The flame beside the bed flickered and flickered.

The next day, Chaka came out of the house, and the young woman trembled......

This is an era of disorder and chaos, and the weak can only be slaughtered by others.

Chaka was to receive the envoy from Milan, who bathed and changed his clothes, looked in the mirror, and trimmed his overgrown beard and hair.

He had heard of Bran's name, and he was looking forward to what kind of messenger he would face.

When he saw the messenger, he was disappointed, but when he thought about it, the more inconspicuous the person, the more capable he might be.

The Milan side sent Dandoro.

At the age of less than fifty, he was gray-haired, lame, blind, and his throat felt like it had been weighed down by a heavy object, and the sound he made was particularly distinctive and unpleasant.

Chaka had been driven by the Eastern Romans for many years and naturally spoke Greek and Latin, so he communicated directly with Dandoro.

The first meeting between the two forces, Dandoro thought for a long time about how to impress the Turkic people.

After he heard all about Chaka's deeds in the empire, he managed to get a painting.

This time, he came with some simple gifts, dried meat, linen, etc.

Chaka didn't say anything about this kind of thing, but the faces of the people around him weren't very good-looking, and the two boxes were full of this thing.

What about looking down on people?

When Aschu Clay was in power, he once said that it was a great gift to treat disobedient foreigners with a meal of dried meat and a few sackcloths.

These allusions, Chaka understands, his subordinates understand, and Dandoro also understands.

The Turks also married early, and Chaka had his first daughter when he was twelve.

When her daughter was ten years old, she married Arslan, a fellow citizen who is now standing next to her.

Arslan was only seven years younger than Chaka, and he also had a certain amount of fame and prestige among the Turks, and his location was originally different from Chaka.

He followed most of Timur's actions.

However, the dragon king went eastward, and he was nostalgic for the Black Sea and Asia Minor without accompanying him, and rejoined Chaka with his men and horses, bringing the Turks closer together.

Dandoro had studied astrology, and at first glance he felt that Arslan was not a good person......

Shabby gifts.

Finally, Arslan couldn't help it, or rather, Chaka's eyes signaled him to test Dandoro.

After a pleasantries, Arslan said.

"The Turks have always been hospitable, others toast us with a glass of wine, we can return him ten glasses, now that there is so much dried meat and coarse cloth, you can prepare a few more large boxes, so that our return gift, you can load it and bring it back to Milan."

There is sarcasm in this discourse.

"Actually, I brought something with me." Dandoro only asked Hu Cong to take out a collection of paintings at this time.

The scroll was slowly spread out, and a woman's head on it made Chaka stunned.

This woman is not brilliant in appearance, there is a beautiful mole in the corner of her eye, slender eyes, high cheekbones, and her appearance is similar to that of a Turkic.

She was Chaka's young lover and belonged to the Pechenegs, a Turkic tribe active in Asia Minor.

He was later sacrificed to the giant by his father and brother, who transferred him to the Sacred Palace and became one of the emperor's lovers.

After the death of the Purple Emperor of the previous generation, the concubines or lovers of foreign countries were imprisoned in one of the holy palaces, unable to go out, and needed to become Orthodox nuns through asceticism.

Chaka remained silent, "The Byzantines also used her to blackmail me, but the memories of my youth are gone, and now I am the emir of the Turks, and I will not make any deal for a woman, even if she is in your hands, or you can save her." ”

As a monarch, he can't let anyone know his weaknesses, and he wants to get this woman back, but only if it doesn't threaten his current situation.

Dandolo found a way to dredge the Byzantine eunuchs and rescue the woman, but when Chaka said this, his prepared rhetoric fell through, and his mind was about to come up with a follow-up plan, when Chaka suddenly said.

"You just said that you want to be friendly, I like to be direct, there are Osman and Holy City Kingdom in the east of the province, we are of the same faith as Osman, but I don't like Gramiyan, and the Purple Room doesn't like me, I need allies.

Timur marched eastward, the steppe tribes of the Black Sea were scattered, and now that we Turks have reunited this banner, I am confident that as long as we survive these two years, we will be able to take more land from the Purple Chamber.

I know you Milanese have dealings with Blackbeard and the Trois-Rivières.

Blackbeard can be left alone, but the people of the Three Rivers control most of the twelve Greek islands, which is equivalent to holding a knife to my jaw, what do you say?"

"We support you in reclaiming the Twelve Greek Islands, and Blackbeard will ensure that he will not interfere with your territorial waters."

"Edwin, can you agree?"

"He is a fisherman, ushering in the fortune, occupying the three rivers, why should he oppose the two of us, the Duchy of Milan will help you in the rear, I also like to be direct, the order that His Highness gave me and the power is to befriend your ministry, but once between Milan and Asia Minor, it is too long, is there a better relationship in this world than marriage? His Royal Highness Bran has a newborn child and can ...... with your lawful daughter"

Dandoro is talking about the son of the daughter of the king of Aran.

The first time they met, they talked about getting along, Dandoro was very bold, Chaka stared at the old man, and finally smiled.

"The marriage could be slowed down, but your tone convinces me that Milan is sincere and we can talk about it in more detail."

Dandolo then stayed for a few more days to have more full contact with Chaka.

All he thought about was revenge, and he told Chaka about his wounds, that he was made by the Byzantine nobles, and he also wanted to attack the castle to win Chaka's trust even more.

In the past few days, Dandoro has also met with the young woman who has been admitted to the chaka room.

Chaka dressed her in Turkic clothing, a large hat, and introduced Dandoro,

"This is my new lover and the sister of your Highness Zoe."

The young woman's face turned pale and she asked for help directly in front of Dandoro.

Dandoro looked at Chaka, who said, "When I'm tired of playing, you can take it back." ”

"Then please stay a few more days and be a guest here, and I will inform Your Highness." Dandoro Road.

Dandoro's mission to the Turks ended perfectly, and Bran was also preparing for war at this time, preparing to expand the border south before this year.

In August, Scotland in the north entered the final mobilization.

The Black Prince, the Black Warriors, and the long-legged army fought a decisive battle against the army of the Queen of Scots.

The total number of troops on both sides was as high as 36,000, and the lords of the three islands in the north were all affected.

The battle lasted eighteen days and was a stalemate.

At this time, the Black Prince used the strategy of Earl Meng Gao to retreat the army, and spread the news that the former King William was going to regain power with the current queen.

The people of Mongo said that the former King William was preparing to hold a council of wise men to reinstate the throne in East Scotland.

At this time, William led his army to defend Scotland in the northeast, and also recruited an army of more than 6,000 people.

Such a rumor made the queen nervous.

The Black Prince then sent someone to propose to the queen that if there was another strong war, it would only benefit William.

England can guarantee the status of the queen, as well as the territory.

All it was necessary to recognize England as the suzerain, and to send an armistice to William, so that they would not resist and re-enter the negotiating table.

The queen believed in this delaying strategy, and when she saw the English retreat and hand over part of the castle, the queen then disbanded some of the recruited soldiers, and told William in the east not to take the initiative to attack the British army.

William was reluctant to stop the war, and he wanted to work with the queen to drive the English away.

At this time in Edinburgh, the twelve nobles who defended the queen voted to vote, and finally the war faction announced that William must stay in the territory and stand by.

This move even forced away the nobles who were about to return to the British army.

Among them is Ronay of House Stark.

With more than 700 men, Ronai took the initiative to go around the back of England, wanting to assault the long-legged army.

Although he was brave, he had no support, and after winning a partial victory, he was beaten all over the ground by the English longbowmen who had regrouped their soldiers, and had to flee to the mountains with a small force.

After the Queen's edict was issued, the Scots thought that there would be a truce, and they were relaxed, but they did not want to be suddenly attacked more violently.

In order to save food, some of the northern mercenaries who were dismissed first also joined the attack on the Queen of Scots because of their dissatisfaction.

Only a month after the cessation of the state was issued, rumours reignited in Edinburgh against the Queen that she was incapable of leading the country.

Then the black prince, who regathered the army, led people to attack the city.

This time, in the face of the menacing British army, the lords around Edinburgh, who had lost their main battle generals, fell into despair.

Finally, the queen, under the persuasion (persecution) of the nobles, Kaesong surrendered.

Her title as queen was retained, but her fiefdom was reduced to the periphery of Edinburgh.

The courtiers of the royal court were disbanded, and for a time, the land of Scotland was full of long-legged royal banners.

The main force was wiped out, and the remaining Scottish nobles went to London to pay allegiance.

The former Wang William was already alone at this time.

Go to London, kneel to Long Legs, kiss his hand, or continue to resist.

William chose the latter, but he did not take into account the mood of his men.

Now that the morale of the Scottish army is low, and the grain-producing areas are mostly controlled by the British army, they can only take the initiative to attack and grab more grain to support so many soldiers.

But there was the Queen's armistice, and so many nobles went to London to swear allegiance.

The former king William, at a meeting to launch an attack, was bowed down and excused by several nobles who had followed him for many years, and then they tied William up with five flowers.

"Your Highness, you have to read people's hearts and the situation, isn't this what you always told us when you were Your Majesty?"

The nobles sent the former King William to London, where he fell ill and died.

Half of the Scottish nobility was not purged, and Long Legs needed their assistance in governance.

Later, Longleg announced that the black prince would be sent to govern Scotland, first, to stabilize the local forces and recruit the rebels who were still resisting, and second, to transfer him away to divide the son's power in the country.

"A bad wolf went, and here came a hungry wolf."

This phrase is the Scottish description of the nobility of England.

These people are southerners, and they want everything when they get to the north.

In the war in the north, they will take back as much as they have lost.

The lord of the English army, who was appointed as the new lord, taxed the land under various names for the land under his control.

War brings peace and heavy labor.

Before December of that year had passed, rebellion broke out again in Scotland.

The Black Prince wants Huairou.

London ordered the head of the rebel army to be sent to London.

Long legs are a great and benevolent monarch in the hearts of the English, but in the eyes of the Scots, they are complete tyrants.

This rebellion, Ronais. Stark was also involved.

It would have been able to fight, and he even contacted the queen of Edinburgh.

But the nobles who rebelled, each with their own evil intentions, and some even betrayed the time to attack, so that they were discovered by the British army and forced to fight.

This time it was a failure to put Ronnay. Stark's relationship with the family has dropped to a freezing point.

He was originally the patriarch of the family, the Earl of Aberdeen in the north-east of Scotland - the owner of the Icefield Leopard family crest.

The clansmen joined forces against him, and the Black Prince was also stripped of his title next time because of Ronai's participation in the rebellion.

Ronai took the knights who were still loyal to the queen or had a great grudge against the British army, and hid in the mountains and forests.

After going around and around, he returned to the Argyle region and met William. Wallace.

Ronai rejoiced and thought it was God's will.

Wallace was appointed knight at this time, still in charge of the former village.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Ronai led a horse into his house, knocked his servants unconscious, and met Wallace, who was shoveling in the beast house.

At this time, Wallace, whose wife had a big belly, lost the momentum of his earlier reprimand to Ronais.

He looked at Ronai and said for a long time, "Long time no see." ”

The two confronted each other for a long time, until a woman's voice rang out, "William, are you alright?" The meals were cold. ”

"It's almost good, you stay and don't come out, walk less, you're about to give birth."

Then William shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm just a knight, I don't have anything to entertain you, and when I was guarding Edinburgh, I shot everything, including the last time you saw me, and he was also pierced through the head with a riding spear taller than him." I promised him that I would find him a wife, but ......"

"Are you the only Scotsman to be humiliated? Was it only your loved ones who were killed?

I also abandoned everything, even my name was expelled from the family, I could have been an earl, and on the day I died, I would have given the seat to my son, and in order to resist the British army, my wife and children were also on the way to flee with me, fell ill and died! What about freedom you said last time? What is freedom now?

Let me see your courage, just like last time, there is an English army not far from here, guarding the barn, and we will snatch the food out and distribute it to your scrawny villagers, who will kill more English if they are full. ”

"You're sending them to their deaths!"

Speaking of this, Ronay couldn't help but pull out his sword and face Wallace.

At this time, Wallace's wife also heard the voice, looked at Ronai, and said pleadingly, "My lord!"

"I misread you!"

Ronai finally collected his sword, but did not leave the village, as there was a British army nearby.

His men advised him that Wallace would not betray him, but Ronay only said, "If so, I will admit it." ”

Ronai hid for days, and finally waited for the group of Englishmen to relax.

Ronai led twenty men, in a bloody battle, defeated forty British troops, and obtained a large amount of wheat.

He also found several captured Scottish soldiers, one of whom did not quite look like a Scotsman.

This man speaks Icelandic, Aberdeen, Ronai's territory, very close to the northern port, so Ronay can speak it as well.

This man said that he had joined the army from the northern harbor and had been appointed captain for killing two English petty officers.

Later, when the queen surrendered, he and a few of his men went into hiding, and because of excessive hunger, they were discovered by the British army, tied up, and prepared to be handed over to the nobles of the big towns to receive the reward.

"Your name is Roland? Very well, you will follow me and kill the enemy together. ”

Ronai killed all the captured British soldiers, leaving one of them back to report, "Tell the Black Prince that as long as there is a brave Stark in the land of Scotland, there will be no day of defeat, and you will not forget the pain you have given us." ”

Scotland never forgets!

After this moment, Ronay changed the family crest to the ice wolf in northern Scotland, using the wolf pattern as a totem, which is different from the original Stark family.

Ronay also loses everything, more than Wallace, so he will never throw in the towel, he wants to get everything back!

Ronay became England's biggest headache.

Whenever he came across an Englishman killing a Scottish soldier, he would kill two of them in return.

A spark can start a prairie fire.

He was also a native Scottish nobleman and knew geography well.

Coupled with the help of some long-legged nobles who still harbored guilt towards Scotland, Ronay's revolt team grew stronger and stronger.

He even killed an important confidant of the Black Prince, who was Meng Gao, Earl of Glamorgan, who helped the Black Prince govern Scotland!

It was an afternoon, Ronay led 300 men, climbed the mountains, avoided the plains, and suddenly appeared in the rear of the British army, using the method of exchanging life for life, defeating the British army with twice the number of people and a few sides, and capturing Meng Gao, who was transporting supplies.

"You can't kill me, it will attract endless revenge, and you can ask Your Highness for a ransom." Even if he was arrested, Meng Gao didn't think that he could be compared with the small characters killed by Luo Nai, so he had nothing to fear.

"Earl of Glamorgan, you're famous.

According to the decree of the Church and the Fathers, the Father created the world for seven days, so every six days, he must give us a day of rest, and there is no need for farming, repairing houses, building bridges, quarrying, planting, weaving, etc. But thou hast decreed that it be changed to once every seventy days, and do you know how many Scots, whose working hands were calloused, and who died in the cold wind, on the seventh day of rest, for the sake of the grain which thou hast now transported?"

"I said, I will give you a ransom, and you must treat me with the courtesy of nobility, this is the law of nobility, even if you are the king." Meng Gao was unmoved, he thought, even the king, will abide by this etiquette.

"The law is meant to be broken, you know, Your Excellency!"

Luo Nai plunged a sword into Meng Gao's heart.

Meng Gao couldn't believe it...... He exhaled, trying to say something, but his body quickly went limp.

With the drawing of Ronais's sword, there is one less earl in the world and one more king outside the law.

......

"Wow......"

In the simple knight's house, Wallace's daughter was born, and his wife and daughter were safe.

Seeing the two of them smiling, he thought, in the future, as long as he guards them.

But as a knight, he has to go out on patrol at times.

One day when he was out of town, his wife was taking the peasant women of the village to the forest not far away to harvest wild fruits, and she met knights from England.

This is a group of fanatic knights who have come to Scotland to train, and they happen to pass through here.

One of them, seeing that Wallace's wife was beautiful, took her for a peasant girl, and insulted her on the grounds that the nobles had the right to the peasants for the first night, and finally killed her and walked away.

When Wallace returned, he saw his wife lying down with coins on her eyes, and the crying of her daughter made Wallace faint.

A few days later, a flu suddenly took the child's life.

From the quiet years to the loss of everything, it was less than ten days before and after.

At this time, what Ronay said is vivid.

"You think you're the only one who lost your loved ones? If we don't resist, more people will suffer......"

After burying his wife and children, Wallace vowed to fight the English for the rest of his life until death.

......

The distance of the heart, when to return,

The valley covered with the blood of warriors is our proud resistance,

Empty fields, emaciated cattle and sheep,

Rich Scotland, the land is in ruins,

Reminiscing, cherishing, protecting,

We fought together to drive the enemy back home.

......

The Scottish Sword, written in that year, the author is unknown.