Looking at the back of Zoe coming home, Jonas rubbed his hands together and warmed it, the weather was getting colder and colder, and the day he left was getting closer and closer, looking up at the lonely branches of a century-old tree, Jonas thought to himself, maybe he couldn't see the sprouts in the coming year. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Piedmont, the border of the Karst territory, over time, the army of Il, with absolute superiority, stabilized all the controlled areas, and for six days, the army that maintained restraint under the control of Il, all the autumn harvest activities were completed in an orderly manner.

When the whole army was broken into pieces and reappeared on the periphery of the karst territory, it was already making up for the good and eliminating the inferior, completely different from the previous miscellaneous troops that relied solely on numerical superiority to win, but became an elite army with more than 10,000 tigers, entrenched in the vast plains of Piedmont, like a huge beast, looking at this land of fat girls, thinking about how to bite the most deadly bite at this last moment.

Jung arrived on the eighth day, and when he arrived, the whole army of Il, which was far less numerous than it is now, had gone to the Piedmontese fields to help the peasants gather food, and it was only now that a large number of troops had returned to the army, and what an army should have been shown in this vast river plain.

Jung rode his horse and stood on a small hillside, surrounded by people who were friends among the nobles, in addition to his own knights, these people, including many viscounts, could be said to be the most important aristocratic military force under the Count of Il, and Jung was the most natural leader of this group.

"Jung, your idea is really not wrong, this Earl of Il is indeed worthy of our refuge, in just a few days, not only raised a large amount of food, but also turned all the peasants in the entire Piedmontese control area into their own peasants, for our army, that grateful Dade look, don't you see, I really have never thought in my life, taking other people's things, and still making others thank you, this is really not simple. ”

The person who spoke was the owner of the western frontier territory of Saruzo, Osborne, Viscount Carter, the family history is not very long, only about two hundred years, Osborne is the 11th generation leader of this family, is a supporter of the Ruger family, and his status in the entire Saruzo region is not very high, but because his age is slightly older than other nobles, everyone holds the traditional etiquette of respecting the old and loving the young, and still gives considerable respect.

Moreover, what he said was exactly what many Lugue people wanted to say, especially when Count Il was now about to unify the entire Susa region, Osborne's words really pierced the nerves in many people's hearts that yearn for wealth and power.

As long as he thought that his family might rise to the next level, the viscounts of other dukes' families who had always underestimated themselves were now on an equal footing with him, and those viscounts of Montferrato and Piedmont, in the eyes of the viscounts of Saluzzo, were undoubtedly inferior, and the pleasure of this sense of upper and lower class generated in the same class, all of a sudden, everyone who was originally silently riding horses spoke, of course, in addition to the heroic earl of Il, there was naturally Jung, the leader of the alliance who chose the right boss for them。

"Yes, who would have thought that an eighteen-year-old young man would be on the verge of unifying the whole of Susa in less than two years, something that the Al Ramich family had not done in a hundred years, but it is really interesting that this kid could achieve such great success just after taking power. ”

The gentleman who spoke this time was Viscount Rembrandt Lodge from the east of Saluzzo, compared to Viscount Osborne, both in terms of status and the strength of the family, he was much stronger, and his roots were also quite deep, and in the entire Ruger group, the strength ranked in the top three, which also made him evaluate Il, in the tone of the tone is very different from Osborne's gentle attitude, but like some elders evaluate the feelings of juniors, which makes many new knights and barons around secretly tongue.

What kind of confidence do these own masters and great masters have, dare to be in front of Il's army, so grandiose, the big horn discusses the ability of Earl of Il, and there is not even a little taboo, these people are really terrible.

This is indeed terrible in the eyes of outsiders, but from the perspective of the most core people in this group, it is very common, and even they will feel that their rights are too small now, there are about 300,000 people in the entire Saluzo, of which only 70,000 people are in the hands of the Earl of Il, and the remaining 230,000 people are in the hands of large and small viscounts and barons.

Among them, the group controlled by Jung is the most powerful, and the total population controlled by Jung is maintained at about 120,000 all year round, basically accounting for half of the population of the entire territory, far exceeding all the other forces, it can be said that without their support, no matter who will be the earl, there will be no political achievements at all, let alone the unification of Susa.

In the past, the counts of Saluzo could not control them at all, and as for the establishment of an army that obeyed the orders of the earl, it would be even more fantastical, but now, they are all very honest in following the orders of the earl of Il, and this alone can blatantly speak ill of Il, because without them, Il would not be a future duke, but a great viscount with a population of only 70,000.

Maybe one day he dies at home, no one knows, and no one knows who did it.

Otherwise, why do you say that the family sitting on the earl's seat is always changing, but the viscounts and barons below can keep it as long as the first generation sits firmly in the seat and controls the territory.

This was the reason for their arrogance, and the reason why Il had to speak of Jung as his closest companion and promise to make him an earl, and at the same time send people to suppress him and his heirs, and in both respects, he had to do so, otherwise as long as Jung objected, these lords who had no master-slave concept at all would turn Il into a pile of powder in an instant, and there would not be even a scum left.

Even if Il has a murderous knight army, it is still impossible for these soldiers to win one-on-one in front of real knights, and real knights, how many of these profound hundred-year-old and thousand-year-old families there are, that is something that no one knows, what Il can see is only the most superficial layer on the surface, as for what is under this membrane, it will only be known after the membrane is removed, but at that time, there is no chance to regret it.

Before that, what Il could do was to expand the scale of the territory as much as possible and establish a strong personal prestige, so as to slowly replace Jung's position among all the nobles, and finally achieve the goal of centralization, and before that, the only thing Il could do was to win over Jung and hold back his thoughts.

While a few people were talking and laughing, an army of about six hundred people galloped from afar, kicking up a large amount of dust, and they did not look down on the banner representing the family at all, and when they were about to approach the small hill where Jung and the others were, several fast horses broke away from the group and came towards the small hill.

It is also a burst of loess, and the people on the hillside are not panicking, quietly waiting for the people who go uphill, there are more than sixty knights here, with strong force, even if these people are knights, it is impossible to get close to Jung and other nobles, let alone encounter, they naturally do not need to worry about the danger of being killed.

The horses ran very fast, and now the whole of Piedmont was under the control of the Earl of Il, except for the Karst county, so when these troops went out to collect food, they did not need to carry too heavy weapons at all, and they were simply light.

After a while, the war horse carrying people arrived in front of the lords, and some knights with knightly strength were already able to see who was coming through the yellow sand at this time, and Jung was naturally one of them, so he couldn't help but smile, waved his hand to let the knights around him retreat, and took the lead in riding the war horse down the hill.

The knights and lords behind him saw Jung walking down the hillside, followed by him and riding down his horse, at this time, if someone looked at the scene on the hillside from a distance, they would find it very interesting, Jung was alone in front, behind him were countless knights and nobles followed, behind them, there were endless tents and armies stretching for several kilometers, the whole picture, as if Jung was the real master of this army.

Il, on the other hand, is completely negligible.

Jung trotted a few steps under the war horse, from the small hill to the mountainside, looking at the comer who was only a few meters away, Jung pulled the reins and stopped the war horse on the downhill slope, showing the level and demeanor that a noble knight should have, which looked very elegant.

It's just that Jung is elegant, but the people behind him are not as elegant as Jung, Jung's time to stop the war horse is too hasty, many nobles are ordinary people, and they don't have the strength of knights like Jung, Jung suddenly stopped, caught off guard, naturally quickly pulled up the reins, wanted to stop his war horse, and was afraid that his war horse would exceed Jung's war horse, so that Jung was dissatisfied.

It's nothing for the nobles who are not knights to do this, but it's good to die, the mountain road on this small hillside is really very narrow, and the two horses can feel crowded when they walk side by side, so that those knights naturally can't control their war horses at will as usual, and can only use their best strength to stop the war horses under their crotch, and for a while, the neighing of the war horses resounded throughout the hillside, accompanied by the laughter from the bottom of the mountain, a familiar voice floated up from the bottom of the mountain.

"Jung, you're finally here. ”

Jung heard the voice and replied, "Dak, long time no see, you're late." ”

It was in the presence of Il, who had warned Il, not to send Muller and Viscount Ferret to Viscount Dak in Genaya, and after that conversation, he went with his army to the Piedmontese territory, closest to Saluzzo, on the orders of the Count of Il, to help the local peasants and lords, and to gather food and supplies at the same time, and because it was far away, he had only just arrived at the camp.

As soon as he came back, he happened to see the figure on the hillside, and at first glance, there were nobles partying, Duck originally saw this scene and wanted to leave quickly, but when he saw the flags set up on the hillside, one of them was the flag of the Ruger family, which he was most familiar with, Duck immediately reacted, the person on the hillside was not Count Il but Jung, who had not returned to Genaya, without saying a word, Duck directly handed over the army to his general and brought it back to the camp, while he took a few knights directly up the mountain to see Jung。

"My fault, my fault, I've kept you waiting, and when I get back to Saruzo, come to my castle and I'll invite everyone to dinner, haha. ”

Viscount Duck said very heartily, as if these people were really waiting for him, and the nobles behind him also smiled and responded, thinking very much about what Viscount Dark's family was eating, as if they were really waiting for Viscount Dark's arrival.

In fact, it's just an opportunity to get together privately to discuss topics that shouldn't be heard by Il, on the other hand, it's also respect for Dark's personal and family, after all, in Jung's circle, the strength of Viscount Duck and his family is absolutely strong, plus now that Viscount Jung and Dark's horses intersect and touch each other's shoulders, who would say that Darker is wrong.

"Jung, it's amazing that you were able to defeat Genaya so quickly this time, not to mention us old fellows now, even the Piedmontese guys have begun to sing your name, and you are now known to the world. ”

Duck and Jung played uphill, and the knight who was originally behind him suddenly became an obstacle in front of the two, at this time, according to the normal state of allies, whoever is in front should go first, so that it can also be convenient for the people behind to walk, but these viscounts and barons do not do this.

Instead, they pulled their horses into the weeds outside the road, forcibly gave way to the road, and after Jung and Dack passed, they followed behind the two and slowly went uphill, the meaning of which is really a little incomprehensible, whether these people are allies in the group, or Jung's courtiers. (To be continued.) )