Chapter Sixty-Nine: Alva the Light of the Pearl
This time he attacked with the hilt of his sword, in order to capture Lord Caesto alive.
Then, Lord Kesto could not bear Emilyda's attack, and she could only fall helplessly.
And his other loyal bodyguard, Glenbull is now fighting with Joels, Glennbull is not Lord Kesto, he does not have an extremely noble status, he is just a small nobleman, Joels has no intention of keeping his hand when facing him, his every move is a dead hand.
Glenbull could only defend passively, and suddenly, Joels swung the long sword in his hand and shook it forward a few times, which surprised Glennbull, he was in a cold sweat, and the sweat on his palms had made his sword hilt no longer grip, in fact, sweat was only secondary, mainly due to his psychological reasons.
By the time he hesitated, Joels' longsword had already slit his throat.
Glenbull fell, and Joels took one look at him and continued his advance, where there were still many Rhodok soldiers in Aaron's city who had not chosen to surrender. This time, Walls wants to wipe out the remnants of Rhodok in one fell swoop.
Without the leadership of Lord Kesto, and without a general like Glenbull, most of the remaining Rhodok soldiers chose to surrender, in fact, the civilians did not have much resentment towards Walls, and Walls also bullied the nobles who had stood on their heads, so their Walls continued to have a little good impression.
When Lord Kesto's banner was removed and the white unicorn's flag was replaced, the city was given a new lease of life.
After arranging a respected person as the mayor of the town to temporarily manage Aaron, Wall began to distribute the surrendered Rhodok soldiers, some Rhodok soldiers were transferred to the army by Wall, they could not stay in Aaron, in order to prevent them from gathering a crowd to rebel again, most of the Rhodok soldiers had to be transferred to the front. But it's funny to say that now that Rhodok's rebels have been wiped out, and Lord Caysto is now exiled by Wall, and the only thing he can be exiled to is a few small islands by the sea, according to Wall. Just find a small island with no people and put the Kesto Lordship out, of course, the most important thing is that the reputation of the Kesto Lord is gone, he was defeated by Walls, and I believe that there will be no fool who supports the Kesto Lords to continue to fight against Walls.
After quickly arranging the situation in Aaron, Walls began to turn back to Viruga, its capital, and now that the entire kingdom of Roc was in the hands of Walls, the first priority was to stabilize the situation, pacify the civilian people who had been forced and displaced by the war, and when they had enough manpower, they could recruit troops in these villages.
When Walls returned to Viruga, it was already noon the next day, it was a rapid march, and Emilyda and Joels arrived with the rest of the infantry, and the reason why Walls returned to Viruga first was because there were still many important documents in the kingdom that had not been reviewed during the few days of quelling the rebellion. He needed to rush back to his capital to manage the internal affairs of the country.
As soon as I stepped into the castle hall, I saw a herald standing on the left side of the castle hall.
It seems that this one herald should have been informed that Walls would be back to Viruga within today's day.
Walls rubbed his eyes, he hadn't had a good night's sleep in the past few days, but since there was something, Walls wouldn't delay.
"Your Majesty! The Sultanate of Salander has sent an emissary to us, and his emissary asks you to send troops to aid the Sultanate of Saland. At the end of the war, the Sultan of Hakim will give us a great fortune in return. ”
The herald saluted Walls, and said respectfully that on Wall's right hand side was the mayor of Veruga, who was temporarily in charge of the town's affairs while Wals left.
Seeing Walls looking at him, the mayor of Veruga nodded, signaling that this had really happened.
"The Messenger is here to greet you"
"Of course, Your Majesty, the envoys have been waiting here for a long time, and they came two days ago."
"In that case, I can't be rude and call him over, and I will come to meet him myself."
Walls waved his hand, and walked straight down the aisle to his throne.
As soon as he sat down, the door to the castle hall was opened again, and in the midst of a rumbling sound, a graceful woman appeared in front of Walls.
At this time, Walls was a little surprised, he didn't expect Sultan Hakim to send a woman over?
However, Walls would never underestimate the person in front of him, since the other party dared to send such a person over, this person must have outstanding talent.
She was veiled, and the veil was purple, and the gorgeous clothes he wore were also purple.
"A beauty!"
Walls blurted out, and the other only smiled under the looming mask.
"Say it! What did the Sultan of Hakim send you for? ”
Walls went straight to the point, but the messenger in front of him started talking about another aspect.
Your Majesty of the Kingdom of Karad, I have heard of your prestige in the Sultanate of Salander, and when you were still the lord of the Nord Kingdom, I already knew that you were going to threaten the Continent. ”
Francine did not directly say what the Sultanate of Saland had sent him to do, but first praised Walls, who did not eat this set at all.
"Don't praise me like that! I've heard too much of that! Tell me why Sultan al-Hakim sent you here? ”
Walls waved her hand, not wanting Francine to continue, Francine was not surprised by Walls' reaction, she smiled lightly, and began to think that Walls would continue.
"The Sultan has sent me to ask you to send reinforcements to aid my country."
Walls was not surprised to hear the news, Francine was not the slightest stranger to Walls's reaction, and when Walls was fighting in the west, he also knew about things in the east. The Sultanate of Salander is now in the midst of a civil war, and the throne of the Sultan of Hakim is being challenged by Alva the Pearllight who supports the Sultanate of Pearllight, and the only female lord of the Sultanate of Salander, Farvia, has some similarities with Walls, both of whom are a declining nobleman.
"I don't like beating around the bush! To put it bluntly, what benefits would I gain if I helped Hakim Sultan? Don't tell me that you're going to give me a lot of money when the battle is over, I won't accept such a blank check. I need the stability of my country more than a large fortune. ”
Francine smiled lightly, and did not have the slightest dissatisfaction with Walls's tone, because he was standing in the position of a help-seeker, the Sultan of Hakim had been defeated and retreated, and the Sultan thought that he could defeat the Kugit Khanate with Farvia's ability, but he never expected that Farvia had attracted a group of lords in the process of conquering the Kugit Khanate, and this group of lords under the leadership of Farvia elected Alva the Pearl Light as the queen of the new Saland Sultanate, This poses a great threat to his throne.
By the time Hakim Sultan reacted, Farvia had already assembled a large army to conquer many castles in a row, and Hakim Sultan and Farvia had lost many battles in the process, and now he could only retreat near the capital Shariz to survive, and the part of the lords who followed him had been persuaded by Farvia.
In desperation, the Sultan of Hakim was able to send troops to ask for the help of Vors, the Kujit Khanate was the sworn enemy of the Sultan of Hakim, and they were now mired in a civil war, and they would definitely not send troops to save the Sultanate of Saland, the situation of the Nord Kingdom was similar, and the Kingdom of Svadia, which had just regained its country, was also busy recovering the lost territory, and the only one who could request reinforcements was the newly established Kingdom of Karad.
"Excellent! Your Majesty! If you need the stability of your country, you must need someone to support you, because you are neither Lord Kesto nor King Griffos, they are both rightfully the rulers of the kingdom of Rhodok, and you are just a usurper! You just conquered the land by force. ”
Francine said without changing his face, not taking into account the fact that this remark had angered Walls.
If he said this, he would have put Walls to the level of a robber, and the guards beside him had already changed their faces, and they felt very angry that Francine had said this straightforwardly. But Walls is Walls after all, and he forced the unhappiness in his heart and continued: "Good! Is there anything you can do to make me right? ”
"Hakim Sultan is the king of the orthodox continent, and with his support, I believe that your reputation will be more perfect, and it will be more justifiable for you to obtain the throne in Rhodok."
"That's it? You want to send hundreds of my soldiers to their deaths? ”
"Nope! This is just one of them, Your Majesty, you are a country that rebelled from the Nord Kingdom, when King Ragnar quelled the rebellion, the first thing he will do is be you, although the prophet Lesven and Lady Asona are both strong opponents, but most of the people in the entire Nord Kingdom are towards King Ragnar, I believe that after a period of time, Ragnar will integrate the strength of his department to attack your territory, and you need an ally to help when the time comes. If Farvia succeeds in helping Alva the Pearl Light to seize the throne of the Sultanate of Salander, I think it will only be your enemy and not your friend, and you will have to face the wrath of King Ragnar alone. ”
After hearing this, Walls smiled slightly.
"Do you think I'm going to be afraid of King Ragnar? Even if he still has the Nord Kingdom and the Svadia Kingdom, I will not be afraid of him, I have mountains, I have rivers, I have a group of Nord soldiers and a group of Rhodok crossbowmen, they will not defeat us. ”
"But it's the same! You'll lose a lot, and after Farvia helps Alva the Pearllight take the throne of the Sultanate of Salander, he'll deal you a fatal blow when you're weakened. ”
"It's really a nuisance! But it's hard to say that after I helped Hakim Sultan, he will come and help me? Wouldn't he, like Farvia, give me a knife when I'm tired? ”
Francine had expected Walls to say this.
"The sworn enemy of the Salander Sultanate is the Kugit Khanate! Sultan al-Hakim was only interested in conquering Kujit, she was never interested in an inch of Rhodok! Isn't that enough to prove that we won't turn against you, Your Majesty! Besides, we need an ally, and we desperately need a friend to help us on this perilous continent. ”
Walls didn't continue to speak, he fell into deep thought, what is Farvia, Walls has also heard that he has been conquering the kingdom of Rhodok, but the reason why the Salander Sultanate was able to easily defeat the Kugit Khanate that conquered the Virgia kingdom was mainly due to Farvia, it can be said that Farvia is a strong opponent, if with his help he can unify the entire Salander Sultanate. The threat to oneself must be great, in this case, it is better to strangle this person in the cradle.
Walls looked directly at Francine in front of him, and as a woman, he was not afraid to look at Walls with his eyes.
"Okay! I agree. Walls said slowly.
Francine smiled lightly, as a return gift to Wall's answer, at this time, Wall deeply felt that this woman was different from other people, and there was indeed a certain reason why the Sultan of Hakim actually sent such a woman to his own capital to persuade him.
"Aren't you leaving? I've promised to support Sultan al-Hakim, and in that case you should leave to go back and tell your Sultan, that's a good thing, isn't it? ”
Walls said with a little doubt!
"No!" "I will go with you, with you and with your army, to the Sultanate of Salander, and the Sultan of Hakim has asked me to go back with you personally, and with the help of the soldiers." ”
"That's a great idea! It seems that the Sultan of Hakim is ordering me to send reinforcements over. ”
Walls nodded, agreeing with Sultan Hakim's approach, but this one approach angered Walls a little, but the overall situation is important, and Walls will not change in the slightest because of this.
At that time, Walls himself led his soldiers to attack the rebels of Aaron, and the six lords he divided were each guarding their own territory, and after this period of recuperation, these six lords were also recruiting their soldiers, and it was time to gather them in Viruga.
Soon, the messenger of Walls carried the order to gather the troops to all parts of Veruga, and the six lords who had been divided received the news of Walls, and they hurriedly led their soldiers to the location of Walls, for whom they were able to regain their status as high nobles and become lords, all thanks to Walls, who were loyal to Walls.
Although they come from different countries on the continent, and some come from another continent, the fiefdoms where they are located are all Rhodok territories, so most of the soldiers they recruit are soldiers from the Rhodok Kingdom, and Rhodok crossbowmen are the most powerful crossbowmen, but because of continuous campaigns, there is no extra wealth to reassemble a group of elite Rhodok crossbowmen, and most of the soldiers they bring are just recruits.
The six lords brought a total of about 500 soldiers, looking at this country that had been trampled by war, and was able to gather 500 soldiers in a short period of time, Wall was also very pleased, plus another 500 Nord soldiers in his own headquarters, and some other Swadian knights, a total of 1100 troops, including the part of the Rhodok soldiers who surrendered in Aaron, half of these 1100 people can be said to be a group of stragglers, If you really want to talk about combat strength, you still have to rely on the 500 Nord soldiers led by Wall himself.
After placing a part of his kingdom as a guard, the 1,100 soldiers began to advance towards Shariz without stopping.
The day after Walls promised Francine, it would take time to gather troops, but the six lords hurried over, and the speed of their march depended on their loyalty to Walls.
Francine was surprised at the speed with which Walls could gather his army, and that it would take a long time for the Sultan of Hakim to recruit lords from all over the country, and that a small number of lords would be displeased with the king's rule, and they would take long enough to delay the war.
At this time, Francine and Walls walked side by side, both of them riding a horse, and the two lived as the six lords within the kingdom, behind the six lords, these were the generals of Walls and the six lords. Emilyada and Joels were at the forefront, having taken over the position of Walls' generals since the likes of Alleyne and Bestur became lords.
Starting from Viruga, we started to move southeast, and after crossing the plains and grasslands and forests, an endless desert appeared in front of us, and it was best to see a castle on the border between the kingdom of Rhodok and the Sultanate of Saland, which was the Fort of Weiyeha at the junction of the plains and the desert, and to the south of him, Shariz near the coast, Sharez was the capital of the Salander Sultanate, and the Sultan of Hakim had been trapped here for a long time, although to the east of Shariz, it was Dukuba, and Dukuba was not attacked by Farvia, For Farvia, the strategic location of Dukuba seems to have become no longer important, he has gathered his group of lords who follow him, and the queen he nominally serves, the pearl light Alva, to assemble near Terramafort, which is relatively close to Dukuba's location, but Farvia's army has gradually appeared in the village west of Terramaburg, Hakim Sultan is terrified, and he can no longer contact the defenders in Dukuba, Any courier attempting to communicate with the defenders of Fort Trama and Dukuba has been cut off by Farvia. Hakim Sultan could only hide in Sharez and curse Farvia fiercely.
But curse after curse, Hakim Sultan still had no way to take Farvia, and gradually, the army began to gather near the village west of Fort Terrama, and more and more conscriptions began to indicate that Farvia was going to attack Shariz directly. Although there may be a certain risk that if Shariz does not attack, the defenders of Dukuba behind will be able to flank Farvia in front and rear with the army of Sharez De Hakim Sultan.
But who knows what this crazy woman thinks? He did not care about the defenders of Dukuba, and threatened that as long as Shariz was taken, as long as the capital of the Salander Sultanate was taken, Alva the Pearl Light could regain the throne and become the queen of the new Salander Sultanate. In fact, the real situation is just as Farvia thought, the lord of Dukuba has cowered and hid in the city of Dukuba, nominally he still supports the Sultan of Hakim, but who knows if he will defect and surrender when the Sultan of Hakim is defeated?
Perhaps, he was just waiting to see who he thought would benefit him, and it was a decisive battle to decide who would become the ruler of the Salander Sultanate, and this war was about to begin near Sharez.
Walls' reinforcements would be a crucial factor in the war, as the Sultan of Hakim was now barely able to survive with only 1,500 soldiers, many of the lords had lost their fiefdoms, and Farvia had gathered more than 2,000 men.
Farvia and Alva the Pearllight had gathered their armies to fight near Sharitz, and his scouts had reported to him that Francin had come to the rescue from the newly established kingdom of Kallad, and Farvia, the reputation of Walls, was clear, and he felt that he could not underestimate this opponent. This was Farvia's tent, and despite being a woman, he sat in the tent like a man and waited for the scout's report.
It didn't take long for the scout to bring back the information Farvia wanted. This was one of his right-hand men, Gozett, who was the first to follow Farvia.
He looked like a thief, and he had a fight with Porcha, who was under Walls.
"Marshal! Walls is already leading his troops in the vicinity of Fort Ha, and if we can, we can gather our forces and pounce directly on Fort Weyeha!" ”
Gozette knelt down on one knee and reported to Farvia, who was second only to Alva the Pearl Light as the rebel marshal of the Salander Sultanate.