Chapter 69: Metamorphosis
"Three generals, what are you waiting for?" Daisy's voice echoed through the lobby of the town hall. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Of course we're still waiting, it's not a child's mess!" the big General Armitage scolded, but he was more anxious than anyone else. General Armitage was able to sit here quietly because the two who were far above him were still calm, in fact, according to his original thoughts, there was nothing that could not be solved with one axe, and if there was, then two axes...
"Announce, the vanguard of the Second Legion has arrived at the city!" a knight trotted over.
"Let them into the city. "Hannibal, who is on the main seat, is not angry.
The knight who gave the order looked at General Armitage, because there was no edict from the old duke, and it was not appropriate to move troops from abroad into the city without permission.
"I'm sorry for you. Hannibal nodded to his long-time comrade.
"I'll take care of it. General Armitage's afterglow swept over Her Royal Highness in blue armor.
"Please give way. "The tiger-backed General Armitage deliberately wants to pass between Juana and Daisy, which is undoubtedly a dismount in the eyes of others, it seems that General Armitage really doesn't like the current Royal Highness very much.
Her Royal Highness Juana's face was a little pale, and it seemed that Armitage had managed to scare the girl who had a good skin. General Hannibal, who was on the main seat, glanced lightly at Her Royal Highness, and his deep eyes seemed to completely penetrate Juana's thoughts.
"Your Highness, our main force has arrived, please move. General Hannibal in the main seat made a gesture of please, while the chief of the General Staff sitting next to him was still drinking coffee leisurely, and he did not say a word from beginning to end, and seemed to have no sense of existence.
"Curfew!" "Curfew!" Bands of guards patrolled the streets, which had been bustling with activity a moment ago. Ordinary citizens hid in their homes, and everyone had a bad premonition in their hearts.
"Open the gates!"
"It's my lord!" the guards guarding the city gave General Armitage a standard military salute.
The city gate was slowly pulled up, and the 1,000 vanguard troops of the Second Army of the Northern Army were entering the city.
"Forward, target, Duke's castle!" the commander of the Second Legion, General Hannibal gave orders to his own soldiers!
"Gather your forces and go with me. "General Armitage also gave instructions to the city defense forces.
"Your Highness, please stay by my side. General Armitage patted Her Highness Juana on the shoulder, knowing that this was very rude to the royal family, and this tone was obviously not concerned, as if he was deliberately trying to mock His Royal Highness for his thinness in front of so many people.
The Chief of the General Staff, Bondakov, raised his monocle, and he glanced at the pocket watch in his bosom in his hand. 'It's almost time. ’
The silence of the ducal castle was terrible, and the two thousand soldiers had already drained the water surrounding the inner city, and the torches in the hands of the soldiers lit up the entire castle walls.
A thousand troops was already the maximum that General Armitage could mobilize, and the remaining 2,000 city defenders still needed to defend the city. Her Royal Highness Juana and Daisy were in the same carriage, and they kept a certain distance from the three generals. Around the carriage were all the direct forces of the Kleist family, two hundred knights, although the number was not many, but it was more reassuring than a lonely person.
Wang Nu's brows have been locked, and she has been savoring the general's words. "Watch out for Hannibal. What does that mean?!
It turned out that General Armitage was not deliberately trying to embarrass Juana in the town hall, but that he passed between the two in order to send a message to Juana.
"Watch out for Hannibal. General Armitage's careful lips made Juana ponder. But she wasn't ready to trust the general completely, so Juana kept her distance from anyone for now, except for her most trusted sister, of course.
General Armitage deliberately approached the carriage of Her Royal Highness, which alerted General Hannibal to a moment.
The gates of the ducal castle were closed, and the besieging soldiers were ready to use battering rams. It was at this moment that suddenly torches lit up on the dark walls, one, two, and soon the whole castle became brightly lit!
"Soldiers, you know me!" a loud female voice from the castle tower echoed all around.
Whether it was the city defense army or the soldiers of the Second Army of the Northern Army, their eyes couldn't help but stare at the beautiful red makeup on the city tower.
Red Rose Belinda is wearing her trademark red armor, and her appeal in the Northern Army can be described as really under the old duke, above ten thousand people.
The soldiers fell silent, the soldiers who were preparing the battering ram also stopped moving, and there was a terrible silence outside the entire castle, and everyone waited for Belinda to speak.
"Soldiers of the Northern Army! Please listen to me! You have been bewitched by others, the old duke is safe and sound now, it is someone with ulterior motives who wants to put the old duke to death!" Belinda's very inflammatory speech made the soldiers below a little commotion, soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, everyone's eyes showed great horror, what are you doing?!
"His Royal Highness Juana and Miss Daisy of the Kleist family are also being used, it is him, General Armitage has committed treason! He is the minion of the Grand Prince Aldrich!" Belinda's hand pointed at General Armitage, her words shook everyone's hearts, Daisy and Juana subconsciously wanted to get closer to the Duke's Castle, but after calming down for a few seconds, they felt that things would never be as simple as saying to the woman on the castle tower!
'None of this makes sense!' This is the common idea of Juana and Daisy, Belinda's words do not explain why they were assassinated inside the ducal castle, Belinda's words seem to be clearly demagogic, her appearance is too coincidental, isn't it that yesterday there was news that she was in the Knights of the Rose outside the city?
Filtering every piece of information in their minds, Daisy and Juana looked into each other's eyes at the same time, if Belinda did it, then everything would make sense!
The soldiers were a little dazed, they were at a loss, they couldn't digest such a big news, how their immediate boss, one of the old duke's most trusted generals, General Armitage, who had always been known for his bravery and loyalty, could become the minions of the eldest prince, which made many people puzzled.
At this time, the soldiers can't figure it out, so someone will help them figure it out. ’
"Armitage has already taken refuge in the 'puppet king' Aldrich! My soldiers, this is the old duke's secret order!" General Hannibal took out the old duke's own handwriting!
"It's the old duke's handwriting! This is the old duke's order!" Immediately, several centurions-looking people stepped forward to inspect the secret order, and the moment they saw the secret order, all the ordinary officers no longer doubted it.
"Brothers, this is indeed the order of the old duke!" an officer of the city defense force had to admit that it was indeed the old duke's handwriting after seeing the parchment scroll in the hands of General Hannibal!
"Hannibal, you bastard!" General Armitage cursed in his heart, he couldn't believe it, how could this be the old duke's own handwriting!
"Traitors, traitors, you are all traitors!" General Armitage's eyes were red, what he hated most now was not the accusations that General Hannibal and Belinda had made against him, he hated the person who was furthest from him!
"Bondakov, why are you lying to me!" General Armitage picked up the giant axe, he knew that it would be difficult to die well today, but why did his brother of life and death lie to him!
Bondakov stood behind General Hannibal with a blank face. "Poor man. ”
General Hannibal could not deny it, but he still cursed the old fox in his heart. 'Hmph, two-headed bettor. ’
"Kill him!" Hannibal's sword pointed at Armitage, his black pupils cold without a hint of color.
The soldiers of the Second Army of the Northern Army steadily pressed towards Armitage, who was armed with a giant axe, and the soldiers of the city defense army were hesitant, their hands were trembling, how could they possibly deal with their old boss, the general Armitage who was like a brother to them! However, they only had to hesitate.
A handful of Armitage's own soldiers stood in front of him. "Live and die with adults!"
"Good, good. I didn't raise you in vain!" General Armitage had mixed feelings in his heart, and today was probably the last day of his life.
'Fart, this won't be the last day of Lao Tzu's life!' General Armitage spat contemptuously at the city, although he was not good at strategy, but it was not obvious that the woman was the ghost of all this.
"Hahahaha!" General Armitage laughed as he laughed at the old duke's most trusted wings, who were so resolute in betrayal!
"And Bondakov, Lao Tzu must have him torn to pieces!" Hardly anyone except the old duke knew that the seemingly wrong General Armitage and the Chief of the General Staff of Bondakov had been their best playmates when they were very young.
"I believe that Lao Tzu is innocent, charge with me!" Armitage's heart was very unwilling, he was unwilling to let these unfed wolf cubs not see it before?
"Kill!"
"Follow your lord!"
"My lord has been framed! It's all a conspiracy!" When one person spoke out, there was a second, and the vast majority of Armitage's soldiers still did not believe that their general would betray the country and the old duke.
"Charge!" General Armitage led the charge, his great axe was in shambles, after all, they were all brothers of the Northern Army, and he couldn't bear to be killed.
The morale of the soldiers was low, which was the same for both sides. It's a command full of mysteries, it's a battle to follow your heart. Its soldiers are not stupid, how can they have high morale before they see the old duke with their own eyes!
"Protect Your Highness!" General Hannibal's voice resounded through the army.
'Yes, Your Highness!' General Armitage came to his senses from his anger, he still needed to protect the seeds of the kingdom, which was exactly what the old duke had always hoped for.
"Turn around, protect Your Highness!" General Armitage turned, and all the soldiers who followed him began to move closer to Her Royal Highness's carriage.
More and more soldiers are thrown into battle. "General, I'm sorry. "One of Armitage's soldiers charged at him after hesitating for a long time.
General Armitage's move closer to His Highness Juana convinced the soldiers of his treason, and with their preconceived ideas, General Armitage's move looked like he was taking 'hostages'.
General Armitage and his guards were surrounded in a corner, and they desperately approached Juana, but there were too many people to stop them, and General Hannibal, who had the upper hand, was about to take the entire 'battlefield'.
I don't want to do that again. Juana let go of her grip on Daisy, and she stepped out of the carriage.
"I feel like General Armitage needs me. The blue-armored Juana clenched the dagger in her hand, and when she stepped out of the carriage, she had already realized enough.