Chapter 403 A Little Green on the Head
When dozens of Gervis's men approached the castle fully armed, the defenders on the castle knew that the final moment had come.
The arrows shot down from the city wall became more and more violent, and stones fell like raindrops.
However, Gervis and others were holding large shields and had the support of fighting spirit, so such means were completely useless to them.
Gervis was the first to climb up the ladder, then he grunted and climbed up. To be honest, this was the first time that Gervis personally participated in a siege.
If he didn't have fighting spirit, he wouldn't have the courage to climb the city wall under the arrows and rolling stones.
In addition to arrows and rolling stones, the defenders on the castle actually prepared pots of boiling dung juice. Fortunately, Gervis was well prepared and had already instructed Iclawri and more than 20 others to take aim with their muskets and beat to death anyone who showed up and tried to throw gold juice.
That's why Gervis and his men didn't have this disgusting thing with the same destructive power as biological weapons falling on their heads. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to defend themselves even if they were wearing full body armor.
In the absence of any obstacles, it would only take three to five seconds for titled knights like Gervis to climb up the eight or nine meter long city wall, and soon Gervis reached the gap in the city wall.
Climbing up with him was Bertram, the Silver Knight.
The two men raised their shields and looked inside the castle. Another gust of arrows came whizzing towards them, but they were immediately blocked by the two men's swords.
The height difference inside the city wall is different from that outside. The outside is eight or nine meters from the ground, while the inside is only five or six meters from the ground. Gervis and Bertram looked at each other, then used their fighting spirit to jump off the city wall without hesitation and landed in the courtyard of the castle.
"Put down your weapons! You won't be killed if you surrender!"
As soon as Gervis landed, he saw a man wearing full body armor rushing out in front of him, followed by seven or eight fully armed guards.
"You want me, Babette, to surrender? You're dreaming!"
A young man's voice came from the full body armor on the opposite side. The man sneered at Gervis's persuasion to surrender, and rushed towards Gervis and the other man, waving a sword.
"Sir Bertram, leave him alive!"
When Gervis saw that this guy named Babette was coming with such a fierce momentum, instead of getting anxious, he reminded Bertram again.
"Viscount Gervis, don't worry!"
Gervis said nothing more and immediately met Babette who was rushing towards him.
"kill!"
Babette shouted and slashed at Gervis with his sword.
when!
Unfortunately, the strength of the two was too different. Gervis only used 70% of his strength to lift Babette's sword, which was knocked away.
After knocking Babette's sword away, Gervis continued to move forward, and hit Babette's helmet hard with the hilt of the sword, and then kicked him to the ground at the moment when he was dizzy.
After Babette fell to the ground, Gervis stepped on Babette's chest and asked with his head down.
"Can we surrender now?"
Gervis had already sensed Babette's strength and found out that he was just a low-level bronze knight, so Gervis was not in a hurry to tell Bertram not to kill anyone.
Because if he kills one more person, he will have one less prisoner.
"Everyone, stop it now, look who's in my hands!"
Gervis grabbed Babette, who was under his feet, and threw his helmet off, shouting at everyone in the castle.
Hearing Gervis's roar, whether it was the soldiers on the city wall or the castle defenders who were preparing to come to support not far away, they all paused after seeing the person in Gervis's hand and immediately stopped what they were doing.
"Don't listen to him, just keep fighting! Even if I die, my father will avenge me!"
"Oh, you're quite courageous!"
The man held by Gervis was about the same age as him. He should be the son of the castle owner. Gervis was really impressed by his toughness.
But despite his admiration, in order to reduce trouble, Gervis had to teach him a lesson.
Bang!
Gervis raised the spine of his sword and slapped it directly on Babette's mouth, instantly filling his mouth with blood, and then he placed the sword on Babette's neck.
"I'll give you one last chance to choose. Do you want me to kill him first or do you drop your weapons and surrender?"
"Sir, please show mercy! Please show mercy!"
At this moment, the inner gate of the castle was opened, and a man who looked like a butler walked out. The man ran over anxiously and begged for mercy loudly to Gervis.
"Sir, noble captives are entitled to preferential treatment! Please show some mercy, and my lord will pay a suitable ransom for the young master when the time comes!"
This middle-aged man was obviously an experienced castle steward. He did not tremble in front of Gervis and others. Although he was a little nervous, his words were still clear and coherent.
"Are you the castle steward here?"
At this moment, more than a dozen small nobles had climbed up behind Gervis, and the defenders in the castle had stopped resisting.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the lesser nobles scattered around the castle and controlled the enemies in the castle.
"Your Excellency, I am the castle steward of Kalunburg, serving my master, Baron Bob Kalun. The man in your hands is my master's son, so I hope you can show mercy. The young master is still young and does not understand these things!"
"Sure! Sure! Butler, please take us into the castle and have a seat first!"
Now the castle's arrow tower and city walls have been controlled, and the castle gate is slowly opening. The Baron's Castle has fallen into the hands of Gervis and others.
So Gervis was not in a hurry. He asked the castle steward to lead the way and prepared to go to the inner castle first.
In this world ruled by aristocrats, as long as there is no deep hatred, the nobles will basically not kill each other, so the castle steward represents his master's surrender, and then Gervis and others can easily plunder.
As for the young man in their hands, Gervis and the others can take him back and wait for his father to provide the ransom later.
If no one is willing to pay the ransom for him, it will be up to Gervis and others to decide whether to kill him or keep him as a serf.
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"Your Highness, the Jones family has breached the castle!"
Although it was already early morning, the eldest prince's meeting hall was still brightly lit.
Because the eldest prince had just received a report that a breach had been made in the castle, he immediately got up and sent someone to gather members of Charles' family.
As one thing after another fermented, the eldest prince now hated Gervez to the core, and his hatred was even comparable to that of Charles' family.
The heir of Charles' family has passed away, and the eldest prince suspects that he is cheating on his wife, and Gervais has repeatedly humiliated him.
"Got it, you can go down now!"
The eldest prince coldly dismissed the soldiers who came to report the news.
"I didn't expect that this time, instead of harming the Jones family, they got the upper hand."
"What exactly is Count Nemio's plan this time? Can you tell me now?"
"If you allow that pretty boy Gervis to continue like this, his reputation in the Principality will become more and more famous, and it will not be so easy for you to deal with him."
The eldest prince looked at several vassals of the Charles family.
Before setting off this time, Nemio actually greeted him, hoping that he could give Charles' family some convenience when the time comes.
Of course the eldest prince was willing to do this, he also wanted to get rid of Gervis very much. Since Count Nemio was eager to take action, the eldest prince was relieved.
The eldest prince originally planned this attack just to collect some interest to vent his anger, but he did not expect that instead of causing trouble for the Jones family, it allowed them to gain their first military merit.
Although the Jones family did not have to hand over the spoils, it was just an extra reward.
However, military achievements will still be recorded, and after the southern expedition is over, there will be other rewards based on military achievements.
So the eldest prince could no longer sit still. As long as Gervis appeared in front of him alive, he would feel uneasy and unable to sleep or eat.
Once upon a time, he could allow such a little viscount to jump up and down in front of his eldest prince.
Thanks to "追风书生" for the reward!!!
(End of this chapter)
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