Chapter 186 The Eve of the Battle

Taking advantage of their familiarity with the terrain, the small group of troops that encircled Rand from behind successfully scared off the Snow Fox Countess.

The line of defense briefly returned to Rand's hands.

Although it is already full of holes.

But after all, it still has some protective effect.

The trench was only half filled with corpses, and the city wall was almost broken down and leaning to one side or the other, but there were still a few stones and bricks that could be considered obstacles.

It was not easy to recapture the defense line, but our side suffered considerable damage, while the casualties on the enemy were not great.

However, the overall combat effectiveness of the defense line is not too small now, including those brought by Rand, Taner's men, and those who came back, the knights of the defense line whose original mission was to destroy the catapults and the remaining ones of the defense line.

84+603+395+241, a total of 1,323 people, not including special units such as Rand, Tanr, and the Second Prince.

Those who are left here are either elite troops, or warriors who can hold out for a while in the battle for the defense line, or warlike nobles and their personal guards. Their overall combat effectiveness is very good.

The problem is that their composition is complex, they are not under the same command and are difficult to command, and they have just experienced a recent defeat and their morale is low.

After retaking the defense line, Rand ordered the soldiers to go to sleep and rest, while the nobles or knights of higher status came together to the core fortress for a meeting.

After the knights outside came back, the second prince seemed to regain some of his courage. He mustered up the courage to walk up to Rand, patted his blood-stained robes, and stood up straighter.

He glanced at Taner behind Rand with some fear, cleared his throat, and said in a hoarse voice: "Viscount Rand, I, I am the commander of these warriors. You are overstepping your authority now."

Then he turned to look at the knights and nobles present, and raised his voice: "As the commander, I order you to send me back."

No one paid any attention to him.

Seeing the people around him just finished fighting, with murderous eyes, he seemed to remember the killing that had just happened, which lasted for most of the day, with brains and internal organs all over the ground. He trembled for a while and said in a lower voice: "But if you can send someone to send me back to the capital, I can forgive you for the past."

Seeing that Rand didn't say anything, the second prince lowered his voice and said, "I can speak well of you to my father."

Rand finally spoke: "Tan Er, arrange for someone to send him back."

In fact, Rand seriously considered whether to let the second prince die in battle, but after thinking it over, he decided not to do so.

Taner took the order and arranged a team of knights as guards for the second prince.

Then in the core dock, Rand straightened his body a little.

Almost everyone here was covered in blood, and some even had a few arrows stuck in their bodies.

Rand glanced at these people one by one, then slowly said: "Follow me, I will lead you to victory."

Still no one spoke, everyone just looked at Rand in the middle of the hall.

Rand was like them, wearing armor and covered in blood.

Before, it was Rand and his knight Taner who led the men to recapture the defense line with them. If it weren't for Rand, they would probably have been captured or died along with the second prince.

"I am willing to obey your will." Soon a knight knelt on one knee and expressed his allegiance to Rand.

Then more and more knights and nobles began to obey.

This is also different from Taner's previous "standing up", which meant that they were willing to resist with Taner, but now, it really means that they chose Rand as the commander instead of the Second Prince.

This was undoubtedly an act of usurpation, but they made the choice anyway.

After everyone knelt on one knee, Rand said, "Get ready, eat, and rest."

"Don't worry about the food and vigil. I will arrange for someone to take care of it."

Then Rand gave a few instructions to the people around him and left the core dock.

Ellie walked up quickly and asked, "Are you really going to let the second prince go?"

Rand was walking on the road of the defense line. He needed to check the defense line now to confirm the extent of the damage.

"I don't think he will say good things about you in front of the king. The probability that he will slander and insult you is much higher." Ellie still had some insight into people and could tell the quality of the second prince at a glance.

Rand smiled and said, "Of course I know. Just let the Black and Brown Marquis handle these matters."

"Ah?" Ellie didn't quite understand what this had to do with the Black and Brown Marquis.

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"If the Second Prince dies, no matter how he died, the Marquis of Black and Brown, who arranged the logistics and military forces for the Second Prince and agreed to the Second Prince's route, must bear the responsibility."

"Of course, if I fail to handle it well, I will bear greater responsibility, but if I let the Second Prince go now, it will also be equivalent to letting Lord Marquis Black and Brown deal with the trouble. Lord Marquis Black and Brown will know what to do. Anyway, the king will definitely not punish me openly for exceeding my authority this time."

Rand is no longer a college student who knows nothing about politics. He has gained some skills now, although he still needs to remind the higher-ups in the den.

"Also, although the Second Prince is not very smart, has a bad temper, and is an idiot." Rand touched the defense wall that was burned by flames, hacked by axes and knives, and did not mind the vulgarity of his words, "But His Majesty the King today is not an idiot. Although his political skills may be immature, he can still see many things clearly."

"In other words, the second prince's slander will not work," Rand concluded.

Moreover, the nobles in this world are not particularly afraid of the king's majesty. They only need to consider the king's face when they need help from the king, or when the king's prestige is very high, they have to consider the king's political skills.

But if neither of them is true, then Rand is not actually influenced by the king. Unless the king declares him a traitor and calls on nobles across the country to fight against him, his influence is not as great as that of the Marquis of Black and Brown, the Little Earl of Green Leaf and the Earl of Stag.

At least that's the case when there's no war.

And one more thing, Rand now has the support of all the military nobles and knights along the way. Now they are a natural alliance group. If Rand is punished by the king for seizing power, these nobles will be Rand's defenders and supporters.

If the king had retained some common sense, he would not have gone against so many nobles and punished Rand, and such a punishment would most likely not be painful for Rand.

On the contrary, if Rand killed the second prince, then the clever King would probably guess what happened, and facing the pain of losing his son, he might even take extreme actions.

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