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The overall situation has been decided, and the little Count Tang has won.

But the victory came so suddenly that Count Don Jr. wasn't even ready to meet it - as if Alexander had defeated Darius but couldn't pursue him - Duke Ed was so decisive and resolute that he threw a mess out of the way, and then ran away with a pout, leaving Count Don Jr. pinching his nose to clean up the mess.

From a strategic point of view, Duke Ed is undoubtedly very correct in doing this, unless there is a miracle in the current battle situation, there is no possibility of turning the tables, and his most valuable hoplite is also under siege at the moment, and he may not even be able to escape if he rushes to save him. And even if they were rescued, how would the hoplites be able to run over the four legs of the cavalry on two legs?

In this case, it is better to let them exert their last bit of residual heat, use the hoplites to hold back the pace of the super-long pikemen of Count Xiao Tang, and then use the fleeing rout army to slow down the speed of Count Xiao Tang's light cavalry - not to mention anything else, so many routs, do you catch or not?

Catch, then when you finish catching, the lightly armed Duke Ed doesn't know how far to run, if you don't catch it, then you have to hehe, the Knights of Alcoba will go to catch bandits all over the mountains again.

Therefore, Count Tang could only watch Duke Ed escape, and then unwillingly commanded the army.

"Crossbowmen prepare—ready, salvo!"

At the sound of the order, the bolts poured down like a rain of locusts, obscuring the sky and the sun, and darkening the sky for a little - but we said that the shoddy hunting crossbows in the hands of the Count Don did not do anything against the hoplites in chain mail, and some of these ironclad men were still standing with a dozen arrows in their bodies - but, I still have to say, how long will God favor these fellows?

With so many salvos of crossbow arrows, one or two of them can hit a few unlucky children in the face, and then these unlucky children can only fall to the ground with an 'oops' and can't get up, even if some hoplites want to break out of the encirclement, the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers are waiting in front of them, which will die faster.

Besides, these hoplites are also people, as long as they are human physical strength, there is a limit, the sword and shield soldiers can shrink into the super long pikemen array to rest when they are tired, and how long can the hoplites resist with heavy armor?

Therefore, it was only a matter of time before they surrendered, and Count Don Jr. was more troubled than the hoplites.

That was Archduke Mulchid.

For this Grand Duke, the little Tang Count is disgusted more than respectful, just the original Grand Duke's heavy cavalry group charge, is the closest to death since the little Tang Count crossed, the scene of more than 100 war horses trampling the earth, still can not be easily forgotten.

But Grand Duke Murchid is his uncle on the surface, and this layer of blood relationship alone cannot be erased, and the Grand Duke's final counterattack did work a lot, otherwise Duke Ed would not have given up so easily, so this see, in the end, we still have to see it.

Therefore, although the little Count Tang was very reluctant, from day to night, from the end of the battle to the prisoners were arranged, it was really impossible to drag it on, so he had to meet him.

When the medieval nobles meet, etiquette is a very important part, even now in the battlefield that has just ended, the necessary parts, such as wine, vegetables, and meat - meat is the most important - but these things are not understood by the little Count Tang, and the knights of Orcoba are also a big and rough one, besides, where does the wine come from when marching and fighting, and in the end it is still necessary to serve meat, anyway, for this group of medieval nobles, enough meat and enough salt are given, that is, it is enough to look up to them.

So, when the Grand Duke of Murchid arrived in the evening, a simple feast was ready, the main course was a beef shank, the accompanying dish was a steak, and the dessert was a cow's ear, all cows, for five hundred cows had died in this battle, and this was a precious resource, and it could not be left here to rot and be wasted!

Speaking of which, this is the first time that Count Don has seen Archduke Mulchid, and he has never seen it clearly when he was so far away from the battlefield before.

Archduke Murchid was probably sixty years old, with silver hair, but he was still in good spirits, in good health, and looked very healthy, as if he could fight a bear with his bare hands, but of course, only as if he were able to fight a bear with his bare hands.

In the Middle Ages, a man of his age, who was slightly injured or contracted with a cold, might have just whined and wailed and gone to heaven to accompany God, so even in late spring and early summer, when the weather was not so cold, the Grand Duke was still quite thickly wrapped, and his bearskin coat and snow fox's scarf highlighted his identity.

On the other hand, Archduke Mulchid was also lamenting the youth and strength of Count Don.

At that time, the Grand Duke thought in his heart: "He is still so young, and he is still so strong, it is conservatively estimated that he will live another fifty years, and his talent is so outstanding, when I die, who will subdue him?" Rely on my last unsuccessful second son? ”

That's it, although the Grand Duke only has his last son left, but in fact, the Grand Duke looks down on his son who can only play tricks, because in this war-torn era, how can he compete with a strong enemy only by relying on intrigue and trickery?

The way of using soldiers, with the right fit, with the odd supplement, to take the world with nothing. This kind of reasoning, Archduke Murchid, who has been a duke for thirty years, still sees it quite clearly.

Therefore, when the Grand Duke of Murchid saw that there was such a strong, handsome, and talented young man as the Count of Don in his family, a thought in his heart burned like wildfire again.

He wants to accept Count Xiao Tang as his adopted son!

This is definitely not a whim, when he was defeated by Count Tang for the first time, this idea has already appeared, and after his favorite third son Tad was killed, this idea has been growing wildly, until now, until now, he witnessed with his own eyes and the whole process how Count Tang defeated Duke Eddard, this thought is like a fire in his heart, and he can't calm down anymore.

Moreover, it was not uncertain that he would do so.

First of all, he is the uncle of Count Xiao Tang, and the blood relationship is within three generations, he accepted Count Xiao Tang as his adopted son, and Count Xiao Tang didn't even need to change his name and surname, first of all, the biggest resistance point was solved! And he is a righteous Grand Duke, once he accepts Count Xiao Tang as his son, Count Xiao Tang can get an entire duke in exchange! With such conditions, the Grand Duke of Mulchid did not believe that the Count of Little Tang would not agree.

Moreover, in this era, there are often aristocratic families who have lost their heirs due to wars, and one person is selected from the side branches of these nobles to take over the title, such things are commonplace in this era, and Count Xiao Tang does not have to worry about any gossip.

Therefore, although the hospitality of the Count of the Younger Tang was rather shabby in the eyes of the Grand Duke, the Grand Duke did not mind at all—is it not the saying that the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at it, the more she likes it—and now, though the Grand Duke of Murchid, though not a mother-in-law, is equally pleased to see that the most outstanding young man in his family has not yet been carried away by victory, and still maintains a 'hard and simple' style.

The main reason for this is that it is 'my own family'.

As mentioned above, in this era of endless wars, there are often nobles who die because of wars, and this is absolutely intolerable to nobles who concede as 'blue bloods'!

Therefore, for these nobles, the first requirement is not to expand their territory to improve their lives, but to ensure that their families can continue. As long as the family continues, there is hope for everything, even if the family is in temporary decline, as long as there are children and grandchildren, there is still hope for revival.

And now, Archduke Mulchid saw that there was still such an outstanding young man as Count Don in his family, and if his sons were angry, it would be okay, but now his sons were killing each other, leaving only one thing that could not be done, how could he not be moved! He was even imagining that after a hundred years, Count Xiao Tang would be promoted to Duke Xiao Tang, and then to King Xiao Tang, and maybe there might even be a glimmer of possibility to touch the supreme crown......

At that time, the O'Brien family will become the brightest star in the entire night, and the most praised surname in the whole world! It's like Caroling, like Cape, as long as there are humans around, there will be people who will praise its name, O'Brien!

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