Rise of the Empire Total War

The knight masters of the Holy Roman Empire are well equipped, whether they are fighting on foot or on horseback, they are equipped with well-defended chain mail, a barrel helmet, a knight kite-shaped shield and a sharp knight long sword. Their war horses are also covered with a burqa to prevent the arrows from hurting the horses.

In addition, like the chain armor cavalry, they are equipped with huge wooden lances, which are the main support for the heavy cavalry to show off their power.

The chain armor cavalry looks much inferior to the feudal knights. They usually wear a leather armor on top of the chain armor, and the defense of the head is about zero - because it is only the hood that comes with the chain armor. , Their shields are larger than those of the knights, and they can protect more places.

Due to the game mechanism, these knight lords do not need fiefdoms, as long as Richard can pay the military salary on time. In other words, their status should be regarded as Richard's inner knights.

The so-called inner palace knights are knights who are directly employed by the lords. They have no fiefdoms and are equal to Chinese retainers.

The feudal knights are superb in fighting skills and brave in battle. Compared with the knights in this world, Richard can believe that as long as he has thousands of feudal knights in the system, it is not a dream to counterattack the Winster Kingdom. Any army They can't stop him before the heavy cavalry's iron hooves charge!

While Richard was admiring the handsome appearance of the feudal knights, a guard knight ran over quickly and reported in his ear: "Your Majesty Caesar, Princess Stephanie of the Kingdom of Ravana and her guards are in the city. Waiting outside, I want to see you in the city."

"Princess Stephanie? What is she doing here?" Richard thought suspiciously, then he patted the knight on the shoulder and said, "Go and bring my horse here, I will go to see Princess Stephanie right now. "

"Understood, Your Majesty."

The knight promised, and soon went to bring Richard's mount over. The latter didn't talk nonsense, and greeted the guard knights to go to the city gate together.

Outside the city gate, Princess Stephanie, whose face was covered by a layer of tulle, frowned and observed the small city in front of her with indescribable disgust.

How should I put it, the first impression this city gave her was very bad. Even standing tens of meters away from the city gate, she could still smell the stench emanating from the city. The smell of public toilets that haven't been cleaned for days - no, it's even more unacceptable than that.

Although Stephanie was not the kind of pampered and pampered princess, even the royal knights who came with her could not accept this taste, let alone her.

"Your Highness, do you really want to live here with His Royal Highness Richard?" While waiting, a maid beside Stephanie asked weakly.

"Otherwise, if he wants to be here, I can only be with him."

"But it's really bad here, I'm afraid your body won't be able to take it anymore." The maid continued to persuade.

"Even if it's for my father." Stephanie sighed, "What is this bit of suffering?"

"Also, I don't think Richard would let me live in this poor environment."

"Can……"

The maid wanted to say something more, but Richard's figure appeared at the city gate at this moment, and she quickly shut her mouth.

"My dear Cousin Stephanie, how did you come here?"

Richard, who rode his horse out of the city gate, asked with a smile, today he is not wearing the exquisite general armor, but the most common casual clothes, but this outfit also gives him the look of a little brother next door Feel.

Simple yet intimate.

Facing Richard's inquiry, Stephanie replied with a clear and melodious voice: "I have lived in the capital for a long time, and I wanted to go out for a walk and see the newly conquered territory of the kingdom, so I came here to have a look."

Richard didn't really believe what she said.

But he still pretended to believe it on the surface, and invited: "In this case, why don't you follow me into the city for a visit?"

"..."

Stephanie obviously hesitated for a while. She looked through the city gate and saw the dirty street. She gritted her teeth and nodded in agreement: "Please lead the way, my good brother."

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Richard always felt that Stephanie gritted her teeth when she said the word "brother".

...

When Richard led Stephanie back to the city lord's mansion, it was time for dinner, and Luwen City didn't have any delicious ingredients, so their dinner recipe only had a few pieces of white bread, a few pieces of barbecue, and some simple treatments cooked vegetables and a glass of water.

Richard was able to accept these not-so-tasty foods. He originally thought that a member of the royal family like Stephanie would not be able to eat it, but he didn't expect that the other party would eat up his share as if nothing had happened, without showing any disgusted expression halfway through.

I have to say that this made Richard treat her with admiration.

Richard knew that Stephanie's purpose for coming here was not pure, at least not the reason she said. According to Richard's guess, it might be what Lawrence meant.

He is not a novice who doesn't understand anything. The books and experiences he has read in his previous life have made him very clear about the reasons why Lawrence and Burris proposed marriage to him. In the Middle Ages, the bond between the nobles to consolidate the relationship and establish the alliance was generally the marriage between the families, and only the marriage could truly represent Richard as a member of them.

Looking at the beautiful Stephanie in front of him, Richard suddenly felt that agreeing to the marriage would actually do him no harm, at least for now.

Stephanie's father will become the new king of Ravana sooner or later, and Lawrence only has a daughter Stephanie and a babbling boy. Before the boy grows up, Richard, the son-in-law, will of course be reused , an unprecedented rise in status.

The children of Richard and Stephanie will also have the right to claim the Kingdom of Ravana. If Richard is willing, he can even support his child as the new king of Ravana after counterattacking the Kingdom of Winster .

It's just that the premise of all this is based on Richard being able to develop. Marriage to Prince Lawrence means that Richard will be an enemy of Bundak's faction. They may not be able to deal with Lawrence and Burris, but it is still easy to deal with such a small earl as Richard.

Even if Richard has the favor of King Harolds, there is not enough evidence to prove that it was the hands of the Bundak faction, and King Harolds has no way to help him.

Thinking about it this way, Richard still feels that it is better to keep it like this for now.