Black Iron Crown

In the dim main hall of the main castle, the oil lamp flickered on and off, and wisps of burning smoke rose slowly.

The atmosphere in the hall froze like this. Seeing the change in Reiner's face, no one dared to say a word at this moment, and even controlled their breathing as much as possible, afraid of making a sound.

Everyone's heart was in their throats.

If someone is careful, they will be able to find that there are dense beads of sweat on Baron Sam's forehead.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

In the hall, apart from the sound of breathing, only the sound of Reiner's light tapping on the table could be heard.

The sound of knocking on the table was like a heavy hammer hitting everyone's chest fiercely.

The clothes on the back of Baron Samun, who was closest to Reiner, were soaked in a large area, and he looked down at the table with dry mouth, not daring to face Reiner's face.

After a while, Reiner stopped the movement of his hands, leaned back on the back of the chair, and said slowly: "This...is it your intention or the intention of other vassals?"

There was no joy or anger on Reiner's face, and there was no expression of interest.

Baron Samun's body trembled undetectably, and then he lowered his head and said, "This... this is what many lords mean... I...he...they all think that there is no need to help that Samuza baron……"

"Because...the enemy we have to face is too strong...the risk is too great..."

Hearing Baron Samun's words, Reiner didn't say anything immediately.

The people in the hall were even more silent, and Baron Samun also looked down at the table.

They were all very uneasy, and Reiner's silence seemed to be accumulating strength, and he did not know when it would suddenly erupt.

After a while, Reiner just said: "I understand, I will explain to you why I did this in the future, and now I want to write a letter to recruit my vassals to assemble, so are you willing to follow me to the grassland?" ?”

Such a question made Baron Samun in a dilemma. He moved his lips slightly, and remained silent for a while. Beads of sweat on his forehead fell onto the table with a clear and audible sound.

After a fierce ideological struggle in my heart,

Then he said slowly: "Yes... Lord Earl, you are my monarch, and I am willing to follow you to fight against anyone..."

After saying these words, Baron Samun panted like a fish out of water.

Although Reiner was only seventeen years old, a series of victories and a high status filled him with confidence and at the same time brought him great prestige.

When Baron Samun faced Reiner's questioning and gentle questioning words, it was as if he was facing a mountain.

No one could understand what kind of pressure Baron Samun was under at that time.

"Very good! As expected of my loyal vassal, I will not treat you badly!" Reiner smiled and held up a wine glass and handed it to Baron Samun.

"Uh...yes...yes, Lord Earl..." Baron Samun's hands trembled slightly, and he was able to hold the wine glass firmly with both hands. Said.

From the majestic power like hell to the spring breeze and drizzle, God knows how much fear Baron Samen has in his heart.

Baron Samn took the wine glass and drank it down, and the atmosphere in the hall eased up, and the joy just now resumed.

After the banquet, Reiner returned to the room Baron Samun had arranged for him to rest.

Lying on the bed, the bright moonlight shone on Reiner through the small window, his expression became serious.

The objection of the vassal... This is the first time he has encountered such a thing.

Reiner knew early on that the relationship between the vassal and the vassal was not so harmonious in many cases, and the vassal's obedience to the vassal was everywhere.

Even stronger vassals can still fight against the lord, and it is not unheard of that the situation of turning against the guests is not unheard of.

All of this hadn't happened to Reiner earlier, and he naively thought that this kind of thing wouldn't happen to him if he was well-mannered.

Now it seems that I still think too much.

Lena covered himself with the blanket and closed his eyes.

"Don't let me down!"

Early the next morning, Leiner's cavalry archers galloped to the territories of various vassals with his summons.

On June 15th in the twenty-fourth year of the empire, eight days had passed since Leiner's call-up order was issued, and Leiner's vassals began to lead their troops to Fort Samen one after another.

Reiner sat in the hall of the main castle with a blank expression on his face.

Today is the last day of enlistment, that is, today is the deadline for all lords to arrive.

However, there were only twenty-six lords present today, including Baron Cod, Baron Valas, and Baron Ryland.

In other words, two of Leiner's twenty-eight vassals did not follow their orders to bring troops to serve.

But that wasn't what pissed him off the most.

One of these two people is Reiner's hardcore supporter, Baron Azak.

Sarang, who was standing next to Reiner's chair, also had an ugly expression on his face. His father's behavior would definitely leave an extremely bad impression on the Earl's heart.

"There's no need for you to be unhappy, it has nothing to do with you!" Ryan said a word without thinking, and the others didn't understand, but Sa Lang knew that this sentence was for himself.

Reiner stood up, and said with a blank expression: "Let's not wait for them, we will set off tomorrow, do you... have any opinions?"

After hearing this, the vassals began to look at each other.

Reiner watched all this coldly, waiting for them to speak.

After everyone pushed and shoved for a while, someone finally spoke.

"Eun... Lord Earl... If we follow what we think in our hearts, we really don't want to help that Baron Samuza..."

As he said that, another person stood up, saluted Reiner, and said, "My lord, Baron Samuza is not from Ridka, and they don't respect the Holy Father. Besides, it is difficult for us to determine whether he really wants to Like us, you are willing to sacrifice your life for Lord Earl!"

"We are afraid that Baron Samuza will turn his face and deny anyone after he survived the crisis with the help of the Earl, and refuse to admit that he is your vassal, Lord Earl. Why should we take the risk of huge losses to help a man?" That kind of people?"

The vassal's logic was clear and his language sharp.

He didn't even mention whether he could win, and he directly defaulted to victory under the earl's leadership.

What he emphasized was that Samu's loyalty to Reiner had yet to be negotiated, and that he would pay a huge loss.

It has to be said that he is much stronger than other vassals.

Reiner looked at him with a half-smile, although he said so, but Reiner knew exactly what they were thinking.

What they doubted and feared was the enemy's six thousand prairie cavalry, and what they worried about was whether they could win.

In the final analysis, they were unwilling to pay any price or take any risks. In other words, they simply did not believe that Leiner could defeat 6,000 cavalry to win.