"Why can't we live in harmony... Most of the stories written by humans regard elves as allies. But why do they actually respond with malice..."
Wendilf sighed to express his incomprehension.
"Because the stories are all written by poor scholars... but those who control the power are never poor scholars. Besides, do you think those Ebony Gauntlet Knight really hate Noldo that much?"
The lord shook his head and smiled, "Wendy, in order to maintain the species balance of Noldo Forest, your clan will control the number of animals in the forest, so you will be asked to shoot rabbits and wild deer... But do you really like shooting rabbits?"
Wendy looked at the forest next to him thoughtfully. "Sir, if you became the person who controlled the continent, what would you do? Would you also use this method to maintain the balance of species?"
"Haha...Wendy, the best way to maintain ecological balance is to introduce the missing animals into the forest to make the ecology complete. Killing innocent herbivores is not a method worth advocating...Elf King probably did it because they had no other way."
The Lord Lord said with a smile.
"Introducing missing animals... I understand. There is a lack of ferocious beasts in our forest, so there are too many rabbits, but there is no place to find ferocious beasts, so we have no choice but to kill the extra rabbits. Then Pande Continent... Sir, you should be considered the rarest ferocious beast, right?"
Wendilf looked at the Lord, his eyes full of expectation.
"No, Wendy, I am the one who breeds beasts."
The Lord Lord looked at Wendilf and said seriously.
"Sir, maybe you should really control the continent..."
Wendilf seemed to be joking, half teasing and half serious.
At the same time that Li Ang returned to White Deer Fortress, Long River Town's latest changes happened to be reported back to White Deer Fortress--Eric also came back at this time.
Long River Town was controlled by Lion Lake City Flag Guard Bannerlord Granlon, and it was done by holding the Lionheart Kingdom king's golden seal...
Although everyone thinks this is too outrageous, Eric said that Lord Godric can confirm that the gold seal is genuine. So although everyone is uneasy, they can only wait and see the situation.
But Godric did not reply to White Deer Fortress.
He is Commander of Eastern Military Affairs appointed by the king. Now that Long River Town is in this situation, of course he should go to Lion City to ask clearly. This is his duty.
Only the operation of Long River Express was not affected at all - Granlon may not know that Long River Express is actually an army.
Therefore, it didn't take long for Long River Express's team to bring complete news to White Deer Fortress.
After Forster killed all his brothers and sisters, he led Lion Lake City into treason!
The crime of killing relatives cannot be concealed. Alma once lost his territory because of the same thing. If Forster doesn't do something, he will definitely end up in a more tragic end.
Therefore, before Lion City had time to react, Forster unilaterally terminated its allegiance to King Ulrich on the grounds that "the king was unable to protect the lives and interests of the nobles" and publicly declared that he would no longer obey any orders from the Lionheart Kingdom.
This reason actually makes sense, because the death of Duke Elfwan was very strange before, but Ulrich didn't care about it at all, and instead tried to seize Elfwan's fiefdom.
During the time when Forster was in charge of Lion Lake City, the king did not help him. Instead, he kept using him to contain Alma.
When Long River Town was besieged by Three Prophets, the king did not send troops to attack him. Instead, he symbolically 'imprisoned' Three Prophets after everything was over - without even a punishment.
As for the death of Alma, the king didn't care at all - of course, this was because it happened too suddenly and he didn't have time to take care of it.
But in any case, many nobles in the northern region feel that Forster's actions are actually understandable, and indeed many nobles who are closely related to the Horton Family responded to this matter.
The other part of the nobles who did not want to join Forster were forced to leave their territory and move to Forster - Forster asked them to leave Northern Bay on their own, or else the whole family would be exiled.
However, after Forster rebelled against King Ulrich, he did not act foolishly and declare himself king.
He began to openly support Madam Ursula of Raven Territory, and announced that he would help Queen Ursula restore the country!
It is said that Madam Ursula promised that if Forster could help her regain her kingdom, she would seal the entire inner sea of Shihu Lake to Forster, the first duke.
In fact, Forster has now been designated as 'Grand Duke of Lion Lake Territory' by Madam Ursula - not Lion Lake City, but 'Shihu Realm', which refers to all the cities along the inland sea of Shihu Lake.
This is a huge area that spans most of the prosperous towns in Raven and Lion, and is almost the same size as a country.
This series of operations by Forster strengthened Horton Family's confidence in Forster - this young dandy, after experiencing many things, finally grew into a real duke like Alma.
The way he acts now, he looks like Alma himself.
Of course, the promise given by Madam Ursula is not a real reward.
Ursula is actually just a rebel of the Raven Kingdom. Just like Dalion, he is a claimant to the throne, not a real king.
However, what she claims is the throne of the Raven Kingdom - Ms. Ursula is the sister and biological sister of the current Raven Territory king Gregory IV.
In fact, the legal claim she made is indeed quite reliable, because according to the succession order of the Pande Continent, Ursula, as the eldest daughter, does have the right to inherit the throne, and logically speaking, she is indeed the first heir.
In addition, Madam Ursula is the chief knight of Falcon Knight Order. Although this "chief" is definitely just because of her background, it can at least prove that she is not the kind of aristocratic woman who knows nothing. She is at least a versatile person in both civil and military affairs. At least she should have the same inheritance and dominance rights as Gregory IV.
However, Raven Territory is a relatively 'traditional' place.
The men of Raven Territory all call themselves the 'Brave Guardians of the North', yes, even the farmers call themselves that – because one hundred and fifty years ago, the Raven Territory warriors did repel the massive invasion of the Misty Mountains by their own strength.
These Raven Territory warriors who call themselves brave men advocate force, so they have some psychological barriers to obeying a woman. This is especially true for Falling Bay's Highland Warriors.
Strangely enough, those so-called "barbarians" don't discriminate against women, nor do truly civilized people. On the contrary, the kind of half-toned people who are between barbarians and civilized people will discriminate this way and that way...
Probably because of inferiority complex.
Six years ago, when Gregory IV and Madam Ursula were competing for the throne, Gregory IV's exact words to recruit supporters were. "My sister, the pretender to the throne and the private knight, is a woman no matter what. No self-respecting Northland man will follow a woman!"
As a result, such words really aroused the so-called "dignity" mentality of Raven Territory men. Madam Ursula lost the battle for the throne for this reason. Even Falcon Knight Order was declared an illegal knighthood by Gregory IV...
This result has led to the civil war in Raven Territory that has continued to this day. The "War for Restoration" initiated by Madam Ursula has never stopped for a moment in the past six years.
But no matter what the situation is between Madam Ursula and Raven, at least Forster who declares allegiance to Madam Ursula is definitely treason.
And Granlon of Long River Town is another situation...
According to Long River Express's escorts, Granlon did not take down Lionheart Kingdom's Golden Lion Banner after occupying Long River Town. He even re-hung the flag of Duke Alma on the city head of Long River Town.
Moreover, he did not restrict Long River Town's access, nor did he even harass Long River Town's residents. He just kept increasing his military strength.
Lion Lake City Flag Guard has five hundred heavy cavalry. In addition, Granlon doesn't know where they got a few hundred people of miscellaneous troops, but these miscellaneous troops seem to have quite strong combat effectiveness.
In addition to continuously increasing its military strength, Granlon only did one thing in Long River Town--organized a large-scale funeral for Duke Alma.
In other words, it should be called a memorial service...
After all, the bones of Duke Alma had already been buried near Lion Lake City.
But the funeral that Nerida organized for Alma was so sloppy as to be unimaginable - the former first duke of the kingdom was buried with only dozens of family members present, and he was so shabby that he was not as shabby as some well-liked commoners...
According to the etiquette that a duke should have, Granlon officially organized a proper ceremony for Alma.
Long River Town Indeed, many people voluntarily participated in the funeral, most of them middle-aged and elderly people.
Alma actually did a good job in governing Long River Town. He may have been seeking power all his life, rising in conspiracies, and dying in conspiracies, but he has never harmed Long River Town's civilians.
Alma has governed Long River Town on and off for many years as acting lord or administrator. To the old people of Long River Town, he is actually a good lord.
Therefore, two thousand people participated in this memorial service. The residents brought daisies that had just bloomed in early autumn to the ceremony, and the petals covered Long River Town Square.
Alma's life has finally come to an end at this point.
He actually fulfilled most of his wishes before his death, and after his death, two thousand people were sincerely willing to give him bouquets of flowers. This may be a satisfactory result for Alma.
Of course, Granlon held this funeral in Long River Town, perhaps not out of loyalty to Duke Alma.
Maybe he is telling people in this way that he is still Alma's son-in-law!
Moreover, he achieved his most important goal in this way - Forster only brought a guard of more than a hundred people to Long River Town to express his condolences to his father!
The funeral was watched by the escorts of Long River Express. The escorts saw with their own eyes that Forster appeared alone in the square and was surrounded by people led by Granlon.
The two sides argued for a long time.
Of course, it is impossible to know what they said specifically, but in the end, Forster was brought to the square by Granlon, and he knelt down in front of Alma's portrait to bid his father off for the last time.
No matter how much father and son quarrel, they are still father and son after all...
After the funeral, the guards brought by Forster left Long River Town, but Forster himself could not leave.
He was detained by Granlon.
After learning all this, the lord had a rare hesitation.
He began to repeatedly calculate the strength in his hands, and seemed determined to do something, but he was a little undecided.
Li Ang actually rarely hesitates. He makes quick decisions most of the time - even if he makes a wrong judgment, it is better to make a quick decision and then correct it quickly than to hesitate.
But this time, he fell into thinking for a long time and did not even organize everyone to discuss it together.
In fact, no one can discuss his thoughts with him this time except Godric who is not here...
He wants to raise the banner of crusade against the rebels of Long River Town and Lion Lake City!
Lionheart Kingdom There are rebellious officials and traitors everywhere now... What a great opportunity!
However, to fight against rebellion, you have to do your best, many things must be stopped, and once troops are sent out, there is no turning back, and there will be many sequelae...
The Lord's hesitation is actually because it is difficult to measure the cost-effectiveness - is it more cost-effective to send troops to fight rebellion, or is it more cost-effective to concentrate on development?
If we raise troops to fight the rebellion now, and while Forster is still controlled by Long River Town, we can use the escorts of Long River Express to cooperate inside and outside to capture Long River Town, and the chance of success should be high.
If you capture Long River Town at this time, you can control Forster - which is almost equivalent to capturing Lion Lake City at the same time!
But taking down Long River Town will have sequelae. Just like Godric is unwilling to resist Granlon, attacking Granlon who holds the King's Golden Seal may lead to the future settling the score.
At the same time, Li Ang's troops are insufficient, Long River Town has Lion Lake City Flag Guard, and there are hundreds of unknown troops with strong combat power - if Long River Express's escorts can be made to think that their combat power is very strong, it must be beyond the level of the general garrison.
Moreover, he doesn't understand Granlon or the unknown force, so he can only do his best.
This means that if you want to fight a war, you may need to rely on the power of Noldo Elves.
However, when Noldo Elvess have not yet been accepted by people, appearing in Li Ang's team to cooperate in combat... This may make Li Ang a target of public criticism, which is detrimental to future development.
At the same time, now is a good opportunity for White Deer Fortress to develop rapidly. We have made so many arrangements before and let those Noldo Ranger live in White Deer Fortress. As long as Noldo Ranger develops for a period of time, reaches a long-term cooperation with Isildur, and controls the eastern region with food and logistics according to the planned plan, it is inevitable and relatively safe to become the boss of the east in a few months.
Once a war breaks out, these solid development plans will be interrupted, and many efforts will be in vain.
Therefore, the lord hesitated all night and still could not make up his mind.
Long River Town.
Granlon is playing with the king's gold seal.
He was also hesitant, and he also hesitated all night.
He hesitated whether to kill Forster or exchange Forster for Lion Lake City.
After welcoming Forster back from Raven Territory and taking charge of Lion Lake City Flag Guard again, Granlon was the first to discover the king's golden seal in the Lord's Hall of Lion Lake City - the seal seemed to appear out of thin air.
Of course Igor's men secretly put this in the drawer of the lord's hall.
Forster almost never stays in the lord's hall of Lion Lake City. He has been living in the garrison camp since returning to Lion Lake City - he killed his own sister in the lord's hall, and of course he did not want to stay there.
Therefore, Forster did not know that there was such a sudden king's seal.
Granlon has no intention of telling Forster...
In fact, Granlon really wants to kill Forster.
On the one hand, Nerida is Granlon's wife after all! One day and a hundred days of grace between husband and wife, even if the relationship breaks down and they get divorced, there is still a bond...
But Forster just came back and killed Nerida!
On the other hand, Granlon welcomed back Forster. His original intention was to use Forster and Milgan to compete in the ring, while he controlled the military power and benefited from it.
If he hadn't had this idea, he wouldn't have supported Forster, but he remembered the method Forster used to control Lion Lake City First Banner Guard - to control everyone's wives, children, and children!
Moreover, Granlon repeatedly jumps between Duke Alma and Forster. This is a sign of disloyalty. Sooner or later, Forster will not be able to tolerate him...
But who knew that Forster quickly took control of Lion Lake City's power with a series of ruthless performances. Milgan didn't even have room to exert himself, and Granlon's ideas were also in vain.
So Granlon feels that not only his own life is in danger, but his whole family is also in danger.
So, Granlon took Lion Lake City Flag Guard and left Lion Lake City on the pretext of hunting down Milgan, and at the same time took away the king's gold seal.
Then, he went to Long River Town and tried to deceive the city. Unexpectedly, he easily used the king's seal to win Long River Town!
Granlon felt that the opportunity had come - he felt that he could lure Forster to Long River Town and kill him.
If Forster dies, Lion Lake City will definitely be in chaos again. Granlon can completely rely on his connections in Lion Lake City and occupy Lion Lake City with the flag guard who is the representative of Lion Lake City citizens!
At that time, you can even return to the Lionheart Kingdom with the saying of "enduring the country with humiliation and eliminating rebellion"...
Granlon feels that he might be able to take the position of Duke because of this!
Even if I occupied Long River Town with lies, it doesn't matter...
Duke Alma's series of operations after returning to Lion Lake City not long ago have made Granlon understand a fundamental truth - as long as you have soldiers and horses in your hands, there will naturally be people to help you weave lies!
So, Granlon held a memorial service.
Forster did come, and entered the memorial service alone, and fell into the hands of Granlon.
But Granlon didn't dare to kill him...
Because Forster claimed to have detained all the family members of Granlon in Lion Lake City. If anything happened to him, his men would kill Granlon's whole family.
Moreover, Forster also proposed a plan that made Granlon very tempted - the two sides are now holding each other hostage, then Forster is willing to use Exchange Lion Lake City for Long River Town, let Granlon become the owner of Lion Lake City, exchange Forster to settle in Long River Town!
From the bottom of his heart, Granlon is willing to change cities, but the problem is that his current status is embarrassing. While Forster is still alive, it is more troublesome for Granlon to completely control Lion Lake City.
Only when Forster is dead will Lion Lake City really listen to Granlon's orders.
But if Forster is killed, his whole family will probably die as well, and he doesn't want to risk his family's lives on what Forster's men will do.
Therefore, Granlon hesitated all night.