Riding and Slashing

Chapter 66 The war has begun
On the last day of October, the envoys of the Kingdom's Noble House came to Mai Xiangling.

This is to promulgate the Royal Decree.

Li Ang's pioneering verification report was handed in ahead of time by Godric - Godric's review was quite sloppy, it was a clear secret operation, he didn't even come to take a look...

And, he did send a group of archers to 'assist Mai Xiangling in protecting the caravan'.

But Li Ang always felt that it was the baron who was afraid that he would run away with the money and sent him to watch him - the archer who took the lead seemed to be the one who 'escorted' him when he went to White Hart Castle last time.

Of course, the lord did not intend to run away.Moreover, Mai Xiangling is actually developing well, and he can pass the audit if he insists.

Witnessed by a large group of businessmen and a small group of lords, Li Ang is about to become a real baron.

The reason why he said 'coming soon' was that he had to go before the king to swear allegiance before the conferment was officially established.

The face-to-face allegiance ceremony is a must.

"His Excellency Leon Griffin has made great contributions to the kingdom's expansion of territory and security of the people. He intends to confer upon His Excellency Leon Griffin the title of Baron Maixiangling. Please take this decree to have an audience with His Majesty the King immediately."

After the envoy of the Kingdom's Noble House read this passage, he handed over the scroll in his hand to Li Ang.

The sealing paint of the scroll is stamped by the Royal Court of Nobility, and the coat of arms on the cover is an iris flower pressed with silver foil, which doesn't look gorgeous at all.

Seeing Li Ang put away the scroll casually, the messenger smiled at him kindly.

It was only then that Li Ang recognized that this was the squire under Earl Auden, whom he had seen when he went to the House of Nobles.

"Is the Earl alright?"

Li Ang asked casually.

The subordinate looked around and said in a low voice, "Your Excellency has just resigned from his job in the House of Nobles not long ago, and returned to Castle of Shield to lead the army to prepare for the battle..."

As he approached Li Ang, his voice became softer: "Lord Li Ang, the Earl asked me to tell you that you'd better stay with him in this battle."

Li Ang nodded, shook his subordinate's hand, "Please thank the Earl for me! Thank you for your hard work!"

In his hand is a large handful of gold coins.

Li Ang's hand was tightly held by the subordinate, and he smiled sincerely: "My lord is young and promising, and will definitely become the pillar of the kingdom... My personal suggestion, my lord, it is best not to let your troops go to the front line this time."

"Thank you! My friend, write to me often."

Li Ang nodded with a smile, and watched the subordinate leave.

Not long after the servants of the House of Nobles left, a knight brought the king's summons.

This is a lion knight, from the command of King Ulrik.

He didn't speak, but held the golden lion flag and handed the summoning order to Li Ang, and then continued to the White Deer Castle without stopping.

'Please see the king's lord of this order to lead his army to Qicha Fortress, Order of the Marshal of the Lion Kingdom. '

The coat of arms on it is a golden lion - this is the king's summoning order, which looks much more advanced than the imperial edict, and gold leaf is used to press the coat of arms. Li Ang even wanted to take off the gold leaf...

The king officially summoned the lords to prepare for the start of the war, so the oath and conferring ceremony seemed to be completed along the way.

In fact, even without Earl Auden's reminder, Li Ang didn't intend to charge forward to claim credit.

Because he hadn't had time to turn all the dinars he got into immediate combat power.

He has not had time to recruit troops, and there are still only a few people under his command.

It's just that because there were so many merchants, he bought a batch of heavy two-handed broadswords and heavy crossbows, as well as several full-cover light helmets from those merchants.

Originally, they ordered more standard equipment and planned to arm the generals, but it took time to build the equipment, and the summoning order had already arrived.

Fortunately, just as Li Ang imagined, after getting the brand new two-handed sword and light helmet, the Mettenheim sluggers immediately upgraded to 'Mettenheim Great Swordsman', and their proficiency was long enough.

And the crossbowmen were all replaced with heavy crossbows, upgraded to 'armored crossbowmen' - the word 'hire' was gone, and from the moment they got the shares, they had all sworn allegiance and became Mai Xiangling's army.

Great Swordsman of Mettenheim, 10/10;

armored crossbowmen, 17/17;

Pendor recruits, 30/30;

Li Ang summoned 30 leaders, all of whom were pure recruits, but they were not used for war—the lord asked these leaders to use all the Jatuma in their hands to pull away more than [-] carts...

These recruits now all have a new and prestigious title - 'Manager of such and such company'.

Because, the large-scale commercial activities of the Maixiang Group are about to be officially launched...

"Everyone, the good opportunity to make a fortune has come now!"

When the team from White Hart Castle passed by Mai Xiangling, the lord led an army of about 800 people, and a caravan of more than [-] people, together with Godric's team, they began to move towards Qicha Fortress...

The lords who saw this army along the way were all stupid. Who the hell is this? The army looks stronger than the king!Look at the back of the army, there are hundreds of 'supply vehicles' alone!
What kind of strength does this have to be able to dispatch such a large-scale army!

In order to keep enough defenders at White Hart Castle, Godric actually only brought 300 people, but when combined with the nearly [-] people behind Leon and hundreds of carts, it looked like a proper main force!
So the little lords or knights along the way approached this 'main force' to seek a sense of security, and were then called by Godric to move forward together.

After arriving near Qicha Fortress, the size of this 'troop' exceeded 2000 people!

Seeing this, other lords who had already camped near the fort also joined this army one after another—they thought it was the king's army group...

After all, a team of this size really doesn't look like what an ordinary lord can do...

So, Master Li Ang took the opportunity to start selling...

"Everyone, the expedition is quite boring, right? Are you still used to the days without good wine? Is the dry military ration hard to swallow? Do you feel that the days of the expedition are very depressing? Come on, welcome to Maixiang Group!"

Of course, the lords lead troops on an expedition, which is relatively hard work, especially the boring waiting before the arrival of the marshal.

Many lords have been waiting here for a while—they are all lords who are relatively close to Sarleon City or Fort Seven Forks, and the summoning order was passed to them first.

But they could only keep feeding the mosquitoes in this wilderness, because the marshal who dispatched troops this time—King Ulrik hadn't arrived yet.

Well, the king, it's not a matter of distance... the boss is always the last to arrive.

The lords and soldiers who came early could only wait in the barracks, and the food and clothing were quite expensive——Qicha Fortress is not a city, but a pure military fortress. Nothing but a gentleman.

There is not even a place to buy towels nearby.

So the various subsidiaries of the 'Maixiang International Group' brought them food, wine, daily necessities, and even entertainment venues...

Of course, the price is indeed a little bit that...

But people have shipped it all the way, so it's not too much to charge more shipping, right?

If you are not satisfied, you can also go to Sarleon City, which is more than 300 miles away, to spend. Of course, if you leave the barracks without authorization and you are recorded as a deserter, you deserve it.

(End of this chapter)