When Charis and Art rushed to the official room of Lord Sauerburg Hall, Viscount Jeffrey's face was still ashen.
After entering the room for a long time, Jeffrey did not say a word.
Matt and Charis both looked puzzled, standing or sitting in the room.
"Legion Commander, is there an urgent war situation that calls us here in such a hurry?" Charis finally couldn't bear the weird silence.
Jeffrey sat behind the official desk and glanced up at the two of them, "You don't want to continue fighting south?"
Charis and Art looked at each other in confusion.
"Legion Commander, I don't understand what you mean." Art said.
Jeffrey looked carefully at Charis and then at Art, and found that the two of them did not seem to be lying.
"Just now, an urgent battle report came from the Besançon Palace. Earlier this month, the Swabia Kingdom suddenly broke the truce with Burgundy and successively captured several castles and fortresses in the east. The palace summoned the two of you to return to Burgundy immediately and join the army that regained the lost territory in the east. The Besançon Palace will recruit another three hundred people from the south to join the legion." With that, he pushed the fire seal on the table to the two of them.
Charis took two steps forward and picked up the letter from the table, then returned to Art and read it together.
"Lord Legion Commander, the war broke out in the Eastern Territory. Why did the palace urgently call us back? The palace could have dispatched the 300 people recruited from the Southern Territory to fight in the Eastern Territory." Art questioned this obviously unreasonable arrangement.
“You’ll understand if you keep reading.” Viscount Jeffrey did not answer directly.
When Art saw the signature of the seal, his heart skipped a beat - Baldwin, deputy minister of the court and deputy military minister of the Count of Burgundy.
Matt said no more, because he vaguely guessed that there must be many secrets behind this sudden transfer order that cannot be revealed to others.
Viscount Geoffrey put his right hand on his forehead, closed his eyes in deep thought, and said after a while: "The palace of Besançon ordered you to get up and return immediately after receiving the order."
Hence, the Eastern Army is about to go south to the city of Verno for a battle. At this time, I do not accept the transfer of two of my most elite infantry. But military orders are military orders, and I can only carry them out without complaint. "
"You will go to the deputy commander of the legion to hand it over in a moment, and return all the extra weapons, armor, and food supplies distributed by the legion to the First Company and the Central Guards to the arsenal."
As soon as Yat heard that the extra weapons, armor and supplies were going to be returned to the legion, he immediately became anxious, "Master legion, you personally promised to allocate these weapons and armor to the central guard. The soldiers have just Taking it off as soon as you put it on is not good~ Besides, there are some badly damaged cotton armor and notched swords and broken shafts and spears. Do you want to take these things back? "
Jeffrey stared and replied: "You think I am blind! The armament list you took from me is indeed some worthless and worn-out things, but what you took from the arsenal is not the items on the list."
"I have always turned a blind eye to your little tricks, because you have become the elite I rely on most. Now that you are transferring away from my legion, do I have to give you these additional weapons?"
"You have taken everything away, so what can I use to equip the new army? Do you expect me to rely on a group of farmers wearing shabby linen to conquer the city of Wilno? Besides, you will have more sophisticated weapons and armor after you return to the country. You may not be able to look down on my shabby things. "
At this time, Art has indeed taken Viscount Jeffrey's tiger skin to ask for a lot of weapons and armor from the legion. Now that everyone is leaving, Viscount Jeffrey will certainly not let anyone leave.
Seeing Viscount Jeffrey's decisive attitude, Art reached out and gently touched Charles, who had been in a daze.
Charis came back from his thoughts and replied: "Okay, Lord Legion, I will hand over additional weapons and supplies to the legion as soon as possible."
Charis looked at Charis in disbelief, and cursed Charis several times in his heart...
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As soon as he stepped out of the lord's hall, Art was about to grab Charis to ask for some secret information. After all, Charis was the inner knight and personal guard of Count Baldwin, so he must know the deep meaning behind this matter.
This is indeed the case. Judging from Charisse's reaction after receiving the fire seal letter, he indeed understands the deeper meaning behind this matter better than At.
Charis stopped walking, looked around and saw no one, and asked Art with a serious face: "Sir Art, do you think you are a force that the Earl can rely on?"
Art thought for a moment, raised his head and replied firmly: "Att Wood Wells is willing to be a sharp blade in the hands of Earl Baldwin."
Charis nodded with satisfaction, "It seems that the earl did not misjudge you."
Charis took a few steps toward the stable, and Art followed.
"Sir Art, you are often in the south and don't know much about the situation in the palace. Since the Marquis became critically ill, the Besançon palace has gradually been divided into three camps on the issue of the monarch of the county."
“A group of old-school dignitaries, headed by the Prime Minister of the Palace, no longer say much about palace affairs. Many of them only care about their own interests. Viscount Jeffrey of the Eastern Army is also one of them. On the surface, he came to Provence to make contributions. In fact, he has noticed the coming storm in the Besançon Palace, so he took the initiative to ask for orders to stay away from the whirlpool of the Palace. There will be no future. No matter if there is a failure there, he will not be involved. "
"The camp headed by the Finance Minister Count Bernard firmly supports the young Crown Prince Robert to inherit the power of the Count. Because the Crown Prince Robert is Count Bernard's grandnephew, when the young Crown Prince takes power, it will be the Marquis who controls the Count from behind, and Count Bernard will definitely dominate the Count."
“My lord, the earl, has been at odds with Earl Bernard for many years, so the camp headed by my earl secretly opposes the crown prince Robert’s succession to the power of the county. Not to mention that after the prince succeeds to the throne, his political opponents will exclude my lord the earl at every turn. It’s just that the world The issue of the son's life experience is the most dangerous seed~"
At asked in shock: "There are rumors that the prince is not the legitimate son of the Marquis. Is it true?"
Charis nodded heavily.
"Is that what is rumored about the young Earl of Longxia in the southeastern mountainous area~" Art's voice was extremely low.
“Last autumn, the Count of Flanders secretly invited his old vassals to gather in the city of Longxia in the south of the Principality of Burgundy, and Count Baldwin also went there. Not long after, the Count of Flanders came to Besancon in person to visit the Marquis who was ill in bed. The two talked secretly in the room all night. What did the two say that night? No one knows, but since then the Marquis has closed the palace, and the Marquis has never summoned outsiders. Until I was ordered to go south to Provence, even Count Baldwin could not see the Marquis again. Now the military and political affairs of the entire county are jointly handled by several important court officials."
“The first company I am leading this time is the confidant selected by the earl from the palace guards. The palace guards have not fought for many years, and the guards did not participate in the Eastern War with the Principality of Swabia, so the earl asked me to take this group of guards. Wei went south to fight to give the soldiers some experience. After they return to the north, they may become the backbone officers of a new army. "
What Charis said was very simple, but it contained a huge amount of information.
While Art was still waiting to ask a few more questions, two messengers from the Count of Burgundy who came to Solburg to deliver orders found Art and the two of them.
"Lord Charis, I finally found you." Apparently the two messengers knew Charis.
Charis was also surprised, because these two people were the guards in Earl Baldwin's mansion.
ifies in a bumpy journey from the distant Besançon. The two messengers came all the way, dusty and tired.
"It's been a hard journey, follow me to the military camp in the east of the city and have a good rest soon." Charis said to the two messengers.
A messenger glanced around and said to Charis and Art: "My two gentlemen, I have a message from the count here, which must be delivered to you personally."
"This is not the place to talk, you come with me."
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Charis brought a few people back to the garrison barracks of the first company of the legion and closed the door.
"You can speak now." Charis said.
A messenger whispered: "At the beginning of January, Count Bernard's group suddenly began to secretly recruit troops from the provinces of Saône and Codor in the west. Count Baldwin had a premonition that the enemy had begun to plan a great purge! In order to deal with the crisis that may break out at any time, the earl secretly ordered you and Sir Art to rush back to Burgundy. The Count of Yona is gathering in the eastern part of the country. The Earl will recruit soldiers from the Province of Yona to form an army. The three viscounts and eleven barons under the Earl have received secret orders, and 1,200 soldiers have been quietly gathered in the Province of Yona."
Charis asked: "Where is the Earl of Longchard?"
“We don’t know the situation on the Count of Longchard’s side, but when we left, the Count of Longchard had just secretly transported more than a dozen carts of gold and silver to the city of Yona. This money was the military expenditure for the new army in the Province of Yona.” The messenger was always under the guard of Count Baldwin, but he didn’t know much.
At the sidelines, Art's heart was filled with excitement. He originally thought that the struggle in the palace was not his turn to care about, but he didn't expect that he had already been tied to this chariot.
"In addition, I have good news to tell you two adults. Before we go south, the earl has already begun to move around the palace to fight for the two adults to be promoted to the title of leading baron."
Ate was delighted again. It turned out that someone had already started working on the matter of promotion to the title for him. But he was just happy for a moment, and Art regained his composure.
There is no free bread in the world. For Count Baldwin to seek a title for himself at such a critical juncture, Art must have sacrificed his life to repay him~
Charisse did not have the same inner turmoil as Art. It was obvious that he had known Count Baldwin's arrangements for a long time, and the reason for leading the troops south to fight this time was just to give Knight Charis an opportunity to accumulate military merit.
"Does the Earl have any other instructions?" Charis asked.
· The messenger thought for a moment and replied: "My lord the count also ordered that in addition to bringing your own Guards soldiers back to the east, you should also try to poach some experienced soldiers from the eastern legion. The new army needs these people as the backbone and supporting force."
· "Okay, I remember your lord the count's order."
"Come here, take the two messengers down to have a good rest, prepare some beer, fruits and vegetables for them, and find two comfortable wooden beds." Charis shouted outside the house, and a personal attendant opened the door and came in to take the two messengers down.
Charis and Art were the only two people left in the room.
"Art, you heard it, what do you think?" Charis asked.
"Sir Charles, you already know these things, right?" Art sat on the armchair and looked into Charles's eyes.
"What are you referring to? The promotion to the title of Baron? Of course, otherwise why would I have traveled thousands of miles to Provence to suffer. As for you, the Earl really appreciates your ability, and you have the help of Bishop Olof behind you, so if you are lucky this time, you can also be promoted to the title." Charis replied.
Matt nodded, "I am indeed surprised about the promotion to the title, but the fire that is about to ignite in the Besançon palace was probably not planned for a day or two?"
"Sir Art, you are a smart man. I think you have heard some rumors. Do you think the earl will tolerate his enemies controlling the power of the country?"
Matt shook his head.
"So, ever since you conferred the title of Palace Guard Knight, the entire County of Burgundy has been in stagnant waters~"