"Lord Marquis, they've got it!"

Looking at the arrows flying outside the Northeast Gate, Leonde, who was in charge of contacting the troops attacking the Northeast Gate, said excitedly to Flender.

Flender glanced up at the northeast gate, then turned to look at the east gate.

"Send someone to inform the south gate immediately, the northeast gate has been taken, everyone will attack on all fronts, and conquer Thorne City in one fell swoop!"

"Yes!"

"Command the whole army, everyone rush up to me, capture Bernard alive, and reward 10,000 Fennig!"

"Kill!"

With that, Flender drew his broadsword from his waist and rode his horse towards the city gate.

More than two dozen personal guards rushed out.

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"My lord, it's not good!"

At the Earl's Palace, the herald ran in panic towards the hall of the mansion.

"Lord Earl, the people of the Liberation Army have come in!"

"What?"

Bernard, who was sitting on a large leather chair talking to several officers, immediately stood up, rushed to the herald, grabbed the corner of his coat, and threw him to the ground.

"How could that bunch of mongrels rush in?" Bernard's body trembled uncontrollably, and he pointed at the herald and asked loudly.

"Earl~Earl, the enemy rushed in from the gate in the northeast corner, and they are now heading towards the east and south gates." The herald said in horror with tears in his voice.

"Northeast Gate?"

"Yes, Lord Earl, the soldiers who escaped from the city said that Viscount Mark's people took advantage of the unpreparedness of the defenders to suddenly rebel and sneak attack, and then opened the city gates, allowing hundreds of enemy soldiers to rush in."

"Again, who opened the gates?" Bernard couldn't believe his ears.

"It's Viscount Mark." The herald straightened his hat and quickly got up and continued.

"Someone, go and get that bastard Mark for me, I'm going to cut off his dog head!" I saw Bernard shouting loudly and spitting everywhere.

"Lord Earl, I'm afraid it's too late." Bernard's advisor suddenly stood up to dissuade him. "That bastard must have run away a long time ago, and the top priority is to keep you and Shizi safe. Once the gates are breached, the barbarians will not let us go. ”

Bernard didn't speak, just stood there panting, blood gushing up, his face flushed. After a short while, he opened his mouth and asked the advisor behind him, "Have you arranged the boat I asked you to prepare?" ”

"Back to the Earl, everything has been arranged." The academic advisor hurriedly stepped forward and said.

Bernard didn't speak, just walked up and down the hall, his fists crunched. He never imagined that the defense he had worked so hard to lay out would be destroyed at the hands of a thief.

"Lord Count?" The Advisor shouted softly.

Bernard turned to look at the officers beside him. "A few of you, go up and resist me at once, and I will immediately take the prince and prepare to go out of the city. Immediately afterwards retreat to the west! ”

"Yes, Lord Count."

Bernard hurried out of the hall of the lords towards Robert's makeshift palace.

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While Art was watching the battle on the city wall not far from the south city gate, the heralds of the Chinese army of the Liberation Army rode to the south city gate.

"Master, the people from the Chinese army are here." Ron saw someone coming and immediately alerted Art.

"Lord Art, the northeast gate has been captured by our army, Lord Marquis ordered the Wells legion to attack the south gate on all fronts, and cooperate with the Longxia army to take the south city in one fell swoop and enter Thorne City."

"Okay, you go back and tell the Marquis, I will definitely live up to my mission."

"Yes."

Then the herald departed quickly.

"Ron."

"Sir." Ron shifted his gaze from the walls to Art.

"Immediately send an order, all soldiers who can still fight, immediately attack the city with me, and must take the south gate for me."

"Yes, sir."

"Wait!" Something suddenly occurred to Art.

As Ron rode his horse to leave, Art suddenly stopped him.

"Tell Stanley to take a hundred soldiers to ambush outside West City, that old fellow of Bernard won't wait for us to catch him."

"Yes, sir."

"Odo, Sergeant Major, immediately organize everyone to attack with me, and seize the opportunity to break through the southern gate in one fell swoop while Neiying is attacking the rear of the defending army."

"Yes, sir."

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"Quick, they're coming up again!" The garrison officers on the city walls saw that the Welsh legionmen were attacking again, and immediately shouted loudly to the defenders.

"Rush forward!"

With Art's order, the Wells Legion attacked on all fronts. The baggage team, the cavalry team, including Yate's personal guards and the military law team, as long as they can still fight, they all rush towards the south gate~

"Phoenix, Antayas, the two of you are in charge of the western wall. Bass, Wall, you two are in charge of the eastern wall. Odo, Sergeant Major, you two break through the middle with me. ”

"Yes, sir."

Then several people dismounted and rushed towards the city wall~

On the other side, the soldiers of the Liberation Army who broke through the northeast gate had also appeared on the street not far from the inside of the south city gate.

"Sir, there's someone over there." A sharp-eyed soldier saw the crowd rushing across the street and immediately reported it to the officer defending the city.

"Is it one of us?" The officers defending the city stood on the city wall and stared intently, their eyes full of anticipation. After a day of hard fighting, his men had been reduced by two-fifths, and the soldiers were running out of strength and in dire need of replenishment. He began to wonder as he saw the soldiers with swords getting closer and closer.

"Sir, their uniforms don't seem to be the same as ours~" The sharp-eyed soldier rubbed his eyes and looked out of the city at the military uniforms of the soldiers below, and then turned to look at the military uniforms of the soldiers who had run to the end of the street towards the south city gate. By the faint light of the torches on the city wall, the soldiers defending the city suddenly shouted: "Sir~"

Then a flying arrow pierced him in the abdomen.

"Not good! That's the rebel people! Seeing the soldiers who had fallen to the ground on their backs, the officer defending the city shouted.

For a while, the soldiers guarding the city at the south gate suddenly became confused, panicked one by one, and their faces were full of fear and anxiety.

"Sir, what are we going to do?" A soldier asked, crying, hoping to get an answer from the officer guarding the city.

"What are you crying about!" As he spoke, he kicked the guy on the ground, only to see the soldier crouching on the ground and crying to the ground. Ignoring the pain, he looked at the rebels who had already rushed towards the city wall, and the soldier threw his sword and got up and ran to the other side.

"Run, the rebels are coming!"

As the voice of a soldier sounded, the other soldiers who were defending against the enemy glanced left and right, and their hearts began to waver.

"Resist it all for me, if anyone dares to escape, I will kill him first!"

As he spoke, the officer defending the city pointed his sword at the soldiers present. Then I only heard a whoosh, and a light arrow was nailed into the head of the officer guarding the city, and one fell under the city wall, only to see the blood slowly flowing out~

"Brothers, run." Seeing the killing of the defending officer, the soldiers standing on the city wall instantly lost their backbone. At first, they looked at the corpse under the city wall in horror, and after reacting, they threw away their armor and ran all the way to the city~

"Rush me! Don't let them run. ”

Seeing that the enemy was beginning to flee, Art, who had already climbed to the top of the wall, rushed up and cut off the head of a soldier who was still resisting, and immediately summoned the soldiers who had already rushed up to chase after the fleeing enemy.

Under the city wall, the men and horses of the Guangfu Army saw that the enemy soldiers were fleeing in all directions, and they also continued to pursue, harvesting the heads of those remnants of the defeated army. For a moment, the soldiers defending the city scattered in all directions of the city like crazy......

At this time, the Guangfu army outside the east city gate also attacked the city wall with the cooperation of Neiying. The situation began to favor the besieging side. After seeing that the Liberation Army had rushed forward, Flender expected that Bernard would definitely flee before the city was breached, and immediately ordered his men to surround it, vowing to capture Bernard alive.

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"Hurry up, keep up."

On the street leading to the west gate of the city of Thorne, six people wearing hoods in the middle, escorted by more than two dozen soldiers, quietly walked towards the water gate of the west city. The group looked panicked and looked around from time to time, for fear of being discovered.

"Lord Earl, here we are." One of the hooded men whispered.

"You go out of the city to investigate first, and after making sure that there are no ambushes outside the city, I will take the prince and the marquise out of the city. We met at the manor three miles outside the city, where we were met. ”

"Yes, Lord Count."

"Quick, open the gates!"

"Yes, sir."

The soldiers defending the city pulled up the hinges step by step through the winch, and with a muffled sound, the heavy iron gates of the western city were slowly raised.

"Paddle the boat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two boatman-like people in the weeds on the other side of the city gate gently sliding the wood pulp towards the other side.

Immediately, three hooded men and a few soldiers jumped on the boat, flowed out of the west gate along the water, and disappeared into the night~

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"Quick, bring those bastards up!"

Outside the hall of the Count's Palace of Bernard, Leonde was leading seven or eight soldiers to twist several captured officers of the city to the hall of the Count's Palace of Bernard. At this time, the person sitting on the large leather chair in the hall of the Count's Palace was no longer Bernard, but Flender, the new ruler of the country.

"Lord Marquis, these bastards were encountered by me and others on the way to the West City Gate."

Leonde said to Flender as soon as he entered the door.

"Get on your knees!"

I saw a few officers defending the city with blood on their faces and covered in mud struggling desperately and refusing to kneel. In their eyes, the so-called marquis in front of them was nothing more than a scum who usurped the power of the kingdom, and he did not have the slightest sense of honor of the nobility at all.

Seeing several people staring at Flender with dead eyes, they wanted to rush up and chop off his head. Enraged, Leonde kicked one of the captives behind the knee, and the man fell to his knees. The captives were then punched and kicked.

"Stop!"

Flender raised his hand and motioned for Leonde not to be so rough with these guys. Then he slowly got up and walked over to a few people.

"As long as you tell me where Bernard is taking Robel to, I can spare your life."

"Phew!"

The officer, who had just been kicked to the ground, opened his mouth and sprayed a mouthful of spit at Flender, without the slightest intention of begging for mercy. Leonde flew into a rage and slapped the guy's teeth to the ground.

Flender took out the silk scarf around his waist and wiped the spit off his face, then left the silk scarf on the ground. He leaned over to the captive and said, "The last person who dared to despise me like this has turned into bones!" With that, he took out the long sword on his waist and slashed that guy's left arm to the ground, bleeding nonstop~

"You're lucky."

Suddenly, the eyes of everyone present widened, and they held their breath and did not dare to make a sound. Only the guy who was rolling back and forth on the ground in pain screamed and cursed loudly. Immediately afterwards Flender cut off his head, and the blood rolled down his head in front of the other prisoners who were kneeling on the ground, and they trembled with fright, their faces turned pale, and they hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Lord Marquis, I say, I say. Lord Earl~ No, Bernard fled with Robert from the West City Water Gate when you broke through the city gate. He ordered a few of us to resist the attack of the Liberation Army, and we really don't know where they are now. The captive cried and begged for mercy as he spoke, his forehead pounding to the floor.

"Come on, immediately send five clippers to catch up with me, and send three hundred cavalry to search along the river bank at the West City Gate, and I must catch that bastard back!"

"Yes!"

When Flender heard that Bernard was fleeing west, he was so angry that he smashed the chair next to him to the ground. Once Bernard is allowed to flee into the territory of the principality, there will be endless troubles.

"Pull these bastards down for me and cut them down, hang their dogs' heads on the wall of the East City Gate, and sacrifice flags to the dead soldiers!"

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

Then, Leonde took out a few of the guys who were screaming desperately. Then there were several screams outside the hall~

"Lord Marquis, my brother-in-law's men have caught that bastard of Bernard!" The Phoenix arrived before they could hear anything.

Flender, who was angry, immediately stood up and planned to walk out the door.

As soon as he entered the door and saw Flender and many of the officers of the Liberation Army, Phoenix's expression immediately became serious.

"Tell Lord Marquis, Lord Arte's men have captured Bernard outside the West Gate, who is about to flee west."

"Good!"

Flender immediately hurried towards Phoenix.

"What about them?"

Flender asked anxiously.

"Lord Marquis, Lord Art is taking them here, and he ordered me to report to you first."

"Good. Did that little bastard Robel catch it? ”

"All of them were caught."

Flender was very excited when he heard this, but his expression did not change much.

Soon after, Art walked into the hall with Bernard and Robert.

"Lord Marquis."

Art entered the door and half-knelt to greet Flender.

"Cousin Art, don't be polite." Flender stepped forward quickly and helped Art to his feet.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

"Where's that Bernard bastard?"

Flender was desperate to see Bernard as he was escorted to him by his own men.

"Bring them up!"

"Let's go!"

Immediately afterward, Bernard and Robert were escorted into the hall of the lord by the soldiers of the Wells Legion. I saw that Bernard was covered in dirt, and the black cloak on his body was stained with mud, and there was a dripping sewage with a sewer smell~

The Hall of the Lords of the Earls' Court, a place once very familiar to Bernard. Perhaps even he himself did not expect that one day he would be escorted into his earl's mansion by the enemy.

"Get on your knees!"

"Stop!"

Flender slowly walked towards Bernard and the others, circled around a few people, and then set his eyes on Bernard.

"Bernard, I didn't expect that. I told you long ago that sooner or later I would stand in the halls of your Earl's Court to accept your surrender. What else do you have to say now. ”

Bernard glanced up at Flender, his eyes darkened. Then he turned to look at Robert and the former marquise.

"Flender, you won. As long as you spare us, I am willing to surrender to you. With that, Bernard bowed his noble head.

"Good. Since you have come to me, I can guarantee your lives. Take them down to me and imprison them, and then return to Besançon with the army. ”

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

"Art, which of your men caught Bernard this time? I'm going to reward him well. ”

"Back to Lord Marquis, this person is a squad leader under me, and he used to be a prisoner soldier......"