Reggie hurried back to the city, and Erwin led the guards to prepare for the arrest.
This is not a lie. There are still more than two thousand residents in Broken Snow City. Reggie will capture them all and lock them all in the basement of the castle.
This is a helpless choice. No matter what the outcome of tonight's battle is, the enemy will probably bomb Shattering Snow City with black powder.
The strongest building in the city is the lord's castle. The castle's basement has three floors, which makes it a perfect air raid shelter.
The residents were frightened, and many thought Reggie was going to imprison them and kill them.
Reggie couldn't give any more explanations. There must be Sarn's spies hidden among the civilians. He took out all the food in the castle, first tricked the hungry children into the castle, and then used these children to coerce
Their mother and the elderly in their family deceived them all into the basement. The remaining stubborn guys had to rely on Erwin to use violent methods to capture them.
Fortunately, most of the residents in the city were old and weak, women and children, so the whole process did not encounter much resistance. At night, the gate of the castle was locked, and Reggie took Erwin to the foot of the stone tower. A group of guards guarded the stone tower.
At the door, Reggie's order was waiting.
Reggie looked up at the night sky. Thick dark clouds covered the moon, and the silent Snow City was completely dark.
Nights like this were perfect for sneak attacks, but Reggie was a little worried.
It won't rain tonight, right?
If it rains, everything you do will be in vain.
"Sir, it's almost time." Erwin brought a six-minute hourglass. According to Reggie's estimation, the time of this hourglass is probably synchronized with the hourglass of the minister of state.
The six-minute hourglass means four hours. Half of the sand in the upper layer is left, and it's time to ring the bell.
Erwin was about to climb the stone tower, but was stopped by Reggie.
"As long as you stay here, I must ring the giant bell myself."
There are some things that you cannot let others do for you, especially when the lord exercises the highest power.
Ringing the bell is related to the life and death of Shattering Snow City. Reggie wants everyone to understand one thing. Except for the lord, no one can ring the huge bell of Shattering Snow City. No matter what rules the former lords have set, from now on, this
This is the iron law of Shattering Snow City.
When they reached the top of the tower, Reggie discovered that the iron clock was so huge, even bigger than his bedroom.
Of course, such a giant bell cannot be struck with a hammer. It has a simple mechanical system. All Reggie needs to do is to pull the iron chain under the giant bell.
The moment he pulled the chain, Reggie hesitated.
He didn't know whether his choice was really wise. If the battle failed, he couldn't even imagine his fate.
There was no way out, he had already staked everything.
When the giant bell rang for the first time, Reggie immediately regretted it.
Maybe he shouldn't ring the bell himself. The sound of the bell was so loud that Reggie felt like his whole body was shaking with the giant bell.
He rang the bell sixteen times in total as agreed, expressing his complete surrender to the Bayer Kingdom.
Reggie staggered down the stone tower, holding on to the wall and vomiting for a long time.
Erwin ran to him and said something to him, but Reggie couldn't hear a word. In his mind, there was only a constant sharp sound.
Back under the city wall, all preparations for the surrender ceremony have been completed.
Batchelor prepared a dress for Reggie, and his craftsmen put a huge flower crown on the bull's head and decorated the bullock cart with bright flowers.
Twenty cavalrymen were ready to go. Of course, their clothes were not so neat. Jiawen prepared a pair of armor for each of them as much as possible. Six cavalrymen did not have iron helmets, and two cavalrymen did not have saddles.
Gwen walked down the city, his face full of disappointment and helplessness. Judging from his expression, he no longer had any hope for Reggie and everything in Broken Snow City.
"Little Reggie, I really don't want to say anything more," Gwen pointed at the cavalry, "Look at them, look at their horses, their age, their appearance and their clothes.
Can they get through? The only neat thing about them is the wine barrels on their shoulders, and they don’t even look as good as your oxen pulling carts!”
"This..." Reggie was about to explain, but was immediately interrupted by Gwen.
"I know Suixue City is very poor, but at least your father is not down to this level." Gwen didn't want to look at the cavalry anymore. He stroked the flowers on the cow's head, and Reggie's heart instantly jumped into his throat.
There is a sharp knife hidden under the flowers, which is another masterpiece of the craftsmen.
Fortunately, Gwen just touched the flower crown lightly, and then asked about the things he was more concerned about: "Little Reggie, have all the mobs in the city been cleaned up?"
Reggie replied: "I locked up all the mob in the castle."
Gwen sighed and said: "Although I don't understand your intention, if you do this, do you really not want the prince to live in your castle?"
Reggie lowered his head and said in silence for a moment: "I don't want to make excuses anymore. There is not a drop of kerosene in my castle now. I poured them all on the hillside."
Gwen nodded and said: "I know about this. I sent spies to your castle, and there is indeed not a drop of kerosene."
Reggie added: "In order to ensure the safety of the prince, I arrested everyone in the city."
Gwen said: "I also know this, there are also my spies in the city."
"But so what? Sarnoffbic doesn't believe me, he wants to give up his mansion to the prince," Reggie said, "I will no longer be the lord of Shattered Snow City soon, and he will soon
I will soon become an earl, and I think... there are times when I should avoid conflict with him."
"Don't be unconvinced, young man, you are not qualified to be compared with Sann at all." Gwen waved to the guard, who brought a four-point hourglass. "Than has put in wisdom and hard work, so he has met his destiny.
You should respect him! Now it’s your turn. You are stupid and weak but have a noble bloodline. This is your original sin, do you understand? Now it’s time for you to atone for your sins. Let me see what you will do.
Seize the chance of survival and let me see how far you understand survival!"
There was a little bit of sand left in the upper layer of the hourglass. When it came to treating time, Gwen had an almost paranoid rigor. After the last grain of sand had indeed leaked out, Gwen ordered the guards to send out a signal.
Two guards carried a wooden box to the top of the city. One of the soldiers took out a cloth bag and sprinkled some black powder around the wooden box.
You don't need to look too carefully, just smell the pungent smell and you will know where it comes from.
It is indeed black powder, this is the devil's black powder that makes the world fearful.
The size of the box is not small. What does this old guy want to do? Blow up the city wall?
Reggie looked at Gwen nervously. Gwen touched Reggie's hair and smiled: "Don't be afraid, I will show you the beautiful scenery that can only be seen in Bayer Country."
The soldiers at the top of the city were so frightened that some even rushed down the city wall with their heads in their hands.
Jiawen is relatively calm, but no one who has lived in Beijing is not afraid of anti-fans.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered: "Lord, please find a way to leave first. If his guards dare to stop you, I will catch the old guy immediately..."
Reggie signaled Jarvan to stop talking. He knew how good the assistant minister's ears were.
The soldiers lit up the black powder, and seeing their indifferent expressions, Reggie could more or less guess the intention of the auxiliary minister.
He didn't come to blow up the city wall. The box was obviously not sealed well enough.
He was going to set off fireworks.
After a loud noise, the mighty first knight actually hugged Reggie.
According to Gwen's guess, Reggie must have been frightened and peed his pants.
But Reggie was very calm, which surprised him.
A ray of silver light shot straight from the top of the city into the clouds, exploded again in the night sky, and bloomed into a gorgeous flower disk.
After the flower disk withered, the remaining light turned into the outline of a giant bear, which stayed in the air for a long time before slowly dissipating.
Until then, Reggie finally gave his first sigh of praise: "It's so spectacular."
This was not out of surprise, but a sincere compliment. Reggie was impressed by the craftsmanship alone in producing such exquisite fireworks in this era.
Perhaps in this world, the original intention of the inventor of gunpowder may be more for entertainment.
"Is it spectacular, little Reggie?" Gwen said with a smile, "God is fair. He gave you mediocre wisdom, but gave you a smooth road to destiny. When you come to Bayer Country, you can see the gorgeous scenery every year.
Light dancing in the sky, rejoice, little Reggie, besides the people of Bayer Country, who else can appreciate such a magnificent sight?"
The light of dancing in the sky, what a beautiful name, this is the name of the fireworks in Bayer country.
No wonder the auxiliary minister is so confident that he dares to bring twenty guards to Shattering Snow City because he has mastered a unique means of communication.
In this world, only the country of Bayer has fireworks.
After seeing the fireworks, Prince Sean led his troops up the hillside to accept Reggie's surrender.
If Reggie and Gwen had a falling out and killed him, he wouldn't be able to find a way to send the signal.
We should really thank Batchelor for keeping Reggie patient and at the same time allaying Gwen's suspicion. Without this shrewd bachelor, all the efforts would have been in vain.
Five woo woo, woo, woo five woo woo woo
The horn of the enemy camp sounded.
The irritable Prince Sean mounted his war horse, took 1,800 soldiers and all the trebuchets with him and walked up the mountain road, leaving only 200 soldiers to garrison the camp.
"This old guy Gwen made me wait for so long!" Sean roared at the cavalry captain, "Isn't he a little too self-righteous? I gave Shattering Snow City an ultimatum. It was supposed to be dusk, but he actually
Let me wait until this time!"
The cavalry captain is a strong man in his forties. He is about the same height as Jiawen, with a slightly bloated body. His bulging eyes, huge nostrils, thick neck and deep voice make him look like a
A standing walking bull.
His name is Butcher Ralph, and this guy who looks like the Bull Demon King has a special nickname: The Bull Eater.
When Butcher was young, he was trapped in an extremely cold place by a cold demon. He used a dagger to kill an 8,000-pound giant Northland bull. He relied on the meat of the giant bull to support him in the extremely cold place.
He stayed for three months and finally returned to the royal capital.
Of course, this story comes from Butcher's oral narration after he returned to the royal capital.
Unlike his rough appearance, Butcher knew how to figure out other people's thoughts. He lowered his voice and said to the prince: "Your Highness, I think some people interpret your respect as concession and compromise."
"I have also noticed this," the prince agreed with Butcher's statement. "I have recorded this account. Of course, it is not the time to settle accounts now. When I become the king, he will pay for today's arrogance.
cost."
Butcher smiled and said: "You don't have to suppress yourself too much. You can vent all your anger on the surrender. You can let him lick your boots clean, you can also let him lick your horse's hooves clean, you can even...
…”
Sean smiled: "If it wasn't too cold, I would let him lick my butt clean."
The army arrived halfway up the mountain. The cavalry lined up at the front, followed by the infantry and archers. The trebuchets were still at the end of the line.
Gwen stood on the top of the city and had a clear view. He turned to Reggie and said, "Go, my child. Congratulations, you survived."
Reggie was startled and asked: "Won't you follow me out of the city? As agreed..."
"According to the agreement, I should accompany you to His Highness, but now I have changed my mind." Gwen smiled and waved to the guard.
Several guards drew their swords at the same time and placed them on Jiawen Gusta's neck.
Not only the guards, but also Sarnoffbic's retinue, they took out their weapons, drove the soldiers under the city wall, and took control of the city gate.
"Go, little Reggie," Gwen said with a smile, "I remind you again, don't do anything stupid, otherwise you will never be able to step into the snowy city again, and your body will be turned into snowy stones.
of mud.”
Reggie's mind went blank. He really didn't expect that the old Gwen still had this hand.
He has occupied the city gate, and now even if he ignites the trebuchet and completely defeats the enemy, Reggie will not be able to return to Shattering Snow City.
What can we do? Regardless of success or failure, there is no escape. Even Bachelo's face showed a little despair.
Jiawen clenched his fist tightly, preparing to fight to the death, but if he died, all the soldiers would give up the fight, and Shattered Snow City would completely fall into Gwen's hands.
The panicked Reggie felt that the world was spinning. Such a complicated situation far exceeded an engineer's ability to respond.
Sarn walked up to him and said with a hint of ridicule: "Viscount Victor, I hope you can come back alive."
Forced to be helpless, Reggie held the dagger in his arms. He wanted to fight for his life with Sarn, but he heard an unusually calm voice behind him.
"Sir, it's time for us to set off."
It's Erwin. According to the plan, he will stay by Reggie's side tonight and never leave.
"It's time to go, my lord!" Erwin's expression was very calm, and there was even a hint of a calm smile.
Reggie followed Erwin and walked down the city in a daze. On the way, Erwin kept whispering in Reggie's ear: "Sir, don't worry, nothing will happen."
When they reached the city gate, a soldier brought a war horse for Reggie.
At the moment when Reggie was about to mount his horse, Erwin whispered: "I'm sorry, sir, I can't go to fight with you. The best guards will fight side by side with you, and the remaining soldiers will stay with me."
Here, waiting for your return."
While talking, Reggie saw Erwin put his hand into his left lapel, where a short knife was hidden.
Dozens of guards around him had their hands on their lapels. After Reggie left the city, they would fight to the death with the enemies in the city.
The city gate opened, and a gust of cold wind blew in. Out of nervousness, coldness, or fear, Reggie's body began to tremble.
Erwin smiled and said: "I remember you told me that you like 'show' the most. Although I don't know the exact meaning of this word, what I want to tell you is...show, my lord!"