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Now is just the beginning of the struggle.

But Horten also sees an opportunity.

In terms of positions, Huo Teng is now more conservative.Because although they have huge financial and material resources, they have nothing to do with the reformers.There are even traitors who continue to emerge and support the reformists.This is the great power of faith.Therefore, it is more beneficial for Huo Teng to support such conservatives who stretch their hips.

Huo Teng can pretend that he doesn't like change before passing on the last bit of value to them.

"Return the letter to that servant and tell him that I am a lowly social tool and should not have evil delusions." Huo Teng angrily reprimanded Magde.

The knight went back confused, but Huo Teng smiled.

This is a hint.

Turning around, the army led by Huo Teng has occupied Fort Millhouse.

[Income from looting: equivalent to 871 gold coins]

The reason why the money he got was not as good as during the war, on the one hand, was because the people in the city were relatively poor, and Schmallen had already spent all the money for the war; on the other hand, it was because these evil soldiers robbed everywhere , Stuffing all the stolen money in his own pocket.Huo Teng estimated that it would take special strategic skills to force the soldiers to hand over their embezzled proceeds.

[Acquired Traits: Victory Commander, Recruitment Cost -10%, Prestige +1]

This trait is still very powerful. The so-called prestige plus one can actually be understood as an increase in diplomatic attributes.This reputation can make things much more convenient when it comes to diplomacy with other factions.

As for the reduction of the cost of recruiting troops, Huo Teng has reduced it by a full 15%. If he recruits the strongest unit that can be recruited at present, the ranger, the recruitment cost of 24 gold coins can be reduced to 20 gold. Jin can raise two more teams of peasant archers.If in the later stage, the cost of recruiting a powerful army is hundreds or even thousands, this effect will be very powerful.

When Huo Teng was advancing, he suddenly received another prompt.

[Arms upgrade: Peasant archer, level two stars]

It turns out that these arms can also be upgraded with the increase of war experience.Huo Teng checked the types of troops, and found that after the farmer's archer was upgraded, part of the long-range power was increased, and the overall momentum was also more powerful.

Unfortunately, the role of this unit has gradually weakened.All future battlefields will be dominated by elite troops.

While thinking about it, Huo Teng suddenly realized that he had guessed wrong.

The basic arms can also be expanded in number.From 40 people, to 80 people, and 120 people.The greater the number of people, the stronger the fighting power.

And the maintenance fee is cheap.

Huo Teng, who felt that he had grasped the key point, saw Schmallen's family in the square of the castle.

And Schmalen, who was captured by the knights and entered the castle, found that even the castle had been breached, and rolled around like a young urchin on the spot. He cried and cursed: "Get out of here! Get out of my house!"

Unfortunately, the invaders held torches and robbed his whole family.

Even his wife's beautiful shoes were taken off by a knight's servant, and she stood awkwardly in the square with bare feet.

The flare of the invaders flickered, making Schmaelen cry like a child.

Chapter 47 One City for Two

"What are you doing?" Seeing this scene, Huo Teng stepped forward with a smile on his face.

Huo Teng took the initiative to take off his coat, bound Shimalun's wife's feet, and then reprimanded the subordinate: "Do you want to lose face? You even need shoes? You are a barbarian, and you have more ways to practice besides martial arts."

In this way, Huo Teng gained the favor of many knights.

Although everyone is doing bad things, as long as they are still standing on the moral high ground, it doesn't matter.

This is the common double-standard nature of Christians. Because I have high morality, I can be low-moral, and because I have quality, I can do things without quality.Anyway, just confess to God.

"Stop being hypocritical, kill me if you have the ability!" Seeing Huo Teng, Shi Malun scolded as if he saw killing his father and enemy.

"We generally don't kill nobles, but if you strongly demand it." Huo Teng turned to the person and said, "Go get the guillotine. In the current situation, we believe that Earl Schmalun committed suicide, and he will not be able to ascend to heaven. Tormented in hell."

This majestic lie made the knights laugh.But for Schmallen and his family, it was terrifying.

Huo Teng is a priest, he said that this is a suicide in hell, it is really possible.What if?

No one wants to be ravaged by the devil in hell.After thousands of years of preaching, the ideological stamp of Christianity is extremely strong for ordinary people.

After such a commotion, Schmalun lost both face and face.

His army was completely annihilated by Horten, and his castle was also occupied. Except for most of the country knights who still had some resistance, the Earl of Millhouse had existed in name only.

"I...I am willing to hand over a ransom of two thousand gold coins, but you must...must you return Millhouse Castle to me?" Schmallen's stubborn heart was pierced by Huo Teng, and now he just wants to keep it as soon as possible Life and Castle.

return?

Huo Teng couldn't help sneering.

The decision to return the castle depends mainly on the intervention of the boss of Weimar County, that is, Arendsee.If he strongly opposed it, Huo Teng would give up and seek more land compensation instead.

Therefore, Conoza's strength is still not enough.

If Huo Teng had [-] troops in his hands, would he be afraid that Alun Desai would fail?

On the other hand, after the incident, the most important thing for Huo Teng was actually to appease Henrik, so that he would not speak out about the cesspit drilling.For this, Huo Teng promised a village fief as a reward.

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Bishop Magde's envoy returned home in a daze, and passed the message of Horten's refusal to him.

"Okay, you go down."

Magde didn't move on the surface, but he was already happy in his heart.

This Huo Teng is a bit interesting, it seems that he is very interested in the conservative alliance.Moreover, depending on what he meant, Conosha couldn't do anything to him.

Of course, the most powerful thing is that, as a monk born in a monastery, Huo Teng's combat command ability is not bad, and even in just a few days, he was able to capture Fort Millhouse, which even Arendser could not capture.It would be a pity that such a talent would not be recruited into the conservative faction.

Magde immediately followed the established plan and went to look for Earl Arundesse worriedly.

"My lord, something has happened! The messenger I sent there came back and told me that although Millhouse Fort was exceptionally strong, it encountered even braver warriors. It took only a few days for the mighty Huo Teng to defeat Millhouse Castle. Hausburg!" Bishop Magde's exaggerated tone made Arendser even more nervous.

Fort Millhouse was once coveted by Arendresey.Even when Conosha's father was in power, taking advantage of the former's defeat of France, he attacked the city of Millhouse.Then it was nothing more than giving away many heads for nothing.

Huo Teng can pull out such an important castle so easily, what if he pushes forward?

After careful consideration, Arun Desai said: "Call our knights, it's time to show Conosha the strength of our territory." Arun Desai is determined to send troops to intervene.

This is exactly the effect Magde needs.

He wanted to let Arendser realize the importance of Magde, and also let Horten know that he was the one who had the right to speak.

Not long after, Magde also rode a donkey and joined the expeditionary force.

The territory of Arendsee is larger and richer than that of Göttingen.His army was a full 1400 men, which was still the result of insufficient mobilization.In addition to the 1 troops, he also has more than [-] inner palace knights at his disposal, so the whole team is full of smoke and dust, and it is not easy to mess with at first sight.

The same is true.

It took Arendser only a day and a half to drive the army outside Millhouseburg.

This time, Huo Teng became the one who was forced to defend.

Standing on the castle, looking at the black knights sitting under Arendsey, Huo Teng was really envious.

"That kid is Huo Teng. He looks very tall, and he is suitable for martial arts. I thought he was a nerd." Alun Desai waved and looked at the city wall.Although he didn't confirm it specifically, after seeing Huo Teng's extraordinary temperament, he decided that this person was Huo Teng.

"Why not, let me go to the city to help you negotiate peace." Bishop Magde, who took the initiative to siege the Earl, proposed a settlement.

"Of course they can be reconciled." Arun Desai also backed down.

If Huo Teng can fight a protracted war and war of attrition with Arun Desai based on the city walls or fences, then Arun Desai may really want to use his claws.After all, he couldn't even besiege Fort Millhouse.

In such a city-state, dozens of people can stabilize the situation.

Huo Teng obviously had more than a few dozen people in this area.

Bishop Magde saw that his plan had been half successful, so Shi Shi ran into the city.

Huo Teng also disappeared, pulled him to sit down, and asked sincerely, "Where are the Lord's enemies now? How much defense do we need?"

Bishop Magde said a few words casually, and then asked, "What about your request? How do you want Schmalun to compensate you for your losses?"

Huo Teng pondered for a while and said, "Millhouse Territory has about 60-80 small towns and villages. I hope he can compensate me with 30 knight villages, which means ceding the entire northwest border."

This is the real shameless master, who was almost cut in half as soon as he opened his mouth.

But Bishop Magde thought about it for a while, but shook his head and said, "Okay. This alone is not enough. You want too little, so you need to speak louder."

Don't want more, how can Bishop Magde bargain in the middle?

Do unscrupulous middlemen?

"What suggestion do you have?" Huo Teng couldn't help feeling novelty.

Bishop Magde smiled and took out a document.He said calmly: "Fort Millhouse is a two-in-one composite castle. It has both a city and a castle. I suggest that the castle be distributed to you, but the coexisting towns should also be owned by Schmalen. How about it?"

Huo Teng was shocked.

"One...one city, two systems?"

Chapter 48 The Castle Master and the Conspiracy

Huo Teng really didn't expect that Bishop Magde spent a lot of money in order to win him over and the countess behind him.

From this point of view, Weimar County may be relatively rich and peaceful, which makes the voice of reformists here very strong.The people are also disgusted and tired of those aristocratic alcoholic priests who can't even read the Bible, causing conservative bishops like Magde to be driven into a hurry.

"One city, two systems? That's an interesting statement, but I really think so." Bishop Magde had his own ideas.

In any case, Fort Millhouse has been breached, and both the town and the castle have completely fallen into Horten's hands.It is also unlikely that Bishop Magde would want to take it back from the table.If you can get half of it back with just one mouth, it is considered a great achievement.It is also a good deal to win over Huo Teng and join his conservative alliance.

For the slick Bishop Magde, who asked for credit on three sides, although he had some feudal obligations to the Earl of Arundesse, it was undoubtedly more important to keep the Lord's monastery from being occupied by a group of mud-legged people.

"Okay, I'll negotiate with Earl Arendres, and share half of the town for the Schmalen family to live in. After all, he is also my Countess' brother." Huo Teng nodded with a smile.

Magde was secretly happy, and agreed.

Therefore, Horten wrote to Arendser, requesting the cession of Millhouse Castle, and he would not shoulder feudal obligations like Arendser.But if Ahrendser was not happy, he could pay a ransom to buy out Millhouse Castle's feudal obligations forever.

Bishop Magde was not surprised either.This is the deal, first let the lion open his mouth.

Watching the bishop leave, Huo Teng was a little surprised.

In fact, Huo Teng thought that Alen Desai was menacing.It turned out to be just a vulture who came to get a piece of the pie.

Of course Horten will not give up control of Millhouse Castle.But as long as the castle is in control, wouldn't it be better to threaten the town with an annual ransom?

Speaking of which, one city, two systems is not particularly new.Many knights have no way to control a village alone, and there are often three or four knights in a village.This can also be regarded as the primary version of "one city, two systems".Moreover, in cities, there are often situations where several noble families hold power together.

the other side.

After Bishop Magde returned, he discussed what he had seen and heard in the city with Arun Desai.

He said intimidatingly: "I saw that the young Horten organized a large number of peasant mobs, and he also controlled a large number of knights in Gottingenburg, as well as many robber knights who defected to him. There are hundreds of soldiers and elite longbowmen , we will have to pay a huge price if we want to attack."

Arun Desai also nodded again and again.He came to beat Huo Teng, not to sell blood for Shimalun.

"What price did he pay?"

The bishop said: "He demanded the cession of 50 castles and villages, and at the same time handed over Millhausburg. At the same time, he hoped to pay for the feudal obligations, and almost separated Millhausburg from Weimar county."

"That's impossible!"

Arendsai would never allow such a powerful enemy to appear in his northwest.More importantly, he is the most powerful Earl of Weimar County, and has always prided himself on being the master of Weimar County.How could it be allowed if Dapan territory was cut off by a woman.

Magde hurriedly said: "So I tried my best to persuade him, and good progress has been made."

"Okay, continue persuading me." Arun Desai did not doubt him.

Who would have thought that his bishop would secretly collude with the enemy?

However, because of Magde's mission, the conflict between the two parties has eased a lot.Many nobles whose relatives were captured by Huo Teng began to pay for their relatives in private, and at the same time swore before God that they would avoid participating in this war.

Huo Teng, on the other hand, conveyed his lion's request to the imprisoned Schmalun.

And Shi Malun was even more terrified, terrified all day long, for fear that his hometown would be snatched away by Huo Teng.

In the midst of such uneasy torments, Bishop Magde came again.

He exchanged pleasantries with Huo Teng, and suggested: "I think we can make a public request, but I hope to cut down five more villages as a sign of our sincerity in cooperation."

That is 25 villages and a castle, and some earn.

Huo Teng thought about it, and with the wealth of the church, compared with the five villages, he was more eager for the support of the Weimar church.

So Huo Teng agreed, but said: "If this is the case, I hope to deprive the 10 knights of their village property and install my own people."

Magde also expressed acquiescence.

Therefore, the bishop first went to the dungeon to intimidate and deceive Schmalen, and then forced Schmalen to agree to cede the castle and 25 villages, and then keep his own town and most of his vassals.