Those idiots are getting more aggressive. Benito's face was cloudy and uncertain, and he returned to his room tiredly, thinking of the scenes of those nobles who came one after another to make peace with him. If King Stone hadn't clearly realized that admitting defeat at this time would be tantamount to fattening the Franks, it would be tantamount to transferring the pressure of defeat to the Goths, and it would be tantamount to sending a weak hand to the Persians and Egyptians. Benito has never seen Those greedy, short-sighted nobles will reach this level of agreement on something.

Did they die one by one? Who gave them the courage?

It's really incomprehensible.

He sighed deeply and lay back on his seat, feeling more and more tired. Since King Solomon of the north came to the throne. Benito felt more and more dissatisfied, as if there were obstacles everywhere in life. Now the battle on the front line is tense. Heiluhou was seriously wounded and captured, along with 18,000 soldiers, only 10,000 infantry were a little slower, and it was over before they reached the place. So they went straight back from the middle of the road. That's right, less than two thousand people were actually killed in battle. The rest of the besieged surrendered directly.

What did the Franks come up with? Ships so feared by Gothic warriors?

They even dared to face the wine and fire of the Persians, and the poison and curses of the Egyptians. That kind of invisible force is all attached to it, and Benito can't understand what is so scary about "exploding stone bombs". If it was placed ten years ago, the young and vigorous he would have rushed to the front line directly, intending to see for himself whether this mysterious weapon can destroy his courage. That's right, if the enemy is fighting all the way through, he can disperse Returning to Naples, you can also disperse to Corsica, Sardinia or even Sicily, there is no problem. The tactic that the Goths are best at is to divide the enemy by pulling the front line, and then use the mobility of water transport to surround a large number of enemies.

But he can't leave the capital now.

Just relying on the two or five boys around him, Benito, on the front foot, they dared to occupy the mountain as king and establish a new king on the back foot. If it weren't for the surviving power of Benito, and the fact that Hildigard had captured a total of 18,000 soldiers, including eight thousand soldiers. Guangling needs 20,000 Gothic gold coins to return these soldiers. If only the cavalry, their horses, and armor are redeemed, the price can be reduced to about 13,000; There are three nobles returning home, including Heiluhou, and they will spend at least eight thousand gold coins. Added up, to redeem 8,000 cavalry and three important nobles, a minimum of 21,000 gold coins is needed-this is not too black-hearted. A Gothic gold coin is only slightly more than one gram, and it is a small gold coin, which is about 5,000 gold coins when converted into Augustus gold coins, which can even be said to be a conscience price. But the additional conditions of the Franks stated that they need to hand over the prisoners after the war is over. They are willing to retreat half of the Tuscany area that they have already occupied, as long as Roland's army from the west of the Apennines in Pavia is about to hit Pisa. Obviously their purpose is to go straight to Rome as quickly as possible. And now, with the advantage, they voluntarily ended the war and returned half of the territory they had acquired. In the eyes of those stupid nobles, this is the kindness of Lord Frank.

However, Benito knew that the land claimed by the Franks could not be calculated by area at all. The natural border between the Franks and the Goths was the Alps. Later, the veins of the Rhododendron changed. There is an extra section on the east side. And if the war is terminated this time according to the demands of the Franks, it means that the border between the two countries will move south to the Po River. All the way south across a mountain range and a great river. If the Franks really got Pavia and built a fortress in Pavia. So as long as they send troops from Pavia and send troops southward along the Apennines to take Rome, the Goths will have no power to fight back. In three days at most, Rome will fall, and they can only flee west to Corsica or Sardinia.

That result was no different from now. On the contrary, it reduced a lot of workload for the enemy and shortened the enemy's attack route by half.

What a bunch of short-sighted idiots! If you give Pavia to the Franks, it means pressing the enemy's knife to your chest, and then betting that the opponent will not stab it!

"I really underestimated Charles, King Stone sighed deeply. He quickly adjusted his state.

Still haven't lost. As long as half of the southern army can be moved north into Rome, and the western army crosses the Mediterranean and lands at the port of Pisa, they can surround the Franks outside Rome.

Then drive them eastward, and use layers of cities to slow down the transfer speed of the opponent's army. You can grind them to death and eat them. The most lethal point of the Franks lies in the number and combat experience of their legions. Frank has not experienced a large-scale war for too long, and the standing army is less than 30,000. Roland's current wave is already more than half of their strength - if they take this part and counterattack north, at least they can push back to Milan.

Wait until then to negotiate a peace, not only can the price be lowered a lot, but they can even be asked to return to the north of the Alps. As long as the Gothic scholars also research the new weapon of the Franks, the Goths can easily go north and use three times the force to directly penetrate the Franks. Why don't you understand me? Why don't you want to believe me? Benito felt tired. It was almost dusk now, and it was time for Ana to return to the nest.

He decided to let go of his worries and relax first.

Although he is a king, no one in the world wants to get close to him. The only one who is willing to snuggle up to him without vigilance is actually just a beast... It can't be said that it is not ironic. But at this moment. But he found a strange red light shining in the courtyard. Out of curiosity, Stone King couldn't help but quicken his pace a bit. But when he saw all this clearly, he couldn't help but let out an exclamation of "ah". It was as if a hammer had hit his head hard, and he even felt dizzy and nauseous, and everything in front of him turned twisted. His griffin didn't come back. But there was only half of her body floating in the pool in his courtyard. The beautiful, clean silver-gray feathers were dull and stained with blood. Her four claws curled tightly around her body. Benito could clearly see that the female griffin had been chopped off from the chest and abdomen. He could still see the scars where the ax was chopping continuously but did not resist, as if his eyesight had multiplied in an instant, and he could even see the old gardener lying by the pool together, being beaten to death with something .

Seeing the lion stepping on the body in the pool, Benito's first reaction was what was this ugly creature—but when he realized that it was his beloved beast, he felt an unprecedented intensity before getting angry. ! fear. This is a fear that he does not feel when he kills, even skins the nobles who resist him, or cuts off the head of the enemy with a sword.

"How dare they! How dare they!"

His mind was like a boiling hot water, boiling with hatred, anger and fear. He yelled continuously, slapped the railing hard, and even broke his voice. He immediately realized who would dare to do such a stupid, cruel and crazy thing. Only the group of nobles who are equally stupid, cruel and crazy.

"Do you really... want to die?"

His voice was hoarse, almost moaning or weeping. It's just that there is no sadness in his mind, only raging anger that burns his reason until it turns red and hot. And took down the sword that he hadn't used for many years.