Hawke took a deep breath and said, "What are we going to do next?"

Reeves shrugged and said, "Hold on, as much as you can." ”

"Until the day when you can't stand it?" Huo Xiao laughed a little self-deprecatingly. "Uncle Reeves, do you think we'll be able to withstand it, or how many days?"

Reeves said: "I hate to tell you this, but I must be honest with you, we can't stand it. Taking a deep breath, he continued, "There are two possibilities, one of which is that if your father still remembers that you are his son and not a pawn in the battle for the throne, then he will make a last-minute move to stop Sean from killing you. This leads to two more possibilities: first, you will be imprisoned forever, and there will be no more Virgil Hawke Virgil, the second prince of Arris, or second, you will be exiled and become a commoner Hawke, and you will be stripped of Virgil's surname. ”

Hawke chuckled, and there was a kind of self-pity in his laughter: "Oh, Uncle Reeves, please don't think so great about the current monarch. He was the most prestigious spectator in the race for the throne. It's like watching gladiators tear through the arena, the more blood is shed, the more excited he gets. The defeated prince was to him a defeated gladiator, and he would have been glad to see my head cut off and stuck in a stake, rather than worrying about missing a son. Believe me, he raised me single-handedly, and I know this better than anyone else. I mean more to him than I do to the ornament on his chest. ”

Reeves shook his head gloomily, and said after a while: "I told my sister at the beginning, most men who are too rich and too good-looking are always unreliable, coupled with a lot of ambition, such a man should be avoided by every woman, but she just likes it." It's good that you look like your father, but you look like my sister. He sighed and said, "Then there is only one possibility left, and this Silver Arrow Castle will become a gorgeous tomb!"

Hawke muttered, "I've come to this realization. The question now is how many more days we can keep. ”

Reeves looked at Hawke. "Actually, if you just run away alone, there is still a chance of life. I can command here, and with the bull head who is inseparable from you, it should be able to attract some attention and create opportunities for you. Just stay alive. Don't you have a chance to make a comeback!"

Hawke smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Don't say it, Uncle Reeves, I didn't plan to run away. If you, Niu Niu, or my soldiers die for protecting me, I think I have an obligation to fight with everyone to the end!" Shaking his head, he added, "I'm not interested in making a comeback. Do you think such a Virgil is still qualified for me to fight for it forever? So, I'm going to fight with everyone until the last moment. At the moment when the eyes were closed, there was a bull's head beside him. With you, and the soldiers who shed blood with me to the last drop, I didn't die unjustly!"

Reeves chuckled, "Okay!

Hawke also smiled: "Yes." I still have that. ”

Turn your head slightly. Reeves watched as the flag shook in the wind. "Do you know what Sean is doing?"

"Yes. Hawke nodded: "He's arranging." First, it cuts off the water source to the Silver Arrow land. Then cut off the main traffic routes. Without these two necessities of life, the silver arrow is just a lonely city. There's no way to stick to it. He did it this way. If there is patience. You don't have to spend a single soldier to take Silver Arrow Castle. ”

Reeves shook his head: "He wasn't so patient. In addition, the castle of Silver Arrow has a self-dug well. There is also some arable land in the castle. Add to that the grain reserves of the past. This can last up to a month or more. If you let the civilians in the castle leave. The consumption of land resources has been greatly reduced. If it is only for the needs of the soldiers. A year and a half is not a problem at all. It's been a long time. There are many variables. Sean wasn't stupid enough to be that stupid. ”

Hawke's face changed slightly: "You mean." Even the civilians in the city have no chance to leave?"

"Yes. Reeves said, "It's impossible to get civilians out of the land. The civilians who were sent out of the castle would be besieged back here by Sean. He won't kill them. But they will be the biggest killer of how long we last. The people are the foundation of the country. He needed to use the Silver Arrows to restore them to life once they were in his hands. At the same time, they are needed to consume our earthly energy. I don't think he would mind killing some civilians with the Silver Arrow. Only the necessary population remained. But not now. ”

Hawke could only smile bitterly: "It seems." My brother is far more qualified to be a king than I am. He's ruthless enough. It's cold-blooded enough. The means are ruthless. ”

Reeves shook his head and said, "Wrong. He's just a marauder. ”

Hawke said, "That's what I mean. He finally attacked. It is only a matter of time before the attack comes. If I'm not mistaken, I don't think it will last more than half a month. He'll wait until we're weak to strike a thunderbolt!"

Reeves nodded, "As I thought, the longest time will not exceed half a month." Now that there is a shortage of spare water and food, I think Sean's hands-on time is running out. ”

Cowherd said: "We have been besieged for eleven days. ”

Hawke clenched the hilt of his sword and said, "So, in four to five days, Sean's general attack will come!"

"Hmm. Reeves said, "Ten years ago, I left your mother to leave the Ground Guard on Bell Island to train them and let them grow and develop. Now they are not enough to fight Sean, but they can tear a gap in Sean's defense, and this gap will be a chance for us to escape. Unfortunately, I sent out the signal for help too quickly, and the messenger was found and assassinated repeatedly, so that the news got out too late, and without help, we would not have waited for the day when they arrived. Looking at the sky in a daze, Reeves said: "If, as long as there is a little help, even if it is just a little, so that Sean will not dare to act rashly for the time being." Hawke, we have a chance to survive!"

"Help?who?" Hawke said with a wry smile: "The water source and transportation have been cut off, the silver arrows have been surrounded into iron barrels, and there are no friendly forces around, except for Uncle Reeves's troops on Bell Island, who else can help us?" Shaking his head and sighing: "Uncle Reeves, it's not that I don't have confidence in you, your troops can't get here." If they are wise enough, they will turn back halfway and not have to make unnecessary sacrifices. ”

Reeves fell silent, his hands stuck into his sleeves like a thief, holding the dagger, and he hung his head speechless. Like him, Hawke gripped the hilt of his sword with his right hand and did not speak. The two of them stood silently at the head of the wall, looking at the Sean Army flag in the distance---- it was still fluttering unhurriedly in the wind, and it hadn't changed much for eleven days, just like the final outcome of their own side that it revealed---- no matter what efforts they made, it would not change much. As soon as Sean's army comes out, it will be a dead-end situation!

All of a sudden, on the battlements of the city wall at the highest point of the Silver Arrow Castle, there were two more human sculptures, standing speechless, with mixed feelings in their hearts. Only the bull's head, which is always stupid and fearless, lacks a nerve called worry in his head, still wagging his tail wrapped in exquisite tail armor, and looking around with a smirk on his face that he doesn't care about big things or small things.

Looking due north, it is Sean's army, and you can see the military flag flying high, as well as the smoke of cooking and the temporary tent that is faintly visible. I've been watching this situation for many days, and I really don't know what interest Hoho and Butler Reece have in them, and I don't feel bored after watching them many times a day. The bull head was tired of it, and he was not interested in this, so he twisted his head to the other side.

To the west is the mountains, and there is not much to see. Farther to the north, the Silver Arrow's main transportation route, which had been truncated by Sean, was not in sight. To the east, farther away is the sea, and you can faintly smell the seaside from the top of the wall. I heard that on the other side of the sea is the Discord Continent, where many races live, and it seems that Xu Zheng is also there. This made Niu Tou very concerned, so he stared over there, and couldn't help thinking in his heart, if Huo Huoken listened to his words earlier, gave up the battle for the throne of the fisherman, and went to Xu Zheng. That funny teenager must have a lot of interesting things to do around him, not to be stuck here and moldy. It's a pity that Huo Huo is a dead eye, and he threatened to cut out his tongue for more and more words, but he didn't listen to himself.

As for whether the tongue will be cut out, the cowherd doesn't care at all. After Xu Zheng mentioned it, he felt that he was becoming more and more shrewd now. For example, he can see that Huo Huo's threatening words are followed by concern, and he will say the threat of cutting his tongue countless times a day, but the tongue is still growing in his mouth. Thinking of this, the Cowherd wanted to laugh secretly.

As soon as the cow's mouth made a small slit, his eyes froze and looked fixedly at the southeast sky.

What is that?

It's not like, when did the clouds move so fast?

From a distance, there was a fast, changing shape of strange clouds in the sky, and they were flying in this direction at a rapid pace. To the eye, they don't seem to be very high, at least not as tall as common clouds, and not as soft and fluffy as ordinary clouds look, as if they don't carry a little weight. To describe the bullhead's not-so-clever brain, he would say that the bunch of things in the sky is a swarm of hornets that are about to attack people without a head or face, and they are rapidly coming towards the castle of Silver Arrow!

"Ah...... Hoho, what's in the sky?" said the bull head. To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, xtcom, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)