Black Iron Crown

The cheers of these vassals were deafening, almost the entire huge main castle could hear their shouts.

Frant waited anxiously in the room. After hearing the sound, a glimmer of hope emerged in his heart.

"How is it?" Frante looked at Reiner who had returned to the room and immediately rushed forward and asked.

"They agreed!" Reiner nodded with a smile.

"We will gather all our troops in half a month's time and go to Fort Creek to rescue my dear father-in-law!" Reiner put both hands on Frante's shoulders, and said close to her face: "Don't worry, your father will definitely last until we arrive!"

"Hmm..." Frante nodded with a smile on his face, but then a hint of worry gradually appeared in his eyes.

"You must be careful...or I'll go with you!" Frante had already developed some emotions with Reiner after getting along for this period of time, and she was worried that something unexpected would happen to her husband.

Reiner patted her on the head and smiled calmly: "Do I still need you to worry? Don't forget that you were also my defeat back then!"

Hearing Reiner's words, Frante became a little unhappy. After all, leading the army to defeat the rebels was the most brilliant achievement in her life.

What's more, Reiner's plan was once seen through by him and her, and they were trapped in the narrow wooden fence, and they needed to sacrifice some of them to break out.

"What's more, you are pregnant with our child now, I don't want any accidents to happen to you, sit at home for me! Take care of our territory!"

Hearing what Reiner said, Frante didn't have a seizure.

"Help me sit in the territory. During this time, you arm the militiamen and temporarily organize them together. I don't want any accidents in the territory!"

"Accident?" Frante was taken aback when he heard Reiner's solemn words that did not sound like a joke at all, and said, "What kind of accident will there be?"

"You know, the royal lords are at odds with the upstarts. I'm worried that after I leave with the army, there will be no deterrence, and they will act without authorization!"

"What?" Frant looked at Reiner with an unbelievable expression: "Are you sure they dare to do that?"

"I'm not sure, but we should be prepared for such a situation!"

"The little emperor is in the hands of the queen,

Now the empire is basically in the hands of the Queen and the Earl of Redmara. I am worried that they will really do such a thing! "

"So, my dear general, take the army to guard against all this, at least wait until I come back!" Reiner put his forehead together, and said face to face with Frante.

"Don't worry!" Frank nodded solemnly: "I will definitely keep your foundation! I swear!"

July 3rd, Year 26 of the Empire.

The entire Northern Territory is in a busy state, the sowing work is almost over, and all the vassals are also gathered together.

These vassals have made some money by providing Reiner with untreated wool and woolen cloth, and have expanded their army.

The number of troops is more than before the counter-insurgency war, but the improvement in combat effectiveness is not much.

Reiner's order to them was the same as before, only the regular army did not need any serf conscripts.

As early as more than a month ago, the preparations for the city of Mecaron had already been in full swing.

More than 4,000 sheep were slaughtered and salted in large quantities to turn them into bacon for preservation on the road.

The wheat is ground into flour by the mills with full firepower, which is easy to carry on the road, and a large amount of beans are loaded into cars. These are the feed for the horses and the food for the soldiers.

For war horses, they need to eat a mixture of alfalfa and beans to maintain their strength during the war.

However, the cavalry horses under Leiner's command were all specially bred. Leiner worried that the doping with alfalfa would cause them to lack physical strength, so he decided to let them eat only soybeans on the battlefield.

For a time, more than 800 carriages were used to transport food, in addition to armor and weapons, these also required carriages to be reproduced.

Fortunately, the draft horses produced in Leiner's intermediate horse farm have a very strong load-bearing capacity, and the ultimate pulling force can reach three to four tons. Otherwise, there would be more than a thousand horse-drawn carts just for transporting food.

For this expedition, Leiner ground 2,000 tons of wheat into flour. For other lords, this is definitely an astronomical figure.

However, for Leiner, it was just the materials needed for a war. In his warehouse, there were 160,000 tons of wheat and beans, which were left over from several rounds of grain sales and wine making.

The huge land and arable land in the northern border allow Lena to produce a lot of food, and more and more livestock allow residents to cultivate more land, which greatly increases the amount of food in the northern border.

Now even if millions of people are suddenly stuffed into the northern border, there will never be a famine.

Just as Reiner was giving instructions on the transfer of various materials in the study, Logan suddenly walked in.

"What's the matter?" Reiner couldn't help asking, looking at Logan's dignified face.

"My lord, I have recently received an important piece of news, and I must report it to you!"

Lena nodded to signal him to continue.

"According to the reports from our spies in the imperial capital, the caravans in the southern part of the imperial capital have been coming and going frequently recently, and the number of caravans traveling from the imperial capital to the south is also increasing day by day. Among them, 30% of the caravans are flying the flag of Earl Redmara!"

"However, just three months ago, such commercial activities dropped sharply, more than 60% in an instant. Although the rebellion in the south has been quelled, the relationship with the imperial capital is obviously still bad. I think there must be something hidden in it. So report to the Duke immediately!"

"Business activities are intensive..." Reiner narrowed his eyes slightly, stroked his chin lightly with his hands, and began to think.

Speaking of it, such behavior is indeed very suspicious. After all, Earl Redmara and the rebels in the south were beaten to death before, and now there have been such frequent exchanges in less than a year.

No matter who it is, I am afraid that this is not a normal thing.

"Could it be that they intend to reconcile with the southern lords and oppress the royal lords together?"

Thinking of this, Leiner felt that this war was even more necessary. If the lords who besieged Earl Creek could be defeated, then it would once again give the lords in the south a deterrent.

Maybe they can be made to give up the alliance with Earl Redmara, even if it is a alliance, this war can also consume the lords who may be united with them in advance.

And by keeping Earl Creek, Leiner can use him to win over some other southern lords.

After all, although Fort Creek is in such a miserable situation, it is not that there are no good lords.

In addition, on the counter-insurgency battlefield, Frante also won the favor of a group of lords. Now, it is only because the enemy army is too powerful that the lords who have a good relationship with Earl Crick dare not stand out.