Chapter 210: The Fate of the World (18)
Isabel unveiled herself in a four-wheeled carriage.
Her appearance is unusually beautiful...... There was still a little bit of excitement on his face.
She said to her handmaiden, "He is the man who surprised me for the first time...... I really didn't expect that there were such people in the world. ”
Her maid said, "I thought he was only avenging his woman, but now I understand that he is for all the Scots!"
His words sounded weird, but they made me feel hot! ”
"That's why those peasants are dead set on him, and they are together in pursuit of things that sound strange, but are extraordinarily precious......"
The maid suddenly laughed and said, "He looks at you like a normal man looks at a woman!" ”
Yes...... Isabel covered her face slightly.
Upon her return to London, Isabel guiltily reported to Edward Longleg about the process and outcome of the negotiations, and apologized for the failure.
She said: "I'm sorry that because of my incompetence, the peace talks have been delayed for more than ten days......
Edward the Long Legs laughed and said, "Don't be sorry at all, my Isabel! Thank you for delaying for more than ten days...... In two days' time, the French army would land on the southeast coast of the Scottish region; And the Irish army would land on the southwest coast...... And our army is ready to be assembled!
Hehe, Yorktown is important, but we won't take it back, just exterminate their nest and make them rootless duckweed! ”
Isabel's face changed color, and she choked up and said, "Is it ...... You asked me to negotiate, did you deceive them? ”
Edward the long-legged waved his hand absently and said, "They don't deserve to reason with them!" All they can understand is the shouting; All they need to do is be born to obey us! ”
Isabel's heart was broken, and she staggered back to her room.
Her handmaidens took care of her.
"I finally understood why he said 'take your freedom back...... But I became an accomplice......"
Her handmaiden said, "War has nothing to do with us women...... You don't blame yourself. ”
Isabel shook her head and said, "If I don't do this, I can't forgive myself for the rest of my life......"
Early the next morning, she and her maid smuggled to York City in a four-wheeled carriage.
Meanwhile, William Wallace was leading the Peasant Resistance fighters in the construction of the fortifications of Yorktown...... He thought that Edward Long-legged would never give up this important town, and would definitely have the strength to attack the city, so he wanted to hold this place to the death, attract all the main forces of the English army here, and let them lose a lot of blood under York!
This is like the Liuqiu army in the Shandong region...... Let the Tatar robbers bleed!
Only in this way can the Scottish nobles at both ends of the rat see hope and make up their minds to fight for the freedom of Scotland.
But when he got into the carriage and heard what Isabel had told him personally, his face turned pale......
He was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "I forgot one thing, we don't have a navy...... Edward the Long Legs could bypass the city of York from the sea and attack our rear at will......"
Isabel said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to deceive you. ”
William Wallace's blue eyes looked directly at the beautiful Isabel and said, "Why are you helping us?" ”
"Because...... Because I like the way you look at me! ”
“……”
"That's what a normal man looks like when he looks at a woman!"
“…… None of the men you've met before are normal men? ”
"Yes!"
Isabel didn't know where the courage came from, and she said loudly with tears in her eyes: "I only understood what a real man is after I met you...... You truly love your woman dearly, and you can be the enemy of all England for her; You still love all the Scots, and you want to get back their freedom!
You fight for your freedom with dignity and do not play tricks...... But you know what? I'm not free either!
I have no freedom to love and can only be forced to marry a man who likes men; I don't have the freedom to choose, I can only be used to deceive others......"
Isabel kept crying, she covered her mouth and trembled and stretched out a hand to William Wallace!
Help me and give me the freedom to love for once...... This is a silent cry!
William Wallace's large hands reached out.
At this moment, outside the four-wheeled carriage, the maid quietly walked away.
In the grass, little Walker and Olibby Poplan winked at each other, their faces full of "you know."
The two of them also quietly bent over and left, at this time, there was no need for the two of them to be in a daze at a four-wheeled carriage that kept shaking!
I don't know when the sky began to rain lightly on the islands of England...... This light rain lingered endlessly...... The raindrops kept dripping down from the leaves, drop after drop.
The exclusive room of the old blues of Bruceburg.
Duke Robert the Bruce did not seem to believe it was true, and he shouted:
"What?! My father, you are going to make me surrender to Longleg Edward at this time?! ”
Old Bruce said calmly: "Yes, now that Edward the Long Legs has made the highest offer, in England and Scotland, you will have the status of one man below and above ten thousand...... It would be a glorious honor for the entire Bruce family. ”
"Their Yorktown is gone! If only William Wallace had enough troops...... He can take London! ”
Old Bruce still said calmly, "Yes, he is valiant and good at fighting, and can take the city without killing a single man...... He would have become an idol of the Scots...... What about you? What are you? His assistant? His soldiers? ”
“…… Can't I be friends with him? ”
"No, you can't. No one cares about your efforts, no one cares about your status...... As long as they have real heroes, everything will be his.
He will eat everything and become the king of the Scots, while you and the entire Bruce family will become wild fruit in the autumn wind, which will either be eaten by others or fall to the ground and slowly rot......"
"If the Scots later knew that we were working with the English...... What will they think? ”
Old Bruce couldn't help but laugh and said, "They only respect the winners...... And they will forget the real history, and even listen to and falsify history...... As long as we are victorious, we can make up whatever we want, and it won't be long before a few decades from now, everyone will probably believe that we are the heroes of the resistance against the English, and that William Wallace is a rebel who colluded with the English......"
Duke Robert the Bruce cried out, "My father, I don't believe it's true! ”
"Alas! My son, I've lived too long, I've seen so much ugliness...... You should never overestimate human wisdom...... Everything doesn't matter, as long as we win......"
Duke Robert the Bruce closed his eyes in agony.
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