When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 869 March
Compared with 1448, the upper reaches of the Nauan River in 1449 were much wider.

There are countless swamps and puddles on both sides of the river.

It is visible to the naked eye that golden grass is growing better in areas that were flooded last year.

Mastiffs chased the sheep, and shepherds on the Gravel Plain sat on grassy hills, boiling goat milk mixed with wild leeks and rye in tin kettles.

In the early morning of late May 1449, Horn, guards and crusaders, totaling people, arrived near Ladenburg.

At noon that day, the battle report that "Andre cleverly lured the Knights and built a fake bridge to kill nearly three thousand enemies" was passed to the Guards.

On the eve of dinner, Besser was called to the command post and was told that His Majesty wanted to meet him in person.

The scriptorium in Bin Laden's main fort had been cleared out and replaced with a long, large wooden table and several bookcases filled with documents.

The Pope of Qianhe Valley sat behind a wooden table, dressed in a black uniform, but not as bold as he was during the march.

Upon noticing Besser's arrival, Horn looked him up and down, then asked, "Are you a mountain man?"

"South Moundshire."

"Have you read any books?"

"I have read it. The Grand Duke hired and assigned teachers to the mountain nobles in various places, and I studied with those teachers."

Horn pulled out a document from the pile, lowered his head and asked as he read it, "Have you read the latest war report?"

Besser's face turned red from his chin to his ears. How could he not have seen this battle report?

Since noon, this battle report has spread throughout the army and has been confirmed by the chief chaplain.

Originally he was still telling his followers that Horn was clumsy, but now it was hard to say who was clumsy.

He rubbed his fingers behind his back nervously: "I see, Sir Andre has won a great victory."

"I ignored you before, do you think I'm arrogant?"

Bethan was speechless, not knowing how to answer for a moment. After holding it in for a long time, he became angry and said, "I made a mistake in judgment and was incompetent and ignorant. I know it myself. Why do you have to humiliate me like this?"

After hearing this, Horn raised his head and looked at Besser, whose face was red and whose hands were trembling slightly: "You have information gap, so it is normal to make mistakes in judgment. When I have information gap, I often make mistakes in judgment.

If you are right, I will investigate you again."

Besser's expression looked a little better. He didn't expect Horn to make excuses for him, but he felt a lot better.

“This matter was meant to be kept secret. Otherwise, if it was discovered by the border knights, it would be another troublesome matter.

You know, many nobles are now doing small things in private, ignoring the critical situation in Qianhe Valley.

If they had informed the border knights, there might not have been any results today."

"These plains nobles only have the title of nobility. They are incompetent and irresponsible in making decisions, so they will only hinder others." Besser couldn't help but agree.

Mountain riders like Besser, although they have the title of mountain rider, are completely different from real knights on the inside.

Most of them have aristocratic ancestors, but their lifestyles, production methods and cultural customs are moving closer to those of the common people.

Although they still retain an aristocratic mentality, they are engaged in agricultural production and do not get along well with the Thousand River Valley nobles who do not work.

To put it simply, Besser believed that the plain nobles were bad nobles whose morals were declining, while they were good nobles with pure ancient customs.

In the narratives of the mountain knights, the War of the Thousand Valleys was a war in which good nobles and civilian priests drove out the bad nobles.

The biggest conflict between the mountain knights and Horn is that Horn's narrative of the Holy League belittles and even denies the nobility. Currently, the official Holy League is even more dismissive of the idea of ​​"good nobility and bad nobility".

This made many mountain riders feel quite aggrieved, as they believed that Horn wanted to monopolize the fruits of victory shared by both parties.

They also sacrificed their lives, they also shed their blood, they also fought for the people of Qianhe Valley, but what they got in return was "the nobles are all devils and their running dogs."

Those bad nobles didn't do what they did, so why should they be condemned with one blow?

Could it be that because of the evil deeds done by the bad nobles, they, the good nobles, would also be implicated?
Everyone shed blood and sacrificed their lives, so why is it that the more one does, the more injustice one suffers?

After hearing Horn beat the noble to death again, Besser had to speak out and draw a line.

Horn already knew the character of these mountain knights, so he did not argue with him. Instead, he asked, "What do you think the border knights will do next?"

When Besser heard Horn asking him for advice, he was stunned for two seconds before he reacted.

It was rare for Horn, an anti-aristocrat, to ask for advice from a mountain knight like him.

In Horn's decision-making group, after Meliati was placed under "house arrest", the Mountain Knight disappeared.

Or was this just a test? Or was it that I was overthinking and Sheng Sun was just asking casually?
After struggling for a while, Besser tentatively said, "Your Majesty, my thoughts are definitely different from most people's."

"Just say it. When have I ever convicted anyone for their words?"

Besser answered carefully: "I think it is very likely that the Border Knights will continue to attack Fort Laden. You made the right decision this time."

"What's the reason?"

“Your Majesty, the Border Knights have no real titles, and the rewards are far less than those in the center of the empire. Their unity is maintained entirely by honor.

Therefore, for the Knights Templar, simply retreating in this way would certainly damage the common honor of the Knights Templar.

There is a high probability that they will choose to attack again because they have tens of thousands of horses and can maneuver very quickly.

In addition, there are also nobles from the original Broken Stone who provide food. Although it is not much, it can well make up for the food loss during the long-distance transportation from the Thorn Garden."

"Okay, although it's a different angle, it's consistent with the judgment of my staff." Horn stood up calmly and started looking for something on the bookshelf.

Taking this opportunity, Besser asked the question in his heart: "Your Majesty, I have another question, how did you dig through the plank road?
I mean, the soil beneath the plank road is solid rock, even if there are fossils in mud, it will take two weeks to get rid of it. "

Horn pulled out a tattered pamphlet from the bookshelf and answered without looking up, "It doesn't matter if I tell you now, since the things have been shipped back anyway.

This time, in addition to food and Fran war horses, the most important thing I brought was four star-cast gears. "

Besser had been to the Holy See before, and he immediately realized that this must have been done using those clockwork engineering machines.

Although they sometimes feel that these clockwork machines may one day replace their knights, in reality, they are all very useful.

After figuring out the problem, Besser saw that Horn didn't seem to have anything else to do, so he bowed and said goodbye, wanting to leave.

But just as he opened his mouth to say this, Horn stopped him.

An object flew in the air, and Besser reached out to catch it. It turned out to be the booklet that had just been pulled out from the document volume.

But on the booklet there was a capital letter titled "Staff Monk Work Manual".

What does this mean? Besser looked up at Horn in confusion.

"I have a staff monk who broke his leg while riding a horse. You have just been dismissed from your post. Are you interested in coming here to serve as a clerical staff officer?"

(End of this chapter)