At the beginning of March, the heresy of the Dean family finally calmed down. Dean and his son have been burned, the bodies of their relatives have been quietly buried, the defenders have been punished, and the bishop, the leader of the Inquisition, has embarked on the return journey back to Paris with a large amount of fines and a large string of guilty sheep, leaving the two priests to continue to investigate and deal with the follow-up.

The whole heretical incident came and went quickly, and there were many court magnates involved, and the inner court faction led by Bernard was dealt a heavy blow but not fatally, and the biggest loss suffered by Bernard himself was the loss of a viscount, three barons and five knights of his own faction, including Dean, of course, the benefits that Bernard obtained from these people disappeared......

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One day in early March, Robert, the priest of the army who had finished his mission to accompany the Inquisition, braved the wind and rain to rush back to the valley from Besançon, and without a little rest, Robert hurriedly found Art, who was accompanying his wife-to-be on the second floor of the mansion.

Art hurriedly invited Robert, who was shivering from the cold, to sit down in the official room, and then ordered the servant to bring Robert a steaming venison soup early in the morning.

Robert was not polite, took the wooden bowl handed by the servant, tilted his head and drank it in one gulp, poured it too quickly and choked a little.

Yat, who was standing on the side, waved his hand and persuaded: "Robert, you drink slowly, don't be in a hurry."

Robert coughed a few times, and after his breath stabilized a little, he picked up the wooden bowl and poured the rest of the soup into his mouth, licking his lips with a lingering feeling.

Art himself took the bowl and handed it to the servant, and instructed, "Let the kitchen prepare some food for the priest at once, and stew some venison soup."

After the servant left, Art closed the door of the office and sat down at the desk opposite Robert, "Robert, is there something urgent?" How did you rush back alone? ”

Robert unfastened his coat and replied as he fumbled, "Bishop Orlof sent two religious guards to send me to Wincheston Manor before leaving."

Without much explanation, Robert pulled out two letters hidden in the inner lining of his clothes, "My lord, this is a letter from Earl Balwyn and Bishop Orlof to you, which Bishop Orlof himself gave me when I left Besançon, so that you must open it yourself." ”

Art took the envelope, which was indeed covered with Earl Balwin's eagle heraldic fire paint, and vigorously broke open the fire paint, unfolded the parchment, and read it carefully.

After a long time, Art slowly put down the letter in his hand, raised his head and said to Robert: "Earl Balwyn hinted that the time of the incident was delayed, let me wait for his order."

Robert has been wise with Art for the past year, and has personally participated in the heretical events of the Dean family, so he has been regarded as a confidant of Art, and he also knows the earth-shattering changes that Earl Balwin's faction is planning.

"Now that Earl Balwin's faction is in the ascendancy of the court, why should they delay their action? Could it be the Marquis again~"

Art nodded heavily, "Lord Marquis's health is showing signs of recovery, and he has already attended two meetings of important ministers at the end of February. ”

Balwyn was a die-hard loyalist of the Marquis of Ivrea, and the reason why he had conspired with Flender, Count of Longxia, in recent years was fundamentally because he feared that the Marquis of Ivrea would become a ghost in the hands of his successor if he died.

And if the Marquis of Ivrea could recover, he would not risk being spurned as a traitor.

"Is this a good or bad outcome for us?" Robert asked.

Art was undecided.

If you follow the Count of Flender, once you succeed, you must be a hero of the new dynasty, and the title fief must be indispensable, but Flender is only Ivrea's cousin after all, and the marquis has never claimed that the prince Robert is not a son-in-law, once the prince inherits the title and takes charge of the country, the new monarch led by Flender and Balwin will inevitably be condemned for treason, and the risk is self-evident.

If the status quo is maintained, the Marquis of Yvrea, who continues to be in charge of the country, and the Earl of Balwyn and the Bishop of Orlof are supported by him, Arte can develop slowly, but too slowly.

"Forget it, it's not up to me to control things at this level."

Art rolled up the parchment paper and put it in an iron box on the wooden table, and said, "It's better to hold off on the uprising, so that we can have more time to train the army, and I have more time to plan slowly."

"Matthew! Matthew! Art shouted out the door.

Ron is now not only in charge of the Guards, but also in charge of the intelligence network, and it is impossible to follow Art all the time, so the young and somewhat brave and clever Matthew was chosen as Art's personal attendant bodyguard.

Matthew immediately pushed the door in when he heard the voice, "My lord? ”

"Immediately go to Beiguan Military Fort and let the two lieutenants, Otto and Angus, return to Mubao to discuss matters."

"Yes." Ma trimmed his armor and prepared to turn away.

"Wait, get Ron back for the discussion."

"Yes!"

............

“...... It was more or less like this, that Count Balwyn postponed the uprising, and we waited for Earl Balwin's orders. Just a few of you can know about this matter, and you must not let outsiders know. ”

"Otto, sergeant major, my focus for the next period of time will be placed outside the army, you are the adjutant of the army, and the army will be in charge of the two of you during this time, this time the north attack on Wincheston and the southwest farm has exposed a lot of problems, you should discuss more with the officers and soldiers, and carry out targeted improvement training."

"In addition, the chariot formations we discussed last time can be rehearsed, using the same wagons captured from Wincheston Manor. Anyway, I don't have enough manpower to form a caravan for the time being, so I just handed over those carriages to the legion to train the chariot formation, and our cavalry could not form an advantage, so we could only try to use this chariot formation to pò jiě the enemy cavalry. "The Wells Legion is mainly infantry, until now the role of cavalry is still at the level of sentinel patrol and detective, and there are so many officers under Arter who are good at cavalry warfare, but it is impossible to form absolute combat power by relying on a few of them, and it is even more difficult to train ordinary soldiers as qualified cavalry, not to mention the huge consumption of cultivating cavalry, and the entire Wells Legion can not find many people suitable for cavalry training.

However, the main battlefield of the Wells Legion in the future is in the Northland, which is the natural slaughterhouse of the cavalry, so how to restrain the enemy's cavalry when the cavalry is weak is related to the success or failure of the battlefield, so Art and several commanders of the Legion and a group of middle-ranking officers finally decided to try to use the chariot formation to resist the enemy cavalry.

This chariot formation had been used against bandits, and Art wanted to find a formation that would work together with lunges......

"My lord, we will start training the chariot formation, but no one in the army is proficient in this matter, I'm just afraid~" Odo was a little unconfident, he was not sure if the wooden carriage could withstand the enemy's cavalry charging into battle.

"Odo, Sergeant Major, you two just try, remember to record the various problems in the formation in detail, and I will solve the most difficult problems with you."

When Art said this, Otto gave a little support.

"Okay, you will be mainly responsible for the next military training, and I will organize a clan competition in a month, don't let me down."

Otto and Angus immediately straightened up, "Yes! My lord. ”

Art waved his hand at the two of them to relax, then said to Ron, who was sitting next to him playing with a wooden-handled hunting knife, "Ron." ”

Ron immediately stopped playing with it, and spun the knife twice in his hand into the scabbard on his legs.

"Sir."

"Ron, you are the intelligence officer, in addition to continuing to pay attention to the dynamics of the various forces in the palace in the next period of time, you have given our Eagle Eye a task - in addition to the county seat, Sap Castle, Andermatt Fort and the three places we have already occupied, the situation of the lord families in the rest of the county, and is there a backer behind it? Who is the backer? Which faction is it from? Find it all out for me. ”

Otto and Angus looked at each other, "My lord, are you ~ going to?" ”

"That's right, I need more people, and more land......"