Chapter Ninety-Five: Lan Dun
Lan Dun is located on the great plain southeast of Eagle Gelan, across the Tay River. The temperature here is not bad, and the south has not yet frozen when you walk all the way from the north. But the damn dampness and coldness of the giant city made Cybertron feel uncomfortable. Walking from afar, even if it is only the outskirts of the city, you can already feel the breath of war. But it seems that the prosperity of commerce is not high enough, and the population is large, but it seems that the number of factories and so on is only equal to that of Carnarvon. But Caernarfon is only a small town of 30,000 people...... Oh, the Otherworld is already a city from the sky. But at this moment, the population of Landun has reached 100,000. Walking from a distance, bursts of winter mist shrouded the direction of Lan Dun City.
The new patriarch of the Einsberen family, Alice Phil von Einzbelen, who was clearly a foreigner with a foreign surname and initials, was a distant relative of Her Majesty the Queen. At this moment, he came to King Qin with a thousand soldiers to participate in the war against the rebels in the north.
To be honest, this is exciting news, and the movement of the city of Kannafeng is basically representative of the movement in the Vierva region. And the army that came to King Qin there, not counting the Einzberen family, already had 5,000 people in the wind. This time, this Alice Phil came in person, which can be regarded as giving a lot of face. Therefore, if Lan Dun City does not come to receive it well, it will be abnormal.
An army of a thousand people is already a lot in this world and in this family. Although in ancient epics, it is not uncommon to see battles between dozens of legions, each of which numbered between four thousand and six thousand. But...... That was yesterday - the world is like that now, and the king (who has gone mad) and the queen (which is the point) are rejoicing at the arrival of this [army of thousands].
This mercenary team is well-equipped, and almost everyone has received the equipment provided by the family, and one by one they have changed from light infantry in leather armor to semi-covered armor, which can already be called heavy infantry in this era. Merchant, if nothing else, there is only some money left. The mercenary ranks also included the retinue of surplus merchants and the ruined nobles of the real lords, and the cavalry made up about one-fifth of them - a lot to be honest. Take, for example, the next village...... Uh, that's wrong. The lord next door owned a castle, and the viscount Richard Talbot had only 14 knights, 60 squires, and 82 archers.
The knights' horses, the sergeants' helmets, and the mercenaries' blades pierced through a thin layer of mist under the morning sun at noon. The army marched in a curve, and soon before a cavalry corps came-
Friends.
What would a wolf look like on a horse? But what does a husky in armor look like on a horse? Except that he doesn't have a protruding tongue, Viscount McGentos now looks like a husky with helmet and armor.
A cavalry of about ten men came, and Megentos rode and did not dismount, and his title was the same as that of Alice Field. Tightening the reins and letting the excited horses spin in circles, Megentos took off his helmet and put it under his armpits, and saluted Alice Field, who had already crossed the crowd.
"Hats off, my dear lady...... and His Excellency. "To be honest, McGentos is very strange about the problem of your circle, and it doesn't have much to do with him. But it seems that the queen is not very happy - what does it matter to him? At this moment he was once again ordered to receive Alice Fell and his party: "You have worked hard all the way! A grand banquet has been set up for all of you in the city, and you will be greeted by you—"
"Thank you, Mr. McGentos—haven't we seen each other for more than half a month?"
Alice Phil was on a horse at the moment, and to be honest, it didn't seem to be a lady's behavior. However, at this moment, she is wearing a slightly tight white dress, giving people the illusion that a beautiful woman in military clothes is still demure and elegant......
That's right! It's an illusion! She's riding a horse and racing...... Well, the look of a horse is really unbearable. Cybertron looked strange and dangerous from the bottom of his heart, but unfortunately his riding skills were not as good as Alice Phil's...... That's right, Alice Field's riding skills are superb, plus the horse under the crotch is indeed of good blood, and there is a tendency to shake m. With a wave of her whip, she ran wildly, and ordinary people couldn't catch up! She was happy, and Cybertron felt miserable along the way.
"Yes, ma'am, let me show you the way—" The arrival of Megentos did not stop the army's march, so he joined the army's march: "Welcome to Landun. ”
"But to be honest, I'm not familiar with the people here...... Alice Phil smiled wryly, "My husband and I are both foreigners, and we are even ...... Foreigner. What to do?"
"You have made your own people, please pay attention to this - there is no other meaning below. "Subconsciously, although the title is the same, Megentos puts his position very low-nonsense! He has survived ten cavalry to provide the king, and twenty squires have no archers, and they are all werewolves! Standing in front of him is an exaggerated city lord, not a viscount. Ordinary counts and even marquis have to bow their heads!—this is the power of the new nobility. The title is low but the strength is outstanding, and the gold coins are outstanding!
"Although I am a werewolf, I grew up in Landun. The werewolf shrugged proudly, and the husky looked even stronger: "I'm proud to have the opportunity to ...... for you Tell your husband about Blue Shield - after all, you know that the two largest cities in the British Isles, one is Landun, and the population of the city is said to be around 100,000...... I think it's actually more. The other is the rebel castle of Aydin, where the population seems to be a little smaller......"
The werewolf gloriously and proudly introduced his city, without feeling that he was an outsider at all.
"So...... Mr. McGentos, I would like to ask a question. Alice Fell looked around.
There was nothing else on the country road, just a path muddy from rain and snow: "I didn't seem to feel that Lan Dun was kind to its people along the way. ”
“...... Well, war. It's all the fault of the damned rebels, and the Holy Light will not let them live for long......"
"However, I am from the people's ...... It seems to have lasted for a long time?" "I asked you a long time ago! You don't have to pretend anymore, you look like you're strong on the outside." It was only when Alice Phil actually met the people of Landun that she understood why the rebels seemed to have more support than expected. In fact, she can see a little bit of a trick from the transactions she has with Lan Dun every year -- and besides, she never does business with Lan Dun officials! Because Lan Dun officials have a very bad reputation, and there are often times when they are in arrears and refuse to pay -- they just found out when they asked a villager who couldn't get enough to eat.
A few years ago the king went mad, and the queen took her youngest son as regent, and she already had this virtue - one day is worse than the other, one is not as good as the other, and the next is not as good as the other. The royal family basically lives on borrowed money, but they are still arrogant and lascivious. And...... The reputation of the queen is indeed not good, and the reputation of the king's majesty and father-in-law is even more extreme.
The royal army is not optimistic.