Chapter 8: Ambush

There were so many people that it was easy to do things, and in a short time, the wreckage of the carriage was cleared and the road was cleared.

Horn had no reason to make small talk with Ral, so he said goodbye to Ral, mounted his horse led by Moody, and galloped towards the majestic gates of Belgrade.

As Ral's entire group moved forward, several masked horsemen charged toward the group on the other side of the road at the fork in the road. The knight was covered in armor, and even the horses were covered with iron armor, but the horse's legs were not covered, it was like a chariot rampage, and the knight's face was covered with a fully enclosed helmet, only his eyes and mouth were exposed, and he held a thorn in his hand, and the cold and shining spear tip tore through the air, and let out a cry of death.

Ral's face changed, and the matter was hurried, but Lal and the soldiers below him were also experienced in a hundred battles. Without waiting for Ral's order, all the soldiers hurriedly raised their shields and surrounded the envoys, ready to resist the charge of the unknown knights.

The footsteps of the heavy horsemen shook the earth, and the dust rolled like a dragon, and although there were only eight knights, the momentum was like a rainbow.

"Kill" roared like thunder, and the unknown heavy cavalry and the soldiers in the front row met. Suddenly all kinds of sounds rang out, there were wails, metal clashing, bones breaking.

Although the soldiers in the front row were experienced in a hundred battles, after all, they were heavily armed knights on the opposite side, and their congenital restraint was crushed as soon as they came into contact with the narrow terrain.

Ral's face was gloomy, and he watched as the heavy cavalry killed his own soldiers on their backs. Some of the knights around him couldn't hold it anymore and asked Shiral to come forward to help.

Lal shook his head and signaled the knights around him not to worry, because he had already seen that although the heavy knights on the opposite side were fierce, there were only eight after all, and he did not include the knights around him, and the soldiers alone had three squads, a full three hundred people, even if they stood and let them kill, they would kill for a while. What's more, the lethality of the heavy knights depends on the speed of the charge, and now the momentum of the knights has been suppressed by the human wall, and the lethality has been greatly reduced, as long as they hold on for a while, the soldiers can completely kill these heavy knights.

What's more, Lal felt that the other party might be coming for Andrew's envoys, and if there was any mistake, his glory and wealth would probably come to naught.

Sure enough, after a while, the shape shì twisted. After killing dozens of soldiers, the eight knights could no longer rush over, and were surrounded by soldiers, and had to dismount to meet them.

The sound of killing on the battlefield shook the sky, and Horn was also taken aback by the sudden change, after all, he had never experienced the battlefield, and some were just exercises jointly held by several nobles in the countryside, but they all meant it, like today's real knife and real robbery fight, it was still a little unbearable, and his face was pale, but he could still force his composure. The servant on the side, Moody, was not able to do it, trembling all over, lying on the horse's back, almost scared to pee. Trembling and whispering, he asked, "Less robbery... Master, did you arrange it too?"

Horn replied with a wry smile: "Look at the heavy knights on the other side, the horses and armor alone cost hundreds of gold coins, not to mention people, look at the warriors who are at least level five, can we afford to raise them?"

"Yes, but it's too dangerous right now, so let's get out of here. Moody was choking on the bloody gas, and it was too scary for him.

"Wait and see" Horn hesitated, not knowing what he was thinking.

Moody can't help it, the owner doesn't leave, and he can't run away on his own.

At this time, the scene gradually became clear, and the eight heavily armored knights were injured in many places, and they were in the final battle of the trapped beasts.

Ral watched the scene become clearer, and his heart, which should have been relaxed, somehow became irritable, and this irritability can be said to be a heart-pounding feeling. This feeling made him vigilant, and it can be said that this sense, which can be said to be like an unknown prescience, allowed him to dodge many deadly sneak attacks on the battlefield.

"Combat readiness". Ral gave the order quickly, drew his sword, and looked around warily.

The surrounding knights were a little stunned, but the countless battles made them obey the order, and they drew their weapons one after another, vigilantly observing the surroundings.

At this time, among the pedestrians on the side of the road, a man in a gray robe was quietly moving over, moving very slowly, and at this time, everyone's attention was completely attracted by the battlefield, and they didn't feel the man in gray who was quietly moving. At this time, the man in gray was less than ten meters away from the carriage of Andrew's envoys, and it could be said that he could reach it in a few steps.

Obviously, the man in gray didn't expect his actions to be noticed, but he paused, and immediately sped up and flew towards the carriage flying the flag of Andrew's royal family. And he took something out of his bosom and threw it out.

"Be careful". Ral shouted vigilantly, quickly assuming a defensive posture.

There was a soft "bang", and the thing exploded in mid-air. Suddenly, a cloud of black mist dispersed, enveloping the space of tens of meters around, and suddenly the carriages of Lal and the knights and envoys around him all fell into darkness.

It was pitch black in front of him, and after the sound of weapons breaking through the air in the darkness, several screams rang out. The voices were familiar, they were all of the knights, and it was clear that they were either injured or killed.

Lal is also very helpless, this kind of battle is not like the scene of open swords and guns on the battlefield, there is no vision at all, and he can only recognize people and slaughter.

Just when Lal was in a hurry, the "wind" groaned softly, and suddenly, a gust of wind blew out of nothing around him, completely blowing away the black fog.

The scene suddenly brightened, and I saw that several knights around me were already lying in a pool of blood. And the man in gray had already rushed to the wagon with the flag.

By this time, the carriage door had been opened. Inside sat an old man with white hair and white beard, round eyes and high nose, and a blue complexion, and the old man was holding a short magic staff in his hand, and the spell of the "Tempest" just now was issued by this old man. There were two guards in armor standing on either side of the old man, and Sen Leng stared at the man in gray, but they didn't want to do anything yet, but they had already locked the man in gray on the knight, as long as the man in gray took a step forward, he would immediately take action.

The man in gray clearly felt the oppressive force of the two guards, and the momentum of his progress was completely lost. Distinguishing the lower shape, the sword in his hand instantly drew a cold light, and stabbed Lal in the opposite direction.

The cold light flashed like a starlight, Lal Han's hair stood upright, his body leaned directly instinctively, and the whole person rolled off the horse, narrowly avoiding the cold light, but his face was still marked by the cold light, saying that there were many wolves and many wolves.

The man in gray swept his horse with his feet, and galloped away on the majestic Klinwan horse.

These happened in the lightning and flint, and the knights had no time to react, so they could only watch the gray-clothed man go away. When he reacted and was about to chase after him, Lal hurriedly shouted: "It's important to protect the envoys, catch those knights first." ”

In a matter of moments, the eight hoplites had been wiped out by the soldiers. Originally, they wanted to catch them alive, but those knights swore to resist to the death, and they had no choice but to kill them all.

After the scene had stabilized, Lal was relieved to confirm that no one in the envoy was injured, and did not dare to stay any longer and hurried towards Belgrade.

At this time, a group of people came from the direction of Belgrade, looking at the flag embroidered with the Sunderland Empire, it should be that the guards in the city noticed the abnormal movement here and sent a team to check.

After carefully inquiring about the situation with Ral, one of the leaders of the team hurriedly sent a team of cavalry to chase in the direction where the gray man had disappeared, leaving a team of men and horses to carefully interrogate the whereabouts of everyone present, and then left after finding nothing.

After all, Horn has the status of a nobleman, and he had entered Belgrade a few days earlier, and the soldiers only asked a few routine questions before letting Horn into the city.

For a moment, the main road was calm again, and it was only the bloodstains on the ground that showed that there had been a battle here.

The sky above Belgrade is still blue, and the majestic city walls are still so magnificent in the afterglow of the scorching sun, but there are already undercurrents surging in the invisible darkness.

In the southwestern corner of Belgrade, this place was the residential area of the aristocracy. There are many luxurious and extravagant manor villas, and the wide and neat avenues inlaid with white cobbles connect the various manor villas.

In this residential area, there is a manor house that covers hundreds of acres that stands out. In the middle of the estate is a four-storey building made entirely of granite. The façade and gatehouse are carved with various reliefs, the building is surrounded by a moat several meters wide, a gate on the east and west sides, a drawbridge is installed on the gate, and there are towering watchtowers at the four corners of the building. The whole estate is surrounded by a wall several meters high, and on the north side of the manor is a grove with tall birch trees, and next to the woods there is a small lake made of white stones, and behind the lake is a garden with all kinds of flowers and plants.

As the president of the Imperial Noble Council, Heg Jon Khrushinki can basically be said to be one of the most powerful figures in the empire, and even the emperor has to give him some face. At this time, I was standing in the garden, admiring a flower transplanted by the Nelson Federation, which had a peculiarity in that it could produce flowers of different colors in different seasons, and even more peculiarly, with different colors, the fragrance of the flowers was also different.

I took a deep breath of the flowers, and the whole person was intoxicated. However, his mood was not in the flowers, and just now one of his subordinates reported to him that Andrew's envoys had been attacked not far from the city gate. The attack was carried out by eight heavily armed knights and a man in gray, and the knights were all annihilated, but the man in gray ran away. What's even more strange is that there is no mark on the eight knights, and their entire faces are also disfigured, so there are no clues at all.

This matter had nothing to do with him, but at the beginning of the war with Andrew's Empire, Leon II was still wavering about sending troops or not, and it was Hagli who overrode public opinion and kept persuading Leon II to send troops. And after gaining the advantage, Haig has always insisted on continuing to increase his troops, and does not want to negotiate peace with the Andrew Empire. But in the end, Lyon II did not take his advice for some reason, and Haig and Lyon II quarreled over the matter.

But now the legations were under attack, and it was impossible to find out who the Lord's envoy was. So whoever is most disgusted by the envoys now is the biggest suspect, and this qiē spearhead is pointed at Haig. If it was really Haig's mastermind, then it was nothing, the key was that Haige didn't do this, he was a little dumb and couldn't say what he was suffering from. Now even if I go out to clarify and don't believe it.