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 the 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's long sword. Blood spurted out of his mouth. Joles exerted force again, pushing Lozman back, 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 placed various defensive equipment in Aaron's city, there was no fortress that was impregnable.
On the next day, which was the day after Lord Kesto returned to the city, Wals had defeated Lozman's mercenaries last night. He led his army to set up camp 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 Aaron's nobles, mainly the group of nobles who support Lord Kesto. Although our army once robbed Aaron's wealth and robbed the nobles of valuable materials, it 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."
波尔查还是改不掉自己以前称呼沃尔斯的习惯，直到她跑到沃尔斯面前，看到乔尔斯和艾米瑞达拿一副怪异的眼神，这个时候他才意识到。
不过他还是抑制不住自己脸上的表情，那一脸的兴奋与激动仿佛一个孩子发现了一件新奇好玩的事情一般。
“陛下！亚伦城市里面的补给已经不多了，那一帮贵族把自己所有的家当都拿出来雇用了一群雇佣兵，现在他们没有多少食物了，只要我们坚守一下，就可以饿死城市里面的所有人。”
波尔查兴奋的说道，他观察到沃尔斯脸上开心的表情，顿时也傻傻的笑了起来。
“你做的很好！下面我将彻彻底底的计划一下作战计划，你刚才说要把城市里面的人部都饿死！我觉得这一个方法可以是可以，但是未免太过于残忍一些，我觉得还是应该换一种方法来对付他们，既可以节省我们的时间又可以为我而博得仁慈的美名。当然了你也会留名的！”
沃尔斯的话让波尔查有些兴奋，在听到了沃尔斯的只是之后，他又接着去探查情报，作为沃尔斯军队当中追查情报的能手，他自然担负起情报长的重要职位。
回过头！沃尔斯兴奋的对身后的两个人说道。
“伙计们！有一个好方法可以攻破建议建一座城市了，而且我们还不用费一兵一卒。”
众人一阵惊讶，对于沃尔斯的突如其来的想法有些不适应。
“至于说是什么样的方法！暂时我就不先对你们公布了。”
沃尔斯认为自己的计谋必须在暗地当中实施。
很快，沃尔斯的营地便已经建造完毕。
直到此刻，凯斯托领主才从城墙上面离开，因为沃尔斯营地建造完毕的时候，也是太阳落山的时候。
而到了这个时候，在沃尔斯营地里面，借着月色的掩护，一个人影从沃尔斯的营地里面走了出来。
他东躲西藏，很好的利用地势以及环境来掩护他的行踪，不一会儿他便接近了亚伦这一座城市。
当他触碰到亚伦城市的城墙的时候，他的手中扔出了一根绳子，在绳子的另一端是被他紧紧握在手中，而他扔出去的那一段，上面挂着一个形状像爪子一样的钩子，这使得他可以轻松的抓住城墙。
当这一根铁爪牢牢的固定在城墙上面的时候，他终于可以肆无忌惮的攀上这一座城墙，城墙上面的守卫似乎困倦，或者他们认为沃尔斯的军队远道而来，在这一个时刻是不会发动进攻的，因此他们放松了自己的警惕。也就是这个原因，这一个人偷偷的潜入到亚伦的城市内。
这一个人不是别人，正式沃尔斯手下的一个人他被称之为克雷斯。
她还是一个小姑娘，但是却有着普通人无法比及的勇气与身手，他被作为间谍派到亚伦的城市内部。沃尔斯的计划极其简单，调动亚伦的两个阶级进行斗争，一个身为上层的贵族，另一个就是身为下层的平民。贵族们因为财富被沃尔斯给抢夺一空，必定对沃尔斯有着极大的怨气，同时他们的财富也部用来雇佣那一群雇佣兵，因此在这个危急关头，他们定然是没有多少物资来维持他们在城市当中体面的生活。这一个时候那些有歹念的贵族就会去抢夺那些平民百姓的财物。
这样的话就可以挑起两者之间的矛盾，一旦矛盾被挑起，沃尔斯便可以隔岸观火，到时候亚伦便会不攻自破。
克雷斯这次要去的那一家贵族，他将会挑动贵族们和平民发生冲突。
今天晚上是一个平静的夜晚，无论是对于沃尔斯的部下还是对于凯斯托领主的共享来说都是一样的，双方之间没有任何冲突爆发。可是一场巨大的阴谋却在亚伦城市的内部渐渐酝酿起来。在第二天的时候，凯斯托领主如同昨天一样，想要去巡视亚伦的城墙，不过让她有些意外的是，在前往城墙的路上，也就是亚伦城市的主干道上面，出现了一起事故。
一伙贵族打扮的人指挥着自己的下人正在抢夺看起来弱势的一方。那一群弱势一方的人不用说就知道是亚伦城市里面最底层的平民百姓。
这不是好兆头！凯斯托领主常年流浪在外，知道要想成为国王必须要获得人支持，贵族的支持固然重要，但是平民的支持也不可缺少。
可是，凯斯托领主能够成为罗多克王国的国王，主要还是靠着亚伦里面的贵族来支持她，因此现在这一刻他要暂时先放弃平民，因为平民是不支持他的，你要是说现在这一刻失去了贵族的支持，外面的沃尔斯就能够直接把他把他的撕成碎片。
“怎么回事？”
凯斯托领主对着面前的一群人吼道。他的这一声吼，立刻就让在场的所有人都停止了自己手上的动作，那一群看起来像是一家人的平民百姓此时此刻倒在地上，贵族指挥自己的下人抢夺他们的手上的东西，当凯斯托领主出现的时候，这一群下人止住了动作，平民将自己渴望的眼睛望向了凯斯托领主。他们在祈求凯斯托领主能够公正的帮助他们。
“陛下！”
这一个贵族彬彬有礼的对着凯斯托领主说到。虽然说凯斯托领主的国王之位来得不正，但是他好歹是一个国王，在亚伦城市里面是要受到尊重的。
“我家里实在是没有粮食了！不知道为什么，我藏在仓库里面的粮食居然出现在那一户平民百姓的家中，我知道是那一群可恶的平民抢了我的粮食，现在我只不过是拿回我的粮食而已。”
凯斯托领主点了点头，要是说那一群平民确确实实是抢了这一个贵族的粮食的话，自然贵族是在理的，凯斯托领主也就对此放心了。不过下一秒的时候，平民的回答却让凯斯托领主有些为难的。
“陛下！我也不知道为什么，我家里面就多了几袋粮食，如果说贵族大人愿意把我多出来的粮食给拿回去的话，我无可厚非，但是贵族大人居然直接把我家里所有的存粮部都抢了过去，这实在有违常理呀。”
凯斯托领主又把怀疑的目光望向了那个贵族。
那个贵族很快就站出来解释道。
“难道就这样放任这一群平民胡作非为吗？我得给他们一点惩罚，他们偷了我的粮食，我自然要把他们家的粮食部都拿回来，以作惩罚，要是我没有任何惩罚的话，他们岂不是可以肆无忌惮的偷盗我的粮食？”
这个贵族似乎说的也在理，凯斯托领主眉头皱了皱，甩了甩手，示意着自己的队伍继续前行，不再管这一个贵族的事情。平民几乎是用绝望的目光来望着他们那伟大的国王。在旁边围观的那些平民百姓似乎有些同情那一个被抢的平民了。
“该死的贱民！赶紧把东西给我拿来，你居然敢偷我的东西！”
“不！这是我家的粮食！你要是拿走了我们会活活饿死的！”
但是这个贵族去不管这么多，他只在乎他的粮食，现在沃尔斯的大军将亚伦给团团围住，能够拿到一些粮食就多拿到一些粮食，这样的话自己生存下来的机会就会越多。
贵族的下人无情的把平民的粮食给抢走了，紧接着那个平民只能够流落街头在地上无情的哭泣的。他的家人也是同样泪流满面。
怨恨的种子从此播下。
意外遭遇这一出戏，凯斯托领主的心中突然有了些波澜，他突然觉得城市里面已经开始出现一种不安的。斯托领主看着城外那遍布的沃尔斯的军队。
在马拉斯堡的城堡下面，凯斯托领主就已经被沃尔斯给击败了，现在沃尔斯的军队部都出现在亚伦附近，毋庸置疑，自己埋伏在杜迈附近的雇佣军已经被沃尔斯给部消灭了。
到了这一步，凯斯托领主看着那无边无际的山脉，以及那山脉上面的蓝天白云，此时的他已经感觉到了一丝悲凉。
或许自己根本就不应该出现在这里，当初凯斯托领主就是抱着一丝侥幸的心理才来到了亚伦。
天上的蓝天似乎要滴落下来一般，他是如此的湛蓝，可是在凯斯托领主的眼中，无论它多么明媚多么明亮，天空永远都是那么阴暗。
不管怎么说，他自己也快步入死亡，如果不在人生的最后一刻做出拼搏的话，那么他就只能够带着他的宣称权一起进入坟墓。
“这是最后一战！我就跟随着沃尔斯一起出名吧。在他打败的对手里面又多了一位国王！”
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.