Minna stood on the high wall of the East district, holding a telescope to look at the Nogar army garrison in the distance, and vaguely saw a figure that looked like Jada coming out of the main tent, followed by an attendant, probably Sargent

Jada is really coming...

She put down her binoculars a little sadly, and just happened to see a few people riding towards the barracks over there, and wondered who they were, so she heard Mallory say beside her, "Those are the chiefs of the North District, and I arranged for them to try each other's mouths"

Minna was surprised and asked, "Didn't they tell Jada about this?" "The number of Easter's troops, and the new walls, and the fact that Melonory was in charge of the affairs here, were no longer secrets to the inhabitants of the town of Sico

Mallory smiled, "It's okay to tell him, but... Will those people really help the Nuojia Army? ”

Minna: "Why not?" They're Nogar."

"Even the Nogar people have their own ideas, they have accumulated wealth and power here, whether in the North District, or in the whole of Sico, they are leaders but... If the Nogar Army did occupy this place, what were they? ”

Minna understood, and held up her binoculars to see what they were doing

Soon after, the men came back with the words of Commander Noga, which was said by the Duke of Jeda: "We are here to protect the personal safety of our people, please don't guard against our army, let us enter the town to help the people of Noga."

Will listened from the sidelines, his brow furrowed: "Didn't you tell him that the turmoil had subsided?" They are not needed here at all! ”

One of the chieftains, "I have already told the Duke about this, but he is not at ease, saying that we have been harmed by the turmoil, and that we must protect our property from being violated, and help Sico restore calm, and insist on getting involved, but..."

Mallory smiled at them and said, "Thank you for passing the word... You know what is the right thing to do," the men looked at each other a few times, then said goodbye and left

As soon as the man was gone, Minna asked Mallory what to do, and he said, "Wait and see who can't hold their breath first!" ”

At first, it was the Noga army that couldn't hold their breath, and when they waited until the evening of the next day, they didn't see the people of Sico town react, and the spies also reported that the Esther army had not taken special action, and the people in the town still did the hoeing, and the people in the town were still hoeing, and after discussing with several of his generals, he led the army into the northern district and stationed there, and then sent a large group of men and horses to advance to the right, occupying the western district of Van Adi and the surrounding plains, and drove out several families who had stayed there, and then they advanced towards the central area again, but the Nojia army could not go any further after occupying the northernmost street in the central area, and overnight, a high earthen wall was suddenly built on the street, blocking the way of the armySome of the earthen walls were so strong that even the sharpest knives slashed at the walls left only a slight mark

The leader of the Esther district walked up to the city wall and shouted that the Nogar army wanted to protect the people, and that they did not need to enter the residential areas of other countries, and that they should leave as soon as possible

Jada motioned to a veteran to step forward and said, "Our people have been greatly hurt in the turmoil, and we demand that the murderer be severely punished!" Let's get inside! ”

The leader rolled his eyes secretly and said, "The murderers have already been punished, and the people of your country will look for them if they want to find them!" ”

The veteran didn't know how to answer for a while, and Jada raised his voice: "Who knows if they are the real murderers?" I've heard that the Easters did it, let's go in and find the truth! With a wave of his hand, the soldiers began to attack the earthen wall

The leader hurriedly shrank back, replaced with a general sent by East, and commanded the soldiers to smash stones and oil and other objects at the opponent Jada for a while, and found that the Easter side was well prepared, thinking of someone who had fled, and resentful to see that his soldiers were burned by oil or stoned, in order to maintain his combat strength, he had to order a temporary retreat to the northern district

Melori stood beneath the city wall and looked at a small officer beside him, who left knowingly, and Minna asked him curiously what he was going to do, but he just smiled and didn't answer

But in a few moments, Minna knew the answer, the little officer came from behind with a young man, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in black, obviously mourning, his face was a little pale, his lips were tightly pursed, he looked very tired, but his waist was very straight

Minna recognized his identity, Alborne. Heda, the fourth son of the once-prominent Hedda family and the current heir to the family, fell into the hands of traffickers a few months ago, and she rescued him and his female companion, but when did he come to Sico?

Behind Alben, there was also a middle-aged man and a mother and daughter, the mother was about thirty years old, and the daughter was eleven or twelve years old, but she was very thin Minna vaguely remembered, it seemed that Estero's wife and daughter Minna guessed Glori's intentions, and couldn't help frowning slightly, feeling that it seemed immoral to threaten the enemy's family?

She called Melori softly, but the latter waved her hand and said, "I know it in my heart, you don't have to say more" She had to shut up, but it was this little episode that caused the butler to look at her a few more times, and with a suspicious look in his eyes, Minna's self was recognized, and he hurriedly shrank behind Melory

Alben didn't notice this at all, he quietly stepped forward, waited for the city gate to open, looked at him a few times, and smiled: "Count Heda, you should know what you are going to do, right?" ”

Alben said lightly: "I don't need you to remind you" and turned over on a horse led by the soldier

Two knights, dressed in full armor, rode up and escorted him out of the city walls to the entrance to the northern district, and when he was still thirty or forty meters away from the Nogar army blockade, Alben shouted his brother's name and asked him to come out to meet him

Esparo stood at the back of the line of soldiers, and was very surprised to see that it was his younger brother: "Aren't you in Meiat?" What are you doing here?! Seeing that his younger brother was wearing mourning clothes, he mourned in his heart: "The matter of my father and Ex... Is it already done? ”

Alben nodded: "Brother who has been buried in the family cemetery, Aloy and I are here, and the sister-in-law and the little niece and the third brother are also rushing here."

"Really?" Esparo looked overjoyed, "That's great! Come here and live with me! It won't be long before the glory of our Heddah family will return to us! ”

Alben shook his head and asked with a wry smile, "Big brother, do you really know what you're doing?" ”

Esparo's face sank: "What? Am I doing something wrong? Easter took the power of our family and killed our father and brother, what's wrong with what I did?! ”

"No, His Majesty the King did not order the execution of his father and second brother, this is a complete rumor!"

Esparo's face became even more ugly when he heard this: "You have been deceived!" Who else but Valfred III would give such an order ?! I have a reliable source of information, and I know what is going on, don't you even believe my brother?! ”

"It's not like that!" Alben was a little excited, "I was in Ito during that time!" I went to visit my father and second brother just one day before they were killed! My father already regretted it and said that if I have a chance to find you, I must persuade you to come back to see His Majesty, and His Majesty also promised me to wait for my father's birthday to let me go to see him, and then my mother can also go in with me! If he wanted to kill his father and brother, there was no need to say such things! ”

Esparo listened, but narrowed his eyes: "You're today... Are you here to be a lobbyist? He snorted coldly, "Have you been coaxed by your queen aunt, or have you been blinded by wealth and power and forgotten the name of our Heda family?!" ”

"You are the one who forgot the name of your family!" Alben took a deep breath, "Big brother, our Heda family is one of the eight founding dukes, our ancestors, following the first generation of kings, established this country with blood and sweat, and now, you, the descendants of you, want to attack it with the armies of other countries?!" ”

"That's because the country betrayed Heda!"

"But you, Heda, betrayed the country first!"

The brothers were a little excited, looking at each other and panting, and after a while, Esparo said softly: "You don't need to say it, I already understand what you mean, I will do what I want, and you..." he smiled coldly, "Go and hug the thigh of Waalfred III, and be his powerful slave, but when I conquer this country and restore Heda's glory, you don't say that you are my brother!" ”

Alben stared at him, "You have to do this?" Seeing his brother nodding, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he quickly regained his calm: "You probably forgot one thing, I am the head of the Heda family!" Before my father died, he had already given me the token" He showed an obsidian ring on his hand: "Since you insist on disobeying the ancestral teachings of the Heda family, then... From now on, I thought I would never have the surname Hedda again."

Esparo was furious: "Don't go too far! Are you going to let me throw away my brotherhood completely?! ”

Alben smiled self-deprecatingly, but his face turned even paler: "You have abandoned all your family a long time ago" Ignoring the brother, he rode back to the South End

Esparo was so angry that his whole body trembled, and he turned his head sharply and drew the bow and arrow in the hands of the soldiers behind him, and was about to teach his hateful brother a lesson, but suddenly he heard someone calling "Daddy", the voice was a little familiar, he was stunned, and saw his wife and daughter standing on the opposite wall, and the daughter waved to him to look at his wife and daughter, who had lost a lot of weight, and his heart softened, so he shouted: "Come here!" Come and stay with me! ”

The youngest daughter was still waving, but his wife suddenly cried, turned her face to hug her daughter, the daughter was stunned, hugged her mother and whispered comfort, heard her father shouting again, she was about to wave in response, but was dragged down the city wall by her mother, and she couldn't see her father anymore She kept asking her mother why, but her mother just cried non-stop

Esparo watched his wife and daughter disappear behind the city wall, but refused to appear again, and his younger brother had already returned to the other camp, he couldn't help but be a little stunned, and immediately became angry: Since you have all betrayed me, then don't blame me for being ruthless!

Sargent walked up behind him lightly: "Are you okay?" Have you relented? ”

He jerked his head back: "Impossible! Then he strode back to his tent, and when Sargent saw this, he carefully watched the situation on the other side, and when he saw that they did not make any moves, he turned back with confidence, but saw Jada standing in front of the tent with his frown, his eyes fixed on Esparo, and he walked towards him and asked, "What's the matter?" Do you think there's something wrong? ”

Jada said in a deep voice: "Is a person who can even give up his relatives really reliable? How can we trust him to really be loyal to Noga? Sargent, though I have always trusted your judgment, this man... I really can't trust."

Sargent hurriedly said: "Use what you can, as long as we can give him what he wants, he will naturally listen to us"

Jada shook his head: "I'm afraid he will be shaken halfway" paused and changed the subject: "By the way, what exactly is the secret weapon you are talking about?" All I saw was that it was pulled by a wagon, and it smelled all the way, so if I wanted to keep it a secret, I should at least let me know, right? Is it a new type of artillery? I think the size is a bit like that."

Sargent had a meaningful smile on his face: "Don't worry, the secret will be revealed sooner or later, that thing is cumbersome, and it won't arrive until tomorrow, but as long as you have them, not to mention this small West Branch Town, even a big city like Ito, you can't resist it."

"Oh?" Jada raised an eyebrow, "Really? Then I really want to take a good look, what kind of weapon is so powerful, will it arrive tomorrow? Let's inspect it together, and if it's really good, we can use it to attack the thick wall of Siko right away! … Sargent, what's wrong with you? Uncomfortable? ”

Sargent's hands trembled slightly, his left eye kept open, he quickly lowered his head, and only after a while did he raise his head and smile: "It's nothing, maybe I'm too tired, just take a break"

(Got back to normal updates early, albeit a little late...) ）