At this time, Leon's team welcomed the return of several teammates.

That's Sarah and Anson.

As Leon's foreign officer, Sarah brought a few female explorers with strong martial arts to join the group army when Leon decided to send troops, but Leon sent troops quickly, and Sarah hurried from White Deer Fort, but she could only catch up with Leon's team outside the Turda Fortress.

And Anson was brought by Lisa Dilan to treat the lord's wounds - as a result, Leon did not go to the direction of Karen Deer Castle, so Anson also arrived at this time, and his medical skills did not come in handy, and he only had time to check Leon's body.

Although Leon's heart rate was worrying, at least Anson could be sure that the lord was as strong as a wild boar, so everyone was relieved.

Later, Leon determined that the target was Eichkoman, which was Anson's hometown, and Anson naturally planned to go over to have a look, and maybe he could even take his parents to Leon's territory to live.

Anson's status is now quite high, as the acting consul of Karen Deer Castle appointed by Leon, this is actually the same status as the ordinary baron, but there is no official title.

The Knights of Radiance have also regarded Anson as a member of the knights, but they have not issued him a knightly badge - Anson is currently unable to pass the knightly examination, and the requirements of the Knights of Radiance are quite strict.

But Anson received a Glorious Cross from General Creon and Chief Knight Sir Lorris, which was in fact much more prominent than knighthood, in recognition of those who had made significant contributions, and had only been awarded three times in the entire history of the Radiant Cross.

This medal meant that Anson could get help from the Radiant Knights and Repellent in times of trouble, but could not involve the Order in power struggles or wars between nations.

And Sarah ...... She had been entrusted by Amy to come and watch over the lord.

Amy wants to stay in White Deer Fort to engage in economic construction, and when the lord is out with troops, only Amy can keep many industries, including banks, running smoothly.

However, Amy was obviously not very comfortable with a certain underage elf girl staying by Leon's side, so she entrusted Sarah to bring a few female soldiers to 'protect' Leon......

However, although Sarah is Amy's friend, she is still more concerned about the lord's orders, and she must give priority to completing her own work.

After all, this is in Descha.

As Leon expected, Sarah was indeed from Descha, and she was familiar with all the lords of Dexia.

Those were the people she used to call her uncle and uncle when she was very young......

She once told Leon that if she said her surname, she would disgrace her surname.

Therefore, Leon never asked her last name.

But to get Sarah to say something like a disgrace to her surname would obviously mean that Sarah's father had been the top lord of Descha - and certainly Cardin's enemy, otherwise Sarah wouldn't have kept her mouth shut and wouldn't have left her home.

This time, Sarah told the lord exactly what she had happened.

In fact, after knowing everything, Leon felt that it was not Sarah who brought the surname to shame...... On the contrary, it is the surname that Sarah has never mentioned, which has been disgraced by Sarah.

Sarah's father's name is Shalavan Sheikh.

The name 'Sarah' also comes from the first half of his father's name - she is the eldest daughter in the family.

Shalafan Sheikh was once a powerful tribal leader in the Desya Desert, a sharp-edged sword, a master of mounted archery, and a fierce and tenacious man.

Prior to Sarah's birth, Shalafan Sheikh followed the current Bahad Khan Kadan in his battles in the north and south, playing a role in establishing Kadhan's power and becoming the leader of the desert powerhouse 'Deathwind Savaran'.

The 'Deathwind Savaran' is a traditional army of warriors selected from the tribes of the desert, these brave fast horse cavalry from various nomadic tribes, these warriors who come and go like the wind in the desert are once highly respected in Dexia, and their scimitars and fast horses have terrified countless enemies.

Since the acquisition of Singal by Desha 150 years ago, the Desha people have gradually shifted from nomadic to sedentary, and the simple tents and stalls in the desert oases have slowly evolved into small cities and villages.

Many people no longer live in the city, they rely on the city to settle down, and move to urban life.

After Bahad Khan Cardin ascended to the throne, in the process of implementing the hereditary system, most of the people who obtained high titles were those lords who were more settling-city dwellers and merchants were the main force of paying taxes, and how much benefit they could bring to him was the criterion for Kadin to distribute various titles.

It is already difficult to receive money from the nomads who live in search of water and pasture, and it is more beneficial for vested interests to settle people to consolidate their power.

So Bahad Khan Kadan and the various caliphs and baiins were pushing the process of Desha from nomadic to settled.

As a result, the influence of the citizens and merchants of the cities of Toba, Narda, and Eichkoman in Dexia increased, while the prestige and power of the desert herdsmen waned.

Naturally, Shalafan Sheikh and his traditional nomadic leaders would lose their voice.

They also fought after Cardin and put him in the position of Bahad Khan, but instead of being rewarded, they suffered losses......

As a result, many desert chiefs led their tribesmen to speak out against the settlement policy, as well as against Cardin's introduction of full hereditary succession, and even more so against Cardin's change of honorific titles representing faith into hereditary titles.

They still maintain their nomadic traditions, and intend to return Dexia to the times when they were elected by the tribes.

Shalafan Sheikh was the leader of these desert tribal chiefs who were intent on maintaining tradition, believing that settlement and hereditary rule would make the Dexia people weak, and that the warriors of the desert would lose their blood and courage, and sooner or later they would be reduced to the same level as the rotten nobles and old peasants of the Lion Realm.

As a result, his former comrades-in-arms became a thorn in the side of Bahad Khan Kadin - Shalafan became the biggest obstacle to Kadhan's centralization.

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As a result, Bahad Khan Cardan ordered the exile of Shalafan and the others and expelled them from the Duchy of Dexia.

In fact, this should be regarded as Cardin's nostalgia for the old relationship, but he was once a comrade-in-arms, and he did not kill Shalafan.

But to Bahad Khan's surprise, unlike the vast majority of exiled vassals, Shalafan Sheikh did not leave, and he chose to remain in Dexia territory, ready to repay Bahad Khan's "kindness" at any time.

Shalafan's elite soldiers remained loyal to him, and his fame and prestige attracted many brave warriors of the desert tribes.

They agreed that after defeating Bahad Khan, the hereditary and settlement policies of the principality would be abolished, and the honorific titles bestowed by the gods would be returned to the gods, and the Desha would return to its former nomadic form.

So he allied himself with some of the Dexia chieftains who were also exiled, and together they formed a sizable horse corps, and launched a "holy war" to restore their nomadic traditions and beliefs.

Their base was in the southern frontier where he had been exiled, the southernmost barren desert on the entire continent, but now there was a castle, the 'Holy War Fortress'.

During the two decades of his exile, Shalafan Sheikh was an avenger of Bahad Khan Kadhan, who had been ostracizing settlers under the banner of 'reviving the traditions of Desha', and had even waged a so-called 'holy war'.

But in fact, in order to counter the troops sent by Cardin during these twenty years, he himself built the Holy War Fort and turned himself into a settler......

Moreover, in order to win over manpower, Shalafan even gave his wife and daughter to a tribal leader.

He had a majestic black horse, which he regarded as a brother and a god, but used his wife and daughter as bargaining chips to trade at will.

Sarah's mother, on the day she was given to a tribal chief by Shalafan, committed suicide.

Sarah also fled Descha on that day, when Sarah was seventeen years old.

In order to escape, she killed the tribal chief, a filthy chief in his fifties who had never been bathed in his life and smelled of horse manure, the fighting power that Shalafan intended to trade for his beautiful wife and daughter.

And this so-called powerful tribal chief was stabbed to death in the bedroom by Sarah, who was seventeen years old.

Therefore, Sarah is very attentive to the war that will be carried out in Dexia this time.

Sarah wondered how the man who had abandoned his wife and daughter would have reacted to seeing her.

If it were possible, Sarah would like to ask the man in person, is the holy war he is going to carry out by abandoning his wife and daughter really for tradition and faith?

Of course, the man was at the southernmost point of Dexia, and Leon's army had just arrived at the northeastern border of Dexia.

……

Turda Fortress.

It is a fortified castle that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, bordered by mountains to the north and desert to the south, and is the border gateway to the northeast of Dexia.

"Venerable Gawan Khan, I am Sarah, the chief foreign affairs officer of the Marshal of the Lion Kingdom, Count Leon, and I bring you the kindness and help of Lord Leon......"

Sarah stood in front of Gawan Khan with a professional smile on her face.

"Kindness and help? I saw the army of the Lion Kingdom, but I didn't expect Count Leon to let a woman negotiate......"

It seems that Gawan Khan is a relatively traditional Dexia who is somewhat contemptuous of women.

"It can't be helped...... Gawan Khan, Lord Leon is going to make a war letter to Bahad Khan Kadan, and the rest of his men are going to meet the two caliphs, Bahaman and Tahir—all of them are free, and only I, a woman, can come to see you. But...... At least I'm Lord Leon's Chief Foreign Officer. ”

Sarah smiled and sat down in a chair to herself, not at all polite.

The implication is that there are so many big people that Leon has to face, and you only deserve to see yourself at the level of Gawan Khan. But to have the duly appointed Chief Foreign Affairs Officer come and see you, Lord Leon has already given you a lot of face.

"Hmph...... So what is the so-called kindness and help you bring? ”

Gawan Khan looked even more anxious.

"Lord Leon doesn't intend to attack your territory, and he's even willing to help you take out the criminals in your territory...... In return, of course, you have to open the Turda Fortress and take your troops with you for the time being, so that you don't have unnecessary clashes......"

Sarah gives an outrageous condition.

"That can't be! If I surrender the fortress of Turda, not only will I lose my position, but I will also be hanged by Bahad Khan on the walls of Toba! ”

Gawan Khan refused, he was still loyal to Cardin.

"You may not know that Gawan Khan...... That Inquisition was actually found by Bahad Khan Kadan himself......"

Sarah shook her head, of course she knew that Gawan Khan would refuse, but she had already responded: "Lord Leon and I both know your loyalty and bravery, but maybe Cardan Khan doesn't think so......"

"What!"

Gawan Khan was shocked: "Are you lying to me?!" ”

"In the current situation, is it necessary for me to lie to you?"

Sarah shook her head and smiled: "Gawan Khan, think about it, Bahad Khan Cardan has just fought a defeated battle in the Lion Realm and lost a large number of elite troops...... If he wants to maintain his strong position, what's the best way to do it? ”

"This ......"

Gawan Khan's face changed.

"Your brother Bahaman was almost completely wiped out at Fort Sava before...... In this case, it should be easy to imagine why Cardin deliberately allowed people from the Inquisition to come to your territory to cause trouble...... You can't help your brother Bahaman, Gawan Khan, so guess who will fall into the hands of Eichkoman, who has not many soldiers at the moment? Bacchus Empire? Lord Leon? Still is...... The Bahad Khan Kadan to whom you have always been allegiant? ”

Seeing that Gawan Khan listened, Sarah continued.

"Ms. Sarah...... Are you saying that Bahad Khan Cardan will attack Bahaman and take away Eichkoman? ”

Gavan Khan was already sweating on his head, and he knew that what Sarah said might not be alarmist, dragging himself in the Inquisition of Heresies, and then going down on his brother - with Cardin's temperament, he could probably do such a thing......

Eichkoman is a bustling port, and with such a rich place, Cardin is bound to regain his strength in a short time.

Although this is perfidy...... But Cardin, who is now facing challenges from all sides, certainly doesn't care about fame, just as he didn't care about it more than 20 years ago.

"Hahaha...... Gawan Khan, not to mention the Bahaman...... If you were Cardin, you would have killed Bahaman, would you still keep his brother for revenge? ”

Sarah burst out laughing, laughing wildly.

“…… So, what does Count Leon want to do? Or rather...... What did his army want to do when it entered Dexia? You said that the rest of Earl Leon's men went down to meet with Bahaman and Tahir......"

Gavan was already sweating profusely, and his bald head, which had been deliberately shaved off the top of his head, was shiny.

"Cardin has led an army against the Lion City! He attacked the royal city, you know! This is the biggest provocation to the Lion Kingdom, Count Leon has just been appointed as a marshal, and he wants to uphold the dignity of the Lion Kingdom! ”

Sarah said excitedly, "But what Cardin did has nothing to do with you, you didn't participate in the attack on Lion City...... So of course Count Leon wants to give you a chance, which is also to avoid unnecessary losses. As for the others, Gawan Khan, if Lord Leon wants to show you kindness, it is only natural that he should also show kindness to your brother Bahaman and his titular superior, Tahir...... They, like you, didn't take part in the attack on Lion City - you know what I mean, right? ”

"Whew...... Let me think...... Let me think. Lady Sarah, can you make an appointment with Count Leon? ”

Gawan Khan sat down with his forehead covered.

He really needs to think about it.

"Lord Leon is busy...... If you want to see him, you must at least show some sincerity, because Lord Leon's army is still running out of food and grass outside the fortress of Turda...... Truth be told, an army of this size could have taken down your fortress in one fell swoop, and you'd probably not be able to hold out for more than a day—but Lord Leon didn't attack, which has shown considerable sincerity, and you should be rewarded. ”

Sarah gently persuaded Gawan Khan.

A few hours later, the defenders of the fortress of Turda retreated, the gates of the easily defended fortress were opened, and Leon's army entered the territory of Dexia without the slightest loss.

Now Sarah no longer needs to use her beauty and singing voice as bargaining chips, she has learned to use power.

She has also understood that if she wants to win over others, she doesn't need to use her wife and daughter.