Black Iron Crown

"Hmm..." Lena nodded to express his understanding.

Without saying anything, he followed Baron Azak into the castle granted to him by Reiner.

There are not many mountains in the north, most of them are flat lands, so this castle is just an ordinary fortification, and the terrain is not dangerous.

Entering the castle, Reiner saw a crowded scene, hundreds of sheep gathered together in such a dense manner.

There are dozens of war horses and draft horses in the nearby stables, and near the main castle, you can see many residents wearing cotton clothes coming in and out.

These should be the subjects of Baron Azak, and they were gathered in the castle in order to keep them from being harmed.

Of course, this is only a small part. There are thousands of residents in his territory, and the castle simply cannot accommodate them.

When the group reached the gate of the main castle, the residents stopped and bowed their heads and stood aside, letting the lords go in first.

After entering the castle, Reiner realized that it was more crowded than the open space of the castle. Even the originally narrow corridor was full of residents. The people here are causing trouble.

But even so, it still makes the castle's corridors difficult to move.

Baron Azak said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Lord Earl, for causing you such offense..."

Reiner waved his hand and said: "It's okay, my castle was like this before I defeated the Kraders. As a feudal lord, I failed to protect your territory. It is my negligence!"

Reiner's words sounded high-sounding. In fact, if he was not in danger of life and death, the emperor would seldom take care of the messy things in the vassal's territory.

But after all, the current situation is tense, and Leiner wants to unite his vassals, so he said this.

Walking into the main banquet hall of the main castle, it finally seemed a lot more refreshing. There was not a single resident who took refuge here. Maybe Baron Azak drove them out in advance.

The cook and the servants put the food on the table, nothing more than cheese and jerky, with some white bread as the main course.

"I'm sorry, Earl...you know, because of the arrival of winter, I really have nothing to entertain you..."

Lena waved his hand in understanding,

Because this is indeed the case, these vassals are not like themselves, with good financial status and vast territory, they can support themselves to hold extravagant banquets.

Baroness Azak and his wife are sitting on the right side of Reiner. When Reiner sees Baron Azak's wife, he is always a little unnatural, especially when Baron Azak is present.

And Baron Azak didn't seem to care about this at all, sitting there very naturally watching Reiner.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Reiner said: "Get ready, Baron Azak, I'm here this time to protect your territory. I want to defeat those ignorant prairie people like before!"

"I will send someone to notify all the vassals and let them lead the army to assemble in Fort Samen. Then you go with me. I will let the grassland people know what will happen if they offend me!"

Staying in Baron Azak's castle for one night, Reiner had a lot on his mind.

He knew that this group of prairie people did not want to get land in the end, but hoped to get some supplies to survive the cold winter. In the final analysis, this behavior was just the same as that of the nomads in Leiner's previous life.

If you don't take this matter to heart and tell the truth, it won't have much impact.

But Lehner had to make any statement that the duties of the lord must be fulfilled, otherwise the vassals would be divorced sooner or later.

But what Leiner thought was that if he fought a normal battle like this, not only would he not get any benefits, but he would spend a lot of resources and cause casualties.

No matter how you calculate it, it is a loss-making business.

The purpose of war is profit, and Leiner regarded this sentence as Guigao.

So, can I reach a certain consensus with the little Pakuten prince Samuza who entered the bandit?

After all, he also has his own enemies, and he was forced to come to the northern border to plunder.

Now what he has to think about is how to increase his strength, instead of consuming his strength again and again in such wars.

So he felt that there should be some possibility of cooperation between the two parties.

Since the opponent is weak, can I help him and let him be my help?

All of this is just his idea, whether it can be successful or not depends on how it will be done in the future.

Now what he has to think about is how to defeat the enemy, how to hurt the little prince Samuza, so that he can sit down and listen to himself honestly.

"Fight! You must fight!"

Fighting is definitely a must. He must first give an explanation to his vassals.

The cavalry archers under Tillihan rode their horses and took Reiner's coat of arms to the castles to convey Reiner's meaning.

The vassals were ecstatic and began to gather towards Fort Samun, the Earl finally came to protect us!

On January 18th, the twenty-fourth year of the empire, Reiner and all his vassals gathered outside the castle of Samen.

The prairie people were just 20 kilometers east of Fort Samun, and they didn't attack the city on a large scale. Their purpose was just to rob.

Leiner's vassals gathered together, the army of the vassals alone was more than 2,000 people, and Leiner's own army was more than 5,000 people.

With such a huge army, Leiner felt that defeating the enemy was not a problem at all. The key point was to show his own strength to let the other party see and understand what kind of person he was fighting against.

His mind changed again.

Leiner rode on the war horse, looking at the almost endless army in front of him, his heart was full of pride, and he couldn't be more proud.

"Am I considered a hero?" Reiner thought happily in his heart.

No one can possess such a huge army except the original Ridka Kingdom and the former Earl Zhebo.

"Let's go! My soldiers! Show those prairie people how brave and skilled we Ridka are!" Leiner shouted vigorously, drawing out his long sword and pointing at the sky.

Twenty kilometers east of Fort Samun.

The station of the Pakuten Department.

The prairie people here are still ignorant of the imminent danger, and these so-called Pakuten warriors are sitting in groups of scattered tents, eating and drinking.

In the past half month, they have tasted the sweetness from the territory of Leiner's vassals.

They found that the yellow-haired tribal kings who lived in the big houses were so cowardly that they dared not come out to fight even after they hit their doorstep.

But they unscrupulously led the cattle and sheep back to the camp, and roasted them directly after slaughtering them. It had been a long time since they let go of their appetites and ate meat.

Prince Samuza is slowly roasting a lamb in his tent, which is the most tender and delicious food.

However, when faced with such a rare delicacy, he seemed a little absent-minded.

The perception of danger made him very uncomfortable, but for the livelihood of the tribe, he had to continue to stay here.

"Stay for another five days! The last five days! Get out of here immediately after five days!" He stabbed the knife in his hand fiercely into the roasted golden mutton, making up his mind.