After a night of bloody fighting, white light gradually rose from the horizon.

Earl Merovingian and Brian stood on the hills and looked at the rising sun. It can be said that their moods were very different.

The soldiers who could still stand stood behind their respective monarchs.

Behind Count Merovingian there was only the escort of less than 100 people, and behind Brian except for the two mercenaries who died in the battle, even the injured stood behind Brian with the support of their companions to participate in the surrender ceremony.

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Brian and Earl Merovingian stood side by side in front of Earl Hughes, and signed their names on the parchment that recorded the victory and defeat of the war.

A white light instantly glowed on the parchment, flashing through scenes from last night's war. It eventually became dull, and the territorial war was finally settled.

Count Merovingian has confirmed that he cannot pay the 230,000 gold coins, so the parchment will be submitted to the Noble Council for review, and His Majesty the King will approve and confirm the size and location of the ceded territory.

These are not things Brian and Ryan can worry about. They have to rely on the Horsman family's relationship within the Noble Council to mediate.

After the initial excitement, Brian looked at the battlefield that was in ruins and littered with corpses and said to Count Merovingian with a heavy heart.

"This war could have been avoided, and these people could have survived, but for inexplicable reasons, you rejected my kindness.

You can't accept the good thing of getting a few hundred gold coins every year, and you insist on causing such a result.

Now the benefits from the canal are gone, and a large area of ​​territory will be lost. What is even more tragic is that so many people died because of your stubbornness and greed."

Count Molovin, who was in a terrible mood, said in a mocking tone.

"You are the one who started this war, right? It's ridiculous to talk about mercy now. Besides, most of the people who died in the war were civilians and serfs.

It doesn't matter how many of these people die, they will soon grow back like rice in autumn.

Besides, as my subjects, it is their obligation to fight for me when my territory is invaded by the enemy.

It is their honor to die for me, there is no need for you to pretend here."

Brian shrugged helplessly and said leisurely.

"Whether you believe it or not, I really just want to be a farming lord, and I have never thought of launching a war against you to seize your territory.

Even though I may be criticized by people, I still want to share the benefits of the canal with you.

In order to take care of your face, I even bothered my father to invite you to the banquet before requesting cooperation. You don't have to pay a penny, and I can share half of the profits every year. I have done my best to you.

Things have developed to this point and are no longer under my control, but there is one thing I think you are wrong about.

As a lord, don't always think about what your vassals can do for you, but think about what you can bring to your subjects.

There will be damage to Lansburg in this war, but the benefits I have brought to them are things they could not have imagined before.

More importantly, the ambition that the Horton family has not realized for generations was realized less than a month after our Horsmann family took over Landsburg.

And it also expanded the territory of Lansburg, which is the most important thing."

Count Merovingian glanced at Brian coldly, no longer wanting to maintain aristocratic politeness, and said coldly, "Hypocrisy."

He ignored Brian, got on his horse, turned around and left.

Brian didn't care that Count Merovingian was rude to him. He bowed slightly to Count Moroun's background and then mounted his horse and left.

Anyway, his words were ostensibly meant for Count Merovingian, but in fact they were meant for the noble troops behind him.

The speeches of the victors after the war are more convincing than thousands of encouragements before the war.

Brian is an upright, generous and kind lord, and his design has finally been established.

After a night of fierce fighting, they were victorious and returned to Landsburg in triumph.

Brian did not forget to find two war horses and returned to Landsburg carrying the bodies of the two mercenaries who died in the battle.

As for the corpses scattered on the battlefield, that's not what he has to worry about. Anyway, this land is still under the management of Count Merovingian for the time being, and he can't get involved yet.

But Brian still asked people to pay more attention to prevent the plague from decomposing corpses from affecting Lansburg.

The road to victory is exciting, but there are also depressing things.

Brian glanced at Knight Munns walking happily in the middle of the team, and then turned to look at Victor beside him.

It seemed to be asking him, didn't you agree to let this glorious knight die for Lansburgh?

Why is Knight Munns still walking in the team with a radiant look?

Victor understood Brian's look and could only smile helplessly, unable to explain it due to the current situation.

In fact, Victor felt bitter in his heart. Who would have thought that Brian's mine array was so powerful.

It was clear that there were so many cavalrymen in Count Merovingian's cavalry that were not affected by the minefield, but these people had no intention of fighting. They surrendered not long after they rushed over.

Originally, the bodyguards that besieged Count Merovingian could also send Knight Munns away, but who would have thought that this man was also a slippery man.

When chasing Count Merovingian, he was obviously at the front, but he rushed to the end of the team.

By the time Knight Munns joined the battle group, Count Merovingian had already surrendered.

What surprised Victor even more was that Knight Munns, who was originally shown to be a junior knight in the intelligence, actually showed the strength of an intermediate knight on the battlefield.

Knight Munns actually hid his own strength. As a result, he had a lot of credit for his work, but he didn't even scratch his skin. This kid is really a talent.

Victor wanted to persuade Brian whether he could spare this kid's life, or at worst, transfer Knight Munns away from Lansburgh to serve elsewhere.

As long as he stays away from Horton Knight's family, it shouldn't cause any problems to Lansburg's unity.

And judging from the way Horton Knight was chatting and laughing with him, the relationship between the two should be pretty good. If he really died in battle, it would be a blow to Brian's prestige.

Anyway, the Horsman family has so many places to go, so Knight Munns should not dare to disobey.

So on the way back, Victor loudly praised the bravery of Knight Munns, and suggested that he was already an intermediate knight and should get more opportunities to show himself.

Ask Brian if he can recommend the Knight of Munns to Duke Horsman.

Brian immediately understood what Victor was thinking. He didn't expect that Knight Munns was already an intermediate knight, and he was not determined to kill Knight Munns.
Chapter completed!