"In your words, if you are not afraid that hooligans are educated, you are afraid that perverts are patient." Kohler winked at me with a smile and made a very incisive summary, and everyone smiled heartily and hurried away in good spirits.

The troops of King Qin, who came from all over the place, were finally hastily integrated into a bloated behemoth outside the Prague Castle, and the combined forces of Poland and Magyars, which had been besieging the city for a long time, each had its own troubles, the Poles' nest was returned to the elite, and the old opponent of the Magyars, Tsar Samuel, who had just lost his armor from the Eastern Roman Emperor Basil II, now took advantage of the emptiness of the neighboring country to find a place from them.

Finally, when they got to such a big step, they happily borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and swaggered away.

It is said that the scene at that time was extremely spectacular, and many nobles from Bavaria and Carinthia had relatives among the Magyars, and the lords who knew each other also stopped to chat and greet each other.

Emperor Henry depressed retreated to Dresden in Germany to set up camp, he issued the war ****** for the first time, but only got such an embarrassing ending, Rao is psychological quality is inevitable can not hang face, His Majesty understands that his prestige is not enough to convince the public, but after all, with the name of the co-emperor, he can't shake the intertwined tree, and it is good to knock and knock off a few leaves, otherwise the principalities will really regard their orders as a dead letter in the future, so he decided to convene the nobles for a post-war summary meeting, In other words, Germany suffered great humiliation and made a fuss in front of its subjects, and it always needed to slaughter a scapegoat and sacrifice flag.

As the only one of the nobles who won the battle, although the victory was relatively partial, it played a role in the development of the entire war situation, and unexpectedly burned the capital of the Poles, and reluctantly made Germany a miserable victory based on various conditions, at least to clear the thorny Slavic tribes on the Elbe border, Nijmegen's merits, even if they did not rank first, would not fall too far, so Kohler and they excitedly bet with each other along the way, guessing what reward His Majesty the Emperor would give to the Duke, I was the only one who frowned worriedly and remained silent, faintly worried about my fate at the meeting.

"Why aren't you happy, my lord? Isn't it too much to think about it, even if His Majesty the Emperor is not grateful for your merits, he will never find an excuse to condemn him, if he really does such an unreasonable thing, he will definitely lose the hearts of the people, and no one will obey his rule in the future, you said that maintaining relative fairness is the necessary duty of a superior person. Kohler saw that I was unhappy and drove his horse close to him to relieve me.

"You think the problem is too simple, we win when no one wins, this is the biggest mistake, you should remember this sentence even more! The wood show will be destroyed by the forest wind. ”

I expressed my concern to my henchmen, and the closer I got to Dresden, the stronger it became, as if everyone was round and only you were the square, and it always seemed out of place.

"I didn't realize that Nijmegen rushed too violently during this time, the nobles were amiable on the surface, but in fact, they were waiting to see our jokes in private, and blamed me for being clever, thinking that the plan to save Zhao from Wei would work, but I didn't expect it to be self-defeating, and I almost even got into it, although Nijmegen won, but in principle, it still violated the emperor's assembly order first, this is a good opportunity for punishment, the nobles are all looking at it, and it is the fairest for everyone to punish me for the crime of disobeying the order." I shook my head with a wry smile and spread my arms helplessly.

Kohler couldn't help but get anxious when he heard this, and he was very confused by the twists and turns of the upper class: "Then what should we do?" It's the first time I've heard of such a thing as being punished if you win a battle! ”

"It's good that I inadvertently left a hand at the time."

I patted Kohler on the shoulder and replied calmly: "Figura will be my trump card, swing her to that side, His Majesty the Emperor and the Poles will have bargaining capital, can get back the lost face on the battlefield, at the negotiating table, the so-called punishment is also a show, heavy lifting and gently put down, it is not good how to be ruthless, it is better to count the merits and demerits, no reward or punishment." ”

Kohler stared at me suspiciously, obviously unable to understand the meaning of the Duke's words, another battlefield between the nobles to play hearts, he felt completely unfamiliar, did not understand where his lords got so much energy, full of strength to fight with them, I once said to them triumphantly after a drunken time: "What can be obtained with mouths, but it is more difficult to operate than cutting off one hundred and eighty heads, because it plays with interests and relationships, but loses face and connections, and the higher you go, the more you can't afford to lose." ”

Nijmegen was the farthest mile, and the outside of Dresden Castle was already overcrowded, and after settling into my camp, I entered the Emperor's tent, which had been on its agenda for half a day, and was crowded with many nobles, and His Majesty the Emperor sat with the dukes on the chairs at the top, and when they saw someone coming in, everyone looked up at this side, and I felt like a prisoner awaiting trial, and I felt uncomfortable.

"Does Nijmegen's war horse only have three legs, why are you always late, Lord Duke?"

Emperor Henry, surrounded by the nobles, stared at me, who was bending down to salute, and said sourly: "I propose that all of you pay a toast to the invincible Duke of Nijmegen, this warrior whom God favors once again helped Germany to win the war, accomplished the almost impossible task, and made the Poles on both sides of the Oder prostrate again at our feet." ”

I smiled kindly at the Duke of Hanover, who was shaking his head at me from afar, and pretended to be careless to find my seat, between my brother-in-law, the Duke of Bavaria and the Duke of Franconia, who moved their chairs to the side and sat down unsmiling.

"Two old fritters who see the wind and rudder the rudder, have I forgotten how they are stammering behind their backs?" I pushed the glass away from the glass in front of me, put on a deferential and obedient expression, and watched intently as His Majesty the Emperor performed hard in the middle of the stage.

Emperor Henry saw that I did not talk, and there was no longer the nature of continuing to ridicule, so he changed the topic and talked eloquently, after all, the theme of the meeting was not to discuss who was late, but to take this opportunity to shake off the majesty of his emperor, and to teach those disobedient nobles, the dukes just do their own thing, and the little earl must not take advantage of the situation to be arrogant.

Since Nijmegen became a principality, the counts loyal to the House of Saxony and the Viscounts of the Frontier who were directly under the royal family were a little impatient, looking forward to the day when they could leap into the dragon's gate, so they went against the yin and did their own covert deeds, which was a bit inappropriate for the emperor's decree.

Although I hope that the relationship between the nobles will be scattered, I also do not want to sit back and watch the tail of the power of other principalities not fall, Nijmegen is also supported by the huge empire behind it, and there is an emperor who is neither soft nor hard in the shrine, so that he can make a fortune in a muffled voice.

"Through this campaign, I am saddened by the fact that the efficiency of army assembly is much worse than when the emperor was in power......" Emperor Henry foamed at the mouth of the flots, facing dozens of clay statues of different shapes, which did not affect the interest of the speech in the slightest.

"The Poles dare to attack their own suzerain, and unite the Magyars to invade the vassals of the empire, this behavior must be punished, and after the autumn harvest the troops are strong, we will gather again, and teach the rebellious Grand Duke Mieszko what it means to obey!"

The old duke of Swabia died, and there was no old man in control of the situation among the dukes present, and he was also the leader in a sense, warming the field to prevent it from getting cold, and as soon as His Majesty's words fell, except for the cheers and applause of a few small nobles, the dukes all laughed dryly, and no one stood up to express their determination.

I watched the comical scene from the sidelines, waiting to see how Emperor Henry would perpetuate this awkward subject.

The meeting without squeaks is like a performance without people, the protagonist standing in the center of the stage has no passion to continue, and he sits down happily and joins the team of clay statues, the scene is extremely embarrassing for a while, and even some people can be clearly heard nervously sucking the wine in the cup, making a sucking sound.

I stuck out my tongue and licked my dry lips slightly, peeked at Emperor Henry, who was playing with his wine glass, and glanced at him from the corner of my eye, emptying my own several grand dukes, scolding bastards in my heart, and continuing to pretend to be dumb.

His Majesty the Emperor poured several glasses of wine into his stomach, and at last he could not hold back his burp, which was extremely harsh in the quiet tent where I could hear the echo of a needle falling on the ground, and even without looking up, I could feel that many people's eyes were focused on him, and His Majesty himself cleared his throat with care, pretending to be fine.

"Are you going to start?" I gently hooked the corners of my mouth and muttered to myself.

"Where did I just go?"

Emperor Henry pushed the wine glass away, and that thing made him embarrassed, especially at such an important moment at this moment, no one present dared to answer, for fear of getting angry, but the more this happened, the more His Majesty could not get off the stage.

"Offensive after the autumn harvest? That's right, after the autumn harvest, this year's new calendar national mourning, and the war is protracted, presumably your lord's harvest has been affected to a certain extent, so the top priority is to quickly complete this year's harvest task and reserve enough grain before the autumn harvest, so that we can spare troops to punish Poland. ”

(End of chapter)