Chapter 70: Counterattack (2)
As soon as Odinan arrived outside the house, he saw the "Demon Slayer" in full armor slowly walking towards him amid the welcome of the residents. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Your Excellency, thank you very much for your help, we will never forget your kindness......" Odinan hurriedly greeted him, with a look of joy that had not been seen for a long time.
"Hehe, Your Highness is polite, you are dedicated to the people, for the future of Morowing, as the people of the principality, all of us have the responsibility and obligation to follow you together in this time of crisis, and fight for the country!" Baldwin took off his helmet and revealed his true face, his face was full of vicissitudes, his hair had turned white, but his eyes were still bright.
Odinan hurriedly invited him into the City Lord's Mansion, and before they could sit down in the hall, Baldwin gave a knightly salute and asked in an impassioned tone: "Your Royal Highness, our army is now in high spirits, I just hope that you will give an order, and we can launch a counterattack at any time!"
After hearing this, Odinan just sat down slowly, and said with a worried face: "Your Excellency Sword Saint, thank you for helping us stop the attack of the demon clan, however, the demon clan is powerful, and after this defeat, it will definitely fight back wildly, and it will be difficult for us Morowin to resist......"
He shook his head and sighed: "I have already led the troops to prepare for the death, try to buy time for the evacuation of the civilians, and when the time comes, I also hope that Your Excellency can ensure the safety of the civilians in the rear......" Speaking of this, he nodded slightly and greeted Baldwin.
"Your Royal Highness, you are too pessimistic, in addition, although I no longer care about the world, but I never want to be a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death, the demon clan kills innocents indiscriminately in the entire territory of the principality, if I can't defeat that group of mongrels who are inferior to beasts, it will only be a vain failure of my sword skills. Baldwin clenched the long sword in his hand with a firm expression, "So His Royal Highness, let's let go and fight!"
"Our situation is much worse than you think, Lord Swordmaster. Odinan shrugged helplessly, "The Imperial military is no longer assisting us in the war, our economy has collapsed, we are in an extremely difficult situation, and we are ......"
Before he finished speaking, the Sword Master waved his hand and interrupted him, "Your Highness, you mean the Holy John Empire, hehe......" He smiled playfully, gritted his teeth and said: "The empire is extremely greedy and domineering, we shouldn't rely on them in the first place, they have always just used us as spearmen, when Bode V was in power, I advised him not to blindly get involved in the dispute between the empire and the night elves, but unfortunately, Li Lingzhi was dizzy, and as a result, Morowin ceded the land and paid reparations, and became the scapegoat for the failure of the coalition!" Speaking of this, Baldwin could not hide his anger and slammed his fist on the table.
Before the outbreak of the Rose War, Morowing had been entangled with the Night Elves in the south because of the border issue, but the strength was weak, Morowing was always at a disadvantage, for this reason, Bode V has been resentful, and later, the Holy John's Empire and the Night Elves broke out in conflict, Bode V did not hesitate to declare war on the elves after receiving the aid of the Empire, Baldwin had tried hard to dissuade him, but he still failed to change the king's decision. There is no way, the temptation of all kinds of magical beasts and medicines abundant in the Eternal Forest is too great for the Morowingian Kingdom.
"However, the Imperial Governor dug into my corner and disbanded the Principality's Heavy Knights and Mages in disguise. Odinan smiled helplessly, "Without the Heavy Knights and Magicians, our chances of winning are slim, so in order to reduce unnecessary casualties, we still ......"
Bao Wende smiled slightly, and said with a strange expression: "Your Highness, if you do this, I am afraid that the people under your rule will not agree, you know, it is not just my idea to fight to the death with the demons......" Before the words fell, a commotion suddenly sounded outside the door, and the guards ran up and reported: "Your Royal Highness, there is a militia leader outside the mansion who asks to see you." ”
"Militia?" Odinan looked at Baldwin in surprise, and the Juggernaut smiled and nodded at him.
"Bring them in. Audinan ordered.
"Yes!" the guard ran down quickly, and in a short time came in with several men with crossbows on their backs, among them three strong men, a young man in his twenties, and a very young boy, who looked to be absolutely no more than fifteen years old, and whose faces were still childish.
However, almost every one of them has a look of perseverance and determination.
"Your Royal Highness, we were all peasants living in the east of Morowing, and those murderous devils occupied our fields, killed our families, separated our wives, and ......ruined our families," a strong man led by him stepped forward and made a generous statement, and when it came to emotion, there were tears left in the corners of his eyes.
"Your Highness, please let us join you in a decisive battle with those man-eating devils!" After the big man finished speaking, everyone bowed to Audinan in unison, and the crossbow and quiver on their backs did not make a ping-pong collision sound.
"You ......" Oddinan got up, but didn't know what to say.
"His Royal Highness!" Bao Wende walked up to him, bowed and saluted, "Almost every one of them has a bitter hatred for the demons, although they do not have superb martial arts, but please don't doubt their bravery and tenacity on the battlefield! As long as you give an order, all of us will fight the demons to the end!"
"Bloody battle to the end! bloody battle to the end!!" Hearing Baldwin's high-spirited words, the militia leaders waved their fists one after another, and the crowd was furious.
"But...... But we don't have a magician, and we ...... hurt The casualties will be heavy......" Oddinan was about to retort, but he was already a little incoherent.
"Magician, don't forget, my dear, I'm a magician!" With a burst of silver bell-like laughter, Catelyn walked lightly into the hall, dressed in a white mage robe and her wand shining brightly.
The butler trotted after her, and when he saw Odinan with a surprised face, he spread his hands and gasped: "I'm very sorry, Your Royal Highness, I have hidden it from you in the matter of Madame, Madame is worried about your safety and has been refusing to leave, I have done my best......"
"Oh~ It turns out that the Venerable Lady Caitlin is also here, so coincidentally, I have heard that you were the best student of the Habsburg School of Magic fifteen years ago. Bowingd lowered his helmet and bowed gracefully to Caitlyn.
"Hehe, Your Excellency the Sword Master has an overreputation, in terms of magic, I am only a little successful, and it will be my honor to be able to fight side by side with a strong man like you. Catelyn nodded in return, and then looked at her husband playfully, "So, dear Grand Duke, now that the magician has joined, should you issue a mobilization order for a counteroffensive?"
"You ......" Audinan was about to open his mouth to retort, but suddenly he thought of something, fumbled in his arms for a while, and took out a crumpled document.
"This is?!" Bowen exclaimed, opening the document and glancing at it.
"I almost forgot, not long ago, someone sent me a map of the demon clan's defense, after the knight and mage regiment were disbanded, I thought I would never need it, but now ......" He looked up at the surprised crowd and shouted, "It's time to counterattack!"