Black Iron Crown

At this time, more than a dozen southern lords gathered in Fort Creek. Leiner sat in the center of the castle hall, quietly waiting for everyone to arrive.

"Haha, everyone is welcome..." Reiner said with a smile, looking at these lords.

Reiner's expression was very bright, and even his tone seemed very enthusiastic.

After all, the stability of the South will depend on these people in the days to come, there is no need to neglect them because of the previous incident.

All the lords also smiled and exchanged greetings with Reiner.

"Since I have told you clearly before, I won't go around with you now, and I will say it straight."

"Earl Luolansi and others are despicable and shameless. They cooperated with the upstarts in the imperial capital to lure me here and want to destroy me. Your failure to cooperate will obviously cause Earl Luolansi's dissatisfaction! "

Lena said everything that was on his mind.

"Before this, they had criticized you quite a bit, but this time you didn't cooperate with them, the other party's heart is obviously dissatisfied, and even though I have the upper hand this time!"

But after I leave, you will inevitably be punished by the other party. Why don't you just take advantage of this time and join forces with Earl Creek to resist the offensive of Earl Lorrance and others? What do you think? "

After listening to Leiner's words, these southern lords felt that his words were reasonable, and the previous complete victory also added a lot of persuasiveness to his words, and they even agreed with Leiner's words.

Rainer didn't even say anything more, and the southern lords directly expressed that they were willing to form an alliance with Earl Creek.

After this matter was finalized, Reiner also stated his next goal.

"Very good, since that's the case, I plan to negotiate with Earl Lorrance and others. Since they have failed, the next initiative will be in our hands."

"However, in order to prevent the upstarts from the imperial capital from attacking again, I decided to have a talk with Earl Lorance!"

Reiner's telling these lords of his thoughts was just a notification. As for the specific opinions of these people, how can they interfere with Reiner's decision.

Even without these southern lords, Reiner still has the strength and ability to negotiate with Earl Lorrance and others.

What really worried him was that he left after talking with Earl Llorans. He went back and forth and decided how to deal with it. That's why he talked with the southern lords today.

But in the final analysis, his goal has already been preliminarily achieved.

It was his original idea to divide and win over the southern lords through Earl Creek, and it has almost been achieved now. At least they did not participate in the plan to besiege Rainer and Earl Creek.

On November 21st, the 23rd year of the empire, five full days had passed since the end of the war, and Earl Lorrance had already left the area of ​​Fort Creek without a trace.

However, according to Reiner's speculation, five days is not enough for them to return to their territory. They should still be hiding in a castle or a hidden place at this time.

Therefore, Lehner expanded the scope of the light cavalry patrol and search to within a range of 100 kilometers around.

finally,

They were found 110 kilometers south of Fort Creek. Some of the light cavalry sent out to report to Rainer, while the other stayed behind to monitor Earl Lorrance and the others.

At this time, the coalition army looked quite embarrassed.

The five-day long-distance raid made them suffer a lot. The food shortage and exhaustion made them almost unable to persevere. Even the high-ranking Earl Lorrance was equally haggard.

At this moment, there were only a little over 10,000 left in this team, but most of those who fell behind were serf conscripts with little combat effectiveness, and the regular army became the majority instead.

They had already spotted the light cavalry cruising around. In the previous battles, the left wing of the coalition had a deep impression of the light cavalry, and their fearless appearance was deeply engraved in their minds.

The light cavalry appeared here, and everyone didn't know that they had been discovered by the enemy, but even so, they still did not speed up their march.

It's not that they are not afraid, or that they are too big, it is that they are tired, sleepy and hungry along the way, and they have exhausted their physical strength and spirit because they have not been able to get enough food for a long time.

If it weren't for a breath of energy supporting their hearts, I'm afraid how many people would have fallen down on the way back home.

November twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth year of the empire.

The hussars brought Rainer's letter, they approached the army, and handed the letter to Earl Lorrance.

At this time, Earl Lorrance no longer had the vigorous look before the war, his hair was already in tatters, and a jagged beard grew on his clean chin.

He looked at the letter in his hand, then at the hussars, and then at the lords beside him.

I saw these lords looked at Earl Lorrance with longing eyes, hoping that he could make a correct decision.

At the beginning of the defeat, Earl Lorrance had suffered all kinds of complaints. Before the war, he was the one who guaranteed that great things could be expected.

But the result was not satisfactory. The lords who suffered huge losses and humiliation naturally took their anger on him.

Of course, the strength of Earl Lorrance is still strong, and after a little venting, these lords still regard Earl Lorrance as their backbone.

Looking at the heart in his hand, and thinking about whether he could return to the territory to defend in a short time, he finally decided to talk to Leiner.

After all, there are more than 400 light cavalry and more than 400 knights under Leiner's command. If they come out in full force, the team following him may be wiped out.

November 29th, Year 26 of the Empire.

The two sides met at a place fifty-five kilometers south of Fort Creek as agreed. Neither side brought any troops, only a small number of guarding knights.

Although Earl Llorance was haggard, he still tried his best to take care of himself. At least not one of the jagged beards on his chin was repaired by him with a dagger.

The venue for the negotiation was quite crude, without even a chair, so he could only stand on the ground and wait for Reiner's arrival.

The high-spirited aura he had before the battle disappeared, and all that was left was the pride he was trying to maintain.

A while later, Reiner came here with the lords and guard knights. He saw Earl Lorrance and others get off their horses and walk.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, Earl Lorance, you look a little haggard!" Reiner walked up to greet him with a smile on his face.

It's just that although these words sound like a kind greeting, in fact the meaning contained in them is extremely mocking.

In more than ten days, the mentality of the two changed into a big reversal, and the person who taunted also changed from Earl Lorrance to Reiner.

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