Section XXXV. Covenant
Taking off his bulky helmet, Harold showed his youthful face, he grabbed the head of the chief warrior and tied his hair to the side of his horse, completely ignoring the flow of blood, while the other Teutonic knights looked at him with envy, knowing that although there was a reward for killing ordinary enemies, it was far less than the merit of a commander's head.
"Harold, we've found Lord Harvey." At this time, a Teutonic knight came to Harold's side and reported to him.
"Oh, that's great, Count Yves is waiting." Harold hurriedly mounted his horse, and he saw Harvey and Billis limping towards them, and they had enough of the fierce battle, and Harold gave up his two horses to carry them towards the sea.
"Wow~~~." Harvey, who was on horseback, led by Harold, slowly walked to the beach, and as soon as they reached the beach, they heard the sound of the waves in their ears, as well as the noise of many people, and when they looked up, they saw five ships docked on the shore, and many soldiers were jumping off the boats, and carrying the supplies on the ships downward.
"Great, how many of you came?" Seeing these soldiers, Bilis laughed happily, and when he thought of the hardships he had endured under Kang Tuoyi's pursuit, the anger of revenge rekindled when he was relieved.
"Two hundred soldiers." Harold glanced at the wolf-bèi Slavic nobleman, who did not know his true identity, but did not trust the infidels.
"Oh, thank God, I'm relieved to see you intact." Yves stood on the shore, and beside him stood the Teutonic knight, also in white robes, when he saw Harvey on his horse, he strode forward.
"Lord Yve, I'm relieved to see you here, now Kang Tuoyi's troops have just fought against the Mountain Lord. He will definitely need time to recuperate in the army. Harvey immediately reported what he had known to Ives, and this information was very important to Ives, because they had just arrived by ship from Mecklenburg, and if Contoyi attacked them at this time, the landing would be in danger of failure.
"Great, then Harvey you are staying here with us. Or return to Mecklenburg? Yves muttered for a moment, now is the time to race against time, to set up a stronghold here before Kang Tuoyi reacts, but fortunately, Arold has already put together the materials to build the fortress, and only needs to dig a trench to save a lot of time.
"I'll be back in Mecklenburg, what do you think, Lord Bilis?" Harvey turned his head to look at Billis, whose main task was to find and control Billis, who knew that he had just come out of the tiger's mouth and into the wolf's den. Looking at the strong, stubborn Teutonic knights around him, Bilis sighed, what other choice did he have.
After carrying the supplies from a ship, Harvey boarded the ship with Biliss and sailed for Mecklenburg, where Yves stood on the shore and watched the ship go away, and now he began to command the Teutonic knights, who set up a stronghold here to await the stormy revenge of Kang Toyi. Because they let go of Kang Tuoyi's greatest enemy, Bilis, whose right to rule and inheritance is better than his own.
"Honorable Slavic heroes. Our sovereign, Lord Contoyi, the Germanic suddenly appeared in Watergast, and they rescued Bilis, and killed one of my chief knights. "In the tent of Contoyi, the Slavs, who had been routed by the Teutonic knights, reported the situation to their chieftain, who were caught by surprise by the sudden invasion of the Germans.
"We should immediately move north. Kill these abominable invaders and infidels. A clan leader pressed the sword at his waist and said loudly to Kang Tuoyijian, who had won the approval of many people, and the morale of this army was high due to the victory he had just won, but Kang Tuoyi knew that they had actually suffered losses in the war against the Mountain Lord. Not to mention the fact that the food for the troops also needs to be replenished.
"Kang Tuoyi, what do you plan, you are our sovereign, and we and our men are loyal to you?" The other clan leaders watched Kang Tuoyi, and suddenly the tent fell silent, and the leaders were all waiting for Kang Tuoyi's orders.
"Our warriors have lost a lot, and now we don't know how many Germans there are, and if we attack rashly, we may fall into a trap, so we retreat to the castle and replenish our food." Kang Tuoyi was also very anxious to defeat the Germans, and it always annoyed him that Bilis was in the hands of the Germans, but he was sure that he had the control of Watergast.
"That's not bad, every time I swing my fist and punch someone, I always retract my arm first, doesn't it?"
"That's right, the Mecklenburgers can't have too many people coming by sea, we have an absolute advantage in numbers, and this is our land, and when we are done, we will destroy this group of daring Germans." Contoyi's orders were upheld by the chiefs, and he returned to the castle with his army of several thousand, leaving only a small number of troops to guard against a possible Germanic invasion of the south, while the Teutonic knights concentrated on building fortresses.
"Ping~~~." In the arena outside Mecklenburg, several warriors fought each other, it was a melee of fifteen people, and suddenly the arena was dusty, and the practice heavy sword made of wood zuò hit the people, and the screams of pain caused cheers from the surrounding audience.
"Your squire, my lord, your squires are very brave in battle." In the most prestigious box of the arena, Arrod, Earl of Mecklenburg, his wife, Princess Josie, and the Earl of Lübeck, the Count of the Independent Territory, watched his warriors in the arena fighting Arold's squires.
"Haha, just a bunch of energetic kids." Arold shrugged his shoulders and smiled at the Earl of Lübeck, who had taken the initiative to befriend Arold after repelling the Viking invasion, and everyone knew that if your neighbor was powerful, it was best to be friendly with him when he couldn't afford it.
"It is precisely because of such valiant warriors that your prestige, Lord Count, can spread far and wide from Paris to the Hungarian plain." The Earl of Lübeck said to Arold courteously.
"You're too ridiculous, I'm just a man who works hard for the family's hard survival." Arold crossed his hands over his chest, thinking about how to persuade the Count of Lübeck to open his harbor so that the merchants of Mecklenburg could also enter Lübeck's market, but the lords of the Middle Ages were generally conservative, preferring to guard their own land rather than have too much contact with the outside world, unless they were blood relatives or allies.
"Yes, these are dangerous times, like the end of the Bible may be coming soon." The Count of Lübeck had a sad look on his face, and he cherished the time of peace when he survived in the gap between the powers, but unfortunately when the news of the critical illness of Henry, the ruler of the Saxon dynasty, came out, the various forces of the East Frankish kingdom began to stir, and the big nobles began to provoke the small nobles out of their desire for land, and the signs of frequent private wars became more and more intense.
"It must be difficult to be a lord who maintains independent free will." Arold asked curiously, you must know that the lords of the Middle Ages usually chose to vassalize to the big lord for their own safety and interests, and several big lords vassal to a king with a crown constitute a kingdom, although they will lose their independent free will, but the safety of themselves and their property is also guaranteed, unless you are strong enough to resist those enemies who covet their land and property, otherwise the price of independence is extremely heavy.
"My ancestors have built their own family and paid the blood of many people, we just want to be able to live here independently and peacefully, we will not interfere with others, but we also don't want others to interfere, but at the moment I have not found a monarch worthy of vassalization." The Earl of Lübeck sighed, the pressure he was under as an independent lord was enormous, especially since the Lübecks were not good at warfare, and their military weakness made them sometimes fat in the eyes of some nobles.
"You know, when I was fighting against the Bohèmes, and the three vassals of the Duchy of Mason were allied with each other and took care of each other, and they got through that difficult time together, and I thought that perhaps we, Lübeck and Mecklenburg, should also be united, so that we might be stronger." Arold turned to the side and whispered in the ear of the Earl of Lübeck that in fact, Arold had severed his vassal relationship with the Duchy of Mason, and was currently in the stage of independence, and this situation was recognized by the Earl of Lübeck.
"You're right." Count Lübeck's eyes lit up, this mention was simply what he could not ask for, although Mecklenburg severed its vassal relations with the Duchy of Mason, but the people in the Duchy of Mason and the Baltic coastal territories knew that Arold's military power, whether it was the Viking warriors as cold as the northern wind and snow, the bloodthirsty and warlike Slavs, and the Bohemians from the steppe on horseback did not take advantage of him, if they could have such a strong ally, Lübeck's safety could undoubtedly be guaranteed, so he gladly accepted Arrod's suggestion.
"For the sake of our common alliance, let's have a drink." With the approval of the Count of Lübeck, Arold happily ordered the servant to pour the wine, and drank the wine with the Count of Lübeck, and the battle between the warriors in the arena was at a fever pitch, and the warriors who had been beaten and unconscious were dragged out of the field, and the remaining leaders were screaming and fighting together.
"Okay~~~." Count Lübeck couldn't help but get up and clap his hands, Arold raised his glass to the warriors in the arena in celebration, and when Count Lübeck was not paying attention, the corners of Arold's mouth showed a sneer.
"O weak, never believe in the covenant with the strong~~~." Ancient Greek Proverbs (To be continued......