Black Iron Crown

As time passed, the news that Grand Duke Mabula was attacked and killed by the rebel Farland spread throughout the empire.

All the royal lords felt distraught about this, and vowed to take the damned Sir Frante's skin and cramps, and avenge the Grand Duke Marbula.

Leiner also received this news in the northern border, and when the letter was found in front of him, he could hardly believe it.

"He was killed by an enemy sneak attack on the battlefield?" Reiner slammed the letter on the table, stared at Earl Jorral, and asked loudly.

This time, it was Earl Jollal who sent the letter to Reiner in person. Firstly, he hoped to have a dialogue with Reiner in person.

The second is that he really can't stand the messy imperial capital anymore. Those short-sighted emerging nobles are still using the influence of the death of Grand Duke Mabula to compete for power and profit with the old imperial party headed by the royal family at this critical moment.

And those royal families are all arrogant, arrogant, and almost equally short-sighted.

Earl Jollal thought he was already very proud, but he still couldn't bear their arrogant attitude when facing the royal family.

His heart is very chaotic now, his worries about the future of the royal family and his anger at those imperial parties are mixed together, which makes him seem to be preoccupied.

Listening to Reiner's inquiry, Earl Jollal barely showed a smile. Reiner was one of the few royal families he had ever seen who was not proud: "Yes...all the royal families are very sad, including me!"

Reiner sat back in the chair, frowning.

Not long ago, Grand Duke Mabula had a chat with him. Although they didn't meet much, he had a very good impression of this elder of the ecstatic royal family.

Unexpectedly, in just one year, the old man left this world.

"Frante?" Reiner muttered to himself.

In addition to regret for Grand Duke Mabula, he also has worries about the future in his heart at this time.

The current background is still not able to stand out from the crowd, and the royal family needs to stand in front for a while. If the royal family falls at this time, it will definitely be very difficult for me to develop in the future.

The powerful royal family has been wiped out, can't they destroy a small background earl?

Reiner felt that as a member of the Moreland family,

He didn't think the rebels had any reason to let him go.

"So, what is the current situation of the royal family? Can we still form a strong anti-rebel army?"

Sir Reiner should inquire about the remaining strength of the empire now, otherwise he really has no idea.

What kind of idea did Earl Jollal personally send the letter to himself? It's nothing more than wanting him to lead the army into battle.

Earl Choral looked at Reiner hesitantly, not knowing what to say.

"Don't be like this, Earl Jolar, tell me the truth, so that I can think about what to do, right?"

Looking at Reiner's expression, Earl Jolar also felt that he should not deceive his friends.

So he said: "The current situation is not very good. The army led by Grand Duke Mabula has lost more than half of the front line, and less than 4,000 people have fled back to the imperial capital, and these people will not be able to fight again in a short time. .”

"In addition, there are more than 8,000 regular troops on the western front to resist the rebels in the west. Now the royal family can only send more than 10,000 regular troops to the southern battlefield..."

Hearing Earl Jolar's deep voice, Reiner's expression became more solemn.

He has already obtained the exact number of enemy troops from the letter. Even after a big battle, the opponent will still have more than 30,000 troops after gathering the rout.

10,000 against 30,000, the strength of the troops is huge!

Seeing Rainer's increasingly ugly expression, Earl Jollal also knew Rainer's reluctance, but he still acted like an angry little daughter-in-law, persuading him in a low voice: "This is indeed too exaggerated...but there is nothing we can do about it, If the rebels are allowed to continue advancing like this, the Moreland family will be in danger!"

The careful look of Earl Jollal was in stark contrast to his usual carefree and loud voice, and Reiner would definitely laugh at other times.

But under such bad news, he obviously couldn't laugh.

Reiner closed his eyes and thought for a while, Earl Jollal said nothing, not daring to disturb Reiner.

After a while, he opened his eyes and nodded, and said, "Okay, I agree to send troops..."

In any case, I am a vassal of the royal family, and I plan to get development time behind the royal family, so it is impossible for the royal family to fall now.

"That's great, Earl Rainer! As expected, you are a descendant of the royal family! Our royal family will never treat you badly!" After all, Earl Jolar is also a close member of the royal family, and after hearing the news of Rainer's agreement, he wanted to hug him Go round and round.

"Okay, you should also prepare to obey, I will explain and then start to recruit my vassals!" Leiner really has no confidence in the next battle, he secretly thinks that he can find a fortress to continue to defend, Just frustrate the enemy's spirit directly.

If his army were to fight head-to-head with a large number of enemy troops on the plains, he would never agree, not even for the royal family.

Reiner summoned his courtiers to explain the cause and result of this incident, and then ordered Aizexi and Baron Kord to prepare the logistics materials that needed to be carried this time.

It is worth mentioning that Leiner now has more than 140 war horses produced by the racecourse, and he began to officially equip the knights under his command, but unfortunately the number is still too small to be fully popularized.

Fast horses galloped out of Mecaron City. Recently, Tirihan and his cavalry archers were not in Mecaron City. population in the territory.

Reiner divided the pasture into several parts, and Tillihan got one of the huge pastures, which was about 20,000 square kilometers. At the same time, he wanted to provide part of the prairie cavalry for Reiner.

In addition to him, there are two other vassals who are also building grasslands. They reclaim part of the cultivated land and build houses. Although the livestock are still grazing, they have already lived a semi-agricultural settled life.

The same is true for Samuza. In order to restrain him from fleeing from his own rule, Reiner forced them to grow cash crops instead of food.

In half a month, the lords who were entrusted to the southeast by Leiner finally gathered outside the city of Mecaron, and Leiner ordered them to station outside.

After recuperating for more than a winter, they have replenished the regular army. Although the combat effectiveness may not be as good as before, the number is even greater.

In addition, they also exchanged part of the iron armor from Leiner at a reasonable price. Counting the armor made by their own blacksmiths, two-thirds of them have already put on the iron armor.

Even if the remaining people don't have iron armor, they can still wear orthodox leather armor that has been tanned, and their defense is also very good.

Standing on the city wall, looking at the soldiers who were camping under the city wall, Earl Jollal said to Rainer enviously: "You have so many vassals under your command, it is really enviable, maybe you are the most powerful in the entire empire lord of the