Chapter 145: The Fall of Göttingen, Count Segaard!
Despite the best efforts of the guards in the city to stop them, they could not stop the well-trained knights, their fathers, and their husbands, and they finally broke in, and as they had imagined, there was still a lot of food in the warehouse, such as smoked (ròu), cabbage, mountains of potatoes, bread, sausages, cans of butter, and barrels of red wine.
When the soldiers of the Bird Army saw these good things, they immediately rushed up and grabbed them. And the knights who took the lead were like Robin Hood, a thief who robbed the rich and gave to the poor, holding the knight's sword in his hand, and then disregarded the pleading of the guards, and distributed the food to his soldiers one by one.
"Sir, sir, I beg you, you can't do this! That's a month's worth of food! And it's my job to watch over these things! Please! One of the guards hugged the leader of the knight's legs.
"Get out of the way, when my wife and children are hungry and cold, I came to beg you to give me a little food, but you said no! But look, open your dog's eyes, there's food everywhere, and you won't give it to me at all? I've had enough of your! A bastard of indifferent no (qíng)! ”
The knight kicked the guard away, lifted him up, gave him a good look at the abundance of food in the warehouse, and snarled at him.
In the end, the matter (qíng) was still in front of Baron Bird and Baron Sheehan, and Baron Bird begged (qíng) repeatedly, which led to the knights being only whipped.
But the city's grain stock has been exhausted because of this. Baron Sheehan asked Baron Bird to return the looted food, but most of it had already entered the stomach of the hungry Bird army, even if there was leftover food, how could the already hungry Bird army easily hand it over?
As a result, the conflict between the Bird army and the Sheen army finally broke out, and the soldiers on both sides began to argue and even use violence to solve the problem.
Sheehan's army scolded the Bird army as robbers, thieves, and ungrateful white-eyed wolves. The Bird Army retorted that Sheehan was a cold-blooded creature with a heart of stone, a selfish bastard who withheld food. He asked them, "Can you sit idly by and watch your wives and children starve and freeze?" If you are willing to give us even a little bit of food and free up a few rooms for the sick, our relationship will not be so bad! ”
The battle was still not resolved verbally, first a few people fought, and then the Bird Army began to come to support, seeing that there was a brawl here, several Sheehan family guards wanted to come to maintain order.
Perhaps just to deter the other side, they drew their swords as if the police would point a gun at the suspect. It's a pity that their behavior directly caused the Bird Army to blow up the pot, "Move the knife? We use knives too! As a result, instead of being able to maintain law and order, the guards made the scene even more dangerous and chaotic.
In the end, nearly 100 people were killed and wounded on both sides of the fight, and Baron Sheehan, who heard the news, insisted on the execution of these leaders to justify the punishment. It's those knights again!
At this time, the Bird army was not happy, and several knights directly begged in front of Baron Bird and said in tears: "Lord Baron! Kill if you want to! We're not afraid of death, but we've done nothing wrong! The Sheen army doesn't treat us as human beings, the soldiers are starving, even our wives and children are starving! ”
These people are the vassals of Baron Bird after all! People are not plants and trees, who can not have (qíng)? After all, it was his own people, more or less a little short-sighted, and Baron Sheehan wanted to skip his own execution, (shēn) for their lord, and of course Baron Bird was not happy.
After comforting the knights, Baron Bird fell into deep thought and began to hesitate what to do next.
"Lord Baron Bird! The Duke of Hesse asked me to send his greetings! A voice suddenly appeared in Baron Bird's mind, and Baron Bird jumped, he got up from his (chuáng), drew his sword, and looked around vigilantly.
But the surroundings were quiet, and there was nothing unusual, "What kind of person, is the duke of Hesse sending in (jiān)?" ”
"Just a friend, offering you a way out! Now that the city has run out of food, without the Duke of Hesse to attack, Göttingen will fall apart due to hunger and internal strife, to the point where the Baron still doesn't think about his own way out? The voice bewitched.
Baron Bird was silent, and the voice continued: "Lord Baron, Lord Duke of Hesse has always admired you, as long as you are willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, you can continue to be your Baron Goslar, and your vassals and soldiers can also return home safely, what do you think?" ”
"Why should I trust you? Sneaky guys! If you have the ability, come out! Baron Bird growled.
"Hehe, because you don't have a choice!" Suddenly, the door to his room opened, and a bearded man appeared in front of him, and behind him (shēn) were the knights whom Baron Bird thought had left.
"Lord Baron, please accept the generous offer of Lord Count Segard!" A knight knelt down and said earnestly to Baron Bird.
"You? Even you? You guys? Baron Bird looked incredulous as his cronies had taken refuge in someone else.
"Lord Baron! I... My wife has a very bad typhoid fever... It was Count Segaard who saved her! The knight blushed with shame.
Baron Bird sighed and suddenly asked, "Count Segard?" What Count Segard? ”
Han Xing smiled, took off his helmet and stepped forward and said, "Naturally, it's me!" I am the new Count of Paderborn, appointed by the Duke of Hesse! ”
Baron Bird was stunned for a moment, "This guy is my future superior!" After being surprised, Baron Bird was extremely impressed by Han Xing's courage.
Finally, he looked around at the faces of the vassals around him and said, "Okay, as long as you talk and count, I am willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light!" The knights who were looking at him uneasily immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Han Xing saved their wives, sons and daughters, they were grateful, and the conditions put forward were difficult to refuse, but Baron Bird was their lord after all, and they were afraid that they would be caught in the middle and not be human!
That night, Baron Bird hosted a banquet for Baron Sheehan, and took out a large amount of food to distribute to the Sheen army, claiming: "This is to reconcile with the Sheen army, hoping that the two sides can laugh at each other and unite with the outside world." ”
Although the Sheen army was quite hostile to the Bird army, the aroma of the food was so human that it aroused the cravings in their stomachs. They had to succumb to their physiological needs, and eventually they began to feast on them.
It's a pity that Han Xing has already been given sleeping pills in the food, and most of the Sheen army is unconscious, and the few remnants of the army can't stop the Hessian army and the Bird army from joining forces, and Göttingen Castle has fallen.
When Baron Sheen awoke, he was horrified to find himself on his knees before the Duke of Hesse, whose old face, covered with age spots and wrinkles and oily hair, was now smiling and laughing hideously.
"Count Segaard, you did a great job, you really lived up to my expectations!" After the Duke of Hesse finished laughing, he said to Han Xing with satisfaction.
Baron Sheehan was confused, "Segaard, you've never heard of it?" But when his gaze swept to Baron Bird behind Han Xing, his eyes immediately experienced a series of changes, first surprise, then sudden realization, and finally anger.
"It's you, you traitor! I kindly took you in, a lost dog, but you betrayed me and drugged me, you don't want to die well! You don't have to die well! Baron Sheehan roared angrily, his eyes reddened, and crawled towards Baron Bird like a mad dog.
A trace of shame flashed in Baron Bird's eyes, and a knight behind him (shēn) directly came up and kicked Baron Sheehan, and said indignantly: "You lost dog, what qualifications do you have to say Lord Baron Bird?" If you hadn't been mistreating our Bird's Army, withholding our food, and watching our families starve and freeze, how could we have endured it? ”
Han Xing felt a little sorry for this Baron Sheehan, he really had a lot of brains! It's all fallen into this field, and if you don't hurry up and wagging your tail and begging for mercy, maybe you can be spared, but you are actually angry here, and a subordinate prisoner is still so arrogant, isn't this asking for hardship?
The Count of Pomeron looked at Baron Sheehan with a look full of "unfriendly", to be precise, it was like a look like a raw one, which of course made sense, half of his men were dead under the city of Göttingen, and now that Baron Bird has set things right, this black cauldron will naturally have to be carried by Baron Sheen! Who made him the owner of Göttingen?
Han Xing also had no intention of speaking for this Baron Sheehan, after all, there were only three baronies in the entire Pabolahn, and Han Xing planned to keep it for himself, so naturally there was no need to keep its previous master.
With the acquiescence of the Duke of Hesse, Baron Sheehan was pulled out by the smiling Count of Pomerne, waiting for his fate to be self-evident.
A few days later, Saxon reinforcements finally arrived, but unfortunately they numbered only five or six thousand, and the Hessian army had already occupied Göttingen Castle.
It stands to reason that there are definitely more than so many people in Saxony, and if they are fully mobilized, there may be nearly 10,000 people. However, as mentioned above, the feudal aristocracy sent troops to some extent and their relationship with their lords, and the current lords of Saxony are small hairy children, so naturally they can't call on a large army!
Seeing that Göttingen Castle had fallen into the hands of the Hessians, Saxony's reinforcements eventually retreated. After all, Göttingen Castle is a hard bone, and this is not only seen by Han Xing and others.
"Sir Hanschel Segard, I hereby canonize you as Count of Paderborn, in the name of the rightful ruler of Hesse, in the name of the rightful ruler of Hesse, Sir Hanschel Segard, and that you and your descendants will be protected by me as vassals (shēn)! I hope you can live up to my expectations of you! With difficulty, the Duke of Hesse slapped a sword on Han Xing's left shoulder and right shoulder with difficulty, and finally knocked him on the back, ending the ceremony.
The whole ceremony was unusually brief, most likely because the Duke of Hesse couldn't stand for a long time, and Han Xing was worried the whole time if he would slash his neck with a trembling hand.
"My children and grandchildren will be loyal to you and your rightful heirs for generations to come!" Han Xing knelt on one knee on the ground, pulled out the "broken heart" on his waist and swore to the sky.
"Get up! The rightful ruler of Paderborn – Count Segard! The Duke of Hesse smiled with satisfaction, and then sat comfortably in the position that belonged to Baron Sheehan in Göttingen, rubbing the armrest with his hand, looking proud and satisfied.
A few days later, the Hessian army packed up and went back to their respective homes, and Han Xing had to stay here to meet his vassals and solve the Lou Zi he stabbed.
Goslar's mess finally fell on his head, this is really digging a hole and burying it himself!