Black Iron Crown

Listening to Earl Crick's words, Sir Contans seemed to have heard something very ridiculous. With a smile on his face, he looked at him mockingly and said, "I'm afraid I will disappoint you. Earl Crick!"

"Now the Merland family is facing a split. The lords of the royal family and the gang of upstarts have long been at odds! Do you think they can dispatch a huge army to counter the rebellion like they did in the last war?"

"Impossible, Earl Creek, I beg you not to be too naive. The royal family is in danger now. Maybe they will have an internal war at some point. How can they have the energy to support you?"

"Even if the royal family doesn't come! My son-in-law, Grand Duke Rainer of the Grand Duchy of the North will come to support me! He will never sit back and watch my territory fall!" Earl Creek said angrily.

"Grand Duke Rainer?" Sir Contans said as if he had heard some huge joke: "Not to mention that your daughter led the army and caused huge losses to Grand Duke Rainer, and it was your daughter who posted it upside down. !"

"Do you think that under such circumstances, Grand Duke Leiner would be willing to cross more than 3,000 kilometers and bring troops to support you?"

"What's more, even if Grand Duke Reiner brings someone here, can he save you? Don't be kidding, he will be left here!" Sir Contans' expression became subtle.

However, Earl Creek did not want to understand the meaning contained in these intriguing words.

"Don't say any more, I will never agree! You go back, I don't want to embarrass you!"

"Okay..." Sir Contans shook his head helplessly: "Since you, Earl Creek, are unwilling to accept my kindness, then I have no other choice but to truthfully tell your lords what you mean! "

"Please!" Earl Creek said, suppressing the anger in his heart.

The conversation between the two broke up unhappy, and Sir Contans left the walls of Fort Creek in a hanging basket again.

On that day, the siege army below the castle carried out the first tentative attack. The archers climbed to the top of the well rail to suppress the city wall, and shot at each other with the archers on the arrow tower.

The soldiers also charged towards the city wall along the ladder and the wooden planks on the well rail, but after a stalemate for a while, they gave up.

After a round of attack, the besieging army paid a price of more than a hundred people, and the defenders also lost more than ten people to repel them.

There are still a certain amount of arrows and stones in the castle.

Once these war materials are exhausted, the battle will become extremely difficult and bloody at the same time.

After tidying up the corpses left on the city wall, the defenders were still vigilantly watching the enemy below the city to guard against their sneak attack.

As for the corpses, they were transported to the castle for burial.

More than a month passed one after another, and the besieging army launched a total of more than ten sieges.

The defenders lost more than 300 people, while the siege army lost even more. The serf conscripts alone killed more than 1,000 people.

The second day of June, the twenty-sixth year of the Empire.

Mecaron City welcomes three messengers from the south, they are the messengers sent by Earl Crick for help.

After traveling day and night, they had to travel more than 60 kilometers every day, and it took them a month and a half to reach Mecaron City.

Even if they had three horses alone, when they reached the northern border, there was only one half-dead horse left, and all the rest fell to death in the endless long-distance gallop.

When Reiner received this request letter, two messengers had already collapsed, life and death unknown.

After reading the above content, Reiner couldn't help but frown. Although he had received news that the surrounding lords were eyeing Fort Creek before, he still didn't expect them to be so unscrupulous and dare to act at this time.

He had just suffered a defeat on the battlefield, and immediately dared to act so excessively at the beginning, which was really beyond Leiner's expectations.

But soon, Reiner understood why they dared to make such a move.

It was nothing more than knowing the struggle within the imperial royal family and confirming that the royal family would not form a counter-insurgency army again, so they dared to attack Fort Creek so arrogantly.

But even so, Leiner still does not regret pointing out the conflicts between the two sides in front of everyone that day. If there is no preparation for the day, how can he become the representative of all the royal lords now.

If you don't take advantage of the opportunity when the royal lords are oppressed by the upstarts to make a choice, and wait until they calm down now, maybe they won't make the same decision again.

But even so, Reiner was very anxious about this letter. Now that he has torn face with the upstarts on behalf of the royal family, once he arrives at Fort Creek with the army, maybe they will lead the army to attack the royal lords them.

Although this situation may not necessarily happen, Reiner must not pin his hopes on their character.

In this way, Leiner faced a dilemma. If he went to Fort Creek, he would face certain dangers.

But if you don't go to Fort Creek, then your father-in-law will face the danger of being wiped out, and the layout of where you are will completely disappear.

Therefore, Reiner had a hard time deciding how to deal with it.

Just when he was in a dilemma, Frant entered into Reiner's study room, and just looked at Reiner silently without saying a word.

Although she didn't speak, Reiner understood her meaning, just sighed and said: "I understand what you mean, but I need to think about it, not to mention sending troops is not something I can decide alone..."

Hearing what Reiner said, Frante could only nod slightly, and left Reiner's study with a helpless sigh.

After some deliberation, Rainer decided to send troops to Fort Creek.

In any case, it is only a matter of probability for the upstarts to take action against the royal family leader, and if they do not go, Fort Creek will inevitably face the result of extinction.

What's more, that is my father-in-law, even if I don't take him seriously, if he is eliminated, others will think, how can a person who can't even protect his own wife and family be able to undertake the obligation of protecting others ?

So, Reiner sent a letter to all his vassals, asking them to gather in Mecaron City.

It is very annoying to order others out of one's castle when the ice and snow are just beginning to melt. Even under such circumstances, Reiner's vassals were still ready to reach Mecaron City.

The seventeenth day of June, the twenty-sixth year of the empire.

Half a month later, his vassals gathered in Mecaron City.

When Reiner told them his thoughts, there was an instant uproar.

Crossing 3,000 kilometers to support Fort Creek is nothing short of whimsical.

It took more than three months for the anti-rebel army to reach Fort Basin. One can imagine how long it would take to reach Fort Creek, which is farther away.