Volume 3: The Vortex of Strife Chapter 238: The Killing Ceases (I)
The regular army was about to get within range of the bow and arrow when they stopped, and a dozen knights escorted a nobleman in full blue plate armor and began to look out from hundreds of meters away from the entrance of the camp.
There were not many rebels with bows and arrows and crossbow machines in their hands, but they had already aimed at the regular army, and as long as these ill-intentioned regulars dared to take a step closer, these rebels would release their arrows.
"We've sent someone into the cave to inform Mr. Zifka and the other cadres, so don't act rashly!" said a young man of the rebels in a low voice to the uncle beside him, who obviously did not yet know about the infighting in the stone chair chamber. The uncle was silent, his legs already trembling slightly. These people are not cadres of the rebel army, and this uncle is just a member of the rebel army who is temporarily in charge of the command of the camp, and he was pushed out because of his old qualifications, and he has never commanded the battle at all.
Fid and Noor had already stepped down from the cliff, and the rebels on the way didn't pay any attention to them, they had already been distracted by the enemy forces outside the camp.
"Captain Feide, there are a lot of rebels here, and if you really fight with those regular troops, it's not certain who will lose and who will win. ”
"But among these are a great number of women and children," Phyll, throwing the iron sword he picked up randomly from the cave on the ground, "and I will not sit idly by and let the regular army kill innocents." After saying this, Fei De felt a burning face, and he squeezed out of the crowd of the rebels, walked quickly out of the lakeside camp, and strode towards the regular army that was waiting for him. The nobleman, in full blue plate armor, also rode forward, and with a wave of his hand, he left behind the knights who were guarding him.
Nur followed Fid closely, most of the rebels had never seen this man in black armor, and only a few of Clermont's subordinates knew his identity, after all, these rebels came from various bases, and many of them were meeting for the first time.
"I thought all the rebels were shabby and poor guys, but I didn't expect anyone to wear plate armor," the nobleman on the horse pushed the covered helmet on his face, revealing his eyes and nose, "Although this plate armor without a helmet has a lot of scars, it is not difficult to see that it is a high-quality armor, which you snatched?"
Fei De stood in front of the war horse, he ignored the provocation of the nobles, and said directly: "I am Fei De, the leader of the Potato Mercenary Regiment, and I maintain a cooperative relationship with Count Endrida and Lady Eli of the Duchy of Mageni, may I ask your Excellency?"
The nobleman who spoke with his head held high looked at Fei De in surprise, and only responded after about ten seconds: "It turns out that you are the head of Fei De, I didn't expect you to really surrender to the rebels, and now you still want to be a lobbyist for them?"
Nur immediately interjected and said: "Our regimental commander was captured by the rebels, just now I and other companions rescued the regimental commander, and we did not join the rebels!"
"Although the camp behind me is the camp of the rebels, the camp is full of old and weak women and children, so I came here to put an end to this senseless killing. ”
The nobleman in the blue plate armor looked at Fid and Nur seriously, "I am Viscount Jados of Blue Indigo Castle, and behind me are the regular army of the Duchy of Mageni, they are not like you, they will neither join the rebels nor intercede for them. You say those rebels are old and weak, women and children, how can I see those guys with bows and crossbows, aiming at us?"
Jados has very thin eyebrows and a long, pointed nose, which makes him look very scathing. Fei De did not back down because of Viscount Jados's words, "Lord Viscount, I did not defect to the rebel army, I am willing to go back with you to be investigated and interrogated, but the current situation is indeed very critical, if Lord Viscount can trust me, I hope Lord Viscount can withdraw the troops back hundreds of meters, let me communicate with those rebel troops, persuade them to put down their weapons and surrender." ”
This time, even Noor looked at Fid with surprise, and Fei De didn't think of any other way, but he knew that it was impossible for the rebels in this lakeside camp to escape. If these rebels choose to resist desperately, the most likely thing to happen is that the net will be broken, and the rebels will definitely lose most of their lives, and they may not be able to repel the regular army of nearly 1,000 people in the end.
If there is anything you can do, it is to let those rebels understand the status quo, give up resistance, and try to protect children like Amu Atie. Fidel thought to himself.
Viscount Jados still held his head high, he glanced at a makeshift wooden tower at the entrance of the camp, "Okay, then you can go and lobby them, I will give you an hour, but don't play tricks in front of me, I never trust mercenaries." ”
Fei De immediately thanked the other party, turned around and walked in the direction of the camp, "You have to go back quickly, I am ordered not to let go of a rebel, whether it is a child or an old man." If I find someone trying to escape, my troops will not hesitate to storm the camp!" Viscount Jados's harsh words put a lot of pressure on Fidd, who began to wonder if he could really do anything for the children and the innocent civilians.
"Captain Fed, do we really have to do so much for these rebels? maybe they'll tie you up or even throw you into the lake!" Noor whispered in Fett's ear. Feder just shook his head and said no more.
"Stop!" a rebel army member stood in front of the camp entrance, and behind him two young men with dilapidated crossbows were alerting Fid and Noor, "Someone just reported that you were mercenaries! Why did you appear in our camp!?
Fei De immediately repeated the argument he had come up with, and he didn't know if what he was saying would be convincing. Luckily, however, he was not tied up and thrown into the lake, but was received by a rebel cadre who had escaped from the cave.
This rebel cadre had just attended the meeting in the stone chair chamber, and he had made up his mind to side with Levier and Lutz the moment he appeared. So he was also sent by Levier to command the camp by the lake, and to prepare the rebels in the camp by the lake to evacuate - who would have thought that a regular army of nearly a thousand people appeared hundreds of meters outside the camp, and the ensuing troubles gave him a splitting headache.
"You're Field, aren't you? I've seen you in the Stone Chair Chamber," said the Rebel cadre in his thirties with a narrow head and a weak voice, "My men have already told me about you, and since you have fled, why did you turn back to the camp?"
"To stop a senseless killing from happening. "Fider told the rebel cadres in front of him about Viscount Jados, and at the same time told the truth about the strength of the regular army. Considering the pride of the rebel cadres, he did not point out that the rebels would be defeated if they were to fight hard, but he expressed the same meaning in other words.
The rebel cadre thought for a long time before he replied: "Li Wei did not anticipate the current situation, I need to tell him about this matter, and it is up to him to decide." But if you think that our rebels will surrender because of the difficulties, then you are underestimating us!"
Fide sighed, he didn't know how long it would take, and he didn't know how patient Viscount Jados was. Faced with a battle that must be lost, why is this rebel cadre still so stubborn, stubborn like himself a long time ago.
Feder recalls that when he was younger, he was very stubborn, stubborn and unpersuadable, and continued until he left Uncle Evan, even when he first formed the Potato Mercenary Group. However, in the later days of the regimental commander, Fei De gradually learned how to understand others and how to listen to their opinions. He realizes that he can't solve all the difficulties alone, and he realizes that excessive persistence will only make things worse, which is why he is willing to stand between the nobles and the rebels, trying to stop the possible killing.
Fid pondered in his tent, while Noor stood aside, his hands crossed over his chest, staring at the pointy-headed, narrow-haired rebel cadre. There were also a few rebels with weapons in their hands standing aside, and no one spoke, so they were silent.
After about twenty minutes, there was some commotion outside the tent. A member of the rebel army rushed in in a hurry, pointing behind him and shouting, "Report! Those regular troops are coming at us!"
Fid immediately stood up, and the rebel cadre glared at Fid and rushed out, followed by Fid and Noor, running to a clear field of vision. Sure enough, as reported by the reporting soldiers, more than 800 regular troops of the Duchy of Mageni were rushing towards the camp, and no one could stop the murderous formation! The side of the camp of the rebels was also attacking with bows and crossbows, launching a long-range attack with limited lethality against the charging regular army.
"How so... Didn't Jados plan to give me an hour at all?" Fidel muttered to himself, as chaos erupted around him, and the rebels with all sorts of weapons rushed to the entrance of the camp, intending to defend it. The rest of the rebels fled to the edge of the cliff behind them, and some of the most timid rebels sneaked into the caves.
A rebel boy shouted loudly, "Fight, fight!" Phaedra stopped the other party, "Why would those regular troops suddenly attack the camp?!"
"Clermont ordered a preemptive strike! So it's not them who attack us, it's us who give them a blow first!"
"Clermont..."
Suddenly, the rebels' lakeside camp was thrown into chaos. Although the number of the rebels was nearly 5,000, they all knew the strength of the regular army, and panic was written on their faces.
"Commander, let's get out of here! We've done our best! If we don't leave, we'll be attacked by the regular army!" Noor shouted beside Fed, who was still in place. At this moment, a rain of arrows was thrown from outside the camp, and Noor immediately picked up a long knife to protect Fidel.
"Captain!"
Fid was awakened by Noor's loud shouts, and he looked back at the old men and women who were protecting the children as they retreated in the direction of the cave, "Nur, where are my men?!"
Nur was stunned, and he immediately pointed to the cliff above, "It should be in the mountain forest behind the cliff!"
"Go and bring them here!"
"But..."
"Go quickly!"