The Defeated Dragon
Chapter 458 War Begins That Way (Third, Last Month 8/15)
The war has already begun and the Knights of the Grand Duchy of Sapphires have joined the battle, mainly acting as a harassment and holding back more Knights of the Eagle Kingdom.
So after a full day's rest in Chicken Crown City, the fleet set off to attack the established Sardinian Bay area.
The Marquis also sent a large group of his followers to follow the fleet of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire and attack the Gulf of Sardinia. The Tulip family fleet carries the followers of the Marquis Qingshi Count and his Knights, nearly a thousand knights.
“Herbert, this is my second son, Lester, the Viscount of Dark Horse Island, an elite earth knight.” William Lee introduced the newly boarded Earl of Qingshi aboard the ship.
“Very handsome young man. You look young, Lester. How old are you?” Qingshi Count Herbert asked.
“Seventeen years old, Earl of Qingshi. ”
The title of nobility of the Kingdom of the Continent is not named after a geographical name, but rather a territorial seal. The seal name like the Marquis du Monde is “dust dust”, meaning that the feathers of wild chickens originate from his enclosed hills of dust dust dust, and the central city of the territory is also called the Chicken Crown City.
The same is true of the Earl of Qingshi, whose enclosure is the Qingshi Valley, all over the place is a kind of green stone.
As for his full name, Herbert Iron Dragon.
Iron Drop Orchid is a kind of flower.
The name of the Kingdom of the Continent is not very different from the name of the Grand Duchy of Sapphires - the serfdom of the civilian population has virtually no family name, the wealthy among the free folk have a despicable family name, and some small nobles continue to have a despicable family name, or change to a common family name.
Flowers, grains, metals and other beautiful terms can be used as surnames only by upper and middle nobles.
Although there are no rules expressly providing for family names, ordinary people who dare to use nice words as family names are punished by their lords. Even some small aristocrats used good words as surnames and were crusaded by the great aristocrats and even exterminated.
Count Qingshi seemed to be a straight man and asked directly: "A 17-year-old elite earth knight, very talented. You are the second son of Count William Lee. So Viscount Black Horse's title was earned on his own battlefield? ”
“Yes.”
“When will you be in battle? ”
“This year.”
“This year?” Count Greenstone surprised.
William Lee bluntly said, "Herbert, you should know that the Grand Duchy of Sapphire has suffered a rebellion, and Lester has fought for the Battle of Iron Hoops Island, moving from Baron to Viscount Black Horse Island. ”
“I heard about the Battle of Iron Shoe Island, where a battle could be promoted to the Viscount, and it looks like your son made a lot of success in the battle. ”
“As a pet, he possessed an intermediate Warcraft with an earthly attribute, repeatedly attacked the castle in battle and, in the final battle, excelled and was appreciated by His Highness Anthony. ”
“William Lee, will he inherit your title?” Herbert asked suddenly.
Lester answered himself, "Count Qingshi, my brother Levi is the heir, and he is also an elite Earth Knight. ”
“It is enviable that the family has so many excellent children. ”
In a few words, Herbert entered the cabin with Lee William and Lester stayed on the bow. He also has to train eight small and Jitsun, about to enter the battlefield, he is still a little uncomfortable with the eight small obedience and discipline, they are all young beasts without adulthood.
Even under the age of one year, there is still only the magic of rock prick.
……
As Captain Leyden said.
As soon as the Coral Island fleet arrived on the coast, without experiencing a single battle, it had a small port with a city and castle much larger than the town.
Lords of this territory, when they heard of an invader attack, abandoned the territory early and fled.
So the Knights of Coral Island and the Knights of Blue Stone landed in the harbor. It was used as a warhead to launch an invasion into the Gulf of Sardinia region. The earth knights of the Knights entered a state of war with little time to rest and prepare.
Lester also did not have time to emote the war so suddenly that he rode the Land Bird and followed the Count. Looting of towns, cities, siege of castles and fighting against the Knights who came to resist.
There is not much strategy, it is primitive, barbaric strike, strike, re-strike, past pioneering ordered battle, the Coral Island Knights rarely attack named castles because they are easy to guard and hard to attack. But this time there was Shakespeare and the eight little helpers, pushing all the way down.
In just a day and a half, the Coral Island Knight Regiment, already separated from the Blue Stone Knight Regiment, penetrated 300 kilometres inland and attacked a famous castle by the river, the River Bay Castle.
“Shakespeare, prepare for siege! ”
“Eight little ones, follow Shakespeare! ”
“On my word, Rock Spike! ”
The Earl swept the battlefield, Lester himself commanded the Snowstorm Beast and began to dismantle the River Bay Castle, with other Knights shooting arrows to suppress the River Bay Castle's counterattack.
A moment later.
One of the walls of the river bunker collapsed, and Viscount Jonas took the lead and rushed towards the castle gap. And then all the knights flocked to the River Bay Fort, and in less than ten minutes, this castle belonging to the Viscount fell under the mighty attack of the Coral Island Knights.
Viscountry was killed on the spot.
“Capture all earth knights and count the supplies of the castle.” Lee William didn't make a move, walked the whole way, and started directing the wrap-up, “Captain Mickey said, sending rats, contacting the nearby mercenary regiment, and we traded supplies. Also pay close attention to the Knights of the surrounding territories and be ready for battle. ”
“Yes, my lord! ”
Unlike previous prisoners used to pay ransom, this time the Grand Duke allowed his followers to collect prisoners themselves, so there were no disabled earth knights in the war and they were all included.
The Earl is interested only in elite earth knights, and is an elite earth knight who is not old, not tall, or simply has no title. For now, it is not Lester's turn to prioritize the elite earth knights, and his goal is to target young earth knights, preferably single.
Such a knight of the earth, once codified into his own territory, will soon give birth to loyalty after helping him marry.
William Lee looks at the tied knights of the earth.
Slowly: “You have become my captives, and your life and death are in my hands, and now I give you the power of choice. First, write to your families, lords, pay the ransom that satisfies me, and you can go back; second, if there is not enough ransom, then serve me and my followers! ”
More than forty undamaged earth knights looked at each other with gray-headed earthly faces - prisoners, loyalties, very common in continental warfare, but the Grand Duchy of Sapphire has never accepted the loyalties of prisoners, not knowing why this time around.
Twenty-one of the knights chose to pay the ransom.
Twenty-six knights remain, choosing loyalty.
First the Earl chose, he chose only three young elite earth knights; then the three Viscounts took turns, and Lester was the best in battle, ranked first, and could pick one first. He looked at the remaining Earth knights, only two of them elites, one elderly and one middle-aged.
There is no doubt that he chose the middle-aged elite Earth Knight.
“Tell me your name.” Lester was a bright silver armor with a majestic temper, but these knights were clearly seen in the battle, surrounded by a powerful group of warcraft.
So...
A middle-aged elite earth knight with a hint of excitement in his eyes: "My lord, my name is Wade Dry Firewood, I am thirty-seven years old, and I have been promoted to an elite earth knight for eight years without a title. ”