As the "third" figure in the army, his attitude is, of course, crucial.

Therefore, when General Nonno stepped out of the crowd with his characteristic arrogant steps, many of the surrounding soldiers stared intently at the southerner, as if he could bring new hope to the soldiers.

After all, before this, the direct contradiction between General Nong Nuo and General Sword was almost directly manifested on the surface, at this time General Sword made a big mistake, in the eyes of many soldiers, General Non Nuo must have a revenge, otherwise I am sorry for the face that I just threw at General Sword in the big camp.

Aside from the sharp-eyed soldier at the time, it was just another quarrel between the two generals, and now it seems that it was a failed co-optation by General Sword.

This made Nong Nuo's mind move slightly, he had never thought and did not consider that the soldiers would have such a rich idea, let alone that the soldiers under his account would observe their own words and expressions without the commander's order.

An inexplicable premonition arose in his heart: if he could offer a suitable price at this time, these soldiers would be able to follow him and launch a military mutiny on the spot.

Of course, this thought only flashed through his heart, maybe he looked down on the general who played tricks in his life, but he would not be a traitor when the army fell apart.

Thinking of this, Nong Nuo strode to the position of the emperor and immediately expressed his attitude: "From the point of view of the security of the army, it does not seem to be a bad thing to have an important forward base in your own hands. ”

The soldiers in the army seemed to be a little dissatisfied, and after losing the leader who could be pinned on their direct support, their faces showed a disappointed expression, but without the guidance of the leader, the soldiers also knew in their hearts that the mutiny had been strangled from the bud, and some of the soldiers slightly restrained their somewhat uproared looks, worried that these noble knights would go back to hold themselves accountable. But more soldiers just hid their dissatisfaction in their hearts, and by the way, they angrily scolded the country from the south in their hearts

"Soft egg, coward, you don't dare to avenge yourself, it can be seen that you deserve to be inferior to Sword. ”

"Now the situation is actually very clear, it is not that we want brothers to fight against the wall, but that shameful Orlov has betrayed us, betrayed the Scaly Country. He is also our enemy, and his refusal to accept the soldiers of the Empire at this time can actually show that he has long been against him. ”

General Non Nuo passed over the Imperial soldiers who were about to move with a sharp look, and he only paid attention to his own soldiers, those peasant soldiers from the south, who were flushed after drinking, although they were somewhat embarrassed in the north, but their eyes were very resolute, and they replied to their generals with a calm gaze, as a sign of their loyalty. Seeing these soldiers there, Nonnuo nodded with great satisfaction.

The current situation was out of his control, and to be fair, he himself was very sympathetic to the big men from the north, and if this happened in Cyprus, it was estimated that it would be difficult for him to control his men.

Looking at the mobilized troops, the knife in Sword's heart finally loosened, as long as there were considerable knights and some infantry in his hands, he was sure to stabilize the army, although those rangers were not very satisfied with the Empire's next strategic plan, but they did not have the ability to organize resistance, which is why he had been rejecting the commanders of the Northland. When the army is not too large, mobilizing a few more commanders is simply putting a nail in the nail into one's own army.

His Majesty's face finally calmed down, he gasped several times, and finally said with difficulty: "General Nonnuo is good, the army is now in a difficult period, and we have suffered a shameful betrayal. Although Sward did not investigate, the person in charge of contacting King Orlof should have been an official of the Empire, and we cannot attribute the fault to a general, let alone a loyal and honorable knight. ”

Sword asked as he slowly stood up

"Order, Your Majesty. Until Orloff makes up his mind, we still have a chance to hide the Sea Castle in our own hands, and when the time comes, we can rid the North Sea of traitors, and I think the rest of the lords will have their own judgment. ”

In the crowd, two soldiers from Beihai drew their swords, which startled several generals and guards beside the emperor, who almost consciously thought that these people had come to assassinate.

But these soldiers did not play their cards with common sense, and although they drew their weapons, they put them at their feet, and they did not have the courage to rebel, but they seemed to want to change the emperor's decision by this means.

"Your Majesty, we recognize you as our sovereign, but if you use this right to burn our homeland, let us have your own blood on our swords and axes...... We dare not rebel against your authority, but we are no longer willing to serve in such an army. ”

It's not a matter of choice at all. Sea Castle is a sacred place in the hearts of all the inhabitants of the Northlands, that fortress has blocked the attack of several main tribes of the Wiegand people for thousands of years, and without Sea Castle, whether they can exist today or not, it will take two.

What's more, in their hearts, they are subjects of the empire, but they are also residents of the Beihai Kingdom, and that strong local feeling cannot be erased, and asking them to kill those fellow villagers with the same accent is as uncomfortable as taking their wives and children captive.

Probably infected by these soldiers, the soldiers in the barracks had a sad look on their faces, this is still because the overseers did not bring the laborers to the banquet, most of the laborers in the army are residents of Beihai, if at this stall, they know that they are transporting supplies for a group of people who are preparing to attack their homes, and it is difficult to prevent them from defecting.

As the soldiers knelt on the ground, the expression on Ward's face flickered several times in a row, and finally he gritted his teeth, and a fierce aura appeared on his body again. When he was in the Abbasquia Kingdom, he dared to use thunderous means to cooperate with the priests to murder the emperor, how could he be frightened by a few farmers in the North Sea now.

His previous hesitation had cost him a lot of money, and now he had no reason to make another mistake.

Although he had never seen such a soldier kidnapping the leader with his life in the barracks, he also knew that he must not get used to the servants of his own estate.

A group of animals is like something, you have to see your own position, that's right.

Sword took out the heavy sword he had with him, the greatsword was nearly a man long and two and a half inches wide, and the knight of the Great Purus used this weapon to ensure that he would continue to be effective against his enemies even after losing his cavalry spear.

This kind of two-handed sword was originally mostly used on horseback, even if it was a trained knight, it would inevitably consume a lot of physical strength if he wanted to use it on flat ground, but Sword used this murder weapon at this time, on the one hand, he had sufficient confidence in his martial arts and arm strength, and on the other hand, it was also intended to deter the army.

A short one-handed sword can also clean up these two death-seeking soldiers, as long as they gently cut their throats, they will be suffocated to death by the blood poured into their lungs in a short time, but this kind of death is obviously not as pleasant as with a two-handed sword. As soon as he went down with his sword, he was sure to split the two soldiers in half.

But just as he was about to raise the knife in his hand, a voice interrupted him.

"Stop!" the person who is qualified to stop Sword now has no second one in the entire barracks.

Perris looked at the terrible sword, staring at the side of the blade, as if he was going to use his gaze to freeze it in mid-air, of course, it was not Perris's eyes that stopped Ward, but his identity as His Majesty the Emperor. The head of the Order was forced to withdraw his weapon, but he still frowned, as if to pour out his grievances to the Emperor.

"I am the Emperor of the Great Prus, the Grand Master. Perris explained, his voice not loud, and even a little hesitation at the beginning, but as he spoke more and more, the order of the words became smoother. "All the Great Prussians are my subjects, my protectors. Since these two soldiers still respect my position, I cannot take their lives away from them, which is contrary to my father's oath and not the cause of my family. ”

"Even if you are a traitor to the Empire in front of you?"

"Of course, traitors will be punished severely, but they, I can't let two warriors who defended their homeland just die. Perris's attitude was very resolute, although after he finished this sentence, it seemed as if all his strength had been drained, but in the face of the knight's murderous eyes, he still refused to take a step back.

Although in front of most people, Perris is the head of the Rainbow Knights of the Abbasquian Empire, the guardian of the emperor, and now he is also the general of the Northern Expedition. But in the face of real authority, he is just an eagle dog of the royal family, and the source of his power is essentially only a shadow of His Majesty the Emperor. Although the emperor was still young at this time, he had already shown the stubbornness that did not allow others to interfere with his will at all.

Thinking of this, Sword hurriedly lowered his head, forcibly suppressed the desire to kill in his heart, and said:

"Your Majesty, what they are doing now is no different from that of deserters, and even a little less inferior in nature, if you don't kill them now, I'm afraid there will be more soldiers who have two hearts. ”

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are two meanings in Ward's words. One is to explain to His Majesty the Emperor the reason for his killing, which is equivalent to being soft, and the other is to remind the Emperor not to always follow him, which is not beneficial to the so-called imperial power, trying to show others a joke, and is not conducive to regaining control of the army.

After a moment of hesitation, the Emperor finally settled on a compromise plan, which he explained to everyone in the army.

"Their spirit of defending the village is commendable, but those who rebel against the emperor will be severely punished. I, Emperor of Abbasquia, tolerate my people, but I am not yet stupid enough to contain traitors, and from now on in this barracks, anyone who disobeys me will be punished. ”

"As for the two soldiers in front of us, I respect them, but that doesn't mean they are exempt from punishment. ”

"Since you are soldiers of the Scales Country, you must be killing people for a living. But your force can't be used by me, and you can't use it to destroy the traitors of Sea Castle for me, so you can only greet your own people. ”

"From now on, I want you two to set an example for the whole army, and I command you to duel like your samurai in the Northland, and whoever wins the victory will be deemed to have fulfilled the obligation I have given you, and I will give him the freedom he wants, and he may continue to serve me, or he may choose to lay down his arms and go home. ”

"And as for the one who fails, it is considered to have atonement for the sins of both of them, and it is better to die at the hands of his own companions than for me to order them to judge themselves. ”

Compared to Sword's method of killing and killing, the Emperor's methods were indeed much milder in terms of results, but this process made the association of the two Northland soldiers who stood out from the crowd a little ugly.

In other words, they would rather be killed by Sword, at least then they would be martyrs who died for the Northlands, and now, they have to start thinking about whether they will be "partners" who are still on the same front.

Through the appropriation of the concept, Perris has changed the nature of these two Rao in a few words, changing them from "warriors defending their homeland" to "rebels who only live for themselves and resist the king's orders".

The winner kills his companions, and even if he can really set him free, when he returns to his hometown, he will inevitably be scolded and puzzled, and may even suffer revenge, and there will be no other way to live except to defect to the emperor and become a staunch royalist.

As for the loser, it was also not the knife of His Majesty the Emperor, he died in the fight of his own weapons, and he could not get rid of the notoriety of "traitor" after death.

The guards beside the soldier had already inadvertently stood aside, silently looking at these two figures who had been sentenced to death, and there was a trace of pity in their eyes, in addition to indifference.

The two Northland soldiers finally looked at each other's familiar and incomparably unfamiliar faces, as if they were saying goodbye to Petz's life, and as if they were choosing between hesitation and pain.

They had just consumed some of their physical strength in the confrontation with the generals and Kingdom Guards in the army, and now they needed a gap to breathe whether they were doing it or not, and when their state gradually returned to an ideal level, as long as they had a better chance of winning.

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