Unknown Knight

When King Graves' envoy met the new Sultan Niza, he first performed the audience ceremony and then handed over a letter. After reading the letter, Niza was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and handed it to Aix who was standing next to him.

After taking a quick look at the contents of the letter, Aix couldn't help but laugh at the content of King Graves' letter. The reason was simple: the content of the letter made it hard to imagine that a king could be so shameless.

In the letter, King Gryphus did not mention his aggressive act of attacking the city of Sharez, nor did he mention his defeat at the gates of Sharez. Instead, he accused Niza of capturing the Forts of Migach and Amera, saying that this was a naked invasion and a provocation to the entire Rhodok Kingdom, and that he would lead the entire Rhodok Kingdom's military and civilians to fight back.

At the same time, King Gryphus also ordered Sultan Niza in a reprimanding tone in the letter, asking him to immediately withdraw the two castles of Migachi and Amera, release all captured Rhodok soldiers, pay 5,000 gold coins as compensation, and cede the castle of Weyehha to the Rhodok Kingdom.

No wonder Niza was in tears and laughter after reading the letter. Just looking at the letter, King Gryfus was not the defeated party. If you didn't know him, you would think he was the newly enthroned emperor of Calradia.

However, since the other party sent a messenger, it was obvious that they came here to negotiate. Since it was a negotiation, it was just like bargaining for buying something. As the saying goes, you ask for a high price and pay a low price. King Griffith looked so rogue in the letter that he really seemed to be here for negotiation.

So after discussing with Aix and others, the new Sultan Niza also wrote a letter back to King Griffiths.

In the letter, Niza not only asked King Gryfus to cede the occupied castles of Migach and Amera and their territories to Sarand, but also asked him to cede the three castles of Grunward, Serenmis and Cherez of the Rhodok Kingdom to the Sarand Emirate. In addition, he asked for war reparations of 10,000 gold coins, and the ransom for the prisoners had to be paid separately.

To be honest, if there had not been the rebellion of the three princes, based on the last great victory, Sarande could have united the entire country and definitely made the Rhodok Kingdom lose more land.

But it just so happened that Sarande was in the midst of civil unrest, and King Gryphus saw this and first led his troops to attack, and after his failure he still had the confidence to ask for an exorbitant price.

With such thoughts in mind, the two families used envoys to deliver messages and actually began to haggle over the terms of the armistice agreement. King Griffith, in particular, refused to compromise on the issues of Fort Migach and Fort Amela. No one knew who gave him the confidence.

This made Aix start to feel something was wrong, and he had a bad feeling in his heart, until the messenger came one day to report that the army of the eldest prince Nubia had looted Khoute, Tirimsa, Heibai and other places, and surrounded the gateway to the city of Sharez, the Fort of Karaf. Aix then suddenly realized that the reason why King Gryphus dared to drag it on so confidently was because of his basis.

This also made Aix re-examine this experienced king. Although he might lack the ability to fight a war, his tactics were not weak at all. He must have used negotiations to delay Aix, while going to the territories of the three princes to spread the news that the new sultan was coming out in full force to attack the Rhodok Kingdom with his troops, so that the three princes would send troops to attack at all costs when Shariz was most empty at this moment.

All the wrangling over the previous messenger's message could be explained. King Gryfus wanted to let the Sarandes fight among themselves and then take advantage of them, so he dragged it out on purpose. Aix couldn't help but laugh at this cunning businessman.

However, the current situation really makes it difficult for Aix to take care of both ends. After discussing with Niza, Mathilde and others, Aix decided to split his troops into two groups. One group will be led by Aix and more than 1,500 people back to the city of Sharez, together with the remaining troops, a total of more than 3,000 people to resist the attack of the arrogant Prince Nubia.

Another group of more than 1,500 people, led by Niza, used the Migach Fort and the Amela Fort as barriers, holding their ground and waiting for Aix to defeat the eldest prince's army before making any plans.

However, Aix, who was still angry, left two hundred Bedouin cavalrymen to Niza, and ordered this team of cavalrymen to go deep into the heart of the Rhodok Kingdom and plunder in Apodrus, Seren, Imer and other places as a revenge on King Gryphus.

However, this looting was different from other looting. Aix was preparing to follow the kingly way, and his army was also a benevolent and righteous army. They could not develop the habit of burning, killing and looting. This time, they only looted the local nobles, and they looted the nobles' manors in these villages and towns. After breaking through the manors, they also liberated and took away the serfs in the manors, in order to achieve the goal of weakening the Rhodok Kingdom, while the local people were not harmed at all.

Anyway, King Griffiths had just been defeated and there was no organized cavalry in the country, so he should be unable to deal with this kind of invasion. This could be considered as a severe warning to him.

However, when Aix was leading his troops back from Fort Almera and had just reached Fort Migach, he received bad news again: Fort Calaf had been occupied by the army of the eldest prince Nubia.

It is said that it was occupied, but in fact it is just the opinion of outsiders. The chief of Karaf Castle, Mondhari, was originally the vizier and prime minister of the old Sultan Hakim. He was good at changing his attitude according to the situation. When the city of Shariz was about to be captured, he took the lead and led some chiefs in the city to surrender.

He thought he was on the right side and hoped that the new Sultan would reward him and the chiefs who had joined him in the rebellion. He even began to speculate in his mind that Niza Sultan would reward him with the fiefdom near Sharez.

The area around Shariz City is close to the sea and has a humid climate, which is very suitable for farming. It is one of the few rich places in Sarand. Chief Mondhari has long coveted the land here, but he did not expect that the new Sultan was even more stingy than the old Sultan. He only rewarded him with a hundred gold coins and a dozen pieces of velvet, and did not even mention the fiefdom.

This made Chief Mondhari secretly resentful and he began to regret his decision to join Niza. A few days later, he returned to his fiefdom, Karaf Castle, claiming to be ill.

However, he had served as vizier in Shariz City for many years and was always concerned about various developments in the city. He also had spies in the city. It was not a secret that Aix sent a large army to attack the territory of the Rhodok Kingdom, and naturally it was known by Mondhari in Karaf Castle.

Being experienced in struggle, he believed that this was a rare opportunity that would not only allow him to vent his hatred, but might also allow him to obtain the land he had always dreamed of.

So on the day when the army set out, Chief Mondhari sent his confidant to deliver a secret letter to Prince Nubia, who was the closest to the city of Sharez and the most prestigious, telling him that this was a good opportunity to retake Sharez, and that he would definitely support him and help him capture the city of Sharez.