"Are you in such a hurry to die?!" Leo said with a playful smile. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

William glared at Leo angrily: "I am the grand duke of the south! Even if I am captured, I am dignified!"

Leo slowly used the long sword in his hand to break the rope on William's body, walked up to William, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and asked in William's angry gaze: "You know, most of those decadent nobles are the queen's party, after the new emperor ascends the throne, he will naturally not let them go, and he will slowly settle accounts with those nobles later, you know, we are all young people, and we are all idealistic and ambitious, all for this empire to be more prosperous and stronger." As for the three southern provinces you lost, don't you want to get them back with your own hands?"

William silently recited this sentence in his heart, and looked at Leo in shock as if he had just woken up from a dream: "You...... You mean?"

"The empire under the leadership of the new emperor will surely be a new and healthy empire, and you don't need to raise troops to bear the name of rebellion, join us, take your soldiers with me to fight back to the south, retake our land, and drive out the despicable and shameless Lorrainians from our country!" Leo said to William in a sonorous voice.

"This ...... You...... Unexpectedly......" William never dreamed that Leo would want to surrender him, and the reason he said made him unable to refuse at all, and Leo was too bold to dare to advocate the private release of the rebel leader, if the new emperor was dissatisfied with this, I am afraid that Leo would put his own life into it.

"Don't worry, since I dare to say this, I am naturally sure, Raymond is not one of those pedantic people, and besides, there is no mortal hatred between us, but those magicians of the Kingdom of Lorraine are our real enemies. Oh, by the way, Grand Duke Wagner has also been in the imperial capital, his old man is an old friend of the former emperor, although we brought him to the imperial capital, the first emperor did not blame him, just put him under house arrest. Leo said with great confidence that he trusted Raymond as much as Raymond trusted him.

William's face twitched a few times, his face was full of disbelief, although he knew that Leo and Raymond had an excellent relationship, but he didn't expect Leo to be able to recruit him so confidently and so tolerantly. At the same time, he also deeply admired Leo's generosity, after all, he had seriously injured Leo when he had teamed up with the magicians of the Kingdom of Lorraine to hunt down Raymond, and now Leo trusted him without believing that he was in the slightest, which made William's heart feel a little touched, and this feeling made him see hope again.

Perhaps, as Leo said, under the leadership of the new Emperor Raymond, the Varu Empire has new blood like Leo, and maybe it will really become strong again in another day, and William can't help but want to witness everything, or participate in it, and build his homeland with them.

Whether it is the old Grand Duke Wagner or the Grand Duke Wilhelm, the reason why they chose to rebel is that they love the country too deeply and feel deep despair for those decadent and corrupt nobles. Now Leo's words have given William hope again, which makes it difficult for William to refuse.

"What if...... If you can still trust me, then, then I do. William said word by word: "I am willing to work with you to bring the Varu Empire back to a new glory!"

Two strong arms clasped tightly together, two young men looked at each other with eyes full of determination and conviction, and the southern soldiers next to them cheered in unison, which meant that they had officially joined the Empire, and they could justifiably return to the south with their chests held high, and drive out the robbers who had taken over their homeland.

Through this battle, Leo completely shattered the last persistence and ambition of Archduke William, and also used his actions and personal charm to recruit Archduke William, and his rapid growth shocked Captain McShouner, who came later. He was not only shocked by Leo's bold act of first slashing and then recruiting William, but also admired Leo's unheard-of courage and determination.

Originally, the Commander of the McShouner Corps still despised the so-called Earl who suddenly appeared, thinking that he was just a popular favorite in front of the new emperor, but he did not expect that Leo not only defeated Archduke William with two hundred heavily armored soldiers, but even included Archduke William and his Southern Legion under his command, which made Captain McShouner face up to his attitude and position again.

The fierce and short battle caused the Wei soldiers to lose more than ten people, all of whom were killed by those southern soldiers who risked their lives to hit the weak points of the armor that could not be protected, and the original more than 1,000 southern soldiers were left with less than 800 people.

Archduke Wilhelm and the remnants of the southern soldiers collected the remains of their fallen comrades, cut some firewood and turned them into ashes, and put them together for a chance to return to the south and bring them back to their homeland together. And the soldiers are much simpler, the bodies of their comrades can be buried on the spot, anyway, no matter where they are, they are all foreign to these Wei soldiers, and there is no difference.

After dealing with the matter after the perfection, Archduke William took the lead in leading Leo to the city of Rien, which had already been returned to the empire anyway, and the city of Rien could also be justifiably returned to the empire.

At this time, Viscount Murphy and Baron Leon, leading their respective private soldiers, had already stepped into the city defense garrison of Lyon. Facing Viscount Murphy, who suddenly broke in, the city defense officer still had a smell of stale wine on his body, and said drunkenly: "Bold! Whoever let you trespass into the camp, don't get out quickly!"

"Phew, look at your shitty look, you're worthy of being a soldier of the Varu Empire!" Baron Leon rebuked the timid city guard and his disdain.

"All the soldiers of the city garrison, you must know us, I am Viscount Murphy, the financial officer of Rion City, this is our military instructor Baron Leon of Rion City, I am here to tell you that most of the southern rebels are not in the city, I have organized noble private soldiers and mercenaries to regain control of Rion City, if you are still loyal to our empire, if you are still a soldier of the Varu Empire, please take up your weapons, for our Rion City! Let's fight!"

Viscount Murphy's incendiary words made the city defense officer break out in a cold sweat, and most of the alcohol in his body suddenly dissipated, he had already defected to the rebels, if Viscount Murphy recaptured the city of Rien, then the fate of his traitor could be imagined.

"Presumptuous! I am the city defense officer! I order you not to go, go back to your barracks, and do not make trouble! No, no! I order you to arrest all these fellows! What are you doing, you waste, go quickly!" the city guard gave orders in a panic, but none of the city guards obeyed his orders, and they all looked at him with contempt and anger. (To be continued.) )