Black Iron Crown

On January 12th, thirty-three years of the empire, one day had passed since the first confrontation between the cavalry of the two sides, the army of the Bukden Kingdom stayed at a place fifty kilometers south of the imperial capital and set up camp.

After this march, the news that Grand Duke Leiner had conquered the imperial capital and hanged the false Emperor Carter had been known to everyone in this army.

King Satli was naturally very angry, not only because of the interests, but also because of the fact that Reiner had hanged his grandson. Although as a king, he cared more about the interests, but he was not indifferent stones, but real human beings with feelings.

However, his anger did not affect his judgment. Since his grandson was dead, there was no need for him to continue the rapid march. He wanted to ensure the physical strength of the soldiers under his command for the upcoming war.

In King Satli's big tent, a follower walked in with a Karda light cavalry.

After chatting with the translator for a while, the translator said to King Satli: "Your Majesty, there is a large and well-defended camp 30 kilometers ahead of us, which should be the camp of the army under the command of Grand Duke Rainer! "

Although Reiner conquered the imperial capital and hanged the little emperor, King Satli did not agree with Reiner's status as emperor, so his translators also catered to him and called Reiner the Grand Duke of the North.

Leiner ordered his army to camp outside the city in order to be ready for a decisive battle with the Kingdom of Bukeden at any time.

Although the Buckden Kingdom has helpers joining them, they are far inferior to themselves in terms of the number and quality of the army.

Under such circumstances, why did he hide in the imperial capital and fight a battle to defend the city?

Now that he has just won the throne, a hearty big victory is the best way to humerus status and motivation.

King Sutley froze for a moment, then fell into deep thought.

"Could it be... that he wants to engage in a battle with me?" King Sutley became more and more sure of his thoughts. The opponent's strength was not weak. Combined with the situation where "Grand Duke Rainer" had just won the throne, he would conduct a frontal battle. A head-to-head decisive battle is a matter of course.

So, King Satli smiled and said, "Send someone to that camp to hand in the letter of engagement and set the date for the decisive battle!"

King Satli finally chose the traditional fighting method of the Ridkar nation, which is the agreed decisive battle.

In fact, he had no other choice. He had discovered four days ago that there were only empty houses in the nearby villages, but there was not even a single person inside.

All the food supplies and livestock disappeared, and King Satli understood that this was Leiner's arrangement.

Although it is not a custom to strengthen the wall and clear the field, it is not common. It is normal for the lords to relocate the people because they do not want to see the loss of their people and property.

But for King Satli, this is not a good thing, because it means that his army cannot obtain a large amount of supplies in a short period of time.

Although he prepared a large amount of food before coming, and plundered supplies when passing through the village along the way, after all, this army has been marching in a hurry, and the plundered materials are not many.

Therefore, when they arrived in the imperial capital, they had only enough food for six months.

It's not that the Bukden Kingdom lacks food and various supplies,

It is located on a sea route, and agriculture is also good because of the climate, so the price of food is very low.

If it weren't for the limitation of transportation capacity, King Satli would even want to bring a year's consumption.

King Sutley's letter of engagement was sent to the barracks of the imperial army, and Earl Ryland immediately sent someone to deliver the letter to the imperial capital after receiving the engagement.

After browsing through it carefully, Reiner was a little dumbfounded.

The language and phrasing in this wind contract book are quite unreasonable, almost offensive, and it details the many "crimes" of Reiner.

The most serious thing is that Lena rebelled without reason and killed the king. King Satli led an army to uphold justice for all Redcar people.

After watching it, Reiner didn't take it seriously, so it can be regarded as fart. After all the dust settles, Reiner can say whatever he wants, which is the so-called winner and loser.

Reiner immediately wrote a reply letter, scolding and at the same time affirming the date of the appointment.

The official date of war was set on January 18, thirty-three years in the Empire, which was six days later.

King Satli felt that his soldiers were too tired from marching all the way, so he postponed the date of the decisive battle, and did not choose to fight Leiner immediately.

The same is true for Leiner, because the army he gathered in the north is heading south, and it is estimated that it will take another three or four days to reach the imperial capital. The extra 6,000 troops is a very big advantage, and Leiner doesn't mind giving the other party a breather. Opportunity.

In this way, the two sides fell into a weird period of calm starting from January 12th, the 33rd year of the empire. The military camps of both sides were 30 kilometers away from the oil area, but it was only a day's journey, but there was no movement or conflict. occur.

Even the scout cavalry on both sides just went back and forth to monitor each other's movements, and there was no battle between the scouts.

At the same time, the northern border has been immersed in a boil.

Since the news of Frank's recruitment of militia spread, some gossip began to circulate among the residents of the northern border.

What the Western countries have formed a 100,000 jihadist army to eliminate the Grand Duke Reiner and kill all the people in the northern border.

Or the Great Justice of the Northern Territory is facing an unprecedented crisis, asking people to flee this land to find a way out.

The news about the battle on the front line has attracted the attention of almost all residents in the northern border, and countless residents who care about His Majesty the Grand Duke are concerned about the victory or defeat of this war.

Therefore, these rumors that Logan arrested the source as soon as they spread spread like wings.

This can be regarded as detonating the emotions of the residents of the northern border, and the entire northern border is like boiling hot soup, surging.

Just when some unruly people were gloating and preparing to watch a good show, something unexpected happened.

The residents around the city of Mecaron boiled over. They spontaneously gathered together and came to the central heart of the Grand Duchy of the North.

"Help His Majesty the Grand Duke tide over the difficulties!"

"His Majesty is invincible!"

"I want to join the army! I want to help His Majesty the Grand Duke!"

"Kill all the bad guys!"

"To be loyal to His Majesty the Grand Duke!"

This group of residents wore thick cotton-padded clothes, their cheeks and ears were red from the cold, and they shouted loudly outside the city of Mecaron.

Even Frant, who was about to give birth in the main castle of Mecaron Castle, was startled by such calls.

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