Otto was not unfocused, but genuinely grateful to the Count of Werner.

After winning the Battle of Nancy with Count Vilna, the Count of Werner inquired about the captured Lotharingian nobles and learned that the southern part of Lotharingia was empty, so he decided to divide his troops and quickly sweep the southern part of Lotharingia, cutting off the possibility of reassembling troops in the southern part of Lotharingia.

At this time, under the Count of Vilna, there were several barons, and even Vilna's own vassals.

However, in the face of this opportunity to pick up war exploits in vain, Count Werner did not rely on his status as a commander, left Otto by his side, let his vassal baron reap the merits, and took all the credit into his own hands, but gave Otto the opportunity to attack south.

At that time, the reason given by the Count of Werner was that Otto had previously taken on the task of luring the enemy into depth, the task was dangerous and Otto's troops suffered a lot of losses, and Otto had to take the lead in the victory of the Battle of Nancy, so the next easy task was handed over to Otto.

Of course, there is another reason, most of the cavalry under Count Werner at that time were Otto's soldiers, and it can be said that the soldiers of Otto's headquarters were also the most mobile. It was a bit inappropriate to have the other barons in command of the cavalry that Otto had brought from the realm.

So, the task was given to Otto.

Otto didn't think too much about it at the time, in order to brush up his prestige, where would he be polite if he had the opportunity to make war achievements, so he naturally took over the task and rushed with the army, and Werner also very intimately allocated the few remaining cavalry to Otto.

But in hindsight, Otto felt that something was wrong, the reasons that Werner found at the time seemed reasonable, but in fact there were many points that could be refuted, just one Otto was too young and had not fought many battles, which was enough for Otto to to become a deputy of a certain baron.

In this way, there will be no possible situation in which the soldiers under Otto's command will not be moved.

Werner's failure to do so proves that he may have deliberately let Otto reap the benefits. Regardless of whether Werner is simply releasing goodwill or asking for something else, Otto can only thank others, Otto's current achievements are indeed sent by the other party.

It's just that, now listening to Werner's words, it seems that it is not Werner who really wants to give him war exploits, but the Duke of Franconia.

The Duke in the other party's mouth can only be the Duke of Franconia.

But Otto and the Duke of Franconia have not had any intersection before, and Alachollf has always been just a small vassal in the Swabian region, how can He De gain the attention of the Duke of Franconia, Otto couldn't help but think of the scene of seeing King Louis, could it be the pot of the crossbow again?

This crossbow is really a bad thing! I knew I wouldn't get it out.

Thinking of so many bad things since the advent of the crossbow, Otto regretted it a little, cursed in his heart, and asked quietly and calmly on the surface.

"In that case, I am afraid that I have received such a generous reward this time thanks to the help of Duke Louis. It's just that I'm soft-spoken, and the strength of the Habsburg family is also very weak, I don't know what can help the duke, and Duke Louis treats him so kindly, I really don't know how to repay it. ”

Count Werner smiled and did not answer directly.

"Maybe it's just that the Duke is optimistic about you, by the way, are you free now, if you don't mind, the Duke wants to talk to you."

Now that he could see the main master, Otto stopped asking and followed Count Werner to a secluded place.

The Duke of Franconia has been waiting here for a long time.

"Your Excellency." Otto saluted respectfully.

"Count Otto, congratulations, such a young man who became an earl with his own ability is rare in the Frankish Kingdom, what a rare talent." The Duke of Franconia looked at Otto with a smile and looked very kind.

Before he could figure out what the other party wanted to do, Otto could only say a few polite words, saying that thanks to the wise leadership of His Majesty the King, several dukes had good command, especially thanks to the Duke of Franconia for taking care of him.

After the greetings, we got to the point.

As the two continued to communicate, Otto suddenly realized that it was not the Duke of Franconia who valued him, but his marriage partner and ally, the Sighard family.

The reason for valuing the Sighard family is also very simple, because Sighard has a lot of influence in the Duchy of Saxony.

This came from the marriage between the Sighard family and many nobles in the Duchy of Saxony.

The Duke of Franconia took care of Otto on the battlefield this time, in order to show goodwill to the Sighards, and wanted to use the influence of the Sighards in Saxony to control Saxony.

Although he understood the reason, Otto was even more puzzled, it is true that the Sighard family has influence in Saxony, but the Duchy of Saxony was in the hands of King Louis before, and the Duke of Franconia had shown favor to him before this, could it be that the other party had long known that the Duchy of Saxony would be obtained after this war?

The more Otto thought about it, the more he felt that the water was very deep, and it was not possible that the so-called nobles of Saxony did not obey the orders of King Louis, and there was the shadow of this Duke of Franconia behind him, after all, the Duchy of Franconia was close to Saxony.

Well, now that the Duke of Franconia has acquired the Duchy of Saxony, there is not the slightest problem behind this Otto does not believe.

Due to Otto's status and rank, he only knew some things about the surroundings of Allgäu and the Duchy of Swabia before, and as for the power struggle at the level of the kingdom principality, Otto did not know anything about it.

With Otto's current strength, he is not qualified to meddle in this kind of thing, and the small waves caused by this level of power struggle may be a tsunami of destruction for Otto.

Therefore, when Franconia offered to give Otto a fief in Saxony and let Otto help manage the Duchy of Saxony, Otto refused without hesitation.

"Thank you for your Excellency's attention, but as a vassal of the Duke of Swabia, it is really inappropriate for me to serve in the Duchy of Saxony. If the Duke can communicate with the Duke Karl, and the Duke allows me to go to Saxony, then I will be glad to serve the Duke. ”

The Duke of Franconia's face showed a look of disappointment, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, presumably he didn't expect Otto to refuse.

However, the Duke of Franconia was quite self-contained and squeezed out a smile.

"With a vassal like Count Otto, my brother who is not a good boy is really lucky.

I understand your concerns, well, I'll find a chance to talk to Carl about it, so let's do it today. However, when you change your mind, you can contact me at any time, and the Duchy of Saxony will reserve an official position for you.

By the way, I heard that you just got married not long ago, and it just so happened that I got a good carriage this time, so I will give it to you as a wedding gift.

Hopefully, Count Otto will be able to serve the kingdom as hard as he did in this war. ”