This!" Mu was indeed taken aback, although female knights are not without precedent in Svadia, after all, there are very few, and the female knights who become the head of the knights are even more unprecedented. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThat's right, Svadia has produced many queens who claim to be knights, but there has never been a female knight leader.

"So... A sly light flashed behind the old professor's thick lenses, and he made a request at the same time.

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"What, you want to borrow my sword?" said Agna, frowning, and her right hand rested on the hilt of her sword as if it were guarded.

"Yes ... Yes. Mu stiffened his head and said, "My teacher heard that you have an ancient sword here that is some years old, and he wants to observe it." You know, he's a student of history. ”

"No!" the knight replied decisively, "This is an ancestral treasure in the family, and it can't be faked by him!"

"This... "Mu is a little embarrassed" is just borrowing, not taking away. And if you're not at ease, you can go with me. If you're short on cash, I can pay. ”

"If you can't say it, you can't do it, please don't insult me!" Agna said angrily, "I am a knight, and I have my own honor and dignity, and the saber is one of them!" said Aigna slammed the door and walked out, no longer giving Mu a chance.

Mu Muran looked at the door of his residence, shook his head and said, "It's just a sword, as for it?"

After a while, there was a knock on the door, and Jamila obediently went over and opened the door, and it was Mu's old acquaintance, Lawrence, the president of the Chamber of Commerce in Veruga, who entered.

Mu smiled sincerely, "Uncle Lawrence, why are you here?" I also said that I would go to you for a drink later." ”

"Haha, it's the same everywhere you drink!" Lawrence laughed heartily, but quickly said, "When I first came, I saw a samurai coming out of your house, wearing a helmet, but judging from his posture, he didn't seem to be pleasant, what's the matter? ”

"Well, it's okay, you're bothered. Mu apologized and said, "He is the escort of my caravan, and I have a little different opinion on the route of the caravan, that's all." ”

"Well," Lawrence nodded, "but you have to be careful, guarding these guys can save your life, but they can also kill you easily." ”

"Don't worry, I'm not a chick anymore. ”

"Well, you just have a good idea. Lawrence continued, "This time I didn't come exactly for a drink, and I would like to recommend someone to you. ”

Mu had already seen the man behind Lawrence, but he didn't speak, and Mu didn't ask.

Mu glanced at him and said with a smile, "Uncle Lawrence, you are out of sight, let's talk about this matter while drinking, and this gentleman will also be together!"

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Soon, the tables in the hall were filled with food and drink. During this time, Mu and Lawrence have been chatting about the topic of the world, and of course, they are also carefully observing the man that Lawrence brought.

It seems that he should be in his thirties, older than Mu, but he doesn't seem to be good at talking, no matter how hot Mu and Lawrence talk, he sits alone in silence, and sits straight, leaning forward slightly, as if he will pounce at any time. Although his head remained politely unmoving, his eyes would scan his surroundings from time to time, especially in the shadows or obstacles.

Mu nodded secretly for this man in his heart, he had seen all kinds of people, and he knew very well that these inconspicuous little habits were all practiced in countless births and deaths.

He smiled and said to Lawrence, "Uncle, Guanzi has been sold for so long, why don't you introduce me?"

Lawrence smiled, he knew that Mu probably had a number in his heart, so he said to the man, "Bandak, don't you want to introduce yourself to your future boss?"

The man smiled innocently, "My name is Bandak, boss, I was a soldier in Djerkhala, and I fought a few battles, so I was hired for my ability." ”

Lawrence patted Bandak on the head in hatred, and then said to Mu, "This is very stupid, let me tell you, this guy is my nephew, he used to be Rhodok's eye sniper, and he has shot many Swadia knights." It's just recently, because I beat the nobles and had to run out to me, no, I'll introduce you to it. ”

"Clash with the nobles?" Mu frowned, "It's not easy to do." "Indeed, offending the aristocracy, even in the most republican atmosphere of Rhodok, is not a small matter.

"Don't worry, I've taken care of it on the nobles' side, but those insatiable bastards won't let my nephew stay in Djerkhara," Lawrence sighed, "No, I'm here half for velvet and half for wiping this guy's ass." ”

"With your assurance, there is no problem. Mu smiled and said, "Why not add a new warrior to the caravan?" as he spoke, he looked at the man, "Mr. Bandak, you are willing to serve in my caravan, I welcome you." It's just that in the caravan than in the barracks, sometimes you may have to do some dirty work, and even kill your own compatriots, so are you still willing to come?"

"What do you mean," Bandak said, patting his chest, "it's not like I haven't put down a rebellion, whoever gives me food, I give my life to." ”

"Very well, then you are welcome, Mr. Bandak. ”

The war between Svadia and the whole continent ended with the Red Knights spilling blood. On the Eastern Front, Count Claes of Svadia still did not have the ability to cross and cross, and after Dehrim defended the Three Kingdoms, he shed his last drop of blood and had to flee his fiefdom with his attendants, and the subsequent war had nothing to do with him.

After that, there was a three-way scuffle, in the city of Dehrim. The battle of the city weakened the advantage of cavalry to the limit, so the Nords, who specialized in infantry, finally gained a firm foothold in the city after a bloody battle, and gradually eliminated the forces left in the city by the two countries. Seeing that things were not going well, the Kujit rode out of Dehrim's range early, but instead took advantage of the emptiness of the Svadia garrison to capture Dehrim's satellite city, Fort Kerrydan, and burned and plundered it, seizing a great deal of wealth. The Virgians were quite confident in their archers, and although they were repulsed again and again, they still caused a lot of trouble for the Nords with their archers lurking in the city. However, the efforts of the archers did not turn the tide, as the infantry could not rush into the city, and the archers in the city were left alone, and after the last arrow had been shot, they had to be obediently beheaded. Therefore, in the battle on the Eastern Front, Svadia became the biggest loser, the Virgians also stole chickens and rice, the Kugit made a small fortune, and the Nords made a lot of money.

On the southern front, it was another bloody battle. Svadia's elite soldiers captured Fort Agorloon without much effort, and then, as Agna had predicted, King Haraus sent Count Craggs to lead his troops to blockade the Rhodok soldiers in Fort Gruvoende, while the rest began to storm Viruga, which at one point narrowly missed. When the lord of Jemohar, who was lagging behind, heard the news, he immediately gave up attacking Shariz and reflexively supported Viruga. When he arrived, only a quarter of the city was still in the hands of the Rhodocs. Then, with the great military prowess of Jemohar, the remnants of the Rhodok army continued to repel the attacks of the Swadians, and then as the lords who conquered Salander gradually returned, the Rhodoks gradually reversed their decline and began to regain the lost city little by little.

The last straw that broke the camel's back was the fall of Dehrem. Not satisfied with the complete control of Dehrim, the Nords harassed the core of Swadia, plundering unprotected villages, and even storming Suno's city at one point.

The lords who went out with Haraus complained, but they were all suppressed by Haraus's bullets. But who would fight seriously in such a situation? Without the help of the work, the Svadia soldiers were quickly driven out of Viruga. Haraus had no choice but to order a retreat. At this time, the lords who were anxious about their territory would no longer consider what troop organization they had, and they withdrew overnight. Needless to say, the Rhodoks took advantage of the victory to pursue, and a major rout was staged on the original battlefield, and the Swadia army not only suffered heavy casualties, but also lost the castle in their hands again, and it was not until they retreated to Uxhall that they barely organized a defense with the help of the towering walls and dangerous terrain.

The battle on the Southern Front once again ended in Svadia with blood, and although Rhodok also suffered heavy losses, he finally won the victory, had the right to clean up the battlefield, and there was no loss of the country. As for the Sultan of Salander, he has been playing soy sauce in the desert since the withdrawal of the Rhodoks, and when the Rhodoks and Svadias were fighting fiercely, they were still reselling all kinds of armaments and materials to both sides, and they could be said to be the biggest winners on the battlefield on the southern front.

In short, the battle is a word, Svadia died a terrible death. Seeing this result, Aigna was silent and gloomy for many days. As for Mu, who has long stopped treating himself as a Ruier Dian, naturally he will not have any loss, and he is still ready to continue his business with great interest. However, the female knight did not let her depression haunt her for too long, after all, Svadia was no longer the invincible empire, and this kind of defeat was not the first time.

"So, I don't think that Empress Elizabeth is a vase of great ambition and talent, as historians say. No, if you really want to compare, I am afraid that Salazar I, who dominated the world at that time, may be under Queen Elizabeth. Mu leaned lazily on the guardrail of the caravan, discussing some historical issues with Agna beside him. Although it is not good for the caravan to take an empty car, Mu Ke has the intention of "can you collect some cheap grain in the villages and towns along the road". As soon as the war ended, the price of grain in the cities was bound to remain high, while the countryside, because it was a grain producing area, had a small natural impact, and even if it was only sold to the surrounding cities, it was a large amount of money. It's just that there is more than one smart man, and the cheap grain in the villages along the road was collected before the end of the war, and the rest was okay to supply the caravans, but it was too competitive to sell it. Therefore, as the boss, Mu Ke can't treat himself badly, no, he just doesn't ride the horse and gets on the car directly.

As for Agna, she sat upright opposite Mu. In order to fulfill her duty as a guard, she also enjoyed this benefit as a matter of course. Moreover, she often comes to chat with him these days, talking about all kinds of topics. Although Mu in the state of a businessman looks particularly obscene and treacherous, I have to admit that his knowledge and experience are quite rich, and I can always hear scary ideas when chatting with him, such as now.

"I still don't agree. Aigna shook her head, "Although Queen Elizabeth did issue many decrees to strengthen the Knights, her military talents are really not complimentary. At that time, the knights of Swadia obviously had an advantage, but they even ended up having to marry, I think, it is difficult to say that Queen Elizabeth is capable. ”

Mu stretched out a finger and shook it in front of Agna's eyes, "The reason for the defeat of the Swadia Empire is not just a military misstep, in fact, it is a combination of many complex reasons. By the time the Vigians crossed the mountains, the political situation in Swadia was dire. Although the Swadia Empire still had a strong military force, there was also a serious political struggle in the court, with many parties competing for power. Although Empress Elizabeth nominally controlled the five knights, in fact, the grassroots commanders had long been infiltrated by various noble families, and she could not control the knights at all. Judging from the later decrees, the empress must have seen this, so she spared no effort to weaken the authority and fiefdom of the nobility. However, these measures clearly annoyed the aristocracy, and this is the strange scene of the hinterland of the empire having no usable soldiers. ”

Mu paused for a moment and continued, "Although the front-line battle is superior, there is not a single knight order left in the capital Suno, this kind of brain-dead act, except for conspiracy, I really can't think of any other words to describe it. ”

"In fact, although the knights of Svadia had besieged Zhivadin at that time, they could not conquer it for a long time. If it weren't for the support of the Knights, there would have been no victory for Zhivadine," Aigna frowned, "I don't think it's impossible to take a gamble in order to deal with the invaders once and for all. ”

"Stupid," Mu commented, "War does have an element of luck, but who would casually gamble on the fortunes of the country? Take a step back, Salazar I's Vigian Frostplain cavalry broke through thousands of miles without being hindered in the slightest decent, do you think this is possible? Although the five knights are on the front line, where are the soldiers of the noble fiefdoms and other garrisons dying? Until Suno is breached, there is not a single soldier who comes to help, no matter how you say this reaction is too slow. Therefore, I don't think that Empress Elizabeth wants to gamble on the fortunes of the country, but a conspiracy by the nobles against the royal family, hoping to borrow the hands of the Virginians to get rid of the Empress who wants to move their cake. ”

"How could it be? How dare the nobles be so disrespectful... Before she finished speaking, as if she remembered something, her voice slowly lowered, and she continued after a while, "Even so, as the king of a country, it is simply a traitor to surrender in humiliation at the time of the great victory of the knights and marry a barbarian from the north. ”

"Judging by the circumstances at the time, Empress Elizabeth was definitely an out-and-out traitor, but judging by the results," Mu said with a smile, "she is definitely a wise monarch." ”

"Hmph, this is not something that can be argued with a clever tongue, and you don't look at what she did after she got married. Aigna scoffed, "She used the hand of Salazar I to cleanse the old nobles of Svadia, and also allowed a large number of Virgian nobles to enter the court, and even held real power, and not only disbanded the five knights who had achieved outstanding military achievements, but also introduced the Veggians on the snowy fields into the territory of Svadia, which is a traitorous act with conclusive evidence!"

"So I said, judging by the results. "Mu smiled more brightly" cleansed the old Swadia nobles, but in a sense, it also removed the cancer in the Swadia group, and, as a dual empire, the Svadian upstarts in the cabinet of the later Karad Empire also accounted for almost half, in fact, the Svadia forces are not too bad. ”

She did introduce the Vedia nobility, but the result was that the Virgian turtles were dazzled by the elegant Swadian aristocratic etiquette, and Salazar I foolishly believed that the Svadian nobility was the real noble, and actively promoted the Swadian nobility movement. ”

"She disbanded the Order, it was a matter of desperation, and Salazar I could not tolerate the couch crouching with five tigers. ”

She did advocate for the migration movement in Virgia, and as a result, the migration from the bitter cold did not give the Viggians much of a voice, but was swallowed up by the larger population of Raldian, and the Virginia of the Northland was left with only a bunch of old and sick people. ”

Mu paused, and asked in a loud voice, "At the end of the Karad Empire, which nobleman in the cabinet was willing to claim to be a Virgian? How many people in various cities and villages still remember that they have Virgian blood? Who is not proud of the lion emblem? Who is not proud of being a knight? Look at the land of Via, the aristocratic etiquette is Swadia, the clothing is mixed with the Swadian style, and the military system also continues the Swadian model. The fact that the Frostplain Knights of Vegia, who were like storms in the Northland, have declined, and the red-shirted cavalry of Svadia are still dominant, is the best proof of this!"

"So, I think, Elizabeth did lose, but the Rydians won, and Salazar I won, but the Virgians lost. Mu took a deep breath and said, "If these are all considered by Empress Elizabeth, I think her wisdom is indeed worthy of admiration." ”

"I... There is no way to argue. Aigna hesitated, but still admitted that the pride of the knight did not allow her to be arrogant, but she continued, "Even so, I still have reservations about the Empress's character, after all, she is still greedy for life and fear of death, and has become a prisoner of others. ”

"No," Mu shook his head, "although it's a bit of an afterthought, I think this might be the best thing to do at the time, for Svadia." ”

"Okay," Aigna shook her head helplessly, "I obeyed your consequentialism, I'm just unhappy that the Empress surrendered." ”

Mu twisted a piece of wheat that remained at the bottom of the carriage, put it under his nose and sniffed it, jokingly, "What is the penultimate rule of chivalry?"

Agna's face flushed, and she lowered her head and said nothing.