Therefore, Rudyar immediately made plans and sent some soldiers to temporarily arrange them on the castle wall. Then another group of soldiers followed her and pushed sideways, and also quietly informed her of her driving trajectory. Fortunately, King Yarogerk did not besiege the castle due to time constraints. Therefore, for Ismorola Castle, there is now a chance to escape from the castle.
Maltas climbed up the city wall first. The Wolf Blackfang in his hand moved as fast as the wind. Rows of Nordic soldiers were killed by him. Soldiers from the Kingdom of Vaegir also began to climb up the city wall in large numbers. This castle was about to be captured by the Kingdom of Vaegir.
King Yarogerk, who was watching the battle below the city wall, was filled with joy at this moment. His army was unstoppable, which naturally made the commander-in-chief of the army happy.
"Everyone, what do you think of Maltas's fighting ability? As for me, I think he is more powerful than Kadoc."
This was King Yarogelk's support. Logically, there were some sober-minded lords who could remind King Yarogelk, but they didn't want to disturb the king's interest. Besides, the castle was about to be breached, and they didn't want to say a few words to ruin the mood of these people. Therefore, all the lords present echoed King Yarogelk's words.
This resulted in King Yarogerk being kept in the dark from beginning to end. Logically, a powerful figure like Maltas should be firmly under his control, but now it seems that Maltas's loyalty is still an unknown.
Rudjaar has led his army back into Nordic territory, despite losing some of his strength to resist the Vaegir army.
The pursuers behind him were gone, but a flag appeared in front of Rudyaer, and under the flag was a huge army.
After seeing this huge army, Rudyaar did not panic. This was already the territory of the Nord Kingdom. No matter what, the army here was all from the Nord Kingdom. The army in front of him should be led by a lord within the kingdom.
Sure enough, when a flag got closer and closer to him, Rudyaer saw clearly what the flag looked like.
It was a white unicorn, and the only lord in this country who had such a flag was Wals.
It looks like our reinforcements have arrived.
Rudyaar thought so in his heart.
But I have already retreated, so what is the point of sending a large army like this?
"Rudyar, are you okay?"
Just as Rudyar was thinking, Wals rode his fast horse in front of Rudyar.
"I am not seriously injured, but the army I led suffered some losses. King Ragnar asked me to retreat and directly asked me to abandon the Ismorola Castle. I am very confused about this decision, but I can't do anything about it. After all, this is King Ragnar's order."
Wals stood alone in front of Rudyaar, and behind him there was a group of soldiers slowly marching towards here.
"King Ragnar will not let us speculate on his intentions, but this is a very wise move and can help us recover some losses. As long as our army is still in our hands, it is only a matter of time before we can capture this castle again. Rudyaar, you should follow me and wait and see. When something happens in the Kingdom of Vaegir, we will take the opportunity to attack the Kingdom of Vaegir."
Inside the castle of Ismorola, everyone was preparing for a celebration banquet. The protagonist of this siege was Maltas. He was the first to climb the city wall and killed all the enemies. After the soldiers of the Nord Kingdom saw Maltas, they all ran away.
The credit for this war should be attributed to Maltas to a large extent. If this castle were to be awarded to Maltas, then none of the lords present would object.
However, just as the celebration banquet was being prepared, a piece of bad news reached the ears of the lords present.
That was the news brought by a messenger, who knelt down in front of Yarogelk. At this moment, all the lords present were inside the castle hall, and King Yarogelk was sitting in the seat that belonged to the lords.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. Zhivadin has been captured by the enemy."
These words shocked everyone.
"What happened? Tell me from the beginning."
King Yarogerk stood up directly from his seat. Zhivadin was his own city. It was his fiefdom and his foundation. If there was any mistake, it would be disastrous.
For a king who has lost his fiefdom, King Yarogerk naturally understands what this means. When the time comes, the number of his fiefdoms will decrease, resulting in insufficient financial resources, and he will definitely reduce the number of his troops. Once the number of troops is reduced, the group of lords under his command will surely become restless.
Therefore, King Yarogerk was very anxious.
"It was Count Degran and Doluboye. They led their army into the city of Zhivadin. The defenders of Zhivadin thought they were their own people, so they let them in without any precautions. But this was simply inviting a wolf into the house. As soon as they entered the city, the army they led immediately massacred the defenders inside the city, and soon they occupied Zhivadin."
"How dare they rebel!!!"
As soon as the messenger finished speaking, King Yarogerk lost his temper because he heard that there were two traitors. Moreover, the city they attacked was actually his fiefdom. They were really bold.
"What is going on? Tell me why the two of them rebelled and what reasons they used to attack us."
King Yarogelk asked the messenger. This is a crucial question. If a person wants to rebel, there must be a motive for such a major event. It would be ridiculous if he rebelled for no reason. If he wanted to be a king, the people on the continent would not agree. After all, to become a king, one must be noble. How could he establish himself as a king? Even if King Yarogelk was forced to accept their audacious statement, the other lords and nobles on the continent would never agree to let them establish themselves as kings. The bloodline was there, and no one could break it.
"They say that Prince Vidim is the legitimate ruler of the Kingdom of Vaegir."
"So, they made Prince Vidim the king. This is really heartbreaking."
As soon as King Yarogerk heard about Prince Vidim, he knew what these two guys were going to do.
"Everyone, obey my command. Gather the troops and go back to destroy these rebels."
Now that King Yarok had Maltas, he was no longer afraid of anyone, not even Kadoc.
Originally, this action was normal, but in this time period, it was extremely inappropriate. After all, the castle had just been recaptured, and he had already led his main troops to escape, which meant that most of his troops had not been completely wiped out, and it was very likely that they would launch a sneak attack while he was away.
"Fox King Lixia, you have to think carefully. Are you going to take the entire army back like this? The Nord Kingdom will definitely be left with a castle in its rear defense. In this case, what is the meaning of every progress this time?"
The person who said this was Voldratboye. He was also thinking about the country. He planned to attack this castle and then, as King Yarogerk had requested, not to attack again. If the war continued to drag on, it would only do harm.
King Yarogerk was so angry that he could not listen to what Voldratboye said.
"Nonsense! The Nord Kingdom's army has been frightened out of their wits. How dare they come back and fight us?"
Maltas knew that his chance to show himself had come. He could seize the command of the army of the Kingdom of Vaegir now, and then he could lead his army to fight a fierce battle with Prince Vidim's army. He wanted to intensify the civil war in the Kingdom of Vaegir, and then the Khergit Khanate would reap the benefits.
"Your Majesty, I think what Voldratboye said makes sense. The Kingdom of Nord is now eyeing us covetously, and we absolutely cannot leave no garrison here to help. How about this, how about this, I will personally lead a thousand soldiers to fight Prince Vidim, and you stay here to fight against the Kingdom of Nord."
Maltas was a favorite in the eyes of King Yarogerk, and King Yarogerk would listen to his words. Therefore, when Maltas said this, he immediately got the agreement of most of the lords present.
“既然如此的话，就按照你所说的去做吧，伏尔德拉特波耶你也跟随着马尔塔斯出生，这一次你要狠狠的把唯一的王子以及戴格兰那伯爵和多鲁波耶给我抓起来，我要把他们丢到最深最恶心的牢房里面狠狠的折磨他们。”
“当然，我的陛下我绝对不会辜负你的期望，绝对会把他们抓回来供你拷打。”
马尔塔斯暗自喜欢喜，计划已经成功了一半了，接下来就该到他表演的时候了。至于说亚罗格尔克国王能不能够守住这一座城堡就已经不重要了，丢掉了一座城堡并不算什么，就算这一座城堡被诺德王国重新攻上来，马尔塔斯也不会感到任何的惋惜。
或许应该让亚罗格尔克国王堵住诺德王国，毕竟马尔塔斯是库吉特汗国的人，他自然要让库吉特汗国的利益最大化。
至于说和诺德王国联手，马尔塔斯的计划没有这一部，因为他觉得他自己的计划天衣无缝，根本就不需要别人来帮助他。
马尔塔斯按照原先的计划撤离了依斯摩罗拉堡。
这一下马尔塔斯终于可以开始大展身手了，对于马尔塔斯这样的一个人来说，他现在有着一个庞大的计划来维持消耗整个维吉亚王国的国力。
与此同时，安插在依斯摩罗拉堡的间谍，也得知了马尔塔斯离开依斯摩罗拉堡的情报。
因此这一个间谍以最快的速度返回到诺德王国的军队当中，他要将这一个情报报告给他的上司鲁德雅尔。
在诺德王国的大军当中，这一次鲁德雅尔并没有返回他的领地，而是和沃尔斯一起开始商量着如何夺回依斯摩罗拉堡。
“看来果然不出沃尔斯先生所料，这一切部在沃尔斯尼的掌控之中，马尔塔斯已经率领一支军队离开了依斯摩罗拉堡。”
在军营当中，鲁德雅尔兴致勃勃地对沃尔斯说道，这一切部都和沃尔斯所料想的是一模一样的，沃尔斯要求鲁德雅尔静观其变，就是为了等待时机给予亚罗格尔克国王致命一击。
“不过，我还是感觉到很奇怪，你为什么会知道维吉亚王国内部发生变动？”
沃尔斯拿起一杯酒抿了抿。
“这很简单，因为那一个马尔塔斯根本就不是维吉亚王国土生土长的居民，他来自于库吉特汗国的草原之上，这也意味着他是一个真正的库吉特人。我详细调查过他的背景，虽然说仅仅只是一些模糊零碎的片段，但依然不妨碍我的推测，这一个库吉特人恐怕不会死心塌地的为维吉亚王国效忠。”
“原来如此。”
鲁德雅尔似乎明白了一些道理。
“紧接着，我又派人去打听着一个人为什么加入维吉亚王国，得到的答复很是让人吃惊，这个家伙居然在塞加可汗面前不得重用，才会叛逃到维吉亚王国为亚罗格尔克国王效力，这一切都有一些充足的雨点。我根据这些疑点就可以判断的出来，马尔塔斯并非是真正的为维吉亚王国效力。”
“沃尔斯先生真是神机妙算。”
鲁德雅尔赞赏着沃尔斯，对于沃尔斯这样有才的年轻人，鲁德雅尔并不像其他的那些领主嫉妒，而是赞赏的态度观看着沃尔斯，只要有了这样一批年轻人加入到自己的国家，墙壁在自己死去之后这个国家依然能够兴旺发达。
毋庸置疑，鲁德雅尔是一个正直的领主，沃尔斯也很赞赏鲁德雅尔的正直精神。
“那么，沃尔斯先生，下一步我们应该怎么办？”
本来应该是鲁德雅尔统帅整支军队的，但是现在鲁德雅尔好像对沃尔斯唯命是从，已经完将自己的这一支军队的指挥权交给了沃尔斯，而事实上，拉格纳国王派遣沃尔斯到前线去支援鲁德雅尔，正是为了帮助鲁德雅尔出谋划策，好好的防守依斯摩罗拉堡。
“按照现在的情况而言，我们应该先等待一天，等到马尔塔斯无法在我们攻击依斯摩罗拉堡的时候掉头回来攻击我们的时候，就可以发兵攻打依斯摩罗拉堡了，只要马尔塔斯不带领着他的大军回来增援依斯摩罗拉堡，我们就有可能在短时间之内攻下这一座城堡。亚罗格尔克国王已经被胜利冲昏了头脑，现在的他已经不再是当初老谋深算的他。”
沃尔斯分析的头头是理，鲁德雅尔也赞同沃尔斯最后的一个观点，从鲁德雅尔和亚罗格尔克国王交手的时候就可以看得出来亚罗格尔克国王心中的那一份虚荣心，他现在根本就是一个被胜利冲昏脑袋的老头子。
正在他们商议谋划着如何夺取依斯摩罗拉堡的时候，日瓦丁里面的多鲁波耶和戴格兰那伯爵也正在积极防御者日瓦丁，她们知道日瓦丁失守的消息一定会迅速的传到亚罗格尔克国王的耳朵当中，因此他们要刻不容缓的加紧防守，说不定明天的时候亚罗格尔克国王的大军就会出现在日瓦丁的前面。
卡多克无聊的躺在城墙之上，看着那些忙碌的士兵们，这一次他跟随着自己的父亲一同反叛亚罗克国王，他的心中没有半点畏惧，手中拿着邪剑霸血的他，只有别人畏惧他而不曾有他畏惧过别人，那一把血红色的巨剑能够支持他战胜每一场战斗，至于说当初的那一次失败，卡多克一定要用自己的这一把邪剑霸血亲自把马尔塔斯的脑袋给砍下来。
果不其然，在第二天太阳完出现在众人的眼前的时候，一只维吉亚王国的军队就出现在戴格兰那伯爵的面前，这一次马尔塔斯开足马力直接要求自己的军队速前进，就是为了迅速夺回日瓦滴，这一方面是为了表明自己对亚罗格尔克国王的忠诚，毕竟对于马尔塔斯来说，他要先打胜仗再打败仗，打胜仗是为了博取亚罗格尔克国王的信任，打败仗自然是为了让维吉亚王国陷入崩溃之中。
现在这个时候，马尔塔斯决定要打一场败仗，但是要打一场完美的败仗，要让亚罗格尔克国王不能够好好的奚落自己，他要打了败仗依然能够得到亚罗格尔克国王的信任。
这样做的话就有一定的难度，但是现在，马尔塔斯装作一副急切为自己的领主夺回日瓦丁这一个行动，就表明了他对亚罗格尔克国王的忠心。
这一群维吉亚王国的士兵现在已经是筋疲力尽，他们跟随着马尔塔斯连夜奔波，就是为了能够迅速夺回日瓦丁。
伏尔德拉特波耶明显看出了自己的部队现在已经是精疲力尽了，因此他将自己的马头转向了马尔塔斯。
“马尔塔斯先生，现在正如你所见的，我们的部队已经精疲力尽，他们跟随着你连夜奔波，现在这个状态不是打胜仗的状态，我们应该让我们的士兵休息一下，至少我们应该等到明天再发起进攻。”
伏尔德拉特波耶一切都是为国家所考虑，他那丰富的作战经验告诉他，他现在应该带领着自己的部队好好的休息一下。
马尔塔斯自然不会装作一副门外汉的样子，因为伏尔德拉特波耶现在还深得亚罗格尔克国王的信任。
要是说自己战败有任何破绽的话，伏尔德拉特波耶一定会禀告亚罗格尔克国王，到时候自己就是吃不了兜着走。因此马尔塔斯决定先装作答应伏尔德拉特波耶。
可是，马尔塔斯在自己的心里已经有了一个充足的计划，他要在自己的军营配置留下一个大大的缺口，自己的营地配置出现的问题，呆在城墙上面那两个老谋深算的家伙，一个戴格兰那伯爵，另外一个多鲁波耶，他们两个都是久经沙场的老手，此时此刻看见自己的军营出现了破绽，营地布置有瑕疵的话，晚上一定会偷偷的率领自己的精锐部队前来攻打自己的营帐，这样的话倒是好好的损失了一下维吉亚王国的兵力人数。而且还可以栽赃陷害伏尔德拉特波耶。
把这一次晚上被敌军偷袭成功的事情推到伏尔德拉特波耶的身上，不仅可以削减维吉亚王国的军队数量，也可以减少伏尔德拉特波耶在亚罗格尔克国王心目当中的地位。真是可谓一举两得。
“好的，伏尔德拉特波耶，我同意你的观点，就在这里安营扎寨吧，我们要死死的围住日瓦丁。”
伏尔德拉特波耶看见马尔塔斯已经同意了自己的计划，就满意的离开了，但是他所不知道的事马尔塔斯正在策划着一场针对他的阴谋。
若是说起其他的维吉亚王国的那些领主，他们的威望远远不及伏尔德拉特波耶高，那些维吉亚王国的老领主，他们的威望比起那些年轻一代的领主要高得多，只有扳倒他们，使得马尔塔斯成为维吉亚王国的第一宠臣，亚罗格尔克国王眼中的红人，这样的话才能把持整个国家的大权。
Matas was a man who was extremely good at using strategic plans. He was extremely proficient in deploying troops and setting up camps. This also meant that when a person knew how to do something, he would know where the flaws were. The command of the entire army was in the hands of Matas, so he specifically told Voldratboye to set up the camp by himself. This made Voldratboye a little flattered. He didn't understand why he had to set up the camp himself.
The purpose of doing this is naturally to make King Yarogelk suspicious of Voldratboye's abilities.