"Did you really destroy Blue Bay?" Although Reggie said it himself, Chris still couldn't believe his ears. "Did you destroy the port or the entire city?"
"It's just the port. The only thing that poses a threat to Suixue City is the port, and there's no need for me to go to the extent of massacring the city."
"That's good." Chris nodded with some relief, but he still couldn't hide the gloom on his face.
Reggie looked at Chris sideways: "Are you distressed?"
"There is a point. It is the largest port in the Lion Kingdom... But you are right. The threat from Blue Bay is too great, and it must be destroyed."
Chris needs to reorganize the battle situation. With the loss of Blue Bay, the Golden Eagle Navy is no longer the biggest threat to Shattering Snow City. Now he should concentrate on land warfare.
"Charlemagne can't hold on for long. The spy sent news that he doesn't have enough food and gold coins." Chris pointed to the Hanmaple Fortress on the map. "I'm more worried about this place. I don't want to show off to you. If
If I hadn't sent the First Army over, you would have lost Hanfeng Fortress long ago. You really can't imagine how badly they fought in the first battle..."
"I can imagine," Reggie nodded, "They have never fought in Hanfeng Fortress. The first battle should be horrific."
"It's not just that," Chris complained, "you don't know how much I have been wronged in it!"
"I can guess. I know how stubborn my soldiers are."
"You don't know what they say about me..."
"I know, I know you've endured a lot for me." Reggie's eyes kept staring at Chris until Chris's cheeks turned red.
Chris stopped complaining. He pointed at the map and continued: "Charlemagne will most likely choose to retreat. The Wolf Country and the Golden Eagle Country are both mercenaries. If their employer leaves, there is no need for them to linger. But Sophia is different. She is single-minded.
If you want to take back Han Maple Fortress, the battle in the north will not end easily. There are many loopholes in Han Maple Fortress. Kalaf is still repairing the city wall there. If you are an ordinary soldier, you should be able to cope with it for a while, but if the Cambrian Knights come, Han Maple will
The fortress is in danger."
"The battle in the south is still left to you," Reggie stood up and said, "I will leave for Hanfeng Fortress immediately before tomorrow. To be honest, I really miss her."
…
Salah brought a thousand Cambrian knights to Sophia's camp. He was delayed for twelve days on the road. There were many specific reasons. According to Salah's description, they encountered bad weather and encountered
We were attacked by ferocious beasts and encountered some crazy and looting mobs.
But Sophia knew in her heart that the weather was not that bad, the beasts were not that ferocious, and the mob would not be crazy enough to attack an army, let alone the most powerful army Cambrian Knights on the continent.
Rather than saying it was accidents, it was more of a deliberate delay. Salah didn't want to come to Hanmaple Fortress, he didn't want to fight Reggie, and even if he was asked to fight the White Tower Kingdom, he didn't want to get close to Broken Snow City.
If you want the Cambrian Knights to display their true combat effectiveness, you must first change Salah's attitude, make him firmly believe that this battle is certain to be won, and make him understand the importance of this battle.
Although Sophia has already put on the crown, she must now be patient and reason with Salah.
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Some people can listen to the truth, but some people can't. Just like Varya, the great lord of the Benlang Kingdom, he only recognizes gold coins, but other than that, he can't listen to any truth.
He did not dare to attack Shattering Snow City anymore. The defense of the sentry tower was becoming more and more perfect. Attacking rashly would mean the soldiers would die.
But he needed gold coins to make up for his losses, and all the surrounding villages and towns became his source of gold coins.
Charlemagne once warned him and told him not to harm the civilians around Zhilin City. Varya did not take this warning seriously because he knew the ways of the Lion Kingdom too well. So what could a warning do?
So what if he was warned a few more times? Even when the war was over, Charlemagne would not take other actions.
After several bloodbaths, most of the surviving civilians fled. This drove Valia to attack villages and towns further away, some of which even exceeded the boundaries of Zhilin City.
Vesliuz, the son of Goluz, the lord of Drawsha City, is collecting grain from the territory. He knows that the life of farmers is very hard, but civilians die of hunger every day in Drawsha City. Every day, he comes out to try his luck.
, even if you can find a few hundred pounds of grain, you can at least buy a meal of porridge for the dying people.
But today he was very unlucky. He bumped into a little lord under Valia.
The little lord had already passed through several villages, which were all deserted, and he did not want to return empty-handed.
Wesley was accompanied by thirty guards. Although the little lord had fifty soldiers, he did not want to pay a high price for a few heads.
He first asked about Wesley's purpose and learned that he was the lord's son and was purchasing grain in the territory. The little lord showed a friendly smile.
"Young friends, I deeply sympathize with what happened to Drawsha City. All werewolves know how rich Drawsha City is. I never thought that you would worry about food. We still have some extra military rations, which adds up to about the same.
There are more than a thousand pounds, and I just want the soldiers to earn more gold coins. If you really need it, I can sell you this food."
"Thank you very much. You are such a good person. It's just that the situation in Drawshaft City is very difficult. We can't get too many gold coins and we can't afford too high a price." Young Wesley was fooled and he was still discussing with the other party.
Price, he had no idea what was waiting for him.
"Young friend, your words are really disappointing," the little lord sighed. "Although my soldiers are poor, they are not greedy to that extent. They just have a little extra food. Do we want to pay for a few people?"
Do we lose our conscience because of gold coins? One pound of grain only costs thirty copper coins, and this is not wheat, but bread. Isn’t this price fair?”
Thirty copper coins a piece of bread, which is much cheaper than the wheat in the Ryan Kingdom. Wesley couldn't believe his ears, but he still believed this nonsense.
"Come with us, friend, our camp is just ahead."
Wesley followed the little lord and left the village. They walked north for more than 20 miles and reached a canyon, where the little lord stopped.
"Friend, I don't doubt your sincerity, but in front of us is our military camp, and you have brought so many guards, which makes me really embarrassed."
"They are just guards," Wesley explained. "Do you think we will rob you of your food?"
"I don't doubt you, but soldiers always have military rules. If you don't mind, I hope you can leave the soldiers here first, go to the military camp with us alone, and take a look at the quality of the food. If you really
If you are willing to buy it, we will send the food."
The innocent Wesley once again agreed to the little lord's request. He was about to follow the little lord to the military camp, but was stopped by his guard captain.
The captain stood in front of Wesley and said to the little lord: "We will not let you go anywhere with you. We will wait here and send you food!"
Seeing the resolute attitude of the guard captain, the little lord sighed helplessly and said: "It seems that you have your own rules, okay, please wait here for a while, I will be back soon."
Wesley waited in the canyon for a long time. When the guards completely relaxed their vigilance, the little lord and his soldiers finally appeared.
But they did not appear in the valley, but on the hillsides on both sides of the valley.
"Young friend, I have kept you waiting for a long time," the little lord said with a grim smile. "I carefully checked the granary. There is not much bread left, but there is something else I can give you. I hope you like it."
As soon as the words fell, arrows flew like rain. The guards didn't even have time to raise their shields before they fell to the arrows. The captain of the guard wanted to escape with Wesley, but was shot through the throat by an arrow. Wesley
Li was hit by an arrow in the thigh and fell to the ground groaning hard.
This was the order of the little lord, telling the soldiers not to hurt Wesley, otherwise he would have died with the guards long ago.
The little lord led the soldiers down the hillside, stepped forward and kicked Wesley over, stepped on his head with his foot, and said with a smile: "Young friend, why don't you listen to my advice? If you come with me
If you go to the military camp, at least you won't have to take one more arrow."
Wesley, who could not cry, did not make any resistance. He had his hands tied by the little lord, dragged behind the horse, and brought back to the military camp.
The rest of the things are not that simple. The guards' heads can be cut off and exchanged for gold coins. Wesley will naturally be of greater use. The little lord wants to use him to blackmail Drawsha City, but this is not something he can accomplish. He
The news must be reported to the High Lord, although this means Valia will take most of the ransom.
Varya was a little surprised when he learned the news. Although he was greedy for money, this matter went too far.
"You idiots, do you want me to start a war with Charlemagne?" Varya scolded the little lord, but the little lord was not worried. He could understand Varya's eyes, and his eyes were twinkling.
With the light of gold coins.
"Sir, what do you want to do? Do you want me to put that young man back?"
"What's the use of putting it back? Do you think Drawsha City will let it go? Things have reached this point. We must get something, but you can't use your identity as a werewolf to blackmail the lord of Drawsha City."
The little lord looked confused and said: "Then what identity should we use?"
Varya smiled and said: "From now on, you are bandits and refugees who are forced to plunder in order to survive. Find a way to send a letter to Drawsha City and ask the lord of Drawsha City to redeem him with two thousand gold coins.
's son."
"But..." the little lord licked his lips and said, "that young man already knows our identity."
"Then let him ransom a corpse," Varya said with a smile. "Once you get the ransom, kill him immediately. The corpse can't speak anyway."
Lord Golwuzi of Drawshaft City quickly received the news. It was a handwritten letter written by his son, with his son's index finger still in the letter.
The lord's wife fainted on the spot. They only had one son, and Goel also lost his mind. He quickly asked the treasurer to raise gold coins, even if he sold the lord's castle.
A whole day passed. The treasurer scraped together and raised only more than 700 gold coins. The lord's wife took out all the jewelry. The treasurer was estimating the price, but Goel gradually came to his senses.
"Impossible, there have been no bandits around Drawsha City, nor near Zhilin City!"
The lord's wife said: "Everyone is starving now, and the hungry mob can do anything!"
"Impossible!" Goel shook his head and said, "I personally selected Wesley's guards. They have all fought in battles. There is no way the mob will annihilate them all!"
"Who else could it be?"
Goer was silent for a while and whispered: "It's the Werewolf, it must be those beasts. They bloodbathed many villages. Those beasts do all kinds of evil."
The lord's wife cried: "I don't care who they are, I want my son, I want to save my son."
"Calm down, it's useless! Even if we give them gold coins, they will still kill our son!" Goel gritted his teeth, "I want to go to His Majesty and ask for justice. If they don't release me immediately
Son, I will kill all these wolf bastards!"
The lord's son was kidnapped, and the news quickly spread throughout Drawsha City. Lance, who was lurking in Drawsha City, bribed the lord's waiter, learned the inside story of the matter, and immediately sent the news back to Broken Snow City.
Reggie had already gone to Hanmaple Fortress, and the first person to receive the news was Chris. Regarding the Werewolf, Chris had the same speculation as Goel. Even if they got the money, they would not release Wesley.
But regarding Charlemagne, Chris's speculation was different from Goel's.
"Charlemagne will not provide any help. It seems that Wesley is in danger."
Recalling the scene at the foot of Drawsha City, the desperate Chris and the old king once asked their father and son for help, but were ruthlessly rejected. They only got a bag of bread and gold coins, and could not even step into the gate of Drawsha City.
But then I thought about it and realized that Chris had indeed broken his original promise. He did not bring a grain of grain to Drawsha City. At least Wesley gave him a bag of bread.
"If you want to help him, just treat it as something I owe him..."
Chris wrote a letter to Reggie, explaining the whole story, and then he assigned Lance a task to find out Wesley's whereabouts within three days.
The messenger rushed to Hanfeng Fortress overnight, and brought back Reggie's reply at dusk the next day.
The content of the reply was very simple: Ask Tyr to bring helpers to rescue Wesley.