Section 49 The king's rescue
Ever since Haba was separated from the refugees, he had returned to the Tophasan occupation and mingled with the convoys carrying food for the Empire!
As slaves, the Imperial knights rarely paid attention to them, as these slaves were now the logistics of the Great Army, and they came in and out normally. While Warkas was leading the Knights in a formation on the plains outside the royal capital, Haba did not return to the empire, but entered the royal capital with a group of slaves who were driven by chariots and horses.
The battle outside the royal capital was imminent, and the defenses inside the city were very weak, and soon Haba infiltrated the First Duke's Palace.
It was a habit among the Knight that almost every ducal palace had a dungeon underneath the Duke's Palace, which was dedicated to the most heinous crimes. The entire royal capital has long been in ruins, except for the Imperial Palace and the First Duke's Palace, which have become the strongholds of the Empire's Crusade Army. Because the royal capital has long been slaughtered, all other unnecessary buildings have been burned, and there is not a single Nate left in the city, even if there are missing Nate people, there is nowhere to hide in this ruin. Therefore, the city of the royal capital is now full of Tubisi people, and there is no need to worry about the Knights coming back to make trouble, so the city will naturally become much safer.
This haba did an incredible thing after coming to the First Duke's Palace, he went to the kitchen of the Duke's Palace to steal a roast chicken, took a large jug of wine, went to the storage warehouse to find a packet of medicine, and then went directly to the Dungeon of the Duke's Palace.
Huba offered the chicken and wine to the guards who were guarding the dungeon, and the guards were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths shut. When the guards drank the wine, everyone fell asleep and fell asleep on the table.
Apparently premeditated, Haba removed the key from the sleeping guard, opened the heavy iron door, and went into the underground dungeon.
The dungeon of the First Duke's Palace was very spacious, and there were only two people in the dungeon of Nuoda, one was a thin young nobleman, and the other was a young knight with strong body. When they reached the cell door, Haba made a gesture to the two of them, signaling them to be silent.
Haba's audacity was astonishing, and he did so in order to rescue two Kates from the dungeon, and it seems that he cares more about them than a Tupis slave would normally think. The two nobles didn't know the details of each other, but they saw that he was here to save them, so they followed his arrangement very much, and wished to leave this place where no one stayed early.
After unchaining the two Knight prisoners, Haba led them out of the dungeon and into the warehouse of the First Duke's Palace.
The warehouse was full of potatoes, and several slaves were busy loading potatoes into sacks and loading them onto the car. Seeing Haba arrive with two prisoners, the slaves were overwhelmed and looked at Haba blankly, not knowing what he was trying to do.
Haba said to the slaves, "We are all slaves, and we know that your life is not easy, and as long as you continue to work and do things, I promise that I will not hurt you." But whoever dares to resist or run to report the news, then don't blame me for being unkind. ”
The slaves were so frightened that they let Haba and the prisoner knight tie them with ropes, stuff them with coarse cloth in their mouths, and throw them together in the innermost part of the storehouse.
After getting the slaves out, at Haba's instructions, the two Knets got into the thick sacks, stuffed some potatoes on top of their heads and the rest of their bodies, and carried them onto the bullock cart parked outside the door.
In order to prevent the sack from overwhelming them, Haba found a wooden plank to prop it in the middle, and then continued to stack the sack full of potatoes on the plank. When the cart was filled with sacks, Haba drove the ox cart out of the ducal palace with a creaking chakra.
The guard at the door didn't stop him, but asked casually, "Hey, black boy, where is this going?" ”
Cook replied quietly, "Reesburg." ”
The guard glanced at the imprint on Haba's right arm and let him go without hesitation. Haba is Pete's slave, and Pete is a member of the Alexandrian family, the largest clan in the empire, and his slave naturally bears the Mark of the Alexandrian family. The representative of the Alexander family is the Imperial Duke Byron, he is somewhat similar to Connor of the Knight Kingdom, and he is also the pillar of the empire, no one will question the people of the Alexander family, and no one dares to offend them.
With this special sign of status, even Haba, a slave, was treated with special treatment, and when he drove his ox-cart past numerous Tuppis patrols, the soldiers did not interrogate or examine the imprint when they saw it.
In this way, Haba swaggered to the gate of the royal capital with an ox cart loaded with potatoes.
At this time, a chief guard guarding the city gate stopped the ox cart and asked Haba, "Where are you going?" ”
Haba replied quietly, "Reesburg! ”
The chief guard, however, seemed more conscientious, and he stepped briskly into the bullock cart and reached out to open one of the sacks on it. After seeing these oversized potatoes, the chief guard opened his mouth and scolded: "TM, we don't have enough to eat ourselves, why should such good potatoes be given to them in Risburg." ”
Haba shook his head and replied, "I don't know, this is what Master Pete told me to do." ”
Pete was in charge of the supply and transportation of the Crusadest army, and when he heard the slave say Pete's name, the captain of the guard stood on the cart and glanced at the brand on Haba's upper arm, so he had to reach out and tie the mouth of the sack again.
Then the chief guard jumped out of the ox cart and ordered the guards, "Get out of the way, get out of the way." ”
Under the disgust of the chief of the guard, Haba drove the old ox and pulled the ox cart slowly past the city gate and drove into the great plain to the south.
It was still under the control of the Tubis, and the Black Knights could encounter a patrol of Black Knights at any moment, so instead of letting them out, Haba drove the ox cart all the way south.
Unfortunately, however, in the afternoon of the next day, they encountered Anthony's army, which had returned to the royal capital.
One of the leading knights stepped forward, raised his whip and pointed at Haba, saying, "Where is this food delivered, and what is it contained?" ”
Haba replied, "The ones sent to Riesburg are full of potatoes." ”
"Potatoes?" , The knight was stunned for a moment, he thought it was something good like beef, but it turned out to be just some dry potatoes. Then the chief knight said impatiently: "No matter, the potatoes will be left for me, we are all dying of hunger." ”
"No way!" Haba was unexpectedly strong, and he refused, saying, "Master Pete has ordered me to deliver this cart of potatoes to the Knight Chief in Riesburg, and if you take this cart of food, I will be beaten again when I return." ”
Anthony's knight looked at the scars on his body and said, "Yo, look at you, it seems that you eat whips a lot, so it doesn't matter if you eat it once." ”
"Shut up!" At this time, Anthony rode his horse and came over, rebuked the knight chief and said: "It is not easy for a slave, and it is also loyal to the empire, don't be difficult for him." ”
The chief knight bowed sideways and said, "Yes, captain." ”
When Haba heard this, he got up and opened a sack, grabbed several large potatoes, and then got out of the carriage and came to the chief knight and said, "The captain has worked hard all the way, and it is okay to take a few to comfort the captain." ”
The chief knight smiled and crooked his mouth, he happily took the potato, and said with a smile: "Yo, this slave is very sensible, very good, very good." ”
Anthony rode up to the chief knight, reached out and picked up a potato, shook it, and said, "Well, it's quite big, so thank you little brother!" ”
After saying that, Anthony sat on his horse and turned around, and waved his hand at the knight army behind him, and the black knights immediately flashed aside, making way for the ox cart.
Haba saluted and thanked him, and then drove the ox cart on. In dealing with these things, he seemed very calm, and was not at all intimidated by a regimental commander. Huba was just a fighting slave who was born for the arena and never did anything like that, but he saw a lot of this kind of thing, and he was just as good at it.
In the Empire of Tubis, slaves had no status at all, like a group of obedient and working animals raised by nobles, and no one would question them.
The frightened Haba continued to drive the ox cart south, but his luck was really bad, and a few hours later he encountered a group of Knight bandits on the south side.
The war had made life very miserable for the remaining Knight people, and the food in the village had long been scraped by the barbarians, and the bandits had no choice but to change their targets to the Tubisi supplies. Seeing a Tubis slave driven by a bicycle, they ran frantically around them as if they had found a treasure.
Unfortunately, they were also a group of ignorant people who lacked intelligence, and never thought about why a slave would drive a car.
Haba was born a fighting slave, and even if he didn't have a weapon in his hand, he was a danger to these stupid bandits. Haba was very calm, he stopped the ox cart, stepped out of the carriage directly, and said to the dozen or so Knights bandits: "I'm not in the mood to kill you today, if you don't want to die, get out of here." ”
"Yo ho!" , led by a bandit said: "Boy, you are crazy enough, look for death." ”
After saying that, the man held a long sword and stabbed directly at Haba.
Haba turned sideways slightly, easily dodged the sword, and continued to persuade: "I'll give you another chance, this is also the last chance, if you don't want to die, let me go." ”
Knight, who knew how to wield a sword, could see that this Tubis slave was very skilled, and then they thought about why he dared to drive here alone. Bandits know how to judge the situation best, they will never be boring with hard nails, this is their way of survival.
Seeing the bandits retreat to the side, Haba saw the unwillingness in their eyes, and was afraid that they would remember his way to entangle with him later.
Then Haba returned to the car, threw two bags of potatoes on the ground, and said to them, "Everyone is poor, and it is not easy for you to go hungry, so there is only so much I can give you." But I warn you, I am not afraid of you, but I have mercy on you, and if you dare to plot against me again, I will let none of you think of leaving alive. ”
The thieves accepted it when they saw it, nodded their heads and thanked them, and then carried the two bags of potatoes together and walked away happily.