Black Iron Crown

Baron Antis walked out of the room angrily and began to assemble his army, and at the same time ordered the messenger to go out of the city to various villages to gather his knights.

Since his nephew said that it was almost an army, then he would not underestimate the strength of the enemy army. Now there are only a hundred soldiers in his castle, and it may not be enough to fight the enemy like this.

To be on the safe side, he decided to wait until the knights arrived at the castle with their soldiers before fighting the enemy to the death.

His territory is not large, and the small barony can be run to the end in just a few hours, so the speed of gathering the army is also very fast.

But unexpectedly, more than six hours had passed, but his knights still hadn't arrived.

What was waiting was the huge army of the Kingdom of Bazalan, more than 2,000 soldiers appeared under Antisburg in such a grandiose manner.

"This..." Baron Antis stood on the city wall and stared blankly at the enemy army below, so shocked that he couldn't even speak.

He originally thought that it was just a group of relatively powerful robbers or mercenaries fleeing into the territory, but he never thought that he was facing an army of thousands of people.

King Emalu looked at Antisburg in front of him, and said contemptuously to the vassals beside him: "Let me just say, the people here have already been wiped out by peace, and soon this territory will be ours. It's over!"

He has divided the army into three, each plundering different territories to improve efficiency.

The things plundered from these villages and market towns have already made them a lot of money, and the trophies of King Emalu alone loaded more than a dozen large carriages.

In his eyes, the castle in front of him was no longer a castle, but a golden pile of money.

He could imagine how much wealth he would get after breaking through this castle.

The imperial capital is still completely unaware of the affairs of the lords in the western region, and they haven't even received the news of the disastrous defeat of the coalition forces going north.

Earl Redmara and a series of upstarts escaped one, quickly gathered more than 2,000 remnants and defeated generals, and rushed to the imperial capital in embarrassment.

Along the way, if there was no food, they would rob. Just relying on plundering, they finally reached the imperial capital 300 kilometers away.

And the lords of the royal family have also made all preparations. After the wounded soldiers have been settled,

Then he followed Leiner to bring food, grass and supplies, and marched to the imperial capital.

They were very much looking forward to this action on the side of the Qing emperor. They all thought that after the queen and the upstarts headed by Earl Redmara were eliminated, the royal lord would once again become the mainstay of the empire.

This time he led the army to go to Leiner to make complete preparations. Not only did all the wounded soldiers have been resettled, but they also took some militiamen with quite good combat effectiveness to the south.

Although the royal lords suffered heavy losses, they managed to gather more than 3,000 people together. Together with Leiner's army and militia, the total reached 12,000 people.

Frant returned to the north with the rest of the militia.

Reiner was covered in iron armor, and looked forward vigorously. The goal six years ago was finally achieved today.

He was extremely excited, wishing he could give all the soldiers the above wings and reach the imperial capital overnight.

Earl Jollal came to Reiner's side, and he seemed very excited as well. He patted Reiner's shoulder and said, "It's really exciting. We are going to restore the orthodoxy of the Merland family, and remove that damn bastard emperor from Pull down from the throne!"

Reiner nodded slightly, what Earl Jolar said was exactly what he thought, the emperor's throne will change hands this time!

Thinking of great achievements in my heart, I smiled without saying a word.

The Earl of Preston looked at the two whispering, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

Earl Redmara looked at the sky haggardly. He had marched for more than 40 kilometers for two consecutive days. Such a high-intensity march made all the soldiers, including the lords, feel very tired.

"Keep going! We will return to the imperial capital soon, and we will be safe by then!"

Earl Redmara has always had some bad premonitions in his heart. He feels that those royal lords will definitely not let it go.

This is also the reason why he still urged the team to move quickly despite the opposition of other lords after entering the territory directly under the royal family.

March 26th, Year 27 of the Empire.

Earl Redmara and the upstarts finally led a group of remnants and defeated generals to the outside of the walls of the imperial capital.

As the center of the Ridka Empire, the imperial capital is almost the most prosperous in the entire continent, and all businessmen from south to north can be seen here.

Although the walls of the imperial capital covered a huge area, it still couldn't accommodate all the merchants and residents.

Therefore, outside the city walls, there are many temporary stalls and shacks for the poor.

In order to maintain order outside the city, the imperial capital also specially dispatched patrols to guard the surroundings, and when they saw this dusty and distressed army, they couldn't help being a little dazed.

After glancing at their flags, they recognized the identities of these people.

"Earl Redmara..." A patrol captain hurried up, and after seeing Earl Redmara's distressed appearance, he choked on his words.

Earl Redmara knew that he looked very embarrassed now, so he said with a livid face, "Stop talking, I'm going to the city immediately!"

As he spoke, before the patrol could speak, he hit his horse and continued on.

The soldiers behind did not arrive, but they timidly dodged the residents on both sides of the road. They could feel the doubts and questioning in the eyes of the residents, and they did not dare to face such eyes.

After the upstarts settled their troops, they entered the Tesca Palace.

The queen frowned like this, holding the little emperor's hand and sitting on the chair in the conference hall. She had already received the news that Earl Redmara and others had returned in dismay, and the news had already spread throughout the city.

Earl Redmara led the dusty upstarts into the hall, and when he saw the Queen's eyes, he couldn't help but bowed his head guiltily.

The queen looked at these upstarts and frowned. She stood up and walked to Earl Redmara, stared into his eyes and asked, "Tell me, what's going on, what's going on!"

Earl Redmara looked guilty and did not dare to look into the queen's eyes, so he could only dodge and tell her the reason of the matter.

After hearing Earl Redmara's description, the queen backed away and sat down on the throne. She couldn't believe that the war that was supposed to be a sure win turned out to be like this in the end.

"Why is this! Didn't you say at the beginning, didn't you say that this battle must be won? Why did it happen! Tell me! Why!"

The queen questioned loudly, she really couldn't accept such a result, with the loss of so many troops, the next situation would be extremely dangerous.

"Now is not the time for Wen Why! We should be prepared! Those people from the Moland family...they won't let it go! We must be prepared!"