Chapter 141: Demon Sred

"I'm sorry, Second Highness. Although the Norton family is directly under the jurisdiction of the Clisson royal family, and His Royal Highness also has the royal blood of Cresson, after all, His Royal Highness now represents the Andinac royal family. Besides, my lordship's order is for us to lead a convoy to the family territory, not to assist the Andinac royal family in quelling the rebellion of the lords of the kingdom. Shi Fatzi shook his head and rejected the request made by the Second Highness Ogceero.

His Royal Highness came with his army of twenty or so guards to mediate for the Norton family's convoy and the noble alliance, so that the convoy could pay a small price and reach a peace agreement with those robber lords to avoid war. This is the request of his lover and his closest and most loyal subordinate Cresya, and secondly, he also wants to buy and sell a batch of food and materials through the convoy, the Kingdom of Antinac is blocked by the Fude Business Alliance, intentionally or unintentionally, and the materials are very scarce.

His Royal Highness was very confident that the aristocratic alliance would sell him this face, and during the Imperial Civil War, it was he who led the White Lion Legion and the Tempest Legion to fight in the east and west, so as to resist the spying eyes of the eldest prince and the second prince on the imperial capital. Many lords in the aristocratic alliance have been rescued by him, and I believe that this is still a bit of affection.

Unexpectedly, the people were still on the way, and the news was that the battle of Aonohara was defeated, and the Norton family's northbound convoy won a complete victory. This news surprised His Royal Highness and shocked him, he didn't expect that the escort force of the Norton family's northbound convoy was so powerful. Looking at Chrisya, who was very happy to hear the news, His Royal Highness thought about it at the moment.

At the beginning, although the second highness had great military achievements, but did not please the nobles of the territory of the Andinac Kingdom, another meaning of great military achievements, the third prince did rely on the second highness to lead two legions to resist the invasion of the eldest prince and the second prince, but the five or six years of civil war has exhausted all the resources of the kingdom, and the kingdom has been in ruins. And the second highness has a tough personality, no one likes a strong king to take the throne, so the nobles of the territory one-sidedly support the great highness to become a ****, and the second highness was helplessly ordered by Antinac I to return to his fiefdom, an island far west of the kingdom.

The Kingdom of Antinac was devastated during the Civil War and was no longer able to sustain the existence of three legions. As a result, the White Lion Legion was disbanded, and the Tempest Legion was sent to the Duchy of Merein in the name of support to assist the Grand Duke of Melein in defending against the invasion of the second prince, and the Royal Guard Legion was also continuously reduced in size due to the drastic reduction in the kingdom's financial revenue, until only one brigade remained.

Losing the force to suppress the kingdom, the territorial nobles of the kingdom began to ignore the Andinac royal family, and then the third prince was bedridden with a strange illness, and His Royal Highness, who had always had a weak personality, took charge of the country and submissed those territorial nobles who pushed him to the throne, which further contributed to the arrogance and presumptuousness of the territorial nobles. They began to ignore the kingdom's edicts, oppress their subjects, form private armies, divide the royal domains, and form a league of lords to fight against the Andinac royal family.

His Royal Highness was anxious to see the current situation of the kingdom, and he had a dream to reunify the former Krisson Empire and restore the glory and inheritance of the imperial royal family. It's a pity that he doesn't have a reliable armed force at hand, and the guards around him and the garrison of the territory together are less than three hundred. His elder brother, His Royal Highness, is a layman in foreign wars, but he is an expert in internal fighting, and he has always been very strict against this younger brother who threatens his **** status, and even cut off the royal allowance of His Royal Highness on the grounds of insufficient income.

His Royal Highness is ambitious, and he has no soldiers, no power, and no money, so he can only be empty and melancholy. Now when he heard that the Norton family's northbound convoy had defeated the aristocratic coalition, he had a plan in his heart. He came to the convoy for one purpose, to borrow troops and food, pacify the Kingdom of Andinac, eliminate the alliance of lords, force His Highness to abdicate, and let himself take charge of the military and political power of the kingdom. However, Schrader understood his intentions and refused his request.

"Is Abrid in charge now?" asked Krisha as she stepped forward.

"Abried, who is he?" Shred looked inexplicably at the black-haired beautiful knight in front of him.

Chrisya's face changed, and she asked sharply, "Who are you, and why are you acting in the name of the Norton family?"

Her hand was on the handle of her sword.

"We are indeed the knights of the Norton family, and we are on the orders of the Baron of Norton. By the way, the current Baron Norton is Norton Lorlist. Schrader pulled out the family knight badge and entered his fighting spirit, and a roaring bear appeared on the silver badge.

Chrisia was stunned and hesitated for a long time before asking, "Lorlist? are you talking about little Locke? that crybaby? little guy with snot? Wasn't he exiled to Molent City?"

"Flutter ......" everyone in the big tent laughed, it turned out that his lord still had such two nicknames when he was a child.

Schrader forced a smile and replied, "Yes, miss." Locke was exiled to Moriente City by his family, but he received a message from his family last year, and now he is the only one left in the Norton family's lineage, and he can only go home to inherit the territory and title. Many of us here were his friends in the city of Morente, who had been accepted by him as knights of the family and ordered to escort the convoy north. May I ask who the young lady is, and what does it have to do with the Norton family?"

"What are you talking about? Locke Jr. is the only one left in the Norton family now?, and what happened to Abrid and Novisque?" asked Chrisia eagerly, but she immediately realized her abruptness, "I'm sorry, I'm Norton Krisya. is Lorlist's cousin, and my father is Locke's second uncle, who was formerly the deputy head of the former Imperial Royal Guard Knights. ”

"Hats off......" Schreid and all the people in the tent bowed to Chrisia.

"You should have said the eldest young master and the third young master, right?" said Shredd, "Here's the thing......"

Schrader told the Norton family what he knew, and Chrisia wept bitterly, and His Royal Highness stepped forward to hug her and comfort her.

"I thought it was already painful for our family to lose our father, but I didn't expect the family to be in a more miserable situation......" Chrisia said in a choked voice.

"Miss Chrisya, please mourn. Please believe that the Norton family will prosper under Locke's leadership. Our convoy is the foundation of the Norton family's revival, so I can't accede to His Highness's request, as I must ensure that supplies and personnel reach the Northlands safely. Schrader said.

"Then you should agree to the request of the Second Highness, those lords are against him, with the force of your convoy, you can easily destroy them, break their manor castle, and get their material reserves, so that more materials can be transported back to the Northland. I've been to my family's territory, which is very remote and lacks everything. So the more supplies you bring back, the more you will help your family. Chrisia said.

"If you are willing to help me, I will immediately promote the title of the Norton family to the rank of earl when I enter the imperial capital. His Royal Highness made a timely promise: "And I will not take your grain and grass materials in vain, I can exchange them with you, I think that the standard weapons and equipment of the disbanded White Lion Legion are enough to repay the grain and grass materials you lent me and thank you for your help to me, and if the Norton family gets this batch of weapons and equipment, I believe it will definitely make a big difference." ”

Schrader hesitated, he couldn't say no. If it's just a promotion of the title, it doesn't matter, but with the standard equipment of the White Lion Legion, it's different. The White Lion Legion, the main legion of the former Krissian Empire, its weapons and armor and other equipment are all carefully crafted by the Empire's skilled craftsmen, whether it is the attack power of the weapon or the defensive power of the armor, the quality is one level higher than that of similar products, and the iron armor he wears is simply rubbish compared to the standard armor of the White Lion Legion. What's more, the establishment of the White Lion Legion is 89,000 people, divided into four corps, all of which are fully equipped, plus reserves, that is, 100,000 sets of weapons and equipment.

If you can get the 100,000 sets of weapons and equipment of the White Lion Legion, then the Norton family will not need to worry about weapons and equipment within ten years, as long as a corps is formed, it will not be a problem to sweep the northland.

His Royal Highness was also helpless, the Kingdom of Antinac was unable to maintain the White Lion Legion and was forced to disband, and the people left but the weapons and equipment remained. However, the civil war has been worn out a lot over the years, and there are not more than 100,000 sets as Shi Ruide imagined, and there are more than 70,000 sets that have been scrapped intact. Originally, Antinac I, the third prince, wanted to sell this batch of equipment at a high price in exchange for much-needed funds, grain and grass materials for the kingdom, and stabilize the situation of the kingdom, but he did not expect to be maliciously suppressed by the Fude Business Alliance, and this batch of equipment could not even be sold for one-tenth of the cost price. The third prince refused to sell cheaply, and in a fit of rage, he severed his trade with the Fude Business Alliance.

The Forde Business Alliance is also angry, for more than a hundred years, the Krisson Empire has repeatedly invaded the Mana Hill Plains, and every time this White Lion Legion has a share, and it has also made a lot of achievements, it is a lot of crimes committed against the Fort Business Alliance! We are willing to buy the weapons and equipment of the White Lion Legion at a scrap price, and the original decision was to return all these weapons and equipment, cast a commemorative statue to celebrate our split of the Krisson Empire, and then cast the logo of the White Lion Legion at the bottom to indicate that we finally won the victory. You still don't want to sell it? Okay, then you don't sell anything, you don't have to buy it.

Without commercial circulation, the originally prosperous imperial capital is becoming more and more desolate, and the people are struggling to make a living, and the trade control of the Antinac Kingdom by the Fude Commercial Alliance has also made the lords of the kingdom complain, and now many territorial nobles have also started the idea of these sealed military supplies.

Now His Royal Highness has no choice, the financial resources of the Kingdom of Andinac are exhausted, and if you want the Norton family's northbound convoy to help you, you must pay enough price and attractive conditions. After thinking about it, there are only two ways, one is to seal the territory, that is, to promote the title of the Norton family and then divide a hereditary territory in the kingdom, which is something that His Royal Highness is very unhappy about. The territory of the Antinac Kingdom is only three provinces of the former empire, and there are few lords and many lords, and there are already more than 100 territorial nobles, and even the royal territory has been completely divided. His Royal Highness's idea was to eliminate those who took the lead in making trouble, leaving behind those who were honest and loyal, and then integrating the kingdom to bury its head in development, embark on the road of strength, and lay the foundation for the revival of the Cresson Empire.

If the Norton family is canonized as a hereditary territory, it is equivalent to driving away a group of wolves and a tiger, with the actions of this northbound convoy, it is difficult for His Royal Highness to believe that the Norton family will obey him, so don't look for this trouble. The second is to use the weapons and equipment of the White Lion Legion, it can be seen from the escort soldiers of these Norton family's convoys that they pay great attention to the protection of the family armament, and even these ordinary soldiers are wearing iron armor, I believe that the standard equipment of the White Lion Legion will be very tempting to them.

His Royal Highness was right, even if Schrader could control himself and not have any thoughts about the standard equipment of the White Lion Legion, there were three heavyweights in the big tent who had been staring at Schredd, they were Bodfinger, Rod Wells and Mons Malek. The three of them were all from the White Lion Legion, and they were all civilian officer classes, and although His Royal Highness had seen them, he couldn't remember them. Hearing that His Royal Highness was willing to take out the standard equipment of the White Lion Legion in exchange for the help of the team, the three of them were happy in their hearts, but they couldn't show it, and they kept looking at Shi Ruide with praying eyes, hoping that he would agree to the request of the Second Highness.

Schrader finally nodded.

The result of the negotiation was that the convoy used 100,000 gold fords in cash plus help to help His Royal Highness raise an army of 20,000 people and provide all the food, grass, supplies and weapons and equipment, and dispatched the Norton family to escort the convoy to help sweep and eliminate all the rebellious nobles of the territory, and all the materials captured during the period were divided equally between the two sides. Until the Second Highness ascended to the throne. The Second Highness promised to promote the title of the Norton family and make him an earl, and the territory was still the original family domain of the Northlands. Then all the standard equipment of the White Lion Legion will be handed over to the team, and His Royal Highness will ensure that this batch of equipment will be no less than 70,000 sets, and all the excess will be given to the team for free.

This agreement seems to be a loss for the team, which is equivalent to the empty promise of His Royal Highness, but the team has to fight desperately. However, Schreider signed the agreement because he was concerned about Krisya's face, and secondly, he had his own ideas and would not hurt the team in the slightest. The third is that he thinks that he can befriend the Second Highness, so that the power of the Norton family can be extended to the Kingdom of Antinac, so that the caravan organized by the Norton family in the future can be unimpeded from the Kingdom of Antinac to the territory of Viscount Tim of the Kingdom of Redlis.

Schred's idea was simple, the field scouts would be left to the escorts of the family convoy, and the Norton family's ironclad cavalry would be able to crush any enemy who resisted, and they could also use it to train their troops. In the siege battle with the greatest casualties, the death battalion formed by the captives was driven, and the family ranged troops assisted in the siege. In this way, the casualties of the family's northbound convoy are minor, and the captured materials can supplement the consumption of the convoy, so why not?

After more than two months of campaigning, the convoy swept through the provinces of Hansdemoth and Central Province of the Kingdom of Antinac, and Schrader hanged forty-eight of the nobles of the realm, forcing thirty-five of them to bend their knees and swear allegiance in front of the Second Highness, earning himself the title of a demon Schreid. And with the young and strong among the captives and displaced people, he formed an army of 20,000 people for His Royal Highness, and successfully trapped the former imperial capital, so that His Royal Highness had no choice but to step down, and gave up the power to take charge of state affairs to His Second Highness.

His Royal Highness was very trustworthy, and handed over all the sealed 73,645 sets of equipment of the White Lion Legion to the team, and handed over the documents to Schrader with the certificate of promotion to Baron Norton with the royal seal of the Cresson. At the same time, he said that he hoped that several members of the team could work with him to create a great cause and fight for the revival of the Krisson Empire.

Schreder and the others did not hesitate to refuse the invitation of the Second Highness, and the Second Highness just smiled and didn't care. However, when Schrader and the others said that the convoy would no longer stay and was about to embark on the northbound road, the Second Highness said that they would ask the convoy for one thing, that is, the convoy would go to the last province of Antinac, the province of Verbasia, and the territorial nobles of this province were the backbone of the Lords' Alliance, and it was also the place where the Second Highness had not been able to intervene. His Royal Highness thought beautifully, and he hoped that when the convoy passed by, he would clean up those rebellious lords by the way, just like the previous two provinces.

Schrader shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, our convoy has been delayed for a lot of time, and we must go to the Northland immediately, as long as those lords don't interfere with the convoy's journey, the convoy will not do anything to them." ”

His Royal Highness smiled and said, "There is a lot of food in that province......"

The two sides parted amicably, and Chrisia also wrote several letters to Lorlist.

The convoy continued north, and soon Schrader and the others felt that something was wrong, and when the convoy reached the province of Verbasya, the convoy was followed by nearly 100,000 displaced people......

When he inquired clearly, Schrader found out that he had been deceived, and the Kingdom of Andinac was small and inhabited, insufficient in food and homeless. At some point, rumors began to circulate in the kingdom that they would have food to eat with the convoy and that they would be able to live and work in peace and contentment when they arrived in the Northland, and all the homeless people who heard the rumor followed the convoy.

Schrader was furious and wrote a letter to question His Royal Highness. The reply of the Second Highness was very simple: "There are about 300,000 to 400,000 displaced people in the territory of the Antinac Kingdom, and thanks to the clearing of the first two provinces by the convoy, a large amount of land has been vacated, but the Second Highness can only settle more than 100,000 of them as best he can, and there is nothing he can do if the rest are willing to follow the convoy." However, if the convoy can clear the province of Verbasia, he may be able to settle more than 100,000 displaced people......"

Everyone's scalp is numb, and the thought of the hundreds of thousands and 200,000 displaced people who continue to come is how to get it, if you ignore it, the scene of the 100,000 or so displaced people rushing to the convoy to grab food due to famine is terrifying, if you ignore it, the 50,000 or 60,000 people in the convoy may not be able to support a single cent of food for three months. The only way is to attack the lord's manor castle, loot the food and grass to feed the displaced people behind, and assist His Royal Highness in the settlement of the displaced people.

This is the reason why Schrader felt that he had to do what others had arranged when he fell into the pit, and he was very unhappy.