For the soldiers of Svadia, the turn of the tide of battle left them quite confused. Yesterday they were confident and ready to besiege Viruga with His Majesty the King, but today they will risk their lives to attack the city, which makes the soldiers a little uncomfortable for a while. Although the nobles with the troops tried their best to block the news, all kinds of rumors gradually spread among the crowd... The king's troops are coming to an end.

The first to stir up were the unruly barons and knights, who were also victims of the collapse of the Kallad Empire. The main effect of the collapse of the empire was that most of the territory was reduced, and a large number of nobles lost their fiefs as a result, and some of the stronger ones were okay, and through annexation, marriage got another territory, but the rest, most of them were left with a lonely title. Next, if the son and grandson have no ability, they can only inherit this lonely title. Therefore, although they are nobles, they are only glamorous in appearance, and some even have four walls, and they can't even save face. As the bottom of the low-level aristocracy of Swadia, although they are quite numerous, they have little power and have no influence on the political form of the kingdom, so neither the royal power nor the lords are very fond of them. The reason why they came to participate in this war was simply that Swadia had a good chance of winning, and hoped to restore the glory of the family through the war exploits. Now, the tide of battle has suddenly taken a turn for the worse, and they are naturally full of complaints.

Then, it was the nobles of the royal power who took advantage of this commotion to start doing things. They were originally high-ranking nobles, but under the suppression of the lord faction, they were demoted, and they were relegated, so they naturally hated Haraus. Coupled with the sudden retreat of Kragus, this gave these unlucky nobles a signal, that is, the royal power faction and the lord faction had torn their faces, so they naturally would not let go of the opportunity to give the lord faction a hard blow.

And King Harlaus's distress itself was a major blow to the lords. The four Counts of Harengoth, Tersweden, Gruenwald, and Claes relied solely on the king's trust to hold power, and although they were the king's cronies, many lords did not buy it. And they felt that this was also a good opportunity to bring down the four heavenly kings.

And the biggest headache is these four heavenly kings. In addition to the Harungoth and Te Swedish families themselves, the other two are all relying on the power of the king to have their current influence. Therefore, when the king was in deep danger, Harengoth and Gruenward, who were on the front line, naturally tried their best to attack the city, hoping to open a way to save the king, but due to various delays, the siege has not been effective. Let's talk about Craggs's side. Instead of returning straight to Suno, he led his troops into the "ownerless" city of Alberon and forcibly occupied it, taking over the training and reorganization of all recruits and the supply of supplies. Then, all the troops that were originally intended to come to the aid of the front line of Uxhall and Fort Kerrydan were recruited, and the city was fortified and moved out as if it could not be defended.

Seeing the news, Count Reyce tore the letter in his hand to shreds, and he knew that he had no choice. Kraggs, who was now his rival, would never come to his aid for a single grain of wheat. So, at the moment of the rising sun, the Count of Reys ordered the siege of the city.

Saiga Khan didn't understand all this, and when he heard the news, he couldn't help but be furious, and quickly declared war on Svadia. The Nayan people are gearing up and mobilizing their tribes to prepare for war. They're all staring at Fort Lundia. Although this fortress is still garrisoned by the Ryordian people, the soldiers there have long been overwhelmed by the cut off of supply lines, and in the eyes of the wolves of the steppe, this is simply a piece of fat on the side of the mouth.

And just when the other Nayan was preparing for battle, Almaty, who had long been angry, led his father's and Tuan's troops to prepare early, and before the others could react, they raided the Lentia Fort. In the castle, the soldiers who had been without food for a long time naturally had no power to resist, and the battle did not take long to come to an end.

Na Yan knew that the two families who had just married might become their strongest competitors, but they didn't expect that before the competition began, there would already be results. And the Saiga Khan either showed favor to the two families of the marriage, or also recognized the merits of this young Nayan, and did not make much fuss, and also gave Lendia Fort to Almaty, which also made him directly become the real power of the Kugit Khanate, the youngest of which, of course, Kugit's side is only second, and the real battlefield is still Uxhall.

In the white pine forest, in front of the knight princess, the straight riding spear pointed straight at the sky, as if it had become another forest. The bright red robes hid the cold light of the armor, but the blood-red color made them look even more solemn. Columns of knights lined up in a neat line, leading equally heavily armed horses, ready to go.

Behind the princess, too, was a neat phalanx, but it looked looser than the knight in front of her. However, the soldiers here did not carry mounted spears like their comrades, except for simple armor, only a round shield and a battle axe. Underneath the open helmet are relatively delicate faces, which are an all-female army.

"Boss Mu doesn't seem to be able to catch up. Fatis glanced at his soldiers, leaned into the princess's ear, and whispered, "However, the scout has reported that the army stationed in Uxhall has left, and now is the best time, we... ”

"I know. The princess nodded, slung her sword to the ground, and shouted to the knights in front of her

"Knights, soldiers. ”

With these words, the slightly resounding array in the ground instantly disappeared at all, and everyone looked directly at the girl standing on the boulder.

"I am the owner of this land, the rightful heir of the kingdom of Svadia, and the only son of the former king Eastreich, Azona. ”

There was still no sound from the array, and Asona took a deep breath and continued, "I think everyone is wondering why I am standing here, after all, in the royal propaganda, I have already died in the assassination of the Rhodoks. ”

She paused, and there was some anger in her voice, "But, all this is a conspiracy! The shameless puppet king planned this rebellion in order to take the throne from my father, and killed his monarch with his own hands! And I, under the protection of my guards, were lucky enough to save this life." ”

"You are all Suno, the noblest inhabitants of Calradia. So, what happened next, I don't want to repeat it. Even though the princess didn't say it explicitly, a little sadness began to spread through the ranks. It is true that Haraus has been persecuting the royal nobles, but in order to fill the empty treasury, he can go far beyond the royal nobles.

"And today," Asona raised her clenched fists, "we will declare war on the puppet king, take back our land, restore our honor, wash away our grievances, and restore royal legitimacy!"

"And now, you will go with me to the battlefield of honor, and we will do something that no army has done in hundreds of years, and we will break through the blood-red walls and shatter the myth of Uxhall's invincibility!"

"Soldiers, don't worry! Now, righteousness is in hand, and we will win!"

"Now, the whole army is attacking, target, Uxhall!"

With a bang, the knights' procession turned neatly and marched towards the blood-stained fortress. Meanwhile, in Uxhall, the knight Dre is sitting in Gruenward's usual office seat, enjoying the thrill of taking control of a city. His men stood respectfully aside, reporting to him as he usually did with the Count.

"Well, that's good. He took a sip of warm cider and asked, "How's the mercenary going?"

"The mercenaries have been hired. The subordinate smiled flatteringly, "We have hired the Otlanji Brigade, the Clippers, the Beacon Mercenary Regiment, and the Great Sword Regiment, which are the four most powerful of the mercenaries outside the city, and the most famous mercenary group on the mainland. ”

"Well, how do they compare to Bloodfront?"

"It's strong, not weak, sir. The subordinate smiled and said, "Blood Blade's fame is not because of the knight's gimmick, to be honest, the strength is just like that." If they do dare to come, it will at best make our walls a little redder. ”

"Not bad," the knight nodded, "and what about the price?"

"Originally, the price was quite high, but after I reported your and the Earl's names, they immediately lowered the price honestly," the subordinate laughed even more flatteringly, "Your Excellency, you are really famous!"

"Haha, very good," the knight laughed, gladly accepting the sycophant, "When the Earl comes back in a few days, I will definitely give you credit!"

"Thank you, sir. ”

"Alright," the knight looked out the window, and the pitiful light and smoke in the cold and snow in the distance made his heart even more comfortable. So, he drew the long sword from his waist and carefully wiped it. "Now, see if any fool hits my sword. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the thick bell of Uxhall rang out rapidly, and rows of battle flags appeared at the end of the mountain road as far as the eye could see.

When the Dre Knight heard the bell, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly, as if the enviable title and honor were within reach. It's been two weeks since Mu and a group of Nords attacked Harlaus's fleet. These two weeks have been a carnival of pirates. The whole Svadia West Sea is completely out of order, and these robbers who live by the sea are like mad dogs that smell blood, and they are raging wildly in this sea, plundering supply ships, caravans, fishing boats, and everything that floats on the sea. Two weeks later, the barbarians finally felt some satisfaction, and the new order was settled. As for what the new order is, it goes without saying, it is naturally a "harmonious" situation in which the four families eat meat and the other tribes drink soup.

One of the Nords was a happy man, especially as he watched the invincible Nordyars reluctantly move their spoils into their storehouses.

"Hmmm... Well.... Huh?" the merchant held a piece of parchment in one hand and picked through a pile of armor with the other.

"Skorjall, you're not being kind. Mu pinched his nose with the hand holding the parchment, and pulled out a tattered stinky leather armor from his armor. This leather armor... It's a compliment to say it's tattered, even if it is decomposed and recycled, it is estimated that it won't be able to get many qualified leather nails. What's more, I don't know how many times this thing has been soaked by seawater, blood, and men's stinky sweat, and it exudes this indescribable terrifying aura from the inside out. With this smell, I am afraid that the dirtiest evil gods of Rhodok mythology will also turn away from it.

"I said that even if you want to take advantage, you have to think about it, okay?" Mu hurriedly threw the rotten leather armor into the sea, and then raised his right hand and rubbed it vigorously on his clothes. "I'm very kind in business, if you take a piece of old leather armor with holes and put it in it to be shoddy, I will pretend not to see it, but what happened just now? Say that you captured it from the transport ship of the Rui Erdian people, ZZ doesn't believe it!"

"Shut up, you bastard!" Skorjall, who was already annoyed, immediately exploded, "How much money did you make of us。。。。。? Let me go.... Let go!" Skoll, who was just about to stage an all-martial deed, was immediately saved by his own men and four other Yar.

"Calm down, calm down, this is my ship!"

"Although his mouth is cheap, you are also a little excessive. ”

"Wait, we haven't traded yet!"

"Alain, you TND is uneasy and kind!"

Mu clapped his hands and was about to go up to persuade him, but he was immediately glared back by the other four Yar with murderous eyes, and couldn't help but take a box of gold coins from Yamila with some contempt, and said, "Uh... What I want to say is that Skoryar's money has already been calculated, and if there is anything else to exchange, you can go to the warehouse and find Nordi. ”

"Hmph!" said Skoll, who gave the merchant a hard glance before beckoning his men to carry the cash box to buy something.

Mu's gaze turned away from Skoll and smiled at the other four Yar's, "So, which one is next?"

The past two weeks have been a carnival for the pirates, but when they are done, they find that there is a serious problem, that is, they have robbed too much. Everything else is fine, food and cloth can be used by oneself, and gold and silver jewelry will also be handled by black merchants who specialize in shady business, but the question is, what to do with weapons and armor? You know, the four Yar have robbed three convoys.

If you ask someone this question, it's bound to get a lot of rolls and an idiotic answer, which is, "Use it yourself, idiot, look at the rags on you." However, the facts made the Nords want to cry without tears.

Most of Svadia's regular soldiers were armed with chain mail, and some even had plate parts. These finely and heavy armors are definitely incomparable patrons to the Ryordians, but to the Nords, they are simply a talisman. The Nord people's specialty lies in water battles, and water battles, falling into the water, and swimming are simply commonplace. As a result, the Nords are generally equipped with lighter leather or cotton armor, and the only metal armor on their bodies is often just a helmet. However, in the Nord kingdom on the mainland, due to the increasing frequency of land battles, some soldiers have begun to equip lightweight chain mail vests or studded armor to make up for the lack of defense. But even so, none of the Nords were as heavily armed and dressed as canned as the Ryordians. If you really want to do this, if you accidentally fall into the water that day, then you will only sink to the bottom, and you can't save it.

Speaking of weapons, weapons such as straight swords, short swords, and maces are fine. The Nords are also used to it, but the mainstream equipment of Swadia, such as half-swords and spears, is another matter. In water warfare, especially when jumping gangs, the combat space is not large. As a result, the length of the weapon is limited, which is why the Nord warriors, although often armed with two-handed axes, still prefer the combination of hand axes and round shields. In addition, two-handed axes are not used to cut people on ships, but to cut masts, sail ropes, and anchor ropes. And the half-hand sword, the two-handed sword and the like, are obviously longer, not to mention a spear of three or four meters.

If weapons don't work, shields can, right? But shields that look like Swadia soldiers aren't to the appetite of the Nords. The shield of the Ryerdian warrior is usually a kite shield or fan shield, which is long and narrow, and is designed to give the owner all-round protection in hand-to-hand combat. The fan shield is generally used by cavalry, and in order to facilitate fighting, the size can generally block the upper body. As for the Nords, they are more accustomed to using round shields. When launching a surprise attack at sea, the first thing to face is inevitably the enemy's arrows. At this time, the Nord warrior can avoid most attacks as long as he puts the round shield on his head, and the round shield does not occupy as much space as the iris shield, even if it is on the ship, it is not very affected by the fighting, so it has been used by the Nords for hundreds of years. The long pointed horns of the iris shield are too much of an obstacle for the Nords, and the fan shield is too small to protect their bear-like physique in a rain of arrows, so the Nords have never been very interested in these two shields.

Since the shield doesn't work, the crossbow machine can always do, right? Sorry, it still doesn't work. The Nord ship system is very different from the Karad ship system, the Nord ship really comes in the wind, goes in the waves, and sometimes there will be water in the ship, in short, the combat environment is quite humid. The humid environment is simply a natural enemy for the crossbow machine, the metal parts inside will be corroded, the crossbow line is easy to be damaged by soaking in water, and the delicate crossbow once it breaks down, it is not easy to overhaul, plus the Nord people are tyrannical by nature, so naturally they will not use such a mother-in-law's thing.

The rest of the horses, not to mention the cargo ships, no one took these guys with them when they were robbing.

So, the four Yar slipped around and found that there wasn't much of the loot they had captured!

Since I can't use it, then I'll sell the head office. It is true that the black merchants who do business with them also collect, but the amount they can buy is only a fraction of the amount, so who will they look for so many left?

Just kidding, no one wants to throw themselves into the net. Nord? They are all of the same race, and they know exactly what the roundworms in their stomachs look like. Virgia? Others themselves are good at exporting weapons! Kougit is too far away to pull through. Rhodok, what about the war, several army groups have their brains out, are you sure you can get to the city safely with these troops? Salander? That's a good idea, but the others are fighting jihad, and the religious sentiment is quite frenzied. His own group of northern animistic heretics passed, and they were roasted in eight minutes. As for melting and recasting, it is simply a tyrannical thing, and the Yaers are distressed, not to mention, even if they really change the weapon that fits their hands, calculating the cost, it is estimated that it is better to sell it to the profiteer Mu.

Nords are reckless, but not stupid. Therefore, in the end, they gritted their teeth and sold the things to Boss Mu, and Mu did take out the full amount of dinar and various commodities according to the agreement, so although they were aggrieved, they didn't make any radical moves.

So, in this way, Mu got a battle that could almost equip an entire group army at a price close to collecting scrap.

At this time, the merchant was happily counting the goods in his hand, and at the same time silently making calculations in his heart. In two weeks, it is estimated that the news that Harlaus is going to be finished has spread, and even if Gruenward, who is stationed in Uxhall, is calm, he will not be able to suppress his soldiers. At this time, it is the best time for Her Royal Highness the princess to send troops.

He put down the bill in his hand, stepped onto the deck, and glanced in the direction of Uxhall, hoping that what he had left behind would work.

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