Chapter 47: Silent Responsibility
The archers on the city wall leaned out from the battlements, and the arrows in their hands were just pointed at the friendly troops under the city walls, but they were surprised to find that the knights behind Lord Norton's war horse did not know when they were holding a crossbow and a short bow tightly in their hands, these knights did not pay attention to the fighting that was taking place under the city, and the silver arrows had already pointed to the position where the archers appeared.
Obviously, these soldiers under the city had already prepared, and the range and penetration of the horn bow could not be compared with the crossbow at all, and the archers on the battlement knew that once they began to shoot, they must be at a disadvantage, and the two archers looked at each other and hesitated.
Most of the archers in the city were swordsmen, and after a long time of opening the bow, the arms must be weak, and finally, I don't know which archer couldn't control his fingers, and before the horned bow let go of the hand and landed, the white arrow feathers shot down crookedly and landed in front of the knight's horse under the city.
"Shoot!"
"Shoot!"
"Shoot!"
A series of short commands exploded up and down the city walls at the same time, and white and green arrow feathers instantly weaved a web from both directions, and the number of archers on both sides was doubled, but the attack power was not the same - the officers of Hanyang City discovered a terrifying fact in two breaths: the archers of the Norton Legion showed a terrifying fact that the archery skills displayed by the archers of the Norton Legion could only be described as breathtaking, and those knights with short bows were able to shoot more than four arrow feathers in just one breath, and even the whistling sound that tore through the air resounded.
In less than a breath, the archers on the walls screamed and fell behind the battlements with their hands on their shoulders - it was clear that the knights of the Norton Legion did not want to make the situation completely uncontrollable, but only gave a slight punishment.
The other twenty or thirty knights holding crossbows quietly led their mounts to force up from both sides, and the flashing crossbows immediately put great pressure on the soldiers of Hanyang City who were attacking Miriqian.
"Traitors and thieves, I'll count three times and retreat all! Otherwise, there will be no forgiveness for killing!" Another cold-faced middle-aged officer pointed at Squadron Leader Xi Yalan with a crossbow in his hand, and said in a deep voice, revealing a strong killing intent in his tone.
Siaran subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of spit, the strength of the Norton Legion was definitely not comparable to the defending force like them, which was dominated by swordsman battalion troops. Ciaran believed that if he continued to resist, these so-called friendly forces would unceremoniously take the lives of the defenders of Hanyang, after all, even if the Delaware Lord ruled that there was only one option.
"Alas......" Sialan sighed and motioned to his subordinates to throw down the weapons in their hands, muttering: "Regret should not have been in the beginning." One misstep becomes a thousand hatreds......"
...... What should I not regret?
Most of the middle and high-ranking officers in the Sanggan River Theater were very calm after learning of the bloody night in the imperial capital -- Delaware, the former vice minister of the empire, through more than 10 years of operation, has been gradually replacing the officers of the main forces of the Sanggan River Theater with those who are loyal to them, especially the middle and upper ranking officers, a large part of whom are from the marquis family. However, a small number of junior officers who had just been assigned from the knight school for only half a year were more loyal to the empire, and most of them fled to the Jielin War Zone with their direct subordinates.
As a senior local officer of the Sangan River who was not a descendant of the Marquis, due to his age and ability, he thought that the position of squadron leader would be the highest position before he was discharged, and he had no other ideas. When the Marquis of Delaware's own family announced the change of flag, Ciaran was uneasy and saw a glimmer of hope at the same time. The Holy See, the Phanos Continent, and the ancient Western Emperor family jointly declare war on the Amy Empire, if ...... If the empire is really defeated, maybe he will have a chance to earn the title of a founding father, and a count is definitely hopeful for the title of at least a viscount. As the saying goes, heroes come out of troubled times - and it was with this in mind that Ciaran and the three squad leaders reached an agreement and quickly pledged allegiance to the Marquis of Delaware.
What Xi Yalan never imagined was that in the eyes of a senior officer like Norton of the Western Emperor Group, the soldiers after the change of banner would have such an impression...... Apathy...... For a moment, Xi Yalan's heart fluttered with this word that he rarely thought of.
The soldiers of Hanyang City were pointed at their heads with crossbows, and they lowered their heads and threw their weapons under the city wall, and groups gathered, and several teenagers under the age of 18 squatted on the ground and began to sob.
"Cry! You also have the face to cry?!" The face of the officer who mir Qian didn't know when it turned iron: "Selling your body as a thief, rebelling against your beliefs, insulting your ancestors, attacking friendly troops, you bastards who have no trust, no righteousness, no honesty and shamelessness, now you also have the face to cry!?"
"Die! What the fuck do you have the right to scold Lao Tzu, Ge Lao Tzu was originally loyal to His Majesty Redstone, you are also a human being, and you sold yourself as a thief in your mother's land. Another young Hanyang soldier roared back in the crowd despite the tight tugging of his companions, the people in the Sie region looked quiet, but he was never bloodless.
"I, I'll sell myself as a thief, ......" Mi Qian sneered, and there was a thick disdain in his laughter: "You also underestimate the soldiers and military families of the Ice and Snow Continent, and you also underestimate the mercenary gods......
Ice and Snow Continent?
The defenders of Hanyang Castle finally heard that there was something wrong with this, and looked up again, only to realize it. The young officer who was miring money was tearing off his gray Fanos uniform and throwing it on the ground, and inside the uniform was a snow-white power suit, with colorful tassels on his shoulders.
Tassel ?general?
In the impression of the soldiers, only the current general and above are allowed to pick up tassels on the shoulders of the standard dress, and the generals of the seven major theaters are tassels of seven different colors, the imperial deputy marshal is a blue tassel on a gold background, and the imperial marshal is a red tassel on a gold background.
"You guys who don't have any shame, you dare to stand aside from the title of 500-year-old Great Inheritance Imperial Soldiers, you are all cowards, you are all bastards who are greedy for life and afraid of death, do you think that if you take refuge in a new master, you will definitely get benefits?! Hmph...... No master will raise a peggy dog that will only eat with a shy face and not protect him in vain! Do you think the new master will remember the credit for your rebellion? In the tens of thousands of years of Eminole's history, which apostate has gained the trust of the new master? Which apostate has a good end in the end?!"
"If you want others to respect you, you must respect yourself! Surrender without any resistance, and then defect, is there such a shameless soldier in the world? Have you ever heard of an imperial soldier who actually stained his collar red with the blood of his compatriots of the same culture? You, everyone! Up to the squadron leader, down to the coachman, the groom, and the bastard lackey! Raise your hand and touch your chest! Ask yourself! This part of the empire raised you to grow up and raise you one by one to be seven-foot men, you ...... You ......" The young officer's fingers trembled as he pointed to the defenders in front of him, most of whom were squatting on the ground, his lips trembling but unable to speak......
The colorful tassels danced slightly in the sunlight with the trembling arms, and the vicious words just now smashed into the Hanyang defenders above and below the city wall without any pause, and these words tore off all the fig leafs that these soldiers could find after changing banners, trampled on them and ravaged them fiercely.
The male soldiers who were as strong as a mountain under the city wall listened to these words, and one by one squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, and the transparent liquid also fell silently on the red fertile soil.
"You ......" Xi Yalan was one of the few soldiers who did not squat down, as the only middle-level officer, he probably guessed something, just said a word and then corrected his wrong title with honorifics: "Your Excellency...... Your Excellency, may I ask you?"
"Ask me?" The young officer's eyes suddenly welled up with tears, and his voice lowered: "Have you ever heard such a military song?"
Immediately, the young officer sang in a low voice: Ten thousand miles, ten thousand miles, the ocean of mirrors, the valley of ice, the ancestors, the ancestors, go to the snow field together, life and death will not give up, the head is broken and the blood flows, the bones of the ancestors, the ice and snow cover the fertile soil, the glory, the ice and snow people.
With the sky above their heads and their backs to their hometowns, the elite soldiers in the north are happy in life and sad in death.
Strong, the south and the north of the world, the souls of the heroes who died in battle will return to their hometowns, and the descendants of the ice and snow will shine on our generations.
As the young officer whispered, some of the knights behind him lowered their crossbows and lifted their black shields to reveal young faces, and each of them had trembling lips and sang along with the young officer...... Without exception, tears welled up in the eyes of every soldier who sang in a low voice almost at the same time.
"Original...... It is the new supreme military governor of Gyeonggi...... "Siaraan's curly hair hung low, and his voice was extremely low: "Defeated in the hands of Your Excellency the Golden Brain...... It's not too aggrieved...... General Ray Barton has made a lot of calculations, but he is still a chess ......"
The young officer was slightly stunned, and stretched out his hand to wipe it from his face: "Have you seen me?"
"What if...... I've really seen it...... Heh......" Ciaran sighed: "...... That's good. Unfortunately, no, otherwise it might not have come to this point. ”
The former Imperial Swordsman Battalion Squadron Leader turned around and signaled to the three squad leaders: "Your Excellency is right. As a soldier, in order to seek a better future, he took the wrong path, which really insulted the dignity of the warriors and soldiers. All the dishonors of the past should be borne by me, a sinner. I, the squadron leader of the Imperial Hanyang City Swordsman Battalion, Xi Lanya, ordered the following: All of them, surrender to His Royal Highness Prince Amy Haber, the general of the Imperial Gyeonggi!" The middle-aged man's voice grew louder and louder, and by the end he was already hoarse.
What the?
The many ordinary soldiers in Hanyang City don't know their ears at all! Amy Haber, the righteous son of Prince Ji Hanfeng, a former Gyeonggi general, is 22 years younger and the youngest general in the history of the empire, and is actually the rebel officer in front of him who is holding General Norton's thigh?
How is this possible?
"Squadron Leader...... You ......" Just as the ordinary soldiers were stunned, the three Hanyang City squad leaders screamed almost at the same time.
Squadron Leader Silanya slowly but resolutely drew the knight's sword, and then, knelt down on one knee, pressed the body of the sword under his knee, and immediately exerted his right hand, and the slender steel sword broke in response, and the 90-centimeter bayonet was broken into four hundred centimeters long.
Most of the Hanyang City defenders have not yet understood what exactly the squadron leader is going to do.
"I am guilty, and I can only be at peace when I die. After whispering, Silanya gently but resolutely broke free from the arms of the three subordinates, and held the hilt of the broken sword with both hands at the same time, and after a pause, the broken sword slammed into the broad chest until it was out of control, and blood gushed out along the hilt!
"My lord!" the three squad leaders were in tears, half-kneeling on the ground, and used their shoulders to support the fallen Silanya.
In the process of Silanya's self-judgment, His Excellency Amy, the general of the Imperial Gyeonggi Dynasty, did not say a word from beginning to end, until Silanya's cold body fell to the ground, and the young general's mouth said: "The shame of betrayal can only be washed away with blood." ”
After a moment of silence, the general's gaze turned to the three squad leaders and the soldiers behind them: "As a mid-level officer, Silanya has cleared her name, and you, until you accept the ruling of the Imperial Garrison Inspectorate Province, you should keep this dishonorable body and do what you can for the empire and the honor of your ancestors." ”
After another moment of silence, the general continued: "I, and the men of the Gyeonggi War Zone, are the only ones who have come to this city. The city of Hanyang changed its banner again, and I think that perhaps tomorrow, the day after tomorrow at the latest, the first troops to attack the city of Sanggan River will be here. Whether this city can really return to the empire depends on your determination. ”
"Lord Little General, if I were just one person, I could give everything to the Empire. However, most of us have been sent to the surrounding cities by General Raybaton and are now hostages, and if we ...... "a middle-aged soldier wanted to say something, but was choked by the evil aura that emanated from the general's body.