Black Iron Crown

The war in the northern border has just ended, and peace and stability have finally returned to normal.

The cold winter has finally left completely, and all the residents have started a new round of farming. In ten days, they have reclaimed a total of 400,000 mu of arable land, which is nearly half of the arable land in the northern border.

Most of this is due to the contribution of the plow horses and draft horses. They are so powerful that they help the residents turn the land extremely quickly. A plow horse can reclaim 200 acres of arable land every day. What a terrifying force.

Without their efforts, the 400,000 mu of arable land may take several years to be reclaimed, and it will not be possible to rely solely on manpower.

More than ten days passed in a flash, and on June 17, the 23rd year of the empire, the land finally gradually changed from muddy to suitable for farming, so the reclamation ended.

Although there are plow horses and plow cattle that can sow more quickly, after all, it is impossible to use plow horses and plow cattle in some remote places, so Leiner can only give the order to sow immediately.

Only the areas around Mecaron City where plow horses can be used are still being reclaimed.

One hundred tons of steel is an extremely huge number. Even if Sir Horn brought more than two hundred carriages, he could not take all the steel away. He only took about forty tons, as well as some armor and long swords.

But it doesn't matter anymore. Every time Sir Horn bought steel, he had to worry about whether this was the last transaction, and whether Reiner would be wiped out by Earl Zhebo.

But now it's different, Lena defeated Earl Zhebo and took control of the northern border, and Earl Twarin, who was at odds with the royal family, was also wiped out by him. Now the northern part of the royal family is full of lords who have one heart with the royal family.

He can come whenever he wants. If he can't bring all the steel back this time, then he will come again next time. It won't be such an arduous journey anyway.

Sir Horne lingered with two maids in the room Reiner arranged for him, while Earl Weasley on the other side was not so lucky.

He is the commander of the counter-insurgency army this time, leading directly under him 300 armed regular troops, 30 knights, 1,500 royal regular troops, 300 archers, 30 knights, and heavy cavalry A wing of forty people, a total of 2,200 people.

This is a huge counter-insurgency army. In fact, the imperial family has not dispatched such a huge army for a long time, except for an Eastern Expedition three years ago, which was also the 20th year of the empire.

Although the strength of the royal family is far more than that, after all, this is only to quell the rebellion of an earl,

Sending out too many troops is not only redundant, but also adds unnecessary overhead.

It will make people feel that the royal family is becoming more and more useless, and it is necessary to dispatch so many troops to deal with a betrayed earl.

In the beginning, Earl Weasley was extremely confident. He had made contributions in countless wars and won many victories.

In his view, his dispatch this time was just a routine demonstration, and he could wipe out the betrayed earl with a wave of his hand.

After all, the situation here is different from that in the north.

Earl Zhebo can gather nearly a hundred lords to form a huge coalition army.

However, it is different here. The South has been in peace for a long time, and many of the combat-capable owner farmers have been invaded and reduced to serfs or tenants.

It is very difficult for the lords to be like before the unification of the empire. Countless strong farmers picked up their spears and joined the army as soon as they raised their arms, shouting that they would sacrifice their lives for the Earl.

Now their army is full of people who can't even wear armed clothes, and can only fight with wooden forks or sticks.

Only a small number of elite troops can wear leather armor or chain armor, and have certain combat effectiveness with long swords.

Even because of the gradual prosperity of commerce in the south, the lords, the military aristocratic class, began to degenerate. Some knights began to indulge in the sensuality brought by wealth, and gradually lost their fighting power.

Originally, Earl Weasley believed that dealing with such an army was no problem.

However, everything always backfired.

His current situation is extremely difficult.

In a canyon, Earl Weasley lifted his luxurious helmet visor, and the rain from the sky washed directly on his face.

Surrounded by shouts of killing, he was even a little numb to hearing it.

The sharp sound of arrows piercing the air never stopped, and the enemy troops on the top of the mountains on both sides were shooting downwards with bows and arrows.

There was a rumbling sound as the stones were pushed back, and all the soldiers who were hit had broken bones and tendons.

The soldiers uttered screams, and looked at Earl Weasley on the standing horse with desperate eyes.

They wanted to ask, why Earl Weasley had brought himself into such a desperate situation.

The arrows are like countless migratory locusts making a huge noise, and they are also like the most vicious poisonous snakes. Every time they spit out a letter, they will take away one life after another.

Symbolizing the majesty of the royal family, the golden crest and lion crest on a red background, which represented the imperial emperor Caffett the Great, was in tatters at this time, and several arrows directly tore these flags to pieces.

Count Weasley couldn't help feeling a little dazed looking at the hopeless scene around him, his body trembled slightly, and he almost fell off his horse.

His son Rebald hastened to help him, which saved him from falling off his horse.

Looking at the team that had lost at least two or three hundred people around him, Earl Weasley seemed to be crazy, dodging the command flag in the hands of the flag bearer, shaking it desperately.

At the same time, a loud shout came out of his mouth: "Knights! Heavy cavalry! Everyone move closer to me!"

Hearing his shout, the knights and heavy cavalry who were holding shields to protect themselves immediately reacted, and quickly rode to his side.

Earl Wesley felt extremely remorse at this moment. If he hadn't entrusted himself with it and sent no one to investigate, how could he be caught in such a low-level ambush?

However, it is useless to regret now, he can only minimize his losses and bring these teams back at the same time.

"Charge behind us! They are just a group of cowards who dare not fight us head-on! We can beat them to pieces with just one charge! Earl Wesley shouted loudly, pointing at the army blocking from behind.

"My lord, there is no enemy in front of us. We can easily leave this canyon by walking forward. Why don't we go forward?" A royal knight asked.

"This group of damned enemies are more cunning and despicable than the most despicable rats. They don't deploy troops in front of us. They must want to let us go. Who knows what is waiting for us?"

Earl Weasley licked his chapped lips, then put down his visor, and said to Rebbard behind him: "Restrain our infantry, and follow us closely. After we drive away the enemy, you immediately follow them!" Come up! Do you understand?"