The Duke of Windsor's vigilance lasted only a few days. In the past few days, I found that the former military marched in a regular manner, and there was no intention of confronting him at all, and even if there was any situation in front, there would be a report from the former military outpost. The duke couldn't help but be annoyed with Gasu, who called him a wise man in vain, and turned a deaf ear to the old Gasu's advice at the moment, beat his horse and whip, and rushed to the front army and Lu Jingzhi and rode together.

Lu Jingzhi was also well-behaved, and when he saw the duke coming up, he handed over the command to the duke himself. He said to the duke: "My father came to take care of him, and my son was grateful, these hundreds of soldiers and horses were extremely difficult to command, but my father was also in charge of every day, and he did not dare to bother with trivial things. ”

The duke didn't want to forcibly seize military power, but he was constantly encouraged by Gaso, and he liked the new army trained by Lu Jingzhi with the new method, so he took over, and praised embarrassedly: "My child, you really have a heart." ”

Despite this, the careful Gasuo discovered a strange thing, but all orders given by the duke must have Lu Jingzhi's cronies as a sounding board before they can be carried out in the army. He found an opportunity when Lu Jingzhi was not around, and as soon as he told the duke about it, the duke glared back, and said, "What do you know! This is the new training method that the magician said, he divides the soldiers into soldiers and officers, and I command my subordinates through officers, just like ...... How to put it, it is as flexible as using your own fingers through your arm. ”

"It's 'like the heart makes the arm, like the arm makes the finger'. "But, my lord, if those officers do not carry out your orders, your army will lose its usefulness and may even turn against you." ”

"I've said it a long time ago, if the magic made that kid want to plot against me, he would have done it a long time ago, and he wouldn't have to wait until now. The Duke exclaimed discontentedly.

"My lord, it was just that he didn't find the right time. Old Gaso slowed down his speech, trying not to provoke the Duke's already impatientness.

"Okay!" cried the duke, "then you can find the best time for him, and tell me in advance what he is going to do, so that I can watch out for him!" With Gaso, all the talk about the whole day is what a conspiracy is, or how to use it, and he's really annoyed.

The army of the undead throughout the empire is gathering towards the royal capital in an orderly manner. Wangdu was built on the Nick Plain and was the political and military center of the empire, as well as the economic hub. The vast Nick Plain is desolate, and although it is not a single grass, there is not a single jungle or tree within a radius of hundreds of miles. The meandering Blackwater River flows slowly through the center of the city, and the river has lost its vitality before it enters the Nick Plain, and the calm water exudes a burst of death. In the caravans that traveled between the royal capital and various places, all the living human slaves did not dare to stop when they walked through this plain, and they hurried into the royal capital as soon as possible overnight, and only dared to rest a little when they reached the inner walls of the outer city, and hurriedly sold the goods they had brought in the trade area, and then bought the things that were sold in other regions, and they would be busy leaving, and would never stay.

Wangdu was a large square city, divided into an inner city and an outer city. The outer walls alone are 20 feet high, with four gates, eight corner gates, and twelve watchtowers. The watchtower had two small ones on each wall and one large one at each corner. The small guard tower has a garrison house on top of it, which can be rested and rotated, and there are also a large number of shooting holes for archers to defend themselves against archery. The large watchtower had trebuchets and ballistas, which were used to shoot shotguns at close range and to throw large quantities of loaded crossbow arrows, capable of firing sixty feet, and trebuchets, which were far away, and could throw loaded projectiles up to 2,000 feet.

The inner walls of the outer city are called the outer city, which is larger and is dominated by living and economic facilities, and the inner city is smaller and dominated by military facilities. There are several trading posts along the Heishui River in the outer city, and there are more than a dozen bridges along the way, including oriental-style round arch bridges, Western-style cable bridges, and the most common ones are wooden drawbridges. The rope bridge relies on the approach bridge and the high tower, and the height of the bridge is more than ten feet above the water, and most of the traffic is for horses and vehicles; the round arch bridge only relies on the circular arch bottom, arching a large round hole of more than ten feet in the center of the river; the opening and closing bridge is not so particular, but there is a bridge keeper, seeing that a big ship is coming, he stops the passage of traffic on both sides, pulls up the bridge deck in advance, and erects it towards both banks, and the middle channel is opened. As a result, ships that can pass through the entire Blackwater River can rise up to 12 feet above the water.

On the outskirts of the inner city was the Emperor's personal guard, with 6,000 knights, 14,000 infantry, and countless human slaves. Unlike the free-growing outer city, the inner city was built 2,000 years ago and was designed and built by Nick, the Founding Monarch. It originally looked like a fortress, but after the baptism of wind and rain, it was full of traces of the vicissitudes of time, and it looked very simple against the backdrop of the outer city. Therefore, more than 800 years ago, His Majesty the Emperor at that time raised money and food, and carried out large-scale repairs and reconstructions. The renovation project requisitioned a quarter of the undead and human slaves of the empire at the time, and lasted more than 40 years. On the basis of the original fortress was built a main tower, the highest of which was 160 feet above the ground, the tallest building on the plain, and the top and body of the tower were coated with the juice of sunflowers, even under the cover of clouds, it looked extraordinarily golden. There are six auxiliary towers in six directions below the main tower, with an average height of 80 feet, and the height of each auxiliary tower is similarly different. The auxiliary tower is made of red square bricks, and the outside is painted with scarlet dye, although the vicissitudes of time, it is timeless. The main tower is where His Majesty the Emperor lives and governs, while the auxiliary tower is the residence of members of the royal family.

Lu Jingzhi and the Duke arranged the army in a tent area five miles outside the city, and came to the inner city together to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Although the crown prince is still not on the throne, he is already in charge of the military power of the empire for the emperor, whether it is the subordinate troops of the empire's territories or the emperor's personal guards, he is in charge. Therefore, this time the Jinmi was arranged on the second floor of the main tower. His Majesty the Emperor lives on the second floor of the main tower, the left side of the second floor is used by the crown prince's office, and the right side is the emperor's palace. Lu Jingzhi had to follow the duke to meet the emperor before he could go to the crown prince's reception room.

Since it was already evening when he entered the city, Jin met the emperor and bowed on one knee, and after bowing on one knee, Lu Jingzhi followed the duke to the crown prince's reception room. Coincidentally, before entering the door of the reception room, the attendant who led the way had just walked in with his front foot, and Lu Jingzhi found a beautiful girl jumping in from outside the window.

The girl had a ponytail tied on her head at random, a white living dress, a black ribbon tied around her waist, bare feet, soft movements, a slender waist and a beautiful face, anyone who saw her would feel that her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Shhhh Seeing Lu Jingzhi nodding, he walked in front of him lightly and entered the emperor's room in a flash. The guards not only did not stop her, but instead showed a look of surprise.

Since Lu Jingzhi glanced at the girl, he suddenly felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his mind was blank. I just thought, "Who is she?" Why do I feel like I've seen her? But he knew he had never seen it, or he would never have forgotten it.

"Your Excellency. An unfamiliar voice came from behind Lu Jingzhi, "That's my youngest queen mother, making you smile." ”

Lu Jingzhi turned his head sharply and found that the Duke was standing beside a richly dressed young man looking at him in surprise, and the young man was smiling bitterly at himself. It took him almost two breaths to figure out that this young man should be the crown prince.

"My child, come and see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. "The Duke was beside the Crown Prince, looking a little cramped and nervous.

Lu Jingzhi took a deep breath, stepped forward, and gave a salute according to what the Duke had taught him before.

The crown prince returned the salute gracefully, and said with a smile: "Is this the magician that Lord Wensha said he said? ”

The Duke busily added, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince became a great undead before he was 30 years old, ruling the army of the empire with his outstanding martial honors. ”

Lu Jingzhi didn't listen to what the two guys in front of him were saying at all, as if every word they said was related to the girl, he looked at the white dress of the crown prince, but what appeared in front of him was the white skin of the girl; looking at the gorgeous short staff in the crown prince's hand, what appeared in front of him was the pretty appearance of the girl with her fingers up, and the surprised eyes of the duke and the crown prince also turned into the obsidian-like eyes of the girl in front of him.

Why did they look at themselves in surprise? Lu Jingzhi felt that he was unusual, and quickly calmed down, and said with a forced smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is famous far and wide, and he is really the idol that my generation yearns for. ”

The crown prince suddenly realized, smiled tolerantly, and said to the duke: "There are many great undead who come to see me every year, but there are very few who are fascinated when they see me like this, and if your Excellency is a beautiful girl, like my queen mother, it will make me ten thousand times happier." ”

The Duke smiled and said, "With Your Highness's demeanor, who else can resist your charm?

The crown prince laughed a few times, stretched out his hand, and walked first towards the reception hall, where fine wine and delicacies had already been prepared to receive the lords from all over the world.

Lu Jingzhi saw that they were walking in front, and he was bound to follow, but he still looked back at the gate of His Majesty the Emperor's palace with some reluctance. The gate was still closed, and the guards of the palace stood by the door with sharp knives in their hands, and it seemed that no one would be allowed to enter casually. Except for her.

Except for her.

This thought flashed twice in Lu Jingzhi's mind, almost bursting his head. He followed the back of the duke to the reception hall in a daze, where there were already many lords and high-ranking knights from all over the world, and the noisy conversation covered up Lu Jingzhi's uneasiness, allowing him to think about the girl with peace of mind.

Who is that girl, and how will the crown prince entertain them?

If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next breakdown.