Chapter 307: Qingjun's side
The Noldor elves really had good ears, and even at the city gates, Risaderan could still hear Leon's shouts.
Of course, people near the House of Lords also heard it.
But no one did anything to Leon - Leon was the marshal of the Lion Kingdom, who had made great achievements in the northern and southern wars, and no one would do anything to him without the king's orders.
Even though he had just ordered his guards to enter the royal city.
However, Orth hesitated, he hesitated left and right at the gate of the House of Lords, but finally turned around and broke into the tower of the House of Lords.
He worries about Inna, the son he just met and the only relative he has now.
However, Risa Dilan, who had been waiting by the city gate, did not hesitate.
If Risardylan was not a Noldor elf, but a knight from the Lion Realm like Ors, he might have been a little worried after hearing this order - leading the guards into the Lion City would basically be tantamount to rebellion.
But Risadilan didn't care what the lord was going to do, he didn't have any sense of identity with the Lion Kingdom in the first place, and he didn't think there was anything special about the Lion City.
That is, the scale is relatively large, and the city wall is relatively high.
So after hearing the order, Risa Dilan did not hesitate to blow the horn of the march.
"Uh...... Woo woo ......"
The trumpets of the elves are low and long, sounding low in pitch, but they can travel far and wide.
Not far outside the city, the Noldor Guards responded and began to charge towards the city gates.
At the same time, five men in black rushed out of the corner near the city gate, rushed to Risadiran's side, and then rushed into the gatehouse of the city gate with Risadelan, who had been ambushing the city all along, and they were temporarily under the command of Risadiran.
The gatehouse of the Lion City is not a communication room, it is actually a military station inside the city gate, and it is also the passage leading to the castle tower and the city wall, located on the inner side of the city gate cave.
This is also the place where the city gate officials worked.
For a large city like the Lion City, the gatehouse is the most central defensive point, because the gatehouse has a winch that controls the opening and closing of the gate.
Of course, it's daytime, and there's no enemy outside, and the gates of Lion City are already open.
At this time, the city gate guards didn't know that there was a fate in the noble house, and they didn't get any orders, so naturally they didn't close the gate.
But Risadillan knew very well that when the lord said "open the city gate", he did not ask him to push the winch to open the door, but let him control the city gate.
That is, to kill the soldiers stationed in the gatehouse so that they do not close the city gates.
Because Leon's guards were still outside the city at this time.
The Lion City has two gates, the outer gate and the inner gate.
The city is surrounded by a moat about ten meters wide, and a huge stone foundation several meters wide is specially left between the river and the root of the city wall to prevent the river from corroding the city wall.
The outer gate was not actually on the city wall, but a separate gate, and the bottom was on the foundation of the huge stone city that was several meters wide, and the whole was very high, with a total length of more than fifteen meters, which was actually a drawbridge through the moat.
This kind of outer city gate needs to be slowly lowered or pulled up, because it is too high, and the bridge board of more than ten meters is likely to be damaged or even broken if it is allowed to fall down in free fall.
The inner gate is different, this is embedded in the city gate, it is the kind of grid-shaped lifting gate hanging in the city gate hole in Changhe Town, which is made of iron sheets wrapped in giant wood.
As soon as someone knocked the cork that held the winch in place, the heavy inner gate would crash down, sealing the gate.
If this kind of gate falls, it will be difficult to rise again, and just pushing the winch will require several strong men to go into battle together.
As the capital of the Lion Kingdom, the king's residence, of course, no lord is allowed to bring troops into the city, at most a few retinues or guard captains, such as Risardiran.
Even if the retinue of the foreign lord wants to temporarily settle in the Lion City barracks, they must be disarmed, and enter the barracks through the entrance of the military station at the base of the side wall, and cannot go through the city gate, so as not to have a misunderstanding or accident.
As soon as armed forces are detected approaching the city gates, the inner gates are immediately closed.
At night, or when facing foreign enemies, the outer gates are also pulled up, making the Lion City a huge enclosed fortress.
This was the primary military task that the garrison in the city would perform without receiving any orders.
The only troops that could enter the Lion City in armor and weapons were the King's own army, the Lion Knights and the King's Guards.
However, the Lion Knights are currently in Foxtown, and the Royal City Guards are waiting for news in Haringosburg at this time, and none of them are in Lion City.
The royal guards were waiting for Leon and Inna to return to the Lion City to explain the situation to the king, and they felt that they would leave again soon, so they did not return to the garrison, so as not to make a futile march back and forth.
In other words, there is currently only a standing garrison of about 1,000 people in Lion City, and it is not an elite army.
In fact, not to mention the elite, they can't even be called soldiers......
Rizadilan had thought that he would fight hard in the gatehouse, after all, it stands to reason that as long as the gate defenders saw the Noldor guards rushing towards them, they would inevitably try to fall down the inner gate.
He only had five Scorpio Assassins by his side, and the defenders of the gates of Lion City usually had at least one hundred-man team.
But in reality, he and the five Scorpio Assassins had no difficulty controlling the most important part of the gatehouse—when they entered, there was no one inside!
Risadilan was even able to calmly arrange the doorway, moving several thorn boxes to seal the gap in the wall, and then even rested for two minutes before he saw a group of soldiers hurrying into the gatehouse......
The originally expected attack turned into defense, and it was the kind that had time to prepare.
So Risa Dilan, along with a few Scorpio assassins, didn't fight anyone at all, and didn't sweat a drop.
Because after these garrisons found that there were thorn boxes sealing the gatehouse, and there were a few guys who looked like masters inside, they didn't rush in at all, but scattered in a hurry—the Noldor Guards had already begun to enter the city by this time, and these garrisons did not intend to die here.
The garrison of Lion City was probably the most useless force Risadillan had ever seen......
Or rather, they weren't warriors in the first place.
Because the garrison of Lion City has never experienced real combat - in these hundred years, no enemy has actually directly attacked Lion City, not even under Lion City.
The closest battle they had been when the Desha had rushed to Yalagar and plundered - but the Desha had not attacked the Lion City, and had been crippled in Yaragar, and the battlefield was still dozens of miles away from them.
In addition, Ulrik has recently supplemented the Lion Knights and the Royal City Guards twice, and has picked out the slightly reliable soldiers in the garrison.
Now the rest of the garrison is basically a mixed meal related household - the city defense army in the capital city is treated very well, not only do they have to risk their lives to fight, but they can also deduct oil and water from the city gate, and the food and salary are also guaranteed......
Therefore, the best job of the Lion City garrison is not to fight, but to scare the peasants and caravans, by the way, to rub some oil when inspecting the caravan, or to make some extra money when assisting the tax collector to collect the city gate tax.
It's not so much that they are city defense troops, but that they are ruffians, and their combat effectiveness can't catch up with the Red Brotherhood.
After all, those gang members of the Red Brotherhood at least had some guts, but these ruffians ran away in the face of the Noldor taking the city gate......
A few minutes later, Leon's guards took over the city gate with ease, and did not kill anyone in the whole process - the city gate garrison had fled, and the other city defenders had never appeared, probably not yet wearing their armor......
Afterwards, Risardiran rushed to Leon's side with half of his men to answer him.
In fact, Leon had been standing outside the gate of the noble house without moving, and had been holding the body of Lady Filina, but no one had paid attention to him.
It was only then that the formed city defense army appeared, but they still didn't even know what was going on, and they didn't dare to step forward.
A whole line of Noldor rangers armed with bows and arrows had already stood on the city walls, and Leon was surrounded by hundreds of Noldor cavalry, and the city defenders did not dare to approach at either end, so they could only linger in the middle of the street.
They didn't even dare to ask......
The guards of only two hundred people are the most powerful combat power in the Lion City at this time, and even the city defense army of thousands of people dare not speak up, I have to say that this is the sorrow of the Lion Kingdom.
"My lord, shall we storm the palace?"
Seeing Leon holding a corpse, Risadillan looked a little sad, and felt that his own adults might want to rebel......
"What nonsense?! Can you just enter the palace?! I'm here for you!
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Li Ang reprimanded his head, and then motioned to the guards to surround the tower of the House of Nobles: "Seal that tower, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave...... Now I take control of this place as the Marshal of the Kingdom to ensure the safety of His Majesty the Kingdom! If there is any abnormality...... Shoot and kill!"
Leon spoke loudly and indignantly.
Originally, there were still many dazed guards who were talking to each other, but at this time, they suddenly became silent.
In fact, Leon did not let the guards into the city to rebel - he did not need to.
On the contrary, what he has to do now should be called "King Qin's Escort" or "Qingjun's Side" - this is the standard process for loyal and patriotic people to work for the country's hoe women.
After all, Leon knew that Anna was one of the Three Prophets, and judging by the identities used by Sercy and Anna in the House of Lords, Anna should be the one in charge.
How powerful the three prophets were, Leon had personally experienced them......
But now, King Ulrik has entered the tower of the House of Lords with his sword, and Anna has just committed the unforgivable sin, and the human and material evidence is there, and the evidence is conclusive......
It doesn't matter exactly what the king will do, but in this case, Anna can think of what she will do with her toes - there is a good chance that something will happen to Ulrique.
Either be coerced, or *** off, or even poisoned or crazy or something like that.
Anyway, with the skills of the three prophets, once the king is coerced by Anna, no one should be able to save him.
- At least Leon thinks he can't be saved......
If he is really saved, he must be a mad king controlled by heretics......
Therefore, now it is necessary to let the guards enter the city "King Qin".
To be honest, Leon didn't believe that Filina was pushed down by Princess Anna - because Anna didn't have to.
Even if Filina knew something that caused the three prophets to kill their mouths, with their skills, they would not kill people in such a conspicuous way - whether it was illness, poisoning, or silently letting people die in their beds, the three prophets could easily do it.
This kind of practice of pushing people to jump off the building will only be the practice of ordinary people, and it is completely inconsistent with the behavioral logic of a master like the Three Prophets.
And who would stand in front of the window after killing someone?
Are you afraid that others will not know that you are committing murder?
It's more like persecution......
It's like Filina is forcing Ulrik to break with Anna!
Or, it is to force Anna to jump over the wall and reveal the truth herself.
Then Li Ang naturally wants to do what he wants - of course the marshal of the kingdom will not rebel, but he can "clear the king's side"!
If you accidentally clear the king for this...... It can only be considered an accident.
The Noldor elves all took off their bows, and some of them began to patrol around the House of Lords on horseback, and the people who had been probing their brains on the King's Avenue to watch the bustle disperse.
The other part of the girl rangers went directly to the walls of the noble house, which was regarded as taking over the posts of those guards, and drove them all out.
None of the guards resisted, and they all looked at Leon, as if intending to get the kingdom marshal to give a clear explanation.
Leon ignored them, but handed over Lady Filina's body to Risardillan, "You take Aunt Filina to Fox Town, and do it yourself
In the hands of Master Godric! Then tell Amy not to entangle with the Lion Knights, and let her lead the infantry to block the enemy, and let her herself lead all the cavalry to the Lion City as fast as possible, and I will wait for her here!"
Risardiran took the order and left.
"You've seen the fate here! Princess Filina was brutally murdered! Since Princess Anna did such a thing, I suspect that she was probably controlled by heretics, or that she herself was the leader of heretics......
Leon drew his sword, looked around at the guards of the House of Nobles, and said loudly, "Now that Your Majesty and Knight Inna have gone in to investigate, I will also bring someone in to protect Your Majesty's safety...... But I'm afraid that some of you are heretics - so I must take over the defenses of this place until the truth is known! You'd better lay down your arms and cooperate with me...... Anyone who is still armed with a weapon after half a minute, I will directly dismiss it as heresy!"
The guards looked at each other, and then nodded one after another, there was nothing wrong with Li Ang's statement, and of course it was necessary to find out the murderer.
The guards, who had been at a loss, were now given clear instructions - an order from the Marshal of the Kingdom, and most importantly, an order that would exonerate them......
Leon suspected that Princess Anna was controlled by heresy, and then suspected that there were female officials among the guards of the House of Nobles, so he asked to take over the defense, which is indeed quite reasonable.
And Li Ang's request is actually tantamount to letting the guards stay out of the matter in order to prove their innocence.
So the guards put their weapons in front of Leon and withdrew from the House of Lords—for in this way, no matter what happened, the guards would be exempt from responsibility, and Marshal Leon would be on top of the sky when the sky fell......