Chapter 129: Desperate Contrast
As soon as I walked to the door of the camp, I saw a whole line of troops slowly advancing towards the camp, because it was originally a regular army, and the team was extremely neat. In the front row are warriors with large shields, in a row of 30, holding huge shields of equal size, and in the back are two-handed swordsmen, forming a harvesting team, and then you can see archers and a small number of cavalry in the back, which is a perfect professional match. Each soldier was dressed in the regular iron armor of the Imperial sergeant, and held the steel sword of the Imperial configuration in his hand, which was so bright that it was simply stimulating people's eyes, compared to the equipment of the thieves, such a configuration made people a little desperate without starting a fight.
"The main force...... It is estimated that there are ten squads with at least 300 or more people. "Gurem next to him has already judged the number of the other party at the first time, due to the implementation of recruitment, the other party must leave a part of the personnel to take care of the captured thieves, the number does not reach 500 is also expected, but the Nasser thieves group here is only more than 100 people counting the old, weak, sick and disabled, how to fight is enough.
The members of the Nasser Thieves Regiment also slowly gathered over, the wooden gate of the camp had been closed, due to the sudden attack, the members of the Thieves Regiment seemed to be a little in a hurry, some of them had just woken up and even wore armor and ran over, and the bows and arrows used to defend the city, stones and other things were also moved from the warehouse at zero hour, in short, it looked very messy.
The wooden fence of the camp is only more than 2 meters high, basically it is not, and a ditch was dug outside at zero time, but because of lack of time, only half of it was dug, and it was only less than 1 meter deep, and there was no water, and it was frozen everywhere in the winter, and there was really no way to irrigate.
In general, the defense of the camp is very weak, almost to the point of Cheng dΓΉ who disperses with one blow, to be honest, this kind of Cheng dΓΉ's defense doesn't even need to be commanded, just shout and rush down.
It's just that the other party didn't attack immediately, and the team slowly advanced to the point where it was still about 50 meters away from the gate, and suddenly the shield team in front separated from the middle, and a human general wearing fiery red armor rode out of the team. The general carried an all-black bow and arrows on his back, a silver one-handed saber at his waist, and although he had a half-white beard, he looked energetic, with a proud and smiling face.
"Old man Barrian. Dekris! The red-clothed general shouted into the camp in a high and clear voice, "Your regimental commander, where is Gilbert, how about coming out for a meeting with the old man?" β
"Say whatever you want." Gilbert stood in the gateway, stood on the archer's wooden shelf, and replied to Barrian on the other side.
"Hmph." Seeing that Gilbert didn't go out, Barrian sneered at the other party's cowardice, and then said, "You are Gilbert, the leader of the Nasser Thieves?" Sure enough, it's as young as the legend.,Hey.,I also seem to have a bit of a reflection of your face.,Have we seen it before? Have you ever been in the military? Or have you seen it on the battlefield? β
"I don't have an image of you, so I'll say something quickly." Gilbert replied immediately.
"This is an amnesty issued by His Royal Highness the Imperial King himself." As he spoke, Barian took out a piece of paper from his bosom, and then held it up to his side and said, "Your Royal Highness has personally pardoned you for your previous crimes as thieves, and now agrees with your portrait, and those who accept surrender will immediately be incorporated into the army, and after three years of fighting for the Empire, they will be discharged from the army and have official civilian qualifications, and I am here to issue a final warning, if you do not lay down your arms and surrender within ten minutes, we will eradicate you all." β
"Commander, what should I do?" Gurem immediately asked, and the thieves around him also turned their heads, and they all looked at Gilbert with some hesitation, to be honest, they were also a little hesitant, although they said that they had to fight for the empire for three years to obtain civilian qualifications, and now that humans and demons are fighting so fiercely, it is basically a life of nine deaths, but if they don't agree, it looks like they will die now.
"I advise you not to be stubborn, or you will be like him." Seeing that Gilbert didn't answer immediately, Barrian on this side suddenly waved his hand, and then two soldiers came out from behind him, holding a person who was tied up with a rope and walked in front of Barrian.
"Maureen!" Gilbert recognized the other party immediately, since it was Morin, the leader of the Mars Thieves Regiment who was captured by Barrian.
"Hehe, Gilbert, I didn't expect to meet in this situation." Although he was tied up like a zongzi, and there were still traces of injuries on his face, Mo Lin still said with a hearty smile.
"You idiot!" Gilbert shouted, not knowing what he was talking about.
"I knew you wouldn't hate me, and I'd be dead anyway." Morin smiled and said, "That guy Bill has caused you trouble, but please don't blame him, he just panicked and accidentally fell for the trick." β
"I know!" Gilbert said.
"That's enough of the old talk, isn't it?" Barrian next to him said to Morin, and then raised his voice and shouted to everyone, "This person, after surrendering, still helped the thieves, the empire pardoned your crimes is already a great favor, this guy actually doesn't know gratitude, but he is still in the same league with the thieves, the crime is extremely heinous, according to the imperial military law, the death penalty!" β
After speaking, Barian gestured to the two soldiers with knives standing next to him, and said, "Do it!" β
"Stop!" Gilbert shouted, "Barrian, wait......"
"Gilbert, don't trust Barrian! They have received the care of the Marquis of Filmut, and they will definitely kill you this time, and they will not spare any of your regiment! Morin, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly raised his head and shouted.
"Kill!" Barrian was furious and immediately waved his hand.
"Kill!" The soldier next to him also shouted, and then raised his knife and slashed at Morin's neck with a single sword.
"Plop" the sound of a head hitting the ground, and then the slowly falling corpse and blood flowing all over the ground. Gilbert at the gate was stunned......
"He's right, in fact, I didn't want to recruit you thieves in the first place, and I don't know why the king has such an order." Because it has been exposed, Barrian simply stopped acting, "But the Marquis of Filmut has already informed us privately, you Nasser thieves have offended him, do you still want to be okay?" It's just you, and none of you can escape. β
"Lord Earl, I am an employee of the De'an Chamber of Commerce, I was captured by the thieves, please hurry up and save me back." At this moment, a young man on the wooden wall suddenly raised his hand and shouted there, he was one of the young men who had joined the Chamber of Commerce after Gilbert was last caught.
Several other people who participated in the De'an Chamber of Commerce of the thieves group also suddenly realized, yes, they were also forced, and they just wanted to shout, but they heard a "whoosh", followed by a scream, and the original member of the Chamber of Commerce who shouted just now fell.
Barrian on horseback slowly put down the black bow and arrow in his hand, and said with a little cruelty: "The message that Marquis Filmut gave me, no member of the De'an Chamber of Commerce surrendered, so don't pretend to be a member of the De'an Chamber of Commerce casually, I have already said that all the people in the Nasser camp will be killed, and no one will be left!" β
The situation is urgent, and there is no room for maneuver, but Gilbert on the city gate does not seem to have recovered yet, and is still looking at Morin's corpse in a daze, it seems that Morin's death has really hit him hard.
"This old fellow ended up like this......" Gilbert muttered a little distracted.
"Captain!" Gurem next to him couldn't help but shout.
"I know...... Don't say it, get ready to fight......" Gilbert's voice felt suppressed with his own anger and sadness, sounding very heavy.
"But...... Fierce and auspicious, do you want to consider retreating? Gurem said with a frown.
"People have said, kill them all, where can you retreat?" Gilbert asked rhetorically.
"So, is it the last battle?" Gurem's expression suddenly relaxed a lot, and then he actually laughed, "Hehe, Captain, I suddenly feel a little relaxed." β
Gilbert also saw Gurem's smile, and slightly, Gilbert also smiled, "You're a fool too, but I think it's ...... too"
After speaking, Gilbert suddenly raised the saber in his hand, and then shouted: "Everyone, it's me Gilbert I'm sorry for you, you've been with me for more than a month, I promised you that I could give you a way out, I broke my promise, I'm sorry for everyone." Today, we may all die here, and after we die, we will be permanently engraved with the bad identity of thieves, but it's strange that I don't feel so terrible to die with everyone......"
"Commander ......" Gurem next to him suddenly punched Gilbert, "I've never heard you say such a sensual thing......"
"Blood is always flowing, anger is rising, death is awake, war is calling!" Gilbert suddenly said, "Strange, I seem to suddenly remember this sentence, what does this mean?" β
"What, Captain?" Gurem asked.
"It's not...... It's okay......" Gilbert shook his head, "Guys, today may be the last battle, Gurem, Vanessa, Whalin, sorry for following me as a useless leader......"
"Commander, I only followed you when I believed in you, and I still believe in you." Gurem said.
"I don't care, it's really hard to find a lantern for 300 people to cut me, and the rebirth point is next to it, it's too much, Commander, I really convince you." Li Huailin said.
"Wait, Captain, I still have a way to ......," Vanessa said.
"What's the solution?" Gilbert asked curiously.
"Wait for me for an hour, I'll come with reinforcements in an hour, be sure to wait for me." Vanessa finished speaking and ran straight out in the other direction of the camp.
"Commander?" Gurem turned to Gilbert.
"I believe in her, for an hour, you must hold on!" Gilbert said immediately.