Chapter 100: The Blood Crown (Part II)
"Be careful!" Her Royal Highness heard Yu Chen's shout, but she didn't have time to react, and a soldier of the Weimar Confederation was already wielding his sword. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Yu Chen rushed to Juana's side as fast as he could, and he held a long sword through the Weimar soldiers who were about to attack Her Royal Highness from the side, and such a dangerous situation had been repeated many times.
"Hurry, hurry up, if you don't leave, it's too late!" Yu Chen grabbed Juana's hand, now the situation is critical, and the enemy may break through the outer city at any time.
"Can't hold it anymore?" Juana licked her dry lips, her long blue dress already stained blood-red.
"Your Highness, the enemy has entered the city from the south!" the bloodied guard knelt down on one knee and brought news to Her Highness the Princess, the last thing she wanted to hear.
"Retreat!" Juana gritted her teeth and gave the order to retreat, she wanted to buy more time, but the cruel reality had broken her delusions, the outer city of Sintra was broken, all she could do now was to gather the remnants of the army and retreat into the inner city as much as possible!
Juana was heading to the Duke's castle with a team of hundreds of men, and the reason why she was able to bring back an army was because there were still people fighting on the walls!
"Kill these Weimar pigs!" was still resisting on the eastern wall, and the warriors who had volunteered to stay here used their last strength to buy a glimmer of hope for the country.
"Die!" a citizen who spontaneously defended the city chose to die with the enemy, and he hugged the enemy and jumped off the tower!
The Weimar Confederation has been steadily advancing, and their well-trained soldiers are much more effective than this improvised patchwork army, but they are such a group of people who have dragged down the elite division of the Weimar Confederation with their own flesh and blood.
Things like this continue to play out on the eastern part of the city walls, and these warriors deserve to be remembered by the kingdom. Just after the order of Her Royal Highness to retreat was issued, countless men of the kingdom chose to stay, they knew that once a comprehensive retreat would definitely become a rout, so they stayed, they fought for the kingdom, they fought on the front line for their wives and children, and they chose to leave their 'humble' lives in exchange for the possibility of reviving the country for Her Royal Highness.
"These people are like locusts that can't be killed. Juana was panting, her horse had fallen in a pool of blood, and the sword in her highness's hand had just chopped off the head of an enemy.
A large number of Weimar Confederation troops surrounded them, intending to completely block the retreat of this remnant army.
"Look, my lord. A knight pointed in one direction.
The commander of the Weimar Confederation had ascended the tower, and he followed the fingers of his men to look somewhere.
'Huh? The commander of the Weimar Confederation saw at a glance the gradually surrounded royal highness, and he did not expect that this little girl would have the courage to lead the army herself.
"Yes, my lord!" the knights saluted their commander, who had given the latest instructions, and all that was left to do was to inform the front as quickly as possible.
A large number of troops were withered to the eastern city, and the commander of the Weimar Confederation prepared a great gift for the princess of Galicia, his three thousand elites!
Thousands of people fought together, Juana's side was already full of corpses, Yu Chen quietly guarded the side of Her Royal Highness, the young man clenched his sword scabbard, he didn't want to use the power of that famous weapon until he had to.
The enemy reinforcements are getting more and more, and Juana is beginning to realize that this is a deliberate act by the enemy, and it seems that the enemy already knows that she is here, and this is a 'decapitation' operation by the Weimar Confederacy!
"Long live Her Highness Juana!" one of Juana's guards uttered his final cry, and several Weimar Confederate soldiers stabbed spears into his abdomen.
Blood gushed from the knight's abdomen, and his intestines even flowed out, but the knight did not subconsciously clutch his stomach, and Juana's guards used their last strength to slit the throat of an enemy.
"Long live Galicia!" The soldiers of the kingdom launched the final charge, knowing that Her Royal Highness was in prison, and they used their wounded bodies to vow to fight a bloody way for Her Highness!
"Smack!" General Armitage slapped the table hard, and in the confusion he retreated into the inner city first, he 'didn't understand' why Bondakov had to close the gates now.
"You coward, why are you closing the door now!"
"There are so many people outside the city! There is still Your Majesty outside the city!" General Armitage grabbed the Chief of the General Staff by the collar, and his fist was about to hit Bondakov in the face.
"You know why I'm doing this. Bondakov let the hulking Armitage grab him by the collar, and he had no resistance to Armitage's swinging fist.
"I know, of course I do!" General Armitage was like a raging bull, and his fist stopped the moment he was about to smash Bondakov's face.
Armitage is like a deflated ball, he put Bondakov down, he took his tomahawk on his shoulder, His Majesty has not returned, how can he wait here with peace of mind?
Although Armitage was reckless, he was not without brains, and he knew that Bondakov had no choice, and the outer city was broken. The wolf cubs of the Weimar Confederation will soon be killed in the Duke's castle, and if the city gates are still wide open at this time, isn't it looking for death? Armitage understands the reason, but he is still emotionally angry at his old friend's decision, so he grabbed Bondakov's collar, which is why there was the scene just now.
Bondakov gave one instruction after another to his staff, and if there was anyone in the city who was the busiest, it would be him. Juana was out on the battlefield, Armitage was out of government, and the old duke was not in the city, so the decision on matters big and small was now in the hands of the chief of the general staff. Bondakov's vision was a little blurry, he was a little unaccustomed to this, and the chief of the General Staff took off the monocle that had been with him for a long time. Just now, although General Armitage restrained his fist, but the wind of his fist came, the lens shattered, and Bondakov knew very well the anger hidden in his old friend's heart. With great power comes great responsibility, and Bondakov has always considered the overall situation, even if it is to bring infamy on his back.
"Open the door, please open the door!" a woman wept outside the gates of the Duke's castle, her movements only a little slower, and she and her children had lost their chance at 'safety'.
"At least let my children, let my children in! Please save my children!" the woman held up her infant child, hoping that the guards on the city walls would see it, and that the people of the city would have a little compassion.
"My lord!" the guards at the gate stopped in front of Armitage, and he used his not-so-tall body to stand in front of Armitage.
"Get out of the way. Armitage drew the axe in his hand, and he was now on the verge of exploding.
"My lord, the chief of the general staff has instructed that this door must never be opened!" the guard at the gate knelt down on one knee, and he did not flinch in the face of the great axe in the hand of General Armitage.
"Hey. General Armitage sighed, he clenched the great axe in his hand, although he was angry, how could he really attack his own people?
"You, good. Armitage patted the young guard on the shoulder, it was an honor in the army to be able to fulfill the orders of his superiors so conscientiously.
"But I'm going out of town. General Armitage changed his words, and he repeated it again, but this time his tone was not impatient, he was really 'patient' to persuade. (Although General Armitage looks like he has nothing to do with patience.) )
"Look outside the door, child, and look at the weeping people!" Armitage stood on the ground with his great axe, and he spread his arms as he pointed to the gate.
"Shouldn't those innocent people wait outside the door to die, shouldn't those people be protected by us?" Armitage tried to keep his emotions in check, trying to make everyone's voice as clear as possible.
The guards on the city walls bowed their heads, and they did not dare to look at the helpless people outside the city again. The 'refugees' in the castle were silent, they listened quietly, although there were their relatives outside the door, but they also knew the consequences of opening the door.
General Armitage had already gone to the castle tower to observe beforehand, and at the moment, the enemy's 'weird' did not move closer to the Duke's castle, but all gathered in the eastern city, and this abnormal behavior involved His Majesty who had not returned, so he could not wait any longer.
"Are you soldiers of the kingdom?!Answer me, yes or no!" Armitage's loud voice questioned every guard guarding the city.
"Yes!" replied the young guard, who knelt down on one knee, first to say that they were absolutely loyal to the kingdom.
"Have you ever sworn to follow Your Majesty to the death?" Armitage once again tortured the hearts of every soldier.
"Yes!" the soldiers replied more neatly this time, and their voices were a little louder.
"Do you see the east side of the city, do you know why the Duke's castle is not under siege now?" Armitage pointed in the direction of the east.
"That's because your allegiance is there!Have you forgotten the oath you made?!" (Most of the guards in the castle were involved in the night of the Red Rose Mutiny, in other words, they were all Juana's cronies.) )
"If you have not forgotten your oath, I beg you to let me out of the city!" General Armitage knelt down on his knees, he knelt before all the soldiers defending the city, and the cavalry of his headquarters behind him also dismounted, and these Juana Guards knights all clenched their fists without exception.
All the people were silent, and the guards forcibly held back their emotions, they were afraid that they would rush out of the city in a moment of excitement, and the people in the city were quietly listening, and many people shed tears, they admired Her Royal Highness, and they loved this new 'Your Majesty'. (The people who took refuge were grateful to Juana.) )
Without being crowned, Juana is still the princess, but at this moment no one will refute General Armitage's words, including that Your Majesty.
"Chief of the General Staff!" the gatekeeper, who was kneeling on one knee, stood up, and all the knights and guards present gave a military salute to Bondakov.
Bondakov figured something out, and he gave his old buddy a bear hug.
"Open the gates!" the Chief of the General Staff finally made a decision.
"Yes, sir!" the guards of the gates lifted lock after lock, and they lowered the latch.
'What's the use of this castle if there is no Majesty?' Bondakov watched his old fellow go out of the city, and he watched the knights of the royal guard rush to the front!