For Haraus, his journey to Rhodoch seems to have come to an end. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info The hungry soldiers in the city could no longer hold on, and the city walls were crumbling.

"Your Majesty, the northern outer wall has been lost, and our soldiers have completely retreated. ”

"Give an order to the reserves and let them retake the walls. ”

The knight who gave the order looked embarrassed, but he didn't say anything superfluous, and went to deliver the order.

Haraus is also a veteran who has been on the battlefield for many years, so he naturally knows what he is embarrassed about. There weren't many reserves on their side, and now that Rhodok had just begun to attack the city, throwing them into battle so early was almost a kind of slow suicide. Besides, these reserves may not be of much use, and after so long of starvation, even as a king, he is a little weak, let alone the lowest soldiers.

However, he had no choice. From the time he was trapped on the shore, he knew that he was afraid that this battle would be more than lucky. Therefore, he adopted the tactic of burning jade, and demolished the castle and other major buildings in Aaron's city, which will never be restored in a few decades. This is done to disgust Griffos and to supply himself. As for reinforcements from Viruga, he had expected it, but never really did anything to count on. The original plan was to encircle Viruga with two large armies, but now that he had half of his troops, he didn't think that Haringos's soldiers alone could quickly take the entire city, and then break through thousands of miles, all the way to the siege and reach him.

He took up one of the red flags representing the Swadia soldiers on the sand table and replaced them with a green flag representing Rhodok, and then pulled up two red flags in the city and planted them next to the green flags. At this time, there were few red flags inside the castle, and the green flags outside the city were still dense.

The king of Swadia put his hands on the edge of the sand table, stared at the flags on the sand table in a dilemma, and then pondered for a while, and finally swept all the flags on the sand table to the ground.

In the surprised eyes of the attendants and knights around him, he picked up a bottle of wine from the shelf in the corner of the room, found a random chair and sat down, without a glass, let alone a noble image, tilted his neck, and poured sour wine into his mouth with a big gulp.

It's not a good wine, and it's not very different from shabu-shabu water to be exact, but it's rare that in a city that has been plowed over and over again, it survived until yesterday to be pulled out of the ruins.

"Ha~" Harlaus drank the wine in the bottle in one go, and then leaned back in his chair in a gloomy manner, no longer speaking.

"Report, the walls have been breached, and the reserves have not played any role. ”

"The outer blocks are reported, and the surviving troops are retreating. ”

"Luo... The Rhodoks have reached the inner city!Your Majesty, let us retreat. ”

Retreat, Haraus shook his head, where to retreat? The city is already surrounded, even if it can rush out, how can it return to Paraven?

He waved his hand, took a deep breath, and after a while, he held back a few words: "Surrender." Surrounded by a group of guards, Griffos walked towards the inner city step by step, and with each step, the nameless fire in his heart jumped upward. He had been to the city when he had just become king, and Lord Gertrus was so ambitious that he wanted to build Aaron into a land as rich as Viruga, and he even had a plan. He and himself had been at the very top of Aaron's castle, overlooking the crowd of people. He said that he would take advantage of the sea, build a huge port, encourage maritime trade to earn a lot of money, and then open new universities, reduce the cost of admission, and provide more talents to the kingdom, and then use the advantages of talents to further develop the territory, and in less than a hundred years, Aaron will be unparalleled!

The wish is so good, but the ruins in front of him make the reality cold, this is the future Aaron University. As for the predictably rich port, which was also reduced to ashes by the plundering of Swadia soldiers, and the chamber of commerce, and the mansions ready to be sold at a high price, the damned Ryrdian showed no mercy, and the rich wood was casually burned as firewood, the beautiful statues were beheaded and used as ammunition for trebuchets, and the soft brocade was torn into bandages and hastily tied to the dirty arms of the captives. The landscape trees on both sides of the road did not escape the clutches, the delicate branches and foliage served as rations for horses or soldiers, and the thick trunks served as temporary building materials, leaving only a row of bare tree stumps on both sides of the road.

Fortunately, the battle was not tragic. After being besieged for so long, Harlaus is finally at the end of his rope. Two days before, when he had ordered his soldiers to go out of the city at night to collect rations from the Rhodok soldiers who had been killed in battle, Graves knew that the battle was coming to an end. To be honest, annoyance is annoyance, he still admires this old enemy, after all, if he were in the same situation, it is estimated that he would have surrendered early. However, this admiration soon faded, for he saw a Rhodok soldier drag out of the rubble a bloody corpse, covered in tooth marks, as if it had been torn by a wild beast. Grimivs resisted the discomfort of regurgitating slightly, and turned his head away, no longer looking at the cruel sight.

Soon, they arrived at Aaron's castle. Because Haraus had already ordered the surrender, they were not hindered much. However, even if he resisted stubbornly, it was estimated that it would not cause much trouble, after all, even the knights were so hungry that their steps were vain, what combat power could they expect from ordinary soldiers? Seeing the castle in front of him, Griffos gasped. Even though he had been mentally prepared for a long time, the sight in front of him still made him feel that his heart was dripping blood. Four and a half of the towers attached to the castle have collapsed, and it has cost countless lives of stonemasons, and the arch bridge across the sky has been destroyed and turned into a ruin, and even the main body of the castle that is not so easily destroyed has been cut off many beams and columns, becoming a veritable dilapidated house, challenging the nerves of the occupants for a long time to come. Fortunately, he had the foresight to leave Lord Gertrus outside the city, otherwise he would have fainted if he had seen it.

"Harlaus!" Graves found the man who had repeatedly troubled him in a small palace that was still well preserved, and the man was lazily reclining on a long-backed chair, like a sleeping lion, and did not even bother to lift his eyelids when he saw someone come in.

Seeing this, the guards behind Graves stepped forward angrily and wanted to pull Haraus off the chair, but only to hear a thud, the knights around Harlaus pulled out their accessories at the same time and stopped in front of the king, and Graves' guards also hurriedly drew their weapons, and the two sides suddenly became tense.

"Haraus," said Griffos after a while, "you have already lost, and you still have to resist?"

"Lose?" Harlaus scoffed, "If it weren't for the treacherous Nords, you would have been on your knees before me begging for forgiveness!"

"Nords?" Graves shook his head, "it seems you don't understand how much trouble you're going to face. Well, you better surrender honestly, and I will give you the treatment that the king deserves. ”

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The surrender of Haraus officially bankrupted the military operation in Swadia. However, the two who are still trekking in the mountains are ignorant of this, and they are still struggling for their lives. Hammers could clearly feel that the old man's body was getting worse day by day. At first, he was able to move forward fully armed, but within a few days, the weight was transferred to the young man, and then the chain armor could not be worn, and now, with the support of Hammers, he could barely advance in the mountains.

"Old man, let's stop here today. Hammer leaned the veteran against a tree, put a bearskin on him, and went to collect firewood on his own.

This bear skin was naturally one of the trophies of the day, and the veteran personally took off this bear skin that could easily wrap a strong man, and by the way, chopped off two bear paws. According to the veteran's words, this thing is rare and tight for the nobles, and it will definitely be sold for a good price when you carry it back. It's a pity that the Rhodok bear doesn't hibernate, otherwise the paws that have been pickled in wild bee honey are more valuable.

Hammer soon returned, and after so many years of surviving in the wilderness, he was particularly familiar with all kinds of survival skills, even without the care of a veteran. So, he lit the bonfire without incident, set up his helmet, and boiled the corn. Old man, it's time to eat. Hammer shoved the boiled corn into the veteran's hand, "I added some dried bear meat, I don't know how it tasted." ”

The veteran held the helmet in his hand, twisted it and ate it slowly.

"Hammers. ”

"Hey, what?" replied the young man subconsciously, and then exclaimed as if he thought of something, "Old man, did you call me by name?"

"Hey," the old man glanced at him with disdain, "I thought you were a bit of a man, but you turned out to be a hairy boy." ”

"Oh, don't," Hammers quickly interrupted the old man, "I'm definitely a man now," he curled his arms, "look, my fiery biceps!"

The old soldier glanced at his arm, turned his head in disgust, and for a moment looked at the mountain in front of him, and continued, "Just go over that mountain, and it will be Svadia." ”

"Ah, yes, yes. Hammoth was also happy at this, "We'll be home soon, hahaha." ”

The woods were silent, and there was no sound except for the young men's own laughter. Hammer's laughter suddenly turned into an awkward cough, and he scratched his head in mockery before he sat down across from the veteran again.

"Now, boy. Just as the young man was fidgeting because of embarrassment, the veteran spoke again, "Do you still want to be a knight?"

"Hey, what a knight. Hammers scratched his head shyly again, "As long as I live to go back to my parents, thank God." ”

As he spoke, he raised his head and smiled, "But if it weren't for you, old man, I'm afraid I wouldn't have starved to death in Aaron City by now." Saying this, he scratched his head again, as if he had no other way to express his feelings except for this action, "By the way, old man, where did you learn these skills, there are many veterans in our village, but I have never seen you such a dick." ”

"Didn't I tell you," the veteran said, raising his eyelids, "I'm not from Vader, but Orion born in Ebrun. ”

"Hey," Hammers was taken aback, "you're not a Vader but you're a recruit with Vader?"

"Hmph, why not. The veteran snorted, and recalled the past with some nostalgia, "Back then, like you, I was a hairy boy who wanted to be a nobleman, and followed his lord to fight with the Kujits, and as a result, that miserable... ”

Hammers thought for a moment and asked, "A few years ago, we fought with the Kujits, did we ever lose?"

"The cavalry didn't, but the infantry suffered heavy casualties. The old man replied, "Because our heavy cavalry cannot keep up with the nomads running all over the ground, we are obliged to use the infantry as bait, and to charge while they take advantage of the infantry, and plow us along with the Kujits." "Oh my God. Hammer let out a low sigh, although the old soldier said it was commonplace, he could fully imagine how tragic the battle was at that time, "So, old man, how did you survive?"

"Play dead. The veteran said casually, "Lie on the ground and do not move, even if you are trampled on the back of the horse, you will not move a minute." Speaking of this, the veteran sighed a little, "If I hadn't just carried a shield at that time, I'm afraid I would have been trampled to death a long time ago." ”

"So, what about later?"

"Later, when the battle was over, I ran back on my own. However, at that time, I was afraid of being disposed of as a deserter, so I bypassed Ebelon and ran incognito to Vader, so everyone, including my lord, thought I was killed in battle," the veteran was a little sad, and after a moment of silence, he continued, "Including my parents, they didn't know that I was alive until they died, and lived most of my life in remorse, and I didn't get to see them for the last time, and I didn't even know where their tombstones were... He leaned back, stared at the stars in the sky, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Boy, although you are stupid, there is a sentence that is really right. If you're like me, you'll just die. ”

Hammers, who had always wanted to break the silence, was also silent, listening to the story of the veteran, he really didn't know what to say. However, the veteran did not mind, and continued to himself, "Later, the old Baron Kolenin of Vida was conscripted, and at that time, Svadia marched to Rhodok year after year in the name of counterinsurgency, and did not hesitate to let me enlist in the army after hearing that I had been on the battlefield. ”

"And the baron," the veteran sneered, "no doubt an idiot. When the battle started, if the battle went well, I would rush up to grab the military merits, and if it didn't go well, I would play dead or flee, and then find an opportunity to blend in with the retreating team. In this way, he has been on the run for more than ten years, and finally was promoted to captain of the army, hehe. The veteran's laughter was full of sarcasm, "So, boy, don't keep thinking about killing the enemy and earning military merits, as long as you live long enough, you will have everything." ”