Chapter 497 Bruno's dissatisfaction and expectations

After the capture of Nethergarde, a series of post-war handling issues followed.

For example, the appearance of prisoners of war, the appeasement of civilians, the looting of spoils, the handling of corpses, etc.

Fortunately, Placido had the intention to surrender, and with the help of several knights under his command, it was still possible to maintain a stable situation.

In the afternoon, after resolving the battle on Melonica's side, Ronin returned to the fortress hall of Nethergarde and met Placido.

As a viscount of the empire, the other party was now ready to surrender to Ronin, and naturally would not retain the title of viscount, and would even lose some power and land.

However, generally speaking, the surrendered nobles could still retain a certain status and property through negotiations.

So now Ronin and Placido are discussing these issues.

First of all, Ronin did not have the idea of ​​directly conferring the title of the other party. After all, as a surrendered general who had not made any achievements, it was not appropriate to confer a title.

Moreover, whether the other party surrendered voluntarily or not, Ronin could easily occupy the Watchtower and take it down with low losses.

Surrender is not a merit.

Placido knew that there was no way to refute this, and could only make up for it in terms of land, rights and property.

Ronin was open-minded about these.

If Bruno later assigned Watchtower to Ronin's territory, Ronin would appoint Placido as the governor of Watchtower. Although he did not have the title of nobility, he would still be the manager of this territory.

Of course, if Bruno did not assign Watchtower to Ronin, he also promised to arrange a town for Bruno and let him serve as the governor.

In terms of property, in addition to the 50% of wealth handed over by the other party, Ronin did not move the remaining 50%.

Finally, there is land.

Whether Placido continues to stay in Watchtower in the future or moves to a small town in Moonlight Valley, Ronin will only give a certain amount of land according to the other party's strength level and identity, and will not give all the land in a certain place to the other party.

The control of the land still has to be in Ronin's hands, so that he can have overall control and continue to implement the land policy he set in Shanlin Town.

The negotiation did not last too long. Although Placido was skinned, he at least saved his life and the future of the Carmen family.

And Ronin also gained new subordinates.

In terms of strength, Placido is his strongest subordinate besides Redar, McKen and Elron.

Of course, there are five people including Sofia, but their relationship with Ronin is more like cooperation rather than subordination.

Not long after, Garrett's griffin knight sent an order, asking them to arrive outside the Misty City before noon tomorrow.

"Garrett is really anxious."

Ronin looked at the military order in his hand with some surprise.

Although there is the word "pursue victory", the mobilization of the entire front still needs to be considered in the long run. At least it is necessary to see what the situation is, how much loss there is, and whether the action can continue.

It is rare for Garrett to directly issue a new combat order without giving a chance to rest.

"Sir, what should we do? Should we go directly?" asked Rydar.

Ronin nodded, "Go ahead. No matter what Earl Ural of Misty City is doing, we need to find out."

The situation in Misty City is indeed a bit strange. Not only Ronin doesn't understand, but Placido, who has dealt with Earl Ural for many years, also doesn't understand.

However, no matter what the other party is doing, Ronin has to go and see.

At the same time, just in case, he has asked Carlos to notify Sofia, Petro and Elron who is far away in Swamp Town to come over, and they will arrive tonight at the latest.

Ronin is going to let Sofia and Petro join the battle.

Although Elron will also go to the battlefield, before that, he needs to use his identity as a mage to guide the thirteen magicians of Watchtower. After all, these people will be assigned to Elron's men in the future.

It was late at night.

In the Golden Feather Palace, Mel, the minister in charge of intelligence and liaison, walked quickly into Bruno's study.

At this time, His Majesty the King was wearing pajamas and sitting lazily on a soft chair.

"Mel, you came to the Golden Feather Palace to disturb my rest in the middle of the night. What happened?"

Mel walked up with a letter in his hand, smiling: "Good news, Your Majesty, good news!"

Good news?

Bruno was startled, and the sleepiness on his body was swept away, "The border war started?"

Although he said that when to start the war was up to Gushan and Ronin to decide, at least send him a message before the war started, right?

"Quick, show me!"

Bruno immediately took the letter and read it quickly.

There were two letters in total.

The first letter came from his eldest daughter, Sharon, the wife of Count Iben.

She first talked about her husband's capture of the enemy's well-defended fortress, and took credit for Iben's achievements. At the same time, she talked about the victory on all fronts, and finally praised her brother Garrett's command decision-making, etc.

The second letter was from Viscount Willis of Heiyu Bay, also celebrating the victory, and the hardship and difficulty of winning the battle, and then praising Garrett.

The purpose of their letter was simple, to announce the good news and to let His Majesty know their loyalty and ability, so as to prepare for the reward after the war.

Although it was a gratifying victory, Bruno's face darkened.

"What's going on? The commander of the front line is Garrett?" he asked.

Mel was stunned for a moment. He didn't know the content of Bruno's original letter. "Isn't it, Your Majesty?"

When the words came to his lips, Bruno took them back.

Telling the truth now will undoubtedly bring a very negative evaluation to his son.

But no matter what, he didn't expect that Garrett would blatantly disobey his orders and change his orders.

"This kid!"

Bruno sighed and thought to himself: "Fortunately, this battle was won on all fronts. It won't be too late to criticize him after we capture the Misty City."

He thought for a long time and said to Mel: "Go and help me reply to each of them a congratulatory letter. You can decide the content yourself."

These all have similar templates and are not difficult.

After Mel retreated, Bruno asked the guards to summon Brower into the palace overnight while writing new letters to Luoning, Iben, Gushan and others.

Soon, Broll arrived.

"Your Majesty, what orders do you have for coming to me so late?"

Bruno handed him the written letter, "Send it to Ronin on the front line, and ask him to convey my order - after the Mist City is captured, do not continue to march towards the Kingdom of Tricia, and at the same time let Garrett return." Jin Yucheng meets me.”

After saying that, he added: "If Garrett still refuses to come back, then let Ronin think of a way in private."

Broll had no doubts about the first command, but he couldn't understand the second command.

What did His Majesty the Crown Prince commit? His Majesty actually showed a dissatisfied tone?

You must know that over the years, whenever Bruno mentioned his son Garrett, he always expressed a very satisfied attitude. Has this ever happened?

"Go ahead and leave tonight if you can."

"Okay!" Brower nodded solemnly.

Your Majesty is so anxious. It seems like something serious has happened.

When Bruno was the only one left in the room, he sighed heavily.

"Although this kid was a little arrogant and arrogant before, he could listen to my words, but now he even dares to disobey my orders."

He shook his head helplessly.

Bruno has had high hopes for Garrett since he was a child, and he has always trained him as his successor, and even let Garrett preside over and make decisions on some occasions.

But this does not mean that Garrett can go against Bruno's wishes.

If it was a trivial matter, forget it, but this matter involved Luo Ning, and such behavior would only make the relationship between him and Luo Ning worse and worse.

This is what Bruno doesn't want to see.

"It seems we have to find a way to separate Ronin and Garrett."

Bruno pondered for a long time, and finally decided to bring Garrett back for a good education. If the other party still wants to go to the battlefield, arrange for him to be a war supervisor with Ference or Andrea.

This will prevent Ronin from coming into contact with Garrett.

Putting aside this troublesome matter, Bruno opened the map and looked at the location of Misty City.

He was in the same mood as his daughter Sharon and Viscount Willis at the moment. He believed that with the existence of the two Sun Knights and the dragon, and the combined forces, there would be no problem in taking over the Misty City.

"Thirty years of disastrous defeats made my father depressed and depressed. He left early. Now that I have the Mist City back in my hands, the Alduin family's experience of this disastrous defeat can finally be washed away!"

"If Ronin and his forces are used, rebuilding Alduin's empire won't be a problem!"

After sitting on the throne, who doesn't want to expand the territory?

Bruno had to admit that he was feeling a little expectant and excited at this time. (End of chapter)