Chapter 41 II The end of the holiday
The sky is as clear as a wash, and there is not a trace of white clouds to be seen. The sun rolled and the flames poured light and heat on the land of Parci. A goshawk spreads its wings and soars high in the air, searching for its prey.
Suddenly, an arrow pierced the air and shot at the goshawk, who seemed to be taken aback, and then flapped its wings and flew high. At its hovering height, it was beyond the reach of a bow and arrow, so its upward flight was merely an instinctive reaction.
However, it did not weaken the momentum of the arrow, but it flew straight towards it as if it had sped up, and the goshawk twisted itself to fly sideways to avoid the strange arrow, but it was too late, and the moment it was about to take action, the arrow pierced through the eagle's chest!
"Shot! That's great! A crisp female voice came from the ground, and two knights sprang out of a wood, followed by several knights.
Running at the front is a young woman, with long chestnut hair tied back at the back of her head, looking neat and neat, a pair of big brown eyes on her beautiful face are brilliant and smart, and the power suit on her body is simple and practical, and there is no luxurious decoration, but its exquisite workmanship is enough to reflect the dignity of the owner of the clothes. She is the only princess of the Duchy of Palci, Afrit, and the most likely to inherit the throne.
Behind her was a man with a curved bow and feathered arrows on his back. With slightly curly hair, wheat-colored skin, a pair of eyes that are black on the left and blue on the right, and three terrifying scars from his forehead to the right side of his face, he is Alfrite's husband, Li Tianhao, the lord of Dils. Needless to say, Fang Cai's arrow naturally came from under his strong bow. Ordinary people can't shoot arrows to that height.
Behind the two of them, followed by Alam. The trio of Shagora and Agobar. Alam is Li Tianhao's personal disciple and personal guard; Xia Gora switched to Li Tianhao after the death of his brother Ai Youka; And Agobar is nominally Alam's apprentice, and even Li Tianhao's apprentice. It's just that his huge body looks a little strange on a horse.
Alfrit's Pegasus rushed to the place where the goshawk fell, picked up the eagle with a sideways copy, held it high above his head, and said with a smile: "Got it!" Got it! ”
Li Tianhao, who was following behind, slowed down the speed of the horse, made a grimace and said, "I'll contribute, it's really unfair for you to pick up ready-made." ”
Alfrit stuck out her tongue at him: "It is a matter of course for a husband to hunt and give his prey to his wife!" Don't be so stingy! ”
Facing a coquettish wife. Li Tianhao had to shake his head and smile bitterly. If Li Tianhao originally had a female communication barrier, even after more than half a year of marriage, it still hasn't improved much, and as long as Afrit is coquettish to him, he doesn't know how to deal with it.
At this time, the three horses behind arrived in the front, and as soon as Alam stopped, he complained loudly: "Boss, it's almost time to go back, right?" You two are happy to hunt, do you want to see that our horses are almost full of prey, and our horses will not be able to run if this continues. ”
After hearing what he said, Alfrit scoffed: "Hmph, Agobar himself is about to crush the horse, where does his horse spare his prey?" Besides, I haven't had enough of it! Don't you let my husband hunt if you can't shoot the prey yourself? ”
Alam was hit in the sore spot by Alfrite's words. Immediately angry. In fact, Alam's archery skills are far beyond ordinary archers, and the only weakness is that he does not have natural divine power like Li Tianhao, and he can't open a hard bow like Li Tianhao, so naturally he can't shoot prey like a goshawk. Now the scar has been uncovered by Alfrett in person. Alam couldn't help but complain loudly: "Obviously, I didn't shoot a single prey, but I actually called it hunting." It's so unfair, why didn't you give my boss the same power. Otherwise, I'll shoot you two birds with one stone!" ”
Li Tianhao watched his wife and apprentice arguing on the side, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Alam is also fifteen years old this year. His height has quickly risen to the level of being on par with himself, and now he is no longer the same as a child. It's a half-sized boy. As a result of spending many years with adult warriors, the influence of the environment on him can be clearly seen in his body, Alam has the unruly and poisonous tongue of Senas, the loyalty of Mueller and the action of Li Tianhao. But if he transforms his loyalty to himself into a sense of antagonism against his wife, it will be a very troublesome thing for him to do with his exuberant energy.
In fact, Alfrit was also so angry by Alam's rebuttal that his face turned red, and Li Tianhao hurriedly stepped forward to stop the situation that was about to get out of control: "Alam, as you yourself can see, it is impossible for your strength to surpass mine, then you should look for your own strengths and advantages." Your speed is your greatest weapon, and you can be above me at this point, understand? ”
Li Tianhao's avoidance of the important and trivializing it had an effect on Alam, and Alam's attention instantly shifted to reflecting on the improvement of his martial arts. Li Tianhao turned back to his wife and said, "Alfrite, we should also go back to the palace, my father will worry about us." ”
Alfrette pursed her lips and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you." Go back and I'll make you a big meal with these prey! ”
Li Tianhao didn't dare to compliment his wife's cooking skills, but fortunately, it was not to the point where it was difficult to swallow, so since Afrette had a heart, he naturally couldn't refuse. The people turned their horses' heads together and began to walk back.
As soon as he returned to the city, Li Tianhao was surrounded by all kinds of officials. In fact, he went out hunting today, delaying a lot of business. Since the suppression of the Nubian rebellion, Nubia soon had tens of thousands of people come to enlist mercenaries, according to Li Tianhao's original estimate is to prepare to save the essence, only 10,000 to 15,000 elite infantry, but because the Nubian soldiers are too good, everyone's physical fitness surpasses that of ordinary soldiers, and their combat skills are much higher than Li Tianhao's expectations, what they lack is only the queue cooperation during large-scale operations, so the Nubian soldiers who finally got the employment contract are as many as 35,000 people. This also includes Wodd of the Sanda tribe and Zukar, the heir of the Russell tribe. The sudden increase of 20,000 people completely disrupted Li Tianhao's original plan, and a series of problems such as food, housing and training, including the allocation of weapons and equipment and the purchase of various necessities, as well as the financial support caused by this, came like a snowball. In addition, if Li Tianhao wants to use Palci's army, he is bound to contact many nobles, and these hereditary nobles are not keen on meritorious service in battle, if it were not for the old feud with Yaqi, I am afraid they would still stand against Li Tianhao, so Li Tianhao not only has to deal with these nobles, but also has to get enough support from the low-born civilian class and declining nobles, otherwise he will not be able to command these armies freely.
During this period of time, Li Tianhao's biggest breakthrough was to successfully obtain the understanding of Palci's away general Qusay. Cusai was the eldest son of Ulysses, and was sent to Palchi by Ulysses at the end of the last Battle of Dils, but before he could reach the city of Nirru, the Yaggi army was completely destroyed, and as a result, Qusay was unable to retreat and had to stay in Palchi as a guest general. However, Qusay had no intention of serving Palci, and soon resigned to live on a small plot of land given to him by Airul. Since Li Tianhao became Airul's son-in-law, Qusay has been closed to customers and refused to accept anyone's visits. Li Tianhao was already indebted to Ulysses' death, so he visited Qusai Mansion more than once, but unfortunately he was turned away every time. This situation finally changed this year under the mediation of Hector , and after several conversations with Li Tianhao, Qusay finally changed his attitude, although he said that he could not help Li Tianhao's team Yaki to use force, but also revealed his willingness to help Li Tianhao. Even Yaki's generals were convinced, and Li Tianhao's reputation among the Palci nobles was even more prosperous.
This period is called a holiday of idleness by Li Tianhao, but in fact, his busyness is only slightly easier than in the Diersberg.
After taking care of these daily affairs, Shagora stepped forward and reported, "According to the report from Lord Jamo, there are signs of a movement of the Yaki Army recently. ”
Li Tianhao listened and nodded. Since Jamo accompanied him to Palci, Yaqui's intelligence reconnaissance has lagged behind - Rolands's ability alone is no longer enough to analyze more and more intelligence, so after pacifying Nubia, Li Tianhao transferred Jamo back to the mountains of Dils. It didn't take long for Jamo to get things straightened out, and then the information began to flow to Palci, and now that Yaki seemed to be aware of the news of his rearmament, Kadir III, who had been silent for a long time, finally began to make a move.
"It seems that Yaki has already smelled the smell, so let's cooperate with them and prepare for action. Immediately inform Senas of Port Portsmo and ask him to drive the mercenary legion to the city of Hycombe; ordered Tatar to end the training of Nubian mercenaries and begin their march to the Dils with immediate effect; Tomorrow I will play my father's throne and prepare to raise my army. ”
"Yes, the villain will do it immediately!" Shagora took the order and withdrew.
"Boss, is the holiday over?" Alam asked.
Li Tianhao exhaled thoughtfully and said, "Yes, our capital has almost been saved, it's time to make a move." ”
Alam noticed that Li Tianhao's hand was clenched into a fist, and his blue right eye had turned purple. (To be continued......)