Joels certainly would not let him go so easily, and he jumped up from the air and chopped down. This powerful slash gathered Joels's powerful strength. Lozman knew that he could not hide his strength. He dodged sideways, but his speed was still half a beat slower than Joels. His right arm holding the sword was injured again. At this time, any crazy idea of Lozman could no longer be realized. His right hand lost his iron sword.
Emeralda was about to catch up with Lozman. Charles was pressing on step by step. He was not exhausted yet. Although Lozman was not exhausted physically and mentally, he was injured, which meant that he had already lost half the battle.
Several mercenaries nearby followed Lozman closely. They were all Lozman's loyal guards. Since they were loyal guards, they would definitely not abandon Lozman and leave.
Joles slashed a mercenary with his sword, and then pierced another mercenary's body again. The remaining mercenaries retreated one after another. The Nord soldiers next to them called on them again and resisted these loyal guards. At this time, Lozman was like a lamb surrounded by wolves. No one could save him. Joles's long sword entered one after another, and he had given up the last resistance. His left hand was already in pain from the shock, and he had no strength to raise his shield to resist Joles's last attack. The long sword pierced his armor. Joles's power was so great that Lozman still stood there even though his body was pierced by Joles' long sword. Blood spurted out of his mouth. Joles exerted force again, pushing Lozman back and pushing his body until he hit one of his subordinates. His subordinate didn't want to turn around and see the scene of his commander's death.
At this point, this group of mercenaries had suffered a complete and utter defeat.
Nozman had been killed by Charles. Emilida rushed out at this time and saw Nozman being killed.
"Looks like I'm late!"
Emilida said with a wave of her hand, and then turned the sword in her hand to the mercenaries who had lost their command.
The battle only lasted a short while, and the remaining mercenaries were either killed or surrendered. Walls incorporated these mercenaries into his own team one by one. Now was a time when he was short of manpower and could not let anyone go.
These mercenaries realized their mistake very quickly, and in order to survive they had to obey Walls' orders.
After the fight, Jowers received praise from Walls.
"Good! Joels you did a great job tonight."
"No! It's nothing!"
Joels wiped his sword, which was still stained with the blood of his enemies, and he paid special attention to the blood of Lozman.
"This is a tough opponent!"
"This is not an opponent worth fighting against, and Lord Kesto is not a tough opponent either. The war has just begun!"
Wals looked down at where Aaron was. This time when conquering the Rhodok Kingdom, Aaron's stain must not be allowed to exist again. He felt that heavy troops should be stationed to maintain order in Aaron.
After Walls, Amirida, Joels and others rested for a night, they started to head for Aaron.
At this time in Aaron, Lord Kesto was ready for battle. He piled his city walls with various defensive equipment. At this time, all the Rhodok crossbowmen were deployed on the city walls. As long as the enemy approached, the crossbows in their hands would take the enemy's life. At the same time, he closed the city gates tightly and sealed them tightly. No one was allowed to enter or leave the city gates. Therefore, the residents in the city were a little panicked. Without external supplies, they didn't know how many days their stored food would be enough to sustain their lives.
The nobles also had some opinions at this time. They had originally used their limited wealth to gather a group of mercenaries and elected Lord Kesto as their leader. Now their basic security might be threatened. Without the input of external supplies, Aaron's city might not be able to hold on for a few days.
Although Lord Kesto had made all kinds of preparations and had installed various defensive equipment in Aaron's city, there was no fortress that could not be broken. On the second day, the day after Lord Kesto returned to the city, Wals had defeated Rozman's mercenaries last night. He led his army to set up camps outside Aaron's city and used local materials to build siege equipment.
Looking at the busy soldiers, Wals lamented that the battle with Rozman's mercenaries would cause certain losses to Wals, because Wals was no longer the lord of the Nord Kingdom. If he wanted to go directly to the Nord Kingdom to recruit soldiers, he would definitely be hindered, and those newly enlisted recruits would find it difficult to become elite troops without going through the ravages of war.
However, it is impossible to recruit soldiers in the Rhodok region for the time being, because Wals once attacked the Rhodok Kingdom as an invader, and the residents of the Rhodok Kingdom have a certain fear of Wals. They cannot sincerely want to work for Wals. Therefore, after conquering Aaron, the first thing Wals has to do is to appease the hearts of the people in the Rhodok region.
It was impossible for Wals to get enough soldiers in a short time. Therefore, every death of a soldier meant a loss of combat power. Wals had to reduce casualties as much as possible to capture Aaron. So the busy soldiers carried various materials to build tents. In the distance, a group of Nord soldiers were making siege equipment. With Atiman as an engineer to direct the manufacturing, I believe a siege tower will be built soon.
Next to Walls are Joels and Amyrida, Joels is on Walls' left and Amyrida is on Walls' right.
"Tell me! Is there any good way to take down Aaron without any soldiers?"
Joels was a knight with great martial arts skills, but he was not very good at using strategies to capture cities. He shook his head and said nothing.
On the other side, Emerida was also a brave and skilled knight. He had tied his hair up, and his long hair was very elegant on the battlefield. He lived up to his title. However, no one in the Kingdom of Swadia or in the army of Vols dared to look down on Emerida.
His force is enough to explain everything.
"Your Majesty! I remembered many examples of conquering cities. The best way is to directly provoke a civil war and make the two groups of people in the city fight each other. As far as I know, there are two groups of people in Aaron's city. One group is the nobles of Aaron, mainly the group of nobles who support Lord Kesto. Although our army once robbed the nobles of Aaron's wealth, they robbed valuable materials from them, which led to the depletion of their wealth.
Therefore, they have the deepest resentment towards us, but under your wise leadership, we did not rob the wealth of the civilians of Aaron, which means that the civilians have a certain good impression of us. They did not want to support Lord Kesto originally, but they supported Lord Kesto because of the coercion of the nobles of Aaron. If the contradiction between the two groups can be deepened and a civil war can break out between them, I think the final winner must be the civilians in Aaron. Because they are not only numerous, but also the main source of the army. Originally, Lozman was a mercenary, and he would definitely be loyal to the person who paid him, but now the people who stay in Aaron City are all an army established by a group of civilians. If the interests of the civilians are harmed, this group of civilians who have lived in Aaron since childhood will definitely rebel. At that time, we can destroy this city without attacking it."
Amirida has a handsome face, no wonder Christina loves her so much. I wonder how Christina is doing now.
By the way, Christina is also a brave and skilled female knight.
Perhaps in the next battle, we can consider bringing Christina here. However, this is just something that Wals is thinking about, after all, it seems that Amirida will definitely not agree.
"Very good! You said it very well."
Wals strongly agreed with Amirida's proposal. He had experienced many battles and wanted to disintegrate Aaron's power from within. After all, Lord Kestor was a king who had just come to power. He had not yet established a sacred and great image in the minds of the people. Wals had the image of a god of war in the minds of those Nord soldiers, so they were willing to follow Wals. The people in the Rhodok region were extremely afraid of Wals, so they dared not rebel for a while.
The only thing is that there is a group of nobles in the Aaron area who are extremely resentful of Wals. But this is also a good thing, as it gives Wals a reason to completely eradicate the nobles in the city of Aaron.
The three men were watching their soldiers busy at work. In the distance, a man ran towards them.
"Boss! I found some good news."
Bolcha still couldn't change her habit of calling Wals until she ran up to Wals and saw Joels and Amyrida looking at her strangely, then she realized it.
However, he couldn't suppress the expression on his face. He looked so excited and thrilled as if a child had discovered something new and fun.
"Your Majesty! There are not many supplies in Aaron City. That group of nobles used all their belongings to hire a group of mercenaries. Now they don't have much food. As long as we hold on for a while, we can starve everyone in the city to death."
Bolcha said excitedly. He noticed the happy expression on Walls' face and immediately started smiling foolishly.
"You did a great job! Now I will plan a battle plan thoroughly. You just said that you wanted to starve everyone in the city to death! I think this method is okay, but it is too cruel. I think we should use a different method to deal with them. This will save us time and earn me a reputation for kindness. Of course, you will also leave your name!"
Walsh's words made Bolcha somewhat excited. After hearing Walsh's words, he continued to gather intelligence. As an expert in tracking intelligence in Walsh's army, he naturally assumed the important position of chief of intelligence.
"Look back!" Walls said excitedly to the two people behind him.
"Guys! Here's a great way to break into the proposed city without having to use any soldiers."
Everyone was surprised and a little uncomfortable with Walls' sudden idea.
"As for what method it is, I won't announce it to you for now."
Walsh believed that his plan had to be carried out in secret.
Soon, Walls' camp was completed.
It was not until this moment that Lord Kesto left the city wall, because when the Wals camp was completed, the sun was setting.
At this time, inside the Wals camp, under the cover of moonlight, a figure walked out of the Wals camp.
He hid here and there, making good use of the terrain and environment to cover his whereabouts, and soon he approached the city of Aaron.
When he touched the wall of Aaron's city, he threw out a rope in his hand. He held the other end of the rope tightly in his hand. The part he threw out had a claw-shaped hook hanging on it, which allowed him to easily grab the wall.
When this iron claw was firmly fixed on the wall, he could finally climb up the wall unscrupulously. The guards on the wall seemed sleepy, or they thought that Wals's army came from afar and would not attack at this moment, so they relaxed their vigilance. It was for this reason that this person sneaked into Aaron's city.
This person was none other than one of Walls's men, and his name was Kress.
She was still a little girl, but she had courage and skills that ordinary people could not match. She was sent to the city of Aaron as a spy. Wals's plan was very simple. He mobilized the two classes of Aaron to fight, one was the upper nobles, and the other was the lower civilians. The nobles must have great resentment towards Wals because their wealth was robbed by Wals. At the same time, their wealth was not used to hire a group of mercenaries. Therefore, at this critical moment, they certainly did not have much supplies to maintain their decent life in the city. At this time, those nobles with bad intentions would rob the property of the civilians.
In this way, a conflict can be provoked between the two. Once the conflict is provoked, Walls can watch the fire from the other side of the river, and Aaron will collapse on his own.
The noble family that Cress is going to visit this time will provoke a conflict between the nobles and the common people.
Tonight was a peaceful night, for both Wals's men and Lord Kesto, there was no conflict between the two sides. However, a huge conspiracy was gradually brewing inside the city of Aaron. On the second day, Lord Kesto wanted to inspect the city wall of Aaron as he did yesterday, but to her surprise, an accident occurred on the way to the city wall, which was the main road of Aaron.
A group of noble-dressed people were commanding their servants to rob the seemingly weaker party. Needless to say, the weaker party was the lowest class of civilians in Aaron City.
This is not a good sign! Lord Kesto has been wandering around for many years and knows that in order to become king, he must gain the support of others. The support of the nobles is important, but the support of the common people is also indispensable.
However, Lord Kesto was able to become the king of the Rhodok Kingdom mainly because of the support of the nobles in Aaron. Therefore, at this moment he has to temporarily abandon the common people because the common people do not support him. If you say that you have lost the support of the nobles at this moment, the Wals outside will be able to tear him to pieces.
"What's going on?"
Lord Kesto shouted at the group of people in front of him. His shout immediately stopped everyone present from doing what they were doing. The civilians who looked like a family fell to the ground. The nobles ordered their servants to snatch the things in their hands. When Lord Kesto appeared, the servants stopped their actions. The civilians looked at Lord Kesto with eager eyes. They were praying that Lord Kesto could help them fairly.
"His Majesty!"
This nobleman said politely to Lord Kesto. Although Lord Kesto's throne was not legitimate, he was still a king after all and should be respected in the city of Aaron.
"I really have no food at home! I don't know why, the food I hid in the warehouse appeared in that civilian's home. I know that it was that group of hateful civilians who stole my food. Now I am just taking my food back."
Lord Kesto nodded. If the group of civilians had indeed robbed the noble's food, then the noble was right, and Lord Kesto was relieved. But the next second, the civilians' answer made Lord Kesto feel a little embarrassed.
"Your Majesty! I don't know why there are a few extra bags of grain in my house. If the noble lord is willing to take back my extra grain, I have no objection. But the noble lord actually took away all the grain in my house. This is really against common sense."
Lord Kesto cast a suspicious look at the noble again.
The nobleman quickly stepped forward to explain.
"Should I just let this group of civilians do whatever they want? I have to punish them. They stole my food, so I have to take back all their food as punishment. If I don't punish them, won't they be able to steal my food without restraint?"
The nobleman seemed to have a point. Lord Kesto frowned and waved his hand, signaling his team to move on and not care about the nobleman. The common people looked at their great king with despair. The common people watching nearby seemed to have some sympathy for the one who was robbed.
"You damned pariah! Hurry up and give me the things. How dare you steal my things!"
"No! This is our family's food! If you take it away, we will starve to death!"
But this noble didn't care about all these. He only cared about his food. Now Wals' army surrounded Aaron. He wanted to get as much food as possible, so that he would have more chances of survival.
The noble's servants mercilessly snatched the commoner's food, and then the commoner could only live on the street and cry mercilessly. His family members were also in tears.
The seeds of resentment were sown.
After encountering this unexpected scene, Lord Kesto suddenly felt a little uneasy. He suddenly felt that there was a sense of uneasiness in the city. Lord Sto looked at the Wals army outside the city.
Under the castle of Malasburg, Lord Kestor had been defeated by Wals. Now all of Wals's troops appeared near Aaron. There was no doubt that the mercenaries ambushed near Dumai had been wiped out by Wals.
At this point, Lord Kesto looked at the endless mountains and the blue sky and white clouds above the mountains, and he already felt a little sad.
Perhaps he should not have been here at all. Lord Kesto had come to Aaron with a glimmer of hope.
The blue sky seemed to be dripping down, it was so blue, but in Lord Kesto's eyes, no matter how bright and sunny it was, the sky was always so dark.
In any case, he himself was approaching death, and if he did not fight at the last moment of his life, he would have to go to the grave with his claim.
"This is the last battle! I will become famous along with Wals. There is one more king among the opponents he defeated!"
Lord Kesto knew that he was about to die, so he held on to the last day. This was his obsession. Since he had to face his opponent, he would never give up. Wals outside the city had not launched an attack yet. Lord Kesto had seen that Wals on the opposite side had been building siege equipment from morning to night, and it seemed that he wanted to launch a large-scale attack on Aaron.
Lord Kesto estimated that Wals would be able to manufacture a perfect siege engine tomorrow. To manufacture a siege engine at such a fast speed, there must be experts in Wals' army to help. Lord Kesto had a hard time gathering an army, and he had no experience in building an intelligence network.
Therefore he had no idea what kind of engineers were in Wals's army who could help him build siege engines.