Section 136 Surrender Ceremony (2nd Watch)
The gates of the castle were opened, and the Bohemians cleared the stones and wood that had been blockaded there, and the Duke of Bohemia rode on his horse with a pale face, and he was accompanied by the Count of Otta and several Bohemian nobles, all of whom were sluggish and even more precarious on horseback, and when the Duke of Bohemia announced the order to surrender, these pretentious and fearless Bohemian nobles no longer offered any meaning, more terrible than the torment of starvation in battle.
"Squeak~~~." The Duke of Bohemia, dressed in his scale armor and holding a scepter representing power in his right hand, tried his best to straighten his body to maintain the dignity of a great nobleman, but he still could not erase the sadness of a loser.
"Gray Law ~~~." Outside the castle of Lauzitz, the nobles of the Principality of Mason led their army and waited for the Bohemians, and when the Duke of Bohemia bent down and rode out on his horse, he saw the army of the Masons hundreds of bright flags fluttering in the wind, led by several great nobles of the Duchy of Mason, waiting patiently for him.
"Ugh." The Duke of Bohemia raised his head and looked at the gloomy sky, and sighed deeply, only then did he feel humiliation and helplessness, Count Ota jumped off his horse and stretched out his hand to help him off his horse, and at a distance of a hundred meters from Mason he had to dismount as a defeated man, and the nobles behind the Duke of Bohemia also got off their horses, and they followed the Duke on foot.
"Ruler of the Bohèmes, duke of the Czech tribe ~~~~." Count Ota stood beside the Duke of Bohemia. Loudly wanted to announce to these Mason nobles the Duke of Bohemia in front of him, those illustrious titles, but Arrold, who was riding on a horse, raised his hand and interrupted Count Otto's words, which was a bit unceremonious Even the Count of Weimar, the Count of Thuringia and the Count of Praun of the Duchy of Mason were a little surprised, after all, in this era, even the defeated nobles have the right to declare their titles, after all, the more noble the title of the loser, the taller the victor, but Arold only thinks about ending the war here, so as to return to Mason to stop the conspiracy of Count Lauzitz, but in the eyes of the other Mason nobles, they thought that Arold did not care about the identity of the other party at all.
"We know who you are. Now surrender to us. Let's put an end to this sad one. Arold looked at the lost Duke of Bohemia and said loudly to him.
"Ugh." The Duke of Bohemia glanced at the young man of the Duchy of Mason, and he gently pushed away Count Otta, who was supporting him, and straightened his cloak and armor. Untie the short sword from your waist. Striding towards Arrod alone. When he was five paces from Arold's mount, the Duke of Bohemia knelt down on one knee and pressed his left hand to his chest. Hold the scepter of his right hand aloft.
"Lord Duke, this is truly a sad time, and a noble nobleman like you has come to such a point, which neither of us wants to see." Arold took the Duke of Bohemia's scepter from the Knight of the Inner Palace, which seemed to Arold to be nothing more than a wooden stick inlaid with many precious stones, but he had to accept it, which was a sign of the Duchy of Mason's victory and a trophy.
"I hope Miya-sama can treat my soldiers well, they are innocent." The Duke of Bohemia looked up and begged Arrod that the personal rights of the surrendered soldiers belonged entirely to Arrod, even if Arold made them all slaves.
"Yes, your soldiers can return to their homeland safely after leaving their weapons." Arold spoke very generously to the Duke of Bohemia, but the Count of Weimar frowned, and he stepped forward.
"Lord Gongxiang, we should keep these soldiers, whether they are slaves or sold, it is a fortune." The Count of Weimar whispered to Arryd.
"No, let these soldiers go home, but the nobles of Bohemia must follow us back to Mason." Arold did not have time to deal with these captured Bohemian soldiers, and if he forcibly left these more than 600 dissatisfied Bohemian soldiers, he was afraid that there would be a disaster, and his own consideration was to release them.
The reason why Arold had to capture the Bohemian nobles was to put an end to the war between the Duchy of Mason and the Duchy of Bohemia, these captured Bohemian nobles were witnesses to the victory of the Duchy of Mason, Arold would never allow the occurrence of ** unknown wars, there were often intermittent private wars between nobles in Europa, which was caused by the fact that there was no victor, and the war would destroy the farmland and cut off the trade routes.
"The Duke of Bohemia, please follow the Germanic custom and pass through the cross door." The so-called cross gate is a low gate formed by two spears stuck in the ground, the defeated have to bend down through this low gate, showing absolute submission to the victor, the defeated Bohemian nobles under the leadership of the Duke of Bohemia bend down to pass through this humiliating low gate in turn, when the last nobleman passed through the low gate, the army of the Principality of Mason nobles let out an excited cheer, the sound almost overturned the whole land.
"In the castle we each left a hundred men to guard the castle, and the others escorted the captives back to Mason Castle." Arold looked at the Bohemian soldiers who had dropped their weapons with satisfaction, and the Bohemian nobles who were hanging their heads, and he turned to the three Mason vassals.
"And how is the spoils divided?" The Count of Thuringia asked.
"Divide it evenly, is that okay?" Arold thought about it and proposed a building, in the castle not only the Bohemians looted and exploited the property of Lauzitz, but also the family property of the Count of Lauzitz, which was originally in the castle, which was as much as tens of thousands of silver dollars, and Arold actually agreed to divide it equally, which was indeed unexpected by the three counts, after all, in the most difficult time, it was the German mercenary group that faced the crazy attack of the Bohemians alone.
"No, it's not fair, you take a third of the loot first, and we'll divide the rest equally, so it's traditional." The Count of Thuringia shook his head, and the Count said very fairly.
After the spoils were distributed, Arold looked up and saw a thin spot in the dark clouds overhead, and the sun shone through that thin cloud on the earth, and suddenly it became so bright. (To be continued......)