The news of Robit's reconquest of the royal capital spread throughout Knight, a name that was once familiar ten years ago and is now the focus of discussion in every household of Knight, as if he saw the First Duke's Palace reborn again, full of hope for the future.

The reconquest of the royal capital made Prince Railton excited, and he couldn't wait to rush from Dragon City to the royal capital despite the dangers of the battlefield ahead, and returned to the palace as the heir to the royal family.

Except for the palace and the first duke's palace on the west side of the royal capital, the buildings in other areas of the city have long been destroyed by the fire two years ago, and the city is overgrown with weeds and looks like a mess everywhere.

With the arrival of Cologne and others, a large group of people gathered around Prince Relton, boasting about patting horses in the palace hall, and only Caldis and others walked into the ruins in the north of the city.

The once prosperous aristocratic district of the northern part of the city is gone, replaced by a wasteland with short walls and rubble. Walking among the weeds, Cook's heart was heavy, for the thought of the ruined Earl's Court reminded him of his mother's kind face. He hated that he was ignorant at the beginning, and he had to quarrel to kill the enemy, but because of the bandits, he delayed taking his mother to escape from the royal capital. If it weren't for waiting for herself, her mother might have fled from the royal capital a long time ago, and Cook felt pain in his heart when he thought of this.

Robit followed behind Cook and kept sighing, "Hey, it's good that Miller and Jombus didn't come, and they must not be happy to see this." ”

Montpot, who was following behind, asked him, "Lord Robit, why don't you go to the First Duke's Palace?" ”

First Duke's Palace, hearing this word, Robit felt a huge pressure on his shoulders. The first thing he remembers was the stern face of his father, Connor. My father never praised himself like he did with his other brothers, and he was always so strict with himself, and it felt almost like he was going to collapse in a depressed way. Although his father is no longer there, there are still too many memories in the courtyard of the First Duke's Palace, and every time he sees those bamboo forests and wooden stakes, Robit recalls the scene of being punished and whipped by his father in the past.

Robit's mood became very low, and he replied to Montpot with a sigh, "It has long been spoiled by the barbarians, what is there to see." Here, though it was a pile of rubble, the barbarians seldom bothered it after destroying it, and I felt that it still had its original taste. ”

Mompot took a few steps forward, waved his gun and pricked the vines on the remnant wall and said, "The original taste? Do you mean these remnants of the walls? ”

Robit nodded, reached out and touched the dusty section of the wall, and said with great feeling: "Cook, this should be the courtyard wall of your Earl's Palace, right?" ”

Cook glanced back and replied, "Yes, this is the courtyard wall in the southwest corner of the West Courtyard. ”

After saying that, Cook reached out to pull away the vines at the gap, bent down and lowered his head to get in.

Seeing that Robit also followed into the courtyard wall, Mompot turned to Caldis and asked, "Lord Caldis, have you been here before?" Do you have any impressions of these buildings or something? ”

Caldis shook his head silently, his eyes staring at the ruined scene in front of him, and the expression on his face was very sad. Fawkes is Caldis's brother-in-law, and when he saw the Earl's Court fall like this, Caldis was naturally very sad.

As Caldis and Mompot stood by the vines outside the ruined wall and looked around, Cook's voice came from inside: "Cousin, I want to spend the night here tonight, and I will talk about something tomorrow morning." ”

Caldis understood Cook's mood at this time, and he lowered his head without hesitation, and also bent down from under the vines into the courtyard of the broken wall.

Although the broken wall was covered with vines, the floor of the courtyard of the Earl's Court was covered with solid stones, so the inside still looked clean, and apart from the dust on it, there was hardly a single weed or dirt to be seen.

Cook was in a bad mood, he stood silently in the middle of the courtyard, staring at the pile of rubble in front of him, it was hard to imagine that this was the once tall and glorious Earl's Court. Mompot then dug into the rubble in the hope of finding the bones of Cook's loved ones, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find anything.

This is understandable, the barbarians usually take the Knights and slaughter them intensively, even if they are killed on the spot, then their corpses will be buried in a centralized manner, otherwise the corpses will be left outside to rot and easily cause disease.

It was getting late, and the western sky was showing the afterglow of the setting sun, and soon it was going to get dark.

Caldis pulled a vine from the side, then simply wrapped it into a broom, and carefully swept the ground in the courtyard, and said, "Let's dine here tonight, as if Cook was entertaining us at the Earl's Court." ”

Robit said happily after hearing this: "This is a good proposal, I haven't been to Earl's Court for more than ten years, and I have to have a good drink with Cook tonight." ”

After saying that, Robit reached out and drew his sword, cut a handful of weeds under the remnant wall, and also tied it into a simple broom, and swept the dust on the ground on the other side.

Cook reached out and rubbed his red eyes, then walked into the pile of rubble, took an unburned broom from the rubble, and cleaned up the yard with them.

Under Mompott's arrangement, several buckets of water were wrung by the guards from outside the remnant wall, and the guards began to wash the ground back and forth. Then several tables were handed in from the outside, and in the middle of the courtyard they were put together to form a long table, around which chairs were placed one after another, and candles and wine utensils were placed on the table.

Cook gathered some dead branches and wood, lit a bonfire in front of the ruins, and then set up and roasted the beef and mutton brought by the guards.

Montpot came over to help Cook and said, "Okay Cook, you can go and take a break and talk to Robit and your cousin." You're the host, and you have to entertain everyone. ”

Accompanied by his brothers and friends, Cook's mood improved. He smiled at Montpot and nodded, then reached out and patted Montpot on the shoulder as a slight thank-you, then got up and said to Robit, Caldis, and the Knight Captains who were standing aside, "Come on, sit down and talk." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Deran's head popping up again in the gap in the remnant wall, and he hurriedly got out and said to Cook: "Cook, how can you entertain everyone here, this is too shabby, or I will find someone to set up a big tent on the side of the road outside." ”

Robit smiled and waved his hand, "No, it's more empty here, and there are no passing guards to disturb it, just right here." ”

At this time, another person came in from the broken wall, and Anne, who was originally in charge of receiving supplies from the First Legion, also returned to the royal capital, and heard that they all came here to be happy, so Anne hurried over.

After entering the courtyard, Anne said with an unhappy face: "Why are you all hiding here, can't you find a better place to eat?" ”

Robit sat in the chair, he crossed Erlang's legs, and replied very leisurely, "What? Is this place bad? This is Cook's Earl's Court, don't you like it? ”

Anne had never been to the royal capital, so she naturally didn't know that the pile of ruins in front of her was the former royal capital earl's palace. After listening to Robitt's explanation, Anne's attitude immediately took a big turn, and she said very happily: "Yo, I didn't react to this, disrespectful and disrespectful." Cook, your sister-in-law and I'm a big man, don't mind. ”

Cook was very embarrassed and said, "Of course I don't mind, it's just that it's too unlucky here, and I have wronged my sister-in-law." ”

"Where's that?" Anne looked around and said, "I'll tell you Cook, it's really a special mood to have dinner in this open-air courtyard." I have nothing to be wronged about, it's too late to be happy. ”

After hearing this, Robit teased Anne in a very small voice and said, "Didn't you just think this place was bad?" ”

Anne immediately glared at Robit, and then she smiled and said to Cook, "No matter what happens to the Cook brothers' Earl's house, of course I won't mind." Come on, everyone sit down, don't bother. ”

After saying that, Anne waved at Rossabal, who was standing behind her, and then motioned for the knights to take their seats with the chief knights, Deran, Namir, and Tarret.

Soon the guards brought bread, wine, fruit, and other food from the outside and put it on the table, and then Mompot also roasted the meat and ordered the guards to help serve it together.

Anne glanced at Montpot and said, "Ouch, I said Master Montpott, you can let the guards do this kind of thing, what kind of meat are you roasting, come and talk to everyone." It's up to you. ”

Mompot smiled and nodded, glancing at his knight before sitting back down at the table.

Soon the Knight Master of Montport ordered all the guards to stand guard to prevent anyone from eavesdropping on their chats, and then the Knight Master himself returned to the campfire to continue leaning on the beef and mutton for everyone.

Robit glanced at the knight who was roasting the meat, then reached out and picked up a piece of roast meat and put it in his mouth, and said to everyone while eating: "Have you found a problem, our counterattack this time seems to be too smooth, and there are some surprises that have gone smoothly, and there is almost no particularly stubborn resistance." ”

After taking a sip of wine, Montpot replied, "Yes, the barbarians in the past did not give up an inch of land, and this time they have given up one territory after another, and I really don't know what they are doing." ”

Anne sneered and said, "Isn't that obvious? There were a total of twenty-five knights in the entire barbarian crusade legion, excluding the four knights lost by Luo Khan, the three knights lost by Neddo, and the two knights lost in Cobillon. Even if the knight order they stationed in Yuguan is removed, there are still fifteen knights in Vaqas's hands, and a total of 30,000 black knights can be called. But we fought all the way, and they retreated or retreated, isn't this just that Vacas is shrinking his forces to preserve his strength? ”

After saying that, Anne took a bite of bread and continued: "I have warned everyone a long time ago that this Vaqas must be planning something, and we must not be paralyzed by these small victories in front of us. At that time, once our Knight army is unfavorable on the battlefield, and the defeat is like a mountain, our entire Knight will become a complete defeat in an instant. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and then Caldis continued the topic and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince has talked to me privately before, and he may take action in the next few days. I also persuaded His Royal Highness the Prince to let him give everyone a little more time to rest, but His Royal Highness said that the soldiers are fast and time cannot be delayed. ”

Robit raised his glass and frowned and asked, "This is going to hit Yuguan immediately, why did you do it in such a hurry." ”

Cook said without hesitation: "His Royal Highness the prince is too impulsive, you have to be cautious in everything." Now Carter and Spartt's two legions have not caught up, and he is in such a hurry to go to Yuguan. In the event that Varkas suddenly attacks when our two armies are not connected, we will be completely disrupted and will become very passive. ”

"yes!" Montpot also sighed with emotion: "The barbarians still have a large army stationed in Cobilon, and if they attack the rear of our army from the south of Cobilon and cut off the supply routes of our large army, the consequences will be really unimaginable." ”

Anne replied, "That's not true, the two knights of Barugar and Simon are stationed in Nedo, and there are also the knights of Betty in Hwaseong and the knights of Ohiggins on the side of the fortress of Nedo, and it will not be so easy for the barbarians to capture Nedo. I fear that the barbarians will suddenly launch a full-scale attack, attacking Nedo, Ritunburg, Risburg, and the royal capital at the same time, so that we will not be able to take care of the end at the same time, and if we lose one place, the whole army of my Naite will be in danger. ”

After hearing this, Cook asked Caldis, "Cousin, why do you have to let Carter and Spartt come to the royal capital with two legions, isn't it good for them to stay in Litunburg and Risburg?" ”

Robit sneered: "This is not a desperate adventure of His Royal Highness Prince Railton, he would rather abandon Fort Rytun and Fort Risburg than concentrate his forces to capture Yuguan." It can't be said that the prince's approach is wrong, after all, taking Yuguan is equivalent to winning the opportunity to deal with the barbarians, but such a risky approach makes people feel unreliable when they think about it. ”

Listening to everyone express their opinions, Caldis already had some ideas in mind. He instructed everyone, "In this way, in order to prevent accidents." Annie, you continue to be stationed in the mountains north of Reesburg, keeping an eye out for enemy movements. Cook, you will be stationed in the plains of the royal capital with the Knights, and once the barbarians attack us from Widun, you must retreat south as soon as possible and turn as soon as possible. Robit and Montpott, you will take the Knights and garrison them on the plain south of the royal capital, and serve as the main force for us to attack Yuguan to support Cook and Anne. As for the two legions of Carter and Spartt, I will suggest to His Royal Highness the Prince that they remain in Ritunburg and Reesburg. ”