The black fox came to see him in a gorgeous dress, and Ludwig felt that this dress was simply inferior in comparison.

He absolutely couldn't take off this person's clothes to ensure that he didn't overstep, so he could only ask him to wait for a while, then dawdled in the dressing room, and changed into his own good clothes.

Ludwig changed his makeup and wore a purple robe with a lot of gold silk patterns embroidered on it.

The gilt veneered helm was the same, but with real emerald green peacock feathers.

He deliberately twisted his thick waist in front of the black fox, holding the golden belt with both hands and showing off with a smile.

"How? You have seen a lot in the north, let's see if the king's clothes are gorgeous?"

To be fair, seeing Ludwig wearing a purple robe, the black fox was instinctively envious and even jealous, but he couldn't forcefully take off the clothes on the top nobleman in the east.

The clever black fox hastily asked Sophia to stand back with a hand gesture, and then put on a businessman's professional smile, pretending to be quite respectful: "It's really gorgeous. I heard from King Ross when I was in Ross that he was wearing purple clothes. The robed one is the true Roman Emperor. You are the true Majesty! And your magnificent crown, which is the tail feather of a magnificent bird in the far east. My father once had it, so I know it."

What the black fox said really meant something, the horse was shot just right, and Ludwig felt very comfortable.

"The real Roman emperor. Very good! However, I don't have too much obsession with becoming a Roman emperor. But this purple robe..." Ludwig turned around in a circle, causing the robe to fly: "It is The real Roman goods are exclusive to the royal family of the Eastern Empire. I didn't expect that guy Rurik to know the goods.

"Yes. King Rurik of Ross does have great wisdom. Moreover, we Ross are not ignorant of the Eastern Empire."

"Our Ross? A joke." Ludwig snorted feigning displeasure, "Now you are my vassal. Forget it. Rurik..." He poked his head to the north, thinking of some past events. With a trace of sadness: "Rurik, if he converts to God, the king is willing to be a good friend with him, and even marry his daughter to him. Unfortunately, he still believes in the evil **** of the north. I am very sorry."

"Even so, King Ross is still a good man to talk to."

"Good man? Don't speak for him. He is a king, and I am also a king. How about Ross? This king lost 30,000 troops on the Elbe River, and now he has pulled out another 30,000 troops. How about the Duke of Saxony? He is still loyal to me now. I You are stronger than Rurik, and you! You fox, being my vassal is the right way."

"Naturally." The black fox complimented hurriedly with a smile.

"That's good. Compared to other nobles, you are more knowledgeable. The other nobles only know that this king's clothes are gorgeous, but they don't know where they come from. This robe, I wouldn't wear it unless necessary. Now is the right time." As he said that, Ludwig stared closely at the black fox's face: "Now I want to see what you have captured. In the next military meeting, you will wear this gorgeous dress and participate on behalf of your wife."

"This... I am your baron."

"Baron? In my opinion, your ambition is worthy of the status of duke."

There was a sarcastic knife in Ludwig's words. At this moment, the black fox did not show the slightest surprise or panic. On the contrary, he hooked his head slightly and was very satisfied with the irony. Yes, in fact, Paul Black Fox, who joined the Nassau family, wanted to build a large territory.

"Women have no right to participate in the military meeting, and any maids will avoid it." Ludwig added: "At that time, you will be the new Earl of Lyingau, and the king still needs your military force in the new military operation. .

The words have been made clear, and the black fox's mind is spinning. He thought that this year's military operation is over, and the next step is to barrel the wine away and prepare for the winter. Does he have to continue to participate in the civil war of the top Frankish nobles?

At first, the black fox had a fluke mentality, but now it doesn't matter.

Mainz gathered a huge army, and based on the black fox's understanding of Ludwig, the next step must be to attack.

Maybe the decisive battle will be this year.

Regarding Ludwig, his purple robe was indeed imported from Eastern Rome.

Inheriting the vast territory laid down by the iron hoof of his grandfather, the eastern fief that belongs to him, namely Austria, has a very large scope. However, the local development is limited, but fortunately, the Croats on the border still maintain a state of surrender. After passing through the Croatian-controlled area along the coastline of the Adriatic Sea, business travel can enter Eastern Rome.

Who is the real Roman Emperor, the Badlands of Eastern Rome, or the King of the Franks?

The dispute over the "true emperor" is still going on, and Lothar still holds the title of emperor, but once he is defeated in the civil war, the title will be lost suddenly.

This is what the Eastern Empire wants to see, but the Eastern Empire will not send troops or spend money to help Ludwig win the civil war.

Some gifts can prove the attitude of the Eastern Empire, such as the purple robe worn on Ludwig.

A robe is worth a thousand words! As he said to the black fox, the so-called appeal is to ask the elder brother to admit the old agreement to split the kingdom. Ludwig hopes to gain an advantage on the battlefield, and the door of negotiation is still open. He hopes to have a good talk with his eldest brother after a decisive victory, and then he will sell to his eldest brother to end the civil war with dignity.

So, where is the battlefield for the decisive battle?

In fact, the news is already flying all over the sky in Mainz, and there must be secret work of the Middle Kingdom mixed in the city. The work of guarding against spies can be said to be non-existent. Besides, the great nobles in the north and east led troops across the Inn River in a mighty manner. This kind of action cannot be concealed at all. The Middle Kingdom's garrison in Kaiserslautern is neither deaf nor blind. can be ignored.

Ludwig in a purple robe completely overwhelmed the gorgeous attire of the black fox. This robe added a unique touch of purple to the entire city of Mainz, but in this city that has become dirty and messy due to the large army stationed, the filth and filth have become the desecration of the purple robe.

Ludwig didn't take it seriously, he was used to dirty and untidy environments, and he would not realize his sloppiness unless he had the opportunity to pay a state visit to New Roseburg in Ross.

The oriental king deliberately made a high-profile appearance. The clever black fox took his wife and acted like a minion. The two guards wearing all the clothes of Rose gave Ludwig enough face.

Ludwig did not ride a horse, but set foot on the dark road, all the way to the north gate of Mainz facing the river, and at the pier, as he did last year, he personally admired the looting masterpiece of the Ross army under the banner of Nassau.

Lots of helmets piled on the ground, even a few bent swords.

At this moment, Ludwig has a group of majestic cavalry beside him, and the Nassau army dressed in the Ross army also stands together.

The bustling pier attracted a lot of people. Thuringian Houta Kulf has always been exquisite, so he simply rode a horse to find out, and easily saw the man in the purple robe, sitting on a high place on a war horse. I also saw the "helmet mountain" piled up.

Ludwig would not touch these filthy helmets with his noble hands, which were unmistakably Frankish in their style.

Is there a certain possibility that the so-called Nassau army came to claim credit for obtaining the helmet and broken sword by other means?

No! These guys are unnecessary, besides, no matter what the black fox has done so far, it will have no effect on the next battle.

"Not bad. Very good...you have gained a lot."

The black fox thought that this guy was praising him too much, so he murmured a few words to dismiss him?

"Your Majesty, what do you think?" the black fox couldn't help asking.

"How else can I see it. It is enough that you have properly completed the task that the king has given you. At least it is enough for the time being." After finishing speaking, Ludwig looked around, and out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed the Thuringians watching. Someone couldn't help whispering: "Takurf, what are you doing here..."

It is a good thing to reward the Ross people for bringing a lot of disgusting heads, and it is a lot of helmets, but in the eyes of the locals, it is still Norman who appears here even under the banner of Nassau The army, they can exist here only because they are all the servants of the king.

Considering the problem of observation, the people brought by the black fox still camped at the pier, and even the little girl Sophia Nassau could only use the pier as her camp even though she was a countess.

The fox ears of the black fox stood up high. Although he had not yet participated in the military meeting at night, various garrisons were discussing the idea of attacking Kaiserslautern and Strasbourg. Everything was not groundless, he had estimated To Ludwig's purpose.

Because these two place names are at least no strangers to the Kingdom of Ross, and the black fox is even more familiar with a set of maps made by Rurik himself.

At night, in Ludwig's palace.

As he said, there will not be any women participating in the military meeting, the maids have all avoided, and even the male waiters have disappeared without a trace.

Ludwig didn't want miscellaneous people to appear at the battle meeting. At this moment, he was not acting as a king, but as an expeditionary general, surrounded by only generals with strong military virtues.

justice? In his view there is no absolute justice. Some are real benefits.

In the not-so-spacious stone room, the high-hanging chandeliers and the oil lamps on the walls illuminate the entire room brightly.

Ludwig still wore his purple robe, but the light from the oil lamp could hardly reveal the magnificence of his clothes. He sat on a rather plain wooden chair, with a table in front of him, on which a map was drawn on parchment, on which some wooden blocks hewn in the shape of small towers were placed to represent some important military towns.

Ludoff, Duke of Saxony, Thakurf, Marquis of Thuringia, Odegar, Archbishop of Mainz (Worms), and the black fox representing Lyingau (Nassau).

Compared with the princes of the Middle Kingdom and the Southern Lands, the number of princes controlled by Ludwig is not many, and there are only four nobles in attendance. It seems that he does not have many vassals, and indeed there are not many, but none of these vassals Fuel-efficient lights.

Completely different from his elder brother, since the eastern part of the kingdom has been at war with various West Slavic tribes, war factors have forced the eastern kingdom to be more organized. The more vassals, the more weakened Ludwig's own strength. The command of the 20,000 army is firmly in his hands, and he has a paper force to suppress his several major vassals.

But only on paper.

Just two years ago, the great nobles gathered in this room were still beaten to death.

It is natural to be awkward when meeting each other now.

In just one and a half years, Ludoff, the Duke of Saxony, recovered his military strength. The Saxon army was dressed in black and held high a characteristic flag. All these essences were learned from the Kingdom of Ross. In fact, their clothing styles could not be unified at all. However, the overall large-scale As long as a large number of Saxon spearmen are lined up, they can build a "black square" that can scare people.

The 5,000 Saxon army is a powerful ally of Ludwig, but it was this Liudov who united with the Russians two years ago and caused heavy losses to his heavy cavalry corps. Regarding this man and this army, the attitudes towards this army are mixed.

There is no need to mention the past, but Liudov's high-spirited look now, and his smiling eyes with little fat Paul Heihu make people speechless and angry.

Looking at Marquis Thuringen again, Thakurf was not happy or worried, but he had a calm face, as if he wanted to talk and just wanted to listen.

Ludwig didn't want to reprimand the guy at all.

The so-called vassals, it is their duty to lead troops to respond to the call according to their obligations, but he is obviously an expansive border marquis, and he led a thousand people to respond, which is almost perfunctory written on his face.

As for the real wooden man, it is Archbishop Odegar. This person is not a pure monk. Odegar can pull out an army himself and act as a real military commander. He has never done so, and will never do so again in the future. No chance to do so. In other words, Odegar has become numb to the civil war. He once thought this was his opportunity, but now he only wants to spend the rest of his life in the church in peace, and finally participating in this military meeting was a forced move.

Everyone was listening to Ludwig himself lecturing.

No, he cleared his throat and spoke.

"The matter has come to this, the hounds sent by the king have attacked Sarabrcken, the bridge has collapsed, Baron Saargau has been killed, and the road from Metz to Mainz has been interrupted, so that the enemy can no longer increase troops. And so on Our plan to attack Kaiserslautern must be foolproof. The king is about to launch an attack, and all of you must organize your troops immediately after the meeting, and when I lead the army forward, all of you must follow up."

His eyes were mainly on Liudov and Thakurf, and the so-called marching operation mainly relied on the coordination of the two allied forces.

No, the words are not intuitive enough, so Ludwig pushed the first wooden block on the parchment, and said while pushing: "We will hit Kaiserslautern directly along the road. Take it."

After all, he pushed to the tower-shaped wooden block that symbolized the first goal, and still pushed forward the wooden block that symbolized his own army: "After we win, we will capture Sarabrcken, we will build a pontoon bridge, and then go to Stern Russburg is on full attack."

Both Lyudov and Thakurv had been informed of the king's proposition, however radical it was.

The reason for attacking Strasbourg was because the Lothair family was there. He is very aware of the surprise attack on Aachen by the Kingdom of Ross this year, and he will never mention it to others in public, but the fact is bound to be the case. With the ability of the Ross people, the attack on Aachen will probably be successful.

As a man who has no intention of becoming the only king of Frank and emperor of Rome, Aachen will never be his own Aachen, and Ludwig was not born there. Not to mention that he suffered no loss from being ransacked, but the one who was injured was his enemythe elder brother Lothair.

God only knows if Rurik's army disrespected Charlemagne's tomb, and now we can only pray that they fulfilled the secret pact.

This is an opportunity! As long as Lothar is distracted by the disaster in Aachen, it will give him a strategic opportunity to advance quickly.

The Ross Expeditionary Army was tantamount to opening up the second war for the Eastern Kingdom. Although the Normans had their own ideas, the Eastern Kingdom did earn strategic benefits without paying a single silver coin.

With his right index finger firmly pressed on the point marked Strasbourg on the map, he bared his teeth and shouted with a triumphant smile: "This king's real goal is here! I will personally surround this city and force Lothar makes peace with me! This is the chance God has given me! This year the civil war will end with my victory."

Indeed, only God knows if the Civil War will end this fall.

Liudov didn't care about Ludwig's swearing, but Thakurf found it even more absurd.

A very sharp question was also first raised by Liudov: "The great past! Now that the bridge on the Saar River has collapsed, how can the army cross the river? Besides, is Lothair's army really weak enough to be defeated in one blow? We all You know, Kaiserslautern has a large enemy garrison."

"You?" Ludwig was very happy to be honored as the great king, but he was very unhappy when he was questioned. He waved his hands and said with a smile: "You. There is no need to mention the past. Now you are all subordinates of this king. This time I brought the Eastern cavalry. Our army can gather 5,000 cavalry to launch a strong attack. I have a hunch , our army can easily capture Kaiserslautern."

Liudov felt very speechless. Indeed, two years ago, this guy also felt that he could easily destroy himself and the Norman army, especially the Ross army.

Why this miraculous self-confidence? Maybe the fighters led by Ludwig himself can defeat ten against one.

Liudov shrugged, "Then congratulate the king in advance on his victory."

Thakurf, who has been keeping quiet all the time, can certainly keep his ears open all the time, but the king's one action regards crossing the river as a child's play. However, when my own Thuringian army came to the Inn River, they just boarded the Norman longboats and crossed the river easily. Could it be...

Thakurf still looked down on nobles of Norman origin, especially a character like a fat pig.

He rarely spoke and asked, "My lord, how can we cross the Saar River after the bridge collapses? The cavalry corps still needs a bridge." "Takulf...is this a problem?" Ludwig pointed at the black fox with his big hand: "My king's new Earl of Lyingau personally destroyed the Saar Bridge, so this king will send him out again in this war."

"Ah?" How could the black fox sit still now, he pointed to himself: "Let me go? You really can't trust me?"

"Black fox!" Ludwig continued: "The king needs your boat as a pontoon, and besides, he also needs manpower to stop the enemy's rout."

"Let me build a floating bridge?"

"Exactly. For the king's victory, you have to go. Don't you...don't you want Sargau?" Speaking of this, it was Ludwig's goal. Because there are two large unstable factors sitting here, the Duke of Saxony and the Marquis of Thuringia.

"Help me in the siege of Strasbourg, the whole of Sargau is you. Anyone who contributes to the king will be rewarded. As you, the reward after success is Sargau! You! You will also be the Earl of Sargau !"

Ludwig kept repeating the word "Sargau", and he wanted to let the other nobles present hear it.

What he wants to express is really the truth of Shunchang's rebellion, but in the eyes of Liudov and Thakurf, it is really stupid for the king to take advantage of a naturalized Norman nobleman.

But wait!

Sargau has always been the core territory of Frank, and this is the fiefdom of Lothair.

Could this be creating a buffer zone on purpose? Just like Croatia is sandwiched between Frank and Eastern Rome, it is the buffer zone between the two countries.

It is a good thing to be able to get Sargao. The black fox is afraid that the interval between the two operations is too short, and the army will need a period of training before it can fight when it is exhausted. The key point is that although Nassau's huge landless knights can build territory in the empty Saar Highlands after obtaining Sargao, it is still a blank check at present.

Since Ludwig was yelling loudly, the black fox simply stood up and made things clear.

He simply didn't bother to say honorifics at the moment, but called him by his first name: "Ludwig! I can be Earl Sargau, but my soldiers need real benefits."

"You!? Presumptuous! How dare you call the king by his first name?!" Ludwig turned around with a half-smile, but he was definitely not really angry.

"I have a request. Only by meeting my request can I persuade my soldiers to dispatch again."

"you say."

"I want one pound of silver coins for each soldier. I have five hundred elite soldiers. Five hundred pounds of silver coins. Bring them!"

"Ridiculous! The lion opened his mouth?"

"Then use grain instead. Give me one hundred thousand pounds of this year's new wheat as a commission."

"You... want so much?"

"Is there a lot?" The black fox persisted.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the room was already very strange. Ludwig was a little overwhelmed because of his anxiety, and both Liudov and Thakurf became restless.

"It is only natural for the vassals to send troops to serve the king!" Helpless Ludwig had no choice but to emphasize this.

The black fox immediately added: "I have already fought for you once. You asked me to send troops for the second time this year. Yes! Give me money. If you don't have money, give me food."

So Thakurf immediately stood up when he heard the news: "In this case, we in Thuringia are guarding the border for the king, and we are loyal to the king every day. This time our army has to participate in the expedition and pay a great price. The king loves you so much... love Nassau. Oh no, it's Laingo. He sent five hundred troops, I have a thousand, he wants one hundred thousand pounds of grain, and I want two hundred thousand pounds.

"And me." Duke Liudov of Saxony couldn't hide his joy in his heart: "I sent five thousand troops, so just give me one million pounds of grain."

"You guys! Ridiculous!" Ludwig was blocked for a while and couldn't get off the stage.

The black fox is not forgiving~www.mtlnovel.com~ After all, he knows better that this so-called king once fell into despair and almost died tragically in the snow. The fact that he was captured by the Ross army was an unforgettable pain in his life. The more so, the more presumably Ludwig needs to prove that he is still very honorable.

The black fox deliberately provoked him: "This is the second time that your lord has organized an army of 30,000 people. Is it true that your lord is so poor that you can hardly pay me 100,000 pounds of food?" "You! Damn fox! I will give it!" Lu De Weixi stomped his feet vigorously: "You guys, I will! May God forgive your greed."

"No! It's thanks to the king's generosity." Now that the black fox was at ease, he held his chest and greeted the suffering Ludwig.

I saw the other two nobles, they also stood up to pay tribute to the king's consolation.

In this way, it seems that Ludwig is really healthy. If so, it is also bitter Kangyi...

Up until now, the Archbishop of Mainz, Odegar, was the only one sitting quietly. He didn't want to say anything, and he didn't even want to argue now. I can only secretly regret in my heart: "Oh, it's the people of Alemanni who suffer, and it's your own people who suffer. Ludwig, you are a militaristic lunatic..."