It was night, on the hill where the Agate Principality was hiding, the unconcealed excitement of the vassals and small nobles when they set out had disappeared, replaced by sadness on their faces.
Because it seems that their army is about to be finished.
They have been besieged on this mountain for nearly half a month now.
In this half month, the expected reinforcements have not yet arrived.
What's even worse is that in the past two days, the army's dry food supplies have been basically consumed. In order to prevent the guards from starving to death, the minor vassals had to order to start digging grass roots and peeling bark to satisfy their hunger.
But even so, there are more than 80,000 troops on this mountain, and those grass roots and bark cannot support them for long.
Tonight, the king finally made a decision and prepared to lead the army in an attempted breakout.
The little nobles knew in their hearts that if this breakout failed, the king and several earls would probably ask them and others to abandon their ordinary guards and escape with the elite knights the day after tomorrow.
Although they were extremely reluctant to do so, they had no choice in such a desperate situation.
After all, the king and several earls were even ready to give up on their own heirs, let alone their subordinates.
"Are you all ready?" The king looked at the six earls.
Just today, the Northern Principality issued an ultimatum to them.
If they continue to fail to carry out peace talks as requested a few days ago, the Northern Principality will use several heirs as shields to launch an attack tomorrow.
After repeated discussions, the earls decided that they could not surrender to the Northern Principality.
After all, if the Fire Dragon Fort is in its own hands, then even if it is defeated this time, there is a high probability that it will stop the Northern Principality from moving south, and it will not be a problem to make a comeback in the future.
But if the Fire Dragon Castle Fortress is controlled by the Northern Principality, there is a high probability that they will not be able to stop the Northern Principality's invasion in the future, and then slowly die out.
Of course, the king and several earls would not just watch their heirs die.
Through secret contacts over the past few days, the king has contacted several of the spies he had originally arranged and asked them to notify the eldest prince and others to try to rescue them.
As for whether it will succeed in the end, the king is not sure, but his side will launch an attack tonight.
One is to try to see if they can successfully break through with a sneak attack and then escape safely with the ordinary guards.
The second is to create chaos so that the eldest prince and others can have a chance to escape.
"Your Majesty! It's ready!"
"Okay, let's make arrangements. When the horn sounds, launch a full-scale attack!" The king nodded.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Seeing that all the counts were about to leave after responding, the king reminded again: "Remember, try to save the strength of the cavalry regiment!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The count's expressions were slightly complicated, but they didn't say much.
The elite cavalry regiment is their heritage. In fact, the king does not need to say this, they also have plans!
Woohoo!
Half an hour later, when the earls gave their orders about the battle and all the vassals and soldiers were ready, the charge horn sounded again after more than ten days.
"Kill!" With the sound of the horn, the guards, who had been suppressed for a long time, began to rush down the mountain from different roads on the hill.
Woohoo!
The warning horn also sounded in the Northern Principality, and groups of guards climbed onto the wooden city walls built these days to stand ready.
Immediately, the two sides started a melee in the dark night.
When the melee began on the battlefield ahead, in a camp slightly away from the battlefield, the imprisoned heirs of the great nobles also began a self-rescue plan...
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Nalant didn't know yet that the Agate Principality's army had begun its final struggle.
He followed the convoy transporting grain and fodder and stationed outside a small town in a noble territory.
It was only more than an hour away from the front line, so he didn't dare to rush any further at night.
In this area, the Northern Principality has tightened its inspections to ensure the safety of its army.
Even during the day, Narant and others were routinely questioned twice as royal knights.
Fortunately, he used the excuse that Bacher sent them back to report the news.
But now that it's nighttime, the inspections are expected to be even stricter, so waiting until daytime tomorrow before setting off is the best option.
At this last moment, there is no room for error.
"It's another meteor shower night. I don't know what happened to my lucky daughters!" Narant looked up at the stars. The meteor shower in the sky was like gorgeous fireworks.
At this time, he very much hoped that the meteor shower would bring thousands of dark creatures, so that he could fish in troubled waters.
Of course, this is just what he thought about.
After the meteor shower, the area was still extremely peaceful, except that from time to time the sound of hooves of the Rangers galloping by could be heard.
"Forget it, let's draw the lottery first! Only by improving your strength as much as possible to ensure safety, I hope the system is more powerful. During this period, all you draw are strengthening fruits all day long, even if you have three or two agility fruits!
"Narant complained.
Now his body has been strengthened by multiple strengthening fruits, and is much stronger than the Silver Intermediate.
But the speed has not improved much, and it is still unable to match the silver mid-level knight.
Therefore, this sensitive result is his urgent need, but this lottery is just like the gambling machine in the previous life, it will never produce anything you want.
Complaints are complaints, and Nalant immediately opened the lottery system.
"Hey! What's that? There are two agility fruits in one box. Is there a virus in the system?"
But when Nalant opened the lottery system and saw the prize icons on the carousel, he was a little surprised.
This time, two agility fruit icons appeared on the lottery panel, and one of the icons had two agility fruits squeezed into it.
But then I thought about it, how could such a powerful being as the system be poisoned.
"So, if I draw this icon, it means I can get two kiwi fruits?"
"Is the complaint system really useful?" Narant thought to himself.
"System, since you are so awesome, you must let me draw this double agility fruit so that I can improve my strength!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "If I am not strong enough, if something unexpected happens while escaping, your system will be to blame!"
Continuing to complain about the system, Narant directly clicked the start button.
As the lottery wheel began to spin, Narante stared nervously at the pointer.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for winning two agility fruits!"
"Hiss! Really hit?!" As the system reminded him in his mind, Nalant was overjoyed.
"System, are you really so awesome?"
"How about we discuss it again, how about you open a back door and let me draw ten or eight times for free?" Narant said shamelessly, "Or, if I draw one, I can directly break through to gold.
Strange fruits from the realm of knights can also be used!"
"..."
Obviously, Nalant's greed was useless. After waiting for a while, the system didn't bother him at all.
"Okay! I admit it's just my luck!" Narant admitted that he was more emotional.
Then he half-heartedly took out the two agility fruits he had drawn and began to destroy them quickly.
After eating two agility fruits, Nalant instantly felt obvious changes in his body.
"Haha! It feels so good! Now, sir, I am a knight who can fight across ranks again!"
Now his speed is no worse than the Silver Intermediate Knight, and is even two points faster.
In this way, with his physical strength and agility, he, the junior silver knight, is enough to defeat the intermediate silver knight.
After being satisfied, Nalant lay down directly in the tent and fell asleep.
The high-intensity escape for several consecutive days and the long-term mental stress made him a little tired.
Tap! Tap!
However, just when Nalant felt like he hadn't slept for long, he was suddenly awakened by the noise coming from outside the tent.
"Search quickly, I just saw them fleeing here! These people are very important. If they escape, then we will all be punished!"
"Ah! I found them, they are in this alley, force them out quickly!"
"Come out, surround them quickly!"
With the shouts, Nalant sat up.
It's obvious that something is happening outside.
As the shouts fell, the faint sound of clanging iron tools could be heard outside.
"Sir, there seems to be a battle in the town ahead, and a large group of people is rounding up a group of people!"
At this time, Quick came to Nalant's tent to report.
After hearing this, Narant quickly left the tent.
This late at night, the only people the Northern Principality sent out to round up must be people from the Agate Principality.
It's just that Nalant is a little confused, why at this time, there are still people from the Agate Principality staying behind like himself.
Immediately, he walked around the surrounding tents that blocked his view, raised his eyes and looked towards the town.
Because it was dark, he couldn't see clearly. He could only see a crowd of people in the center of the town, and a large group of people holding torches surrounded a few people in the center.
"A few knights, something big seems to have happened ahead. Do you think there will be any danger?"
At this moment, the steward of the motorcade on the side found Narant.
"Well, the situation is obvious. As for the danger..."
Seeing the steward coming, Nalant couldn't help but frown.
Although he knew that the people who were besieged ahead were most likely from the Agate Principality, Nalant didn't want to get into trouble.
After all, they are fake royal knights, and if they get involved, they might get themselves and others involved.
But now that the stewards have said so, it would definitely be unreasonable for me, the 'Royal Knight', not to go and have a look.
"Don't worry, Manager Gree, we'll go up and take a look now!"
"Quick, let's go!"
Immediately, Nalant led Quirk and others on their horses and headed towards the town ahead.
Soon, they entered the town, but as they gradually approached the crowd, Nalant's heart skipped a beat.
Because there were dozens of cavalrymen wearing royal knight armor among the crowd in front. When they stepped forward, Li Gui met Li Kui.
"Why are you so unlucky!" Nalant complained in his mind, and was about to wink at Quick and others, and get into the alleys on both sides.
However, before he could run away, a royal knight noticed them in front.
"The escaped prisoners have been found. Come over quickly and help. The enemy is still resisting!" The royal knight waved to Nalant and others.
"Okay, here we come!"
In such a situation, it was impossible to escape, so Narant could only bite the bullet and take the lead.
Fortunately, it was dark now, and the other party could not clearly see the faces of Nalant and others. After saying hello and seeing Nalant and others approaching, they continued to pay attention to the enemies in the encirclement.
Soon, Nalant and his party came to the rear of the group of people from the Northern Principality.
However, the people around them no longer paid attention to them at this moment, and were all focused on guarding the scene.
At this moment, the sound of fighting was quite fierce. Nalant followed their gazes and then was stunned: "Hey, these guys are also captured?"
The people surrounded in the field were none other than the eldest prince, Tony and others, including Natasha.
The battle was still going on at this moment, with a middle-level silver royal knight and several subordinates fighting against the eldest prince and others.
Perhaps they were worried about hurting the eldest prince and others, so the royal knight did not dare to make a fatal move, which allowed the eldest prince and others to persist for so long.
Otherwise, the people around him would swarm him, and with the strength of the eldest prince and others, who could only reach the Silver Level at the highest level, they would be in trouble in a few moments.
However, with the silver mid-level knight around, their resistance was actually in vain.
"I'll fight with you!" Seeing that there was no hope of escape, an earl's heir immediately waved his sword and rushed towards the royal knight.
boom!
However, he just took two steps forward when he was punched in the head by the silver mid-level royal knight. He immediately fainted with a muffled groan.
"We surrender!"
"We surrender!"
Upon seeing this, Tony and others simply dropped their swords and surrendered again!
"Tie them up for me, and tie them up tightly! They dared to escape, and almost caused our entire team to be punished!"
Seeing several people surrendering, the silver mid-level knight immediately gave orders to the surrounding soldiers.
But after thinking about it, he still couldn't get over his anger, so he kicked Tony and others a few times.
Within a moment, several of the count's heirs and Natasha were trapped into rice dumplings and thrown into a carriage nearby.
The silver mid-level royal knight returned to his horse at this time and got on his horse.
"Let's go back!" Immediately, the silver mid-level royal knight prepared to lead the team to leave.
However, at this moment, he suddenly saw Nalant and the other royal knights behind the crowd, and then he took a closer look.
But Nalant's heart suddenly suddenly moved, and his hand was already pressed to the side of the sword without any trace.
"You are..." The royal knight couldn't see clearly in the dark, so he was about to ask Nalant about their identities, because he felt that he should not have brought so many subordinates.
Tap! Tap!
However, just as the Royal Knight Captain was about to speak, a large group of people came galloping from the other side of the town.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess is here!" At the same time, a voice came from the front.
"Quickly dismount to greet us!"
The captain's questioning words were immediately interrupted. He got off his horse again and quickly called his subordinates to prepare to welcome the princess.
When Nalant saw this, he could only slowly release the hilt of his sword and got off his horse.
At this time, he really didn't dare to make any changes unless absolutely necessary.
Otherwise, all the efforts to escape would be in vain.
After all, they are still behind the Northern Principality's army, and it will definitely be difficult for them to fly now that their identity is exposed.