Chapter 206: Lost Traces (Battle of the Contract)
According to Zheng Ming's plan, after helping to capture the city, he rushed to the location marked by Zheng Ming non-stop, and Locke, who had been in ambush for more than ten days, finally waited for the withdrawal of the Ronan Lane Alliance.
When the coalition army crossed nearly halfway, this strong man like a white bear led his white bear army to kill.
There were no conventions before the war, and there was no observance of the so-called knightly duels. A group of people took advantage of the geographical advantage and interrupted the team with boulders, and then went straight to the end of the team.
The hasty evacuation and the haste to go regardless of the whole situation made the troops at the bottom of the ranks generally of low quality, weak in combat effectiveness, and even less powerful enough generals to command.
At the end of the detachment from the large army, where is the opponent of Locke and his White Bear King. There was hardly much resistance, and the coalition forces that had broken through the formation gave up the battle and surrendered.
And the commander of the coalition army, who was in a hurry, finally learned the news that the tail of the team was ambushed after walking out of the narrow mountain road.
Realizing that even if they returned at this time, the battle that awaited them was likely to be over, King Bach rejected Luo Nan's proposal to turn back to the rescue and issued an order to "ignore it and continue on the road".
Unlike Vellius, the lord of the golden dragon Mongard, who lost his husband and king, Bach also lost his brother as a dragon knight, but he still has a kingdom of his own. He's not going to go crazy like that hysterical crazy woman.
On the other side, Locke, who won the victory easily, looked at the departing coalition forces from a distance and sighed in his heart.
"Naruto-sama, it's really a fucking god."
After expressing his amazement with foul words in his heart, he turned around and methodically launched the order.
Under his orders, the infantry, who had no means of attacking, and a small number of cavalry, remained to clear out the surrendering troops that they had killed. As for himself, he wanted to lead a group of elite men as soon as possible and go straight to the next location.
"There are three left."
White Bear Locke muttered under his voice as he waited for his men to assemble.
They were to reach the next ambush before the large coalition force passed through two ambush points led by the rest of the generals, and led the ordinary soldiers who had already arrived there, waiting quietly for the enemy to fall into the trap again. And bite them hard.
In the days that followed, the retreating Ronan Lane coalition encountered frequent Celtic ambushes on their way back. Although they had reversed course several times, the Celts were haunted by ghosts and seemed to be everywhere.
Under the blunt knife attack of the Celtic ambushes, the Coalition forces with heavy losses became suspicious, so much so that when they saw a densely wooded or slightly narrow terrain, they couldn't help but wonder if an ambush would suddenly come out and attack.
In this almost torturous sneak attack and tail-of-the-line pursuit, the Ronan Lane coalition army, which lost a large number of soldiers and even the elite was wounded one after another, finally rushed to the border city that they had occupied before.
However, they were greeted not by their lovely compatriots, with delicious broth and hot bathwater, but by arrows, slings, and spell bombardments.
It was also at the moment when the banner on the city was suddenly changed to the style of the Dragon and Lion Legion, that Bach and other commanders of the coalition army really understood the situation of themselves and others.
Obviously, Zheng Ming and the others did not have the slightest intention of letting them go. They did not chase them out of the boulder fort and let them go, because they were sure that they and the others would not escape.
After realizing all this, even Bach, as the king of Ryan, was a little disheartened for a while.
"It's over. We're done. ”
He was not the only one who felt that he had been defeated, and the noble generals of Ronan and the Ryan Kingdom who were present all showed a look of despair, and the mental tension caused by the repeated attacks during this period of time turned into a sense of exhaustion and powerlessness in their hearts. As they looked at each other, a wave of despair brewed.
"We shouldn't have rushed over the Chia Mountains to attack. Look at us, we're stuck here and there's nothing we can do. ”
"Chia Mountains...... Right! We can escape by crossing the Chia Mountains again! ”
"Are you crazy? Mel? Use your brains! We could have crossed the Chia Mountains, but what about them? You're going to leave almost all of your forces behind? Even if we flee back to our territory, what do we rely on to maintain our status and rights? ”
He's right. The enemy is not a fool either, and when the time comes, how can we resist when the Celts, who have incorporated the surrendered soldiers, attack the territory? By untrained civilians? ”
"Ah~~~ Damn. I was against uniting with the Adlerians. If you follow my advice, how can you end up in such a dilemma? ”
"Enough!"
Seeing that a group of people had already quarreled about the pot, Velius snorted with a gloomy face.
Perhaps she was a weak woman with almost no combat power, and she would not attract the attention of the generals, but the roar of the golden dragon Menggade behind her made everyone present quiet.
"I think the Celts have significantly more troops on this side than they did at the previous Boulder Fort. For now, we have no choice but to kill back. As long as we break through the Boulder Fort, we will be able to find a populated place to resupply. As long as we break through this network that cannot be replenished, we can calmly fight around and wait for the support of the rest of the lords on the other side of the kingdom. ”
Hearing Vellius's proposal, although everyone present did not show it on their faces, they secretly slandered in their hearts.
Waiting for the rest of the kingdom's lords to help? How can it be? Not to mention whether they will raise troops to support them, it is not even certain whether they will be able to break through the Celtic defenses. And how could they not hear the meaning of each other's words, this crazy woman was obviously going crazy.
Her proposal was more like revenge after knowing that victory was fruitless. And it is also a stupid way to block the back road of surrender.
If they really follow her proposal, they will sweep and loot and wreak havoc in the territory of the Celtic kingdom. Then what awaits them must be the Celtic side, which is endlessly angry to hunt and kill. Even the rules for the surrender of the nobles and the payment of ransoms will be useless.
"Actually, we can surrender. It's just a big deal to pay a large ransom. ”
The eyes of everyone present flashed slightly after hearing the surrender proposal, but no one objected, and remained eerily silent.
Velius sneered as he looked at the silent crowd.
"Heh, you think the Celts will let you go home? So that you can recover and fight against them again? ”
"Then we'll take an oath of surrender. Anyway, I just think of them as the kingdom. The territory and the people are still ours. ”
"That's right. Speaking of which, we fought against each other, wasn't it because of the contract battle between you dragon knights? If King Arthur had won the final victory, he wouldn't have been wiped out, right? ”
Seeing that everyone had pushed themselves to the opposite side in a few words, Villius looked at Bach, who had been silent.
"King Bach, you want to give up the supreme throne to others? Acknowledging that there is something more noble than yourself? Serve someone else as a king? That dragon knight brother of yours died in vain? You don't want to avenge him? ”
"Don't listen to that mad woman's nonsense, king. You will always be our leader. We are only nominally subservient to Arthur. There's no way he's got to control us? You are also the de facto king of our country. We just need to give them some money every year, and we just want to make offerings. Just ...... Think of it as disaster relief. ”
"Yes, in fact, there is no essential difference between us principalities joining your kingdom of Lane. Except for the need to respond to your call in times of war, you don't have the energy to care about us, do you? ”
Seeing several people anxiously persuading themselves, Bach interrupted them with an ugly face and raised his hand. Then he looked at Vellius.
"I'm sorry. Unlike after losing your husband and King Cesar, you have nothing to worry about. I still have my kingdom, and now my kingdom is in dire straits. I want to rush back as soon as possible to expel the Adler Kingdom army that has invaded my country. ”
This sentence of King Bach almost confirmed their intentions. Seeing that in the already difficult situation, he had lost almost half of his troops, and his face became even more gloomy, faintly revealing a hint of cyan.
Sensing that even the lords and kings of the vassal kingdoms on the side of Ronan had a look of emotion on their faces, and their eyes flashed at him, Villius smiled sadly.
"Good! Very good. You cowards. Are you embarrassed to call yourself king? ”
After pointing at King Bach's nose and scolding for a while, Villius looked back at his subordinates who had been so respectful in the past that they did not even dare to glance at their bodies for more than a second.
At this time, where are they still cautious on weekdays, they are all looking at her greedily, because of the emotional and violent rise and fall of the chest.
"Good. You guys...... On weekdays, Mr. Rif treats you so well, that's how you repay him? When he dies in battle, you will think of his wife and your queen. I'm standing here, and I see who dares to touch me? ”
Under the watchful eye of the golden dragon, everyone no longer dared to be disrespectful to Vellius, who was standing alone. They looked away from their greedy gazes and put away their plans to harvest both the beauty and the dragon.
"A bunch of cowards. Didn't you despise me and disobey my ruler because I was a woman? Today I'm going to show you the bloody nature of this woman of mine! ”
As she spoke, Velius burst into tears, and she climbed onto the back of the golden dragon behind her, bowing her head, and rode him into the air.
The direction they flew in was none other than the Boulder Fort where Zheng Ming and the others were.