The Amber Sword: Act 208 Roses, Thorns, and Power
Act 208 Rose, Thorns, and Power
Madara is here.
Not only that, Count of Radnor and in short one or two months gathered 20,000 troops in Pallas, including three Knight-Thane including Pallas Knight, plus the army of mountain people and Barbarian Tribe. It seems that already is more than just destroying rebellion , But to demonstrate to those who dared to laugh at him before.
This kind of mobility means that this Lord Count is far from the time when he needs to "retire". He was like a squinting tiger before. Once his eyes are full, he can still make the whole as he was decades ago. The forest shook. Now the entire Trentheim is completely under the finger of this tiger, and the remaining already has begun to gleefully wait for the end of those unfortunate mans who dare to touch the tiger's whiskers.
Gryphine's Personal Guard Knight Captain, Viscount Arsel immediately got the information and immediately left the one's own office, headed towards the study of Her Highness the Princess. Seeing this scene later, Sir Copt also followed up: "Hey, Lord Knight Captain, I heard the news from the south."
Copt's status in Royalist Faction is not high, but it is a person on the Lockwood master side, Lockwood is a teacher of Princess, and it is also the head of Aouine's Court Wizard, respected in royalist, even those who are the leaders of real power The big man also bowed his head when he saw the old man. Arsel was unwilling to provoke the other side, and nodded: "Her Highness the Princess is very optimistic about the rebels, but unfortunately this time she will be disappointed. In fact, the above adults are not very supportive of contacting these rebels. They are too risky, Radnor After all, adults are a party feudal vassal. "
"Lady Princess is unwilling to negotiate with Archduke of Anlieke. Hey, after all, she is still a child, no matter how wise she is, but a woman is a woman and it is inevitable to have some naive wishes." Copt nodded, Pretending to sigh.
Arsel glanced at him and replied: "Politics is politics, and the future of the kingdom is more important than anything. I believe that Her Highness the Princess will eventually see this. An agreement with Count of Radnor is the best choice for us. , Only in this way, Her Highness the Princess has enough weight to talk to the old guy of Anlieke.
"Yeah, but I'm worried about Her Highness the Princess's obsession. You know, Lord Arsel, I heard she secretly contacted the rebels. If this evidence is held by Radnor, we will be passive."
"Relax, masters of Lockwood and Archduke of Lantolian do not agree to continue to support those folks secretly, and Knights has expressed the same wish. In addition to the current situation, Her Highness the Princess will not go it alone." Knight Captain replied.
Copt laughed when he heard the words, thinking that the Her Highness the Princess was much more stubborn than the rumors, not to mention that no one supported her. However, he is a smooth man, and if he has something in his heart, he won't say it directly, but asks subtly: "What about Oberbeck?"
"He ..." Arsel was silent. Indeed, the guy called "Wolf" has always been ambiguous, making it difficult to understand his thoughts. Even more troublesome is that Oberbeck is also a leader of the real power, and the brain is not inferior in the slightest than Makarov which is called crafty fox. Correct Because of this person's silence, the voice around Princess did not reach agreement.
As long as there is no agreement on the sound, there are variables. But Arsel is not optimistic about which rebels. In his opinion, it is almost a joke to pin the fate of the country on gambling-like behavior. Copt has the same idea. In fact, most people in Royalist Faction have similar ideas. In their opinion, the Count of Radnor with real power is much more reliable than a group of without roots and origin rebels.
It's even more cordial --
As for the plan of His Highness Princess Gryphine, it is somewhat feasible. But it's too risky. The so-called arrogance is in the opinion of nobles, but it is just the naive thought of a girl pursuing the so-called ‘dominate her own destiny’. They have seen more of this behavior, already no longer cares, but with a look of almost compassionate understanding.
The fate of Princess is for political marriage. Since the little girl is struggling, let her go, as long as it does not affect the overall situation.
Arsel made a gesture to Copt, and after the latter left, he pushed open the wooden door of the Princess study. There are many people in the study. He looked up, Oberbeck, Lockwood, Makarov and Count of Violet Barry, almost all the core member of royalist came together. This Knight Captain adult is not surprising. In fact, since the situation in the south has become tense, meetings have started here almost every day.
It's just that the atmosphere in the room is a bit depressing, and it's so dull that it feels abnormal. In such an environment, Viscount Arsel can only present the newly acquired information in the public eye.
"Thank you, Master Arsel." The crisp voice of Princess seemed calm, but somehow Arsel felt guilty at this moment. In fact, Lockwood is the teacher of Her Highness the Princess, but he can be counted as half. Her Highness the Princess's excellent Swordsmanship is derived from his teaching.
"This is the duty of the minister, Her Highness the Princess." Arsel replied with his head down. When he saw that Princess Gryphine and others had no intention to look at the information, he knew in his heart that it appeared that the people already who were present knew the news.
He couldn't help but quietly raises head looked at the calm Half-Elven Princess. Today's Princess Gryphine is as calm as ever, her beauty seems to have penetrated from this temperament, making people feel heart-worried. But the girl was a little silent, and her long silver hair reflected the candlelight as if forming a hazy halo. She put her hands on her slender knees, pursed her lips, and faced everyone's face without shrinking look.
"I see, just follow what adults say." She replied.
Although it is a compromise, the sound is decisive and there is no room for retreat. As if even that was the decision she made. Seeing such a scene, even the Count Barry on one side couldn't help shaking his head. How good would this Her Highness the Princess be a prince?
However, history does not.
To compromise with Count of Radnor, it is imperative to marry with Anlieke. In the mind of each royalist member, those northerner are just completely useless. After the snow and ice have melted, a battle between North and South will determine their future status.
The revival of the kingdom seems to be unstoppable already.
It's a perfect result.
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"A sneeze!" Hadash sneezed. He rubbed his face to keep the cold air from freezing his face. Although already turned over the year, there was no sign of silence in winter, but it became colder. To the north of the Gris River, a small whistle in the forest has a layer of ice on the wooden walls. wooden has been frozen so hard that it is exactly the same as the rocks.
Hadash placed Glove on the female wall, stood on a high watchtower, and looked into the forest. The forest had originally been reclaimed wasteland, but it has not been planted since winter. The hired farmer who cultivated here crossed the river before the winter, and now only soldier like him is left here. soldier, mercenary, the soldiers in the castle, the garrison and Knight are all the most professional profession soldier from various places.
Leave Trentheim A little further away, actually many people already Learned about the upcoming war, but in their opinion this disparate battle has no suspense, Count of Radnor although already Gradually enter the old age, but the vigorous energy is not yet to vanish His orders are still regarded as authoritative in the areas under his control, and in a short period of time, an army of 10,000 or 20,000 can be gathered. Besides, everyone knows that at the moment Lord Count and also Barbarian Tribe versus undead Yisuke, even the people in the north Duke And dare not look at such a force squarely.
It's just that Hadash's view is a little different. Just before today, soldiers from different places have entered this small sentry for three consecutive days. Four came three days ago, and six came the next morning. The last batch was seven yesterday. In just three days, the troop strength in the outpost reached twenty.
All of them are profession soldier. This conclusion scared Hadash himself; before joining the new Thane, Hadash was a Knight follower of Grudin. Of course, it was not as good as those guards in the castle, but Grudin was as experienced as warrior. No more than fifty. The others are mostly the kind of noble personal soldiers, or even militia, used to make up the forget it/that's all.
Hadash has experienced several battles between Thane. In this era, the battle between Thane is usually very bloody, although noble is often not really hit by damage -- except for the bad luck. Other than --, but the consumption of the following personal soldiers, Knight is very powerful. Only a person who survives a battle can be called a skilled warrior, and a person who has experienced several battles like him does not look down on those guys who can't even hold the sword. That kind of guys come no more than nothing.
But for a Thane, the Knights that are really reliable are often as few as ten, not more. First of all, profession soldier requires a lot of resources, not to mention the sophisticated Knight. Secondly, there are not so many excellent talents. The attractiveness of the small Thane is often not as good as those of the other party hero. The slightly stronger Knight will go to the big Thane like Count of Radnor. already can be said to be a very strong Thane, such as Grudin and Baron, and only 100 people can really rely on it.
But Brando is an exception.
Because all the talents under his control can be said to have gathered together by chance, from mercenary in mountain people and even farther away. Although these mercenarys have not experienced any real war, they have been touched in the battle of blood all year round. Climbing, people who can survive are often more sensitive to battle than ordinary soldier.
The mercenary of the three Commander Jutta, Fern, and Kalun is even more outstanding, especially the subordinates of Fern are mostly from the original Aouine cavalry of Calum Su plateau. As scout was originally elite, after the baptism of blood and fire After that, his personal strength was better than other mercenary.
But this is not the strongest yet, because there is existence from the group of Red Copper Dragon Leto. The strength of those people is not high, the best is only hovering at the peak of Black Iron, but fighting ample experience is incredible, Brando has long suspected the identity of these guys. Especially the identity of Leto is there, he doubts whether these veterans are all November War veterans.
This conclusion is a bit scary, but it seems to be the most reliable guess. These experienced mercenarys accounted for nearly two-thirds of the human population under Brando. In addition, there were some members from the original guards and patrol cavalry of Bucce and Rydenburg, who also played against Madara.
The last part is the Knight of the Knight Minteye followed by Cagliss, plus the recruits recruited. The human soldiers that Brando now owns are about 2,000 to 3,000, but more than 80% of the 2,000 or more are real veterans. They are compared with the official Knight that has perennial combat skills. not inferior in any respects has the most ample experience and sophisticated warrior.
Foreigners think that their Trentheim ‘rebels’ are nothing more than two or three thousand Uighurs, but Hadash knows that the young Thane can be said to have more than 2,000 Knight. More than two thousand Knight, Martha above, more than two thousand Knight can lead more than 100,000 troops.
When First King Eicht was founded, there were only two hundred Knights following him.
"There is motion in the forest." Suddenly, a voice said this behind him. Hadash was startled, subconsciously turned back.
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