Chapter 89: Swordsmanship and Deception
"Teacher? Amy, what do you want to learn?"
Li Ang was a little confused.
"Well... swordsmanship... father said you are a master of swordsmanship."
Amy's eyes rolled around , her face still a little red, and from the tone of her voice, it seemed that she didn't want to learn any swordplay...
"You don't want to learn how to cheat, do you?"
The lord saw through the girl's thoughts at a glance.
"Ah... yes! I just want to learn how to cheat. Would you be willing to teach me?"
Amy's face turned even redder, but she admitted it frankly.
"That's no problem. We can go back to school after the war, but the tuition here is not cheap..."
Of course Li Ang was willing to accept this apprentice... He was smart, good-looking, and very talented in the art of taking advantage of others. There weren't many such people.
Moreover, the lord will have to reap the profits in the future, and this requires a more suitable person to preside over it. Leslie is a qualified quartermaster and a good executor, but not a qualified capitalist.
After leaving Governor Levius in the prison of White Hart Castle, Leon quickly returned to the Maixiang Territory with Governor Justus.
Leaving a hostage on one side will provide more security.
Leiman's Lion Knights were still patrolling around the spacious slope. Dozens of corpses were already placed at the bottom of the slope. It seemed that Leiman was quite busy that day.
"Master Leon, you succeeded?!"
Leiman was quite surprised to see Li Ang coming back safe and sound.
"Come, let me introduce you to this, this is Governor Justus of the Bacchus Empire..."
Li Ang pointed at his hostages.
Justus opened his eyes and looked at Leiman: "Are you Leiman the Wild Lion Knight? I never thought that the deputy leader of the famous Lion Knights would obey the orders of a small lord... I don't know what your king would think..."
Lehman looked at Justus, then shook his head, smiled self-deprecatingly and said nothing.
Li Ang frowned and warned: "Governor, I have never abused you. Stop stirring up trouble, or I can't guarantee that you can return home healthy."
Justus stared at Leon: "You promised to let me go after the war!"
Li Ang raised his eyebrows: "Of course! I always keep my promises! But... although I promised to let you go, I didn't say I would let you go completely..."
Justus's face twitched and he closed his mouth, determined not to talk to Leon anymore.
"Lehman, can you stay here for a while? We can't lose contact with White Hart Castle before the war is over. I'm worried that Emperor Marius may not care much about the governor's life..."
Leon planned to let Remando guard for a while, and also give Governor Justus a heads up.
"Of course, Lord Leon, White Deer Castle cannot be lost. I will do my best."
Lehman agreed readily.
"You seem to be very concerned about White Hart Castle. Why is that? Is it because of the honor of a knight?"
Leon suddenly became a little curious. He felt that Leiman was really enthusiastic about rescuing Bailu Fort.
Leiman looked at Leon, a little surprised: "Lord Leon, aren't you doing business with Lord Godric? You don't even know... Lord Godric is my teacher. He can actually be regarded as the first generation sergeant major of the Lion Knights..."
"oh?"
Li Ang really didn't know about this.
But thinking about the three lions on the Lion Squire's coat of arms, it seems that it is indeed almost identical to Godric's emblem, except that the colors of the emblem are reversed, and the direction of the lion heads is also reversed...
The Lion Squire's coat of arms is a gold lion on a red background, with the lion's head facing left; while Godric's banner is a red and gold background, with a black lion, and the lion's head facing right.
It feels like everything is going the other way...
One hundred and fifty years ago, the Order of the Lion supported the thief Alfred in establishing the Kingdom of Sarleon, but in the year 298 of the Pendor calendar, they were suddenly declared an illegal .
The reason is unknown, as all the relevant information has been destroyed...
The first generation of Lion Knights disappeared for nearly fifty years.
It was not until nine years ago, in the 346th year of the Pendor calendar, that King Ulric rebuilt the Order of the Lion - he rebuilt it based on the Royal Guard, so the rebuilt Order of the Lion almost became King Ulric's personal guard.
More than twenty years ago, when Godric was still serving in the palace, he was the captain of the royal guard.
Almost all of his former subordinates, or their descendants, are now Lion Knights or Lion Squires - even Lehman himself had once been a squire for Godric.
When Leiman was seven years old, he followed Godric as a page until Godric was exiled to the frontier more than twenty years ago, when Leiman was twelve years old. In fact, Godric taught him all his knowledge and martial arts when he was young.
This is the tradition of knights. The descendants of knights often serve as squires for higher-ranking knights or other great nobles, usually starting as page boys. This is also a common way to learn and grow or pursue a higher status.
Therefore, Godric can indeed be regarded as the first sergeant-major of the Order of the Lion.
But he probably won't admit it...
After all, after being exiled to the frontier, he changed all his coats of arms to the opposite - this was obviously an expression of dissatisfaction.
Although the former Lion Knights supported the thief who wanted to become king, they were always a group with a high chivalrous spirit among the people. In fact, from the perspective of civilians, the original decision of the Lion Knights did help stabilize the chaotic country quickly.
But now, the rebuilt Lion Knights have completely become thugs for the king and high-ranking nobles, and have never helped civilians and businessmen again...
Leon could naturally understand Godric's thoughts - judging from the baron's behavior back then, he was obviously a loyal man, and he and King Ulric probably had ideological differences.
No wonder Godric has always been just a baron...
Rayman did not hide the history of the Order of the Lion. In fact, he was very proud of his identity as a member of the Royal Order and had great respect for Baron Godric who had taught him.
"Lord Leon, you may not know that many Lion Knights have feelings for Miss Amy... Most of their fathers were old subordinates of Lord Godric..."
The topic between men is always like this, as they chat, they tend to talk about women...
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Two days later.
The flames of Maixiangling's war have been reignited.
Sarah has also returned to McShane Territory, and with her come hundreds of rangers led by Ralph.
This was only the most mobile vanguard unit. Ralph was very considerate and marched quickly all the way.
Behind them were more Changhe Town sentinels, led by Sergeant Major Baron Hereward, who were on their way.
Hereward was not a subordinate of Earl Oden; his fiefdom was actually in Misty Marsh Castle, far to the northwest of the kingdom.
But he was a sentinel from Changhe Town and also belonged to the Horn Summoning Rangers.
Moreover, he is still the leader of the sentinels in Changhe Town. When he was sending the sentinels back to the Changhe Town base at the end of the war, he happened to meet the messenger sent by Leiman for help.
So Baron Hereward came over with the sentries - he was Godric's cousin, and it was natural for him to come to the rescue when something happened at White Hart Castle.
Although they were separated at opposite ends of the kingdom and could not communicate with each other for many years, Hereward obviously still cared about his brothers.
The Horn Call Rangers are really interesting. Their Knight Commander is a commoner, but the Sergeant Major is a noble, a high-ranking noble...
However, Ralph is no longer a commoner now - Oden has promoted Ralph to a knight, and before leaving the House of Nobles, he opened a back door for him and designated the large uninhabited area north of the border camp as Ralph's knight territory.
In addition, Earl Oden himself is the governor of the county, so Ralph might be given a push by Oden to be conferred the title of baron because of his "outstanding contribution to expanding the territory."
This is obviously Oden's attempt to build greater power for himself, but his methods are obviously much more impartial than those of Archbishop Alma.
Ralph rebuilt the bridge, and a large number of rangers are now stationed in the camp. He plans to build another castle on the border before the Jatu people move south in the fall.
With the arrival of the rangers, the probability of the Bacchus Empire continuing to attack White Deer Castle is no longer high.
Ralph took the Rangers to White Hart Castle for a tour, cleared out the surrounding scouts, and replaced the Lion Knights who had persisted in the wild for several days. The Lion Knights simply went directly into White Hart Castle to station and rest.
The Rangers are the best at dealing with scouts.
After discovering the arrival of the Horn Summoning Rangers, the troops of the Bacchus Empire began to retreat southward for dozens of miles. The war had actually come to an end.
But just as Baron Hereward led the sentinels of Changhe Town to Maixiang Territory, a squire brought shocking news...