Chapter 68 The Golden Castle
The siege lasted nearly two months.
In the middle, we fought two groups of reinforcements from the Bacchus Empire.
As expected, King Ulrich's central cavalry unit arrived at the Sava River Fort after Count Oden defeated the enemy's first support troops.
During these two months, the treatment of the troops under the black-and-white griffin was extremely enviable ...
While other troops were fighting bravely to besiege the reinforcements, Li Ang's troops sat on the top of the hill, eating skewers and watching the show;
While other lords were eating dry bread and drinking cold water, even the soldiers in Leon's army were eating steak and drinking fine wine every day.
As the war progressed, the equipment of other troops became increasingly broken, while that of Li Ang's troops became increasingly better.
While other troops have gradually become thinner in the past two months, Li Ang's troops have become ruddy and radiant...
There was no other way. Hundreds of "supply vehicles" had been following Li Ang's flag. Attracted by the profits, the businessmen also had their own relatives and friends, and more and more businessmen participated in this get-rich-quick activity.
Often, a merchant who goes back to restock his goods can bring back two or three caravans...
Of course, there are occasional losses.
A few days ago, in the south of Sava River Fort, a group of snake-worshipping bandits robbed the convoy of the "Leslie Trading Co., Ltd."
Li Ang ran directly to Godric's camp: "This time the bonus is gone, the additional loss is too great, the company is facing losses, there is nothing we can do!"
Godric was furious: "This is too much!"
Afterwards, Baron Godric led his troops to chase the Snake Cult group for hundreds of miles, even into the heart of the Bacchus Empire.
After a fierce battle, Godric killed all the enemies and recovered most of the goods.
The "non-governmental armed forces" in Bacchus have finally seen how powerful we are, but the matter is not over yet.
Upon hearing that the dividends had been reduced, Count Oden sent his elite rangers deep into the heart of the Bacchus Empire. Less than a hundred miles away from the City of Boshi, they burned the lair of the Snake Worshipers to ashes.
Afterwards, a large number of cavalry units were dispersed and patrolled back and forth on the caravans' restocking routes with extreme diligence.
As a result, the bandits in both the Kingdom and the Bacchus Empire understood that they couldn't afford to offend the 'Wheat Fragrance Company'...
But good days are always short-lived. After Emperor Marius of the Bacchus Empire gathered his army and arrived near the Sava River Fort, the battle came to an end.
Duke Alma made no progress at Karen Deer Castle and suffered heavy casualties, but he succeeded in attracting the main force of the Bacchus Empire.
Emperor Marius led the army in person and defeated the Duke of Alma's army at the gates of Castel de Luna.
Although Count Oden did not capture the Sava River Fort, he defeated two waves of enemy reinforcements, captured three great lords of the Bacchus Empire, and successfully occupied the south bank of the Sava River, recovering part of his homeland.
They even built large-scale fortifications to the north of the Sava River Fort, which was the site of the Double Eleven International Trade Fair Hypermarket, winning the kingdom the initiative in the war.
This has achieved King Ulrich's strategic goal.
It seems that King Ulrich has no intention of engaging in a head-on battle with Emperor Marius - Emperor Marius probably doesn't have such an intention either.
After the two sides confronted each other for a day, they retreated dozens of miles at the same time in tacit understanding.
So, on January 1, 355 of the Pendor calendar, just as the new year began, King Ulric announced his withdrawal.
The war is over.
The lord's troops did not fight a single battle or fire a single arrow, but returned with a full load.
But the lord cannot return to Maixiang Territory for the time being.
There is still one important thing that has not been completed - the conferment of titles.
He asked Leslie to sort out the account books and lead the caravan back to Maixiangling first, and instructed Anson to vigorously build various facilities and fortifications, and asked Sarah to go to Changhe Town again to purchase equipment.
The same thing applies to everyone: "Don't save, spend as much as you can, use up all your gold coins!"
But he also reminded her emphatically: "Remember to keep the silver coins you get back as change! Remember, try not to spend the silver coins!"
Li Ang had no idea how much money he had. Anyway, all the core members of Maixiangling were wealthy - the lord had not fooled them. It was exactly the end of the year and he had indeed distributed dividends according to his shares.
The soldiers also gained a lot of weight.
The way everyone looked at Li Ang was no different from the way they looked at their biological father.
Everyone deeply understands that war is wealth...
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Leon came to Sarleon City again.
This time, he was no longer alone, the Mettenheim warriors were waiting for him on King's Road.
Sarleon City still looked clean and tidy, but a little deserted.
Perhaps many businesses are out of stock, so many shops on the street are closed.
The palace of the Sarleon Kingdom looks quite impressive - it is a huge castle that is said to "shine across the entire earth and inspire awe in people".
The castle has eight floors and is quite majestic and tall. It is located on the south side of Sarleon City, and outside the city wall is the Sava River.
It was probably only a few meters shorter than the former tower of the House of Lords in the center of Sarleon.
However, in Leon's opinion, this is just a larger castle and there is nothing special about it.
The only difference is that this big castle is gold everywhere.
There are golden lion emblems on the exterior walls, red-bottomed golden lion flags hanging everywhere, and golden camellia flowers planted everywhere - perhaps these are used to replace irises in winter.
In a royal palace, there must be flowers blooming all year round.
Inside the castle, there is a golden dome, golden chandeliers, and various golden utensils...
Even the door handles are gold.
If it weren't for the need to identify the position of the door handle, I'm afraid the entire door panel would be painted gold - there is already a golden lion ironed on the door.
I don’t know why King Ulric likes gold so much - even his armor is golden, and he is not afraid of being shot by the enemy on the battlefield.
The corridors of the palace are very grand, and even the red carpet underfoot has gold edges.
After Li Ang entered the throne room holding the imperial decree, he almost tripped over the long carpet - the carpet in the corridor was made of velvet, but it was very thick and his feet could sink into it quite a bit.
However, there was no carpet in the throne room.
There were few people in the throne room. Perhaps His Majesty the King did not like facing too many people at the same time.
Unlike the gold that was everywhere else, the throne room looked quite plain.
The high
There are two huge pillars in the hall, standing on both sides of the throne.
The pillars are just the appearance of stones, but the carvings are very delicate. The legends of the former king Kavala are carved on the pillars, which looks quite vivid.
The throne in the middle appears to be made of silver, and its backrest is designed to look like a sword and the two wings of the sword's tsuba.
King Ulric was sitting on his throne, and from a distance it looked like a pair of silver wings were growing from his ribs.
Li Ang stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, Leon Griffin is here to see you."
