Chapter 42: Rain
The news of the battle in the Zoroasd Valley and the Fury Fortress spread like the wind in every corner of Olopa, and although the war with the foreign races had achieved an unprecedented victory, the high-ranking countries of the Holy Light Cult expressed disdain and disdain for the victory of Duris by such despicable and inferior means, believing that Duris's tactics were contrary to the bright chivalry, not to mention the king, and even the knights were not qualified, when the upper echelons of the countries resounded for a time against the king of Duris and the kingdom of Pole - of course, behind these overwhelming remarks were the shadow of the church
However, some people of insight do not think so, they feel that the so-called chivalry should be a code of conduct that can stimulate the sense of honor of knights, and should not become a shackle that binds the hands and feet of knights. And Duris fought beautifully, and he used a tactic never seen before in Olopa, and his victory was quite perfect, which will become a milestone in the history of the development of the art of commanding, and those who are indiscriminate about Duris just can't eat the grapes and say that the grapes are sour
Regardless of the outcome of the argument between the two diametrically opposed opinions, the entire Brilliant Continent has been destroyed by the three brothers, the civil war started by the eldest brother of Duris, the Emperor Charlottes and the third brother Charcopier, which made the already suffering Fayele Empire even worseThe news of the landing of the two main armies, the Divine Light Technique and the Heavenly Flame, landed on the ports of the Empire's west coast - the Imperial Western Fleet, which had wavered in the civil war, had made a symbolic resistance and allowed the enemy to land on its own territory in order to preserve its strength
The total strength of the Templars was small, but the overall combat effectiveness was incomparable to that of the rabble of Charcopier, and after weighing the situation, Emperor Charlotte divided a part of the main force besieging the city to intercept the Templars, so the general attack on the rebels had to be delayed
When the Fayele Empire fell into a full-scale civil war, the four countries that had enemies with the empire - the kingdom of Ban Xuanmen, the kingdom of Vimumen, the kingdom of Loma and the Republic of Monis were in a state of anger, and declared war on the empire at the same time, which greatly shocked the emperor. The evil fruit planted by the enemy on all sides, now that the empire has fallen, these countries have not taken the opportunity to beat the water dogs, the attitude of the four countries is very clear, unless the territory occupied by the empire over the years is recovered, they will never retreat, most of the current territory of the Yale Empire is invaded, return these territories, what is left of the empire, of course, Emperor Charlotte will not agree to these requests, he has to call up more troops to go to the border to fight foreign enemies
Under the internal and external troubles, will the Fayale Empire be able to avoid this crisis, and no one knows what will happen in the future, because the future is driven by the past and the present
There are still more than 300 kilometers of mountain roads in the middle of the Fayeru Empire from the city of Bourne
The rain was sparse and sparse, and it had already entered the summer, and after a long time, the rain had emitted a rancid sour smell, and in the rain, a caravan of 61 people braved the rain and pushed several heavy wagons to the east
Stopped, a group of emperors blocked the caravan's way
The caravan stopped, and it was a dozen French soldiers who set up checkpoints on the road, judging from their clothing, these were troops loyal to Emperor Charlotte I, a merchant walked up to a soldier who seemed to be the captain, handed over a bag of gold coins, and said to the captain with a respectful smile: We are the Agoura merchant group, and we are on the way, can you ......
The captain looked him up and down, and asked suspiciously: Now that there is chaos and bandits are rampant everywhere, you a big merchant group dares to show off everywhere
Sir, this is the case, our caravan hired armed guards, although there were bandits who wanted to attack us along the way, but they were all beaten away by the guards, and the captain accompanied him and said with a smile
He drew his sword and put it against the merchant's throat, and shouted loudly, "Are you spies sent by the rebels?" the other soldiers heard the captain's shouts and immediately prepared for battle, and some of them raised their weapons and rushed to the leading merchants, and some of them loaded their arrows and were ready to fire at any time
Don't don't don't ...... Relax, the chief was put to his throat by the captain, and the merchant pretended to be panicked, but his tone could not hear any panic, we are all serving the emperor, if the trip is delayed here, I am afraid that the chief will not be able to bear it
Oh, the captain asked curiously, tell me what's going on
The merchant pointed to the wagon behind him: "Sir, our caravan will transport a batch of iron ore for His Majesty to the imperial capital of Byrne City to be used to forge weapons against the rebels and northern invaders...... I'm afraid we won't be able to explain
Iron ore, such an important strategic material, is not transported by a regular army but by an ordinary caravan
Sir, do you know that our Agoura merchant group signed a treaty with the representative of His Majesty half a month ago to become the royal royal merchant group, and I will tell you honestly...... The merchant pretended to look around mysteriously, then put his mouth to the captain's ear and whispered, "In addition to transporting a batch of iron ore, we also have a batch of special goods designated by the royal family, so we must escort them secretly."
Special cargo, what special cargo
Shhhh
The long caravan slowly passed through the checkpoint, and a soldier timidly walked up to the captain and whispered: "The chief has heard that the Agoura caravan had been attacked by a bandit four days ago, and all of them have died."
What captain was surprised, who did you listen to
My cousin, who was serving in combat units at the front, was wounded and sent to the rear to recuperate, just passing by our barracks yesterday, when he came to me for a drink, he told me
The soldier and the captain spoke in a small voice, but they could not escape the ears of a caravan member who was passing by, and saw that this person was wearing a rainproof cloak, and a rain hood on his head, and his face was mysterious, and as soon as he heard the two of them, he immediately stopped and shouted: "Kill them, and leave them alive."
As soon as the people of the caravan heard the order, they immediately opened the side door of the carriage, drew various weapons from inside, and then shouted at the dozen or so soldiers guarding the gate and rushed over, these people were obviously strictly trained in military affairs, and the soldiers who were guarding were not yet able to react......
A few minutes of short battle ended, and the soldiers guarding the card had no life, including the captain who received the gold coin, and killing people in the rain had two advantages: first, the sound of the rain could drown out the sound of the attack, and second, the rain could wash away the blood
The squad leader, the merchant who had made a false accusation to the French army just now came to the mysterious person who gave them the order to attack, and he had already dealt with it, and none of them let go
Marn buried the bodies without leaving a trace
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After burying the corpse, the team disbanded in place, and five days later, they gathered at the largest tavern in the city of Byrne, and the code word was used as a sign to speak, and the mysterious man wrote a few words on the hand of the merchant named Marn
Marn was a little puzzled by this order: Captain, why are we ......
The closer to the imperial capital, the higher the vigilance of the emperor, the method of using the caravan as a cover seems to have failed, and it can no longer continue to pretend, if the whole team marches, the target is too big, and now it can only be broken into pieces and dispersed into the imperial capital
The mystery man's explanation was quite reasonable, and Marn happily conveyed the order, and after burying the body, the caravan took his luggage and weapons from the wagon, and some people on horseback and some on foot dispersed in an orderly manner, and soon only two people, two horses, and ten abandoned carriages remained
Captain, let's not leave yet, Marn said to the mysterious man
Marn, you go first, and I'll catch up
Although he did not understand the commander's intentions, Marn obediently rode one of the remaining horses and headed to the east
At this time, the rain was still falling, but the rain was much lighter than just now, and the mysterious man opened his rain hood and took off his rain cloak, only to see that he was a handsome young man, wearing a brand new knight's armor, with a knight's sword pinned to his left waist, he put one hand on the hilt of a sword, and shouted to the empty surroundings: You have been following us for so many days, now it is time to show up
A petite figure spun out from behind a tree
Brother Julian, we can finally meet alone