The rightful heir of the Kingdom of Tanis, one of the Nine Kingdoms, is still alive!

The news that this was enough to shake the entire empire and make the various forces of Tanis reshuffle came out of the mouth of the man in front of him who was beaten into a pig's head, which was somewhat comical.

So Stannis didn't seem so excited, he rubbed his mouth and complained, "Didn't you say no, it would be over!

With his trademark sly grin, Robert got up and pulled Stannis up, saying that since Sasha's greatest wish before death was to keep him alive, let him go.

Both of them tacitly stopped mentioning their own black histories, such as things about women.

"You went to great lengths to get me to admit that you were the youngest son of the former duke, and you didn't just want to find a reason to beat me. ”

Stannis snapped his fingers, since Robert admitted his true identity, then don't blame him for using this condition ruthlessly, "Since you are the person of the Golden Griffin, the blood you shed on your body alone can make waves among those old and young, you also heard what Advisor Romon said last time, there are still many ancient families in this principality who are willing to be loyal to the previous duke, so you know what I mean~~"

Robert shook his head helplessly, he was more shrewd than anyone else, he actually sensed Stannis's ill intentions from the beginning, which was why he didn't want to be used as a gunman, but now that the words are spoken, Robert can't hide his views on the world," Yes, the old man is right, there are indeed many families who miss my father's rule, especially those old nobles who have lost power because of the rise of Garcia, in fact, they have long been disgruntled, but they just dare not come forward, for example, I can find a few familiar family heraldic banners in this southern alliance. ”

"Then now that I dare to stand up and raise the banner, then these guys should also show a little bit!" Stannis feels that these shrunken turtles are really not powerful, he and the Duke are already in a state of war, not only do those guys not help, but they even follow the Snake family to beat him, it is really shameless, it is really unforgivable!

But Robert hit the nail on the head and pointed out the reason why the families were reluctant to help: "Because they think you are a puppet erected by the Empire! Although Garcia's rule makes them unhappy, they can still have a territory for them to rule, but if the Empire gets involved here, they will be afraid that the Duchy of Tanis will become a province of the Empire like other vanished kingdoms, and they can't even be a rich man at that time! ”

"The reputation of the Empire is so stinky! Miscalculated...... Stanis thought of how complacent he had been about being able to connect with the Empire.

"So, this time there are Imperial troops in your army, those lords must be very afraid, they must be thinking that although the Empire is now on the verge of civil war, they can't help but take advantage of this chaos to tear up the treaty and annex them, rather than be ruled by the Empire, they would rather continue to lose power under Garcia and be happy. ”

After a thorough analysis by the son of the former duke, Stannis began to re-examine his long-standing foreign policy, and did he really get too close to the empire?

However, in order to close the rift between him and those nobles, Stannis had to use the trump card in his hand!

"Look at the light in your eyes, you don't want to throw me out as a lobbyist!" Robert said.

"One hundred and fifty years of national cultivation, fighting and dying righteousness, is today!" Stannis had always wanted to say this bloody sentence, and this time he finally found an opportunity.

Robert was not made enthusiastic by these words, he just yawned boringly, "Actually, I have only lived in your house for six or seven years, so I don't want to repay you with my life, right?"

Stannis didn't care, "Anyway, you have to bring all the lords who are on Snake's side over for me, or I'll tell the world who you are!"

Robert gave him a blank look, "You let me be a lobbyist, isn't my identity exposed!"

"That's right! Anyway, your identity will be revealed sooner or later, why don't you do me a favor and get some reinforcements, and I'll match Sharachi to you when the time comes." ”

"That's pretty much it, thank you, boss!" the two of them hooked their shoulders and called each other brothers, and then there was no discussion, neither of them would mention today's incident by the river, but when they went back, Cortana was very puzzled as to why the two of them, who had gone out in the morning, came back in the afternoon with swollen faces like pigs' heads.

And the night before the battle with the Southern Coalition, Robert quietly disappeared as they had promised.

Early in the morning of the third day, as the last group of longbowmen followed Kanye across the Sancha River to the camp of the Zivigne army, Stannis had gathered all the armed forces at his disposal, including two legions of 2,700 men, including 1,400 cross-gunners modeled after the Rhodoc army, 900 archers armed with green cedar longbows, and 400 cavalry of varying lightness, although his soldiers were all full-time professional soldiers, much stronger than the combat effectiveness of the call militia on the opposite side, but there were too few knights as the decisive force, compared to the more than 500 knights on the other side, Stannis's side added up to only a pitiful 30 knights。

The war seemed to the Western Continents, accustomed to knightly deciding victories, to a doomed outcome from the start, and it was only a matter of time before Stannis's head became the duke's trophy.

"Your Excellency, the enemy has already begun to set up, should we also enter the battlefield?" Korodov said anxiously, it was now morning, the direction of the wind and the direction of the sun were in their favor, if it dragged on until the afternoon, this advantage would be transferred to the enemy's side.

But Stannis still stood in front of the battle map as if he hadn't heard it, marking the deployment of troops on both sides, and Stannis had already thought of hundreds of possibilities in his mind, always feeling that he still had something inconsiderate but never could think of what was wrong.

"Your Excellency?" asked Cortana on the side, but was stopped by her grandfather with his eyes.

Stannis suddenly raised his head and asked Korodov, "It finally rained heavily yesterday evening, has I done what I told you?"

Korodov immediately said dutifully: "Of course, all the things you have told me have been completed, and I have plunged all a thousand stakes into the soft grass wet with rain. ”

Until now, Stannis had mimicked the historical Agincourt, but he didn't have enough heavily armed knights to act as a shield to provide a shield for the longbowmen, so he could only hope that his not-so-heavy pikemen would be able to defend themselves against the dismounted knights who might arrive.

Even Han Bai can't guarantee that there will be no leakage on the battlefield, how can an accountant traverser like him guarantee that there is no plan, since it is up to heaven to succeed, then all he has to do is throw out that sieve!

Stannis turned, and Cortana couldn't help but admire him with the heroic aura that emanated from all over his body.

"Since war is inevitable, let the sieve be thrown! Pass my orders, all men enter the combat positions, and when the day is over, I will spread my prestige throughout the Western Continent!"