Chapter 68 Another Strike



Perhaps he could take this opportunity to send a spy from the city to Wals' army. If he could find out who was building the siege equipment, it would only be beneficial and not harmful to Aaron's defenders.

However, Lord Kesto looked at his soldiers who were guarding the city wall. He had ordered these soldiers to block all the gates of his city. If they wanted to leave the city from here, they had to let out a rope and slide down.

Moreover, looking at the siege equipment that was almost completed, Lord Kesto knew that even if he sent out spies to find out the engineer's name, he would not be able to do anything to the engineer! The siege equipment was about to be completed, and he could only quietly wait for his own destruction. There were not many Rhodok soldiers in the city, but Wals had a large number of Nordic royal guards under his command.

The Nord Royal Guards, who were originally the best at fighting on foot, believed that they would not be able to hold out for much longer given their numerical advantage.

Lord Kestor seemed to have seen Wals pierce his sword into his body, which could be considered an honorable death. However, as a nobleman of great status, he believed that Wals would not kill him. She would exile him like King Ragnar exiled King Gryfus.

Thinking of this, Lord Kesto also felt that this was a glorious defeat.

He had been waiting for Wals's army to attack the city, but what surprised him was that after one day and two days, Wals's army did not make any move, but siege weapons appeared one after another.

Could it be that he wanted to starve us to death? This was indeed a good idea, but every day he delayed, his chances of being rescued increased. Wals led his army near Aaron, and his rear must be empty. Who knew if the Rhodok people in his territory would raise the banner of rebellion?

If such a thing happens, this will be Lord Kesto's chance to turn defeat into victory.

Lord Kesto thought so, but Wals, who was sitting inside his tent, did not think so.

The weather today is still very good. The blue sky seems to be dripping, white clouds are floating, the bright sunshine and the gentle breeze create a beautiful picture.

Wals was leisurely drinking the wine in his glass, with his beloved generals, such as Amirida and Joels, sitting on his left and right!

Neither Amirida nor Joels knew what Walls was waiting for here, but they already knew that Walls was plotting a plan, a plan unknown to others.

Therefore, they did not say much and just wait and see. However, it was already the third day, and there was still no movement in the city. The morale of his own soldiers had also slackened. After one day or two days of not fighting, they became slack.

"Your Majesty! I think we should attack the city quickly. We have built enough siege equipment. If we don't attack the city now, we may miss the opportunity!" Joels suggested to Walls.

Wals closed his eyes and slowly savored the wine in his mouth. He shook the glass, swallowed the wine in her mouth, and then suddenly opened his eyes.

"Don't worry! Let's just wait and see. I don't need to do anything. This city will fall by itself."

After saying this, Wals smiled. Hearing Wals say this, the generals around her were silent. They could only follow Wals and wait and see. For so long, they had always obeyed Wals' orders.

Sure enough, at this time, a series of disgusting scenes appeared in Aaron's city.

The nobles actually allowed their servants to rob the common people of their food. The reason was simple: these common people actually dared to steal the nobles' food.

There is no doubt that the food of many noble families has been lost or stolen at night recently, and these civilians have been punished by the nobles for this. Batch after batch of food has been snatched away by the nobles. Originally, Wals has surrounded the city of Aaron. Without external supplies and inputs, Aaron will soon be swept away by hunger.

The oppression of the nobles aroused the resistance of the common people. Lord Kestor seemed to sense that something was wrong. The scene that occurred on the street that day made Lord Kestor unforgettable for the rest of his life.

If this continues, it is very likely that Lord Kesto will be overthrown by the civilians in the city before Wals even attacks the city.

Lord Kesto was originally the leader nominated by the nobles of Aaron. The common people did not care who was the leader because Wals did not infringe on their interests.

The conflict had reached an unstoppable point. Lord Kesto looked at the streets, where the nobles' servants and the common people were clashing. In this city, the nobles were a minority, and their servants were not loyal to them, because many of them were poor people. Now that Wals had surrounded Aaron, the nobles could not pay them wages as usual, so the servants would betray him.

A part of the rebellious servants mixed with the civilians and launched an attack on the nobles in the city at the same time. These nobles were overwhelmed. After losing a small number of nobles, most of the remaining nobles ran to the palace of Lord Kesto for help.

An old nobleman with a white beard entered the castle hall of Aaron as a representative. There, Lord Kesto had clearly heard what was happening outside the city. There were a lot of fighting sounds outside his castle hall. The civilians were furious.

"Your Majesty! If you don't save us now, no one will come to save us! After all, we found you, so please help us deal with those unruly people!"

The old nobleman pleaded with Lord Kesto. Lord Kesto still had the command of hundreds of soldiers. Although these soldiers were not as well-equipped as the former soldiers of the Rhodok Kingdom, they were more than enough to deal with ordinary civilians. As long as some of them were killed to create a demonstration, that group of civilians could be prevented from rebelling.

The noble old man thought so, but he waited quietly in front of Lord Kesto, but Lord Kesto did not respond after waiting for a long time. He stared at Lord Kesto blankly, only to see the latter leaning on his throne.

Noticing the gaze of the old nobleman, Lord Kesto knew that he could not stay like this any longer and he had to respond.

"Wait a little longer for this!"

Lord Kesto's answer almost made the old man fall into despair.

The old man's face suddenly became stern. Since the soft approach didn't work, he would try the hard approach.

"Your Majesty!" His tone was no longer as gentle as before, but more like a general giving orders.

"If you don't send troops to help us, our support for you will disappear. Do you know how you got your throne? You got the throne with the support of our nobles in Aaron. If you don't get our support, I want to ask you how you will pay your soldiers."

Lord Kesto was a little angry when he heard the old noble dare to speak to him in such a tone. He now hoped that the civilians outside the gate would catch the old noble and chop him into pieces on the spot. Perhaps he could use the hands of the civilians to wipe out all the nobles, and then he would become the absolute controller of this city.

The ruthless Lord Kesto wanted to kill off the nobles now, but these nobles didn't have much wealth left, so he might as well wipe them out now.

A barely perceptible smile appeared on Lord Kesto's lips.

"Okay, don't be so angry! I am also weighing the pros and cons. After all, Wals is still outside the city, eyeing us covetously. If my soldiers make any mistakes, Wals can kill everyone in our city."

After Lord Kesto finished speaking, he burst into laughter to ease the tense atmosphere.

The old nobleman also nodded silently. He couldn't completely fall out with Lord Kesto now. After all, Lord Kesto still had prestige in Aaron's army. Wals was a threat to Lord Kesto and to this group of nobles, but the most urgent task was to defeat those civilians to save themselves.

Lord Kesto waved his hand and asked the old nobleman to leave now, but the old man was knowledgeable and knew that he could not leave Lord Kesto at this time. Lord Kesto had no choice but to let the old man follow him.

But this is not a problem.

He first arrived at his inner hall, and then asked the guards to close the door. Inside his inner hall were his personal guards, who were loyal to him. Now he was the only one here, how could a weak old man stop these loyal guards? Therefore, Lord Kesto called out to the guards behind the old man, and those guards immediately understood what their master meant, and grabbed the old man like wolves and tigers.

凯斯托领主眼中凶光一现,看着自己眼前已经被制伏的老人,他二话不说从自己的腰间抽出了长剑,紧接着剑尖刺穿了这一名老人的心脏。

老人张了张口,这一切发生的太过于突然了,不过在他被凯斯托领主杀死之前,他诅咒着凯斯托领主。

“你的王位永远也得不到。”

对于老人的这一句话,凯斯托领主也只是付诸一笑,他知道这一天迟早会到来的,自己会被沃尔斯给踢了下去,不过现在是他耍威风的时候。

在杀死了贵族老人之后,接下来他就要把这件事情给掩盖,同时他要调节城内平民和贵族的矛盾。

说是要调解矛盾,实际上却是在帮助平民屠杀贵族,因为贵族已经没有任何利用价值了,但是平民凭借着他们的人数,相信还是可以和沃尔斯抗衡的。

那些贵族对此咬牙切齿,他们怨恨凯斯托领主,于是乎,一些幸存的贵族迅速跑到城门附近,其实在凯斯托领主所指挥的军队当中,依然有一部分是贵族出身的,他们和那些幸存的贵族连通一气,打开了城门。

实在难以相信,这样的变故就仅仅发生在一天之内,当太阳快要落山的时候,城门居然被打开了,在远处观望的沃尔斯,他早已经发现了城内的异动,因为此时在城墙上面守卫的罗多克士兵已经没有之前的数量那么多了,这就说明城市内部一定发生了什么异变。

看见城门打开,几个浑身是血的男人从城门口附近跑了出来,站在城墙上面所谓的罗多克士兵似乎根本就不想射击这些人。

其实在城墙上守卫的那些士兵,都是贵族出身的,一个下级指挥官偷偷摸摸的将同伙的士兵都安插在亚伦的北门,北门也就是被贵族给打开的那一道城门。

沃尔斯见此,知道时机已到,艾米瑞达乔尔斯以及其他的大将迅速杀向亚伦。

看见他的军队出现在自己的面前,这名打开城门的贵族以及其他的士兵都是满脸的开心,他们高声的向对面的沃尔斯的军队招呼着,并向沃尔斯表明自己的忠心,现在他们已经宣布投降。很明显,沃尔斯对于这一名贵族的所说,已经毫不在乎了,对于他来说的话,只要攻占的亚伦,自己就可以掌控城中的一切。因此他骑着他的战马身先士卒第一个冲进了城市内部,那一名贵族也知道沃尔斯军队来势汹汹,自己应该暂且先避一避。不过幸好的是,所有的人都明白这一伙人已经投降了,因此并没有对他们动刀子。

站在城墙上面的罗多克士兵,这些家伙也已经叛变了,他们的背后都是一些贵族,可是现在,亚伦城市里面的贵族都已经被凯斯托领主给斩尽杀绝,他们自然会选择投降。这一个曾经抢夺亚伦贵族的财物的沃尔斯,此时已经成了这一群贵族唯一的救星了。

战马咚咚的作响,第一批跟随着沃尔斯冲入到城市内部的是沃尔斯以及艾米瑞达和乔尔斯。身后一大片的斯瓦迪亚骑士也鱼贯而入。

此时的凯斯托领主正好已经纠集了一批军队,这些军队都是来维护平民利益的,此时此刻他已经知道了外面距离自己不远的地方已经响起了战马的声音,战马的嘶鸣声瞬间响彻了整个战场,他们也明白,沃尔斯的军队进来了,自己必须要和沃尔斯进行一场大战。

凯斯托领主集合自己余下的部士兵,他独自一人站在自己的士兵的面前,在他的身后,一排罗多克士兵用一种常用的罗多克战阵排列起来,手举着大盾牌的士兵站在前面,在盾牌与盾牌的缝隙之间,大刀和长矛从中而出。最后则是一批罗多克弩手。

在看见前面正要冲过来的斯瓦迪亚骑士,凯斯托领主的脸上没有丝毫恐惧,他几乎用一种平淡的表情来观望着眼前的一切。和他身后的那些士兵形成了两种不同的情景。事实上,他们身后的这一群士兵已经在发抖了,他们脸上写满了恐惧惊讶与疑惑,他们还不想和沃尔斯军队作战,在这一批罗多克士兵当中,有不少是在马拉斯堡和沃尔斯军队交手过的人,他们恐惧的情绪一定会影响到整个军队。

可是凯斯托领主也顾不了这么多了。

“这是最后一战!吟游诗人会说这是凯斯托和罗多克王国最后的300勇士的故事。”

凯斯托领主高举着利箭,紧接着,他的长剑向下虚空一斩,示意着自己的罗多克弩手向前发射。

空中传来了阵阵破空的声音,那是弩箭划过划破空气的声音,沃尔斯把他的盾牌举了起来,不过才举起一会儿,只听咚咚咚的声音!

连续几支弩箭插在了他的盾牌上面,他坐下的战马也受到了伤害,不过幸好,他的战马已经装备了重型的铠甲,强壮的战马不仅能够穿戴重型铠甲,还能够支撑着同样穿戴着重型铠甲的沃尔斯。而在他身后左右两边的艾米瑞达和乔尔斯也是同样的情况。最前面的人挡住了最锋利的利剑,而在后面的斯瓦迪亚骑士也毫不畏惧。

“冲锋!最后一战了,从此之后亚伦便会落入我们的手中!”

斯瓦迪亚骑士在沃尔斯的带领之下如同狂风一般扑向了面前的罗多克士兵。

凯斯托领主早就站在了沃尔斯最前面,他知道自己如果想要活命的话,这点躲在罗多克士兵的后面,因此他迅速转身,躲进士兵战阵之中。

在亚伦的平民们,都已经畏畏缩缩的躲在了自己的家中,他们都不希望这一伙人把自己的房子和性命部都摧毁。罗多克士兵的生死固然重要,但是他们更加在乎自己的性命。

当斯瓦迪亚骑士的长枪和罗多克士兵的大刀碰撞在一起的时候,这一场生与死的战斗终于开始了,在斯瓦迪亚骑士之后是一群接着一群的诺德勇士。

因为他们是徒步作战的,所以前往到战场上的时间要短一些,当诺德勇士赶到战场上面的时候,斯瓦迪亚骑士和罗多克士兵已经厮杀在一起,斯瓦迪亚骑士的长枪已经横扫了多名罗多克士兵,现在的罗多克士兵正在负隅顽抗,因为他们现在还不能够后退。

凯斯托领主迅速指挥着自己的士兵向城市的街道小巷里面躲去,斯瓦迪亚骑士有战马作为辅助,这样的话对于自己的这方面造成很大危险,只有躲进那些街道巷口里面,才能够迫使斯瓦迪亚骑士丢掉他们的战马和罗多克士兵进行徒步作战。

不过这个效果只能够维持一时,当大陆上面第一徒步作战的诺德勇士加入战场的时候,一切都已经成为了定局。

在街道的一角,格伦布尔和乔尔斯再一次扭打在一起。格伦布尔还是使用着他的长刀和剑,腰间配着一把长剑,但是他现在的左手使用的是一把大刀,背后是一面盾牌。这样不俗的武装面对着眼前的乔尔斯。

乔尔斯使用的只是一把双手剑而已,这一把双手剑不仅适合用于在马上作战,在马下依然可以发挥着不俗的威力。

乔尔斯挥舞着双手剑,将格伦布尔连连震退,格伦布尔也知道自己单挑是打不赢乔尔斯的,不过已经到了最后的关键时刻,只希望他能够爆发自己所有的潜力。

艾米瑞达也已经杀向战阵,杀掉了数名罗多克士兵之后,他终于发现了自己的目标。那一个瘦弱有些衰老的身影出现在他的眼帘当中,凯斯托领主已经发现了这一匹孤狼正在盯着自己。

“你可真是一位美人!”

凯斯托领主这样评价着艾米瑞达,艾米瑞达听罢也没有任何的情绪波动,对于这样的侮辱他已经听多了,他只是轻轻地挥舞着手动的手半剑,一名想要过来拯救凯斯托领主的罗多克士兵被艾米瑞达给杀掉了,艾米瑞达手上的手半剑沾满了鲜血,而凯斯托领主手中的骑士剑却毫无波澜。

谁胜谁负已经明了!

尽管说,凯斯托领主已经知道自己无法战胜面前的骑士,但是他作为一个贵族,作为一个流浪在外的贵族,他不得不拿起自己手中的剑和面前的敌人拼命。

虽败犹荣啊!

凯斯托领主只能够挣扎,艾米瑞达挥动着她手中的长剑,剑尖直指而过,凯斯托领主勉强的招架了几招,在附近赶过来支援他的护卫的掩护之下,他躲过了一劫,而他躲过一劫的代价就是他忠心的护卫的死亡。

转眼之间几名活人变成了尸体,凯斯托领主心中有着说不出的迷惘。下一秒的时候,艾米瑞达已经到达了凯斯托领主的面前,凯斯托领主此时已经知道自己已经药失败了。

但是虽然要失败,他还是举起了手中的长剑以做最后的反抗。

The two swords collided with each other, and the crisp sound of metal collision spread in the air. Lord Kesto's arms suddenly felt as if they were pressed down by a huge rock. Although Amirida had slender arms, a powerful force came from his arms.

really!

Before Lord Kesto could finish his thought, Amirida hit him hard. It was a painful blow. Amirida hit Lord Kesto's head with her fist.

Lord Kesto suddenly felt dizzy, and before he could react, Amirida attacked him again.


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