The town of Visma has not had so many nobles for a long time, under the call of the heroic Kang Tuoyi, these nobles from the great emirate of Mecklenburg led their own people, came to serve Kang Tuoyi, the nobles rode behind their own private soldiers, dozens of heraldic flags gathered together, from the town wall to look quite spectacular, Kang Tuoyi stood at the gate of the town to personally greet these friends from afar.

"Chief Upton." Kang Tuoyi stepped forward to hug the Slavic nobles wearing fur hats, leather armor, and swords one by one, and called their names, which is also one of Kang Tuoyi's skills, as long as he has seen people, he will definitely remember the names of the other party, and this ability makes Kang Tuoyi have a wide range of friends among the nobles, and now these connections will be turned into a solid force for him to drive away the infidels.

"Kang Tuoyi, I heard that your brothers are rubbing their hands on the old chief's crown, and the entire Great Emirate is in a panic, why don't you come forward to take care of it." The leader of Upton, with his thick black beard, his dark brown eyes, and his nose high, was in his forties, and he grabbed Kang Tuoyi's strong arm and shook it a few times, shouting loudly.

"Chief Upton is now facing an invasion of the infidels, and my brothers' affairs can be dealt with later." Kang Tuoyi looked at the eyes of the surrounding nobles, and was helpless against the words of the leader of Upton, the hostility of his two elder brothers had indeed caused the division of the Great Emirate, otherwise he would have been able to mobilize the direct troops of the Great Emirate, instead of trying to persuade the local nobles to bring private soldiers.

"It's all a problem. My friend. "The chief of Upton stood in front of Kang Tuoyi, he was one of the most important vassals who followed the Great Chief, and was appointed by the old Chief to be the head of diplomacy, but the battle between Momis and Bilis made him feel cold, so he left the court of the Great Chief and returned to his own territory, he was not only a friend of Kang Tuoyi but also a teacher when he was a child.

"I don't understand." Kang Tuoyi looked at his former teacher, current friend and ally suspiciously, not understanding the meaning of his words.

"It's all because of the battle between Momis and Biliss that the Great Emirate is weakened, and the vultures will find and devour the corpses because they smell the stench of rotting corpses." The leader of Upton is like Kang Tuoyi when he was a child. Patiently enlighten the son of the young Great Chief.

"Maybe you have a point. But we'll have to settle the matter of the heretics first. Kang Tuoyi did not want to get involved in the inheritance dispute, but the dispute between his two elder brothers had affected the entire Great Emirate of Mecklenburg, which he definitely did not want to see, after settling the matter of the infidels. Kang Tuoyi decided to facilitate peace talks between Momis and Billis.

"Okay. Tell me about it. How many of those pagans, I heard that you went to their castle in person? Upton smiled and patted Kang on the back, feeling funny about his recklessness. However, the Slavs respected the hero, and Kang Tuoyi's audacity made the nobles respect him even more.

"The number of the heretics is not much, that is, more than a hundred." The two of them walked into the streets of the town of Wismar, and walked towards the house of the mayor of Jakesh, where the nobles would gather for a feast, after which they would set out for the pagan castle.

"More than 100 people, the gods are above, we have gathered more than 500 people here, is there too many people gathered." The leader of Upton had heard that there were only a hundred infidels, and if it weren't for Kang Tuoyi, he would almost have thought it was a bad joke.

"No, their castle is very strong, and I can feel the murder in it just by peeping in, this is different from the army of wandering knights who have invaded in the past, and their leader is said to have obtained the title of Count of Mecklenburg from the Duke of Mason, and he is determined to win this county." Kang Tuoyi's mind came to the face of the young earl, it was a face that was not easy to yield, but Kang Tuoyi thought that the need to pay attention should be the knights and mercenaries around him, in his opinion, even if Arold had a talent for command, he would definitely lack actual combat experience, and knights and mercenaries were important people to make up for Arold's shortcomings.

"Then we need to make a good plan." The leader of Upton knew Kang Tuoyi's ability, and since he was so cautious, he naturally had his own reasons.

"It's best to have your help." A smile appeared on Kang Tuoyi's face, with the help of the veteran leader Upton, he believed that he would be able to defeat the pagan castle, but then again, those pagan castles were really peculiar, and it was a good castle, whether it was an easy and difficult location to attack, or a tall wall, maybe it could be used as a fief for himself after taking it.

"Hey, why is it getting dark, is it dark?" While the chief of Upton and Kang Tuoyi were walking and talking, they felt the sky darken, as if a giant stretched out his palm to cover the heads of everyone, which made the Slavic nobles raise their heads, and they saw a terrible scene, the sun in the sky was slowly disappearing, and it was as dark as night even though it was daytime, and the howl of wild wolves was heard in the woods outside the town.

"Darkness, oh, it's darkness." Kang Tuoyi's face turned pale, and his mouth began to murmur to himself, for he remembered the terrible prophecy of the prophet, that prophecy about the plunge of the Great Emirate of Mecklenburg into darkness, was about to come true?

The vision in the sky also appeared in the sky above the Angry Lion Castle, Arold strode out of the Saxon house and looked up at the first solar eclipse he saw in the Middle Ages, but the people around him did not know that it was just the shadow of the moon temporarily covering the sun, and the fear of darkness was the instinct of human beings, no matter how bloodthirsty warriors, or monks who claimed to serve God, or serfs who were at the lowest level of society, they were all running in the darkness with their heads in their hands, and everywhere was the sound of overturning objects because of panic, It can be said that at this time, the Angry Lion Castle was in chaos.

"Julian, get me a torch." Of course, Arold would not let his castle have civil strife, he asked Julian to light a torch, and by the light of the torch he walked to the open space in front of the Saxon house, in the center of the castle, and found a relatively high place to stand, and when everyone in the chaos saw the fire, their attention was naturally focused on Arold.

"Oh, Lord Earl, come down quickly, find a place to hide, the devil has devoured the sun, and he will definitely attack us next." The devout monks, whose bodies trembled like sieves, drew crosses on their chests and murmured to Arrod.

"Don't be afraid, my people, come near me." Arold ignored the superstitious monks, and he just raised his torches and shouted to the people in the castle.

"It's the Earl, and the Earl is calling us." The people in the castle saw Arold holding a torch aloft like a bright beacon in the darkness, and gradually the fear disappeared from their hearts, and people gathered around Arold with each other, looking at the lord in chain mail with admiration, at this moment Arold seemed to be an angel with a fiery sword, protecting his people with the light in his hand.

"Do not be afraid, my people, the sun will soon return and the light will return to the earth." Arold spoke to the frightened people in a firm voice, looking up at the completely obscured sun, which had now turned into a black ring with shiny edges, and Arold knew that the eclipse would soon pass.

"My lord, this is God's will, and God is angry." A monk said to Arold with a shudder, his hands gripping the oak cross pendant around his neck, his lips trembling.

"Yes, it is the wrath of God against the heathen, and the reward for us to conquer the heathen, and behold, is not the sun in the sky like a ring?" Arold said to the monk in a mocking tone, and stretched out his left hand to gesticulate, as if the sun ring was really his own ring on his hand, Arrod's bold behavior would have been criticized by the monks if it was on a normal day, but at this time, in the mysterious atmosphere formed by this strange astronomical phenomenon, everyone actually had the illusion of taking it seriously.

After a while, the eclipse began to end, the shadow of the moon gradually left, the sun reappeared its scorching face, the light descended on the earth as Arold had said, the people breathed a long sigh of relief, they stood up and looked at each other to find that there were no casualties, a feeling of rebirth came to their hearts, the people in the Angry Lion Castle began to laugh with joy, both familiar and unfamiliar people hugged each other, Arold looked at the crazy crowd and shrugged his shoulders, Throw away the torch in your hand. He walked through the crowd towards the Saxon house, where he had much to do before the Slavs could attack, and when they saw him get out of the way, and bowed consciously, Arold's authority was deeply seared into the hearts of all.

A few years later, this day was called the Holy Hanukkah, a day when the subjects of Arold's realm commemorated the return of light to the earth, people would carry a cross and a sword-wielding angel statue in the field, and after the procession, people would burn the angel statue to symbolize the angel's sacrifice to bring light to the world, and then revelry all night to celebrate, and some people say that the sword-wielding angel image is Arold. (To be continued......)