Chapter 14 Interlude

Many military books record Thomas' military strategy under Sedin Castle, which is a story of cleverly using psychological pressure to force the enemy to retreat, so as to seize the castle without losing one soldier. This wonderful strategy is a classic and is considered by many people to be a genius.

Objectively speaking, the Greyhounds also performed well. They successfully organized a retreat in the middle of the night and used camouflage to delay the enemy for a day. They were also remarkable in the subsequent blocking battle, fighting with Thomas's pursuit troops and finally successfully retreated. However, all these things were not worth mentioning in front of Thomas' achievements. In fact, people often describe the Greyhound as composed of refugees and robbers, with poor equipment and chaotic organization, dispersed as soon as they fought, and fled as soon as they were scared, and completely ignored the previous Greyhound's rapid and decisiveness.

Although the battle in the mountains was not large, the situation in St. Gene became clear with the fall of Sedin.

Because chasing Princess Irina was regarded as the top priority, the Paro people failed to take the opportunity to control the entire Saint Gene. Most of the Saint Gene lords did not take action because of the fact that the dragons had no heads or were controlled by the Greyhounds (of course, it might be for other reasons). However, the fall of Sedin ended all the wait and see. As soon as Princess Irina entered Sedin Castle, she immediately issued an order, asking all the lords to swear allegiance to her and immediately led her army to join her (strangely, although San Gien's king Lan Jill I was still alive, he refused to come forward to rule again, but instead handed over the regime to his granddaughter, Princess Irina. Many people think that this is because the king is too old and has no energy to control the kingship. Others think that the king has a strange disease and cannot meet people. However, these details are no longer verified.).

Groups of messengers emerged from Sedding and flew towards the four directions with the princess and the retired king's handwritten letters. The remaining Greyhounds were forced to retreat towards Casillos, but then fell into the dilemma of being attacked by all sides. They acted slowly and were eventually caught up by General Thomas. Then, in a battle without any suspense, the exhausted and panicked Greyhound Knights quickly collapsed under the attack of Saint Gene's army.

However, everyone knows that the so-called "Greyhound Knights" are just a temporary group of forces organized by the Paro people. The main goal of organizing this force is to pursue Princess Irina, not to capture Saint Gene, so they are all light troops, lacking armor, no magicians, and even a few cannons. When the princess gained a foothold, eliminating these Greyhounds is not a challenge at all. Princess Irina's real enemy, Paro's regular army, is still in Casillos.

Princess Irina was busy establishing her court to achieve effective rule over Saint Gene. Thomas was busy gathering troops, sweeping away the remaining Greyhounds troops in the country, and seeking support from the prophets. Paro's army was busy further suppressing the resistance forces in various places of Casillos and stabilizing the rear.

The war paused for a moment, just like the tranquility of the moment before the storm came...

——Excerpt from "History of the Stigia War"

"What you see immediately is Duke Landwind, the largest and most powerful lord in the south of St. Gene, and the lord of Paraion. Their family has mastered the training methods of Pegasus for generations. But in fact he is an arrogant and stupid idiot." The old man said behind her. "He will tell you at the fastest speed that he is more suitable for the general than Thomas."

When the word "general" was said, the old man's nose was so strong that it sounded like he was giggling.

"He is a fool. If he really becomes the commander of the army, he may make irreversible mistakes for a moment of impulse. He is too stupid to let go, too powerful to ignore it. But he is not stupid enough to do anything to make himself hanged. This is really an unfortunate thing."

The old man in black robe carefully introduced the personality traits of these visitors clearly. In fact, the old man had to instill the experience and knowledge accumulated in decades of his career into her within a few days. Sometimes, she felt that she was a fattening goose.

"Remember, you silly girl!" The hard wooden stick with the ivory handle pierced on her side ribs, making people almost cry. It was worse than a vegetable goose, at least the vegetable goose would not be poked like this, she thought.

But at this time she was almost at the foreground. At least the old man knew that he should stop here. The position on the side ribs that had just been poked still hurts, but she could at least smile.

"Princess Irina is here!" The emcee's voice was loud. The girl walked into the hall, elegant and elegant.

Everyone in the hall saluted immediately. The bald stranger in the middle was undoubtedly Duke Landwind. His clothes were embroidered with gold edges and sapphire collars. From the outside, probably anyone thought he was the king.

Randwin began to speak. The first thing he did was to announce the presentation of the princess, ten strictly trained royal pegases. But except for this, the rest of his words were nonsense. He used various words to describe his loyalty to the princess and St. Gene. He also had his outstanding and outstanding ability—military, political and personal morality. If his words were trustworthy, then Irina had already discovered the greatest man in the world of this era.

Perhaps the greatest man in the entire history of mankind.

When Randwin's long speech finally came to an end, he began to make small demands. Compared to the ability he described, this was indeed a "small" requirement. He hoped to become a prime minister or a general. Of course, it would be better to work part-time.

"Count Thomas is currently serving as the General, and I think he is doing a good job in his position at the moment."

Randwin's face twitched for a moment, and then he vaguely said something that no one could hear clearly. If Irina was not wrong, he was emphasizing that he was far more capable than Thomas.

At least Thomas wouldn't be so verbose. Irina thought so. When Thomas looked at her, his eyes were far less flashing than Randwin's.

And when she was running for her life, only Thomas was ready to fight and rescued her. Even without the harsh comments from her grandfather, she could not let Randwin become a general.

"As for the candidate for the Prime Minister, I think it should be temporarily put on hold before formally organizing the courtiers."

Randwin smiled. He began to express his admiration and gratitude to the princess again in a long way. Although Irina didn't feel that she had done anything worthy of her gratitude to her.

The meeting was finally over. Before Randwin left, he once again emphasized that all Pegasus had no master yet. And as long as the princess wanted, he could provide a batch.

These remarks aroused Irina's curiosity.

She couldn't help but want to meet those Pegasus that didn't have a master. Pegasus is a very noble animal, and there is a strong bond between it and the owner. No one can allow a second person to step on his back. No one can do it. When Irena was a child, she once hoped to ride a Pegasus soar in the blue sky. But unfortunately, the Pegasus that arrived at the palace had their masters. She could only watch these beautiful animals leave with their owners.

She walked towards the passage excitedly, eager to change her horse outfit. She deserved a Pegasus. Isn't it? She is the heir to the throne of St. Gene, and is...

The old man in black robe was watching her there, his eyes shining with a chilling light.

"Follow me to the room." The old man ordered. She had no choice but to obey the order.

"Why do you give that idiot boring hope?! He will hype that he has become the only candidate for the prime minister and mess up a lot of things!" the old man roared, whipping her hard with that tough cane.

"It was not so troublesome at all. Everything was caused by your devil father! And your mother who was no different from an idiot! I handed over St. Gene to them. What did they do? In their court, there were only Casilos! The nobles of St. Gene did not even occupy an important position. Now they and their court are all finished! But the nobles of St. Gene felt the crisis that they needed you to arrange appropriate positions immediately, otherwise they would worry about being abandoned again and being isolated from the center of power!"

"If you cannot get the wholehearted support of the St. Gene nobles, then you will not be able to win this war! If you immediately make a wish, then the nobles of Casilos will also feel the crisis in the future! When you march into Casilos, the nobles will hesitate!"

The girl clenched her teeth. Although she was sucked through her clothes, the place she was pulled by her cane should have been swollen.

She tried her best to prevent the howling sound from passing through her throat. She couldn't cry! She couldn't let him see my surrender! I will be the queen of this country! Although I can only endure it now.

"You didn't cry, and it was finally a progress."

The sturdy wooden cane reached the girl's chin, and despite her resistance, she forced her to lift her face up, forcing her to look at the old man's face again.

There are many weird and twisted tumors on the face of the old man in black robe. If an ordinary person suddenly sees this kind of face, he will not be able to control the urge to vomit.

"You are hating me, are you? But you are afraid of me! Hate and fear are two very important feelings. You must remember! You cannot resist me. Although the nobles and knights are swearing allegiance to you and vowing to fight for you. But your power comes entirely from me. The reason they will bow to a naive and stupid little girl like you and express your loyalty to you is entirely because you are my granddaughter and the heir to my bloodline. If you resist me, you deny your bloodline. If that happens, you will be nothing in Saint Gene! At most, you are just a princess who has lost her country!"

"But don't worry, I won't give you up easily, because you are indeed my last heir of blood. Now, I will teach you an important lesson!"

The cane was sturdy on her cheek. She knew that there was a clear red mark on her face without touching it. Even if it was not yet, it would immediately appear in half a minute.

"Change your clothes immediately. At most an hour, the Countess Rowling will come to see you. She is a very capable woman, very suitable as your court supervisor and consultant, to guide you in various customs and other fragmentary matters. But remember that her daughter Rowling is a beautiful stupid goose, so she doesn't have anything to do with her!"

The old man in black robe left the room. The moment the door was closed, her tears flowed down uncontrollably. The girl pounced on the soft bed and whimpered. The blood from the wound should have penetrated into the clothes and stuck to the fabric. It would be very painful to take it off.

But she knew that she had to take off her clothes quickly and change into a dress suitable for meeting women. She would also smile and tell others that the red marks on her face were a small accident. Maybe it would be more appropriate to be scratched by a hook.

I am the queen. She was crying and thinking, but I can only endure it now!
Chapter completed!