"We should fight the Greenskins, we should organize the Rangers to harass, and we should avoid going head-to-head with the Greenskins...... Yo Yo Yo, that's what our White Bear Lord said, is this a little girl praying for a strong man not to insult her?"

Hahahaha......

"I think he is, he has been fighting wild beasts for many years, and his soul has been scared away. However, I won't. Brothers, look ahead, in a month's time, we'll head south to join the Snow Queen's forces, Ironskin?"

"It's Grimug Ironskin. ”

"Oh, yes, yes, yes. Grimg Ironskin, see how I cut off his head as a gift to the Queen. The North needs a marquis, it has long been needed. ”

In obedience to the Queen's orders, the Northern Coalition was stationed halfway south, and Cyril, Earl of Fort Watch, sat among several lords and knights, making his impassioned declaration of war.

Rhodes didn't attend this party, he was training, he hadn't fought for three years, should an axe without blood be sharp, should a dagger without a soul be sharp, and Rhodes needed to be tested and trained well. A long period of peaceful life makes it easy to forget the taste of blood. Rhodes stroked Ursock, and the white bear probably didn't have it yet, and it didn't stay long in the castle before it went out hunting. It's been months long to hunt the most powerful prey in the frigid Troll Mountains. Even if you get hurt, you don't hesitate to do it. Sometimes, Rod would see his former self and future self in Ursock's blood-red eyes, but he could never see his current self. He seems to be a shadow of himself, but he always seems to be running away from something.

Edmund angrily leaves the table at a gathering of fox-like lords. For him, Rhodes was the true leader, and while he led the meagre Kislev soldiers on the front lines against the Norscans against the Beastmen, the other lords of the North were still in the castle with the fire and sleeping maidens. They do not deserve such an insult to a real warrior. However, Edmund knew that he was not the king of the North after all, and could not silence everyone. Their description of the greenskins is still in the history books, and the most powerful greenskins in history have been defeated in the end. So, they think, this time is the same, there is no need to be afraid.

"You should go and hear what they have to say about you. ”

In the evening, Edmund came to Rhodes with a jug of good wine. Rhodes was practicing wrestling on a makeshift school field. Bogur, who was training with him, took off his armor and was covered in sweat. The White Bear Lord, likewise, panting.

"I don't have to listen to me to know that they're laughing at me. ”

Seeing Edmund come to see him, Rhodes put away his weapon and beckoned Bogur to stop and rest for a while. They took the wine from Edmund and poured it down their throats as if they were drinking water. Red wine was sprinkled all over the beard.

"Don't you refute?"

Edmund asked indignantly.

"There's no need. If you say something you haven't seen before, you say it 10,000 times, and they think you're joking. Only when they see it for themselves will they believe it. ”

Rod smiled helplessly and handed the bottle to Edmund. Lewen

"But by then it was too late. ”

......

It's too late. Two days later, the army received news that the regular army organized by the Ice Queen was completely wiped out by the Greenskins led by the Black Orcs when they were holding back the Greenskins in the south...... Intelligence is unofficial, the North is not a fool, the Ice Queen has its own secret police, and the lords of the North have their own intelligence networks. Especially in a large town like Fort Watch, there are many people who work for their lords in private.

On the day of the news, the coalition was in discord about whether to continue south to support Kislev or return to the north to defend their territory......

"There is no news from Kislev City, and there is no news from the Ice Queen, why should we stop our march? This is the Snow Queen's request, even if the Greenskins break through the southern army's defenses, we should continue to go south to support the Queen. That's an order. At least, this order hasn't been changed yet!"

Lord Volkuf of Crackstone Castle shouted loudly from inside the barracks tent. His voice was all on Katerina's side. Of course, everyone knew that the young nobleman was able to take the throne of lord in a short period of time solely because of the queen's connections. When Erengrad rebelled, Splitstone took the side of the noble alliance, and the queen won the final victory, so the old lord was executed, and the new lord Volkuv was planted in the north like a pawn of Katarina.

Even if the territory is lost, Volkuv must be on the queen's side.

Others, however, don't think so.

Jiger, the lord of Wintercastle, who had been talking loudly to Cyril about killing the greenskins the day before, was looking at everyone present with a gloomy face......

"We should withdraw it. Don't you understand? Caterina doesn't care if we live or die, damn it, continuing south will only lead to the same results as the Southern Legion. Do you think we are stronger than the Queen's regular army? Look at these soldiers, they can't even dress uniformly......"

Giger cursed, his deeply sunken eyes forming a shadow in the firelight, and vicious words kept coming out of that dry mouth, if it wasn't for the queen's puppet here, Rod promised that this guy would take out Katarina's ancestors and scold them on the spot.

"The lack of uniformity doesn't prove anything, have you forgotten that when Erlengrad rebelled, the Kislev coalition fought a decisive battle with the Bloody Hand mercenaries, it was we who blocked the attack of the Imperial mercenaries. It was we who laid the foundation for the victory. Among the coalition forces, the army in the north is the most capable of fighting. ”

Bernart, Lord of Fireplace, roared.

"Do you still want to mention that battle? Tell me, rough, how many Northern soldiers were killed and wounded in that battle?Where did the Queen's army go when our soldiers were bleeding and weeping on the front lines?Where was the Queen herself? Damn, she didn't come out until the end. An ice storm engulfed the mercenaries, and she was the only one to win the results of our bloody and tearful battles. Tell me, what benefits did the North get after the end of Erlengrad? Except for you, Rod, you managed to rise to the rank of Count of Blackhammer Castle, but tell me, is there any real benefit? Those fiefs are nothing more than wasteland. ”

Giger continued to complain. Rhodes knew that after a long period of oppression, the lords of the northern realm had actually become substantially divided. Some are afraid of the queen's power, so they continue to make compromises and do things under the queen's orders. And some lords have long been unable to bear it. The kingdom of ice and snow, which is still calm on the surface, is actually turbulent in secret. At this time, it only takes a single fire to completely ignite some lords. However, without consensus, without a united front, this fire still cannot be ignited, otherwise, the result will only be another Erengrad. Because at this moment, the northern territory is still very complicated.

Cyril didn't seem to want to offend the Queen, to incur her wrath. Volkuf is undoubtedly the Queen's puppet. Böltner seemed to be in the middle, not taking sides. Giger and Deguer, on the other hand, are clearly on the opposite side of the Queen, showing extreme dissatisfaction with the Snow Queen's series of measures. Rod and Caroline, on the other hand, were silent. Because Rod's own daughter Dennis is still in the hands of the Queen...... Of course, compared to the focus of the dispute between this group of people, Rhodes is more concerned about the movement of the iron skin. Despite his hatred of the Tsar, Rhodes knew that once the capital city of Kislev was breached, the country would fall apart. At that time, it will be absolutely impossible to defend the attack of the Greenskins with just one northern border.