Chapter 479: Betrayal
The two clusters of holy light that burst out one after another made the heart of Deputy Captain Henry, who led the ruling knights to fight hard, directly chill. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info Maybe the knight at the bottom didn't know what that meant, but as the third person after Cardinal Owen and Head Ian, he knew very well in his heart that this war of the Church of Light might be a complete failure.
Henry's eyes have been following the figure of Captain Ian, and he is desperately looking forward to Captain Ian being able to use the protective effect of 'Divine Blessing' to rescue this side of the battlefield, as long as the Knights of Judgment are rescued, he still has hope of returning to the Church to regain his high position.
When Captain Ian didn't even look at the battlefield here, and completely regarded these hard-fought Judge Knights as if they were running for their lives alone, Deputy Commander Henry let out a terrible howl in his throat like a lone wolf who had lost a cub: "No!
In fact, if Henry were in the perspective of Captain Ian, Henry would not hesitate to flee alone. After all, although the Knights of Light and the Knights of the Holy Judgment are from the same Church of Light, the relationship between the two Knights is extremely tense due to their support for Cardinal Abraham and Cardinal Owen respectively. Coupled with this critical moment of life and death, it is not unreasonable to leave the Knights of the Divine Judgment to attract the attention of the enemy so that they can safely withdraw from the battlefield.
It is clear that Henry is not able to accept this kind of betrayal in any case, especially if the victim is himself. Why is it that the Knights of the Holy Judgment are still fighting to the death, and you Knights of Light are fleeing, and why do you want me to attract your attention and let you evacuate safely?
The resentment in his heart made Deputy Commander Henry almost go crazy, but in the fierce battle between the two armies, he couldn't do anything to stop Commander Ian, and could only mechanically resist the almost endless attacks of the Tang cavalry around him.
Gao Xianzhi rode his horse close to the battlefield, swept away the light cavalry of the Tang army, which had already circled behind the enemy army and was ready to attack at any time, and Ashina Xin, who had returned in vain from a distance, and knew a little about the battle situation in his heart. Taking a deep breath, Gao Xianzhi shouted loudly: "Listen to the enemy troops of the Bright Sect Country! Your leader has been defeated and fled! You are already an outcast! Put down your arms and surrender without killing!"
The Xuanjia elite cavalry behind him also shouted in unison with Gao Xianzhi's words, and hundreds of people shouted in unison while riding their horses around, making the soldiers on both sides who were fighting on the battlefield stunned. Some of the caring apprentice Light Knights had long wondered why the divine blessing had been interrupted for so long, and now Tang Jun's shout made them suddenly understand in their hearts that Cardinal Owen must have fled.
In fact, from the bottom of their hearts, these probationary knights did not want to believe this, after all, Cardinal Owen is a highly respected figure in the church, and the majestic image bathed in the holy light has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
"Don't believe them! Your Majesty Owen must have been killed! Knights, for our Owen's crown, for the Church, for the God of Light, fight with them!" a knight captain, poisoned by the Church's ideology, brandished his knightly sword, loudly boosting the morale of the cadet knights and stirring up their hostility.
Although the trainee knights were already physically and mentally exhausted, under the encouragement of the knight commander, especially the thought of being able to avenge Owen's crown and be loyal to the church and the god of light, they moved forward bravely one by one as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and firmly suppressed the Tang soldiers for a while.
Unlike these low-level knights, Deputy Commander Henry immediately made waves in his heart after hearing Gao Xianzhi's persuasion to surrender.
Surrender may save your life, but the Church of Light will certainly not accept such a disgrace, and the Inquisition will certainly label itself as a blasphemous, not only will all its glory be reduced to nothingness, but it will also have to face the endless hunt of the Inquisition.
But if you keep fighting...... , Deputy Head Henry swept away the fewer and fewer judges around him, and his heart couldn't help but tremble, and the fear of death quietly hit his heart, making Deputy Head Henry almost out of breath.
I once thought that under the Holy Light, I would face death calmly like a hero, and I would become the heroic spirits enshrined and preached by the Church, and ascend to the kingdom of heaven of the God of Light. But when death was so near, Deputy Head Henry found himself unable to do it.
Between death and humiliation, Henry subconsciously found that he did not have the courage to face death, and it was better to be able to live than anything else.
"So...... All, all the Knights of the Judges, listen!Cardinal Owen and Captain Ian have given up on us and are running for our lives alone!Now...... Now lay down your weapons and don't continue to resist!, I declare...... Surrender to the Knights of the Holy Judgment!" Deputy Master Henry's stumbling shout stunned the Knights of the Holy Judgment who were fighting to the death.
With a choking sound, Deputy Commander Henry took the initiative to throw down the knight's sword and knight's shield in his hand, and raised his hands to signal the knights around him to do the same.
"Henry Howens......! You traitor, you dare to turn your back on the church!" a chief knight who had been loyally guarding Henry's side roared in grief and stabbed at Henry with his sword, trying to kill this blasphemous traitor who had turned his back on the church.
There was a knight who surrendered in the enemy army, how could those Tang cavalry let him be killed so easily, just when the knight commander raised the knight's sword in his hand, several horse lances came over and raised the knight commander high and threw it out.
The chief knight was pierced in the chest by the lance, and when he was picked up in mid-air, he still spat at Deputy Captain Henry, but after being thrown away by the lance, his body rolled like a broken sack a few times and then disappeared. Such a tragic and heroic end made many knights can't help but consider the call of Henry's deputy commander.
"Anyway, it's Henry's order, we just need to follow his order to live, even if the church blames it's Henry's responsibility!" Many knights found various reasons for themselves to accept the act of surrender.
But many more knights could not tolerate such a practice, not only out of devout belief in God, not just out of loyalty to the Church, but more out of the Inquisition's fear of the endless hunt for traitors.
The Judges looked at each other, their eyes either confused or determined, and in this moment, they made a choice for their beliefs.