They faded away under the gaze of everyone, and many attendants stared eagerly at Luo Luo's high-spirited back, unable to hide the burning envy and longing in their eyes.

Rollo's story seemed to have grown wings, and soon spread throughout the camp, and there was basically no gossip about his uprightness, which was all expected, and the only thing that everyone talked about was the customary speed with which Rollo was canonized as a knight.

He only followed the Duke for two years, and he achieved a status leap that was almost impossible for an ordinary squire to achieve in his life, even if he was the son of a minor nobleman, if he wanted to obtain the title of knight, he had to go through continuous learning and training from an early age and allegiance to the favor of the lord, or some kind of God-given coincidence, even so, in order to pay for the canonization ceremony and the purchase of equipment, he had to accumulate for many years before he could fulfill his wish.

There are many who have not been able to save enough money until they die of old age, and they have ascended to the fantasy paradise with a beautiful vision, but they have not been treated with the courtesy they deserve.

Things went more smoothly than I had imagined, and the soldiers in the battalion had just prepared a steaming supper, when the horse's hooves of the herald knight rattled, and the good news of his victory at the front was relaxed.

Twenty knights against fifty soldiers!

I still have in my mind the simple rules of numbers, forgetting that in this Middle Ages, when force was supreme, the power of a knight was far more than the traditional impression of a single horseman, and even comparable to the weapons of mass destruction of later generations, absolutely dominating the peak of warfare.

Like an agile leopard, the knight easily jumped off the horse, carrying the dust of the servants all over his body, and reported in a loud voice: "Lord Duke, we have seized control of Koliko, the defenders have all surrendered, and the townspeople are all obedient. ”

"So fast? But I haven't finished chewing the jerky yet! ”

As I said in amazement, I tore the jerky into small strips and threw it into the broth to soak until soft, so that I could fill my stomach with dry bread.

"Now that the town has been taken down, there is no time yet, come, sit down and drink a bowl of soup and chatter slowly."

This knight is my knight of the inner house, and he knows more about the approachable style of the duke, and he is not false and wrong, so he directly pulled over the chair and sat down next to him, and swallowed the hot soup of the attendant Xinsheng, which shows that he was indeed hungry all the way.

"The onion knight who garrisoned Colico was named Esposito, an orphan with no relatives and no reason, before meeting the puppet king Aduin, he had been brave and opportunistic, and lived by smuggling goods, it is said that he kidnapped the down-and-out Aduin to extort ransom, and somehow was influenced by the other party's rhetoric, and decided to abandon everything that followed Aduin like a lost dog, and did not leave his master at the tragic moment when the betrayal was gone, so he was very trusted by Aduin, and promoted him from a humble background to a knight."

The knight of the inner palace hissed and breathed cold, and the hot soup that he drank in a hurry finally became obscene, turning the river and the sea in the stomach.

"The soldiers of the city now carried the army under the banner of Nijmegen suddenly panicked, and they were even more distracted, all the people who came were knights in armor, and the cowards gave up resistance from the beginning, only Esposito held on, but unfortunately the general trend had gone, and his soldiers fled one after another, and he was surrounded by us alone, and his face was fearless in danger, and Rollo was moved by the chivalric demeanor of his opponent, and agreed to have a fair one-on-one confrontation with him, and the loser had to relinquish control of Colico, The onion knight agreed to the conditions of the duel. ”

"And then? An easy win for Rollo? I asked.

"The Onion Knight was just a smuggler before, after all, and his swordsmanship was not as good as Rollo's fur, and he was defeated in less than two rounds."

The Knight of the Inner House shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly: "Esposito kept his promise and renounced Colico, and as a sign of admiration and respect for his knightly demeanor, Rollo also pardoned him for his capital crime and let him leave with his weapons in dignity." ”

"Let him go?!" I exclaimed in amazement.

The knight of the inner mansion scratched the back of his head inexplicably, and nodded blankly: "Yes, that's what he deserves." ”

Me: "......"

Colico is a famous summer resort in the foothills of the Alps, where the lakes and mountains are a treasure left by angels and a rare earthly paradise.

The weak warrior was able to slowly rest in it, and the scrawny war horse also regained its beautiful and toned body, but the fly in the ointment was that it took too long, and when the combat effectiveness of the whole army rose to seven, seven, eighty, eight, and the puppet king Aduin entrenched in Milan also thoroughly explored Nijmegen's whereabouts, and the best time to carry out a surprise blow was unfortunately missed.

"When all this is said and done, when I return to Nijmegen, I will grant you a fief of the same status, but for now I have to be by my side, and I am not used to other people, or trust, my knights."

Basking in the light breeze from the sparkling lake, I closed my eyes comfortably and felt the liquid ironing on my skin, and Rollo was still serving as a squire, arranging his shirt to dry.

"Our family is your most faithful servant, my lord, and our fate has changed because of your care and support."

Rollo put the half-folded shirt on his arm and replied emotionally: "I am willing to serve you conscientiously for the rest of my life." ”

I turned to look at my faithful attendant, put down the glass in my hand, and said to him with the belt that hung from my belly:

"Attentive servants are easy to cultivate, but reassuring cronies are not easy to obtain, and the stalls in Nijmegen are getting bigger and bigger, and I can't take care of them all by myself, and I always need some trustworthy people to help me keep the Quartet, Hans, Bull, Kohler, and you. In the future, they will all be the princes of the territory of the territory, like the stars shining around the moon, working together to protect the safety of Nijmegen. My safety, understand? ”

Rollo nodded as if he didn't understand, and continued to fold his shirt under the signal of my eyes, the blue color of the lake suddenly darkened, and I didn't know when the big clouds that floated from the top of the mountain just blocked the sun's rays, I looked at the clouds that were getting bigger and bigger with worry, and prayed that the storm would not come.

After all, human power is small, and prayer is nothing more than a way to deceive oneself, and what should come will always come, such as this promised storm, such as the army of the embarrassed puppet king Aduin, who is like new laundry just thrown into a dry bucket, wet with droplets of water and laundry detergent residues.

The air after the rain is exceptionally fresh, the surface of the lake is as open as a mirror, and there is not a trace of water ripples, as if the excitement just now is just an occasional madness, and the gentleness at this moment is the tranquil appearance it should have.

The air currents from the top of the mountain are mixed with the scent of ice, snow and earth, and the flowers and trees with their branches are clean and rooted in the earth, and the scenery is unbelievably beautiful.

After the sun came out, the temperature rose significantly, the sky and the earth became hot again, the rain-soaked Nijmegen battle flag was soft and collapsed against the flagpole, listless as if I had just woken up, I stepped on the water in the mud of the castle and climbed onto the wooden wall battlement, and put my hand on the pergola to watch the army of the puppet king opposite.

"Aduin really came out of the nest this time!"

I sighed and squinted my eyes to prevent the harsh light from burning my pupils, the Italian sun was so strong that it was no wonder everyone loved to come here to get a healthy tan of sun.

"From the other side of the lake to the river, how many troops should he have?"

Rollo leaned on the battlements to inspect Adouin's tent, and replied to my words: "No matter how numerous the army is, it is only a rabble of makeshift gatherings, and it cannot withstand the frontal blows of the true knights of Nijmegen. ”

"A real knight?" I reflected on Rollo's answer, and the corners of my mouth curled leisurely.

"There are still many people in Lombardy who are willing to defect to Aduin, his false identity as the only direct male of the Carolingian royal family, deceived many people, those who have money pay, some people who have no money, and those who have no money and no one are also willing to help shout and shout, the people's hearts and public opinion are all on his side, we will not only face Aduin's fragile army, but also how to manage the people's will to control public opinion after the reconquest, once the Lombardy fertile plains and prosperous trade routes are occupied, then the whole of Italy is a sachet hanging on the belt, Whether you can drop it or not, it depends on whether the rope is tied firmly! ”

"Do you think Lombardy is the one who helped Nijmegen tie the Italian rope?" Rollo moved over me, intimately shielding himself from the scorching sun.

I shrugged noncommittally: "Milan is the most crucial knot on the rope, and Aduin is the hidden thread about the tightness of the knot, and he can definitely get through it if he pins it." ”

"In that case, your buckle may not be very easy to find, but it will become more and more like a mess, and you will get tangled around his hands to untie him......"

Rollo pointed to the flag slowly raised in front of the Adouin army, an Italian skilled craftsman embroidered with gold thread, a special crossed that was bent, and the letters R and K representing the Carolingian family were written on both sides, and the knight carrying the white flag urged the horse from far and near, sending a signal of the other party's hope for talks.

"Before the battle to peace, he played the elegant aristocratic etiquette to perfection."

I pinched the corners of my mouth, and the smell of sausage remained between my lips and teeth, and if Aduin was too ready to hit a stone with an egg, I wouldn't mind chewing him like a sausage.

I have never seen this pseudo-king before, but Leonardo has been in contact with him privately a few times according to his will, and he can be regarded as a certain friendship, except for unrealistic illusions about the throne and claims of sovereignty, he quite meets the standards of a Daoming monarch.

Although he was defeated countless times by the various powers that dominated Italy, he recovered surprisingly quickly, often with the first enemy on the front foot, and the back foot came back, and the power became stronger.

Countless widows and young willingly followed the banner of Adouin, with nostalgia for yesterday's yellow flowers, and of course, the instigation and exploitation of conspirators with ulterior motives, and surrounded each other Hello, Hello, Hello, everyone, surrounded by the only male king wearing a Carolingian royal hat, repeatedly liberating the lost homeland, and displacing like a lost dog.

The turban-wrapped Aduin is quite exotic, the headcloth embellished with metal sequins and jewels is by no means suitable for the vulgar, which shows his unique noble origin, the eyes exposed are as deep as the Lake Como next to him, outsiders can't peek into the other party's inner activities from the eyes, a few nasolabial folds are carved horizontally on the edge of the eyelids, revealing a thick vicissitudes of sophistication, silently telling the bleak years that this middle-aged man who claims to have the same blood as Charlemagne in his veins has experienced for many years.

"Good day, Lord Randy, Supreme Ruler of the Low Countries, may the warm sun of the Mediterranean make you feel as warm as its temperature!"

Adu, who has been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, does not recognize life, and has long learned to see people and talk about people's words, and his mouth is as sweet as honey, and he blurted out even I, a person who has traveled through the world, and I feel gorgeous and overly verbose words.

"May God bless you, given the camp you and I are in, it is more appropriate for me to call you a friend, and you bring someone to visit in person, which fully demonstrates hospitality."

I tilted my head behind his back and joked, "The welcome battle is too big for me to accept." ”

Aduin smiled lightly, that posture was both amorous and courteous, if it had not been soaked in the bones, it would not be something that ordinary pretentious people could pretend, so it seemed that his so-called aristocratic blood was really not casual nonsense, at least since he had been three generations old, he must have been illustrious.

"Your humor is as polite as it is rumored."

He deliberately accentuated the modifier behind it, and replied-for-tat: "It's really helpless to take the liberty of visiting, I hope you will forgive me." ”

"You're here with a real sword and a real gun, and if I don't carry it around as the master, wouldn't I not know how to be polite?"

I emphasized the positioning of the host and guest, while aggressively sarcastic Aduin people are middle-aged, still drifting like duckweed, while directly putting Nijmegen in the position of the master, condescendingly interrogating him as a guest who occupies the magpie's nest, the reason why you are jumping around is that you have no time to take care of it, don't be embarrassed, immediately recognize the situation and quickly tie your hands to capture, save the face of the defeated soldiers.

The puppet king's face did not change color and cast his gaze on the turquoise water, in fact, his cheeks were wrapped under layers of veils, and they were not discolored at all.

"Esposito has come back and praised your knightly bearing and martial arts, and if all your remaining knights were like that, God, how terrible it would be!"

Aduin exaggeratedly stretched out his arms and made a helpless movement: "So I received the news and came to Kolico day and night, hoping to meet with you face-to-face, exchange the most real thoughts in my heart, I don't want to fight, but I will not give up the rights I have gained, even then I still firmly believe that there is still room for negotiation between the two sides, right?" ”

"Uh......"

I scratched the back of my head and frowned: "Your news is really well-informed, I stationed in Koliko yesterday, today we will really talk face to face, friend, if you don't admit that you have a gifted tailwind, then I can only suspect that there is a spy in the Nijmegen army." ”

"Doing big things always requires some side ways, don't you say?" He smiled implicitly, and the corners of his mouth were raised like a cunning fox.

I held the long sword on my waist and stood up: "Let's get straight to the point, I'm a man who is in a hurry, the city is only the vanguard, a large army is still in motion, you need to understand that inside the wooden walls of Koliko, there are two thousand knights from Nijmegen, yes, real knights, their steel torrent can crush your rabble in minutes, and the recalcitrant will die without a place to bury." ”

"My request is simple, only two points!"

"First, surrender all of them and join the army on the crusade against Rome."

"Second, how about relinquishing all the interests of Lombardy, and I guarantee your personal safety with my title and reputation, and I will also seek the most suitable privileges for you and your family, a hereditary title recognized by the empire, a fertile and rich fief, and a fief that will benefit your descendants?"

Aduin didn't untie the face towel wrapped around his face from beginning to end, his neatly trimmed thin eyebrows twisted slightly, and he rejected my proposal without hesitation: "The conditions are tempting, but it's a pity that I have to defend my rights, see you on the battlefield, Lord Randy, the despicable!" ”

"That's usually my line......"

With a polite salute, we mounted our horses and returned to our respective lineups, and the lake was suddenly rippling.

(End of chapter)

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