Chapter 126 Strength Treatment
On the road to Hekou Town, a motley crowd of over five thousand people were moving slowly forward, guided by the caravan ahead.

A spacious aristocratic carriage was driving at the front of the crowd.

Looking at the sign on the side of the road, the knight on the warhorse turned around and spoke to the inside of the carriage.

"Father, continue five kilometers ahead and you will reach the territory of the white horse knight."

After hearing the report from his eldest son Kroll, Meg, the former Viscount of the Duchy, a middle-aged man with a weathered face, opened the curtain of the carriage and motioned for him to come in.

As the head of the family, Meg is going to call a family meeting.

The eldest son, Kroll, hurried into the carriage and sat next to his wife and young son.

He looked around. Besides his family, his parents were in the front and his brother Landon's family was on the left.

Next is the third sister, Delena, and her husband, and then the youngest sister, Renee.

In addition to his own family, on the other side of the carriage sat the families of his uncles and cousins.

More than thirty people gathered together, making the originally spacious carriage instantly crowded.

My younger sister, Leni, was complaining non-stop and spraying perfume on her nose to cover up the stink of sweat in the hot carriage.

It was not until her father Meg glared at her that she stopped her actions in dismay, with only her eyes rolled up in protest.

Seeing that the rest of the family had arrived, the clan leader Meg spoke in a low voice:

"Everyone here is the last hope of the Alvis family. For the sake of the family's continuation and inheritance, please stop quarreling endlessly like before. I hope you will learn to unite! This is our only hope to regain our noble status!"

Clan leader Meg glanced at her children and brothers one by one.

After seeing that they all nodded silently, I continued with the next topic.

"We are almost at the territory of the knight on the white horse. Let's talk about our ideas."

As the eldest son of the family, Kroll spoke first:
"Father, that knight on the white horse killed the White Frost Archbishop in public and successfully resisted the White Frost Cult's army. He is very powerful. I think he deserves the loyalty of our Alvis family."

After Kroll finished speaking, he found that his father just nodded slightly with a disappointed expression.

The other uncles all looked unhappy.

The pride of the Alvis family once made it impossible for them to accept their loyalty to a pioneer knight who was not even a baron.

The younger brother, Langdon, lowered his head and snickered, but the third sister, Delena, suddenly spoke up:

"With our family in such a state, our only option is to join the Knight on the White Horse. The question is how to show allegiance."

"As far as I know, the White Horse Knight comes from the Kingdom Sword Mausoleum, but he has not received any family support from the Kingdom. Although he is strong, his subordinates are weak."

The other elders and brothers looked at her curiously.

The knight on the white horse was well-known in Hanshui County, but few people had heard of him in the southern part of Broken Dragon Fortress.

They could only get a superficial understanding from the caravan and were not clear about the actual situation.

I didn’t expect that Delena could find out the news in such a short time.

Seeing everyone looking at them, Delena said confidently, "The number of knights under their command does not exceed five, and they are weaker than us. When the family joins the enemy, we must take this opportunity to seize the initiative!"

"The army is so weak?" The eyes of the elders of the Alvis family all lit up and they started discussing excitedly.

The clan leader Meg nodded, expressing her approval of her third daughter.

Although the noble titles were revoked, the knights who had joined the family left one after another.

But in the current team, including him, the Extreme Knight, his eldest son and other brothers, they can still gather seven knights and nearly a hundred cavalrymen.

This is a powerful force no matter where it is.

Enough for the knight on the white horse to take seriously.

Chief Meg said, "Delena is right. I will ask for an independent fiefdom when the time comes."

"In addition to the prosperous commercial town of Bayou, the lord also owns the iron-producing Mole Town and the Pingdingshan that is being developed."

"In exchange for responding to the military call, I will ask him to hand over Mole Town to our Alvis family. I believe he will not refuse."

The other brothers nodded in agreement: "Iron ore? I can accept it."

"Mole Town? What a stupid name." The youngest, Leni, looked disgusted. "Since we are stronger, why don't we just take over the river mouth town? Why are we wasting time mining iron ore?"

"Stupid!" Delena glared at her sister and cursed.

"Asking for Mole Town is helping with mining, but asking for Bayou Town is a provocation! We must maintain friendly relations with the White Horse Knight at this stage."

Renee was almost angry to death after being scolded in public.

Seeing that his father and uncles all stood on his sister Delena's side and ignored her grievance of being scolded.

Reina's eyes turned red with anger and she ran out.

Meg took one look and didn't care. She continued to discuss with others and perfect the details of the meeting with the knight on the white horse.

It would be best to demonstrate the strength of your family so that the other party would take the initiative to ask for a fief.

Meg thought that was the most ideal outcome and would not hurt feelings.

Although he had the confidence to demand it by force, after all, his family had not yet established a firm foothold here, and still needed to give the local lord some face.

As they were discussing, the carriage gradually stopped.

Meg stood up and said, "It looks like we're almost there, everyone go put on your armor and let our new lord see the strengths of the Alvis family!"

"Even if we are exiled here, the power of the ancient family is not comparable to that of a pioneer knight!"

"Okay!" The family members left the carriage with proud expressions.

The elder knights were preparing to put on their armor and ride their horses, in order to overwhelm the famous knight on the white horse with their momentum.

Open the eyes of the kingdom's pioneering knights!

After only a few steps, the group's footsteps seemed to be filled with lead and slowly stopped.

The air was quiet at this moment, and they all looked ahead blankly.

There, in the open space in front of the gate of Hekou Town.

The knight on the white horse in the front has shining golden hair, and his identity can be recognized at a glance.

Behind him, under the incredulous gaze of everyone in the Alvis family, they actually saw a whole team of Snowfield Horse Cavalry!
Forty knight-level snowfield cavalrymen were well-equipped and had solemn faces.

Cooperating with the 300 cavalrymen behind them, the neat sound of horse hooves seemed to step on the hearts of the onlookers, and the heavy pressure made them breathless.

But this is just the beginning.

Behind the cavalry, four hundred heavily armored shield and spear soldiers marched forward, led by ten sword-guard knights wearing heavy white steel armor.

No, it's not over yet, Meg hears more footsteps!

He looked back and saw ten more knights with longbows coming, followed by a large number of well-trained longbowmen and crossbowmen.

When the three armies gathered and formed a battle array, Rhodes in the front raised his hand and clenched it suddenly.

At this moment, all the soldiers shouted angrily:

"kill!"

The momentum of the thousand-man army, accompanied by sound waves, spread in all directions like an overwhelming tidal wave.

Among the onlookers, the residents of Hekou Town were so excited that their faces turned red and they couldn't help but shout in response.

The caravans that stopped here widened their eyes.

He was busy recording the military spectacle and preparing to spread it throughout the principality.

Only the people of the Alvis family.

Everyone seemed to have turned into a wooden man, with only the swallowing sound from the loose throat remaining.

"Father, do we still need to wear armor?" The eldest son Kroll was the first to come back to his senses and asked helplessly.

Meg looked at the army in front of her. Their momentum was even greater than that of her family's heyday.

His expression became complicated, and after a long sigh, he suddenly smiled in relaxation.

"No need, follow me to meet our new lord."

Behind Meg, the family brothers, after a moment of reluctance, lowered their heads and followed his footsteps respectfully.

In the face of absolute violence, they clearly realized how ridiculous their plan was.

No one would be stupid enough to provoke a powerful lord with a strong army.

Following behind her father, Delena felt a little exhausted due to excessive tension and had to lean on her husband.

When Leni came over and saw her expression, she raised the corners of her mouth happily.

"Hehe, I heard that the Knight on the White Horse doesn't have a wife, and he doesn't even have any engagement!"

Renee pranced in front of her sister, Delena, puffing out her small chest proudly.

"What a coincidence! I don't have one either! I'm still a pure young girl, unlike some people who have been married for several years and turned into old ladies!"

Delena glanced at her sister, snorted, and ignored her.

Seeing that her two daughters were about to start a quarrel, Meg in front of them glared at them angrily, which made Renee calm down.

The meeting with the new lord went exceptionally smoothly.

Under the pressure of the army in front of her, when Meg saw the knight on the white horse dismount and gently helped him up, she even felt a sense of honor to be valued.

Seeing this scene, even his brothers behind him, who thought highly of themselves because of their family honor, couldn't help but feel happy.

When they parted, they praised the lord's chivalrous virtues.

While Meg felt relaxed, she also became more aware of one fact.

The new lord's strength lies not only in his army, but also in his family's plan to become independent.

But maybe, that’s not such a bad thing?
I think of King William’s conquests thirty years ago and the countless knights who became famous because of him.

Meg turned around and couldn't help but look at the blond knight standing in front of the army.

On the other side, Rhodes welcomed these exiled nobles. After they got to know each other, he asked Chief Purser Maren to arrange for someone to receive them.

He himself returned to the army.

This time, the army's gathering was only intended to deter the new subjects.

What is more important is to review the overall strength of the Third Battalion, which has just begun.

Rhodes rode on horseback, and in front of him, the cavalry began to run in formation and the infantry advanced in formation.

The longbowmen and crossbowmen fired at the vertical targets in front of them.

In the open space, the soldiers running back and forth were very lively.

The process is messy but not chaotic, and maintains the necessary order.

During this time, Rhodes thought about the situation of the group of exiled nobles.

The relationship between the two sides went more smoothly than he had imagined.

After witnessing the strength of his army, Rhodes could feel the submission in the leading Extreme Knight's heart and he no longer had much intention of resisting.

Although others had ideas, they were able to restrain themselves.

This was normal, and Rhodes could understand that the relationship between nobles was based on strength and interests.

If any other noble group came to surrender, they would not think of surrendering.

But how to make profits for oneself and find ways to obtain one's own fiefdom.

Those with more evil minds might be thinking about how to kill him along the way so that they can swallow up the entire territory.

In comparison, these nobles of the Alvis family were relatively simple and honest, and did not have much ill will towards him.

This is the deterrent power of the army. Rhodes looked proudly at his soldiers.

If nothing unexpected happens, after the surrounding caravans leave, his reputation will spread further and he will truly be recognized by the surrounding nobles.

As for whether his strength would be exposed, Rhodes was not worried.

The icebreaker beast did not appear, artillery is being prepared, and a new round of military expansion is just around the corner.

As time goes by, the army will grow stronger faster and more rapidly than his fame spreads.

Today, things are completely different from the past!
(End of this chapter)