"Dear Highness Leo, first of all, allow me to extend my sincere greetings and apologies to you on behalf of the Wellington family behind me...... In the imperial capital, I was deeply impressed by your charming demeanor and elegant temperament, and the powerful knights under your command are even more amazing, I have to say that the empire can get the allegiance of a true nobleman like you, it is the luck of the empire and the luck of all our nobles......"

After a brief greeting, Leo took a scroll of letters and opened it with his own hands, took a few quick glances, shook his head and read a paragraph aloud with a smile, licked his somewhat dry lips, and smiled at the Duke of Lancaster beside him with an elegant slight bow and teased

"Just looking at the beginning, I even thought that the owner of this letter belonged to us! I have no impression of this man, my dear Duke, could you please give me some hints? ”

"Of course, hehe! Your words are a little too ruthless, Your Highness, and I am afraid that it will be very sad if you let the Earl hear it......"

After hearing Leo's question, the Duke touched his gray beard and smiled before saying a word, but his words were also full of contempt and ridicule, obviously, the so-called Wellington family was not in the Duke's eyes

After thinking for a few seconds, the Duke spoke

"Brent Wellington, Earl, very objectively speaking, the Wellington family is not a long-established nobleman, it is rumored that their first patriarch was not even a nobleman before his career, but just a businessman, and then because of the war before the unification of the empire, many families completely disappeared for various reasons, or were wiped out or may have fled and lived in seclusion, anyway, in such an environment, a large number of nobles' documents were damaged and lost, and the identification of the noble coat of arms was not so professional and serious, at this time, House Wellington suddenly appeared, and when their first patriarch went to the empire with a mess of papers and a crude family crest to seek certification, many people noticed the problem, but after the patriarch donated a large sum of money to the sloppy noble council and the royal family, all obstacles seemed to disappear overnight...... How to say it, this is the reason of history, Your Highness, you know, the empire was indeed very short of money at that time......"

"Oh......"

His fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, and after listening carefully to the Duke of Lancaster's story, Leo glanced at the letter a few more times and handed the scroll directly into the Duke's hand

"It's just a family of Yujin, so it doesn't seem like there's anything worth noting, right?"

Taking the scroll and reading it carefully, the Duke of Lancaster first nodded, then shook his head, and said seriously

"If it were in a time of peace, such a family would be completely ignored by us, but Your Highness, in the current period, even a baron is the object we need to take the initiative to woo, anyone has the value of his existence, I have read the letter, Brent, an old dog with a keen sense of smell, has completely inherited the strengths of his ancestors, if he hadn't seen anything, with his cautious character, he would not have used this risky way to transmit information, you know, our current majesty is not a good person to get along with!"

With a wry smile, Leo pointed to the letter in the duke's hand and said helplessly

"I understand what you say, Your Excellency, I am not the kind of fool who pushes a possible ally to the enemy because of his birth, but look at what this Brent has said, in addition to a long song of praise, only in very subtle language to express an unusually cautious sense of closeness, what do you want me to do? If he was asked to do something, I'm afraid he would tell Rolf as soon as possible, but, just give up? And then after our victory, he can rely on them, and use our mercy to preserve power and wealth, and there is nothing so good in the world......"

"On the contrary, Your Highness, perhaps I know more than you about the temperament of the nobles of the Empire, and the fact that I can write this letter already means that many people, including Brent, have lost faith in Rolf and the Church during the long but unsuccessful war, and at some point, the nobles know how to avoid evil better than merchants, and believe me, Your Highness, as our victories increase, they will work harder to show you goodwill and loyalty in various ways!"

After thinking quietly for a while, Leo's eyes swept over several other allies, and after seeing that Hohenzollern and Auston also looked approving, he basically believed the duke's explanation, you know, not to mention the number of dukes who know about the nobility, Leo is not even as good as a baron......

Hurriedly reading the letters on the table, Leo sat down a little tiredly and rubbed his face vigorously, spread his hands and complained a little unsatisfied

"Thirteen nobles, the highest is an earl, the lowest is even a lord who is a vassal under others, there is no high-ranking nobleman, hehe, it seems that many people are still full of confidence in Rolf"

After saying self-deprecatingly, and not waiting for others to persuade him, Leo turned to Al Andergrims and asked

"As His Excellency the Duke said, now that our situation is gradually improving, and you have seen the letter just now to my marshal, then, in such a gradual improvement situation, does our original plan need to be changed slightly? After all, the Grey Fort is the result of the Lancaster family for hundreds of years, and even if we recapture it or even build it more grandiosely, it will leave a stain on the history of this great family that will be difficult to erase......"

"No, Your Excellency, you need not be grateful, but I, who have always been filled with deep guilt for this matter!"

Standing up and stretching out his hands to stop the Duke of Lancaster from trying to thank him, Leo said sincerely, and then set his eyes on Al

"I'm sorry for Your Excellency the Duke......"

Al Andrésters bowed deeply to the Duke and then shook his head at Leo

"I'm afraid not, Your Highness, all our previous plans were formulated on the basis of winning time and depleting the enemy's vital forces, in our home field, as time goes by, the outcome of the war will become more and more favorable to us, after all, the convenience of supply, and the recruits trained by Lord Anthony in Stormwind City will also replenish us in time, but the enemy is just the opposite, which will gradually balance the balance of forces between the enemy and us, and even eventually overwhelm the enemy......"

"But...... My marshal, even if we don't abandon the Grey Keep and move into the hinterland of the Northern Territory, won't we be able to consume the enemy in the defense of the city? ”

Leo still wanted to hold on, trying to convince his marshal from the relatively stable aspects of the current war

"Yes, Your Highness, but ...... I don't know if you've paid attention to the loss data in recent months. www.biquge.info The ratio between us and the enemy has averaged from 10 to 1 at the beginning to about 4 to 1 after the battle this morning...... With the current population of the Principality of less than one million, how many young and strong laborers do you think the Principality will have left in the future? ”

The corners of his mouth showed some bitterness, this kind of exchange may still be very satisfying to others, but for Al, who demands perfection in everything, this has almost reached the limit of his patience, you know, the enemy used some new soldiers and cannon fodder when attacking the city earlier, and it was not until the last half a month that the elite of the other party gradually appeared

"That's it, my lord, there is another special team in this morning's battle, an enemy we have never seen before joined the battle, and they ...... Very strange......"

After Al finished speaking, Finn, who was standing behind Leo, continued, but his expression was a little puzzled as if he couldn't convince himself

"Oh? Is this special enemy stronger than the Knights Templar and the Knights of Glory? ”

Seeing that Finn, who was the most powerful under his command, said this, Leo also raised all his interest and vigilance

"Not really, it's not strong, it's just very difficult, the number of this enemy is not much, it is about five hundred, and the age is generally very large, judging from the corpses left in the city, the one with the largest face is probably not much younger than His Excellency the Marquis of Hohenzollern......"

Covering his head weakly, Leo looked at Finn, who had a serious face, and said with a little stammering

"Damn, if Finn hadn't known that you never drank heavily, I would have thought that either I was crazy or you were crazy, and a group of trembling old men not only became the soldiers of the other side and climbed our walls, but also uttered the word difficult from your mouth? ……”

Leo really felt a little confused, as if he was not in the medieval era, but suddenly traveled into the world of some martial arts novel, where young people are all second-rate people, there, who has a long beard and whose hair is white, who is the real master......