Act 61 Message to Akane I

In this wilderness south of Anzeruta on the border with Balta, most of the undulating ridges can only see this dark rock, with sparse vegetation, snow accumulation at higher altitudes all year round, and only sparse downwards. Tundra meadows of heather or similar shrubs sporadically dotted the ground as if finely paved with volcanic ash. A majestic fortress stands between two dark peaks, a wall more than sixty feet high made of square strips of stone, and the flag of the Empire flutters on four watchtowers, from these towering towers it is easy to monitor. In every valley within a radius of ten miles, there are also revolving ballistas and wizards in the observation room, and more than one squadron of crossbowmen can block the airborne enemies from the perforations on the tower.

The fortress is also equipped with an air force. The frontier troops stationed here have gryphons and flying dragons, as well as elite Pegasus knights. They will launch into the air a second time after determining the enemy's situation to guard the airspace above the fortress.

Brando retracted his gaze from the huge iron cages on the city walls. Those were the griffin cages. The griffins locked inside were the air force of the early warning troops on the city walls, which could be used for both reconnaissance and interception. And not far from the iron cages, is a towering giant door. This giant door is more than fifty feet high from the ground to the top, and it opens to the middle. It is completely made of cast iron. In order to cast this door The iron gate, which Cruz craftsmen assembled together with pre-cast iron workpieces. The purpose of casting this iron gate is to fully exert the impact of the dragoon regiment in the fortress, and there are two regiments of dragoons in the Black Sword Barrier, when the Cruz people need it. When the time comes, they will have the ground dragoons line up behind the gate, then open the main gate and attack the enemy outside the fortress.

The flat slope outside the Black Sword Fortress was also artificially paved, which was originally a steep valley. But it was filled by Duke Sempley and became what it is now.

Miss Merchant was standing beside him, her little hands tightly tugging at his arm, and she was looking up at the majestic wall with her chin up. She sighed with her mouth slightly open, "It's so high, Brando."

"The Black Sword Bulwark used to raise the outer wall in the Year of Glory. Before that, the height of its main wall was no more than thirty-five feet in most places, which was not much different from the outer wall of Menströs. In 2009, the Highlanders led by the Lord of Longblade, with the support of the Eruin, captured this place. In the year of the Tiger Lizard, the Cruz people recaptured the fortress and began to rebuild the fortress. The rest of the fortress is intermittent. It lasted for thirty years, until the year of summer. Duke Sempry completed the ramp in front, and it was basically completed." Brando told her that this knowledge is not uncommon for a senior player, but small Roman was stunned, she had never heard of these things. But listening to the person beside her speak eloquently is obviously not an open mouth. For a time, she only felt that Brando was the person who knew the most in the world. She was a little vain, but also very curiously asked: "Really? Can anyone get down here, Brando? Can they climb this wall so high?"

"Although the Black Sword Fortress is not the strongest fortress of the empire, it is also one of the best high-city deep pools in the southern region of the empire, but this city has indeed been captured by the Eruin twice in history.

The first was the war in which the First King, Ek, helped the Highlanders to capture Anzeruta. The second time was more recently, during the Walnut Rebellion about a hundred years ago, when the highland knights of Balta took advantage of this fort after repelling the imperial invasion, hum. Chiara seemed to have heard the conversation between the two, and snorted softly and said, "At that time, the Corcovado dynasty was at its strongest. But unfortunately it is still too weak. If it were me, I would not return this fortress to the Cruz, either to the lion or to the wind elves, so that the kingdom would not have to face threats from the north. "

Brando turned a blind eye to this kind of child's speech. He noticed that other people in the envoy were also showing curious eyes, and he was obviously interested in this matter, so he nodded and replied: "Indeed, the Black Sword Barrier is the earliest Founded in the Moss Year of the Chaos Era and completed at the beginning of the First Era, it has only two recorded captures in history, both by the Eruin."

"That's because other countries won't take a detour from the territory of Eruin to attack the Empire." Chiara pouted and replied.

As for the fat man, Avram asked curiously: "Master Captain, do you mean that we Eruin actually won the empire?"

"What do you mean by that?" Brando was taken aback.

"I mean, Lord Captain, how could Eruin beat the Empire, are you mistaken?" The fat man said loudly as if he had heard a funny joke.

Brando didn't get mad at his words, he replied angrily: "Why do you think Eruin has never defeated the empire?"

For this guy's ignorant historical knowledge, he really doesn't even have the strength to despise it. Let's not talk about the big and small battles in the history of the past few hundred years. Although the Cruz Empire is powerful, it is not invincible. There are many examples of Ruin people defeating them - and it was only less than five months ago that he slammed the Temple of Flame and the Empire's expedition fleet to the ground in Ambersel to teach him a lesson. The war was ignored by this guy. He couldn't help but feel very depressed, and couldn't help but wonder what the hell this guy, as a descendant of a nobleman, had studied in Karasu.

But Avram was still obsessed, he spread his hands and asked: "But the empire is so huge, Eruin is just a small country on its border, it can't even compete with a province of the empire, how can we fight Over them? Captain, you said that the Eruins once defeated the Cruz people. I don’t believe it. There are often such examples in history. It is said to be a great victory. I have seen this kind of thing a lot in Karasu. My friends who are patrolling the cavalry team often do this kind of thing. It's just to maintain the legitimacy of their rule."

Comparing the highland knights in the era of the Walnut Rebellion with the rotten patrol cavalry of this era is also very avant-garde, and Brando couldn't help but marvel at this guy's way of thinking. He couldn't help answering: "Since that's the case, then what do you think we can stand here well today, on behalf of Eru's mission to the empire? The Cruz people will never ask the provinces below them to send envoys. To pay tribute to their emperor, His Majesty."

Avram obviously hadn't considered this question, and was taken aback by Brando's question. He couldn't help frowning in thought. At this time, the daughter of Grand Duke Vieiro, the seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl said crisply: "I think that's because the empire doesn't need a remote place like Eruin at all, except for our kingdom, Aren't there many kingdoms and duchies attached to the Temple of Flame, and the Empire has never fought against them? My teacher often told me that if the Empire had a heart, Eruin would have long since become a dominion like Anzeruta. At that time, we were all nobles of the empire, Lord Count, am I right?"

"For your size, your goddamn teacher better not be encountered by me." Brando said heartily. But he looked at the expressions of the others in the embassy, ​​and found that most of them seemed to agree with this statement, except for outsiders like Roman, Medissa, and Shipamira. Of course. Except for those who really know the history of the kingdom, for example, Ciel and Chiara, both of whom have obvious disdain on their faces, and Brando is a little curious that he actually saw something similar on Yuta's face. look.

At this time, Chiara finally couldn't take it anymore. After all, she is also a former member of the royal family, and maintaining the legitimacy of the kingdom is also maintaining the reputation of her family. She sneered coldly: "The battle between the empire and the Eruin ancestors since the end of the dragon seems to be a battle. It's a good show, so that the Eruins can be independent from the empire and establish our own kingdom. The nobles of the Cruz people are full of this kind of helpful spirit. Sending it out, we really have to thank them, right?"

Her sharp sarcasm startled everyone. It was only at this time that Avram realized that he had offended the eldest lady somehow, and the daughter of Grand Duke Vieiro opened her mouth and finally answered: "Isn't that because the wind spirit is helping us? "

When Brando saw Chiara's little face as black as the bottom of a pot, he couldn't help shaking his head, not knowing when. The kingdom's nobles lost their backbones—in the days when the highland knights of Baltar existed, in the year of the walnut. The empire has never been a problem for Eruin, the problem is whether the Eruin dare to fight, that's all. He couldn't help but think of Alberton, the highland knight of Balta in front of the white knight, and since then, for nearly a hundred years, the princes and nobles of Eruin seem to have suddenly lost this kind of Spirit, and can no longer lift his head in front of the Cruz.

But he hadn't thought that the nobles' imagination of the Cruz Empire was so absurd. When Avram first spoke, he thought it was just an example. Typical of ignorance. But when the daughter of Grand Duke Vieiro spoke up, he realized that something was wrong. Although this little girl was only average on weekdays, she could also see that she was a well-informed person, and she had a good understanding of foreign affairs and etiquette. , she clearly knew the history of the kingdom, but she, like Avram, obviously did not identify with those histories.

There are too many differences between these histories and what they are seeing now.

He shook his head for the second time, and then replied to his nominal subordinates: "Although the empire is strong, it is not without enemies. Although Eruin is small, it is impossible for the empire to devote all its energy to deal with us. There are Faenzan in the north, St. Orthor and Madara in the east, Hazel and Torquinin in the west, facing so many enemies, even if the empire wants to draw out the strength of a province to deal with us, It's also impossible. Besides, in its southern border, there is also Anzeruta. Since the time of the Longblade Lord, the Highlanders have dreamed of independence for nearly seven centuries. Dare to easily use swords and soldiers in the south? Therefore, the Empire actually hopes to maintain this kind of relationship with us as both enemies and friends. On the one hand, the honor of the Empire makes them still reluctant to recognize the establishment of Eruin, on the other hand, they are unable to really Even in the war of the Walnut Rebellion, our opponent was just a Duke of Walnut, in the final analysis, we were actually helping the imperial people to suppress the rebellion.”

"Eruin's position is so sensitive and special that neither the wind elves nor the empire dare to move easily. With this delicate balance, the first king, Eke, found his own path for the Eruin people. Speaking of which, he glanced at Chiara: "Anson I obviously already knew the secrets of this, so he returned the Black Sword Barrier to the Cruz people after the Walnut War, because once the balance is broken, the It's not necessarily a good thing for Lu Yin."

Brando looked at the others again and said word by word: "So, Eruin may not necessarily need to defeat the entire empire, but this does not mean that Eruin has no chance to win. A big country has the power of a big country. A small country has the power of a big country. The wisdom of a small country, I tell you this to make you understand. The Kingdom of Eruin has its own unique advantages, and its nobles and people do not necessarily need enemies in front of the empire."

After Chiara heard this, she couldn't help but snorted softly, obviously she already knew this knowledge. No need for Brando to repeat it.

As for the others, including Avram and the youngest daughter of the Grand Duke Vieiro, most of them heard this remark for the first time, and they were just skeptical.

However, Brando didn't need them to believe in them. He just reminded these noble young masters and young ladies in advance, lest they see the imperial nobles with a charming appearance and bowing their knees. Lost the face of his big head.

While the group was having this conversation, they gradually approached the Black Sword Barrier, and it was at this time. Suddenly, a loud noise came from the front, attracting everyone's attention; the noise first started with a row of neat footsteps, followed by heavy horse hooves, and then everyone in the envoy saw a small team. Imperial soldiers lined up in their field of vision, this small group of imperial soldiers was led by three or four knights. Open the small wooden gate beside the huge city gate of the Black Sword Barrier and lower the drawbridge. They rushed out—the knights scolded, and suddenly commanded their subordinates to rush to a caravan outside the fortress.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Brando's line of eye-catching noble caravans, there are also many large and small business groups outside the fortress this season. Because as one of the only two gateways between the Empire and Eruin, the Black Sword Barrier is not only a military strategic hub, but also an important communication route between the two countries. Outside of the month or two when the mountain road was completely frozen, most of the time there would be business travel here, and at this moment, the target of those imperial soldiers was obviously such an Eruin caravan.

They quickly rushed into the middle of the caravan, knocking down the armed guards first, then driving the merchants out of the convoy, tying their hands behind their backs and pushing them to the ground before the Imperial soldiers Back between the convoys, cut the ropes on the wagons with a sword, and threw the goods on the ground one by one. Not long after, they found a lot of people from those carriages, men and women, old and young. The imperial soldiers drove these people together. Most of these people were in rags, shivering in the cold wind. The women and children among them were even more frightened and cried, but the imperial soldiers were still indifferent, and a few of them still had a sneer on their faces.

At first, Brando thought that he had encountered such a bloody trick as a gangster and a soldier, but then he realized that this was not the case. But before he opened his mouth, the daughter of the Earl of Gray Mountain was already terrified. Miss Enid looked at this scene with a pale face, and couldn't help but asked tremblingly, "What is going on here?"

Seeing this scene, Chiara pouted, but was unwilling to speak.

Among them, the daughter of Grand Duke Vieiro had some knowledge. She explained to the others in a low voice, "These people are refugees."

It turned out to be the case, and Brando finally understood that Eruyin had been in turmoil within the kingdom since the Frost drastic change of the royal party, and the manifestation of this turmoil in the entire kingdom was war. The battle between the royal family and the local nobles is only a small part of it. When the central government loses its binding force, the conflicts between the local lords and the lords become the first to sharpen, whether it is for the competition for territory, population or support, large and small. Small wars always go on and on, but this situation is not so intense in the south - on the one hand, it is also because of Madara - but on the other hand, after the battle of Ambersel, the north was assigned to the eldest son of the king for a while. To the north of Sifah, the nobles seem to have lost order for a while. In these areas affected by the Corcovado royal family, the Sifah royal family, the wind elves and the Temple of Fire, the war seems to have become an everyday necessity.

What came with the war was a large number of refugees. A small number of these refugees were accepted by Tonigel, but more of them flowed to the north and to the empire. For the Empire, this was a big deal. The refugees needed to seek a place that could provide them with a livelihood, and the Empire was happy to accept these laborers - but the problem was that as these refugees grew more and more , it brings not only benefits to the empire, but also the troubles and burdens that come with it. The migration direction of the refugees already has residents, and it is impossible for the nobles of the empire to accept all the labor force, and the rest Those idlers have gradually become a hidden danger to local security, and the arrival of these refugees itself has harmed the interests of the aborigines, so over time, these refugees have become synonymous with unwelcome within the empire, and since then Later, the Cruz people began to refuse to admit these refugees.

What happened in front of him was obviously just such a scene.

"Sister, what will happen to them?" Among all the people, the youngest girl from the Golan-Elson family asked a little scared looking at this scene.

"They'll be treated as thieves and homeless, tied to a pole here, and then driven back..."

The faces of these descendants of the Ailuin nobles showed some embarrassment.

"It's a shame. The face of the kingdom has been completely disgraced by these pariahs." Avram couldn't help but muttered angrily: "No wonder the imperial nobles always appear to be superior in front of us."

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