The sky was gray, and the wind from the west lifted the withered grass into the air and landed on Charles' head.

Charles sat blankly by the river, smoking one cigarette after another.

He didn't smoke much, and he didn't bring much with him. He had the last pack in his hand, and it was just right to be wiped out today.

People have ups and downs, but attending two funerals in a row made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Many years ago, Charles met Zu Chongzhi as a western friend of the Fang family somewhere in the northern Wei Kingdom. The two became confidants after several exchanges on mathematics.

At the beginning, Charles and he discussed the issues of Indian numerals, mathematical symbols, and unknowns.

However, the first one does not seem to be of great interest to him, which is not surprising. Arabic numerals have been introduced to this land several times in the history of more than a thousand years, but the large-scale use was still in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

Over the next few years, Charles and him re-edited the "Fang's Mathematical Classic", compiling the book into a math textbook ranging from numeracy enlightenment to covering arithmetic geometry, and finally touched on calculus.

In order to print this book and Zu Chongzhi's other mathematics books in large quantities, Charles used his name to start engraving and printing in advance.

It didn't take long for the old man in his seventies to ride a crane to the west.

Two days after Charles returned from the funeral, he received the news that King Uther had been assassinated.

Over the years, King Uther has been unifying the domestic forces, conferring the original chiefs of several large tribes who obeyed his own words as earls, and other obedient medium-sized tribe chiefs to a baron, and the small tribes will be dismantled by him and absorbed as royal knights Warriors among them.

Change will always bring contradictions, and those muscle-heads will always choose the easiest way to solve the contradiction.

During one of King Uther's trips, he was ambushed by several enemies with a group of Anglo-Saxons.

Charles exhaled deeply.

King Uther is a qualified king in this era. He has great prestige in the country and is extremely heroic in battles. He leaves the brain-busting things to those who trust him.

In the past few years, he followed the advice of Charles and Diana, implemented Arthur's tax threshold policy, developed the wool textile industry and paper printing industry, acquired half of the Frankish horse farm, and abandoned the unsuitable English climate. The grapes were changed to planting apples that can be used for wine, the promotion of knight education, the construction of windmills and other aspects gave full support.

It's just that the two of them didn't expect that, just as they were about to leave, King Uther was assassinated.

A palm rested on Charles' head and scratched a few times in a specific way.

As the saying goes, a long illness becomes a good doctor. If Arthur is scratched by someone, he will scratch his head too.

If it was before, Charles would definitely grab her and scratch her, and then rub her face.

After Arthur was ten years old, Charles stopped hugging and rubbing her, at most scratching his head and pinching his nose.

Sixteen-year-old Arthur is almost 1.7 meters tall. Since he started combat training at the age of ten, his strength has grown greatly. Charles feels that his Tianling cover may be scratched off.

"Take me hunting!"

Arthur spoke to Charles without question.

It was the first time she had spoken to Charles in such a tone since she was twelve years old.

Charles nodded slightly, then went to prepare things and horses.

Arthur knew who his biological father was a few years ago. Now that King Uther has left, she will leave here soon and go to the capital to enthrone.

Because the Anglo-Saxons were involved in this assassination, it was reasonable to reason that the first thing Arthur did after ascending the throne was to take advantage of the autumn and winter to lead his troops to sweep the Anglo-Saxon occupied areas north of the upper Thames River, and from then on to the Drive the invaders out of the way to unify the British Isles.

The wolves in England are not yet extinct these days, and the two of them rode their horses into the mountains and met a group of wolves that were foraging for food.

Along the way, Arthur, who had a sullen face and did not speak, drew his swords, jumped off his horse and charged towards the wolves.

The hungry wolves thought it was a takeaway at first, but what they didn't expect was a killing machine.

The wolf's fur and muscles were no different from water tofu in front of the sharp sword made by Charles himself. For a while, blood splashed in the forest accompanied by howls and roars.

As the wolf king was beheaded by Arthur's sword, the remaining two or three wolves turned and ran, and Charles pulled two horses and walked in the direction Arthur was pursuing.

The wolf that was caught was cut in half by the middle, and Arthur was half-kneeling under an oak tree with his sword beside him, gasping for breath.

Charles saw that her complexion had improved slightly, and it seemed that the depression caused by her father's death was almost done.

As Charles walked over, Arthur dropped his sword, stood up and turned around to hug him tightly.

"Let me be a little girl one last time."

Arthur said in a voice as low as a mosquito buzzing.

Charles embraced her and patted her on the back lightly.

Arthur buried his head in Charles' chest and cried with a "wow".

It was the penultimate tear in her life.

a month later.

In the cold wind of late autumn, an army winds its way.

The knights rode sturdy war horses, holding lances with flags of various colors on their heads and walking in the forefront in high spirits.

Behind the knights, there were light cavalry made up of attendants, and they looked at the majestic knights in front of them eagerly.

Behind the light cavalry came a large line of infantry with shields and spears.

If you can take a closer look, these infantrymen are very energetic, and the muscles that have been grown all year round are no less than the soldiers in other places.

Back then, King Arthur was disturbed by the screams of sheep when he was calculating the rations that farmers could eat for a year, and accidentally dialed an extra bead on the abacus.

Although the farmers now mainly rely on beans as their main food, they can still eat tofu made from imported soybeans. Even if the mother-in-law uses wool to spin and weave cloth, she can exchange some mutton and chicken with the master. The physical condition is naturally better than There are more people in many places, and they can even do some military training during the winter slack.

The eyes of these infantrymen are full of hope, and if they kill the enemy, they can exchange the enemy's left ear for money, show heroism and even become a master knight.

One or two of the infantry teams that came out of each farm followed the neighbors and cut off the ears of the enemy's corpse.

At the end of the line is the wagon team that pulls supplies, and the slaves who drive the carts and work as coolies are also rewarded, and they can become free farmers if they perform well.

The team of more than a thousand people came to a small hill near noon, and then stopped.

King Arthur rode his horse over the fence of the sheep and ran to the stone house on the top of the hill.

She wanted to show Charles and Diana what she looked like in the lead.

It was just that there was no one outside the stone house, and King Arthur thought to himself that they must be having lunch in the house.

But there was no one in the room, only a letter was placed on the table where they used to eat.

"Dear Arthur:

We are already gone by the time you read this letter.

The world is huge, and we're going to see it.

We've had a great time with you these days, you're one of the smartest daughters I've ever met, and you can't make me mad like Mordred. (Charles)

Charles has always wanted to see what you look like in a dress. He has prepared a lot of beautiful dresses for you in the closet. You can take them back and give them to the right person when you have time. (Diana)

Although we can't see it, we believe that you will become a king that will be passed down through the ages.

We have prepared a present for you to put in the cellar.

Take the gold in the cellar and the sheep outside as a reward for the first celebration feast of your life.

??????Charles & Diana Stay”

Although there was a hint earlier, when he confirmed that they really left, King Arthur sat down in the chair he used to eat together in melancholy, and shed tears silently.

The sound of the warhorse's nose outside the house pulled King Arthur back from the memory, and she knew that all this could not be changed.

King Arthur stood up and touched his stomach subconsciously.

She came here just in time for lunch, and didn't eat breakfast for the sake of eating.

a few days later.

In a dry and yellow hilly area, two armies are lining up.

After learning of King Uther's death, the Anglo-Saxons entangled a huge army of more than 4,000 people, preparing to take this opportunity to attack the legendary wealthy Celtic kingdom.

On the way, they ran into a Celtic army camped on a hill.

Seeing that they outnumbered the enemy four times, they rallied under the hills, ready to swarm up to take down the overpowering team.

On the top of the mountain, the infantrymen lined up with shields and spears, nervously watching the enemies with round shields, swords or axes slowly press on.

The Anglo-Saxons carefully chose the direction of the attack. At this time, the sun was behind them, and the Celts on the top of the hills would be affected by the sun to some extent. Although the sun in late autumn was not so fierce, it was still a good day. Sunny good weather.

A trumpet sounded from the top of the hill, and the Celtic infantry suddenly ran from the center to the sides.

The sound of hooves rumbled, and a group of knights riding tall horses and holding long lances lined up in a tight formation to use the terrain to launch an impulse to the enemy.

The head of the man and the horse under his crotch are all wearing silver armor, and the whole person is wrapped in iron, shining in the sun like a **** descending to the earth.

Javelins and axes were thrown, but they were of no use at all in the face of solid plate armor.

The other fifty or so knights were also fully armed~lightnovelpub.net~ They were wearing chain mail, and several shields were tied to their horses, and they rushed into the enemy line with King Arthur.

The enemy has never seen such a charge, the people in the front row want to run back, and the people behind want to fight, and the formation suddenly becomes a mess.

The knights smashed through the enemy line with one blow, and the light cavalry that followed rushed into the gap and slashed and slashed the panic-stricken enemy.

At this time, the infantry on the top of the mountain had already rearranged their formation, and behind them were slaves with crude weapons, running to attack the chaotic enemy from the front.

After King Arthur led the knights and cavalry to penetrate the ground, they divided them into more than a dozen groups and continuously attacked the enemy from the rear.

It didn't take long for the Anglo-Saxons to lose their morale and start fleeing in a panic.

At the same time, Earl Eckert and other five earls led his men and carriages carrying infantry around the battlefield and rushed towards the Anglo-Saxon tribal camp where the defense was empty.