After discovering that the side door was wide open and Almeida rushed out, the knights swarmed in. Almeida used the stone pillar in front of the door as a cover and opened fire at the enemy. After knocking down several enemies with a few shots, Alfonso hid behind
Aiming at Almeida's exposed body from the dark, he fired a shot.
The shot hit her lower abdomen, and Almeida screamed and fell to the ground.
"I hit it, give it to me." Alfonso said happily.
The knights swarmed up and captured Almeida. Alfonso came forward and slapped Almeida twice without saying a word. Almeida grinned with her teeth bared, and her long hair spread around her face, like a ghost.
"Old man, you dare to resist. Can you escape my grasp?" Alfonso cursed.
"Kill him." Someone nearby shouted.
Before Alfonso could speak, Goya pulled Alfonso aside and whispered: "You can't kill him. He has many loyal followers who are unruly. If you want the Eastern Fleet to obey your command,
, you must let Almeida publicly hand over the position of commander-in-chief to you, so that there will be no trouble."
Alfangsu frowned and said, "Do they still dare to resist?"
Goya frowned and said: "You can't say that. If you want to control the Eastern Fleet, you can't destroy it. If you want to fight the Ming Empire's fleet, they still need their efforts. If you make the fleet a mess, how will you explain it to the king? Even if you make a mess of the fleet, you can't destroy it.
If we want to kill him, we must do so after a public handover."
Alfonso nodded slightly and said with a smile: "My future father-in-law, I give you this face. Don't think that I don't know that you are thinking of your friendship with him and want to save his life. I may not kill him, but persuade him to behave
Hand over the seal and ribbon, and the matter of announcing resignation and giving up the throne will be left to you. If he doesn't know how to praise me, then I can only kill him."
Governor Goya sighed and nodded slightly.
Alfonso turned around and shouted: "There are still people in the castle. All those who resist are captured and hanged tomorrow. By the way, there is also Miss Helena. Capture her alive and bring her here. Don't hurt a hair on her head."
The knights swarmed in and rushed into the castle from the side door. They quickly searched from the hall on the first floor to all the rooms on the second and third floors, but found nothing.
After receiving the report, Alfonso was surprised and said: "How is it possible? Could it be that he flew away? He must be hiding somewhere. Search him inch by inch."
At this moment, the neighing of war horses was heard from the east side of the castle, and someone shouted loudly: "Someone has run away on horseback, someone has run away on horseback."
Alfonso rushed out of the castle and saw a horse emerging from the shadows in the darkness, galloping towards the door of the manor like a shadow. The man on the horse had long hair and a flying skirt. Was it not Helena or who it was?
"Close the door, don't let her escape. Damn it, when did she escape?" Alfonso yelled and cursed.
Several enemies who were left behind at the gate of the manor heard the shouting and saw someone riding a tall horse rushing towards the gate of the manor. They quickly shouted and closed the heavy wooden gate. However, the horse ran so fast that the door
It was only halfway closed, but it had already rushed to the door.
Two Franco soldiers shouted loudly and rushed towards the horse's head to try to stop it. The horse suddenly jumped up, jumped over their heads, and galloped away through the half-open gate.
Alfonso cursed loudly, jumped on his horse, and chased out with a dozen cavalrymen. But after chasing down the hillside, Helena's horse was nowhere to be seen.
Alfonso shouted loudly: "Issue an order to block the passage on the bridge. She cannot escape."
Helena leaned on her horse and ran wildly through the dim streets of the West End. Her body was trembling, and her fingers were still in a semi-convulsive state due to exerting too much force when climbing down the rope from the second floor.
She heard the scream of her father being shot, but she could not save her. At this moment, she could only escape as fast as possible. The Arabian horse under her was very fast, but Helena was worried that it would throw her down. She climbed up
On horseback, hold the horse's neck with your hands and pray in a low voice.
"God, please be merciful and protect my father. Please also bless me to escape. Horse, horse, please listen to me this time and don't lose your temper. Run quickly. Get out of here."
The further away the better. I can't let them catch me. Please."
The horse seemed to be psychic and understood Helena's words. Usually when Helena tamed it, the horse was difficult to control and impossible to tame. But today, it actually didn't resist at all and galloped away with Helena on its back.
And out, the speed is very fast.
Ahead is the passage on a bridge leading to the East District of Malacca. It is blocked by horses and wooden railings. Each checkpoint is guarded by at least twenty or thirty French soldiers. Helena's horse rushes down the slope of the river.
When they came down, these soldiers were already alert and shouted loudly to stop them.
Helena knew she couldn't stop, she had to rush over. So she hugged the horse's neck and patted it gently, begging in a low voice: "Rush over, rush over. Please."
The horse's speed did not slow down, and it rushed towards the bridge checkpoint. Seeing that the momentum was not right, the defenders of the checkpoint raised their guns and shouted threats. But the horse rushed towards him like a black lightning. When the soldiers evaded in panic, the horse flew away
He jumped up, jumped over the horizontal bar and the horse that were as tall as a person, and passed the level directly.
Helena was so excited that she almost screamed. But the roar of muskets came from behind, and the bullets of the matchlocks shot from behind. Helena curled her head and lay on the horse, only galloping on the wooden bridge. About to
When she rushed to the other side, Helena felt a pain in her thigh, like being bitten by a poisonous snake. Helena knew she had been shot.
But at this time, they could no longer care about anything. One man and one horse rushed across the wooden bridge and rushed into the chaotic and dark East District market.
Soon after, Alfonso led the cavalry to chase down. After learning that Helena had successfully charged the card, Alfonso was furious, but there was nothing he could do. Now he can only hope that the guards in the East District can stop Helena.
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At dawn, on a cliff fifty miles east of Malacca Harbor, a man and a horse stopped exhausted. The clothes of the woman on the horse were in a mess, and her legs were dripping with blood. The horses were also panting tiredly, and their footsteps
heavy.
The guards in the East District obviously couldn't stop a horse running wildly. The East District is an open city and there are no walls. Except for some soldiers who are alert and guarding, there are no blocking facilities at all. When the guards received the order
By that time, Helena had already rushed out of the city streets on horseback and ran along the road beside the canyon without a trace.
There was a small puddle on the cliff, which was accumulated water from the rain the day before. The horse ran to the puddle and stopped to drink water. The girl on the horse turned over and fell heavily to the ground. She screamed and moaned for a while, gritting her teeth and crawling
Go to the puddle and crawl there to drink water. One person and one horse just stick their heads in the puddle and drink the dirty rainwater, but at this moment it is like nectar and nectar. For people and horses, this is life-saving water.
Helena raised her head with water stains on her face. Her hair was stained with mud and water stains, dripping down. The exquisite long dress on her body was already dirty.
The wound on her leg bled a lot, which made her extremely thirsty. While running on horseback, she fell into a brief coma several times. Now she drank rainwater and replenished her water, and she felt much better.
The wound on her leg ached faintly. Helena sat on the ground, lifted up her skirt, and saw a patch of blood on the outside of her silk pants. Blood was still seeping out, and blood was oozing all the way out.
Her father told her about emergency methods to stop bleeding after an injury. Herbal medicines are everywhere in the mountains here, and many of them can temporarily stop bleeding. The wound must be treated and bandaged quickly, otherwise she will bleed to death.
Helena looked around and saw a patch of grass on the cliff not far away, so she limped and struggled over. Sure enough, she found the herbs she needed in the grass. She pulled out a large handful and put it in her mouth to chew
The herbs were bitter, astringent and disgusting, and she almost vomited. But she still resisted chewing the herbs, spitting them out and pressing them on the wound with her hands. Then she tore off the strip of cloth at the hem of her skirt and bandaged it tightly.
stand up.
After all this last night, she was so tired that she was out of breath and sweating all over. She was already very weak.
Helena was sitting on the grass. The morning light was slowly getting brighter. The colors in the east were becoming brighter. The sun would come out soon.
The past night was like a nightmare, a danger and panic that Helena had never experienced in her life. Helena's mind was in a mess, sometimes thinking about her father's life and death, and sometimes thinking about not knowing what to do now.
He was injured and alone. Alfonso's men were probably chasing him. He was not out of danger yet, and he didn't know if he could escape.
Thinking of this, she watched the sea below the cliff churning and waves surging. The sea was rising and making a loud noise. At a certain moment, Helena had the idea of jumping down the cliff to end it all.
But soon, she gave up the idea, and she hugged her knees and cried in horror at having such an idea.
"I can't die, I have to save my father. If I die, no one will know what's going on here. I want to go back to Franji Country, tell everything to the king and my family, and find a way to save my father, if he is still alive.
God bless him, he will definitely be alive... But, in my current situation, how can I return to Folangji Country? Where can I find a boat? Even if I find a boat and return to Folangji Country, it will probably be a month or two later.
Then how can I save my father?"
Helena wanted to cry for a while, but didn't know what to do.
Suddenly, her eyes were attracted by a mast exposed on the sea below the strait. It was a sunken ship. It was a warship from the Franco Kingdom. It should have wanted to dock, but it eventually sank not far from the shore.
.The mast is partially exposed.
"This is the place where we fought the Ming Dynasty fleet. It was here that my father was defeated by the Ming Dynasty people. That hateful Ming Dynasty Duke, he deceived me and defeated my father. All of this today was caused by him.
.If his father hadn't failed, how could Prince William have an excuse to do this? That hateful guy... damn guy..." Helena thought bitterly.
Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind.
"Since this bastard Alfonso wants to kill my father and seize the Eastern Fleet, what do I have to worry about? I will go to the Ming Dynasty people and ask them to attack the port of Malacca and defeat Alfonso while the port is in chaos.
Suo. Although it is treason for me to do this, I don't care about it.
Otherwise, my father will die... By the way, didn't that hateful Duke of the Ming Dynasty say in his letter that he was sorry for me? Merely apologizing is not enough. He must rescue my father. Oh, my God, I
I don’t know if this is the right thing to do, God, please give me some guidance.”
Helena's mind was extremely confused. One moment she felt that her idea was too ridiculous, and the next moment she felt that this seemed to be the only way to save her father. This young girl, who was not experienced in the world, encountered such a choice for the first time in her life. It was really uncomfortable.
Know how to respond.
"My horse, if you think we should go to the Duke of the Ming Dynasty to avenge and save my father, just scream. I will treat it as God's will." Helena stood there munching on the grass.
The horse said.
The horse was just grazing and showed no reaction.
"It seems that God doesn't allow me to do this. Hey, I can only think of another way." Helena sighed and looked away.
"Slippery!" Suddenly, the horse screamed loudly, jumped up, and trampled the grass with its hoofs.
Helena said in surprise: "Ah, does God want me to do that? Okay, let's go. Whether it succeeds or not, I will follow God's guidance."
Helena struggled to get up, came to the horse, climbed onto the horse's back with difficulty, and then trotted eastward.
Behind her, on the grass where the horses had gnawed, a snake was trampled into a pulp by the horses' hoofs. This unlucky snake had just frightened the horse, and the ill-tempered horse trampled it to death with its hoofs.