Before 1404, Rustold's journey was a smooth one, and the continuous victories brought a lot of wealth and slaves to the Hercynian people, and the happy Rustodor also continued to grant various benefits to the residents of the Hercynian side, which brought endless laughter and laughter to the whole Hercynian side.

After 1404, however, the Rustodian regime was overshadowed, and the wars continued longer and longer, and the results of the conquests were not always victorious, and there were occasional crushing defeats, unforgettable defeats.

In addition to the war, there is another worrying factor that is constantly plaguing the small regime in Haixi, that is, the invincible Angel Rustode in Haixi is already old.

Ruth remembers the first time he met Ruthodor 16 years ago, in 1388.

That year, Rusdod, the leader of the Okemi barbarians, was only 38 years old, not yet known as the barbarian king, he had just driven out his weak uncle, took control of his family's tribe, and then took advantage of the civil strife in Audi to lead many Okemi tribes and Odi's sinners to conquer Hercy, and Ruth became a slave in it.

Ruth remembered the first time he saw Ruthtode, he had a wolf-like fierce gaze, brown hair rushed to the sky, and there was inexhaustible physical strength under the strong muscles.

However, 16 years later, although Rustod still has muscles, it makes people wonder how much strength those muscles still have, and the fierce eyes of the wild wolf in the past have been eroded by power and offspring, bringing a lot of care, and his hair is no longer neat as before, and his roots are beginning to turn white, and his tone of voice is becoming more and more gentle.

With the aging of Rustode, in order to compete for the position of the next Heixi and Yu Liwentong angels, Rustode's family has begun to tear apart, and Rustode has spent most of his efforts in order to reconcile the contradictions of his heirs and avoid a civil war on his side before fighting in the south.

The struggle within the Rustode family also slightly affected Ruth, because Ruth's father-in-law was also a general with a large fiefdom, and there were often envoys from the Rustode family to come over, and Ruth, who was a descendant of Audi, maintained a very vigilant and neutral attitude towards this kind of fighting.

"My dear, what did my father say?" After seeing that Ruth had read the letter his father-in-law had given him, Ruth's Okemi barbarian wife surrounded him and asked anxiously.

"The right-wing Silu family is completely dead, so the alliance between Lord Angel Tong (referring to Rustold) and the nobles of the Southern Audi has automatically collapsed, and now they have begun to conflict, and my father said that you should not worry, Lord Angel will definitely be able to defeat those who are allied," Ruth explained to his wife with a frown.

"Of course, Lord Angel will not fail, we must also take care of our farm, and be ready to welcome the return of Lord Ruthtode" Ruth's wife has a kind of mysterious confidence in Ruth, looking at such a confident wife, Ruth resignedly responded a few words.

Although his father-in-law was full of confidence in his reply, Ruth's heart still swelled with a haze, can Rusdod really win? Now Rustod has passed his prime.

Ruth's worries became a prophecy, and Ruth's battle with the southern Audi nobles was extremely unsmooth, and he suffered strategic failures many times, and kept urging the Hercynian side to send food, equipment, and new troops.

As Haixi's tribute rose three times a year, more and more young men and slaves were conscripted, and the laughter and laughter of Haixi were gone, replaced by gloomy clouds.

It was a midsummer night in 1408, and Ruth was sleeping at home with his wife when he heard an urgent conscription order from a conscription officer.

"By the order of the Venerable King of the Bird of Babel, the ambassador of the right-wing district of Tongtian, and the leader of the Angel of Liwentong and the Angel of Hercyid, the leader of the Okemi people, and the great Lord Rustot, an emergency conscription order is issued!!" The serfs who received the order shook the bell of the farm desperately, and all the sleeping people were awakened by the sound of the bell.

"Emergency conscription order? What conscription? Are you going to Cordbarak?" Ruth, full of clothes, ran out and asked the recruiting officer who had come to recruit the army.

"Kodbarak? No, no, it's going to Yuliwen Fortress, invincible Lord Dantinrus has attracted the enemy to Yuliwen Fortress, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is ready to shed the blood of the Nanban here, so more troops and more food are needed to fight this battle!"

Hearing the words of the conscription officer, Ruth's wife couldn't help but wail: "I can't remember exactly, this is the first emergency conscription order in the past two years! Don't you know whose farm this farm is? Whose daughter I am!"

What attracted Yu Liwen Fortress, this kind of nonsense can only fool those serfs who don't know a single word, how could Ruth and his wife not hear it, the reason why they were called to go was because Rustode was defeated again and had to retreat to Yu Liwen. This defeat can be said to be a return to the pre-liberation period overnight, and Rustot's seven-year efforts to go south have all been lost.

"Of course I know Mrs. Zun's surname, just because Mrs. Zun has this surname, when our Okemi people are in danger, Mrs. Zun should be even more loyal to the country!"

Hearing this, his wife wanted to continue arguing, but Ruth grabbed his wife's arm: "No need to quarrel, let's go, just go." ”

So, in this emergency conscription order, Ruth took his eldest son, who was already an adult (the eldest son born to his wife here), and some reliable slaves and servants, and joined a large army to guard the fortress of Liwen.

As a high-ranking slave, Ruth was given the position of commander and was responsible for leading the army on its own. To be honest, Russ was apprehensive before accepting the commander, because the result of his last independent army was miserable, and this time he knew what the outcome would be when he led the army independently.

But the government left behind in Haixi doesn't care about Ruth, they say that you are a high-ranking slave, and we will give you the position of commander, and you can go, and besides, we don't need you to command the war, and we don't worry, just ask you to go to Yuliwen with troops and supplies, what can be wrong with this?

Ruth thought about it, so he took the army to Yu Liwen, and then something really happened.

Before Ruth's team reached the Yuliwen Fortress, the Battle of Yuliwen had ended, the Yuliwen Fortress was lost, and the barbarian king Rusto fled back to Haixi in embarrassment. What's worse is that Ruth and his party, who are still unknown to the loss of Liwen Fortress, missed the rout of the barbarian king and directly collided with the enemy army in the south.

"Why do I end up with a hilarious defeat every time I participate in a battle?" was Rustotle's depressed self-question after being a prisoner again.

The enemy army in the south surrounded the captives, and took out all the leaders in the ranks, including Ruth, and brought them back to the fortress of Urlivan, where they were surrounded by the captives, and then the leader of the enemy army stood up and lectured the captives.

"I heard that more than ten years ago, after the hyena of Rustode beat Haixi, he drew ten live one to Haixi, so one report and one report, and today we will also report back one report to you, and draw ten live one!"

Speaking of which, there was a mountain of cheers from the entire fortress, which was the cheers of the Audi army. If someone slaughtered nobles like this in the past, of course they would be opposed out of the sadness of the death of rabbits and foxes, but this group of Okmi people? Sorry, do barbarians also have nobles?

Hearing the decision of the leader of the army, and hearing the cheers of the surrounding mountains and towns, the people in Ruth's circle suddenly turned pale, some of them cried and begged for mercy on the spot, and some even tried to escape, but were executed by the leader himself.

When the leader launched a spiritual attack on the escapees, Ruth suddenly felt familiar, and the more he looked at the leader's face, the more familiar it felt, and finally Ruth decided to try desperately.

"Gartnon! Gartnon! You said you would repay me! I don't pray for glory and wealth, I just want to survive!"

Ruth found that when his voice reached the leader's ears, the leader's expression froze visibly, and then searched the source of the sound with a stunned gaze, and finally found Ruth.

"Uncle Ruth?"

It's really Gartnon! That Maxie's kid! At this time, Ruth's heart welled up with ecstasy, of course, it would be better if Gartnon could remember his old promise.

"It's me, it's me! I can prove it with spiritual power!"

Hearing this, Gartnon was finally moved, and asked Ruth to loosen his bindings, and then took him out of the circle: "Uncle Ruth, do you have anyone else you want to bring out? Bring a few to my house first, and I'll deal with it here before I go to catch up with you." ”

When Gartnon's words reached Ruth's ears, Ruth's mood finally turned into an unreserved ecstasy for the rest of his life, if it wasn't for the unsuitable occasion, Russ couldn't wait to shout out on the spot, and he once again escaped the end of certain death.

So Ruth took his eldest son from the captive and went to Gatnon's tent, where he began to rejoice that he had survived again.

"Father, who is that Gartnon?" and when they reached the tent, the situation had finally settled down considerably, and Ruth's eldest son finally mustered up the courage to ask.

"O Gartnon, he is the son of Tetra Maxie. The first time I met him was when I came to Heixi as an official after graduation, when I was only 20 years old, and he was only about ten years old, and he was still a little kid, and Maxie didn't know why, he was very bad for his two children, so I disciplined them for a while. ”

"That's why Garthnon values you so much?" asked the son.

"No, when Haixi was besieged by the Okemi, the then Ambassador of the Right Wing District to Tongtian happened to be in Haixi—he was the father of the Ambassador Tongtian who was killed by Lord Rustode two years ago—and I rescued him during the siege, and after he was rescued, I was allowed to make a wish to him. ”

"I thought at the time, no matter how big I am promoted, it will be useless on the right wing side, because I am from the bird body area, so I simply made a personal favor and said that Gattenon and his sister should go to the academy for formal study, and then the two of them went. ”

"This is the grace of recreation!" the son of Ruth also relaxed when he heard what Ruth said, and said with a happy face, "As long as we pray that Gartnon is not ungrateful, we will definitely survive!"

"Of course I'm not that kind of person, I will never forget your kindness to me, not to mention that it's easy to just let you survive. ”

Just as Ruth was talking about the past with his son, the 35-year-old Gatnon happened to solve the outside matter, walked into the tent and interjected: "Uncle Ruth, I thought you had died in the Battle of Hercy 18 years ago, and I was worried that I would not be able to repay your kindness, but I didn't expect you to be alive, it's really good." ”