Chapter 41: Collapse
When the Archduke Wagner awoke from his coma with a sharp pain from the roots, he found himself in the open space of the barracks, with two Roman infantrymen in the middle, one on the left and the other on the right, surrounded by the beggar-like beggars of the outcasts, and on their periphery was an encirclement of the Archduke's personal guards. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Grand Duke's guards are in a standoff with Leo and his men. Fearing that the Grand Duke of Wagner had fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the commander of the personal guards had been killed in battle, the leaderless Grand Duke's personal guards did not dare to attack for a while, and they were afraid that the Grand Duke would be robbed, so they could only surround this group of people on the one hand, and send people to inform Lord William quickly.
Leo grabbed Grand Duke Wagner's hair and lifted his bowed head so that the guards could confirm that Grand Duke Wagner had indeed been abducted. Leo said in a cold voice to the soldiers who were besieging him: "Now that your Grand Duke is in my hands, if you don't want Your Excellency to suffer any damage, you should honestly retreat and give way to the road, as long as we leave safely, I guarantee that your Grand Duke will not be harmed in any way." I would like to remind you, as the personal guard of the Grand Duke, if His Excellency the Grand Duke is unfortunately killed, I am afraid that you will all be unable to escape the blame, and it is probably not impossible to be vented by Zhu Lian when the time comes!"
The appearance of the Grand Duke and Leo's words caused some commotion among the guards. Due to the loss of the control of the pro-guard commander, the pro-guards were divided into two factions, most of the pro-guards were worried that the Grand Duke would be harmed and harm themselves, and advocated letting Leo and others leave in exchange for the temporary safety of the Grand Duke, while the other small number of pro-guards insisted on besieging Leo and others, waiting for Lord William to return to the army before trying to rescue the Grand Duke.
Just when Leo took advantage of the chaotic dispute among the guards and was about to break through the chaos, Grand Duke Wagner came to his senses, and his ears caught the noisy and chaotic arguments of the guards, Grand Duke Wagner took a deep breath and yelled: "All calm!"
With this roar, the barracks fell silent, and when the guards saw that the Grand Duke had woken up, they all shut up and waited for the Grand Duke's orders, while Leo looked at the Grand Duke in surprise, as if he did not expect the Grand Duke of Wagner to come to his senses so quickly.
"Since you have entered the barracks and put on this military uniform, you are the soldiers of my Southern Legion, and you are the personal guard of my Southern Grand Duke, do you look at yourselves, do you still have a trace of soldiers? What are you panicking about? What is the chaos? Although I am in the hands of the enemy, I have not given in, you tell me, have you succumbed?!"
The roar of Grand Duke Wagner resounded throughout the camp, causing many of the guards to bow their heads in shame, and making more of the guards tighten their grip on their weapons even more firmly.
"Never give in!" "Never give in!"
The guards responded to Grand Duke Wagner's questioning with a roar of rage, and more and more guards joined in, and their convictions were once again strengthened.
A few words from the Grand Duke of Wagner stabilized the whole situation, allowing the guards to regain their backbone from the chaos, watching the surrounding guards look at him more and more firmly, Leo couldn't help but secretly praise Jiang is still old and spicy, worthy of being a veteran archduke who has ruled the southern provinces for many years.
At this time, it was impossible to disturb the hearts of the guards with words, but Leo also waved the long sword in his hand without fear and ordered: "Everyone!
With Leo's order, the soldiers of the beggar army and the Grand Duke's personal guard shouted in unison: Kill!
If you look down from a high altitude, the soldiers on both sides collide violently like two torrents, bringing a rain of blood.
Leo formed a sharp arrow formation on his side, with Griman wielding a two-handed giant sword as an arrow, and the beggar soldiers led by Li Zhi on both flanks, Leo and the Roman infantry holding the Grand Duke of Wagner hostage in the center, facing the formation of the Grand Duke's personal guards to break through to the outside of the camp.
Although the southern army was lax and weak, as the personal guard battalion guarding the Grand Duke of Wagner, it was at least composed of elite soldiers from one out of ten, and the words of the Grand Duke of Wagner before made them even more enthusiastic, and they killed Leo and the others without fear.
If compared to the weapons and equipment, compared to the personal physical fitness, Li Zhi and his beggar army are 108,000 miles behind the Grand Duke's personal guards, all of whom are strong and strong, wearing strong armor and holding sharp blades, but what about the beggar army? They have never eaten a full meal, they are skinny and ragged, and their hands are nothing more than rusty knives and broken swords, and some of them even hold candlesticks and paper knives from the Grand Duke House.
But as soon as the two armies engaged, the Grand Duke's guards were stunned to find that these soldiers dressed as homeless people in front of them were unrivaled. They often do not dodge the swords that come at them, they do not even blink their eyes, let the sword pierce a few bloody holes in their bodies, cut a few wounds, and also stab their weapons into the enemy's body.
Some people even hugged one of the guards with their teeth when they killed several guards in a row, and when they were about to die with swords stuck in their bodies, they had to hug one of the guards hard, bite the opponent's neck with their teeth, and let out a howl like a beast in their mouths. And the beggar sergeant behind him, facing the enemy's sword and the miserable situation of his comrades, also leaned down to pick up the swords scattered on the ground without care, and even drew the sword inserted in his comrade's body with an expressionless face, held it in his hand, and continued to charge forward.
"Demons! These are the demons of hell! They are not people! They are not people!"
Many of the guards who had never fought in battle and had never seen blood collapsed in the face of the beggars' unbridled fighting style, and although they were full of respect and loyalty to Grand Duke Wagner, extreme fear prevailed over all emotions in their minds in the face of these fierce beast-like enemies.
The affluent life in the south brought them a good salary and complete equipment, but also made them lose their tenacious and tenacious will, and the beggar army broke the will to fight of these guards in a very short time with a disregard for life, and in the face of the charge of the beggar army, the soldiers of the personal guard unexpectedly collapsed.
The terrified guards fled in all directions, and those veterans who were not intimidated by the battle of the beggar army and dared to challenge the beggar army were also killed by the beggar army one by one.
Looking at the Grand Duke's personal guard, who was still firm in his beliefs but scattered in a battle, Grand Duke Wagner couldn't believe his eyes, is this the self-proclaimed elite personal guard battalion?
"You ...... Who the hell are you?" Archduke Wagner asked dryly.
"Isn't that what you call the little Kovinas family! these are just my guards, not some elite soldiers!" Leo replied coldly.
"Hehe, it's not a strong soldier, if the imperial army can be as brave as these soldiers, give me a hundred dares and will not launch a rebellion!" Listening to Leo's words, Grand Duke Wagner said loudly, obviously receiving a strong blow, and the Grand Duke of Wagner was a little unexpected at this time.
"I'm afraid that there are not a few such soldiers in the imperial border army, but I didn't expect your Covinus family to hide so deeply. Hahahaha! Thinking that my Wagner family is not as rich as a small viscount family, and I dare to rebel, am I just a joke in your eyes!? Am I just a clown who wants to challenge the authority of the empire? Grand Duke Wagner seemed to be stimulated too deeply, and the more he spoke, the more agitated he became, and the intense sense of frustration and inferiority suddenly erupted into abnormal manifestations, causing him to laugh maniacally and roar like a mad tiger. The gray hair was scattered, and the tear stains on his face made the old man lose his sassy and heroic appearance in the past.
Looking at the appearance of Grand Duke Wagner, who had originally enjoyed all the glory and wealth from above, Leo shook his head lightly and sighed: "Alas! Isn't it like this since ancient times?"
Without paying any attention to the scattered Grand Duke's guards, Leo and the others left the barracks with the Grand Duke of Wagner and walked towards the agreed place, intending to meet Raymond and the others first.
Not long after Leo and the others left, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance, and it was Lord William, the son of the Grand Duke of Wagner, who led his cavalry team back from the Meirengou ambush battlefield without stopping.
"Phew!" Lord William came to the barracks, reined in his hips, and looked at the situation in the barracks, as if something was unusual.
Lord William slowed his horse, and with the sound of the horse's hooves, he slowly rode into the barracks. Looking at the corpses lying on the ground along the way, the tragic scenes of battle seemed to be directly restored in front of Lord William's eyes. Silently counting, Lord William was shocked to find that almost every corpse of the homeless people had at least two or three corpses of personal guards around them, and those homeless people were only wearing cloth clothes and only some broken swords and rusty knives in their hands, and they were able to beat the personal guards of the Grand Duke of Gongwei so miserably, Lord William was secretly shocked in his heart.
After learning what had happened from the remaining guards in the barracks, Lord William was concerned about the safety of Archduke Wagner, and did not care about punishing the guards who had escaped, so he led his cavalry to turn their horses around and chase in the direction where Leo and the others had left.
Maybe Leo and the others walked a little slowly with the Grand Duke of Wagner, or maybe Lord William was eager to save his father, and not long after the cavalry chased out, they saw Leo who had just joined Raymond and others from a distance at the ridge of a farmstead.
Looking from a distance on horseback, you can vaguely see the Grand Duke of Wagner who is carried by several elite armored soldiers. If it weren't for the dark pattern on his body, the appearance of Archduke Wagner's current cloak and dejected appearance almost made Lord William hard to believe that he was his father, who had always valued prestige.