Chapter 43: The Treachery of Warriors and the Mouths of Politicians

To the east of Cold Creek Castle is the barracks, and to the south is the vast farm plain, which is also the direction of the arrival of the Knoyer family's army. The large stone throwers on the Cold Creek Castle www.biquge.info have set their attack direction to the south, ready to bombard the enemy's formation with boulders.

It was close to noon, and the army of the Knuyer family had not appeared for a long time. At about ten o'clock, Alain had already let the army eat lunch in advance, and among the 15,000 troops, only Alain saw the so-called war letter sent by the other party, and everyone who did not know the situation had to eat in advance according to Alain's request.

Almost as soon as everyone lost patience, a long black line appeared on the horizon, separating the sky from the earth. The army that was slowly approaching was none other than the Knoyer army, which had been slow to appear.

The enemy troops at the front of the army were all well-equipped infantry, and there were a large number of hoplites as escorts on the side, but the many serfs used as cannon fodder were not seen.

The slightly neat steps, the cold glow of weapons and armor, made the serfs at the forefront of Anjitan's army terrified, and if it weren't for the soldiers behind them, the current serfs would have collapsed.

"There are too few senior soldiers. "Looking at the performance of the serfs at the front, there was too little time to prepare for battle, and none of the vassals who came here to gather in five days brought any high-quality soldiers, and many of them either because of distance or for various reasons.

More than half of the soldiers in the current army are serfs. Usually only doing farm work in the fields, but now he is unclothed with a simple spear and even a dung fork at the forefront, which shows the reliability of this.

The enemy army came to a halt a kilometer from the opposing side, and two knights in shining armor and carrying the banner of the Knoyes family stepped out of the opposing array.

The galloping horses carried up the mud on the ground of the mire, and if it weren't for the knight's spear in the opponent's hand not making an attack posture, the longbowmen hidden in the second line of the army would have already tilted their arrows on the opponent's body.

The two knights only reached the middle of the open area of the battlefield and did not take a step forward, and the knight who stopped his horse planted the flag in his hand on the soft soil: "I am Ian, Duke of Domenides, and now I hope that Alain, Duke of Anjitan, can come out, and I want to negotiate with you!"

In order to make their words more feasible, the two knights took off the canned helmet on their heads with their hands that had originally held the banner but were now free, revealing the true face of the knight himself.

The vassals of Anjitan's army immediately recognized the two knights on the battlefield as Ian, Duke of Domenides, and his eldest son, Bernie.

The invitation of the two knights, Alain did not have any reason to let himself shirk, but since the other party had brought his son to the battlefield, the hint was obvious

"Shireen, follow me up. Alan Zema said as he approached Shilinya's side and took off his helmet.

"Yes Father. Without much hesitation, Shilinya also followed her father's example and took off the covered helmet from her head, revealing her face in front of the two armies.

Before the two of them walked out of the army array, they both took the two flags representing the Arian family handed over by the duke's guards.

The meeting of the leaders of the two sides attracted all the attention of the opposing armies of the two sides, and both the lowly serfs and the lords and vassals who participated in the war cast their eyes on the four people in the center of the battlefield.

The flag of the Elion family was planted on the ground, the soft ground was very unfriendly, Shilinya almost caused the flag to fall down the first time she planted the flag, if it wasn't for her own spell to fix the flagpole on the ground, now the flag in her hand has already fallen on the muddy ground.

"Say it. What's the matter?" Alain asked the other party in an unfriendly tone, now that the other party had placed himself within the attack range of the stone thrower in Cold Creek Castle, he didn't know if the other party was stupid or daring.

"I remember that the battle I ordered was fought on the plain five kilometers south of Cold Creek Castle. Duke Ian's fair face had an angry look on his face, and he couldn't help but ask the culprit in front of him, "Do you have any sense of honor?"

Duke Ian's roar spread through almost the entire battlefield, and more than 40,000 people on both sides felt the Duke's embodied anger.

"Is there a certificate?" Alain automatically filtered out the other party's roaring voice, "I only remember which piece of paper said that the decisive battle was on the southern plains of Cold Creek Castle. I didn't read a word of the rest. ”

Wasn't the battle book of the decisive battle burned by you last night? Of course, Shilinya will not remind her father without knowing the times, after all, this is not a glorious thing, if you agree to the other party, then the few trebuchets and special ammunition that she is one of the victory chips will be idle.

"I don't have any certificates, but I'll make a backup of every one of my paperwork in the future. The chagrined Duke calmly reflected on his mistake.

"We don't talk about these unpleasant things. Ian set his eyes on Shilinya behind Alain, "Your daughter is like your wife, very fascinating. In time, I believe that he will become the popular lover of the aristocracy. ”

It was obviously a word of praise, but neither the person concerned, Shilinya, nor Alain, as a father, heard the kindness in the other party's mouth.

"What do you mean?" Alan had already put his hand on the long sword at his waist, and if the other party did not give him a satisfactory answer, he would immediately kill the other party on the spot.

"It's not interesting!" Ian made a fake look of intimidation at the other party, "I'm just complimenting your wife and your daughter on their beauty." ”

"And I feel a heartfelt admiration for the Duke's magnanimity and the way he enjoys it. Smiling, Ian tilted his head and swept his gaze to the team behind him, "I saw my idol from my youth, a champion knight, in the ranks of your army! ”

Duke Ian's words made Alain's face become more and more cold, and Shilinya on the side also became very embarrassed and angry, and now not only scolded himself but also insulted his mother. Casting spells from a short distance can take the opponent's life, but if the opponent is on guard, it is difficult to say, and Shirinya, who has not completely lost her mind, will not impulsively use this extreme method.

The sound of the sword unsheathed, the dull blow of steel striking sounded almost simultaneously.

Alain's sword was blocked by Ian's knight's spear, and both men were competing to see who had the better wrist strength.

The movement of the two supreme leaders caused a riot between the two armies behind them, and if it weren't for the four people on the battlefield, the two armies would have been fighting together by now.

Shilinya has already prepared fireballs and electric shocks, ready to paralyze the opponent on the ground before the fireball is pasted. Bernie, who had been absent-minded, also took out the short crossbow hanging on his horse and pointed it at Shirinya, his sharp eyes shining coldly through the crosshair on the crossbow.

"I haven't exercised my body well in years, and I can't compare myself to that year. Duke Ian's bloodshot face showed that he had exhausted all his strength, "I have lived as a politician rather than a warrior for more than a decade, and now I am not asking you to come here to face to face as I did back then." I'm here to negotiate with you. ”

Just as the words of the other party said, the spear in Duke Ian's hand was quickly pushed to the side by the sword because of the strength of its master. Alain did not take advantage of this gap to put the other party to death, after all, the other party's son was now holding a crossbow arrow at his daughter, and Alain did not believe that the other party was unprepared for this.

"What are you talking about?" Alain ignored the sword in his hand, just looked at Bernie behind him with an unkind look, "We don't seem to have anything to talk about." ”

"I propose. Ian sensed the other party's gaze, in order to keep the atmosphere from being overly tense, he could only glance at his son behind him and ask him to put his short crossbow away, "Our two families will retire, my son Bernie will marry your daughter, my son will be crowned King Maurice, and your daughter will be crowned Queen Maurice." ”

"In the future plan, we can also use your daughter's bloodline as a claim to the imperial throne to support your daughter to become the empress, so that our two families can join forces with our family to become a member of the imperial family. Duke Ian kept staring at the middle-aged man in front of him and the girl behind him, trying to see a hint of excitement on the other person's countenance.

But alas, Shilinya just kept shaking her head, as if she wanted her father to see her attitude.

Alain glanced at his daughter, whose swaying hair kept her hair flying in the air.

"Excuse me. His daughter would not agree to it at all, and he would never force her to accept such a thing: "I am loyal to the emperor, I will not do anything to betray my emperor, and my honor cannot be measured by your politicians through promises and status." ”

"Twenty-four emperors have changed in the three years since Emperor Eumoned's death!Do you think your loyalty is so cheap? I am absolutely convinced that you will never meet more than ten of these twenty-four emperors!" The other party's refusal made Ian begin to argue with the facts known to the world, "The speed of the change of the throne is faster than the speed of high-ranking prostitutes in the imperial capital, do you still think there is much majesty of the royal family?"

Ian's almost uncontrollable rhetorical question left Alain unable to refute, and the other party was telling the truth. And I have no impression of those emperors who came to power quickly and died quickly.

"And. Ian's disguise change speed was quite amazing to Shilinya, one second he was still an old and angry young man, and the next second he became a steady public knowledge, "Since Bagh entered Midur with 90,000 northern troops, do you think your daughter's bloodline can bring her safety? Now bloodline is very likely to bring your daughter to death." Whether it is Bagg or Philip, who has a lively fight with Bag, they all hope that the fewer people who can legitimately claim the throne as few people as possible. ”

"Needless to say, I won't promise you. Ignoring Ian's analysis and persuasion, Alan picked up the flag planted on the side and turned around and walked towards the army, "Shireen, let's go." ”