The spring of April is a bright alliance, and the fresh young grass is swaying in the cool spring breeze, like a pair of gentle hands, gently brushing off the coat of the earth,

The silver-gray olive trees on the side of the road have turned green, and the sparkling river has schools of fish,

On the outskirts of Hutu Beien, the grass floats like waves in the spring breeze, the homesteaders in the thriving fields are waving their tools to clear the deserted ridges, the red sunflowers, like the violets like bedding, flow like streams on the flowery lawn of the city, the vines are wrapped around the umbrella-shaped pine and cypress trees, and the fragrance of roses sent to the ancient garden of Palatine is all searched in iXi

A faint black long line appeared on the grassy slope on the outskirts of Hutu Beien, the horse's hooves were flying, and the earth was rumbling, and this black line stopped on a slope outside the city of Hutu Beien.

"Your Excellency, you really did it!" Nilai looked at the lost city in front of her with joy on her face, her body trembling with excitement, and next to her beautiful figure, the fat man was riding a fiery red sturdy war horse, and more than a hundred black-armored guards cavalry were neatly parked side by side

"Of course, that's what I promised you!" the fat man said with a smile on his lips, raising the horsewhip in his hand and pointing at the wall of Hutu Beien, "Look, that fluttering flag is the Berndt family!, the Governor of the North must not have imagined that during his time in captivity, his Consulate General's Mansion has once again changed back into the Mansion of the Berndt family. Before the battle began, his more than 1,000 Mamunuk knights had already chosen to retreat to Kuruzawa, which was close to Kyoto."

"Kuronze is the station of the Fifth Mamunuk Legion of the Kingdom, I'm afraid this matter will not be so good!" Nilai frowned, as if he had thought of something, and said with some concern, "The Duke of Brento of the Fifth Legion is a famous general in the country, and the Fifth Legion under his command is the most powerful legion in the kingdom, with a number of 20,000 people, in the past, as long as there was turmoil in the north, it was this Duke of Brento who sent troops to the north, and most of the lords would choose to surrender when they heard his name, otherwise, the king would not hand over the most important northern gateway to him for defense!"

"Oh, there is such a thing, then why did the Duke of Brento not move at all when Husaris and Goshawk Avi were wreaking havoc in the north?" The fat man's face was slightly stunned, and he asked with a puzzled expression, Salander's military strength has always been difficult to estimate, this kind of army with a huge Mamonuk knight as the pillar does not sound very good, especially recently in order to make up for the almost depleted soldiers, even the old people and children have been recruited into the army,

"Hehe, this Duke of Brento, although he is famous, is a well-known womanizer, and I heard that during that time he was indulging in the skirt of a certain noblewoman, where he still has the energy to care about the life and death of the north!"

Nilai rode on a horse, his face was cold, his tone was full of deep resentment, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Originally, my father, the Duke of Lazar, had already contacted several great lords in the north, and was ready to adopt the tactics of luring the enemy deep and sending troops to deal with the wandering Normans, but the Duke of Brento, who was in charge of the southern passes, refused to send troops to help the Normans escape from the southern gap on the grounds that there was no order from the king's majesty, and the father was besieged on the way to withdraw the army, and finally had to fight alone and die!" The whole north knew about this, but the king didn't blame it at all, but just made a punishment of 10,000 gold coins, which is really chilling to think about, and it was because of this incident that I decided not to rely on Kyoto anymore and raise troops to fight on my own."

Just as Nilai was speaking, the gate of Hutu Beien in the distance suddenly opened, and a group of cavalry came out of it, these cavalrymen were dressed in the attire of Mamunouk knights, and behind them were wearing white capes embroidered with family coats of arms, round hats, and a touch of red tassels floating in the wind, at the front of the queue, was a young man with a national face, tall and strong, not very old, about 20 years old, between the eyebrows and the corners of the eyes, a little similar to Nilai, and his eyes revealed a unique sharp spirit of a young man

Seeing the fat man's horse caravan, these cavalry quickly ran here

"Cousin Birnlake!" Nielai's face flushed with excitement as she waved at the cavalry galloping across from her, recognizing that the Mamunuk knight at the front was her uncle's son and heir to the Berndt family.

Hearing Nilai's shout, the young knight with a Chinese face shook slightly, stopped his horse ten meters in front of the fat man, turned over and dismounted, and knelt in front of the fat horse with a plop

"Incompetent man Brook, meet the Marquis of Victon! Thanks to the support of the Marquis, Brook has a chance to regain the glory of the family",

"What is this for! We are all our own people! What's more, Hu Tubei En belongs to your Bryan family, and I just did what a nobleman should do," the fat man hurriedly got off his horse and helped the young knight up, comforting him

"Your Excellency is too modest!" the young knight with a national character face stood up and said angrily with an excited expression, "Although my Bryan family has been in the north for hundreds of years, and I have a good relationship with the lords in various places, at this critical moment, the people who are willing to risk offending the royal family to lend a hand, there is only one person in the entire north, your lord, you are the real hero, as for the other wall grasses who can only speak bright words, they have already chilled Bernlake's heart."

The fat man's face was slightly red, and he felt a little ashamed, supporting the Bryan family to regain control of Hutu Beien was an important part of his decisive battle in the north, and the date of returning to Beijing as the northern commander Jehaldo said was gradually approaching, once Salander Kyoto noticed something, the fuse of the war in the north would be ignited, and it was impossible for Salander Kyoto to allow his own back garden to be occupied after losing the south

An important hub like Hutu Beien, which controls the north-south transportation, must be the primary target of the Kyoto army, and there will inevitably be a bloody battle here, I don't know if this cheap cousin will be so grateful to himself at that time

Nilai looked up at the dozen or so Mamunuk knights who were following behind Blaine, and his face couldn't help but change, and he asked, "Where are you going?

"It's nothing!" Bryonke smiled awkwardly, and responded, "Your Excellency may not know yet, Grand Duke Besa, one of the three major dukes in the south, is in our Hutu Beien, this time he came to the north to ask for help, because the time is urgent, I have already sent letters to several nearby lords, my lord's side, I just have a batch of goods arriving in Vic City with the ship, I think it is better to run by myself!"

"Grand Duke Besa?"

The fat man's face froze, because of the abundance of products and the seleventh war, the noble families of the Salander Kingdom are often passed down for hundreds of years, and the talented people among them are like stars in the sky.

As long as you don't do anything rebellious, the title is often only promoted and not downgraded, so after hundreds of years of achievements, the number of dukes is much more than the number of dukes in other kingdoms.

It seems that in the eyes of the nobles of Salander, the duke is just an empty title, and many lords with a little strength bear the title of duke, and without the title of duke, they are embarrassed to say that they are big nobles

"Grand Duke Besa is one of the largest noble chieftains in the south and the chancellor of the kingdom!"

Nilai was the only person here who knew the truth about the fat man's fake, and hurriedly whispered in the fat man's ear, "I heard that he has been removed from his post by the king because he tried to prevent the king from promulgating the decree on the south, and his reputation is second to none among the nobles of Kyoto, and this time he quietly came to the north, I am afraid that it is related to the situation in Kyoto!"

"Oh. I'm going to go for a while!" the fat man nodded, and let Bryan lead the way,

Salander's sudden hard-line attitude in Kyoto some time ago has always puzzled the fat man, and the investigators sent have made no progress, only saying that it may be related to the Normans outside the city, and if he can meet this important minister from Kyoto, he may be able to solve this mystery