Black Iron Crown

The light cavalry under Leiner's command swarmed towards the villages of Bazalan Kingdom like a pack of wolves, and the smoke pillars went straight to the sky like straight swords.

This is already the hinterland of the Bazalan Kingdom. Although the empire ceded a large area of ​​the western border to the Bazalan Kingdom a few years ago, there is no strong fortress there to resist the invasion.

Therefore, the lords of the Bazalan Kingdom who had withdrawn from the battlefield gave up that piece of land without hesitation, and at the same time took away the few soldiers who were used to maintain their rule.

Reiner naturally did nothing wrong with the villages that once belonged to the empire, but naturally there was no need to worry too much about the villagers under the Kingdom of Bazalan.

The territory of the empire is so huge that Reiner has no plans to expand in a short period of time. Looting villages in various places can not only reduce the pressure on logistics supplies, but also bring more spoils to the soldiers.

Most of the trophies produced in the village, Reiner looked down on, and gave them all to the soldiers after symbolically asking them to pay some, which made the atmosphere of the soldiers even higher.

"No! Please! Don't do that, my whole family lives on this little grain!" The ragged, disheveled little man hugged a light cavalryman's arm, begging bitterly.

There was a stark contrast between the short man and the tall light cavalry in light armor, but the light cavalry did not waver at all, kicked him away, kicked over the peasant woman who wanted to fight with him, and rushed into the In a crumbling house that is almost on the verge of collapse.

After taking away the tattered pots, jars and food, he also took away the only old mule, put the loot and food on the back of the mule, and led his war horse to the next house.

His behavior is already considered benevolent, because more bloody and brutal things are still happening in this village.

He casually chopped off the man's head with a saber, kicked the young boy to the corner, beat the woman severely, ignored the blood on the other's face, took away all the belongings, and set the house on fire.

This kind of behavior is a normal phenomenon, and only taking money and not killing people is a rare behavior. Generally, such people are the Redcar Qingqi who live in the north rather than on the grasslands with a better life.

Qingqi nomads on the grassland basically have no concept of good and evil. Before serving Rainer and his vassals, these nomads have to do their best to survive every day.

Blood flowed all over the ground, and the messy village was like a girl who was ravaged by thugs. She stayed in the same place miserably. Only the black smoke and the smell of blood in the air told about everything that happened here.

With their mules and horses and the plundered supplies and trophies they returned to the gathering place where the turned-in trophies were piled up.

The light cavalry don't need to worry about this assembly point being attacked by the enemy at all, because most of the effective forces of the Kingdom of Bazaran participated in the holy war with Mekasha, and there is no one who can be mobilized at will except for the garrison forces in various places. army.

"Very good! Transport these things to His Majesty, and we will continue to do what we should do!" Tillihan was very satisfied with the continuous stream of carriages, horses, belongings and food in the camp.

The light cavalry continued to plunder property and send supplies to Leiner's army like a blood transfusion.

Below the city wall of the Lu Gaoyin Fortress, a forest of flags fluttered in the wind, and the 50,000 army surrounded the castle tightly.

"Send them a letter. If you surrender, you won't die, otherwise we will attack the city!" Leiner first chose to intimidate, but he hadn't started fighting anyway, so he could only ask for a price if he raised the conditions high.

A crossbow bolt tied with a letter was shot from the camp below the castle and landed behind Lugoin's wall.

In the main hall of Lu Gaoyin's fortress, the kings and lords of the holy war army gathered here, and everyone had a sad face.

Pope Rosa finally got rid of the embarrassment of the previous few days and restored the majesty of the past, but there was always some confidence in this majesty.

"Now that Lena is approaching the city with an army, what should we do?" Everyone whispered.

"I don't believe that he can break through this fortress. We have 20,000 people standing here, and we can even hold this castle until we die of old age!" A king said with a cold snort.

"Oh, don't worry, we don't want to be trapped here, I just want to go back to my country now, this war is wrong, I shouldn't..."

"Are you questioning His Majesty the Pope?"

"No... I didn't mean that..."

Listening to the crowd's noise, Pope Rosa's face became more and more ugly. The failure of this war directly caused the influence of the Church of Rosa to plummet. The countries that are still willing to support the church suffered heavy losses. One can imagine which other countries will have what an idea.

The supporters and allies of the church suffered huge losses, and even the strength of the Church of Rosa weakened sharply. He had already thought about the difficult situation the church would face next.

"Your Majesty the Pope..." Everyone looked at Pope Rosa. Although his prestige suffered a serious blow after this war, the kings also knew that wrangling with others would lead to no results. It would be better to let the Pope come. Take this idea.

Pope Rosa narrowed his eyes slightly, and he was also filled with regret in his heart at this time.

"If possible, let's find a way to talk to that Reiner..."

After a pause, he said again: "The big deal is that we recognize his title of emperor, and I believe he won't refuse!"

Listening to Pope Rosa's words, the kings nodded one after another. They are all egoists, and the benefits they hold are what they care most about. Since the Pope did not exchange his own benefits, he chose to recognize the emperor. Name, this is undoubtedly beneficial but not costly.

The kings looked at each other and said one after another: "Then I will trouble the Pope!"

"Your Majesty really worries about the Holy Father's people!"

"Her Majesty's kindness is like a holy light shining on the entire holy world!"

And just as the sound of flattery continued in the hall, a guard in armor knocked on the door and walked in.

He handed over the crossbow with the letter in his hand to the king he was loyal to.

"Your Majesty, the enemy troops from outside the city shot in!"

When the king opened it, he flew into a rage.

He hastily handed the letter to Pope Rosa, and said angrily, "Your Majesty, that Rainer is too deceitful!"

At this time, Leiner outside the field was looking at the endless supplies in front of him, with a strange smile on his face.

The villagers who were plundered by the light cavalry were very miserable, and he was very clear about this. War has always brought pain to people, but the killing will not stop there.

When the enemy slaughtered the people of the Empire, the feud between the two sides had already been forged, and Reiner was more than happy to fight an eye for an eye for a tooth.

Although the massacre was due to the greed of the nobles, those nobles would not die because of it. Such revenge was limited to the people at the bottom.

Reiner sneered, class hatred has been transformed into ethnic hatred, such "justice" may not be seen through for hundreds of years, and his rule will continue with such ethnic conflicts.

"Justice will not be late! Justice will come!" Leiner shouted loudly, and the soldiers under his command also shouted with enthusiasm. They felt the hatred between the two nations!

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