Blue Sword

On the eve of the decisive battle, the team of the Duke of Bavaria, who had rushed back from the Principality of Franconia, finally returned to Mingxing City.

Duke Otto of Bavaria (he happens to have the same name as His Majesty the Emperor, so to avoid confusion, he will be referred to as Duke from now on), the father of Eleanor, Ludwig and Henry, is a middle-aged man nearly fifty years old with a slender figure. , with a majestic beard and outstanding temperament. In a large noble family, he is a relatively rare handsome man.

But what people are more willing to talk about is his obsession with the culture of Cyris. This duke is proficient in the Cyris language, loves literature, sculptures and movies, and he also tolerates orthodox culture and extraordinary people in the principality under his rule. The degree is also very high.

At the main entrance of Weisbach Palace, Ludwig, Henry, Elizabeth and Eleanor were already waiting there and came out to greet their father.

"Yes." Faced with the children's greetings, the Duke nodded and his eyes fell on Eleanor.

"Hehe~" Eleanor knew that she was guilty, so she quickly hugged her father's arm and started acting coquettishly.

"You've been out wandering for so long, and you still know how to come back?" the Duke said lightly, seemingly dissatisfied, but his trembling beard betrayed his joyful mood.

"I went to Constantinople, Olympia and Sparta, and brought back gifts for my father." Eleanor quickly took out her trump card.

"Oh?" The Duke's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Ahem!" Ludwig coughed, reminding his father that there were many people here, so we had better go in and talk.

After walking all the way to the study room on the top floor, the Duke sat down in his chair and said calmly:

"Tell me, what do you think of the envoys from the Wolf family?"

Although the question was about "you", both Elizabeth and Eleanor knew that this was actually because their father wanted to test the abilities of their eldest and second brothers, so they both kept their mouths shut knowingly.

"I think this knight fight." Henry blurted out without thinking. "It is probably because the Wolf family is not sure about our high-end strength, so they proposed this game as a test."

"If we lose all three battles, the morale of the knights below will naturally be seriously affected; in order to avoid this outcome, we will definitely have to use the extraordinary combat power of the family. Then their ability sequence and combat habits, these important information will be Will be exposed in the fight."

"Then in the next war, the Wolfe family will make arrangements and respond to our extraordinary combat power based on this information."

"Yes." The Duke said after hearing his conclusion, "Are you trying to test our family's high-end combat power through knight fighting?"

"Yes."

"Then, on the other hand, if they send people to participate in the fight, wouldn't it also expose their extraordinary combat power?" the Duke asked with a smile.

"But they hired foreign aid..." Henry said.

"Can't we please?" asked the Duke.

Henry was speechless. In fact, the Weisbach family also hired foreign aid, so the idea of ​​testing was invalid.

"I think Knight Fighting might just be the trigger," Ludwig said.

"Go on," said the Duke.

"To convey to the outside world that our Weisbach family's high-end strength is insufficient." Ludwig said solemnly, "Of course, it is not just to convey to our knights, but also to seduce the ambitions of some rebel forces. "

"Just before, there have been many attacks by the Tabor faction against innocent citizens in the city, which shows that these domestic Hussites are ready to move and may be preparing to plot evil in the near future."

"Once at this time, the people we sent lose in the knight fight, then this will greatly encourage the Hussites in the city, causing them to underestimate our family's high-end combat power and blindly start a rebellion."

"As long as a rebellion occurs, it will inevitably severely weaken the military strength within our principality and create more suitable conditions for the Wolf family's subsequent invasion."

Hearing what the eldest brother said, even Elizabeth and Eleanor became a little changed.

"So that's it!" Henry said immediately, "Maybe the rebellion of these Hussites was instigated by people sent by the Wolf family to collude in advance! I will go and kill their envoys right now!"

"Quiet, Henry." The Duke said calmly, "In that case, Ludwig, how do you think we can deal with their scheme?"

"Be prepared with both hands." Ludwig analyzed and said, "For the knight fight, we have to win beautifully and not show any weakness; for the Hussites in the city, we need to send troops to eliminate them as soon as possible and show our strength. It shows that we have the strong strength to fight a two-front war at the same time. We can suppress unrest at home and resist foreign aggression. Only in this way can we deter Xiaoxiao and prevent our enemies from taking rash actions."

"Yes." The Duke nodded noncommittally, "That's very good. You can think about it when you go back."

Ludwig was a little confused. "Think about it when you go back." That is to say, his father did not agree with his conclusion. Did I say anything wrong?

"It's not just Ludwig and Henry." The Duke looked at his two daughters, "Elizabeth and Eleanor, you can also think about it. If you were a duchess and encountered a similar situation in the feudal country, how should you deal with it? "

Elizabeth showed an elegant and decent wry smile that clearly said "How do I know?" while Eleanor touched her chin and thought seriously.

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Have no idea.

In fact, Eleanor still agrees with the conclusion of her elder brother Ludwig, and feels that this is a long-planned turmoil caused by foreign enemies colluding with internal thieves.

After all, the Tabor faction was causing chaos everywhere, and even she and Asker were attacked. The envoy from the Wolf family arrived belatedly, and even proposed a knightly fight. This timing was too clever. .

If you don't agree, it seems that the Weisbach family is afraid and will affect the morale of their subordinates; if you agree, you always feel that the other party has some conspiracy, so you can only be careful... Could it be that the Wolf family has colluded with the Hussites? Are you going to launch a rebellion on the day of the knights' fight?

While the knights were watching the fighting outside the city, take advantage of the lack of defense power in the city to launch a rebellion and capture Mingxing City?

Eleanor was horrified when she thought of this. Regardless of whether it was true or not, whenever there was such a possibility, I had to remind my father immediately!

She hurriedly turned around and walked towards the study. Before she had taken a few steps, she suddenly stopped again.

Wait, let me not jump to conclusions yet, why not ask the magical Ask?

The leader has always been cunning and unpredictable. Maybe he has already seen the truth of the matter and is waiting for me to ask him!

So Eleanor turned around again and walked briskly towards the team.

For some reason, as soon as she thought about the presence of the group leader, the doubts and haze in her heart that were worried just now were immediately swept away.