Watching Muller walk out of the tent, the bright smile on Il's original face suddenly disappeared without a trace, for his father's vassals, Il has never been able to do 100% trust, only a partner with entangled interests like Jung, or a person like Zigar who loses himself and has no way to live, is worthy of Il's trust, for the word loyalty, Il's heart does not feel how valuable he is. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, although people like Muller are not trustworthy, but after all, they are also old, and they also have a considerable amount of popularity among their vassals, as long as these things can capture Muller's heart, then they can be used by me, so that my biggest shortcoming, that is, the so-called lack of qualifications, is not enough to cover up the shortcomings of the public, so even if I don't like these people, I still have to put on a polite corporal.

After thinking about his pretentiousness for a while, Il was amused by the smile that appeared in his mind, which made Il feel like he was watching someone else's acting, and he himself was sitting here watching and commenting on other people's acting skills, as if the actor was not himself.

This strange feeling filled Il's freshness, and he could even find in his mind what he had just shown when he was smiling at Muller too woodenly, and where he was too hard and unnatural, as if he had become a director, looking at himself in his memories and commenting.

"Master, Viscount Dzigar awaits your summons. ”

Just when Il was thinking with interest about whether his performance just now needed to be improved, the loud voice of the guard outside the door came into the tent, interrupting Il's memories, and looking at the report sheet that he had held in his hand for a long time but did not look at it at all, the smile on Il's face was completely contained.

What the hell were you doing? When did you become so hypocritical now? Is it because you want to climb to a high position? Have you not hesitated to turn yourself into the person you hate for the sake of power?!

A completely different question from the one that commented on his acting skills just now arose from the same brain, and he was still questioning Il's logic just now, and this confused feeling suddenly pulled Il back to the real world, what happened to him just now? How could two completely different thoughts appear in the brain at the same time?

"Master, Mr. Zigar has arrived. ”

The voice outside the door came again, slightly faster than the first time, and the voice also expanded a lot, which made Yir have to stop thinking about the problem in his mind compulsively, because he knew that these guards outside his military tent were all veterans who had followed him for a long time, and they were also very familiar with their habits.

But now he screamed a second time, and the voice was a lot louder, making it clear that he wanted to wake himself up even if he was sleeping.

Don't hesitate to wake yourself up and inform me that Zigal is coming, which of course attracted the attention of Eir, there must be something important happening, otherwise it would never be so hasty, thinking of this, Eir hurriedly shouted to the guards outside the door: "Please let him in." ”

As soon as Yir finished speaking, Zigal stepped in with the curtain, and saw Il, who was sitting on the seat and did not come to greet him, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, although Zigal knew that he was just a very inconspicuous person among the nobles, but from the perspective of interests, he could be said to be the closest relationship with Yir, and on the road to the throne of Yir, he also made a lot of efforts, especially the knight arm, which was established by himself, so usually Yir also respected himself very much, but now he didn't even want to stand up and salute？

"Could it be that Susa is about to be unified, and there is still one step away from the duke's position, and it will begin to swell" Zigar thought in his heart, but looking at the warm smile on Yir's face at this moment, Zigar felt that he should think too much, Yir has been very smart since he was a child, whether it is in articles or martial arts, or in etiquette, he is far beyond ordinary people, and he will never understand how much etiquette is valued among nobles, and this should be because he is too busy with homework after the war.

"Count. Although Zigar thought about a lot of things in his mind, it was only a few seconds in reality, and at the same time, years of work experience had already allowed his body to automatically give a salute without giving orders from his brain, so as soon as he entered the door, his brain thought about something, but his body saluted respectfully, which was completely stressful for Zigar.

"Dhigar, what's the matter? You know, I'm so busy right now. ”

Ilr said gently, and it was impossible to hear what other thoughts he had about Zigar in his tone, and this was exactly the case, so when talking to Zigar, Yir did not politely add any mr or viscount or something after Zigar's name, but directly called his name, which can be said to be a rather close title to Yir.

"Yes, my lord, I came to ask you about the army that occupies the city of Nomenkan, what should we do with them now?" Hearing Yir's politeness to him, this made Zigar completely let go of the speculation in his heart, for this child he watched grow up, Zigar had a different kind of feeling in his heart, so as soon as the knot was untied, Zigar treated it as if what he was thinking about just now was an absurd story, and then got down to business.

At this moment, Zigal would never have thought that there was something wrong with Il, and even Il, who was not aware of this.

"Nomenkan? Oh, you mean the army of the Northern Noble Alliance, and how are they doing now?"

Hearing Zigar mention the word Nomenkan, Yir was immediately stunned before remembering this army that was almost ignored by him, since he confronted Genaya's army under Biddle City, the movement in the direction of Nomenkan City was handed over to Viscount Zigar to work, so it was indeed a little impossible to remember this army for a while, after all, elephants and elephants fought, who can always remember that there is a little ant at their feet.

However, as soon as Zigar mentions it, Yir as a qualified army commander, can naturally think of this army, but for the current situation of this army, Yir is really not very clear, some time ago, all his focus is on how to deal with the enemy in Biddle City and how to make food can meet the needs of the army as much as possible, for the army of Nomenkan, I only know a general idea, but the specific situation is not very clear.

"Yes, Lord Earl, it is the alliance army composed of those northern nobles who do not know what to do is entrenched in Nomenkan, according to my investigation, there are about 4,000 defenders in Nomenkan City, although the number is not small, but most of them are some untrained rural soldiers, they don't even have the ability to draw bows and shoot arrows, and even some don't even have weapons at all, my lord, if we send troops now, we will definitely be able to take them in two days. ”

Dhigar's tone of speech was a bit domineering, and it was obvious that after winning the victory in Biddle City, Dzigar was also a little inflated, and there was a hint of arrogance between his words, which sounded extraordinarily strong, and no longer had the same sleekness as before.

Of course, this is also normal, after all, this victory is really too smooth for them, it can be said that except for the soldiers who died at the beginning of the war, in the following time, most of the time was fought in the war of attrition, and there was almost no decent battle, until the surrendered soldiers in Biddle City were received, if you ignore the soldiers who died of hunger in between, everything went smoothly and did not look like a war.

It's no wonder that Zigal and the whole army have this fluttering feeling, including Il, but Il's head is still sober compared to others, and when he heard Zighar's obviously biased report, Il's timely restrained the urge to continue fighting in his heart.

He was well aware that his army, though superior in quantity and quality, would be confident that in two days he would be able to make the nobles of Nomenkan kneel before him, and their noble heads kiss their muddy shoes, as long as he gave the order.

However, Yir also knew that although his army had all kinds of advantages as mentioned above, after all, in this seven-day period, the soldiers had never relaxed at all, and they were always frightened by the enemy's attack and intimidation, and mentally, it could be said that they had not relaxed for a moment.

And now, when the vast majority of people think that the war is over, if he once again brings his army into the flames of war, Il is not sure whether this army will be sacrificed too much in this battle, if it is really too great, then when the army of the Duke of Savoy is freed from his current troubles and leads the army to Piedmont, will he rely on the surrender troops of Genoya to fight?

It's simply impossible.

But at the same time, Il also knows that it is simple for him to reject Zigar, but it is difficult to reject those who support Zigar to tell him about it, after all, in addition to being loyal to him, Zigar also has his interests and supporters of those interests, so it is no wonder that he is cutting off people's financial resources, in your case, it is really difficult to let Zigar willingly say no to those instigators on his behalf.

After thinking about it, Il shook his head at Zigar and said: "Zigar, I am very grateful for your efforts for the city of Nomenkan during this time, you have saved me a lot of worries, and I don't have to worry about being tied up by the enemy on my back, this is my sincere words, I hope you can know my gratitude to you, but for the request to attack Nomenkan and unify the northern part of Piedmont, please forgive me for not agreeing to it for the time being." ”

Looking at Dhigar's stunned eyes, Il continued without pause, "My soldiers have had enough of fighting, my dear Uncle Dhigar. Il had never called Dhigar that before, and the name of Eir suddenly made Dhigar a little at a loss, and when Eir saw this, he knew that the matter was half the battle, and then said:

"The war has left our 2,500 soldiers forever, their parents have lost their sons forever, their wives have lost their husbands forever, their children have lost their dear fathers forever, the war has been going on long enough, Dhigar, I hope we can stop for a while, at least temporarily, so that our soldiers have enough time to take care of the wounded brothers around them, and to remember those brothers who died."

Yir's words were very emotional, but this was not a feeling for Zighar, only the uncle in Yir's mouth really touched Zigar's heart, as a side branch of the Al Ramich family, in front of outsiders, he didn't even dare to put this surname in front of him, because his family has been a descendant of the Al Ramich family for hundreds of years, which made him lose the qualification to have an elder status in front of Yir.

And now Yir is willing to call him that, the impact on Zigar is not only emotional, but also substantial, so after a period of comprehensive consideration, Zigar decisively bowed to his nephew and left the military tent.

As for those who instigate themselves to war, let them negotiate with Il.

And Il looked at the figure of Zigar leaving, but his brow furrowed more and more obviously.

He has gradually felt that with the rapid expansion of his own power, the power of his vassals is also rapidly expanding, just like Müller, Jung, and Dzigar, they have all begun to gather their own forces, and those small groups that he has not noticed now have begun to form, and they are no longer single-minded for one goal as they were when they first started fighting in Monferrato, but there is a slight rift in the division.

In the face of these, Il always has an indescribable feeling in his heart, on the one hand, he is optimistic about the internal division, divide and rule has been the means of rulers since ancient times, the situation has developed to this day, Il does feel very relieved, but on the other hand, watching his vassals intrigue with each other, he also hides himself in every way, and sometimes, he even looks more like a fraudster than a loyal vassal, which also makes Il a little cold.

It's really a mixed feeling.

"What do you want to do so much, if they really work together, then they should really be sleepless at night. Thinking of the end, Yi'er couldn't help but laugh a little at his own sadness, obviously the current situation is exactly what he wants, but here he is fake compassion, he is really a good person who is used to it, and he is not used to seeing his own essence. (To be continued.) )