my plan, and if I deceive you, his soul will not be at peace.
So, as long as you people stand on my side openly, then it will be 40,000 against 20,000. I don't need to exterminate Giber's more than 20,000 men, as long as he doesn't dare to go to war.
In other words, I don't need you so-called 'rabble' to really send troops, just wave the flag and shout for me, what about this condition?"
Hearing this, the nobles began to weigh the pros and cons, if the queen had pinched the two marquises, then 40,000 against 20,000 would have an advantage in numbers, and it would not necessarily be war, and this condition did not seem unacceptable.
The nobles in the tent hesitated for a long time, but finally nodded in agreement, and stepped forward in turn to hand over the token and token.
Avril smiled and put away the tokens, leaving the ten knights to guard them for the time being, and walked out of the tent with the rest of the men.
Bourne, who was temporarily acting as the bearded cousin's guard, came over and said with curiosity: "Your Majesty, since those two marquis listen to you, why don't you just borrow some people?
The corners of Avril's mouth curled. "Those two guys won't listen to me, the kings have been defeated, and I don't know what happened to their family. ”
Bernch said, "Didn't you just say that they would not oppose your plan? Are you lying to them? But you swore by the souls of your ancestors!"
"Shhhh
"I'm not lying, I did control the families of the two marquises, but they 'were' did, I only said that they wouldn't object to my plan, and I didn't say what the plan was, I planned to find a place to eat, right?"
Byrne was speechless for a while, and in order to win the trust of others, he even did not hesitate to let the souls of his ancestors sit up in the River Styx? The simple Bourne saw the filth of the nobility for the first time, and he felt that his pure faith had been somewhat tarnished.
"Don't think about it, take these tokens and tokens. ”
Avril threw over a bag of tokens. "Come with me and talk to the Marquis of Roman and see if I can get him to support me publicly. ”
Bourne hurriedly reached out to catch the leather bag and asked with a confused expression, "Didn't you just say it...... Won't those two Marquis support you?"
"Just now. ”
Avril pointed to the bag of tokens in his arms. "These things in your arms are my bargaining capital, and when old Roman also hands over his token, we will go to the emir's side again. ”
In Bourne's "there is still such an operation" in his eyes, Avril turned on her horse and galloped all the way towards the place where the Marquis of Roman was stationed, and the soldiers on the road raised their weapons to salute her after seeing her face, and occasionally tried to intercept them, most of them were held down by his companions.
"Ride!" Avril whipped her horse hard, and the sore horse ran faster, and galloped like an arrow to the camp in the distance.
One more day, two days at most, I'll be able to suppress Giber, and then I'll be able to call in the pros to save you. William, you must hold on!