Chapter 362: Chaos
All he had to do now was to put aside the beginning and end of those things, while ruining the reputation of the Levinson family, and patiently waiting for the investigation and trial of the imperial capital, why did he have to start early, did he still have to charge for one of his future opponents?
If it's for money, these bastards can't look down on this little property of the Hurricane Legion, and the Imperial Princess is just a few hundred kilometers away, and within three days she will reach Galoste, a chaotic southeastern capital, which should be the last thing he wants to see now. ”
What Valen said made a lot of sense, which calmed down the angry old Perry, a black hand hiding in the shadows to provoke the two families to fight, no matter who this person is and what goal they want to achieve, they need a complete set of countermeasures.
They had to be a little more cautious to find out who was behind it, and tear him apart mercilessly, so that the waiting jackals could retract their tentative minions.
In the evening of the same day, the elder Perry, under the protection of 300 personal soldiers, left the Hurricane barracks and returned to Carros, 30 kilometers away.
The walls of Garoste could already be seen in the distance, and suddenly a thousand armored warriors burst out of the dense forest and fought into the ranks of Old Perry.
These warriors were tall and strong, skilled in battle, well-equipped, and most importantly, their weapons and armor were completely styled by the Imperial military, which was simply a group of professional soldiers.
300 personal soldiers protected Old Perry and fought and retreated, all the way to the barracks, even if they were outnumbered, they still fearlessly used their flesh and blood to resist the impact of the tide.
Just when there were only more than 100 guards left, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves was heard all around, and 5,000 ironclad heavy cavalry crushed them with a thunderous momentum, and after paying the price of 500 dead in battle, these thousand warriors were slaughtered.
It's a pity that these samurai were all dead, and even if they fought to the last man, none of them surrendered, let alone confided any news.
The assassination was a failure, or it was originally a ploy to lure the snake out of the hole.
No matter who is hiding behind the scenes to plan all this, it is a huge stroke, from the scale, equipment and personnel quality, it represents the toughness and strength of the other party.
They thought about a lot of possibilities, but they didn't have any clues, so they could only slowly find them through the clues on these corpses.
But now Old Perry can't wait, and he can't back down, even if he knows that there will be countless traps waiting for him in front of him, he has to continue walking.
Because his castle, his wife, and his grandson are all in the city at the moment.
Old Perry walked through the gates in blood-stained armor, this time without assassination, without malicious eyes, for everyone was trembling with fear from the mottled blood and the murderous aura on their bodies.
Before he could reach the police corps' office, the sheriff chief Nick sent his deputy to send Kunjie out, and he didn't know where to hide.
Old Perry didn't bloodbath the vigilantes, but just broke all of Nick's henchmen and threw them in the square in the center of the city to wail, and burned Nick's house to the ground.
Duke Bob Stanton, who was alarmed by the assassination, came in himself, and the old fox smelled something wrong, and spies with Old Perry for a quarter of an hour, then caught Nick that idiot and broke both of his legs in front of Old Perry.
Old Perry returned to the castle with his grandson, and it seemed that his thunderous slaughter had frightened those with bad intentions, and it seemed that this was the end of the matter.
Even the Duke of Stanton was weak, and no one wanted to face a lunatic-like captain.
But that night, Old Perry's only youngest grandson, Kunjie, died of blood inexplicably, and the temple's medical officer examined it and found that it was a highly toxic poison that had been delayed.
The elder Perry was furious and went crazy to find Nick, only to find him dead in the gutter of the street.
Unable to care about the black hands and restraint hidden in the shadows, Old Perry asked Duke Stanton to ask for the whole city, and after refusing, he actually asked Cassel, the Fire Raven Division, who was responsible for guarding the east city wall, to open the city gate and let the first division of the Hurricane Legion in.
The other two divisions led by the Duke of Stanton confronted Old Perry, trying to resolve the conflict and find the real culprit, and in the confusion, a sharp arrow suddenly shot out of nowhere.
The guards around Duke Stanton were naturally always vigilant, but their attention was more focused on the opposite camp.
The first arrow from the side and rear was blocked, but the arrow from the other direction was hidden in the shadows, and the Duke of Stanton was killed on the spot in full view of everyone.
The powder keg in the southeastern capital of Garoste was completely detonated, and as the commanders of the two poorly prepared second-line divisions were killed and wounded one after another, the leaderless soldiers were in disarray, and large-scale fighting and chaos gradually began to spread in this huge city.
Killings, robberies, rapes, and arson have turned this once comfortable and prosperous city into a hell on earth, where people's greed and fear have turned into all kinds of demons and monsters running rampant here, and the nearly 3 million people here have personally felt the shadow of death so close to them.
The chaos lasted for a full day and night, and the Chief of the Legion's General Staff, Valen, was assassinated by the Assassins in Hurricane Castle.
After the chaos expanded, Cassel, a subordinate of the Fire Raven Division, chose to shrink, maintained restraint, and fought back after the defeat of the First City Division, beheading his former colleague, Peterson Perry Sr.'s adopted son.
However, the commander of the 3rd Division, Claude, had an ambiguous attitude at this critical moment, not only did not have the process support, but instead the army was mobilized, nominally ordered to set out to the small city of Jacques, 160 kilometers away, to help clear the remnants of the steppe gathered there.
Marquis Levinson, who had lost his mind and was provoked by the bad news and betrayal, finally led the remaining more than 1,000 internal guards to the Duke of Stanton's mansion, turning it into the hell of Shura.
He then retreated to the castle and set fire to the rest of the Hurricane Castle with his wife, and was burned to death.
Only at last he stood on the viewing platform of the castle with his hair disheveled, barefoot, and sword in hand, and shouted, "You are so ruthless!" and was engulfed in flames.
A long-brewing but sudden farce finally ended in the evening of the next day, with the intervention of the Paladin Cameron stationed here, leading the Thousand Templar Knights, and the cooperation of Cassel, the Fire Raven.
The temple's attitude seemed to be fair, but for some reason, it was a little late, and they gathered and comforted the ordinary people who had taken refuge in the temple, especially the women and children, and wiped out all the rebels who should be killed and captured.
But at this time, more than 20,000 soldiers had been killed on both sides of the fierce battle in the city, and for some reason, the death rate of the high-ranking commanders on both sides was particularly high.
The nobles and councillors in the city also suffered heavy casualties in this chaos, especially the mansions of those nobles who were attached to the Levinson family and the Stanton family, most of which suffered the baptism of rebellion.
A day later, Philip and Sophia arrived in the city in the midst of the fireworks that had not yet been completely extinguished and the panic that filled the city.
On the way, outside the small town of Jacques, besieged by hundreds of thousands of steppe people, they met the commander of the Claude Division, who had come here to quell the rebellion.
Tens of thousands of steppe people were killed outside the walls, while the rest were besieged by the army in a valley floor.
Claude greeted Sophia on one knee with a tomahawk in hand, showing respect for the royal family, while Philip wisely avoided it, even if he was in a different camp, he could not follow Sophia to accept such a solemn ceremony.
But he soon realizes that he is wrong, because it is clear that Sophia and Claude are closer than he thought.
"Welcome, my princess, forgive me for being here to greet you, you look much more beautiful than you did when you were a child, especially your teeth. ”
Sophia picked up Claude and gave the middle-aged knight a big hug, with a look of shame on her pretty little face: "It's not a gentleman's behavior to stare at a lady's teeth, and the same goes for your hair, something is always changing, getting better or worse."
It's good to meet you, Uncle Claude.
Aunt Peggy asked me to bring you some of her own roasted coffee, but it tasted so good that I drank it all along the way. ”
Claude laughed, "Haha, this journey is indeed a bit hard, but it will be a treasure for your life."
You are a brave girl, even for a princess, you have done something that puts the men of the entire empire to shame.
Luckily, I don't love coffee as much as spirits, and Calost has a lot of flavor, so maybe I'll treat you and your little boyfriend to a sneaky drink somewhere. ”
After speaking, he turned to Philip and looked at the handsome young man in front of him, a smile appeared on his calm face: "I have heard many people talk about you, the future god of war in the southeast, I hope you can reconsider your decision to join the temple, the southeast needs a young man like you."
Your grandfather and they are all good, and so is the city of Gokan. ”
Although he didn't know what the specific situation of the other party was, the kindness in his words was still obvious, and Philip beat his chest to the other party according to the military salute, and then turned his puzzled eyes to the little girlfriend beside him.
Sophia ignored his inquiry, only smiled slyly, and accompanied by Claude, inspected the only preserved division in the city of Callotte.
All the warriors looked at their princess with fanatical gaze, and even Philip spotted one or two familiar faces in the front row.
It was only in the eyes of these soldiers that the originally handsome and mighty Philip looked as hateful as a piece of excrement, and only a few young officers showed a trace of admiration and disbelief.
Those steppe people were deliberately left behind, just so that these soldiers could show their bravery in front of the imperial princess.
In just half an hour, the battle was over, leaving these extremely expressive GIs feeling unsatisfied.