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That night, Richard got away from his busy schedule and accepted Stephanie's summons.

Looking at Richard with a tired face, Queen Stephanie looked a little distressed. It has always been Richard who entertained the guests. She herself left the venue for excuses only shortly after the banquet began, leaving Richard to deal with the chattering guests.

"Richard, is everything arranged properly?"

"All guests are arranged to check in. In order to ensure their safety, I will arrange more soldiers to patrol the palace."

"Yeah, I have worked hard for you these days." Stephanie said, her eyes filled with tenderness.

"This is what I should do." Richard smiled, remembered one more thing, and said: "You should be ready to create an army that is loyal to you. I will lead the army to counterattack Wen before winter comes. Ste, by that time, there may be no time to take care of you."

"Is it that fast?" Stephanie was shocked, she thought that Richard would have to wait until next year at the earliest.

"Well, Zhu Tianan is dead. There is no leader in Winster's country. This is the best time to counterattack." Richard finished speaking, clenched his fists, and said confidently: "The war will end before the coming spring. As long as our army is fast enough, we will be able to completely win the victory before the Republic of Cunha and the Principality of Lasik react."

"At that time, I will be crowned King Winster in the Hipólito Palace in Nord and will marry you as a king."

Listening to Richard’s confident words and promises, Stephanie couldn’t help but raise her lips slightly. It is the wish of every princess to marry the ruler of a powerful country, and she is no exception, not to mention this king is still her favorite. Object.

But soon, she remembered a very important thing.

"Richard, the continuous wars have drastically depleted the stocks of our warehouses, and there may be no way to support a large-scale war."

"This is not a problem." Richard waved his hand indifferently, with a confident smile on his face: "There is still a lot of food on Kuban Island, enough for us to counterattack Winster."

Richard said so, Stephanie did not go on, and the two went on to discuss some other topics, and Richard left here.

Back in the room, he finally had the opportunity to open the system interface and deal with the two excess direct-administrations.

How to seal the two extra countries, Richard has long in his mind. He is going to entrust Lu Wenling to Governor Maximilian who has ruled the city for six years, and he will entrust Sauron close to Abadland to the Danish general Charles-he has no reason to deprive Abadland lord Pabba Ra's title can only be arranged like this.

After the decision is made, the two new lords will not be able to take office immediately. They also need to meet Richard in person and conduct a knighting ceremony in accordance with medieval traditions.

Compared with the coronation ceremony of the king, the ensignment ceremony of the nobles is simpler, but the degree of solemnity is not inferior to the former. After all, they are nobles who value fame and pomp, and being enshrined in a very simple environment will damage his reputation.

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Five days later, Richard let Lieutenant General Condra lead his army northward and stationed at the border of the Kingdom of Winster. He himself returned to Kuban with the early generals’ guards and carried out two in Brandenburg on King’s Hill. The confession ceremony of the new earl was completed under the witness of Cardinal Peter Scanrell.

It is worth mentioning that Pabara, Lord of Abadran, was also released and swore allegiance forcibly.

The two new earls will return to the territory after they are named and make their noble family crests at the same time. Richard did not let them immediately participate in the counterattack against the Kingdom of Winster. He knew that the two earls must have enough time to get along with the people of the territory.

After resting for a night in Brandenburg, Richard hurriedly returned to the army, and he gave all the necessary food and logistics to Stephanie of Ravana to handle.

On November 8, 1111, Richard led his army to leave the fortress built on the border and invade the Kingdom of Winster.

Returning to the country where he was born and raised him, Richard sighed in his heart infinitely. What he saw and heard during his exile six years ago still lingered in his heart, as if it had just happened yesterday.

Unfolding the map of the Kingdom of Winster, Richard’s first obstacle was the city of Leon, the capital of the Leon lords. The lord of this city was Fulvio promoted by Jutian himself—this person six years ago Once led the army to stop Richard from fleeing, but was forced to retreat by Magnus's momentum.

Perhaps it was the news that Richard led the invasion in advance. The city gates of Lyon were closed and heavily armed soldiers stood on the wall. When Richard's army appeared on the distant horizon, the warning bell sounded. It rang quickly, and with the sound of the warning bell, a large number of soldiers swarmed out from the military camp in the city and climbed up the city wall.

And Flvio, Earl of Leon, was also surrounded by guards, standing at the head of the city, looking down on Richard and his nearly 20,000 army.

Looking at the densely packed soldiers, Fulvio's face turned pale. Richard's army was unexpectedly huge. Even if he knew in advance that Jutian had defeated Arkham, he had called many soldiers to defend the city. The strength of the troops to resist Richard's attack was still somewhat dangerous.

In the gazes of everyone on the city wall, he rushed out of Richard’s army. This knight in fine armor rushed to the bottom of the city wall, looked at Fulvio above, and shouted: "Wen Richard Stuart, the most orthodox heir of the Kingdom of St., and the protector of the Kingdom of Ravana, is here, but the defenders will not surrender?"

"Richard..." Flvio swallowed his nervous saliva, trying to moisturize his dry throat. He did not expect that in just six years, Richard’s army had expanded from 60 to nearly 20,000 today. He also regretted why he had to suppress it six years ago. The impulse in my heart led the army to stop Richard who was in exile.

If he hadn't had any antagonism with Richard six years ago, he could surrender without hesitation now.

After swallowing again, Fulvio found that the soldiers around him were looking at him with expectant eyes. How he didn't want to surrender, if it weren't for fear of being settled after the surrender, he had surrendered early.

Regrettably, it’s useless. Fulvio bit his scalp, facing the expectant gaze of the surrounding soldiers, yelling at the knight under the wall: “The most orthodox heir of the kingdom is Prince Simon, son of His Majesty Jutian, Richard How dare you claim to be orthodox? I, Fulvio Camara, was greatly gifted by His Majesty Jutian, and vowed to live and die with the city of Leon!"

Speaking of it, Flvio could feel the deep loss of the soldiers around him, but he had no way out.

Hearing that, the knight under the city wall didn't waste much of his tongue, and turned around and returned to the army, reporting the defender's reply to Richard.

"Since peace cannot solve the problem, let's use war to get the result I want!" Richard said disdainfully.