Chapter 221: Persuasion
"Why are you here?"
After a brief moment of surprise, Ruken's face quickly regained its solemnity, and he even glanced at McLind out of the corner of his eye.
The friendship with McLinder is certainly worth cherishing, but compared to the friendship between him and Tuze for many years, there is no need to choose which is more important, and their group of military veterans have quite complained about what West has done since he came to power.
Queen Talos was cowardly and unassertive, but West, who sold Tartagria's dignity and interests in exchange for his authority, was even more hated by them, and the reason why he did not rebel was simply because he did not have enough power in his hands.
"As you can see, I have come to persuade you to surrender. Tuzel ceased his horse and frankly informed himself of his intentions.
"If that's the case, then you can go, the friendship between you and me is only up to today, you can lead the army to attack, I, Luken, will only be a beheaded general, but I will not be the traitor. ”
Ruken scolded Tuze righteously, carefully watching the change in McLind's expression, and secretly gestured to Tuze with his hand.
It's not that he doesn't want to surrender, but he is no longer alone in the city at this time, and even except for werewolves and lizardmen, most of the strategic forces are in the hands of Melinde, and Lucken does not dare to make his position clear until he finds out the other party's intentions.
"General, later, I heard that General Tuze is also a good general who sympathizes with the soldiers and cherishes the people, and it is not too late for you to listen to what he says. ”
What Ruken didn't expect was that he hadn't thought of a way to test McLind, but the other party spoke first, and he was happy in his heart at the moment, but he still pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Since Her Excellency the Witch also said so, then I'll listen to Tuze finish talking first." ”
In fact, Mellind was also terrified at this time, the swamp witches were a loose group, so naturally they had different ideas, and after she came to Hermit City, she saw that the people's livelihood was withering, and her heart was even more painful.
She and Ruken have been working together for months on the management of Hermit City, hosting refugees and cultivating wasteland, and now they have finally achieved a little bit of success, and the lives of the residents are a little better, but suddenly this change has happened.
Looking at the posture of the twenty crystal dragons in front of her, I am afraid that as long as one is not careful, the hermit city will turn into a ruin, and she and Ruken will die if they are responsible for defending the land, but what should the people of this city do?
So when she heard Ruken's stern refusal to surrender to Tuze, she immediately spoke out to stop her.
To be honest, even though Steele is the Protector Witch, the titular leader of the Natalia Witches, the attitude of the witch community towards her is almost the same as that towards West, except for those who are bent on camping in the power field, the rest of the people basically maintain a lukewarm attitude.
A person like McLind, who cares about people's livelihood, has little loyalty to those two.
West is not unaware of this situation, but Tataria is now withering, as long as he stands up against him without knowing the face and can do things, he can only pinch his nose and turn a blind eye, otherwise there is a huge country, how can he make it easy for him to do everything himself?
However, the vast majority of those who came to power in a coup d'état or rebellion valued the prestige and pleasure brought by the right, but few were willing to assume the obligations attached to the right.
Tuze had been friends with Lunken for many years, and when he saw that gesture, he immediately understood the difficulties faced by the latter, and he was not in a hurry, and the Truce Horse sang a duet with Luck under the city.
"Vester, a thief who is greedy for life and afraid of death, first escaped from the battle with the Bracadas, causing thousands of elites to be wiped out in Palofodi.
Then he pretended to say that the king ordered to protect the safety of the king, and sent a large army along the way to escort him back, in fact, he was greedy for life and afraid of death, and only cared about his personal safety, and then when the barbarians attacked, the fortresses along the way fell because of the lack of troops, and how many sons were buried on the battlefield, but he was happy and free in the rear,
What's even more shameful is that this thief didn't think about the country's difficulties, and actually launched a bloody coup d'état in the royal capital with the barbarians, imprisoned the queen, brutally killed and framed Zhongliang, and then completely sold the dignity of Tartaglia and the lives of the people to Tanan, just to maintain his own cruel rule.
The history books are full of chimes, the sky is insignificant, have you ever seen such a shameless and despicable person?"
Speaking of emotion, Tuze angrily reprimanded West's crimes, this is not acting, but it is the most real anger and emotion in his heart, even if there are many people in the audience who have the same consciousness as him, but no one dares to say it out loud like him.
"Now, my lord led the invincible legion to Tataria, it is to punish Vest, the usurper traitor, to break through the mud and stone fortress within an hour, Gerwulf and Ross are two rebels who are tigers, and the army in the city is looking for the wind, and after entering the city, the adults and the residents of the city have not committed any crimes, even the soldiers who were forced to resist before are not to blame, such a tolerant lord, Ruken, have you ever been in the army for more than 20 years?"
"I'm here today, it's a clear proof that my family is unwilling to kill innocents in vain, otherwise with these twenty crystal dragons outside the city, Ruken, how much can you stop it?
And this is only the vanguard force, if the rainstorm stops for a while, and most of the follow-up arrives, if Ruken's order is to stubbornly resist and defend, where will the tens of thousands of people in this city go?
You and I know who West is, even if tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Hermit City accompany you to die here, he will not send you a reinforcement to distribute a grain of supplies, I have blocked Tanan in the mud fortress for eight months, do you need to tell you what my soldiers eat!?"
At the last sentence, Tuze almost shouted angrily, and Ruken was shocked when he heard this.
With less than 15,000 old and weak soldiers, Tuze blocked Tanan's 60,000 elite army, including the Beamon Behemoth, under the mudstone city for eight months, this battle can be called the battle of honor of the Tatarians, and even Tanan said to West at the reception after entering the royal capital, "There are no heroes after Tuze", which shows his contempt for the Tatarians and his appreciation for Tuze.
After this sentence flowed into the army, although many people were not convinced, only Tanan's arrogance was unconvinced, but no one expressed disrespect for Tuze's deeds, and what happened to Tuze in the end?
Becoming a rebel wanted by the whole country, and even going into exile abroad like a lost dog, the fate of which is uncertain, this result undoubtedly demoralizes the general and chills the soldiers, because since West came to power, the Tatalia military has always been in a sluggish atmosphere.
As a last resort, Vest had no choice but to vigorously promote young generals and even foreigners, and then rely on Tanan's military force to remain in the country, so as to stabilize his rule.
It's just that in terms of combat effectiveness, a team that has scattered the morale of the army is no different from a peasant who picks up a dung fork, and it may be reluctant to maintain law and order.
"What you just said, your lord?" Lu Ken naturally knew what Tu Ze said, and it was no exaggeration to say that if someone took the lead in unveiling the pole now, I am afraid that most of the people in the army would respond to it, but after listening to Tu Ze's words, his expression sank.
To be honest, if Tuze himself led the army this time, even if he risked falling out with McLind on the spot, he would have opened the city gate to welcome Tuze's return, after all, with Tuze's prestige, leading the people against the tyranny of Tanan and West was indeed the best choice.
But after outsiders joined, the nature of this matter completely changed, Tanan had already brought heavy damage to the Tatarians, and this land could no longer withstand the ravages of war, and who knew that the person behind Tuze would not become the second Tanan?
"Yes, my lord, you and I have been friends for many years, and if I can hold such a force in my hands, how can I allow the iron hooves of the barbarians to wantonly ravage our land and people?
Tuze didn't hide it, but he asked several rhetorical questions in a row to make Ruken speechless, not to mention that his life was bright and frank, so why should he be ashamed of this?
"Where's your adult?" asked Ruken again, although he believed in Tuze's character very much, he always felt that he had to see that person and judge it for himself to convince him.
"Right here!"
Tuze turned sharply and waved his arm, pointing at the right shoulder of the crystal dragon at the head.
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