The leader Ebony Gauntlet Knight didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to bow first.
"Ah, Lord Li Ang! Nice to meet you again..."
Seeing Li Ang, a Ebony Gauntlet Knight suddenly left the team and came over to say hello with a smile on his face.
"It's you... I'm not happy to see you in this situation... Tell me, what's going on in this situation now? Why do you beat my men every time I meet you? Why do I feel like you look down on me?"
Seeing the smiling face of the knight, Li Ang remembered that this was the Ebony Gauntlet Knight who besieged Risadiran in Long River Forest before.
But Li Ang still didn't give him a good look. The Lord is not here to resolve disputes.
"I am Dumbledore, Lord Li Ang. We are going to Long River Forest this time. Things here are all misunderstandings... You know, our life is to use Flanged Mace to break Noldor's skull. We don't want to conflict with the people in your territory. This is really just a small misunderstanding."
The knight didn't mind Li Ang's attitude. He obviously saw John next to the lord and wanted to settle the matter.
But the lord was not prepared to accept his kindness.
"Dumbledore, attacking my subordinates in my territory can be called a misunderstanding? Who were the people who attacked people in my territory just now? Come forward and let me see."
No one stands up and no one is a fool.
But the businessmen next to them had already started pointing. "Sir, this, this, and this, they attacked Mr. John, and this, he just pushed me..."
The Lord Lord nodded. "Okay, everyone else can get out. Those of you who have done anything, according to the law of Wheat Fragrance Territory, this is provoking trouble and disturbing public order, and you have been arrested!"
Ebony Gauntlet Knights looked at each other. "Looking for quarrels and provoking trouble? Is there still such a crime?"
There really isn't such a security clause these days, so it's normal to have a fight...
"Sir, they just wanted to snatch these carriages away!"
A coachman saw that the lord was obviously going astray and quickly began to accuse.
"Oh? Robbery Wheat Fragrance Territory in broad daylight? You are so brave! Looks like they are going to rebel! Arrest them all!"
The lord, with a sinister smile on his face, looked like a villain, waving his hand to signal his men to arrest people.
This time it was no longer a matter of arresting three or five people. Hundreds of soldiers separated from the crowd, their swords drawn out of their sheaths, watching eagerly.
Ebony Gauntlet Knights naturally all took out their weapons.
At this time, John behind Li Ang raised Golden Griffin banner in his hand.
"Disobeying control orders, plundering noble territories, and trying to attack the border governors of the kingdom! And this was when I was transporting Bacchus Empire prisoners of war..."
Li Ang began to read the charges loudly.
To say this, it is not an injustice to them, it just magnifies everything a few levels...
"No! Lord Li Ang! We will withdraw from your territory immediately... We promise not to step into Wheat Fragrance Territory!"
But before the lord could finish reciting the charges, he was stopped by Dumbledore waving his hands.
At the same time, he also pulled several Ebony Gauntlet Knight to apologize to Li Ang and John, and even took the initiative to take out a large amount of dinars for compensation.
That was several hundred dinars, and I gave it out without blinking an eye. Ebony Gauntlet Knights is indeed rich.
This Dumbledore seems to be a very smart guy. Seeing that the lord is obviously trying to blame him, he knows that there cannot be a bigger conflict with Li Ang at this time, so he quickly surrenders.
Dumbledore is a noble of Cliff Bay. He knows that the flag embroidered with the golden coat of arms cannot be used by everyone, which means that Li Ang is now a rebel, which means King Ulrich's trust - Duke of Lionheart Alfred of Kingdom of Pendor was a rebel now.
In other words, Li Ang can directly attack this 'rebel' on the grounds that 'Ebony Gauntlet Knights intends to rebel' without reporting or asking anyone for instructions.
As for the evidence proving their rebellion - judging from Li Ang's current behavior, if Ebony Gauntlet Knights doesn't leave, the evidence may be produced at any time...
After all, Ebony Gauntlet Knights is not very popular. Except for the nobles of Cliff Bay, I am afraid that no one will speak for them. Then again, those big nobles and kings might also be happy to see them become an illegal knighthood...
In fact, the entire Ebony Gauntlet Knights has a total of 600 people, including more than 100 knights and 500 retinues. They are all well-equipped heavy crossbowmen and war hammermen, and their combat effectiveness is quite strong.
Even counting only those currently on site, there are nearly 400 people.
If a fight really breaks out, people like Li Ang are probably no match for them.
But they didn't want to become rebels, and they couldn't clearly say that this mission was the king's order, so they wisely did not create a bigger conflict with Li Ang.
If Li Ang is attacked, then it is definitely the rebels.
Who wants to become an illegal knight?
And judging from the meaning of Li Ang, it seems that he wants Ebony Gauntlet Knights to attack him?
Considering the golden coat of arms of Li Ang...
So Dumbledore made a decisive decision and planned to evacuate Wheat Fragrance Territory immediately to avoid further escalation of the situation.
But the lord still stopped them.
"Dumbledore, this is not because I want to embarrass you. Aier County just had a battle with the Bacchus Empire two days ago. I captured more than a thousand people, including a governor--you should be able to understand the importance of this matter, right?"
Li Ang looked at Dumbledore in a negative way.
"I understand, Lord Li Ang, we really shouldn't step into your territory at this time. It's understandable that there will be misunderstandings. We will leave immediately."
Dumbledore nodded frequently and had a very good attitude.
"Just leaving Wheat Fragrance Territory is not enough, Dumbledore... In order to prevent the prisoners from getting into trouble, and for the safety of the entire Aier County, I must personally watch you stay away from the Aier County range. I don't care why you came here, but you can't step into Aier County, otherwise I will consider you to be rebels!"
The Lord shook his head and pointed in the direction of White Deer Fortress: "I am referring to the entire Aier County."
"Lord Li Ang, but we at least need to rest in the village, right? We don't have to enter Wheat Fragrance Territory and White Deer Fortress, but we can't even have a place to station..."
Dumbledore frowned.
"You have been in the market for so long, the supplies you need to purchase should have been completed, right? I can take you to a suitable place, which is the camp that Bacchus Empire built before to attack White Deer Fortress. It is enough to station thousands of people. Dumbledore, take your people and these mercenaries from who knows which country. Follow my men and go there now. I will keep an eye on you from behind..."
So, with an ugly look on his face, Ebony Gauntlet Knights followed Li Ang's cavalry team to the large camp two hundred miles south of White Deer Fortress.
We walked this way for a day and a half, and the lord was indeed watching from behind.
It feels like a small army of more than 100 people is escorting an army of more than 3,000 people...
Those mercenary groups actually don't think it matters. Most of them come from other countries. The nature of the mercenary group's work determines that they must obey the requirements of local lords wherever they go. As long as the requirements are reasonable, they will not conflict with local lords.
But being stationed in the wild is uncomfortable. Although the mercenaries can understand that military control will definitely be implemented during the war between the two countries, it is inevitable to make noises and complaints all the way.
Although the Ebony Gauntlet Knights people felt that it was very shameful, completing the king's mission was more important, so they didn't care about it that much, and they didn't even make any noise.
Ebony Gauntlet Knights is a knightly order after all, and the overall quality of its members is still much higher than that of pure mercenaries.
There were so many armed men operating on the edge of Noldo Forest, and they even settled in the camp with great fanfare. Anyone with eyes could see this.
Especially the mercenaries' military discipline is not very good, they are noisy all the way...
Of course Noldo can see it too.
When the lord first discovered the camp, he felt that the location would be easily noticed by Noldo Elves.
Amy, who has lived in White Deer Fortress for a long time, is more familiar with Noldo Elves. In Amy's opinion, those two thousand people who cut down trees to build camps were not attacked by Noldo Elves. It is estimated that those Baxian are lucky...
And Risadiran also told Li Ang that he had met the Noldor people behind White Deer Fortress - this means that the Noldor are actually paying close attention to White Deer Fortress.
Probably, as long as there is a war happening near Noldo Forest, the elves will keep an eye on it, but they will not participate in the human struggle.
This is a very normal thought - if your neighbor is fighting with another group of people, you will definitely pay attention, and you will probably watch the whole process, but most likely you will not participate...
But if they stop fighting, and a lot of hooligans come to squat downstairs in your house, not only that, but you also find that one of the gangster leaders has a grudge against you - then you will definitely have to participate in this situation, and you will probably be absent from work and school to deal with these hooligans first.
And at this time, if the neighbors come forward and start to expel those hooligans, and directly call the police, showing a hostile attitude towards those hooligans...
Even if the hooligans who have been expelled by your neighbors are still in the stairwell of your floor, at least you can know that these hooligans have nothing to do with your neighbors, and you will share the same hatred with your neighbors.
Therefore, the lord wants to create a conflict, and then use the conflict to expel these more than three thousand mercenaries and let them squat in the 'stairwell' built by Governor Livius...
Moreover, after the Lord completed this matter, he closed White Deer Fortress.
After returning to White Deer Fortress, the first instruction issued by Li Ang was to close the city gates. Except for the side gates that allowed civilians to enter and exit, any strangers would be strictly interrogated, and those carrying weapons would be expelled on the spot.
And asked Amy to send a large number of soldiers, Knight's Territory announced decrees in various villages, and the entire county was under control, and no armed personnel were allowed to enter even an inch of land in the county.
Once Knight's Territory is found to be providing supplies and accommodation to foreign armed personnel, it will be regarded as "suspected of treason."
At the same time, Roland was asked to drive away the idle people around White Deer Fortress again.
This is the first time such strict control has appeared in White Deer Fortress.
At this time, this is a very clear attitude - White Deer Fortress does not support these mercenaries. Not only does it not provide supplies, it does not even allow them to enter the country.
In this way, Noldo Elves probably won't cause trouble to White Deer Fortress.
After all, the Noldor are paying attention to White Deer Fortress, so they will definitely know that White Deer Fortress didn't even let those mercenaries in.
The Noldor did see it too.
In fact, as early as when Livius asked "Imperial Second Legion" to build the camp, the Noldor were already paying attention to the whole process.
If it weren't for Isildur not allowing his subordinates to attack civilians, the two thousand civilians would have been gone long ago...
But with more than 3,000 armed men, plus Ebony Gauntlet Knights, who has a blood feud with Noldo, this is completely different. Isildur originally gave an order - as long as someone enters that camp, kill them!
Now White Deer Fortress's attitude is obviously that he does not support the actions of those mercenaries, and Isildur can certainly understand that.
He is probably the Noldor who understands the fastest.
Because he knew that Lord White Deer Fortress had shown trust in Risadiran, this Noldo Elves...
More than half a year ago, White Deer Fortress was besieged by a large army. When it was about to be captured, Risadiran blew the horn in the forest, delaying time for White Deer Fortress - this was what Twilight Knight mentioned to Isildur.
Isildur is also the great lord who leads the army. In his opinion, only the most trustworthy subordinates will be sent to carry out the most important and dangerous tasks.
Since Lord White Deer Fortress trusts one Noldo Elves, it is easy to understand White Deer Fortress's behavior of expelling the mercenary group.
In the forest near the camp, Isildur is listening to the report from his subordinates.
"Judging from White Deer Fortress's reaction, these mercenary groups are not an attack on us by the entire human race, but a private act... Where is Lord Aldarian now? Didn't he claim to deal with Ebony Gauntlet Knights? Why is this knight group still here intact?"
"Your Highness, Mr. Lord Aldarian seems to be chasing dozens of Ebony Hammer Wielder all the way north... You also know that he will never let anyone go..."
The person who answered was Twilight Knight, and his tone seemed a little mocking to Lord Aldarian.
"It is unimaginable that a powerful warrior favored by God has not made any progress in three hundred years, and his mind is still so simple and crude... He was actually led away by a small army like this?"
Isildur shook his head, and it seemed that he didn't like Lord Aldarian very much.
"Your Highness, when will we attack?"
This Twilight Knight seemed to have a very flexible mind. He changed the topic - Lord Aldarian is a big lord after all. His Highness can comment on the other party, but he cannot agree with him.
"His Majesty King Calavaneil still doesn't want his people to fight?"
Isildur looked at the camp, and then at the subordinates looming in the forest, and seemed a little hesitant.
"Your Majesty has been like this for hundreds of years, but as always, he agreed to let you summon Finarfin family warriors on your own, as long as they are willing..."
Twilight Knight shook his head.
"Come on, I can't command the artists of Finarfin family... Forget it, that's it... give the order! Attack at the quarter moon!"
After Isildur finished speaking, he turned back and walked deeper into the forest. Another Twilight Knight happened to run quickly from the forest.
"Your Highness, I received a message from Risadiran! It was sent by him on his own initiative!"
The Twilight Knight held a shining silver Noldo arrows in his hand.
There is a letter tied to the arrow.
At night, there was a little dispute in the camp on the edge of the forest.
"Dumbledore, I can understand why you don't want to conflict with that Baron Li Ang. In fact, I think you did the right thing. But why don't we attack immediately? White Deer Fortress won't let us enter. We don't have much supplies, so we can't waste them here!"
A man who looked like a mercenary leader was questioning Ebony Gauntlet Knight Dumbledore.
"Friend, you should understand why I became Knight Commander, the leader of this operation... I spend half of every year fighting those pointy ears in this forest. I know those pointy ears! I don't want to fight with them at night! Moreover, our people are not here yet, and Griffin Sword and other large mercenary groups are not in place yet."
Dumbledore shook his head and acted calmly.
"I think our current military strength can fully complete the king's mission. We are not trying to destroy the Pointy-Eared race..."
The mercenary captain shook his head and expressed his objection, looking a little anxious.
There are hundreds of tents in the camp, and the scale of more than 3,000 people is indeed enough to do a lot of things. It is understandable that he would have such an idea.
"Shut up! I told you not to mention it... This is a private mission issued by Grand Scholar Igor. I hope you and your men can understand this!"
Dumbledore glared hard at the mercenary captain.
"Okay... Okay, I won't mention the king... I want to do it but dare not admit it, hum... then how long are we going to wait in this ghost place? I miss Xingar's tavern and brothel..."
The mercenary captain shook his head slightly, with a sneer on his face.
"After the news comes from the north... do you think our knights have not taken action? We have already sent people to lure away the most terrifying large force of Noldor..."
The mercenary leader shook his head and sighed, the sneer on his face clearly turning into sarcasm, "You Lion Territory people like to use these tricks too much. I think those pointed ears are not that difficult to deal with..."
"Enemy attack!!"
Just as he said this, a hail of arrows struck, and the mercenary captain fell down without saying a word...
On his head, there is a shining silver Noldo arrows.
The pointed Desha helmet on his head failed to protect him at all - the helmet was pierced by an arrow.
"Take cover, everyone lie down! Raise your shields!"
Dumbledore turned over and lay on the ground, then crawled forward and leaned behind a wooden low wall in the camp, tilted the shield at an angle, and slowly raised it upwards.
'Whoosh'!
A Noldo arrows shot through his shield easily even though the shield was tilted at a forty-degree angle.
But Dumbledore judged the distance from the strength of the arrow - the Noldo who shot the arrow was only fifty meters away from him at most!
He is too familiar with the Noldor. If he only shoots arrows at such a distance, it is definitely not a small Noldor patrol!
If a small patrol of the Noldor encounters a large human force, they will either shoot hidden arrows hundreds of meters away or hide in the forest. Close-range attacks will only occur when the Noldor are absolutely sure!
And now, there are three thousand people stationed in the camp...
This is the Noldor army dispatched!