This subordinate also changed his expression. When he looked up, he saw his own coach, who was staring at him with piercing eyes. The officer was stunned and immediately understood. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes. Reply…
"My lord! An army under the banner of Byzantine is coming towards us! The total number is more than 2,000!"
A sudden report in front of him immediately dispelled the last thought in Ghisrent's heart.
He frowned, looked into the distance, and saw the end of the street square in the distance. Sure enough, a Byzantine army came slowly. The whole army was murderous and on guard! The bowstring is not retracted, the sword is in hand, and the whole army is slowly pushed along the street!
The two sides were almost on the verge of making contact, and the other side only hit the flag. A dark horse slowly climbed up, followed by a burly figure, and in the distance, a hoarse and familiar voice was heard.
"Adric of the Byzantine Empire is here, the friendly army of Landis in front, who is the leader?"
As soon as Ghisrent heard this, he sighed in his heart: "Unfortunately... Why did this guy come in such a hurry, hey, the opportunity was missed."
He immediately cheered up, strode up, and laughed loudly: "Adric? You, you are not dead!"
After he finished speaking, he whispered to the subordinate who had a murderous look just now, sighed softly, and said with a smile: "Forget it, if you missed the opportunity, you missed it. I didn't expect this scarred face to come so quickly... Hehe! It's not heaven. Absolutely Byzantium."
Shaking his head, Ghisrent had already stepped out, striding to the front of the line.
At the moment on the square outside the palace, the army of the Lantis people is at the intersection of a street, in a tight line, and across the square on the opposite side is the Byzantine army.
Adrick was sitting on the warhorse - he had already been seriously injured, and he had been suffering for days, I was afraid that the last trace of energy in his body had been squeezed out. At this moment, although the Lantis reinforcements who have been waiting for many days have arrived, Adrick's expression and eyes at this moment are more nervous and awe-inspiring than the day before!
Although his eyes were darkened by the pain in many places on his body, at this moment, he was still sitting proudly on the horse's back, and even his back was still straight.
Behind him, there are naturally all the elites who have been fighting for the rest of their lives from the Arc de Triomphe—the days of bloody battles, when El Salvador finally led his people to retreat, almost all the defenders up and down the Arc de Triomphe had reappeared. The troops of seven or eight thousand people, Up to now, more than half of the casualties have been lost. In the war of the cold weapon era, such a casualty ratio, the team should have been disintegrated long ago, and the last famous general of the empire has been able to support him.
Once El Salvador receded, Adric was not relieved. He immediately realized that the current situation would become more sensitive, subtle and dangerous! !
He almost immediately ordered the entire army to jump out of the camp without hesitation, but instead entangled Salvador's troops all the way. As a result, he naturally wanted to buy time at the last moment to prevent Salvador from running to join Hughes. Soldier, make a last-ditch effort, on the other hand, the thoughts in his heart cannot be made clear to outsiders!
Palace! We must rush to the palace as soon as possible! !
Although the Lantis people are reinforcements, such allies may not be reliable! At this moment, the Byzantine Empire is at the end of the road, and it is difficult to protect these allies... There may not be any thoughts of jackals!
These remnants of the army behind him have been fighting hard for days, hunger, thirst, fatigue and casualties, which have almost crushed the team to the brink of collapse.
It's just that Adric still forcibly pulled the team out, fighting with El Salvador's back team along the way, and then rushing to the palace in a desperate way... Sure enough, it was just the arrival of the front and rear legs with the Landis. .
And the scruples in his heart are indeed not unreasonable... Adric himself does not know, if he is a moment late, I am afraid that the opposite Ghislent will really have some thoughts!
These people brought by Adrick have been fighting hard for many days. At this moment, two thousand soldiers are behind him, but they are still standing on the long street, with bows and swords in hand, making it clear He looked like he was about to fight at any time, but Adric did it deliberately.
There are many soldiers and generals under him, and naturally no one really doubts Adric's intentions. Even if the rebels have already withdrawn, they still order the entire army to assume such a vigilant attitude. Most people just think that the commander is to prevent the rebels. Possibility of counterattack - even if some of them have a sharper mind and a sharper sense of smell, and the gap is a little unusual, they naturally won't really say this in public.
Ghisrent stood in the distance, looking at Adric himself and the soldiers behind him.
Based on Gislent's military career experience, it is not difficult for him to see that the Byzantine army on the opposite side is almost at the end of the road. The armor is incomplete, the flag is incomplete, and everyone is tired and blood.
However, he was still able to take a defensive posture and set up a formation, and even Adric, who was in front of him, Gisslent could see the weakness of the opponent at a glance, no matter how hard Adric tried his best. When he cheered up, the injuries on his body were no match for a smart person like Ghisrent.
For a moment, even Ghisrent was shaken!
(Adric is at the weakest time now, the remnant army behind him has squeezed out all the energy and looks crooked, I am afraid that he will fall down with a light jab... If at this time, Suddenly raiding the past, maybe... with just one charge, the opponent's team can be completely wiped out... maybe, just one charge... maybe!)
Such a great temptation is enough to make a commander like Ghislunt's heart beat faster and his mouth dry.
Defeat Adric's army in one fell swoop, behead the pillar of the Byzantine Empire, behead a famous general who can leave a place in the history books, and make the capital of a country. The crumbling gate of the palace can't stop the Lantis elites behind him! The emperor in the palace can be firmly in his hands...
Killing the strongest general of a country, establishing the capital of a country, capturing an emperor alive... Such a great feat, I am afraid that I will be remembered in the history books. "Children of the Storm" is such a name!
In the hundreds of years of history of the Landis Kingdom, apart from the founding fathers, I am afraid that there is no one who can match his martial arts!
Maybe... I just need to make the next decision.
Perhaps, only one charge is needed! !
With such a great temptation, Jislent's eyes really shook after a while!
Until the opposite, when Adric, who was sitting on the horse, seemed to notice the strange silence of the "Child of the Storm" opposite, and immediately shot his eyes like a sharp sword...
"Hehe... It's really, really heart-wrenching."
Ghisrent licked his lips, took a deep breath, and his eyes finally regained clarity.
The temptation is indeed great, but... I can't move!
Really... can't move.
Killing Adric, destroying the remnant army in front of him, and then marching into the palace... The strength comparison in his hand at the moment, maybe he can really do it.
But after that
There are still more than 100,000 rebels in and out of the city. If you really do this, I am afraid that the guys from Salvador and Hughes will laugh so hard that they can't even close their mouths. If you turn against the Byzantine Empire at this moment, then the entire strategy that follows will be gone!
The "jurisprudence" that Landis sent troops will no longer exist! Can you catch the Emperor Garcia, not to mention, even if you do, you can't control the remnants of the Byzantine Empire with this method. At that time... If the banner of the emperor is lost, the local forces in Byzantium will collapse completely... It will become a mess of scattered sand, which will not do you any good! The only ones that will be big are those rebels!
In the final analysis, myself... Landis is an "outsider" after all!
Unless Landis made up his mind, put on a full-scale war posture, mobilized the whole country, pulled out all the troops, made up his mind, and fought a war with the goal of completely destroying the Byzantine Empire...
But is it really worth it now
Byzantium now has rebels inside and Odin outside! If the royal family is really destroyed, it is absolutely impossible for him to swallow such an empire!
Jislent is very clear that from top to bottom in the country, the conclusion of this war has been reached: it is impossible to eat this empire at one time! In this war, the only purpose of our country's participation in the war is to gain enough benefits! But this premise must ensure that the Byzantine Empire continues to exist.
Gently, gently, Ghisrent loosened his clenched fists just now, and then he let out a breath, as if to dispel the fiery heat that had risen in his heart just now. go out.
Finally, the smile on his face reappeared, he quickly ran to the front, opened his arms, signaled that he was not holding a sword in his hand, and met Adric's sharp eyes, Ghisrent laughed loudly: "Hello. , Scarface, I led the army to come, you are so murderous, is that how you greet your allies? Hahahaha..."
Saying that, without hesitation, he left the team behind him and walked to the square.
Opposite, Adric was sitting on the back of a horse, watching Ghisrent finally come out, the general finally secretly relieved.
(Ghisrent, after all, is still Ghisrent. If it is replaced by a short-sighted guy, I am afraid it will be really dangerous.)
Adrick snorted, he didn't ride his horse forward, it was because of the warhorse under his crotch, he was afraid he couldn't even run a few steps at the moment.
"Once again, the Imperial City Guards will lead my troops to protect His Majesty the Emperor of this country. Your Excellency Jislent, since your troops are a guest army, please retreat a little later, and don't offend the imperial city."
Adrick threw these two sentences coldly.
This was very rude, but the smile on Ghisrent's face did not drop by half, he immediately turned his head, and deliberately shouted in a voice that could be heard on the other side: "Send the order, the whole army retreats two hundred steps! Exit this street. , No one is allowed to set foot in the square without my order."
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The Lantis people silently lined up and retreated. The laughing Ghisrent didn't mean to come forward to talk, but just turned his head and left. Before leaving, he cast a meaningful look. In the distance, as if a sentence was thrown.
"Adric, Your Excellency is fighting for the country this time, and the emperor can survive. Your Excellency has made great contributions and will reward you after the war. I am afraid that the General will be the leader of the Byzantine Army in the future. I congratulate Your Excellency again first."
In the face of such words, Adrick did not make any statement, but just looked at each other coldly, watching the dark Landis team completely withdraw from the street, far away on the street, leaving only a few people. Ten checkpoints.
Only then did Adrick get off his horse, and the two guards around him came up to support him in a covert gesture. The always tough general didn't refuse any more - he could hardly even walk.
More than 2,000 remnants stepped forward and occupied the square in front of the palace.
Hughes took the people away very simply. He didn't even clean up the tents and camps that he had left before. Two thousand people havetily stationed around the square, still taking a posture of full alert.
Until this time, the gate of the palace, which was already full of blood and fire, finally slowly opened.
Several blood-covered generals took the lead with an imperial eagle-headed flag in their hands and stepped out. From a distance, they saw Adric's figure, and the general suddenly knelt down.
When he raised his head, his face was covered in blood, his forehead was wrapped in gauze, and one eye was also wrapped in it.
Adrick was helped in front of him, and the general who was kneeling on the ground suddenly burst into tears.
Tears mixed with blood on his face and rolled down.
"General... We, hold on!"
Adrick recognized this man. He was a flag officer in the city guards. He was usually a brave general. At this moment, he was obviously blind in one eye. trembling.
Adrick took a deep breath, glanced at the man, and said solemnly, "Where's Spahn?"
... There was no answer, and the people in front of them were all dead silent.
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When Adrick saw General Spahn, the general was sitting on the tower of the palace, and he was holding a knife in his hand, which was so tight that the knuckles of his fingers were stretched white.
Spahn's lips were slightly long, and he sat on the ground with his back against the wall. The wound on his body, the blood has not dried yet, the armor leaf on the chest has been opened, and a piece of blood is blurred.
There was no blood on his face, he thought he had been wiped clean, his eyes were open, but he refused to close them.
... Spahn is dead.
Died very desperately, died very sadly.
Seeing that the most difficult time has passed, it seems as if the sun is about to see the dawn, but Spahn... He died.
Died at the last moment before dawn.
Adrick stood in front of Spahn's corpse, quietly looking at this colleague, at this imperial general who had been fighting side by side with him for more than half a year, and at this man who had reached middle age, but he had accomplished nothing before, just here In the Second Patriotic War, he stepped forward and turned the tide.
Beside them, the officers and generals of the City Guard Army, some were weeping in a low voice, and some were silent.
Only the officer who had lost an eye spoke in a low voice.
"If you had come a moment earlier, you might be able to see Mr. Spahn for the last time."
"The rebels rushed to the city gate, and finally they went crazy. We fought hard for many days. The brothers were really unable to resist, and they were killed and scattered. Seeing that the city gate was about to be lost, Master Spahn rushed up with a few officers. Struggling to close the gap."
"The adult's body has weakened these days. Yesterday, he was hit by an arrow, but it was only on the shoulder, and he lost a lot of blood."
"At that time, it was unstoppable. Those rebels were all selected elites who dared to die. The adults took us with all their lives to stop them. In a melee, most of the people we came up died, but after all I dared them to go down, only the enemy retreated, but I saw the adult sitting down by himself, and leaned against the wall."
"My lord would never show any signs of fatigue in front of people, even if he was seriously injured, as long as he was in front of the soldiers, he would straighten his back and would not even frown. That's when I saw your lord. Suddenly sitting down, a thought occurred to me: Not good!"
"My lord was hit in the chest by the elite of the rebel army with a sharp hammer. Originally, his armor was broken and his body was weak. He couldn't bear this blow. It's just that I can't lift my hands."
"His chest armor was shattered, and there was a deep depression in the rib. I'm afraid that the rib was broken and poked into the lungs. No matter how we cry, the adult himself has the same expression as usual, but there is no mouth in his mouth. There is blood coming out of the house…”
As the officer spoke, he was already weeping, clenched his fists, and knelt in front of Spahn's body, his voice trembling. Obviously a sturdy man, but crying like a child.
Adrick's eyes were also red, but he just took a deep breath, and the tears did not flow out after all.
After a moment of silence, Adric whispered, "He... did he ever have anything to say?"
"Words..." The officer raised his head, glanced at Adrick, and then said in a low voice, "There is only one sentence. Before Mr. Spahn died, he just looked at us and kept saying one sentence in his mouth."
"what?"
"...The lord said: blow the trumpet, let them hear our trumpet, let them know that we are still here, and the imperial city is still there."
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"... trumpet... trumpet..." Adric's face was gloomy, and he read the word softly in his mouth. Finally, he couldn't hold it any longer, hot tears rolled down his face, and there was a gleam in his eyes!
Huo Ran turned around, he turned his head to look at the followers behind him, and shouted loudly, "Someone! Send an order!"
"Yes, my lord." A subordinate stepped forward immediately.
"... herald... blow the trumpet!! blow the triumphal horn!"