Chapter 62: Someone Chooses to Surrender
Therefore, Walls cleanly transferred the soldiers from Sunno and Uxhall to the south, and now they are heading south under the leadership of Emilyda, and at the same time, Emilyda's messenger has also told Walls a good news.
The good news is that Joels actually chose to surrender! It really surprised everyone.
This also means that Walls has added another general to his camp, Joels's strength Walls has also seen it, he has wanted to recruit Joels as his subordinate for some time now, but Joels looked hesitant, making it difficult for Walls to recruit Joels, at this moment Joels can help him, Walls is naturally very happy.
And Joels now chooses to be his subordinate, undoubtedly because he is already hostile to the Nord Kingdom, it stands to reason that the enemy of the Virginia Kingdom is the Nord Kingdom, and Joels is forced to become Walls' subordinate for this reason, at this moment when Walls and the Nord Kingdom are hostile, Joels joins Walls's camp, that is, to defeat his own enemy.
The dim castle hall was filled with many of Wall's senior generals, Mathilde, Ellene, Fatis, and some of Wall's original generals, and the remaining part of the new Rolf and Manid, all of whom were newly promoted soldiers from the army who had made great achievements.
And, of course, there was a poor little girl named Jamila, the daughter of a merchant whom Walls had seen in a tavern, who had fled her father for various reasons. Walls also kept him by his side.
It was a large wooden table, on which was unfolded a scroll of maps, a map of all of Calradia, and next to it was another map, which depicted the topography of the kingdom of Rhodoc, and was covered with candles because of the dim light of the castle hall. to provide light. So that people can clearly see the words and drawings on the map.
Walls held up a candle, and he held the light of the candle close to the location on the map in Veruga, the light of the fire shining on her serious face. Then he spoke.
"Tell me! How many soldiers can we muster in total? ”
Walls never took his eyes off the map, but someone knew who he was talking to, because everyone here knew what they were supposed to do.
This is, Resarit, dressed in aristocratic attire, stepped forward.
"My lord! According to my estimates, more than 1,000 soldiers will be gathered this time, and if I had to give a specific number, it would be 1,400. Of the 1,400 soldiers, 500 of them are from Suno and Uxhall in the north, and according to your orders, the city guards in Uxhall seem to turn a blind eye to our withdrawal of our soldiers, and Uxhall is not completely controlled by our soldiers in the first place, which should be glad that their city guards have a good opinion of us. There is the army of Suno led by Mr. Emilyida, and it is believed that they will join us by this time tomorrow. Then there were soldiers drawn from Djerkhara and the garrisons of some castles, each of which had some men to suppress the Rhodok people who were about to move, after all, we are outsiders, and if we do not leave some men to be stationed in these castles, I am afraid that the Nord army will overthrow us before we reach us. ”
Resarit went on to explain that Walls and his men listened attentively, as if Ressarit was the supreme commander and Walls was just his subordinate.
It wasn't until a long time later, when Resarit had reported everything, that Walls nodded.
"Resarit, I remember you as a noble child."
For some reason, Walls actually began to talk about this matter, and Resarit was also all the way when he first heard about it, but then he immediately said loudly: "Yes, Mr. Wall, I am indeed a noble child. ”
Walls nodded, and then he uttered a sentence that made everyone present incredulous.
When later generations talked about this story, they were all boiling for it.
"I have decided, I want to establish a country of my own, and I will name this country the Kingdom of Kallad."
At this time, the hall was quiet, and even a pin dropped on the ground could be clearly heard. All of them were waiting for the next passage from Walls.
"Rayne, Resamit, Rolf, Mathilde, Fatis, Bestur. These six men became the first lords of the kingdom of Kallad. I will give some of my territories to these six people. ”
At this time, the six people in the hall were very excited, they were all a group of declining nobles, and they were naturally excited to have the opportunity to regain the territory at this time, and Walls also divided his huge land, in fact, he couldn't manage such a huge territory alone, and it was only appropriate to give it to his loyal subordinates and let them manage it for him. Moreover, they are also from noble backgrounds, and I believe that no one on the mainland opposes them becoming lords.
However, everyone will question the legitimacy of Wall's throne, and he has created a new kingdom on the continent, which is simply a challenge to the rulers of the continent. Isn't it tantamount to challenging the traditions of the continent that anyone who stands up casually can become the king of a country, and he himself makes himself king.
However, the people in the hall at this moment were loyal to Walls, and they naturally did not oppose Walls, so with the support of this group of people, Walls succeeded in establishing a new country.
Soon, the six men who were named lords began to command a part of Wall's army, and they had become lords in the new country, and naturally had the right to command a large number of private armies. Of course, most of the soldiers at this time were lent to them by Walls for the time being, after a battle between the Kingdom of Rhodok and Walls, all the sturdy young people have been transferred to the battlefield, countless young people have died on the battlefield, and the remaining part has fled to the mountains, maybe some of them can return to their hometowns alive, but now is not the time to recruit them, they must be allowed to recuperate.
Because Walls doesn't know how long he will fight this battle, maybe one battle can determine the outcome of the whole battle, but there may also be a continuous conflict and a war.
The news of the Vols rebellion had reached all over the continent, and it was the day after the day after the Walls established himself as king, the Kugit Khanate was already aware of the changes that had taken place within the Nord kingdom, and on this day, the Saga Khan and the envoys from the Saland Sultanate reached a peace treaty, which stated a temporary truce for a month, during which the Saga Khan wanted to make up for the losses in the Saland Sultanate from the Nord kingdom.
Light cavalry was the most indispensable type of army in the Kugit Khanate, and the light cavalry drove straight into the rich villages of the Nord kingdom, snatching a large amount of supplies and wealth from the rich villages, so that the war could be continued, and then it could compete with the Salander Sultanate.
However, at this time, the Saiga Khan was a little suspicious of Maltas's talent, and in the face of Farvia, that is, the general of the Saland Sultanate against the Kugit Khanate this time, Maltas actually fought with him on an equal footing. Perhaps because Farvia was so powerful, Saga Khan could only sigh that if there was one more Maltas, maybe this war would have been won quite easily. Of course, this was just his fantasy.
Soon, the news of Saiga Khan's march to the Nord Kingdom reached the ears of King Ragnar, and King Ragnar's spies were planted near Saiga Khan, although most of the combat secrets, King Ragnar's spies could not find out, but like this, the semi-public news that wants to invade the Nord Kingdom has been semi-public, and these spies will notify Ragnar as soon as possible.
At this time, King Ragnar seemed a little flustered, because he also knew that the light cavalry of the Saiga Khan was not a joke, on the plains of the Swadia Kingdom, these light cavalry were like locusts crossing the border, and they would sweep the entire village of supplies, but at this time, the king of Ragnar had already transferred most of his troops to the south, and in the south Vors was preparing to fight against Idenjarr, and there were not enough troops to resist the raid of the Saiga Khan, King Ragnar did not know the military strength of the Saga Khan, who had fought several battles with the Salander Sultanate. He didn't know how his vitality had recovered.
Despite this, Ragnar hurriedly transferred some troops from within his kingdom, most of these troops were Nord recruits who had just been conscripted into the army, and their combat effectiveness was relatively low, and it was still unknown whether they could defeat the Saiga Khan, besides, one of the guys that King Ragnar was most worried about was the appearance of Maltas during the attack on the Kingdom of Vegia, in his eyes, only Walls could compete with Maltas.
Maybe I made the wrong decision to treat Walls like this!
The empty castle hall was long gone, and it was impossible to see that the city had lived in a vibrant world a few days before, and that everything had changed because of the fact that Walls had fled to the south and launched a rebellion on a massive scale.
In the strange silence of the castle hall, there was a sudden sound of footsteps. King Ragnar raised his head, he had lowered his head very low, watching the fire shine on his shadow, and when he looked up, he saw the shadow of a familiar but strange old man. He was Peters, but he didn't look as good as he used to be, and his illness had made her body so thin that she couldn't see what he used to be.
"Peters! What has happened in recent times? Why is your body so thin! ”
King Ragnar had an anxious expression on his face, and as his first advisor, Peters had a pivotal position in King Ragnar's mind. Anything that happens to Peters will be on King Ragnar's heart.
Peters stepped on his emaciated figure and slowly walked in front of King Ragnar, which was beyond the usual commemorative distance between their kings and ministers, but at this time, King Ragnar did not have any anger, only infinite worry in his heart.
Peters' voice was extremely faint, and only when he was close to Ragnar would King Ragnar hear it clearly.
"Your Majesty! My days are numbered, the sickness has tormented my body to death, and when I am about to die, I beg for only one thing, and I hope you will say yes. ”
King Ragnar hurriedly said, "No, Peters, you don't have to worry about anything, stay at home quietly and recuperate, I will bring you the most skilled doctor in the country, and he will surely cure you." You can stay at home with peace of mind. ”
It could be seen that King Ragnar had not grasped the point, and Peters sighed helplessly.
"Your Majesty! I only want you to promise me one thing! ”
The voice was low but cool.
This could not help but send a shiver down the sleeve of King Ragnar, which was a strange voice to him. Stunned for a moment, King Ragnar hurriedly continued: "It's okay! I can do anything for you. ”
"I only hope that Your Majesty, you will pardon Walls's guilt and make him the lord of the Nord Kingdom again."
"What!"
Ragnar leaned his body back, and Peters in front of him seemed to have become a little unfamiliar, and the previous Peters' advice King Ragnar felt that it was very normal and would abide by it intact, but at this time, he had the heart to oppose Peters's suggestion.
If it weren't for the fact that Peters was sick, perhaps King Ragra would have been furious.
Looking at Peters's emaciated figure, King Ragnar had to suppress the anger in his heart.
"It can't be!"
King Ragnar's voice was not loud, but anyone could hear the anger in his heart at this time. The rage burned brightly, and the wine was like the only fire in the hall.
"Your Majesty! Listen to my advice, judging from the current situation, you can't fight Walls! The soldiers of the Kugit Khanate will soon arrive on the land of the Nord Kingdom, at this time, you will not be able to clean up for a while, but the cavalry of the Kugit Khanate will sweep the entire corner of our kingdom, and we will fight more and more poorly, but in the end, there will not be enough materials to support our war, and any country can destroy us.
"You go home first and recuperate!" King Raguera changed the subject, never mentioning Walls again, and with that sentence she turned and hurried back to her bedroom. Only Peters, who does not stop sighing here, is left. After waiting for a long time, Peters shook his head and paced slowly back to his home.
He was waiting for death to come.
"Oh God! Let me get out of this world! I don't want to see the fall of the kingdom of Nord with my own eyes. ”
Peters, who remained at home, had to sigh at the ceiling of his home and the sky.
Dehrim, the city that originally belonged to the Kingdom of Swadia, was now part of the territory of the Kugit Khanate, where a large number of light cavalry gathered, the Kugit lancers were the best light cavalry on the continent, they came and went like the wind, sweeping every corner of the continent like locusts transiting, and the villages they had plundered were left with only wreckage, just like the land ravaged by locusts, leaving only a desolation.
Maltas and Nayanhugu were the main leaders of this operation, Maltas commanded 60% of the soldiers in this operation, and Nayanhugu commanded 40% of the soldiers, and they had to divide into two directions to carry out the robbery.
Inside the city of Decherim, Maltas and Nayan Hugu are discussing a battle plan.
It was a simple wooden house, made of masonry and stone, sturdy and durable, and at this moment, there were only two people in one house here, Maltas and Nayanhugu.
Both of them sat on a chair, two men looking at each other, and in front of them was a table with a map of the continent of Calradia on it.
Both of them were carefully studying the battle plan on the map above, which was the grand strategic direction set by Saiga Khan.
Maltas opened his mouth to speak while holding the map with his hand.
"Nayan Hugu, according to the strategy of Saiga Khan, the 40% of the soldiers you led were used to rob the part that originally belonged to the Swadia Kingdom, while the 60% of the soldiers I led were mainly to go to the north to fight a decisive battle with the group of soldiers gathered by the Nord Kingdom. Most of the army of the Nord kingdom has been transferred to the south to fight against Vors, and I think that Vors's talent is enough to hold back Idenjarr's actions, which creates time and opportunity for us, as far as I know, the army that King Ragnar can muster is only a thousand men, and I also have this thousand, the other soldiers you lead, which are mainly responsible for looting goods and supplies. ”
Nayan Hugu nodded after hearing this, he had already heard that Saiga Khan had laid out the grand strategic plan, and the specific tactical implementation depended on them, the front-line generals.
"I've got the situation, so when will we start going?"
"The time is set for tomorrow, my spies have already found out the information, the time when Walls and Idenjarr will meet in a short battle will be tomorrow, and we will not be idle when they fight, and I will break the elite troops of King Ragnar."
"But!"
That Yan suddenly changed his words and threw his topic to another angle.
"What's the matter?"
"If! What happened to Idenjarr's troops, and instead of continuing to fight against Wall, they chose to engage us in close combat! What do we do? ”
"It's simply impossible! King Ragnar will definitely carry out this matter to the end if he wants to eradicate Walls now, and the man said that he will not conquer Walls now, and wait until Walls settles down the kingdom of Rhodok, and then continue to conquer Walls when he has a firm foothold. ”
Maltas said these words with great confidence, but Yan Hugu could hear that there was a smack of conceit in this confidence. “
Looking at the castle standing on the top of the hill, Idenjarr couldn't help but smile, not long ago, he had just recovered Suno, and successfully took over Uxhall, it could be seen that Walls had shrunk all his forces to the south, and Agorlonburg was the key to this battle, and the victory in the first battle would definitely boost the morale of the army.
Idenjarr learned from the experience of the failure of the Swadia Kingdom to attack the Rhodok Kingdom, and in the early stage of the attack, a large number of scouts were distributed near Agorlong Fort, in fact, when the Swadia Kingdom invaded the Rhodok Kingdom in the south, most of the reconnaissance forces were not sent, and the Swadian knights captured Agorlon Fort and Gruenwald Fort like a bamboo.
However, they were only defeated by Viruga, and the reason for all this was that the situation changed too quickly, and the joint attack of the four countries made the Kingdom of Svadia unable to resist this powerful military force. No one can stop this development.
Idenjarr stood on a high ground, looking at the Agorlong Fort in the distance, at the bottom of the ridge, this castle standing is the gateway to the Rhodok Kingdom, to the east of Agorlon Fort, is a dense forest, if there is an enemy lurking in this forest, it is difficult for the Norder scouts to find, when attacking Agorlon Fort, the rear must be empty, if it is attacked from both sides, their logistics are destroyed by the enemy, then this southern expedition will end in failure.
Another way was to attack Fort Gruenwald, a little further south, through the dense forest, which also stood under the ridge, but Idenjarr could camp in the forest to prevent the enemy from attacking from the forest, but this raised another problem, if the enemy burned the forest, he would probably be destroyed.
Idenjarr couldn't help but be glad of his own wisdom, and he could always find a flaw in the siege method, but after thinking about it for a long time, Idenjarr couldn't come up with a way to take either of the two castles.
He couldn't help but shake his head and look his gaze to his side, another elder lord of the Nord Kingdom.
Rudyar and Idenjarr stood on this high ground together, he already felt Idenjarr's gaze, and slowly took off the helmet on his head, revealing his weathered face, it stands to reason that Wall also has a lot of respect for Rudyar, he is one of the few upright lords in the Nord Kingdom.