A month ago, a trench had just begun to be dug out of the periphery of the Rage Lion Castle. When the slaves used the construction of the city to build the foundation, Arod held a letter from Baron Wendell in his hand. He looked at Baron Wendell's remorse for his behavior in the letter, and his anger towards Baron Wendell had dissipated most of his anger. In addition, the reason why Arod's other half was eliminated was that in the letter, Baron Wendell told Arod that the son of one of his distant cousins ​​had recently joined the Monks of St. Jomme, a military congregation that the liberation of the Baltic coast and the pagan territory of the Hayslas, and their people also existed in Mecklenburg.

"If we fight with the Slavs, well, it will be a matter of time sooner or later. Maybe this military order will become our help." Aruod sat at the wooden table, looking at the parchment letter covered with his father's seal and red wax, and his mind became active. Although he was very confident in the castle he built himself, it was not a bad thing for him to be able to get the support of a military order. Perhaps other nobles did not pay attention to these military orders. In the eyes of the military nobles, this was just an imitation show of a group of monks holding books. However, Aruod knew that the three major Knights of the Crusaders, the Hospital Knights, the Templars and the Teutonic Knights, which were predecessors from the Military Order, were all from the Military Order, which made Aruod notice the news about Baron Wendell, and this news might just be a sentence attached to Baron Wendell, but it was very important to Aruod.

"Sir, are you looking for me?" A self-cultivated farmer from the monastery village of Saint Fontso came in. He was not only a self-cultivated farmer who had his own land in the monastery village, but more importantly, he also had his own horse, and Arod needed such a light cavalry.

"Yes, I want you to bring my token and dress up as a traveler looking for the St. Jom's Military Order in Mecklenburg County." Arod took off a silver ring from his hand, which had his own abbreviation on it, and it was obvious that this ring belonged to the nobles.

"Yes, Lord Earl obeys your order." The self-cultivated farmer took Arod's ring and put it in his arms. The ring was not valuable, but it could explain his identity. After the self-cultivated farmer brought enough dry food, he rode his horse around to find out where the people of the St. Jom's Military Order were located.

"I thought it was too late?" Aroud looked at the knights who rushed into the castle, and he breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the self-cultivator had completed his mission, and the religious knights of the Military Council treated the pagans even more harshly. The sword and spear attacked the Slavs without any mercy.

The religious knights wearing chain mail were well-equipped and had high morale. The fighting spirit was firmly determined to fight soon defeated the Slavs, supported by the temporary passion. The soldiers of Arod, who were originally on defense, also opened the Saxon house and rushed out to fight. The two sides fought side by side to gradually defeat the Slavs.

"Kang Tuoyi will leave quickly. If you don't leave, you will be surrounded." The heavy-armed Slav soldiers resisted the attack of the knights. One of them grabbed Kang Tuoyi's arm and pulled him out of the city gate. Now even ordinary soldiers can see who the victory belongs to. Kang Tuoyi gritted his teeth and looked at the scene in front of him in anger. His soldiers were killed again, and the Slav leaders were killed in battle or captured.

"Oh~~~." The two knights who were on horseback guarding the city gate saw Kang Tuoyi and others. They immediately stepped forward and tried to kill these Slavs who were trying to escape. Even if they could not charge in the castle, the power of the spear could be maximized by the height of the war horse. Kang Tuoyi's heavy-armed warriors rushed forward with swords and wanted to stop the horse galloping. The war horse hit the heavy-armed warriors and threw them to the ground, but also weakened the speed of the war horse.

"Blessing of the gods~~~." Kang Tuoyi's eyes were wide open. He held the sword tightly with his hands while the knights were blocked by heavy warriors, stabbed the sword in through one of the knights' armpits. The knight's head and body were protected by armor, but below the raised arm, the armpits were the weakest place to defend. Kang Tuoyi, who had rich combat experience, seized the opportunity to kill a knight without hesitation. When the knight screamed and fell off the horse, Kang Tuoyi turned over and grabbed the horse's reins and fled to the castle.

At night, the Slavs in the Rage Lion Castle were cleaned up. In this siege, more than 300 Slavs were killed, more than 100 were injured and captured, and more than 200 others were fled and disappeared. Aruod's side also suffered heavy losses, with only more than 40 soldiers left. If it were not for the participation of the slaves at the critical moment and the joining of the St. Jom's Knights Association's knights, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Master Earl."

"Master Earl." Aruod didn't care about his fatigue. His face was covered with black dust. His chain mail was damaged in many places. Cracks appeared on his shirt. The blood stained the seals so hard that they could not see clearly. When Aruod walked in his messy castle, the soldiers carrying the wounded and rebuilt the gate bowed to him one after another. Aruod quickly waved his hand to them and signaled that there was no need to be too much courtesy. Although these soldiers who lived and died with Aruod had no blood relationship with him, they were simply brothers and sisters in Aruod's eyes.

"How is it?" Seeing John Berg leaning against a tilted shed, the slave feeding water to his mouth, Arod walked over a few steps, squatted down and said to John Berg.

"I was shot in an arrow, but I can still hold it up." Johnberg glanced at Arod, grinned and said, the arrow penetrated his legs, and blood dyed his trouser legs purple.

"I will ask the monks to perform surgery for you. As long as you disinfect it in advance, you will be able to jump and walk again soon." Arod nodded at him, comforting him by holding Johnberg's shoulder.

"Sir, what should those slaves do?" Julian strode to Arod with breath and strode to Arod. The slaves who helped Arod at the critical moment were holding tools and weapons, and gathered together to look at Arod and others with suspicious eyes.

"What's your name?" Arod looked at Martin holding a hammer among the slaves. The slave who used the hammer to smash the Slavs' head was impressed. He took a step forward and asked him.

"Be careful of the Count." Julian was worried about Arod's safety, and followed Arod immediately. The sword in his hand aimed at the slaves and never put it down. Arod reached out and pressed the sword down.

"His name is Martin, Lord Earl." The unexpected Melinda walked out and said to Arude. She was particularly eye-catching among the male slaves, because the female slaves and children entered the Saxon house early and were protected. At this time, Melinda who appeared here obviously had a problem. Arude was not stupid and soon understood who released these slaves.

"You let them go?" Arod stretched out his finger and pointed at the male slaves and said to Melinda. This female slave who cared for Arod's daily life was very smart and considerate. Therefore, Arod let Melinda do many things, but Melinda used Arod's trust to do the thing to release the slaves privately, which made Arod a little angry.

"Sir, please don't blame Melinda. I'm punished." Martin was worried that Arod would punish Melinda. Although the slaves had the advantage in numbers, they were not warriors after all. After a fight, they definitely had no chance of winning against Arod's soldiers and knights, so they pleaded with Arod in a broken Germanic language.

"Hmph, no kingdom law is unforgivable without my consent." Arod looked at Martin and Melinda with a sharp look, and his tone was particularly stern. After hearing Arod's words, the slaves were very nervous, but Arod changed his tone, "But given that you helped me at a critical moment, I forgive Melinda, I forgive your sins, but I will not be allowed to approach my house from now on. And you, I will give you freedom, but you will join my army as my light infantry, and will be treated the same as those of the free men."

"Oh oh~~~~." The slaves cheered excitedly after hearing Arude's words. They did not expect that Arude actually gave them freedom and allowed them to join the count's army. This kind of thing was like a miracle. When they heard the cheers of slaves, the people in the castle looked curiously.

"Thank you, Lord Earl." Melinda's eyes were filled with tears. She and Martin held their hands tightly together. Melinda leaned on Martin's shoulder. Martin hugged her tightly with his arms. These tears were different from the tears of suffering in the past, these tears of happiness.

"Yeah." Even though Arod was angry with Melinda for betrayal, looking at Melinda and Martin, he suddenly understood what was going on. Maybe her behavior was not unforgivable.

"Of course, we are the sirs of the Monks of St. Johnem. It's great to see fellow citizens of the same clan here." The knight, who led the knights of the Monks, was received by Arod after Arod finished handling the matter at hand. This knight was different from the noble knights that Arod saw. He did not have too much jewelry decoration on his body. In addition to the necessary chain mail and a blouse embroidered with a cross, there was only a small wooden cross strung with a straw rope around his neck. He gained Arod's favor for this frugality.

"Yes, I'm very lucky that the people I sent found you." Aruod said to the Knight with gratitude.

"This is God's will. At the same time, we regret to tell you that your messenger was discovered by our people when he was seriously injured after being attacked by Slav robbers. When he was dying, he told us everything, which made us come here to fight side by side. Isn't this a miracle of God?" The knight held the small wooden cross necklace in front of his chest and said to Arod in a calm and frenzy.

"Yes, it's so regretful." Arude felt sad again when he heard that the self-cultivating farmer he sent was dead, and at the same time, his heart was filled with rage.

"What are you going to do next? If there is no battle here, we will return to our camp." The two golden beards on the lips of the religious knights were raised. As knights of the monks, they had an extremely strict system.

"Please wait a moment, and after another night of rest, I will go and find the venue tomorrow. I need the help of you and your knights." Aruod said with a gloomy face.

"Oh?" The religious knight couldn't understand what Arud meant and looked at him in confusion.
Chapter completed!