Mount & Blade: Wind of War

In winter, the golden-red sun hangs in the blue sky. Below it, a team of cavalrymen is struggling to move forward among the vast ice and snow.

Five or six years have passed. The plump girl has grown into a slender and graceful girl. At this moment, Anna Han, a descendant of the royal family of the Styak Empire, is wearing light iron armor. She is struggling to pull her warhorse in the cold wind and snow.

As the leader of the female knights, Katie consciously stands in front of her to share as much as possible for the master she is loyal to.

Normally, as an imperial princess, even if her father, His Majesty Ledson Revic, passes away, Anna Han should be able to live a prosperous life without worries. The older she gets, the more His Majesty misses the warmth between his young son and relatives. Compared with several adult children, the youngest Anna can meet the emotional needs of the aging emperor.

Therefore, in the past few years, His Majesty Ledson Revic has rewarded a lot of property to his little daughter, ensuring that she will be rich and prosperous in the rest of her life.

But his majesty is old after all. If Anna Han did not like martial arts and had loyal knights like Katie under her, she would not be able to establish her own women's knights.

Those manors and properties that were valuable in the heyday were worthless in the troubled times.

This women's knights, with a total number of about 50 people, have some relationship with the Grand Duke in the north.

In the past few years, Gushan Castle has been exchanging letters with the royal family.

When Anna Han said that she wanted to establish a knight group of her own, Rhode suggested to her that she establish a women's knight group:

"In this era, women have a low social status. Even as a princess, it is difficult to recruit truly talented men to be loyal to you. The extraordinary era is coming, and the innate physical fitness gap between men and women will be compensated to a certain extent. You recruit female swordsmen, which is not easy to attract the attention of others. At the same time, it is easier to obtain the true loyalty of these swordsmen by giving them a large sum of money..."

After receiving the reply, Anna Han felt that it made sense. In fact, today, a few years later, this women's knight group has indeed played a crucial role.

Originally, after the death of His Majesty, Anna Han was under the protection of her eldest brother Haines. However, the third sister Milia Edson and the fifth brother Christopher received full support from the court wizard and religious forces respectively, which directly split the entire country.

Although the eldest prince Haines has maintained a fairly strong strength with years of management, the fragmentation of the entire empire is inevitable.

Under such circumstances, Haines hoped to marry his uncle, Prince Grandher, to strengthen his strength and gain an advantage in this life-and-death competition for the throne:

But Anna Han was not interested in marrying her own uncle, although this was not a problem among the nobles.

After "seeking" Anna's opinion, the eldest brother Haines obtained Anna's consent.

However, taking advantage of the fact that the eldest brother's vigilance was lowered, Anna Han directly rescued herself from the capital with the cavalry regiment loyal to her own hands.

Of course, the price was quite heavy.

More than half of the fifty female knights were killed or injured, especially many of them were daughters of civilians in the capital. After completing this matter, their families might even be implicated.

At this moment, there were only a dozen female knights following Anna and Katie, and in this vast ice and snow, they all had empty eyes and were confused about their future.

When they did it at the beginning, it was because of the injustice and loyalty to the princess. After suffering a heavy blow at this moment, I don’t know how many people regretted it, but things have come to this point, and there is no room for turning back.

The little princess Anna escaped from the capital, and almost all forces sent soldiers to chase her. At this time, it didn't matter whether Anna was dead or alive. No one wanted another royal orthodoxy to appear outside. Although there were not many in the history of the Styak Empire, there were queens.

At this moment, Katie was also using this kind of rhetoric to inspire everyone's morale:

"Grand Duke Rod Hart, the dragon slayer, is the lover and best friend of Her Royal Highness. As long as we arrive at the agreed location, the Grand Duke's army will pick us up. In the future, when Her Royal Highness ascends the throne, you will all be earls and marquises who can independently establish your own families! Don't worry about your parents and family members in the capital. They haven't committed any crime. What can the Grand Prince do to them?"

"If we are caught and taken back, then we will really have nothing. Think about the efforts you have made over the years, and think about our companions who died in the battle! Do you want to let their blood flow in vain?"

Listening to Katie's rhetoric, Anna, who was following behind with a horse, blushed a little, but she also knew that sometimes necessary lies can be used to inspire morale. Otherwise, once morale completely collapses, the people around her may even catch her back and ask Haynes to pardon their crimes.

When civilian girls were recruited to establish the Women's Knights, it was because of their low social status and low recruitment and training costs. However, there are pros and cons. After all, women are more attached to their families than men, and are more inclined to escape when encountering problems. These are natural flaws in accomplishing great things.

At this time, someone in the back suddenly shouted: "Commander, Your Highness, there is a cavalry team catching up from behind!"

Hearing this, Katie and Anna's expressions changed. Everyone no longer cared about the horses' strength, turned over and rode on their horses to run away.

However, their horses had been running for several days, and both the war horses and the knights were very tired. In this state, how could they outrun the elite knights riding two horses behind them?

"Princess, I am under the order of His Majesty. Please return immediately. You are His Majesty's sister and will not be severely punished."

Among the elite knights behind them, there was a master with a very deep fighting spirit. At this moment, he shouted loudly, and the momentum rushed over and vibrated the eardrums, which made people shake their minds.

As time went by, the distance between the two cavalry teams became closer and closer.

Anna looked back at the elite cavalry team from time to time, while speeding up the whip, but the despair in her heart became heavier and heavier.

"Could it be that after paying so much price and killing so many people, we can't escape after all?"

In the sky, a thick cloud appeared at some point, covering the sun and the earth.