Chapter 35 Tan Bei's Allegiance
"His Excellency Taranit, have you not noticed something strange yet? The news in the city of Agrenion has been blocked in the past few days, and the important roads in various places have been controlled by some unidentified troops. Even if you forget your allegiance to His Highness Theodor, are you not worried about your brother's safety at all?"
"Note your words, Your Excellency Secretary-General, by the way, to be precise, you are no longer the case. The reason I did this is precisely because I adhered to allegiance to His Highness the Prince. Without the prince's order, mobilizing the front-line troops without authorization was like rebellion. Just based on what you just said, I can arrest you directly." Speaking of this, the head of the Taranit family, who had always been in a cold expression, suddenly changed color, and the atmosphere in the military tent also dropped to freezing point at this time.
But Hendriel was not afraid of this and looked at the other party and asked, "If this is how you serve your loyalty to the prince, it will only make the rebels laugh. What else can you talk about 'like rebellion'? If you continue, the entire Agrignon will be ruined. Can the Tanbei Valley be safe?"
Hendriel, who had always been gentle and gentle, had a bulge of blue veins on his forehead. He was excited and still tried his best to convince Lord Tanbei in front of him, but his storm words seemed to fall on a rock, and remained motionless. Lord Taranit immediately returned to his previous coldness, and was not moved by Hendriel's excitement.
"Unless there is a warrant, Hendriel, I will never be able to mobilize the army without authorization to follow you. Because I am the lord, I am responsible for the entire Tanbee Valley and I will never take any risks. Everything we are talking about today is assumed to have never happened, Lord Hendriel! I am in military affairs here, and recently Rusnina and the Bulgarians have taken action, and even Thessalonika has caused a big mess. Phelpoples was captured and the Latin army approached the Macedonian side wall. Every legion in the entire line of defense is an indispensable link. Once the whole body is activated, I have no extra time to waste with you."
After Taranit finished speaking, several strong guards outside the military tent walked in - it was obvious that the Lord Tanbei issued the order to expel guests.
"Is this the decision you made?" Looking at the soldiers walking up around him, Hendriel understood the other party's attitude. He had long known that the Earl of Tanbei River Valley was famous for being rigid, but he did not expect that it would be so unreasonable.
And Talanit still had a stern face and said coldly: "Send out the guests!"
Amid the earl's orders, the guards from both sides walked forward and surrounded Hendriel who was still trying to convince him.
Even if Hendriel spoke fiercely, the man was unmoved. However, Talanit did not continue to make things difficult for him as threatened Hendriel as before, but only allowed several soldiers to set up Hendriel, who was unwilling to leave, to set up a military camp.
"You will regret it! You don't know anything about what happened now. If this continues, we will all face a catastrophe, Taranit!" The man dragged out yelled angrily.
Hendriel, who was watching his departure silently disappear outside the military tent, pulled down the tent. Although the expression on his face was not as cold as before, he still couldn't see what was thinking in his heart.
"Are you just letting him go?"
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded behind the ordnance rack in the tent - it turned out that there was a person standing behind, listening to the conversation between Hendriel and Talanett throughout the whole process.
In response to this, Count Taranit was not surprised and replied indifferently:
"What else? Letting him stay here will only disrupt our previous plans. I'm ready for everything here, but Mikhail should have started to make moves. You really don't worry?"
"Why should I worry?" A chuckle came from behind the ordnance rack.
"There is only one lonely army in Thessalonika city, but it is facing a three-way attack, so it may be very difficult to deal with it."
Taranit, who has been closely following the situation in Macedonia, knows clearly how strong Thessalonika is. Although this is a solid city, she can't bear another battle after experiencing the heavy damage of the war.
But the other party's surprising optimism attracted Taranit to the side, "If any of these three forces attacked Thessalonika alone, it might be worth worrying about me, but if they appeared together in Macedonia, they would only be wary of each other and even dare not go out in full swing. Under the constraints of left and right, Thessalonika would definitely support it. The only thing that is worrying now is probably the attitude of the other nobles of Agrignon!"
Behind the ordnance frame, the other party's words became playful at this time.
During the conversation between the two, Taranit's eyes also fell on a signed edict and placed it on the table. In order to prevent Hendriel from noticing it, he specially pressed it under the silver wine glass he often used. Taranit took the wine glass and read the edict again. In name, it was issued by Prince Theodor, but anyone could find the trick. If the seal on it was true, then His Highness Theodor Ducas should be in great danger at this moment. And most of the people who did all this were the prince's son Romanus. Taranit thought, then my brother Nichifrus...
Facts have proved that everything about Agrignon has changed drastically in just over a dozen days. Not only Taranit alone discovered that other nobles had already smelled something wrong, but they, like Taranit, did not act rashly but had their own opinions.
Hendriel's view of Taranit was completely wrong. Although he seemed to be a very rigid person in his daily interactions, far less pleasing than his younger brother Nicky Fruce, the lord's agility towards the survival of his family was far better than others.
After putting down the decree and throwing it into the brazier at his feet, he turned to look at the ordnance rack, Taranit said calmly: "Only when the shepherd's whip fell, will she recognize the direction of the progress. The reason why the princes are still stumbling is nothing more than fearing Romanus's identity and the safety of their families in Agrignon. If you do not rely on thunder, you will never be able to make up your mind. If you can trust me, Tanbei will be your strong shield."
Chapter completed!