The tent of the royal family is mainly black, the edge is yellow, full of solemnity and authority, the top of the pointed tip flutters a heraldic flag of the imperial eagle, at the door of the tent stands two royal guards with halberds, in the gap of the tent curtain can be seen the ruler of the empire Henry sitting inside, this commander of tens of thousands of soldiers, the most noble person under his command of the vassals, at this time with a sad face with a sad face with his right hand on his forehead, long sighs and shaking his head from time to time.

"Father, what's wrong with you?" In addition to Henry the Bird Catcher, there was his heir, Prince Otto, a wise prince sitting cross-legged on the carpet of the tent, with a mountain of parchment books at his hand, each elaborately drawn by the monks, and on his lap an open book, a copy of Plato's philosophy compiled by the monks.

"My wise son, you read the books of the monks all day long, but can those things really help you?" Henry looked at his heir, buried in the stacks of books all day, and couldn't help but shake his head again, his brows twisted together, and his hands stroked his beard.

"Books are records of wisdom and experience that can help us find many solutions to problems." Otto closed the book on his lap and placed it in the stack, which was managed by a special servant.

"Ha, will the clergy who can only fold their hands and close their eyes in prayer know how to rule an empire?" Henry was dismissive of Otto's words, those who would only say what role God had arranged everything to do when things went wrong, if it weren't for the support of the swords of the nobles. They had their heads cut off by the infidels long ago, which is why Henry refused to be anointed at the time of his coronation, how could he have succumbed to a group of weak monks who could only pray.

"Although these books were compiled by monks, their knowledge comes from much more ancient times." Otto stood up, his father became the Duke of Saxony by luck, but he went on to defeat his rivals step by step and achieve his current position, so he only believed in his sword and the knights under his command.

"Oh, then I'd like to know how I can break down the walls of those damn Slavs." Henry listened to his son's words and asked Otto in a joking tone.

"This. I'd love to find a way too. But there were so few books left behind, and I couldn't find a solution for a long time. Frustrated, Otto looked up the books he had bothered to collect, but most of them were ancient Greek philosophies. and the Christian Bible or the letters of the early disciples. There is very little knowledge of military theory. Maybe they were all destroyed when the Roman Empire fell, or maybe the books were stored elsewhere.

"That's why I say those things are useless, and it seems that we can only make concessions to the dukes. They were asked to send knights to storm the city walls, otherwise, if we dragged on until winter came, not only would the soldiers be discouraged, but our finances would not be able to support us so much, and people from the Chamber of Commerce would have come to ask us if we wanted to mortgage the land and borrow debts. Heng rubbed his forehead with his hand, originally thought that gathering tens of thousands of people could quickly take the fortress Blaneybell, but he didn't expect the dukes to pass the buck to each other, and the attack dragged on, maybe because he saw the strong walls of the fortress, worried about the loss of his knights, you must know that these dukes are still in a competitive relationship, and the damage to their own strength will definitely make the competitors take advantage of the fisherman, but these tens of thousands of people eat horses and chew very much, except for the prostitutes and merchants who follow the rear of the army are happy, As the commander-in-chief, Henry has a lot on his mind.

"What concessions are there to make? Father, we have given the dukes enough autonomy that I fear that one day these noble dukes will get out of control. Prince Otto took a breath of cold air and hissed, it is already a fact that the dukes are too big to fall, but now that Henry and the Duke of Saxony are still alive, these dukes do not dare to make a mistake, but if one day the Duke of Saxony and Henry, who support the royal family, die and die, I am afraid that the empire will fall apart.

"The dukes have always wanted to expand the rights of the electors, and now they are dragging their feet and refusing to attack, I am afraid that they want to use this as a threat, asking me to expand the number and authority of the electors and limit the rights of the royal family." Henry sighed deeply, he understood his son's worries, why didn't he feel so, he only blamed himself for his eagerness, which led to such a situation, "It's all to blame on that damn Earl of Mecklenburg, if he hadn't won so easily, how could I have started a war so easily." ”

"Count Mecklenburg?" Prince Otto's eyes lit up when he heard Henry's complaints, and only Arold could solve the current situation, so he said to Henry, "Father, why don't we let the Count of Mecklenburg come to the aid of the war?" ”

"Do you mean he's going to be able to break down this fortress? Maybe it was just his luck last time, you have to know that luck is not something that can appear again and again. Henry shook his head disapprehantly, he didn't think the young Arold would be able to help him.

"No, Father, I have heard that the Count of Mecklenburg once had a military book from the ancient Roman era, and when he was in the service of the Duke of Mason, he used the wonderful tactics of that book to win many victories, so it seems that he was not so lucky to be able to liberate Mecklenburg." Prince Otto has long been very concerned about Arrod, although the strength of the royal family is not strong, but it is very effective in collecting intelligence, and His Royal Highness has studied every battle of Arold.

"Ancient Rome's military treasures?" Henry stroked his beard, his eyes narrowed, which piqued his interest, or which young earl really had a secret that could defeat any enemy.

"I have heard that the Duke of Mason is even going to marry his precious daughter, Princess Josie, to the earl, and Sir Able says that he will bring the news of Arold's engagement after this war is over."

"What? That Duke Mason actually wants to marry his precious daughter to him, well, it seems that Duke Mason must also have a fancy for the treasure book in the hands of which earl. Henry raised his head in surprise when he heard this, he knew how much Duke Mason loved his precious daughter, although Henry once wanted to marry Duke Mason, but Duke Mason actually refused without thinking about it, but now he wants to marry his daughter to a little earl, if there is no reason for it, it is simply impossible.

"So, Father, send an emissary, this is not far from Mecklenburg, and let the Count of Mecklenburg join our army." (To be continued......)