Chapter 229: Expedition
Fringira crossed her legs and sat on a bench in the garden: "To be honest, I'm quite curious, your grandfather... A pure-blooded guy who opens his mouth and closes his mouth, how did he change later? ”
Cellina was silent for a moment and shook her head: "I don't know, maybe it's because of love." ”
"Just him?"
"I've seen the portrait of my grandmother when she was young, and she is indeed beautiful, and she should be as gentle as my mother."
Cellinina's eyes were a little warm, because the wolf clan lived a long life, so she had never seen her grandmother, but when her father mentioned her, there was always a beautiful yearning in his eyes, which was exactly what she longed for.
Fringira agreed: "Also, if your grandmother is not beautiful, with your grandfather's appearance, our Nina will not be so beautiful." ”
Cellina smiled and said, "Grandpa is actually a very stubborn person, and the wolf clan has long intermarried with ordinary people, but it has not been recognized by the family. ”
"If he hadn't had to be with his grandmother in the name of righteousness, he wouldn't have caused such a big storm."
Fringira was a little curious, "What happened in the end?" ”
Cellina sighed lightly: "The wolf lord has compromised, and the wolf clan council no longer opposes the wolf clan marrying ordinary people - at least on the surface. That's probably why my father thought he would still compromise. ”
"It makes me feel a little different about him."
"No, it doesn't change the fact that my grandfather is still a jerk at his age."
Cellina sighed lightly: "Although I don't want to admit my relationship with him, but Fryne, I still hope you don't have any prejudices against him, although he hates dogs, he is not a bad person after all." ”
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In the dimly lit barracks, Lothar, who had returned from patrolling, sat on a chair a little tiredly, and it was by no means an easy task to travel by boat for days, even if he did not feel physically tired, the mental load was still very heavy.
He looked at Andreas, who was pale but obviously in good spirits, and said, "Andreas? ”
"Your Excellency."
He looked up and met Lothar's eyes with some confusion.
"Don't you regret it?"
Andreas immediately reacted to what Lothar wanted to say, lowered his head, and said, "I don't regret it, it's my honor to serve you better." ”
He paused, and as if convincing himself, he added: "Long life, strong physique, not bothered by disease. The price is nothing more than drinking a vial of blood every once in a while, which, as Mr. Curos said, is what many kings dream of. ”
But Baldwin IV is not included.
Lothar silently added in his heart, "It's good if you don't regret it, in the next period of time, Transjordan will rely on you, logistics and supply, and the defense of Barony Tikh is the top priority." ”
The Barony of Tih was the border between the territory of Lothar and Adil's Egypt, and although there was a vast desert as a moat, it was difficult for a large army to pass, but there was a precedent for Adil to lead thousands of cavalry to approach, and no one could guarantee that he would come a second time.
Ira Harbor doesn't need to be mentioned, as it's guarded by Captain Hogg.
"My lord, what if the enemy attacked Jerusalem along the coastline of the Sinai Peninsula?"
"You don't have to worry about this, after we leave, Transjordan is too empty, even if the rest of the place is attacked by the enemy, we will not be able to support - you can rest assured, the front fortress in the Sinai Peninsula is very strong, and it will be difficult for the enemy to break through for a while and a half."
"By the way, my lord has one more thing"
Andreas told Lothar about a time when someone claiming to be Cardinal Sebastian wanted to lease the New Habsburg to build a monastery.
"I have already heard about this, and after you refused, they did not give up, and proposed at the court meeting in Jerusalem that they wanted to buy the new Habsburgs at the price of donating military funds, and they were ruthlessly disgraced by Uldin. Now, this Sebastian is probably very annoyed with me. ”
Lothar's voice was playful.
Looking at the worry on Andreas's face, he realized that as a native of this world, the fear of divine right is deep-rooted, not to mention that the clergy of this era are often existences that even the local lords dare not provoke easily.
So he restrained his joking attitude and straightened up: "You handled it properly, Andreas." ”
"Don't worry about what trouble he will cause me, the church in Jerusalem and the Pope don't wear the same pants."
Andreas let out a sigh of relief: "I see, my lord. ”
Lothar got up and patted Andreas on the shoulder: "You don't have to look forward to doing things so forward, I have your back, and the next time you meet this kind of person, send guards to beat them out." ”
Andreas smiled awkwardly.
"I've worked hard for you these days."
Lothar said seriously.
Andreas belongs to the knight of the edict, but he is not considered a servant, he needs a blank template to transfer, but the blank template is scarce, even if Lothar has it, he is not going to use it for Andreas.
"The affairs of the servants are not hard."
Andreas bowed his head respectfully.
"It's not early, rest as soon as you finish dealing with the matter at hand, you just accept the first day of the first hug, don't work too hard."
Andreas smiled wryly and replied, "Yes." ”
In fact, Andreas really has no room to rest, he will set off tomorrow, how to arrange the baggage team, and plan the march route are all things he needs to prepare, and there are still too few civilian personnel under Lothar.
Walking out of the tent, Lothar patted the soldiers on the shoulders one by one, straightening their armor and patting the dust.
The soldiers who were photographed were full of surprise one by one, looked at Lothar's back and said: "I heard that this is a unique blessing method for adults, and the knights who used to follow the adults to attack Saladin's camp at night, as long as they were photographed by him, none of them had an accident." ”
"Not only that, but this is still the performance of adults who are optimistic about a person, didn't you hear that adults called my name just now? Maybe when I come back this time, my lord will promote me to the rank of knight. ”
Seeing Lothar turn over and jump on horseback, surrounded by hussars, and run towards Hebron in the distance, the soldiers reluctantly withdrew their gaze.
By this time, the night was already dark.
Running out of the distance, Lothar stood in front of a mill and looked back at the barracks outside the city.
Jeanne was a little puzzled, "What are you thinking?" ”
Lothar pondered: "They all believe that I can lead them to victory, but they don't know if they will have that confidence when they go to the battlefield and find that the enemy has terrifying dragons and wizards who can cast spells." ”
"You don't have faith?"
"There is still a little bit of faith, Saladin will not be more difficult to deal with than the wolf expeditionary force."
Lothar smiled: "It's just that many of them are recruits who have not been tested in war, and I really don't know if I should or if I can expect anything from them." ”
Soldiers who have been transferred to the system will naturally have guaranteed combat effectiveness.
The combined Knights of the Order are also very combative.
Lothar could also know the strength of the Black Hawk Banner and other standing armies that had participated in the expedition to Limassol with Lothar, but these conscripts who had only undergone simple training - especially those under the vassal of all sides, Lothar really couldn't raise his confidence.
Taking them into battle, Lothar didn't feel so reliable.
"Whether it can work or not has to be tested on the battlefield."
A hint of cunning flashed in Lothar's eyes, he grabbed the reins and chuckled, "Tonight, I'll test your combat power first, right?" ”
Jeanne snorted with some disgust: "In this wilderness? ”
"Of course not, we'll go back to Inner Castle, Flin and the others are in the mansion, and they won't go back there easily."
Lothar lowered her voice.