Heroes of the Invincible Knight

Clays City, an important town on the Western Plains, is located in the middle of the Royal Capital Circle and the Longxiguan defense line. It is stuck at the intersection of several official roads. It is an important transportation hub on the Great Plains. Its bustling Even if the level is not as good as Golden Dragon Capital, it is still far above Piaoxue City in the northern border.

Going west from Krystal City, if you gallop on a fast horse, you can reach the capital in only three or four days. Traditionally, it is one of the cities with the strongest control in the kingdom.

It's just that there were originally two legions stationed in Clays City, a group of nearly 50,000 people, all of which were sent to Dragon's Breath Pass to support shortly after the Battle of Dragon's Breath Pass. Only the weak front-line garrison corps, although the 20,000 garrison corps has gone through a short period of training and added a little more soldiers, it is a little more decent than before, but it is only a little bit stronger. With the transfer of the main force corps However, the Kingdom's control over Chrysler City has declined slightly.

After all, the Golden Dragon Kingdom is not a completely centralized kingdom. The nobles can raise private soldiers. In addition to the armed forces directly under the central government, there are many noble private soldiers in various places. For a big city like Clays City, at least there are Dozens of nobles, these nobles have considerable influence on all aspects of the city.

Of course, because Kles City is within the radiating range of Golden Dragon Capital, traditionally speaking, it is an area with strong royal power. Even without the army and dragon knights, the kingdom still has a strong control over this place. The city's administrative team And most nobles are still one-hearted with the kingdom.

Most of the time, the kingdom's orders can be effectively implemented. If the order harms the interests of the nobles, it can also be implemented with a discount on the surface. It's just that the kingdom's eldest prince Ward, who is responsible for the rectification of the garrison and the defense of each city, Clearly not content with his orders being carried out at a discount.

A luxurious manor in Clays City is surrounded by heavily armed guards. They are all wearing dark blue heavy armor. The armor does not have any extra decorations. It looks extremely simple. The armor and the gaudy decorations are quite monotonous.

But those who are interested can see that the cost of these armors is definitely much higher than that of ordinary soldiers. The dark blue armor is made of green iron ore unique to the dwarven mines. Under certain circumstances, the defense strength can be directly increased by half.

Only a few elites are willing to equip them. Even among Li Cha's subordinates, only military officers have a small amount of elites to wear, and because the price is too high, Li Cha is still trying to find a way to replace them with self-produced armor.

Of course, these guards are not soldiers in Cress City. The garrison in the city cannot afford these dark blue armors, but the personal soldiers brought by the eldest prince. To rectify the local armed forces, he will definitely not be able to rely on himself. In reality, it is necessary to have a familiar team in order to quickly grasp the place.

For this reason, the eldest prince not only brought thousands of pro-military troops, but also a large number of mid-level and low-level officers who could be used. In a short time, he sorted out the garrison army and put up a shelf.

In the past, many people, including Li Cha, felt that although the eldest prince was capable, he had a shortcoming, that is, he was impatient, and almost blatantly cultivated his cronies. Although Ren didn't express anything, everyone still pined for the eldest prince's behavior sweating.

However, under the current situation, the eldest prince's familiarity with the army has become his greatest advantage. Ren ordered all the garrison troops on the Great Plains to belong to the eldest prince in name.

Regardless of whether it is out of public or selfish intentions, the eldest prince must do his best to handle this matter well. At present, it seems that the results are not bad. In several cities and more than a dozen garrison regiments, the eldest prince has regained his airs, replenished his troops, and restored a certain degree of combat ability.

In the process of rectifying the garrison army, relying on his status as a royal family and his good team, he forcibly eradicated some interest groups, making the original rentiers silent for a while, and no one dared to come out to look for him on the surface. trouble.

The eldest prince Ward sat on the top seat in military uniform, with a neat beard, coupled with his resolute face and the latest iron-blooded methods, which made the nobles in Krystal City feel a little more in awe. Facing this kind of truth Those who dared to kill, how many of these nobles with ghosts in their hearts were not afraid, usually domineering in Krystal City, but at this time they all lowered their posture when facing the eldest prince.

But the first sentence of the eldest prince made the scene freeze immediately.

"The garrison corps in Krystal City is severely vacant. Including the four banner regiments in the surrounding towns, the vacancies have reached more than 20,000. I'm afraid everyone sitting here has benefited a lot."

Some things are basically open secrets. Originally, the garrison army was actually the private land of local officials and nobles. The combat power of a first-class army that can maintain integrity is already because the city of Krysse is not far from the king, and they dare not look too ugly. .

But such an open secret, it would be embarrassing for the eldest prince to expose it, and everyone does not know how the eldest prince will deal with it after revealing this kind of thing. Anyway, the nobles of Crys City cannot be wiped out. Come on, Li Cha's dominance in the Northland and the River Valley is just pulling one faction against another faction.

"His Royal Highness..."

The nobles present looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally an unlucky guy wanted to stand up and make a sophistry under the gesture of everyone, so he couldn't just acquiesce like this.

But before he could come up with the excuse he had finally come up with, the eldest prince stopped them with a wave of his hand, and took out a stack of papers and said:

"These are the lists of the garrison regiments in various places. You know how many vacancies there are, and who has taken away the food and military pay."

The person who just wanted to speak was stopped by a sentence, and he stopped speaking and just lowered his head, not daring to touch the elder prince's bad luck again.

Regardless of the reactions of the nobles and officials below, the eldest prince took out another stack of papers and said:

"The number of military fields occupied by the various families checked out, and there are also many farmlands occupied beyond the scope of the territory. There are only a few or not many."

"If you want to pursue these things, you will have to pay for them with your heads."

Speaking of this, the eldest prince glanced at the crowd again and paused for a while.

"However, this time I will give you a chance to redeem your crimes. There are still thousands of soldiers missing in the garrison army. Each family will fill me with qualified soldiers within three days!"

The eldest prince deliberately put the word "qualified" very seriously, and he emphasized it again.

There are at least 30 nobles in Clays City and the nearby towns. It is not difficult to make up thousands of soldiers and the family will not exceed 200 people. The key is to have qualified soldiers, so it is not that simple. At least they can't just pull some farmers on the territory and send the eldest prince away. In the past, they might have dared to do this, but with the aggressive appearance of the eldest prince now, none of them dare to be the first bird, at least they have to use it. One's own private soldiers and even the children of the clan are the backbone, and only by mixing and matching some young and strong with equipment can they pass the test.

"The second is to make up the land tax that should have been paid in the past three years, not a cent less!"

The eldest prince reorganized the army and expanded such an army. The army must not be able to support the army simply by relying on the food of the kingdom. If you want to train strictly, you must feed the soldiers. Tens of thousands of young and strong stomachs must be filled, which is not a small amount. Well, the eldest prince knows very well that after a few rounds of preparations, the commoners have almost scraped enough, and they have to get some food from the nobles.

"this…"

It is not a small amount to pay the land tax for three years at once, and it is not a one-off deal. If you pay it this time, it means that you have admitted the existence of these intrusions and hidden lands, and you will have to pay it every year in the future. Although these nobles can't afford to pay, who wants to spit out most of the benefits they eat.

If it is someone else, even if it is a high-ranking official from the capital, if they want to check the land and let them return the land to pay taxes, then the nobles present must make a fuss. After all, the nobles of the Golden Dragon Kingdom are even more powerful than the nobles and landlords in ancient China. The combat power is higher, and every family has more or less some knights who have some armored soldiers. If there is a real quarrel, it will end with muddy mud.

But this time the background of the people above is too strong, one of the most promising heirs of the Charlemagne family, and what's more terrible is that the other party still has strength. When they hesitated, a circle of soldiers stared at them, with a look If they dare not cooperate, they will not be able to come out of this door.

After the eldest prince finished speaking, he sat on the top and squinted his eyes, and didn't say much more, but caused tremendous pressure on the nobles below. After standing for a while, someone finally stood up.

"The Rabeli family is willing to send three knights and two hundred soldiers to make up for the gap in the garrison for the eldest prince, and make up for the food owed within three days."

Seeing someone compromise, the surrounding nobles became more and more shaken. It would be fine if everyone froze, after all, the law does not blame the public, but if someone starts to compromise, wouldn’t those who are still standing here become the first birds?

"good!"

"The Rabery family, right? If they make military exploits, it's not impossible for the Rabery family's title to go up to a higher level. By then, those hidden fields will really become the Rabery family's fields."

The Rabeli family nodded to the eldest prince, and stood aside again, as if they were much more relaxed.

After that, a few more people came forward one after another, expressing their willingness to cooperate with the order of the eldest prince. In this kind of thing, some people mainly compromised, and the rest were hard to bear. After a while, the nobles below all agreed The number of knights and troops to be sent, and to make up what was previously owed.

After everyone promised to make up some figures, the eldest prince spoke out to let everyone leave. After all the aristocrats present had left, the eldest prince's face changed, and his originally calm face was full of anger.

"I really want to learn from that brother-in-law and bury these greedy guys completely in the loess."

In the eyes of the nobles, they have already made huge concessions, but in the eyes of the eldest prince, these people are digging the corner of Charlemagne's house, and now it is so difficult for them to spit out the slightest bit, they are all a group of people who deserve to be killed .

"If it hadn't been arranged in advance for the Rabeli family to take the lead, I'm afraid even this little price might not be so happy!"

Some benefits in advance, and one or two nobles to cooperate with their actions, this small routine seems very simple, but the effect is indeed good.

"Your Highness is wise."

"well!"

"I'm worried about these people. Freeman, you go and supervise them. The personnel and supplies must be in place within three days. Don't let them delay."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The adjutant who had been following the eldest prince also remained silent at this time. The people under the eldest prince are basically professional soldiers, and many of them are from the Royal Knights Academy in the capital. Most of these people are from civilians, and they are used to supervise the city of Chrysler. The nobleman, Ward is quite at ease.

Here, Freeman had just left the house, and before the prince could rest for a while, a soldier with a message came in, instantly cheering up the prince.

"Your Highness, Mr. Richard is here to visit, and he is outside the manor right now."

"So fast?"

"Get ready, go out with me to meet Sir Li Cha!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The eldest prince, who was still full of worries, now had a warm smile on his face. With the help of the waiter, he sorted out his image and greeted him outside the manor in person.

As for the behavior of the eldest prince, no one thinks there is a problem. The blood of the Charlemagne family is noble, but with Richard's current strength and status, he has already jumped out of the chessboard of the kingdom, and everyone is no longer on the same level.

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