Black Iron Crown

Below the castle, there are more than 2,000 regular troops camping. For an ordinary earl, 2,000 soldiers are almost impossible, unless he mobilizes serfs to join the army.

Even if Earl Jolar is close to the north and has a relatively large territory, the regular army he can mobilize is only in the early 2,000s, and the other earls only have about 1,000 people.

In the northern border, the 2,000 regular troops were only troops mobilized by Leiner's vassals, and Leiner's own army was still training in the barracks outside the city.

The strength he showed is already worthy of the envy and awe of Earl Jollal.

Hearing Earl Jollal's praise, Leiner forced a smile. If he really wanted to fight the enemy in the front line, he really didn't know how many of these soldiers would be left.

"Okay, now that you've started preparing, I'll go back and gather the army to go south with you!" Earl Jollal said, he stayed here for so long just to set off with Reiner.

Reiner nodded in agreement, and on the same day, Earl Jollal rode away from Mecaron City, passing Twarinburg to his territory.

Now Reiner is only short of the vassals on the grassland who have not arrived due to the distance, Samuza, Tirihan, and two other vassals.

Another five days passed, and in July of the twenty-fifth year of the empire, not long after the spring plowing in the northern border ended, the vassals on the grassland brought their cavalry to the outside of the city of Mecaron.

Although this group of people were entrusted by Reiner, there was no way for them to do so. The grassland with poor resources and poor technology still left them impoverished.

The herdsmen and prairie cavalry gathered together by them were no different from the beginning, the only armor was several layers of sheepskin on their bodies.

Fortunately, during this period of time, Leiner slaughtered cattle and sheep on a large scale and obtained a lot of cowhide. Leiner ordered the cobblers to tan them into leather armor.

Although Leiner wants to equip the soldiers under his command with a layer of leather armor to increase protection, but the weight of a suit of leather armor has reached nearly ten kilograms. He does not want to add a greater burden to the soldiers, but only pursues Defensive power without flexibility is not what he wants.

A layer of armed clothing inside is enough. Anyway, if necessary, those soldiers will buy it for themselves.

But even so, Leiner only had 400 sets of leather armor in stock, and there were more than 1,300 grassland light cavalry that arrived, so Leiner could only distribute them equally to the four vassals on the prairie.

In fact, this is just Reiner showing his fairness,

Although they are all prairie cavalry, the cavalry of the vassals that Leiner personally confiscated is slightly stronger, and it will be more effective if given to them.

But after all, Samuza has more than 600 cavalry in his hands, and it would be unreasonable not to give one set.

"My vassals!" Reiner raised his glass and stood up from the chair.

After all the vassals arrived, Reiner held a brief banquet in the main castle hall of Mecaron City.

Although it won't last long, the dishes are still rich, and the gradually developed commerce in the northern border makes the food choices more and more colorful.

In addition to these vassals, after unifying the entire Northern Territory, Reiner also conferred many members of the Moreland family with sufficient force as knights and granted fiefs, which made Reiner's force even stronger.

At the same time, a balance was reached between the relatives of the Merland family whose blood was the bond and the vassals who had been transferred from the royal family to Leiner.

In addition, during the last war against the prairie people, Leiner also conferred the title of two knights as barons. A blood relative of the Merland family.

Anyway, with such a large territory in the north, it is difficult to develop it within a short period of time. It is better to distribute it to increase the strength of your direct line.

Watching Leiner toast, the vassals also stood up from their chairs, raised their glasses and waited for Leiner to continue.

"I have already told you in the letter about the battle ahead. It is very unfavorable. As a member of the Moland family, I have to fight for the family. This battle is up to you!"

Rainer drank the wine in the glass, and the vassals also claimed it.

After finishing drinking, Reiner's eyes swept over the extremely vassals again, and he sat down and said casually: "At the same time, I hope my vassals can keep in mind that it is easy not to leave the position I arranged for you at will. If you fight well, I will give you enough rewards!"

Those lords who had fled on the grassland battlefield blushed and nodded like pecking rice.

A banquet went very well. After the banquet was over, Reiner came to Madam Moreland's room.

Mrs. Moreland heard the door opening and came out of the prayer room.

At this time, her eyes were slightly red, and she seemed to have cried.

Lena stepped forward and said, "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely return triumphantly, nothing in this world can threaten me!"

Mrs. Moreland almost shed tears when she heard Reiner's words. There is no one who is invincible in this world. He knew that Reiner would take great risks every time he went out to fight.

If it wasn't for the territory and the family and family, he wouldn't have had to fight like this.

Thinking of this, she felt even more fond of her eldest son who had burdened a lot, and just looked carefully at Reiner's face.

The two were silent for a long time before Mrs. Moland said: "It doesn't matter if you lose the battle. You only need to save your own life. You must ensure your safety. The family members are relying on you!"

Fianna suddenly hugged Reiner's thigh: "Don't let brother go..."

"Fianna is good, this is my brother's responsibility..." Reiner patted Fianna on the head, then picked her up and handed her to Madam Moreland.

After a pause, he said, "Then, mother, I will lead the army to go out this afternoon... Earl Cholar and the royal family are waiting for me!"

Mrs. Moreland covered her mouth and wept silently. The front line was completely destroyed, and more than 10,000 people filled it. Even the news that a duke died had spread throughout Mecaron, and it was even spreading to other regions.

Under such circumstances, how could Madam Moreland believe what Rainer said?

But all of this is the lord's fate. The lord is a military aristocrat. If he dares not go to the battlefield, he will even lose his rights. What's more, Reiner is here to help the entire Merland family.

Hearing the slight sobbing behind him, Reiner sighed softly, pushed open the door and walked out of the room, then closed the door with the least effort.

Afterwards, he returned to his room, touched the faces of two little maids whose faces were blushing because of the clothes he was wearing, and then walked out of the room with a package in his wartime tights.

Afterwards, Sarang and another follower walked in with a set of full-body armor and began to put on the armor for Lai'an.

After putting on the armor and moving around a few times, he left the main castle and went to the center of the city with the assembled army to join the vassals outside the city.