There was a knock on the door to the study, and one of his subordinates walked in, carefully placing a metal cylinder in front of Salvador.
"My lord, this is a secret letter I just received."
Salvatore waved his hand solemnly, and only after his men had walked out did he unscrew the small metal cylinder.
Because this method of sending letters is carried by trained wings, and letters that are too heavy and too large will affect the weight of the winghawks, these secret letters are extremely short.
After unfolding, there were some special number symbols on it, Salvatore picked up a copy of the Imperial Infantry Dictionary from the bookshelf behind him, opened it, and pieced together the contents of the secret letter according to the symbols on the secret letter, page by page.
Closing the book, Salvador had a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "Hmph, should I say it's a coincidence, or is luck on our side, Odin, greedy Odin, but this greed just happened to help us a lot." ” "Drink Ha" With a deep shout, the horses' hooves flew, and they galloped into the camp, and where they passed, there was a strong wind, and the wind was sandwiched with fine snow particles, scraping on the faces of the soldiers next to them, and their faces were painful, but these burly warriors stood solemnly with their blades in their hands, and cast reverent glances at the black shadows of the knights galloping past them.
One hundred and ten horsemen flowed like a black stream of iron into this camp.
The camp stretched for miles, typical of a mixed-arms regimental camp, with a deep and wide trench in front of the camp and a dense and high fence wall.
A small river ran against the left side of the camp, and then turned a corner, and it was morning, and a number of Odin warriors in leather jackets were breaking the ice and fetching water by the river with hammers.
In this distant northern country, even though it is almost March, it is still a land of ice and snow, and the wind blows in the middle of the night, freezing the river thick and hard, even if the majestic Odin warrior is holding a hammer, a hammer is just a white seal.
This caused a lot of trouble for the warriors who fetched water, but the Odin people were accustomed to this kind of life, and they skillfully knocked open the ice on the surface of the river in groups of two or three, and threw pieces of ice into huge barrels to bring back, and then a group of cavalry from the morning came running back, and the reindeer of the Odin warriors gathered by the river to drink, and the deer and the people were so tired that they kept panting, and the white air in their mouths was boiling together.
This cold weather is so cold that people's teeth are cold, but for the Odin people who live in the north all the year round, they have long been used to it, and even some particularly strong Odin men stood by the river, took off the leather armor on their bodies, put on their upper bodies, and showed a sturdy body that was boiled out in the ice and snow in the north, and the muscles on the body were like beasts, laughing and scolding each other in the cold wind, grabbing a handful of white snow and wiping it on the body indifferently, until the body was red, even if it was a bath.
The tomahawks, hammers and other weapons placed next to them had already been frozen with a layer of frost, and these Odin warriors didn't care, grabbed them and knocked them lightly a few times, and the ice edges fell off with a clatter.
Such a fierceness, in the eyes of the Byzantines in the south, is simply like a barbarian.
In the morning, the river was busy, but at this time, there was a thick and distant horn sound from the military camp in the distance, and the sound of the trumpet was still sandwiched with the sonorous drumbeat "Hastin's back, Hastin's back" Odin's surname is savage and rude, and he does not adhere to any etiquette.
The distinction between the upper and lower respects is not too strict, and even small soldiers can call the general's name directly, but the order is forbidden, but it is extremely harsh.
Everyone seems to be accustomed to this tradition, and they do not find it disrespectful to call the general's name.
For the fierce and bold Odin people, respect is good as long as it is in the heart, and there is no need to be too humble in the mouth.
The group of black horsemen who rushed into the camp was greeted with cheers everywhere they went: "Hastings come back."
Even the warriors on the tall lookout tower took off their fur hats and shouted loudly.
The black horse went straight into the depths of the camp, and rushed straight to the innermost dense company camp, and the leading horse suddenly let out a long whistle, and the horse's hooves flew, and the front hoof man stood up, hissing, and suddenly stopped, and the riders behind this horse were all horses' hooves that stopped suddenly, and the speed of galloping stopped as soon as it stopped, and it was firmly nailed to the ground like nails Surrounded by a number of Odin warriors in leather jackets, the riders threw the various prey hanging from the saddle on the ground, allowing the warriors to pick them up and carry them back.
And the black knight in the lead turned over and dismounted, and gently pushed the covering armor on his helmet up, revealing his face, it was not the Odin Valkyrie Hasting Hasting's face was full of hoarfrost, and the sweat that flowed out of it was frozen in the cold wind, and his eyebrows became white, he laughed loudly, wiped his face with his backhand, and then grabbed the three-edged war gun on the saddle, strode to the gate of a large camp, and with a strong thrust, he heard a bang, snow and mud flew up, and a third of the three-edged war gun was directly pierced into the dirt by him.
A majestic Odin warrior like a black bear walked in front of him, and helped him take off the leather cloak behind him with both hands, Hastings laughed: "I was lucky today, I got a snow leopard and that thing ran fast, causing me to run ten miles more to catch up, if it wasn't for the integrity of its fur and the whole of the capture alive, I am afraid that I would have come back for breakfast a long time ago."
Sure enough, with Hasting's shout, two horsemen ran out, carrying a net in their hands, in which was a leopard with snow-white fur, all tied, but still baring its teeth and roaring.
"Brave Hastings Brave Hastings" The cheers around him started again, and Hastings laughed, and said to the majestic Odin warrior: "Lead my horse down, feed it, and wash it carefully, this damn weather, running in the middle of the night, sweating so much, don't freeze it." ” With that, he walked into the huge tent amid a shout of joy.
The tent was as big as a big house, with thirty-six thick wooden stakes nailed to the corners, and the thick tents were made of leather and made of deerskin and cowhide and other leathers, which were impervious to rain and snow.
On both sides of the tent, in the six braziers, there are high-quality deer oil, all of which are made with spices.
As soon as he entered the tent, it was much warmer, and two Odin, who were strong but bald, came up, bent down to serve Hasting, took off his armor, put on a black robe for him, and served him to scatter his hair, and someone held a golden bowl, filled with a bowl of hot deer blood, Hasteen also drank it all, after the deer blood was entered, a sudden heat and warmth rose in the abdomen, and there was no cold.
A few moments later, more than a dozen generals of the army dressed in various armor walked in outside the tent, and when they entered, the bald servants touched the mats, and everyone sat on the ground at will, and sat around the tent, looking at Hastings quietly, waiting for the leader to give orders.
Hastings stood there, his hair was scattered, his leather robe was half open, revealing his strong chest, looking at the more than ten Odin generals in front of him, the Odin people were generally tall and majestic, in comparison, Hastings looked much thinner, but so many majestic men like beasts, but they all looked at themselves with reverence and surrender, and Hasting's heart couldn't help but give birth to a faint pride.
This is my legion "It's been a month since the correction was made, can you rest up?"
Hastings sneered.
Immediately the generals below shouted one after another.
"Enough rest, enough can no longer be enough" "Yes, in a month's time, everyone's bones are frozen, and if you don't move a few times, I'm afraid you'll freeze."
"This day is full of food and drink, it is simply suffocated to death, Hasting, you take us to fight" "Yes, our Black Flag Army, if we don't fight, our body will itch in three days hahahaha" "If it goes on like this, the boys will have to grow fat, so what will it look like?"
Looking at the excitement below, Hastings smiled with satisfaction, and then raised his hand, and suddenly like a knife, it cut off the shouting in the tent, and everyone closed their mouths and stared at their commander tightly.
"Well, since you've rested enough, it's time to move" Hasting's eyes gradually revealed a blade-like edge, and the corners of his mouth sneered: "This cold and snowy day, everyone really doesn't have much taste, do you dare to go hunting with me" hunt Everyone was at a loss.
"Hasting, where are we going to hunt, are we going to the savages in the northern tundra or to the west to fight the unconvinced barbarians?"
"Neither."
Hastings snorted, and his eyes forced everyone to close their mouths again: "To the north and west, it's all ice and snow, the snow is so thick that it can't reach the knees, and we deer can't run, and the skin of the people who are blown by the cold wind is about to crack and roast out of the meat, but a breath will freeze into a stone, what a bullshit taste" The eyes of the people below suddenly lit up.
"South" Hastings said the answer in a loud voice: "The south is warm, the land is soft, our deer can run, those Byzantines are weak and incompetent, it is our Odin prey do you dare to go hunting with me" Byzantium to the south The Odin generals in the tent were all stunned.
Heading south to Byzantium was a tempting idea, but it wasn't a trivial matter The structure of the Odin Empire is loose, although it is called an empire, but in fact, there are still many areas within the existence of tribal situations, and even in remote places, there are some barbarians who do not submit to the rule of the God Emperor, so in the Odin Empire, some armies occasionally go out to hunt and plunder, which is also an act of acquiescence to His Majesty the God Emperor.
But to the south, it's not as simple as private hunting, but to start a national war "Are you afraid" Hastings raised his eyebrows and looked at everyone with a sneer: "If you are afraid, get out of my tent, and then go back to Odin City to go to my Black Flag Army with your baggage, leaving no cowards" As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar below, and some Odin generals shouted: "What are we afraid of, we are not cowards, how can the Odin people be afraid of those Byzantine sheep?"
"It is" "Hasting, don't underestimate people" "We are not cowards" At last someone shouted: "Hasting, we are not cowards, but if we go south, we will start a war without His Majesty's orders."
Hastings laughed, then suddenly turned around, walked over to a case, grabbed something from the table, turned around and threw it on the ground.
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The thing was thrown in front of everyone's eyes, and everyone's words suddenly stopped.
It was a gold medal, the size of a palm, with the appearance of a fanged bear head on it, and the gold medal glistened in the fire of the tent.
"Your Majesty's Gold Medal" Hastings snorted and shouted, "This is Your Majesty's gold medal, and Your Majesty I received it yesterday ordered us to go south" At this moment, where did everyone still have the slightest doubt, and suddenly the tent burst into shouts and cheers.
"South, South, South" Amid the cheers, the Odin generals shouted: "Kill the Byzantine sheep and rob them of their horse armor" Seeing that everyone was cheering, Hastings suddenly raised his hand, snapped, and slapped on the case, and suddenly the tent became solemn.
"Three days" Hasting's face was full of fierceness: "I will only give you three days, three days later, at noon, the deer must be fed, the armor must be prepared, and the weapons must be polished, we are going to hunt this time without heavy baggage, and we set off to the south lightly, killing those Byzantine sheep, and I am afraid that there will be no baggage At noon three days later, the whole army will be pulled, and when we arrive in the south, who dragged back, cut off their heads and hung them on the flagpole" All the generals in the tent stood up and stood solemnly in front of them, waiting for Hastings to finish speaking, and a dozen Odin generals suddenly shouted.
"To the South" Ko Curan strode in behind the door, winced, and the two warriors immediately closed the door and hung a thick leather curtain.
This tall, handsome but somewhat feminine Odin nobleman, with a gloomy face at the moment, walked into his hall, sat down heavily on the wide chair, grabbed a small harp, and plucked the strings lightly, but at last he was restless, and with a bang, a string broke at his fingertips.
Ke Kelan's face became even more ugly, and he looked up at the other person in the room.
Via was already standing there, her purple hair wrapped in a hood, a long bow on her back, a light leather robe, and half of her face still covered with iron.
"You're leaving," Ko Curran frowned.
"A hundred days have passed."
Via's tone was still so cold, and the half of his stunning face was expressionless: "My business is done." ” "I'm afraid not."
Ke Curan sneered: "Do you know what news I just got?"
Via didn't speak, didn't even look at Ko Curran.
Ke Curan sighed, and then said in a low voice: "My great father, the Emperor, has sent my dear eldest brother out of Odin City, and if I am not mistaken, I should go to Hasting." ” Via remained silent.
"Don't you understand what I mean" Ke Curran sneered: "My news is that my great father has also sent someone to send a gold medal, and if nothing else, Hasting's army will be drawn immediately, guess where his troops will point at such a time" Via finally spoke: "I remember that Odin's mission has only been on its way for less than ten days, and it is still on its way.
Are you Odin going to attack while you talk about peace?"
"I'm not worried about that."
Ke Kelan gritted his teeth: "But this time I sent troops, I didn't get the slightest news, do you understand, my great father didn't even see me, didn't say a word to me, my army is still repairing in the east" With Via's still cold expression, Ke Kelan suddenly became annoyed: "Aren't you worried at all?"
"What are you worried about, I'm worried that the Emperor Odin will know about you, I'm worried that he will know that you're in contact with us" "Hmph" Ke Curan took a deep breath, he calmed down, but a smile appeared on his face: "I know my father better than anyone else, he is not an old-fashioned stupid person, me and my brothers, all of us move, he knows very well, this is our Odin tradition, the strong are respected, in order to compete for the position of the strong, everyone has their own means, he will not blame me for this, but, this time Hasting, I don't want to watch my eldest brother make any contributions, don't you worry, you Byzantium suffered a big defeat." ” Via suddenly laughed.
When she smiled, even half of her face was beautiful, like a flower blooming, but her eyes were still cold.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, but the order the teacher gave me seems to keep you safe for a hundred days.
Now, my business is done, and before I came, the teacher said to me, I should leave anything else, so I will leave immediately.
When Via said this, her tone gradually became cold: "What's more, why should I worry about the Byzantines, hum the Byzantines, it's better to be dead." ” "I'm just wondering what you're planning to do this time."
Standing in the old mansion of the Tulip family outside the city, the Duke of Minas had a gloomy face: "I hope you had better know what you are doing in Cavehill" Cavishil stood in the flower garden, he didn't answer the Duke of Minas's question, but leaned over and sniffed the flowers gently: "Your son is doing a good job, I heard that this flower garden was planted by Roddy, well, it doesn't look so dilapidated."
Oh, you didn't regret giving this house to that kid, right?"
Duke Minas's face was full of exhaustion, he looked as if he was ten years older, he just stared at Cavishir coldly: "What do you want to say" "What I want to say is, Lord Duke, you invited me here just to ask me a question, if that's the case, you can send me a letter."
Cavihill said, touching the petals with his hands, then turned around and smiled, "Why don't you plant tulips in this place, you should grow some tulip flowers." ” "Kavihir" Duke Minas suddenly became angry: "You are a madman, I have always known this, you are a madman, you have always done those crazy things, you like to play the most dangerous games, but I want to remind you that this is an empire, an empire, not those toys, you can toss it at will, this is an empire" "I know very well."
Cavishir's expression was flat: "Trust me, I know this empire better than you. ” As he spoke, Cavishir suddenly smiled: "Duke Minas, what do you think I have done In fact, over the past few decades, all my actions, all my thoughts, have actually been doing the same thing Well, that's right, I have been doing one thing for decades." ” "What," Duke Minas took a breath.
"Let our Majesty understand a fact oh no, it should be said, he has long understood this fact, but he has always refused to face it, and what I have done is to make him finally make up his mind to face this fact" Cavishir's expression also became rarely serious, and his tone was calm but sharp: "Do you want to ask what the truth is?"
The Duke of Minas was silent: "Don't, don't say it" "Nope."
Cavihill shook his head: "This fact is: this empire should have perished a long time ago, no, it should be said that it has already perished."
Our choice is to let it end with dignity, or to do it vigorously, maybe it can reverse the fate of history As for continuing to breathe, it is a pity that our majesty does not want to continue to breathe, he wants a result, it's as simple as that. ” The Duke of Minas's body shook, and he shook it, barely standing firm by holding on to a tree next to him.
"Oh, don't do that, Minas, the way you look will make me sick."
Cavishir's words were cold: "You are surprised, no, you should not be surprised, because you, like Your Majesty, have long been aware of this fact, but you have always refused to face it, in fact, you have long understood in your heart that this catastrophe cannot be avoided and this day will come."
So, didn't you also make a decision that you transferred Luo Di out of Yanjing, didn't you see, you knew it in your heart, you knew it, so you transferred your only son away."
Cavishir's words made the Duke of Minas completely speechless, he just stared at Cavishir tightly, but the corners of his eyes kept trembling.
"You know it, and I know it."
Cavihill seemed to smile: "All this should have happened a long time ago, decades ago, when the owner of this house was still there, we had the opportunity to end everything and let that result come, but that time, we didn't choose to continue to let this empire survive, but now, this result will still come for decades, His Majesty Kantos did not succeed, it turns out that our choice back then was wrong."
So now, this result will still come, and neither you nor I can avoid all this.
So Lord Duke Minas" Cavishir looked at this "old friend" of decades: "This is the last time I will see you in this place, from today onwards, I will not set foot here again, you better not because this place now belongs to its rightful owner" Seeing that Cavishir turned around to leave, the Duke of Minas suddenly said in a trembling voice: "Wait, wait" "Any more questions, old friend."
Cavishir stopped, but didn't look back.
"How sure are you?"
Kavihill still didn't look back, his voice came coldly: "No, I'm not sure."
But, anyway, we should have lost all of it decades ago, and now it's already a gain, even if it's a loss, do we have a loss, Well, Your Majesty's original words are that I can afford to lose, Minas, Your Majesty has seen it, what else do you can't see?"
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Seeing the figure of Cavishil walking out of the door, the Duke of Minas suddenly felt as if the strength of his whole body had been drained.
He stood there dejectedly, muttering to himself.
"I should have killed him, I should have killed him, I should have killed this madman decades ago" A simple carriage slowly drove over the bridge, and when it entered the Arc de Triomphe, the guards under the city gate did not dare to do the slightest obstruction, and respectfully let the carriage pass slowly.
This carriage looks inconspicuous, and even the horses pulling the carriage are just ordinary horses, but the guards at the city gate know this carriage In fact, there are not a few people in Yanjing who know this carriage.
Because everyone knows that the owner of this carriage is the guy who no one dares to provoke in Yanjing today, the Heavenly Evil Lone Star, Kavehill Cavihill slouched back in the seat, his knees still covered with a blanket, as if he were closing his eyes.
The groom who drove the car was his old servant for many years, and the car drove extremely steadily.
Just as the carriage had entered the city and passed through a street that was not too wide, the carriage suddenly slowed down, and then slowly stopped.
"What's wrong," Cavishil opened his eyes as he sat in the carriage.
"Master, the two carriages in front of us collided together, the road is blocked, and we may need to take a detour back."
The coachman replied outside.
A smile suddenly bloomed in Cavehill's eyes, and then he shook his head: "Oh, it's true."
At this moment, the street has been blocked, the road in front of the two carriages twisted and entangled, the wheels and hubs are broken, I am afraid that it will not be able to move for a while, and the coachmen on both sides are scuffling together and scolding, and the surrounding onlookers have also gathered several floors.
Suddenly, on the houses on both sides of the road, the windows facing the street on both sides opened, and several delicate crossbows were revealed, aimed at the carriage of Cavishir in the middle of the road In the midst of the noise, the sound of the crossbow ejection was muffled, and it hit the carriage with a few thuds, but the seemingly ordinary plank was obviously much stronger than it looked A few crossbow arrows were immediately bounced away, and then the groom's face changed, and he shouted: "There is an assassin master" The old horseman suddenly jumped up, his old-looking body suddenly straightened, and with a flick of his wrist, the horsewhip instantly straightened into a straight line, and the two crossbow arrows flying in front of him suddenly snapped twice and broke directly into several pieces This old-looking groom actually has such strength "Don't come out, sir," the old groom shouted, and jumped on the roof of the carriage, and the whip in his hand turned into a circle, and he heard the sound of crackling and crackling, and several crossbow arrows were blocked by him.
But at this time, suddenly, a figure fell from the sky, a guy with a black holster on his head fell on the roof of the carriage, a bright long sword stabbed at the old groom, the old groom roared, the long whip flung over, and this person was entangled together, this guy with a holster on his head is very strong in martial arts, the sword blade burst out of a ball of light, and immediately twisted the long whip into pieces The old groom swung his fist to meet it, the two collided together, and rolled off the carriage at the same time.
At this time, I heard a boom, and a huge crossbow bolt blasted over, listening to this movement, it was actually a sound that could only be made by a military ballista With a bang, the crossbow bolts landed on the carriage, shattering it to pieces, leaving Carvihill with no room to hide At this moment, a figure jumped onto the roof, and the man opened a longbow and aimed it at Cavishir, who was still wearing a leather holster on his head, and the longbow was instantly drawn into the shape of a full moon, and the arrow shimmered with silver light shout By the time the sound of breaking through the air sounded, the silver arrow had already reached Cavishir's face, shooting directly into his chest snatch A silver arrow pierced Cavishir's chest, and the shaft pierced Cavishir's body, nailing the emperor's most trusted wise man to the wooden plank of the carriage Cavihill leaned there, his face pale, but he raised his hand and grasped the shaft of the arrow in his chest, blood gushed out frantically, but there was no pain on Cavehill's face, he just lowered his eyes, looked at the end of the arrow on his chest, and suddenly, he smiled.
"It's really an uncreative assassination."
Immediately, he closed his eyes.
The Emperor's most trusted confidant, and believed to be the Empire's de facto Prime Minister, was assassinated on the streets of Osgilia in Yanjing This news, almost like a violent wind, swept the entire continent in an instant Even when the whole continent was turbulent, a certain turtle was still nesting in the deep mountain forest, with an axe and firewood in his hand.
"Split, split," Merlin sneered on the side: "If you can carve a chrysanthemum, I will believe you." ” To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: