Chapter 63: Double-sided betting

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Because of the inexplicable so-called 'aristocratic demeanor' of the aristocracy that came out of nowhere, and the same is true of the scholars of the East, even if the heads of the people have been killed on the battlefield and rivers of blood are flowing, the two nobles still have to contact each other, and dance as if nothing had happened.

Let's take England as an example - who told him to be closer, and there are so many things that lack roots.

When Henry I died in 1135, his grandson Henry II and nephew Stephen both believed that they were entitled to the English throne.

In the first battle for the throne, the fourteen-year-old Henry II was inexperienced and ill-prepared, and before the war began, the army ran out of food, fell into hunger, and was embarrassed, he actually asked his enemy Stephen for support. As for Stephen, he generously lent money to Henry II to send the hungry mercenaries home, and the first war ended ridiculously.

A few years later, Henry II was back in his fledges, and the two sides fought again, this time with Henry II quickly victorious and Stephen surrendered. However, the result of the negotiations between the two sides was a big surprise: it was agreed that Stephen would continue to be king of England, but would declare Henry II as the heir.

God, this is war! It's a bloody, deadly war! War is cold and untender, and these people treat war as a pastime and have no seriousness at all. No wonder he will be abused by Green Green in the future, and he will not move back until the Industrial Revolution.

Thus the dead were immediately treated with a high level of courtesy, and in any case, even if a second war with the Archduke was about to begin, he was at least the Archduke's messenger, and if the Count of Little Tang did not entertain him, he would be regarded as a barbarian, although they were already barbarians on the European continent.

It is strange to say that the Romans looked down on people other than Rome, and thought that they were all barbarians, and then Rome was invaded by barbarians; The barbarians looked down on the Scandinavian Vikings, believing them to be the barbarians of the barbarians, and as a result, the Vikings became the fathers of all Europe; The whole of Europe looked down on the Mongols, believing them to be the pinnacle of barbarians, and in the end they were beaten again by the Mongols......

In short, in the Middle Ages, if someone called you a brute, you could have picked up an axe and cut him, rest assured, he would not be able to beat you.

Without further ado, when the dead man arrived in the hall, Count Don and the knights were already waiting there.

"Wan'an, Honorable Earl, and all Noble Knights, Murchid V. O'Brien, Archduke Munster, Earl of North Munster, Possessor of Bentratty, Guardian of Limerick, pay your deepest respects."

To be clear, it's not my water word count, it's that the title of the Grand Duke is so long, if you're willing to look up the title of Queen Victoria, then I swear it's enough to make me a few hundred words.

"Excuse me, then, is there anything wrong with the Grand Duke sending you over?"

Count Xiao Tang said that in his imagination, there were nothing more than two possibilities, one was to ask his son's whereabouts and ask for an apology and then send troops, but to scold a call to avenge his son and then send troops, saying that going to Bacheng was just a declaration of war.

"His Royal Highness the Grand Duke has entrusted the contemptible person to send a letter to the noble earl, and the letter is here, please check it."

As he spoke, the dead man took out the letter from his bosom, presented it with both hands, and waited for the little Count Tang to check it.

Of course, Count Don Jr. would definitely not move, and his subordinate, the Knight of Olcoba, accepted the letter, and checked it carefully to confirm that the oil seal on the letter was not broken, that is to say, the letter had not been seen, and the seal on the oil seal was indeed that of the Grand Duke of Murchid, and the dead man did not lie, so he handed the letter to Count Don Jr.

Count Don Jr. received the letter and used it on the spot...... The knife took it apart, and a smell wafted out, well, the letter was written on parchment.

In fact, there is not much content written by the Grand Duke, and the handwriting seems to be quite hurried, it should have been written in an emergency, and the content can be summarized like this:

"Nephew, although we fought a battle before, it was also a family matter, and the ugliness of the family should not be publicized.

But now there's a bastard, the Duke of Connaught, Eddard, who robbed me of Limerick and heard about Desmond's luxury, and he immediately got tempted to take me along and beat you! I think it's definitely not okay, you're my nephew, Ed is just an outsider, how can there be any reason to help outsiders rob people in their own family?

However, Ed is now strong and strong, and I can't resist my uncle, but my uncle agreed with you that the red flag will be used as a symbol on the battlefield, and it will be shaken three times as a signal, and my uncle will turn his face with him on the spot, and 800 strong men will wait to defeat Ed's army in one fell swoop.

In addition, the guy who sent the letter helped me with the result, this matter is secret, don't be careful. ”

After reading the letter, Count Tang fell silent, thinking about the authenticity of the letter.

From a sane point of view, the Count Don did not see any benefit in this for the Archduke of Mulchid.

Turning the other cheek with Duke Ed was not an easy decision to make, and a war between the two dukes would be tantamount to drawing the whole of Ireland into the flames of war - of course, it was nothing, and the two dukes wouldn't care.

However, the important thing is that if the Count of Don Jr. succeeds and performs a miracle to defeat another duke, what kind of benefit can Archduke Mulchid get? Does Earl Don Jr. have a good opinion?

Are you kidding! He's the Grand Duke!

But once the Count Don failed and the letter was found by Duke Eddard, then Archduke Mulchid was ...... He...... He...... It doesn't seem like anything.

Are you kidding! He's the Grand Duke!

Well, Count Don Jr. somewhat understood, Grand Duke Mulchid was betting on both ends.

If the Earl of Don wins, then the Archduke's gesture of goodwill in advance, whether it works or not, he will at least gain the favor of the Earl of Don, which is crucial to North Munster, which is already in a mess - as mentioned earlier, all the maritime merchants who come to Desmond will pass through Limerick, which is a large tax to support the reconstruction of North Manster.

Moreover, it would also deal a heavy blow to the arrogance of Duke Eddard, who now has only two Grand Dukes in Ireland, and now that Archduke Mulchid is under the name of Duke Eddard, Duke Ed has the posture of 'I am the king of the world' - this is the most important thing, mind you!! If this really makes him king, then the good days of the Grand Duke of Murchid will really come to an end.

Even if it is the other way around, if the Earl of Don Jr. loses and Desmond is plundered, it will have no effect on the Grand Duke, and even if the letter is found, remember, he is the Grand Duke!

The identity of the Grand Duke is like an emperor, it is the orthodoxy of the world, you can blackmail, you can be unhappy, but this is a gold medal to avoid death, at most he is having a sad life, anyway, it will not be more sad than now.

If you think about it further, if the pretext for the war, Prince Murcheltče's head, was sent by the Grand Duke himself......

Count Xiao Tang couldn't help but shudder, tiger poison doesn't eat children! The heart of the Grand Duke is too vicious!

But having said that, the Count of Don Jr. still gave the letter to the knights to circulate, and if there were illiterate among these knights, and there was also Priest Philip on the side to translate, so immediately, the group of knights was excited-in any case, dealing with two dukes at the same time with one county, even if one of them was already half-crippled, but the tiger died in the aftermath, and the reputation alone was enough to make people frightened.

But now, since Archduke Murchid was willing to fight back, the odds were buzzing upwards with a duke and an earl against a duke—just as the knights selectively ignored the fact that Archduke Mulchid was half-crippled.

Well, now that the knights are all at ease, then the rest is the question of the dead man in front of him, whether to kill or stay, to be honest, Count Xiao Tang looked at his golden finger and fell into hesitation.