Chapter 389: Encirclement
After the elder woman left, the dwarven brothers were in a state of panic in their tents until midnight.
Shi Mei suddenly stomped his foot hard, jumped up and prepared to rush out.
Red Eyebrows grabbed him, "What are you doing?" β
"Tell the garrison the truth, I'm going crazy if I go on like this!"
"No way!"
"You let go of me!"
The two brothers began to tug at each other, and soon developed into fists and kicks.
Both of them were angry in their hearts, perhaps to vent, and they had no scruples at all.
The brawl quickly alarmed the guards of the night watch, and Shi Mei struggled and shouted for the garrison, and Red Mei couldn't cover his mouth at all.
More and more people were awakened by the commotion, and the old woman not far away saw this scene, scolded the fool and the traitor in her heart, and immediately slipped quietly towards the mountain rock on the outskirts of the camp, but she did not expect that several black shadows were blocking in front of her.
A quarter of an hour later, all three dwarves were brought before the garrison.
Before Unas could start the interrogation, Shi Mei said everything in 1510.
It turned out that after the teleportation array between the Poisonous Spider Canyon and the Black Stone Abyss was opened, the copperbearded dwarves in the stronghold would occasionally visit the Dark Furnace City, and the two brothers were naturally no exception.
One day, they suddenly encounter a mysterious man who claims that a copperbeard dwarf is in trouble and needs their help.
The enthusiastic brothers were of course willing to help, and as they were guided, they gradually learned the identity of the person who asked for help: the princess of Ironforge and the queen of Thorrison, Moira Copperbeard.
After getting rid of Moira's child, Rundarn felt that the threat was gone, so he imprisoned her in the palace dungeon at will, leaving nothing to be desired.
The dwarves in the palace who were secretly still loyal to Thorisen took advantage of this negligence and slowly infiltrated it, gradually devised a plan to rescue the queen.
The two brothers became the most important part of this plan - hiding Moira in the ranks of refugees and fishing in troubled waters to send them out of the Black Stone Abyss.
They even received a letter from the princess asking for help, which described a tragic situation that was unbearable to read, and the two brothers decided to join in the rescue of the princess.
Not only out of sympathy, but also out of the desire to get the benefits promised by the princess and the wealth status of the copperbeard king's bounty.
With such a big credit for rescuing the princess, at least the lord rank of Red Eyebrow can be upgraded by one level, and Shi Mei also wants to earn a bounty to rebuild his caravan.
The two were blinded by interests, and once they got involved, it was even more difficult to get out.
And so it turned out to be the way it is now.
Shi Mei burst into tears, accusing himself of being deceived, his bare eyebrows bowed his head and said nothing, while the old woman stared at the garrison with blazing eyes, as if to engrave his appearance into her mind.
"I noticed that your mood was a little abnormal during the meeting this morning, just in case someone was secretly spying on the dwarven camp, but I didn't expect you to really...!"
Natasha scolded that it was her people who stopped Moella, who was trying to slip away.
Unas was angry and a little sad, and it was uncomfortable to be betrayed by someone he trusted.
He never dreamed that seemingly loyal dwarves would do this kind of thing right under his nose.
"Do you know the consequences of that?" Unas roared, "I'll lose Lundahn's trust!" What you do will only count on my head! β
Compared to the rebels, this is the most troublesome thing, if you have a bad relationship with Lundahn, many things will be difficult.
The dwarf trembled under the anger of the garrison, and involuntarily remembered the paladin's nickname: the executioner.
"We don't dare anymore!"
"There's nothing 'anymore,'" Unas called the guards at the gate, "drag them down, tie them up first, and I'll deal with it later." β
Huo Ye pleaded: "They took the initiative to confess their mistakes, my lord, the punishment should be reduced." β
The others also chimed in, and Unas said angrily, "I haven't decided how to punish them yet, shut up for me!" β
Everyone was immediately silent, and no one wanted to touch the mold at this time.
Unas turned to the old woman, "Princess Moira, do you remember me?" β
"I'll never forget your face, human, you saved the traitor of Rundarn, you knocked me unconscious, and I heard that you were the one who caused the city's riots, and you were the one responsible for my husband's death!"
Moira tore off the disguise on her head and face, revealing her true face - a white and chubby dwarf aunt, of course, in the eyes of the dwarves, she is one in a million beauty.
"There is only one reason why a king is overthrown, and that is incompetence, and unfortunately, your husband is not only incompetent, but also a hopeless fool, and without Lundaun, someone else will remove him from the throne!"
"You talk nonsense! My Thoreson is the greatest emperor of the Black Iron Dwarves! It's just plotted by you despicable brutes! β
There was no point in arguing senselessly, Unas no longer refuted and asked directly: "Which rebels did you inform?" β
"Humph!" Moira let out of her nostrils and didn't bother to answer at all.
"It seems that you must suffer a little to be honest, come to someone, and be whipped!"
"You dare!"
Unas shrugged, anyway, the two sides have already formed a deep hatred, and they are not afraid of itching if there are more lice.
Two stout guards rushed in and tied the dwarven princess to a pillar, then whipped her back with a long cowhide whip.
With a "snap", the fabric on his back was torn, revealing a bloody stain on his palm.
Moira had never tasted this, she was born as the noblest female dwarf, and she had always lived under strict care, and no one dared to touch a finger of her, even if she was imprisoned by Lundahn.
The sudden sharp pain made her eyeballs bulge, and she couldn't make a sound when she opened her mouth wide, and even screams were swallowed in her throat.
The guard's hand was raised again, and before she could wave it, Moira was knocked unconscious by pain and fright.
But Unas didn't want to let her go, and the guards brought a bucket of cold water and poured it all over the dwarf's head, and she shivered violently and woke up.
"Well, this process can be repeated a hundred times until you don't have any intact skin on your body, including your 'pretty' face."
Moira shuddered, just staring at the human paladin viciously.
The guard raised the whip again, and the female dwarf screamed on the verge of collapse: "Stop! β
Then she gritted her teeth and said a few unfamiliar dwarven names.
Natasha quickly jotted it down and compared it with the rebel intelligence she had gathered to estimate the size of the attack.
"The combined strength of the three rebel forces may exceed five thousand."
Hearing this number, Unas had a little headache and said, "Send someone back to Darkfurnace City immediately, tell Lundahn about the situation here, and be sure to let him send troops to save him!" β
Moira is here, and as long as Lundahn doesn't want to let go of her, she'll definitely come, and it's a good opportunity to wipe out the rebels.
"A futile struggle!" Moira cursed viciously, "You're about to beg me for mercy, don't worry, I won't forgive you!" β
"Shut up!"
Unas snatched the whip from the guards and whipped it down.
With a snap, another blood mark was added to the female dwarf's shoulder, and she screamed in pain, her eyes glazed over, and she was about to faint.
Unas ignored her and ordered in a loud voice: "All on alert, the enemy will attack us at any moment!" β
Luther and his men sprang into action, and the whole camp began to stir, and the sleeping people were called to be on guard.
Walking out of the tent, the dwarven brothers were tied to two logs, and Unas could not really kill them for a while, so he could only threaten: "Do you know what your crime is?" β
Red Mei still didn't say a word, and Shi Mei stumbled: "Rebellion, rebellion." β
"It's good to know, how should the defection be punished? I think it's pretty much the same in every country. β
"Burning at the stake, hanging ... There are many kinds, in short, the death penalty. β
"So which do you want? For the sake of the old love, I can let you pick and choose. β
Shi Mei cried and wailed, "We were really deceived, Lord Unas, we definitely didn't betray the heart of Silver Dawn!" β
"Really? But your actions betrayed me! β
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Huoye persuaded again: "My lord, now that the enemy is now, it is the time to employ people, let them make meritorious contributions." β
Shi Mei hurriedly said: "Yes, my lord, I can also charge for you!" β
The red eyebrows, who hadn't spoken for a long time, also said: "It's better to fight with those black iron cubs than to die at the hands of adults, I ask the adults to give us a chance to kill the enemy!" β
"Humph!" Unas descended the steps, "If I don't promise you, it will seem that I am ruthless, okay, you will join the stormtroopers as death row prisoners..."
"Great, thank you, sir!" Shi Mei cried with joy, "I knew adults wouldn't..."
"But!" Unas interrupted him forcefully, "You must be punished in advance, come on, shave both of their beards and eyebrows!" β
"Huh?!" The dwarf brothers exclaimed at the same time, with the meaning of keeping their hair without their heads.
Dwarves regard a beard as a symbol of appearance, and having no beard is like being red. The body is the same, and people can't raise their heads when they see it.
"Ahhhh Don't want to accept it? β
"No, no"
Although they kept screaming, they didn't dare to refuse, after all, it was much better to lose some face than to be burned to death and strangled.
After dealing with the dwarves, Unas rode on King Kong and led the cavalry to the outskirts of the camp, full of doubts: the scouts can't all be rice buckets, and there must be something wrong with the fact that there has been no trace of the enemy in the past few days.
He looked at the desolate and dark earth and suddenly realized what he had overlookedβthe underground.
The dwarves are best at digging holes, and if the enemy digs tunnels in advance and hides in them, the scouts will not find anything at all.
A sense of crisis rushed to my heart, maybe I was already surrounded!
Coincidentally, at this moment, a large area of torches suddenly lit up from a distance, and the fires in all directions were connected in a blink of an eye, and the water around their camp was impassable.
War drums and shouts rang out at the same time, and the circle of firelight began to tighten, looking at the momentum to eat the human camp in one go.
Unas didn't have time to go back to the camp to organize the defense, leave it to Luther, he raised his sword, and had only one thought in his heart - to fight a bloody way!