Chapter 228: Epilogue
Far East.
Arvid is leading the remnants to flee to the east in disarray, but the 40,000 troops who were in high spirits when they came are now only more than 10,000 remnants of the defeated generals are still following behind him.
Except for the nearly 10,000 soldiers who were killed, most of the rest were scattered.
Except for a small number of them who fled into the Far East in a panic and were captured, the vast majority of them had already withdrawn to Dongwei in a chaotic manner under the coercion of the noble cavalry.
The soldiers who fled back with the noble cavalry were still afraid of being settled by the queen of autumn, and in line with the concept of not being held accountable, they kept advocating the strength and invincibility of the Far Eastern Army.
"Roar!"
In the distance, another dragon roar was heard in the air, and several black dots were rapidly enlarged in Avid's vision.
"My lord, what should we do now?"
The middle-aged cavalry captain in front of him was his old subordinate, and he had been fighting with him in the north and south for more than ten years, but it was the first time that Avid saw panic and uneasiness in his eyes.
"Evacuate, evacuate home!"
"I've lost this battle! But as long as these soldiers can be preserved, we will have a future to come! ”
"In the coming day, I will cleanse my shame with blood!"
......
"Baron Morey, you're not sending me off again?" Absolon said this unexpectedly.
Morey was stunned for a moment, then laughed again.
"Hehe, it's okay to send it!"
On the hill in the distance, the figures of the two were stretched by the rising sun.
Hyde, who was backlit, only saw Absolon say something to his young master, but Morey smiled and shook his head.
It could be seen that Absolon was a little discouraged after being rejected, but this highness still handed Morey something, and his young master did not refuse this time, and accepted it happily.
"Young Master, what did he tell you?"
Hyde was a little worried, after all, Dongwei and the Holy Lance were hostile countries, if anyone wanted to do something about it......
"Don't worry! Didn't let me be a spy! ”
"His Royal Highness the prince is also sick and rushed to the doctor, and he actually wants to pull me into his camp to deal with his brothers!"
"I don't want to think that if this matter is exposed, the first person to kill him will be the father who favors him!"
Morey sighed with some emotion, it seems that no matter how shrewd he is in front of the throne, he will inevitably be confused.
Hyde nodded, but he also understood Absolon's approach.
His Royal Highness is said to have an awkward position in the Dongwei Kingdom, the youngest of whom has four older brothers, and the eldest has already grown up to him.
Although he was loved by the king because of his youth, he also became a thorn in the side of his four elder brothers, how could a young man who had just come of age fight the four princes who had already managed the power.
A small mistake in hurting someone was caught, and on the special occasion of the great rites of the sect, he was to be deprived of the throne on the spot. If the king hadn't finally relented, Absolon would have become a commoner.
Absolon had enough of suffering from no allies, and if a minister or nobleman was willing to give him a word of relief, he would not have been driven out of the capital.
After learning the hard way, Absolon, who had originally specialized in the old king, changed his course and began to pay attention to absorbing allies.
It's just that he may have overcorrected it, and even the generals of the enemy country dared to win him over.
Looking at Hyde in the distance, Morey could only silently say "Sorry!" Because I didn't tell him the truth.
His Royal Highness the Prince did initially hope that Morey would help him uproot a few of his brothers' forces in the Frontier Province, but when Morey refused, he no longer insisted, and instead gave Morey a [Shadow Stone], which was the place where the Beast Spirit Stone Tablet was found.
"Baron Morey, this thing may be more useful in your hands than in mine!"
"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, you can think of it as my investment in you!"
"I just want to show you with my actions that I'm not your enemy! We might even be friends! ”
Whether it's acting or showing his true feelings, Morey has no reason to refuse this map.
After all, he was really curious about those beast spirit tablets.
......
"Your Excellency, the guest from the Far East and his servant have arrived in Puko!"
"Hehe, it's finally here! Inform the whole city to be under martial law once the granary catches fire! Alden said with a squinting smile.
"Don't let anyone out of here!"
Alden increased the volume on the first three words, and Dark Moon naturally knew who this "person" was referring to!
The grain area of Buck City.
"Bang"
With a crisp sound, a burning oil bottle smashed on the grain pile, and the special thin-walled glass bottle exploded directly, like a blue spark blooming.
The scattered sparks easily ignited the grain that had been splashed with a thick layer of fuel, and the inferior and moldy grain was ignited and emitted a choking smell of smoke, which made people smell it all over their noses.
"Ahem."
"These Dongwei people are too hateful, they actually use moldy grains to make up for them! The smell almost didn't choke me! ”
After using a catapult to ignite the grain pile, the "raven", who was hiding nearby to observe the situation, did not care about revealing his identity at the moment, and ventured out of the hiding place to poke his head out and try to breathe fresh air.
It's no wonder that the Raven behaves like this, it's like a rotten and damp grain that has been aged for several years from a water prison, and when lit, it is like lighting a ball of poisonous smoke, let alone a "raven", and even the Buck City Guards who are on guard from a distance are smoked away from here half a street away.
"Captain Cyril, what's going on? Why is there such a big smoke! "David as Angelo. Bevin's housekeeper rushed to the scene as soon as he saw this soaring column of smoke.
"Butler David, you're just in time, hurry up and tell Lord Angelo to stay in the mansion and don't go out!"
"Buck City mixed in with the spies in the Far East, a fire burned our grain depot is not enough, and even threw a few poisonous smoke balls viciously, we suspect that they still have accomplices in the city, they want to take advantage of the chaos, and now the city is very dangerous!" Cyril said with an indignant expression.
Are you stupid when I mean?
Who burned down the granary, and put a poisonous smoke ball in one more move?!
It's like the choking smoke of a wet firewood burning, when I can't smell it?
"Lord Alden, you really 'care' about people!"
"That is, the city lord has always been concerned about the safety of the lives and property of the people of Dongwei!" Cyril replied solemnly, as if he hadn't heard the irony in it.