Black Iron Crown

Lena listened to the other party's words and didn't say much.

She just looked at him coldly.

The vassal looked at Leiner's expression and slowly lowered his head.

Reiner glanced over the faces of the vassals, and all the vassals lowered their heads wherever they looked.

"hehe……"

Reiner sneered, and then said: "So, all of you think I shouldn't fight this battle?"

The vassals did not answer, but the meaning was self-evident.

"Very good!" Lena nodded and stood up from the chair, looked at the vassal who spoke before and said, "You said that I don't need to help Baron Samuza because I can't confirm his loyalty, right?"

"However, no one can know what other people think in their hearts. Even you, I don't know what your inner thoughts are at all."

"Just like before, I thought you would agree with me to support Baron Samuza, but I didn't expect that you would object to it."

"Who can say that Baron Samuza will definitely betray me? You were invaded before, and I didn't know that you would oppose me like this, but you are my vassals, and I still bring the army to support you."

"If you give up rescuing my vassals just because of some doubts, if one of you is in danger in the future, but I listen to someone's slander, what kind of predicament will you face?"

"Whether Baron Samuza will betray me in the future is not important, the important thing is that he is still my vassal, under the watchful eyes of everyone, under the watchful eyes of the Holy Father, he has pledged his eternal loyalty to me oath!"

"And I also slapped him three times with my long sword. This is a sacred oath recognized by the Holy Father. I cannot violate this contract that forms the foundation of my rule!"

Speaking of this, Reiner's tone began to rise: "Before he did something that betrayed me and disobeyed me, he was still my vassal. If I don't protect my vassals, you are telling the truth. In the future Don't you have any doubts about this?"

Reiner walked among the vassals and began to pace slowly, patting this person twice and touching that person's shoulder.

"I know what you're thinking. It's just that it's hard to deal with six thousand prairie cavalry!"

Reiner walked up to the vassal who spoke before,

Said: "However, before the war started, you felt that you could not win. Didn't Earl Zhebo have more troops than those prairie cavalry? How was the result? We were defeated by us together?"

"Think about it carefully. If Baron Samuza is annexed, we will be the first to face the enemy. When the enemy gathers Baron Samuza's subordinates, we will face more enemies!"

"What's more, as long as we help Baron Samuza win, the cattle, sheep and war horses on the grassland will all become our resources!"

"Think about it, you will have hundreds or even hundreds of cavalry under your command. As long as we win this battle, we will have more advantages!"

Having said that, Leiner kept silent and looked at the vassals around him.

Slowly said: "Now, it's time for you to express your views. Those who agree to start the war will stand on my left hand side, and those who do not agree to start the war will stand on my right hand side!"

After Reiner finished speaking, there was silence in the hall.

The vassals looked at each other, and after some thought, they made a final decision.

Sixteen vassals, including Baron Samun, stood on Leiner's left. Perhaps they were persuaded by Leiner and chose to support this choice.

The other eight lords stood to the right.

Even after Reiner's painstaking explanation, they still insisted on their views.

Seeing this scene, Leiner sighed regretfully, and said: "The current situation is very obvious, and the lords who support the war are in the majority."

"So, I still intend to lead the army to fight the enemy"

"But, as my vassals, do you want to stay out of it?" Reiner cast his eyes on the vassals on the right and said, "Would you like to go with your vassal, the lord whom you swear to be loyal and support forever?" What about going to the battlefield?"

After a moment of silence, the vassal who spoke to Reiner before said: "Well, my lord, you are my lord no matter what, and we share weal and woe with you."

"Although I can't persuade you to give up this idea, I will still follow you... Even if this decision may make us lose our lives!"

As he said that, he walked slowly from the right hand side to the left hand side of Reiner.

After he finished speaking, several vassals walked to the other side one after another.

In the end, only two people remained on the right.

Reiner didn't say much when he saw this, and said: "Well, my vassals, I already know what you mean. At three o'clock this afternoon, I will lead the army to the grassland. If you two change your mind, Just take the army and join my expedition sequence!"

Reiner knew that for the vassals, loyalty to the monarch was secondary, and the most important thing was to maintain the continuation of the family.

If Leiner is defeated, it will be almost impossible to recover, and the vassals who followed him to fight on the grassland will of course also perish.

But if they don't participate in this matter, then even if they lose the battle, it has nothing to do with them.

They believed that even if they defeated the earl's main force, the prairie people would not drive straight into the north.

They are no longer the lords who trembled under the shadow of Earl Zhebo. Without such an enemy who is determined to rule the northern border, they have many ways to retreat.

They don't have to go through life and death under the command of Earl Rainer to take huge risks, they can also continue the family.

At two o'clock in the afternoon that day, Leiner led the army and appeared outside Fort Samen, and the other vassals followed Leiner with their own troops.

After waiting here for a while, Baron Corder came to his side.

"My lord, there is still no sign of your other two vassals joining... maybe..." Baron Cod seemed hesitant to speak.

Lena sighed, a little helpless.

He originally thought that after such a combination of grace and power, and a series of victories, his vassals would support him.

But unexpectedly, it ended up like this.

Looking at Reiner's expression, Baron Corder was also speechless, he had nothing to say, all of this was normal.

When the time reached three o'clock, Leiner immediately ordered the whole army to set off.

Leiner's own direct army formed a long snake formation, walking at the forefront of the team, while the remaining vassals' armies followed slowly.

This place is not far from the grassland. According to Samuza, they are stationed just over a hundred kilometers away.

The cavalryman who sent the message before was also in the queue, and he was responsible for guiding the direction of this huge army.