On the city wall, those wooden faces made the cavalry leader feel a chill all over his body.
He knew very well that the way he looked at his compatriots should not be like that.
It shouldn't be wooden and heartless.
"Open the door!"
He roared at the top of his lungs, and even had a slight cry tone to his voice.
"We are the cavalry of the black-robed general!"
"The Holy Egyptians' trebuchets have destroyed the gates of the royal capital!"
Obviously, the cavalry leader's speech just now was not even as good as mentioning this "black-armored general".
Because he knew that the reputation of the "Black Robe General" was that he was another heavyweight figure in the Hebrew Empire besides the Supreme Ruler King.
Every soldier of the Hebrew Empire recognized the loyalty of this great general.
The cavalry leader was well aware of this, which is why he mentioned the black-robed general to whom he was loyal.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the defenders on the city wall became agitated.
Amid the roar of the twisting iron chains, the gate slowly rose.
The cavalry leader led the cavalrymen and staggered into the corridor, running head-on into a team of spearmen wearing unfamiliar standard armor.
There was no doubt that the other party's faces were Hebrew, but these spearmen looked very unfamiliar to him.
On their breastplates were branded the emblem of crossed swords, an emblem the cavalry leader had never seen before.
"Where is your city lord?"
The cavalry leader grabbed the arm armor of a spearman at this time, and he felt the anger in his heart burning more and more vigorously.
"Jerusalem has been besieged by the Holy Egyptian Alliance for several days and nights!"
"You don't support us, you don't send messengers, and yet you still have the time to make a double sword emblem and design new armor?"
"What on earth are you going to do?"
The spearmen heard the words of the cavalry leader, but no one responded.
They just made way silently.
At the end of the corridor, a man wearing a big sword and iron scales was drawing something on a sheepskin map.
The cavalry leader recognized at a glance that the man was the lord of the city, because his clothes were the same as those of the lord of the Hebrew Empire.
The cavalry leader was furious. He immediately rushed to the stone table and dug his fingernails into the location of Jerusalem on the map.
"Sir! Please send troops immediately to support Jerusalem!"
"I don't know how long our warriors in the capital can hold out!"
"You must send troops immediately, otherwise, the emperor of the empire will be in danger!"
The iron-scaled man raised his head at this time. He did not respond in a hurry, but just tapped the back of the cavalry leader's hand with the tip of his dagger.
"I'm afraid your great general is no longer in the imperial capital."
The cavalry leader's pupils suddenly shrank: "Lord City Lord, what do you mean by this?"
At this time, the cavalry leader lowered his head, and only then could he see the city lord's map clearly.
What was marked with red paint was not the Holy Egyptian Legion at all, but a series of new imperial territories marked in Hebrew.
It reads, “New Hebrew Empire.”
"New Hebrew Empire?"
"What do you mean?"
The iron-scaled man suddenly burst into laughter, and his laughter was so loud that even the spear tips around him trembled.
He opened his armor, revealing the golden emblem of twin swords embroidered on the lining.
"Look at this, kid."
"The era of the empire is over. Now, all the cities around Jerusalem are the territories of the New Hebrew Empire!"
The cavalryman took two steps back and he gasped.
"Then what do you mean by the black-robed general not being in the city?!"
The cavalry leader's voice became a little sharp. He immediately understood that the city lord in front of him had betrayed their great empire.
And the city lord just raised the corner of his mouth slightly.
"The black-robed general, a loyal general of the empire."
"The right-hand man of the Supreme Ruler King."
"As his confidant, you didn't know he was dead?"
Hearing the words of the city lord, the cavalry leader just opened his mouth wide: "What stupid things are you talking about?"
"The black-robed general is still in the city. He is in charge of guarding the palace in the inner city!"
But when the city lord heard this, he just shook his head slightly.
"Have you ever seen him in person?"
"Forget it. There is nothing much to explain to you about the power of the old empire."
"All you need to know is that he has been killed by the Supreme Ruler."
When the cavalry leader heard this, he drew his sword with a "whoosh".
"You're talking nonsense! You traitor!"
The tip of his sword pointed at the city lord's nose: "You just saw that the empire was doomed, so you set up your own faction!"
"What you did today brought shame to the empire and the Supreme Ruler King!"
The city lord suddenly reached out and grabbed the cavalry leader's sword, without even frowning.
"Supreme Ruler King?"
"When the people in the city were starving to death, did he send a single grain of food or even a little bit of relief money?"
"No!"
"Look at you like this. You are still a soldier of the Black Robe General, and you don't even know that the most loyal general of the empire was secretly killed."
"A fool like you is worse than the most common soldier of Holy Egypt!"
Seeing the city lord bleeding, the spearmen suddenly raised their spears.
Dozens of spear tips were pressed against the cavalrymen's throats, hearts and knees.
Seeing this, the cavalry leader immediately ordered his soldiers not to act rashly.
Their city lord simply loosened his grip on the sword and gently wiped the blood from his palm.
"But I really admire a loyal dog like you."
"Although it's a bit stupid, it's courageous."
"As long as you kneel down now and swear allegiance to the New Hebrew Empire, you will be able to command three hundred armored cavalrymen."
"As for Jerusalem, which is about to fall, let it be left to fate."
"And the true capital of our New Hebrew Empire will be located in the city of Hebron."
The cavalryman's Adam's apple rolled and he was speechless for a moment.
He looked at the unfamiliar armor styles and the unfamiliar military flags, and he understood that what the city lord said was true.
This place no longer belongs to the Hebrew Empire.
And if he didn't pledge allegiance, obviously, he wouldn't be able to lead his army away from here.
He took a deep breath and made the final decision.
"You're dreaming!"
"We pledge our allegiance to the great Hebrew Empire!"
The cavalry leader raised his weapons immediately after he finished speaking.
The moment the city lord turned his head to avoid the attack, three spears immediately pierced through the chests of the cavalrymen.
"What a pity, otherwise, we could still use these elite troops."
"If you want to blame someone, blame your Supreme Ruler King."
The man wiped the blood off the ground with the sole of his boot and called a soldier.
He lowered his voice to make sure only the other party could hear him.
"Tell the Five Messengers of Light that the lost sheepdog has been dealt with."
"There will definitely not be any reinforcements from the Hebrew Empire heading to Jerusalem to provide support."
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