"Uh... Okay, okay!" Ryan and the others finally realized what they were saying, nodded numbly and stood up.
Immediately, Nalant led the three people to the gate of the castle.
When they saw the explosion crater, which was at least one meter deep and about two meters in diameter, the three of them suddenly took a breath of cold air.
Standing up close here, it is more shocking than seeing it from a distance.
In particular, a lot of the walls on both sides of the doorway have been peeled off by the blast.
The next moment, the three of them looked at Nalant with awe.
It turns out that what Nalant said, that they were lucky that the castle was breached from the inside, is true.
If Nalant attacked their castle according to today's method, even if they could resist for a while, they would probably end up like Baron Carlo's castle.
Not only will there be human losses, but the castle will also be damaged. As for the looting of wealth after being captured, it is also unavoidable.
In this case, it is really most appropriate to surrender obediently, so as to avoid losses to a minimum.
After the three of them followed Nalant into the castle, this idea became even stronger.
"Sir! These are the enemy troops in the castle. When we rushed to the city wall, except for this bronze intermediate knight who still had a certain fighting ability, everyone else was stunned in the tower."
"In addition, this young nobleman seems to be the most seriously injured, with his mouth and nose bleeding!"
Soon, Quik, Raymond and other guards carried all the enemies off the city wall.
I saw that these guards were still sluggish at this moment, and their eyes were a little dazed.
The most important thing is that their ears are bleeding. It is obvious that their eardrums have been ruptured by the needle at such a close distance.
The worst one among them was Keelin who was looking at the clay pots at the shooting hole with his head stretched out.
Not only Keelin's ears, but also his nose and mouth were shocked with blood.
If he hadn't had the physique of a titled knight, he would probably have had his hair tied up on the spot.
"Keelin, are you okay?" The three Ryans naturally knew Keelin, and they were surprised and immediately stepped forward to ask.
"You... you are all really captured!" Keelin looked at the three of them blankly, almost on the verge of crying, "I... my ears seem to be unable to hear the sound, they keep squeaking..."
The three people who heard this couldn't help showing expressions of pity, and were even more glad that Nalant didn't talk about martial ethics...
Naturally, Nalant would not let Keelin, the walking elf, die, and immediately called Winnie to treat them.
Of course, the treatment treatment provided by the power of talent is unparalleled, it is just some herbal medicines.
After gathering all the prisoners together, Nalant also counted the enemy's casualties.
A total of seventeen enemies died, more than ten of whom were killed by trebuchets or Vivian.
The remaining few people were unlucky and were blown to death by clay bombs.
As for Nalant, except for two barbarians who were accidentally shot in the limbs by arrows, there were no casualties.
After cleaning the battlefield and seeing that it was already dark, Narant simply settled down at the Castle of Baron Carlo and prepared to set off tomorrow.
However, before that, he made a move that surprised both the enemy and us, that is, he released all four castle stewards who were captured by him, and equipped them with horses to leave.
The only requirement is that they spread the word about Carlo Castle along every castle.
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Hundreds of miles away from Oak City, on a hill that stretches for ten miles.
As darkness falls, only bonfires light up on the hills one to two hundred meters high.
The bonfire was so densely packed that it looked like a terrifying fire dragon from a distance.
Of course, this is not a fire dragon, but the tens of thousands of troops from the Onyx Principality who escaped from Oak City at the risk of their lives.
Although Nalant's message made the army react the moment before doom struck.
But time is too tight after all, and there are too many enemies.
Therefore, after the king and a group of earls and their extraordinary knights bought some time for these infantry, they were slowly overtaken by the Northern Principality's army two days later.
Seeing the losses of more and more men and horses, the Agate Principality had no choice but to choose a rare rolling hill in the earldom of Barnby as a refuge.
Of course, although they could temporarily resist the enemy's nearly 150,000 troops by standing firm in the mountains, they also fell into the enemy's encirclement again.
I saw strong camps rising from the ground at each pass of the hill. Those were the armies of the Northern Principality.
Moreover, the army of the Northern Principality would launch fierce attacks on the hills every day, although due to the difficulty of traveling on the mountain roads, the superiority of troops and cavalry could not be demonstrated.
But it also made everyone in the Agate Principality exhausted to deal with it, and their morale plummeted.
Especially when the Agate Principality army fled in a hurry, many supplies were abandoned, and there was not even a tent to live on this mountain.
Braving the cool autumn breeze every night, all the guards were shivering with cold.
In addition, the food they brought was running low and could only last for less than ten days at most.
As for clean water, there are many springs on the mountain, which can barely keep them from dying of thirst.
"Your Majesty, a total of 350 people from our Batman family died in battle today..."
"Three hundred and thirty-eight people from our cavalry family died in the battle..."
"We, the Tulip family..." In the only baron's castle on the hill, the king and a group of earls sat around a long table.
Although the situation of the several big nobles was much better than that of the small nobles and soldiers sleeping in the wilderness, none of the earls could laugh at this moment.
With their morale low and all kinds of supplies lacking, their situation became very bad.
In particular, they also discarded large weapons such as trebuchets on the road, making them very passive when facing the attack of the Northern Principality.
Every time the Northern Principality attacks, they will attack with trebuchets, and they can only stare blankly with no chance to counterattack. This is the biggest cause of casualties.
"You go back and appease the vassals and soldiers, and tell them that I have sent a messenger to return to the principality quickly. As long as we persist for a few more days, our reinforcements will arrive, and everyone can go home safely by then!" King Culver looked solemn, but
There is no good solution to the current situation.
The fact that the army was besieged was before their eyes, and they had only two choices.
Or lead tens of thousands of troops to wait for support from the principality.
Either abandon these ordinary infantry and flee with the elite knights.
Obviously, the king and the earls chose the former.
After all, if they were willing to abandon them, they could have escaped a few days ago, so why wait until now.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
All the earls nodded and said nothing else.
Although the food in hand may not be able to sustain them until that time, this is the only option at the moment.