In the roar of Arold, the archers on the arrow tower did not dare to hesitate, and the arrows flew like locusts to the peasants who had gathered in front of the castle to cause a riot, among these peasants were the light infantry who had participated in the war, and they hurriedly dodged the arrows that came at them, and the arrows that whired through the air knocked down the peasants who had no time to dodge, and suddenly the peasants gathered in front of the castle scattered, facing the fortified Mecklenburg castle, they did not have the courage to attack without the leadership of the nobles.

"The nobles have all been captured by the heretic counts, or we will fence up this castle and let them put the elders back." The peasants gathered in the villages, in fact, in order to win the hearts of the Slavs, Arold reduced many of their taxes, but among these Slavs who believed in the Romanva religion, there was no sense of closeness to Arold, and religious and cultural differences could not be replaced by some favors.

"Yes, without the nobles and none of us will command the war, we will definitely not be able to defeat that damn infidel."

"However, fighting a war is also a very simple matter, as long as there are enough people, the pagan count will definitely be afraid, we can go to other villages to find more people who are dissatisfied with the pagan rule, in addition to rescuing the elders, but also the nobles who are locked up in the castle." There are also peasants who have served as light infantry who say with a big grin that in their opinion, fighting a war is just to gather enough people and then wave the weapons in their hands to defeat the opponent.

"But that heathen count has defeated Kang Tuoyi, are we his opponents? I don't want to be hanged on the side of the road. But there are also timid farmers who say.

"Kang Tuoyi just went to ask for help and hasn't come back yet, let's do it. We're going to gather more people, fence off the castle, and let the damned heretics know that we're not to be messed with. ”

The peasants of the villages near Mecklenburg Castle ran to convey the news of the uprising to the other villages, and of course in the process of spreading the word that the Germans hated the Germans and Arrod, and these people spread rumors that the Germans urinated in the sacred temple of Lomwa and were doing mischief in the villages of the Slavs who believed in Lomwa, and the Slavs who did not know the truth believed that the Slavs were a militant and aggressive people, and a raging rebellion was ignited in Mecklenburgshire. Everywhere there were rebels armed with pitchforks and sticks.

"Damn guys. How dare you rebel against my rule. Arold did not expect that his completely well-intentioned innovation would cause a rebellion in the territory, and in order to prevent the rebellion, he imprisoned all the captured Slavic nobles in the dungeon, but there was still a peasant revolt.

"Lord Earl. What are we going to do? Rebel peasants were everywhere. How we should respond. Julian sent javelinmen to spy around. But the countryside was full of passionate Slavic rebels, who together numbered three hundred.

"What's going on in the town of Wisma?" Arrod rubbed his hands together as he paced through the halls of the lords, blaming himself for being too radical in his innovations. As a result, a rebellion broke out, no, after thinking about it carefully, Arold felt that the Slavs had accumulated dissatisfaction with him, the pagan count, and only used this incident as an excuse to break out, and now Arold only hoped that the town of Visma would not join the rebels.

"The chamber of commerce and the representatives of the citizens of the town of Vismar say that they are completely on the side of the Earl, and rest assured that the citizens will not believe the rumors of the mud legs, but in addition to the strong support of the president of the chamber of commerce, the citizens in the castle of the angry lion learn that their children are not only not abused, but are educated and cared for by the monks, and as the merchant class, they are far more able and willing to accept new things than the conservative peasants." Julian told Arold the news that had come back from the town of Wisma.

"That's good, we need soldiers and money from the town of Vismar so that we can put down the rebellion." Arold breathed a sigh of relief, in addition to the soldiers who defended the castle, there were about seventy-five people, although they were elite soldiers, but they were far less than the rebels in number, so there was only one way, to hire mercenaries who specialized in warfare, and Arold's financial resources were enough to hire those soldiers who fought for money.

"So, Lord Earl, are we going to hire mercenaries again?" Julian reluctantly told Arold that mercenaries were not all honest and trustworthy warriors like the Swiss, and that if they were summoned to Mecklenburgshire, failure to meet their demands would likely be the bane of chaos.

"No, there is no need, I don't plan to hire mercenaries, the seventy-five warriors in the castle and the medium infantry provided by the town of Visma, we have more than a hundred troops combined." Arjod shook his head, he wanted to destroy the rebels with his own strength, and prove to everyone that he had the power to control the entire county.

"However, we still don't have as many people as the rebels." Julian said puzzled.

"I have my own way, I will send you to the town of Vismar, and bring all the horses there back to the castle, and you must be careful not to alarm the rebels." Arrod knew that because the rebels did not have the leadership of the nobles, it would take some time for them to be connected and organized into an army, and this period of time was just a good opportunity for him to personally lead the army to eliminate those ungrateful rebels.

"Yes, I'll go." Julian clenched his fists and thumped his chest, and said to Arrod, and with that, he left the castle with a few javelinmen and headed for the town of Vismar.

"Monk, order the craftsmen in the castle to hurry up the production of spears." Arold said to the monks in the hall.

"Yes, Lord Earl, they've been working harder, but what are you doing with so many spears?" The monk asked curiously.

"Use it on a horse." Arold explained expressionlessly, he hadn't been on the battlefield in person for a long time, and both thighs had grown excess flesh, don't forget that he still has the title of knight.

"But Lord Earl, that spear is longer than a normal horse spear, can it be used?" The monk was puzzled by Arrod's request for a special spear, as if there was no knight or hoplite in the kingdom who used such a horse spear, which was more than half a halt than a normal spear, would not it be easier to break in a charge.

"This special spear has been used in the Balkans, and I have installed an iron ring reinforcement in the middle of the spear, so I don't have to worry about breaking." Arold had already thought about these problems, and even Orn stopped the work of training the sword, and specially started this kind of iron ring reinforcement, and the spear tip made in the smelting base was also taken as the first job, and the additional manpower was sent to work day and night, fortunately, the rebels were afraid of Arold's reputation for defeating Kang Tuoyi and did not immediately attack, but as more and more Slavs joined by listening to rumors, war seemed to be imminent.

"Lord Arrod, please let me act as an emissary to stop the parishioners, and if it were me, I would be able to persuade them to abandon the rebellion." When Arold had arranged everything, he collapsed in his chair exhausted, and just then a woman's voice sounded, and Arold raised his eyelids to see the priestess Shirley standing in front of him

"Lady Shirley, those are rough rebels, criminals, do you think you can convince them to give up their resistance and accept the punishment of the law?" A smile appeared on the corner of Arrod's mouth, this woman's innocence and innocence were really a fight with the goddess, and he shook his head and rejected this impossible proposal.

"But I believe they didn't mean to start a riot, they were very simple." Shirley tried her best to convince Arold that she had seen enough of the bloody wars and the tears of the weeping orphans and widows, and that she did not understand how terrible human greed and lust could be.

"It's too late, once there is a rebellion, those people have already lost their minds, and there is no other way for me to put down the rebellion." Arold stood up, walked in front of Shirley in a few steps, and said loudly to her.

"I, I." Shirley looked at the young earl with such a young face but an aggressive face, his chest heaved violently, and the smell of male hormones rushed into her nostrils, forcing her to turn her face.

"Huh?"

"Then I'll take my leave." Shirley quickly turned around, covered her face and left the lord's hall, trotting all the way back to her room.

"What's wrong with her?" Arrod raised his arm and sniffed his body, because he had been working for several days and nights in order to deal with the rebellion in the territory, so he didn't have time to wash it at all, which made his body smell of sweat, even if he smelled it, he felt a rush, "Damn, servant, prepare bath water for me." ”

Many people think that people in the Middle Ages did not bathe, even among the nobility, but in fact this is a complete misunderstanding, many archaeological excavations of buildings in the early Middle Ages have shown that there were public baths in castles and towns, indicating that the bathing tradition passed down from the Romans was popular at least among the nobility, but in the great plague era of the middle and late Middle Ages, public baths became a channel for the spread of the plague, which led to the gradual refusal of people to bathe because they feared that bathing would infect the plague.

"Ah, comfortable." As the castle of the capital of Mecklenburg, there was of course a large pool for the nobles to bathe in the tower, this large square pool made of stones, enough for five or six people to bathe at the same time, and the servants boiled a full pool of hot water for Arold, so that the count, who worked day and night, could lie down in the hot water and completely relax himself, forget his troubles and sorrows, if only he could be accompanied by a beautiful woman at this time, Arrod was drowsy. (To be continued......)