Section 76 The bandits of Betty in Hwaseong are coming
When Dimis and others visited Carter, Assel was still wandering around the territory of Reesburg, and after some efforts, he finally found Simon, another excellent young man in Reesburg.
Simon is eighteen years old, born into a noble family in Reesburg, and has worked as a civil officer for a year under the Duke of Illit in Reesburg. As early as the time of Luo Khan's war, Asaido had heard of Simon's name, but unfortunately, with the death of Duke Elite, Simon lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests and did not ask about the world.
Asel sincerely invited Simon to join Carter's command, and said a lot of good things, but Simon was tired of the corruption of the nobles of the kingdom and completely lost confidence in the kingdom, so he refused to listen to Arcel's persuasion.
Seeing that Simon was more stubborn, Arcel knew that it would be in vain to say more, and in the end he had to leave and return to Dragon City.
As soon as Asel had left on his front foot, the barbarians who had come to pursue him began to search the mountain, so that Simon could only leave the house with some simple items. Thinking that the territory of Reesburg was full of barbarians, he considered leaving this familiar territory completely and heading all the way to the southeast side of the territory of Benhua City.
Simon planned to go to Hwaseong territory and find a remote mountain forest to continue to live in seclusion, so he came to Hwaseong first, planning to buy some daily necessities before going down to the mountain village. Who knew that he had just prepared to take all his belongings out of the city, when suddenly countless horses' hooves and shouts came from the south of the city, and a huge army of thieves swept overwhelmed. Simon was so frightened that he ran back into the city with the people who had fled the desert.
The chief guard of the city hurriedly ordered all the gates to be closed, and immediately ordered all the archers to come to the head of the city to line up, ready for battle at any time.
Soon the bandits gathered from all directions, and they lined up in the open space in the south of the city, and the bandit army was overwhelming a large area, apparently intending to seize Hwaseong and kill and loot the city.
Mozart and his eldest son Charles were paying taxes in the Dragon City at this time, and the affairs of the Dragon City were temporarily presided over by Mozart's second son, Salas. After the crisis in Dragon City, the chief of the guard hurriedly sent someone to the Duke's Palace to inform Salas, who was lying in the women's pile at this time.
When he heard that the bandits were coming to attack the city with a large army, Salas's first reaction was to be angry, and he immediately got out of bed and led the guards of the Duke's Palace to the city wall.
However, when he saw that the bandits in front of the city wall were crowded on the plain south of the city, he immediately turned pale and almost wanted to flee in fright.
A leader came out of the army of bandits, who rode close to the city wall and shouted at Salas, "You Huacheng would rather go to Dragon City and deliver a thousand carts of food than give our brothers some food." In this chaotic day, which family is not hungry and panicked, anyway, we also live together in the territory of Hwaseong, how can you see death and not save it! ”
Salas panicked, "You, you damned bandits. I have the ability, and I will talk about it when my father comes back. ”
As soon as he heard the tone of his voice, he knew that Salas had already been frightened. The bandits laughed together, and the whole south of the city was in an uproar, and many bandits began to curse Salas at the head of the city, and their words were either sarcastic or mocking.
The leader also pointed at Salas and scolded: "You rabbit cub, you are so tall for nothing, is it possible that you can't even speak without your father?" I don't think you can be the master, so let's change people, don't be embarrassed with Lao Tzu here. ”
Insulted, Nasalas became angry, and he pointed at the bandits under the city and shouted, "If you don't want to die, get out of here, or none of you will want to leave alive." ”
After hearing this, the leader immediately put away his smile and said viciously: "You are so angry, if you don't hand over the grain today, we will directly take your Huacheng, and from now on we will be the masters of the Huacheng territory, and let the brothers of the many bandits elect a leader, and also come to sit on the throne of the Duke of Huacheng." ”
Salas yelled, "Fart, what kind of dog are you, those who dare to invade my Hwaseong are dead." ”
The leader replied angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, call someone who can call the shots to come out and speak, otherwise I'm not welcome." ”
As soon as he heard that the leader was about to move for real, Salas was so frightened that he didn't know what to do, and he couldn't answer for a while.
The chief of the guard asked in a panic, "Lord Salas, we only have five hundred knights in the entire Hwaseong, and the rest are some archers. All the bandits in this mountain are gathered here, and the number of them is not less than a thousand, and if there is a real fight, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to hold it. ”
After hearing this, Salas said angrily: "These damn bandits, my father went to Dragon City and was not here, what if something goes wrong in Huacheng?" ”
Seeing that Charles was so panicked, the chief of the guard boldly suggested: "Without further ado, or else, let's invite Miss Betty to come and preside over the overall situation." ”
"What did you say?" After hearing this, Salas was furious and rebuked sharply: "My sister is only 11 years old, and you let her talk to this group of rough bandits? It's going to be a battle at any time, are you crazy? ”。
The chief of the guard was determined, and he plucked up his courage and said, "Lord Salas, if Hwaseong is to fall, everyone in the city will be miserable, and then Lord Betty will also be doomed. Now that the big picture is in focus, you don't have to hesitate to save face. ”
"You!" Salas was speechless angrily, and the chief of the guard usually nodded to himself, and the sycophants were in place. But when it really came to danger, it turned out that in their hearts, they were not as good as their 11-year-old sister.
Thinking of this, Salas glared angrily, he turned his head to look at the dense army of bandits in front of the city wall, Salas had to sigh often, and then turned and walked away quickly.
Seeing Salas disappear into the city, the bandits became more and more arrogant, and there was a burst of laughter in front of the city wall, which made the guards at the head of the city very depressed.
Half an hour had passed, the clouds had cleared overhead, the sky was clear, the sun was shining directly on the earth, and the hot bandits were hungry and thirsty. The leader yelled impatiently at the guards on the city wall: "You bunnies, you rabbits, dare to leave us alone, it seems that you can't do it if you don't move the real thing." ”
At this time, a young girl's voice came from the city: "Presumptuous! ”
The bandits were stunned when they heard this, and they turned their eyes to the city.
At the head of the city appeared a beautiful and stunningly beautiful aristocratic girl, with her black eyes and angry eyes, her delicate face and curved eyebrows, which looked as beautiful as a fairy descending from the earth, which instantly caused the bandits to exclaim.
The leader was only in his twenties, and he was instantly attracted by the beautiful appearance of the noble girl, whom he had never seen before. The leader smiled and asked a little temptingly, "Little sister, why do you look so good." Tell you which girl it is, how about I take you to live a happy life in the mountains? I promise you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, you have what you want. ”
After hearing this, the chief of the guard was furious, and he pointed at the leader and shouted angrily: "Presumptuous, dare to be disrespectful to us Lord Betty, are you looking for death?" ”
The leader heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "What?" This is Lord Betty of your Duke's Palace? No wonder he was born so good-looking, it really deserves its name and amazes the world! ”
After saying that, the leader turned to look around at the bandits, then bowed to Betty and said, "We have no other intention of coming here, just to ask for some rations." Since Hwaseong can send more than a thousand truckloads of food to Longcheng, why don't you take care of us brothers who are in distress in Hwaseong. Anyway, we have lived in the Hwaseong territory for many years, and we haven't done anything excessive to the territory on weekdays, if we weren't so hungry and helpless, we wouldn't have gathered here to make trouble. ”
The leader's words were tactful enough, but Betty didn't sell it, she said angrily: "I didn't care about what happened to you before, I only know that what I saw was a group of villains who ignored the royal law, and they also intended to attack our Huacheng." You guys are just too presumptuous, do you really think that I am easy to bully in Hwaseong? If you want to die, just come, I'm ready to wait. ”
Betty was young, but the guards were in high spirits when she said this. They were full of confidence, pulled out the long swords at their waists together, and neatly pointed at the bandit army under the city, their momentum was majestic and angry.
At this time, some commotion began to arise among the bandits, and several small leaders began to be timid, and they rode their horses to persuade the big leaders to withdraw immediately.
However, the big boss was not too afraid, he repelled the timid little leaders behind him, and continued to say coldly to Betty on the city wall: "Okay, you little girl who doesn't know whether to live or die, today I will let you taste the power of our mountain bandit grandfathers." ”
After saying that, the leader raised his right hand and gave the order, directing the bandits to start attacking the city.
Little Betty looked very calm, she stood on the head of the city and said flutteringly: "Come on, you people who don't know whether to live or die, today I will let you know how powerful I am in Huacheng." ”
After saying that, Betty suddenly raised her hand, and one catapult after another was pushed out behind her, shooting countless stones at the army of bandits in the south of the city in an instant.
The casualties were born in an instant, and screams came from the city walls, and together with the big boss, he was hit in the head and fell to the ground and died on the spot.
This moment of sudden change shocked the bandits into a mess, they didn't expect Hwaseong's equipment to be so powerful, and they began to quickly retreat to a safe distance after losing the big boss.
Seeing the bandits' rapid retreat, Salas on the side began to be proud, and he sneered: "How powerful I think they are, just this ability and threaten to attack our Huacheng, I really don't know whether to live or die." ”
Betty was calm, standing quietly on the wall, looking out at the bandits from afar. Soon she said calmly: "These bandits are not leaving, they are only temporarily avoiding the attack distance of our catapult. If my guess is correct, I guess they are waiting for someone, and they should not give up yet, and they may kill again. ”
"What?" Salas, who had just lowered his vigilance, was shocked into a cold sweat, and after hearing Betty say this, he also began to look at this group of bandits from afar.
Betty looked at her brother and coldly reproached: "What do you see, why don't you hurry back to the Duke's Palace to prepare, and bring all those arrows and fuel to find people." ”
Salas was shocked when he heard this, and when he saw that his sister was full of anger, he was embarrassed to refute, and hurriedly turned around and led a few guards down the city wall.
As Betty had expected, a few hours later, more bandits gathered in the south of the city. It seems that the bandits in front are just their front stands, and the bandits who have gathered at this time are their main members.
Betty was always on guard at the head of the city, and she frowned at the army of bandits in front of her, and her inner emotions became very complicated.