Black Iron Crown

Earl Crick walked out of the dungeon in a daze. His heart was already in a state of confusion. After hearing what Sir Contans said, he felt that this war was a disaster for himself.

The war caused by the disputes within the royal family has spread to himself.

He already knew that there was discord within the royal family. After the rebellion some time ago was quelled and rewarded for meritorious deeds, the royal lord didn't let you directly tear himself apart with the upstarts and the queen.

Not to mention the tense situation, at least the relationship between the two parties is quite rigid.

But no matter what, he never thought that the situation between the two sides would be so severe.

Obviously, the group of upstarts let the southern lords besiege themselves in order to lure Earl Rainer to the south to be wiped out.

Regardless of whether others only want to eliminate Leiner, the meaning contained in it is already ready to be revealed. If the most powerful person among the royal lords is transferred away by using the strategy of transferring the tiger away from the mountain, most of the rest are not powerful characters. Their purpose It's not hard to see.

Earl Creek returned to his bed, took off his armor and stared blankly at the patterned ceiling.

Past experience told him that what happened this time was definitely the biggest thing that happened since the unification of the Ridkar Empire. Even the rebellion of 200 lords in the south and the west was not as good as this time. .

He could foresee what a terrible situation it would be after everything broke out. If the upstarts succeeded, then the Ridka Empire would completely change hands and fall apart.

The Ridka Empire without the royal lord will no longer be an empire. The day the Moreland family is uprooted is when the little emperor abdicates. The upstarts will never allow a member of the Moreland family to sit in the emperor's seat. On the throne, it is showing off its might.

And this is something Earl Creek can't understand. Why can't that high-ranking woman and the queen not understand such an easy-to-understand truth? Doesn't she even know who is the foundation of her son?

He couldn't figure it out anyway.

However, whether he thinks it through or not, it doesn't help the situation in front of him.

What he hopes most is that the royal lords can win.

After all, Reiner is his son-in-law and the husband of his daughter, so no matter what, he will not treat his wives too harshly.

but,

Although he got the news, he didn't send a messenger to rush out of the castle, desperately reporting to Reiner.

Because once he told Reiner the news, Reiner would probably, no, definitely not come.

At that time, his territory will face siege, and death is his only end.

Therefore, he had no choice, even though he knew that letting Reiner come here would be bad luck, but he couldn't do that. After all, people are selfish, and this cannot be changed.

The current Reiner is still ignorant of everything, and he still leads the army to walk in the territory of the upstarts, marching nervously and sensitively.

At this time, the Earl of Lorrance had already prepared everything, including the rations and supplies. At the same time, the army was assembled and arrived at the south of Fort Creek to lay an ambush.

Apart from him, all the southern lords who had made friends with Earl Lorrance also brought their troops to the vicinity of Fort Creek and prepared an ambush.

The first day of October, the twenty-sixth year of the Empire.

Rainer finally left the territory of the upstarts with the army and reached the northern border of Fort Creek.

At this time, it is not as hot as last time here. Even in the south in October, it has already entered late autumn.

In the north, light snow has begun to fall.

Although the temperature is not as cold as in real winter, if you want to go out, you must wear thick cotton clothes.

In Mecaron City, under the control of Frante, it is still in order, and it has not become chaotic because of Reiner's departure.

Reiner's blacksmiths are still making armors. According to the news Frant received recently, she believes that the upstarts are no longer credible.

In three months, about a thousand sets of simple armors have been built, and two thousand of the eight thousand militiamen can wear armors, which is a quarter of the armor rate.

In the main castle of Mecaron, Logan knocked on the study with a solemn face.

In the study is Frante, who handles various matters in the territory on behalf of Reiner during this period.

"Is there something wrong?" Looking at Logan's serious expression, Frant's heart sank.

She knew that her husband's intelligence chief was usually as stable as Mount Tai, and if it was an ordinary and trivial matter, he would not be able to attract his attention at all.

"Ma'am, I got very important information!"

Before Farrant could speak, Logan opened the document in his hand and said, "My intelligence personnel told me that all the upstarts in the south are mobilizing troops and gathering troops. There seems to be some military action."

"And according to our previous intelligence, the imperial capital has frequent business exchanges with the south, and all of them are official exchanges. We have reason to suspect that the targets of these upstarts are not the lords in the south!"

"However, apart from the lords in the south, the only ones who have conflicts with them are the lords of the royal family... According to my inference, they want to go north and use troops against the lords of the royal family!"

Listening to Logan's words, Frant couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

There are too many things revealed by the combination of these intelligences.

If you really just want to use the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, then why do you need to communicate with the south frequently? It only needs to reveal that some royal families don't care about the safety of Fort Creek, and the lords in the south can rush up and bite like sharks smelling blood.

However, they did not do that. Instead, they adopted such a risky method to conduct official exchanges with them.

Thinking about this, Frante couldn't help but frowned, holding his temples with his hands, trying to guess their method.

Suddenly, Farrant widened his eyes and slammed the table.

"If they just want to divert the tiger away from the mountain, there is no need to take the risk to communicate with the south. Their purpose is to let Reiner leave the northern border and go to the south!"

"And the reason why they had to communicate is undoubtedly...they reached a deal!" Frante's heart fell into the freezer at this moment, even in the cold winter, the clothes behind her were already wet through.

"Logan! Send a messenger to the south immediately! Tell Reiner where the danger is!"

Although Reiner wanted to save his family, it was obviously not that simple in this situation. Even if he went to the south, he would definitely not be able to save his family, but even himself would have to get involved.

She absolutely doesn't want her son to lose his father. If she can't keep her family, then at least... At least one must be saved...