"Teacher? Amy, what do you want to learn?"
Li Ang is a little confused.
"Well... swordsmanship... father said you are a master of swordsmanship."
Amy's big eyes rolled around, and his face was still a little red. From this tone, he didn't seem to want to learn any swordsmanship...
"You don't want to learn how to cheat, do you?"
The lord saw through this little girl's thoughts at a glance.
"Ah... yes! I just want to learn how to cheat. Are you willing to teach me?"
Amy's face turned redder, but he admitted it frankly.
"That's no problem. School can start after the war, but my tuition here is not cheap..."
Li Ang is of course willing to accept this apprentice... He is smart, eye-catching, and very talented in wool-pulling techniques. There are not many such talents.
Moreover, the lord will have to cut leeks in the future, which also needs a more suitable person to preside over it - Lesley is a qualified quartermaster and a good executor, but he is not a qualified capitalist.
After leaving Governor Livius in White Deer Fortress's prison, Li Ang quickly returned to Wheat Fragrance Territory with Governor Justus.
Keeping a hostage on one side is more secure.
Ryman's Lion Knight Order is still cruising around the spacious gentle slope. Dozens of corpses have been placed under the gentle slope. It seems that Ryman is also quite busy on this day.
"Lord Li Ang, you succeeded?!"
Ryman was a little surprised to see Li Ang back with all his hair and tail.
"Come, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Governor Justus from the Bacchus Empire..."
Li Ang pointed at his hostage.
Justus opened his eyes and looked at Ryman: "Who is Furious Lion Knight Ryman? I didn't expect that the famous deputy leader Lion Knight Order would actually take orders from a small lord... I don't know what your king will think..."
Ryman looked at Justus, then shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly without saying anything.
Li Ang frowned and warned, "Sir Governor, I have never abused you. Stop sowing discord. Otherwise, I cannot guarantee that you can go home in good health."
Justus stared at Li Ang: "You promised that you would let me go when the war is over!"
Li Ang raised his eyebrows. "Of course! I always keep my promises! But... although I promised to let you go, I didn't say that I would let you go completely..."
Justus's face twitched and he closed his mouth, making up his mind not to talk to Li Ang anymore.
"Ryman, can you still stay here for a while? We can't cut off contact with White Deer Fortress until the end of the war. I'm worried that Emperor Marius might not care much about the governor's life..."
Li Ang planned to let Ryman stay for a while, and also gave Governor Justus some eye drops.
"Of course, Lord Li Ang, White Deer Fortress can't make any mistakes, I will do my best."
Ryman agreed happily.
"You seem to be very interested in White Deer Fortress. Why? Is it because of the honor of the knight?"
Li Ang was suddenly a little curious. He felt that Ryman was really enthusiastic about rescuing White Deer Fortress.
Ryman looked at Li Ang, a little surprised. "Lord Li Ang, aren't you doing business in partnership with Lord Godric? You don't know... Lord Godric is my teacher, he can actually be regarded as the first generation Sergeant Major of Lion Knight Order..."
"Oh?"
Li Ang I really didn't know this existed.
But after thinking about it, the three lions emblem on Lion Retainers's smock seems to be almost exactly the same as the emblem of Godric, except that the color of the emblem is reversed and the direction of the lion's head is also reversed...
The coat emblem of Lion Retainers is a gold lion on a red background with the lion's head to the left; while Godric's banner is a red and gold background with a black lion and the lion's head to the right.
It feels like everything is going backwards...
Lion Knight Order supported the thief Alfred to establish Lionheart Kingdom one hundred and fifty years ago, but in Pendor Calendar 298, they were suddenly declared an illegal knighthood by King Ulrich's father, the king of the previous generation.
The reason is unknown, as all data related to this have been destroyed...
The first generation Lion Knight has disappeared for nearly fifty years.
Until nine years ago, in Pendor Calendar 346, King Ulrich rebuilt Lion Knight Order - he rebuilt it based on Royal Guard, so the rebuilt Lion Knight Order almost became King Ulrich's personal guard.
More than 20 years ago, when Godric was still serving in the palace, he was the elder Royal Guard.
Almost all of his subordinates, or the children of his subordinates, are now Lion Knight or Lion Retainers - even Ryman himself once served as a retinue for Godric.
Ryman followed Godric as a page boy when he was seven years old, until Godric was sent to the frontier more than 20 years ago, when Ryman was twelve years old. His knowledge and martial arts as a boy were actually taught by Godric.
This is the tradition of knights. The descendants of knights often serve as retinues for higher-level knights or other nobles. They usually start as page boys. This is also a conventional way to learn to grow or pursue a higher status.
Therefore, Godric can indeed be regarded as the first generation Sergeant Major of Lion Knight Order.
It's just that he probably won't admit it himself...
After all, after being sent to the frontier, he changed all his coat of arms to the opposite - this was obviously an expression of dissatisfaction.
Although Lion Knight Order once supported the thief who became king, he was always a group with a high degree of chivalry among the people. In fact, from the perspective of civilians, Lion Knight Order's original decision did actually quickly stabilize the chaotic country.
But now that the rebuilt Lion Knight Order has completely become a thug for the king and high-ranking nobles, it has never helped civilians or business travelers again...
Li Ang can naturally understand Godric's thoughts - judging from the baron's behavior back then, he was obviously a loyal man, and he and King Ulrich probably had ideological differences.
No wonder Godric has always been just a baron...
Ryman did not cover up the history of Lion Knight Order. In fact, he was very proud of his identity as Royal Knights and had great respect for Baron Godric who had taught him.
"Lord Li Ang, you may not know that many Lion Knight have thoughts about Miss Amy... Most of their parents are Lord Godric's old subordinates..."
The conversation between men is always like this. As they chat, they tend to focus on women...
Two days later.
Wheat Fragrance Territory's flames have been reignited.
Sarah has also returned to Wheat Fragrance Territory, and with her are hundreds of rangers led by Ralph.
This is just the most mobile vanguard unit, Ralph is quite interesting, marching in a hurry all the way.
There are more Long River Town Sentinels behind them, led by Sergeant Major Baron Heriwold, on their way over.
Herriwold is not a subordinate of Count Oden. His fiefdom is actually far away in Misty Marsh Fortress in the northwest of the kingdom.
But he was born in Long River Town Sentinels and belongs to Horn Summon Ranger Corps.
Moreover, he is still the leader of the Long River Town Sentinelss. At the end of the war, he sent the sentries back to the Long River Town station, and happened to meet the messenger sent by Ryman to ask for help.
So Baron Heriwold came over with a sentry - he is Godric's cousin, so if something happens to White Deer Fortress, he will naturally come to the rescue.
Although they are separated at opposite ends of the kingdom and unable to communicate with each other all year round, Herriwold obviously still cares about his brothers.
Horn Summon Ranger Corps is really interesting. Their Knight Commander is a commoner, but Sergeant Major is a noble, or a high-level noble...
However, Ralph is no longer a civilian - Oden has promoted Ralph to a knight, and opened a back door for him before leaving Noble Council, and designated the large no-man's land north of Border Camp as Ralph's Knight's Territory.
In addition, Count Oden himself is the consul of the county. Maybe Ralph will be promoted to a baron by Oden because of "Outstanding Contribution to Border Expansion".
This is obviously Oden building greater power for himself, but his methods are obviously much more decent than Grand Duke Alma.
Ralph rebuilt the bridge, and a large number of rangers are now stationed in the camp. He plans to build another castle on the border before Gatu people goes south in the autumn.
With the arrival of the Rangers, the probability of the Bacchus Empire continuing to attack White Deer Fortress is low.
Ralph took the rangers to White Deer Fortress for a walk, cleaned up the surrounding scouts, and replaced Lion Knight Order who had been in the wild for several days, and Lion Knight Order simply went directly to White Deer Fortress to rest.
Rangers are the best at dealing with scouts.
After discovering the arrival of Horn Summon Ranger Corps, Bacchus Empire's troops continued to retreat south for dozens of miles. This war had actually come to an end.
But just as Baron Heriwold led Long River Town Sentinels to Wheat Fragrance Territory, a follower brought shocking news...