Chapter 65: Frost Castle

Working together, the craftsmen pried open the stele with the inscription 'Zhivading City'. ()

As the stele was prying out of its inlay and crashing to the ground, another group of craftsmen shouted and instructed some servants to carry a bright white stone and insert it into the hollow.

The new stone is carved in Swadia: Frost Castle.

Many years later, Zhivadin was changed to a name that it had not used for a long time. Although the name Zhivadin was already well established, Prince Frederick needed a resounding new name to show his exploits for the sake of publicity.

Now, Fidelik has sent his own soldiers to spread the word about his exploits to all the towns. Fiedret reveled in a beautiful idea: soon after, he returned to the capital, walked through the Arc de Triomphe in a sky of petals, and proved his honor to the Emperor to the cheers of countless citizens, soldiers, and officials. This may be the last time he will have to kneel under the throne on one knee, because after that, he will sit on it as an emperor.

Prince Frederick is now standing on the edge of a temple in the city of Frost Castle --- Zhivadin.

The temple was built on a hill overlooking the entire Frost Castle. The Zenda guardians of the past used this place as their meeting place. Now Fiderick is here to announce the return of the Swadia power after more than a decade of withdrawal from the North Sea.

Several Templars lit several braziers in the vicinity, and when they saw the signal in the city, bells began to ring. Soon hundreds of bells rang out together, like the roar of a high tide. It was pre-arranged, nominally the citizens rejoicing at their return to Svadia's embrace, but in fact most of the citizens were now yellow-skinned and staying at home, listening to the Swadia soldiers in the streets and alleys ringing the iron bell.

Just the afternoon before yesterday, the last Wikibian who resisted had been knocked out by the Swadians, and after confirming that the Wikibians had no intention of surrendering, the Swadians allowed the Wikijans to say their final prayers. The Wikibian nodded gratefully, then knelt down against the wall, and after the prayer was over, the Swadian slit his throat.

The remaining Wikibians began to surrender to the Swadians in groups, and just as the Swadians finally defeated the Swadians, many more escaped on ships.

The first thing the Swadia soldiers did was to take off their armor and pants and pee into the river. All of a sudden, thousands of soldiers were urinating in the direction of the Wikidians' escape.

Lagrange was especially happy, and he exclaimed, "Wecchian cowards, try it unless you don't drink all the way."

The surrounding Svadians laughed, and soon the riverside preaching of the heroes of the battle spread throughout the army, greatly boosting morale. Several of Fidelik's clerks who did propaganda work, although they themselves admired Lagrange's eclectic style, but in order to publicize it to the country, these clerks changed Lagrange's deeds.

A few days later, Lagrange saw a revised version--- a print posted here and there, which read: "Lagrange the battle hero led dozens of his soldiers, wounded and killed hundreds of Vycchians, and chased them to the river." At this time, at the last moment, the hero took off his helmet, he saw the blue ice river for so many years, our soldiers prepared day and night, did not polish their weapons all night, did not check their armor all night in order to recover the land south of the blue glacier river Now, our hero saw the blue ice river Lagrange knelt down, gently took a handful of water, drank it himself, and thanked the country; I took another handful of water, drank it myself, and thanked my comrades" Finally, Lagrange drank the last handful of water, motivating himself to be moved by his comrades-in-arms, the townspeople, and even the Vycians who were fleeing, so much so that they disarmed and surrendered by the river. Praise to our hero Lagrange"

I don't know how Lagrange felt when he saw this poster in the center of town.

It is said that many soldiers at that time would come to Lagrange and salute him with guilt: "Sorry, sir, I didn't know you were drinking water"

Colleagues would say, "I'm sorry man, but I was at the bottom of the line, and what you drank shouldn't have much to do with me." ”

Even Prince Fidelik, who felt rude, said, "Excuse me, dear Lagrange. In the future, at my enthronement ceremony, I will leave you a good place. Just let my clerk remind me. ”

Lagrange was inexplicably turned into a hero in the reconquest of Frost Castle, and even Dimitri's combat achievements were ranked behind Lagrange.

For this situation, Lagrange at first defended a few words, but later Lagrange defended the soldiers more sadly: Lagrange Commander is too considerate, in order not to make everyone feel guilty, even if he drank it, he still said that he didn't drink, what kind of man is this

Lagrange was dumbfounded, and had to let his romantic drinking reputation spread all over the world. It was long before the Swadia army became known as 'Lagrange the Drinker'.

Before the start of the celebration, Prince Frederick had a problem, and the soldiers of the Suno Corps demanded to plunder.

In the past, this was not excessive. After the soldiers conquered the city, letting them plunder goods and women was originally a kind of subsidy for the soldiers, such as Rhodok plundered after conquering the fortress of Garmic, --- Salander people were robbed of more than ten years of accumulation in the fortress of Garmic, and the women of Salander were also humiliated.

However, this time the situation was different, for most of the soldiers of the Eastern Army, the people of Yushuang Fort were not outsiders, but brothers and neighbors close at hand, and the recovery of the city was a matter for them. All they asked for was to take stock of the Wikibians' warehouses, give them a little compensation, and then give them a boost when they got back to the station. But for Su Nuobing, there are not so many concerns, many of the Vedines have helped the Wikibians these days, so it seems that there is no reason not to rob them.

Father and Dimitri first objected as Suno, and Prince Frederick sent emissaries to the Sunoan Corps to find their officers for a meeting, at which many of the generals of the Eastern Army were silent and the Sunoites aggressively demanded plunder.

As for General Wright, he had to take a clear stand against the raids, because most of his soldiers were from the surrounding area, and if there was a raid, it was a question of whether Wright could command them.

The noisy meetings went on several times, and even though Prince Frederick promised to compensate him with gold coins when he returned to Tyrkburg, the Suno did nothing.

Looting was carried out in the city every day, and citizens were constantly complaining to the military headquarters.

General Wright's officers and soldiers patrolled the streets on a voluntary basis, and once these people found out that there were Su Nuo soldiers robbing the citizens, they would call the nearby military judge as soon as possible--- which Wright told them, don't clash with friendly troops, otherwise they will be punished together, and there will be nothing wrong with calling the military judge.

Despite these efforts, the ongoing violence has cast a shadow over the newly occupied Frost Castle.

What made Prince Frederick even more puzzled was that the messenger sent to Haraus had been gone for almost a month, but had not returned. It was as if Haraus had vanished into thin air.

During this time, Prince Frederick was busy deploying his army and was anxious to expand his influence.

In the face of Vecchia, the prince sent small forces across the river to probe the truth, and on the other side of the river, these forces were quickly met with fierce fire from the Vicchians. The intensity of the attack was something the Swadians had never seen before, and the Wikibians had succeeded in mobilizing the panic and anger of all the inhabitants on the other side of the river, and it seemed that there was a rumor circulating among the local population: the Swadians would execute all the inhabitants when they came.

As for the domestic country, the prince's envoys have sent envoys to the provinces and regions, boasting of the attacks that the prince has achieved. As for the Emperor, Fidelik had already sent one of his most trusted clerks back to the capital with his own handwritten letter. Once a consensus is reached in the capital, the prince will return to his country and be crowned after stabilizing the situation around the castle. Fidelik had even thought about what he would do after he became pro-government.

After the emissary left, Fidrik's energy shifted to the Frost Castle.

With more than 40,000 inhabitants before the war, plus the city's garrison and itinerant traders, craftsmen, tricksters, etc., this place is the most prosperous and wealthy center in the surrounding area, known as the 'Snow Suno'. By the end of the war, there were less than 10,000 inhabitants in the city, and a large number of people had fled to the surrounding countryside and even followed the Wikibians across the Blue Ice.

The depression of the city is already reflected in the dirty and untended streets, the smokeless workshop chimneys, and the deserted markets. Fiderick must now improve the situation here in order to attract the citizens who have fled around him to return to their hometowns as soon as possible. In the villages and towns under Zhivadin, former WikiAsian officials have come one after another to negotiate the acceptance of the empire.

It was customary for the Swadiya to send a force to each village and town to perform an acceptance ceremony, mainly for the local population to impress them with the power of the empire. But after a few unpleasant receptions--- some of the Suno's soldiers blackmailed the locals when they took over the villages, so much so that when other soldiers went to accept the other villages, they found that the villages had either been withdrawn en masse to the north or had organized themselves to resist the Swadias.

Now the entire Suno Corps is notorious in the Eastern Army. The soldiers of the Eastern Army felt that these Suno had been hiding in the rear when they were fighting against the Kujits, and now that they were about to rescue their compatriots, they jumped out to be heroes, and they were really not worthy of respect.

All sorts of petty frictions are growing between the soldiers of the Suno Corps and the Eastern Army.

Soon, large-scale fights began. Dozens of soldiers of the Eastern Army would often go to lecture some of the Suno soldiers when they failed to stop their atrocities. And after Su Nuobing turns back, he will invite his comrades to turn around and vent for himself.

This kind of thing happened in the army, and Prince Frederick had to severely punish the soldiers who led the trouble, and put them in chains in the square for three days. However, this did not prevent the soldiers of the Su Nuo Army and the soldiers of the Eastern Army from looking at each other unpleasantly.

But in terms of the general environment, Frost Castle has been completely controlled by the Svadians. Once the situation stabilizes and peace is achieved, prosperity will always come.

And at this time in the North Sea, Fandra.

Jill received the news that today, the last Salander merchant ship is sailing into the port.

Some time ago, Gil had received two cargo ships in succession that had been assigned to him, and had received a large amount of baggage supplies from them. The captains of the two ships said they were commissioned by a Salander merchant named Charlie.

From that day on, Jill waited on the docks, ready to meet Charlie.

The captain of the ship in front of Charrito told Gil that an important gift would arrive today.

Jill stood on the docks, letting the wind blow his cloak and trench coat, this time, he knew the origin of this Salander anyway.

Eventually, Charlie walked off the deck under Jill's watchful eye.

"You're here." Charlie smiled with satisfaction, "Very decent greeting etiquette." ”

"Yes, that's what I'm supposed to do." Gilles paused, "Because I want to know what kind of person I'm greeting." ”