On the city wall, the horn of the long-range rebel retreat came, and the rebel soldiers on the bridge below the city retreated like a group of black and oppressed worker ants, and the shield hand held the iron shield high to resist the defenders on the city wall

In fact, there were very few arrows flying down from the walls. Looking at the retreating rebels, most of the defenders were already leaning against the wall and stomping. Some threw their weapons directly at their feet, and some began to cry out in pain for help.

Most of the archers were exhausted, and almost all of them had bloody fingers, and their arms were so sore that they couldn't lift them up again. Only the extremely ping-pong ones still maintained their fighting spirit, lurking behind the walls of the city wall and stomping on them, shooting at the rebels below the city.

A fat man in armor sat on the ground, snorting and panting, his bloated figure almost breaking the armor. Looking at the way he was almost out of breath, he really didn't look like he could fight. Moreover, his armor style is obviously not the standard of the City Guard, and even he is not a soldier of the City Guard at all.

But when the fat man leaned there panting, the other city guard soldiers next to him all cast awe-inspiring glances at him.

This fat man was covered in blood, just in the previous battle, this fat man who seemed to be difficult to walk even had, but he forcibly cut down no less than thirty rebels, including two rebel officer leaders, all of whom were directly split in half by him with a knife in the head!

Most of the defenders on the city wall didn't know where the fat man came from, but since the day before yesterday, this fat man in armor suddenly appeared on this section of the city wall and joined the defenders. Only a regiment-level officer in charge of the defense of this section of the city wall knew his origin, and seemed to be in awe of him, and the person next to him asked the fat man curiously about the origin of the fat man, who just smiled and claimed to be an imperial veteran.

This explanation is not too unusual.

The battle has reached such a situation, and the city of Osgilia has already been mobilized countless times, and a large number of young men have been hastily joined into the reserve sequence.

Because of history, the city of Osgilia is inhabited by many veterans who have obtained property due to military exploits, and even a family that has been a soldier for generations. In this Great Patriotic War, after the mobilization order was issued, many people turned out their former armor and weapons, picked up their swords, ran to the nearest blacksmith shop to repair it a little, and walked to the city wall under the call of the mobilization order, and joined the defensive battle, many of whom had already spilled the last drop of blood on the walls of Osgilia!

The fat man looked no different from the veterans who volunteered to go to the city walls to fight, he looked like one. The appearance of being born in the army. He spoke in a loud voice, and he looked like a Qiu Ba who had been cultivated in the army. The only difference is. His armor was so beautiful. This is a high-grade Byzantine-style hill armor! This is a high-level equipment that only a high-ranking general of the rank of general can equip with, and even the flag bearer in charge of this section of the city wall is only wearing a black armor.

A lot of people speculate about this. The fat man is probably a veteran general, but he doesn't seem to be the same age. There are also some people who speculate that this fat man is probably a descendant of a Jiangmen family, and this armor must not be his own, but his father or ancestor, but this seems to be different, his armor is obviously new.

And this fat man's martial arts seem to be terrifying!

Today, this section of the wall seems to have become the main point of attack of the rebels, but in the morning, the situation was dangerous. The rebels gathered a group of brave warriors as sharp knives, and almost rushed to the city wall with people, but at the critical moment, this fat man held a big knife and killed him, and his whole body actually shone with the fighting spirit of high-level martial arts!

The fat man also kicked a man who looked like a rebel general who was obviously not low in rank off the city wall!

Finally, everyone's speculation was answered in the evening.

After the rebels retreated, just as the big guys were resting on the city wall, waiting for the men to deliver food, a group of guards rushed up, and then from behind, two men wearing the armor of high-ranking imperial generals ran up anxiously.

The bearded man with a scar on his face immediately became the focus of everyone's eyes!

Now the supreme commander of the Osgilian garrison, he is also the last pillar that supports the spiritual strength of the Osgillian garrison!

Adric strode over and struggled over the walls of the city, which was littered with wounded soldiers. I stared at that from afar. The fat man who was panting: "Ruhl! Fuck off!!Why did you come here without permission!"

This roar suddenly made countless eyes around focus on the fat man's body!

Ruhl?!He's actually Ruhr?!

That Ruhr?!

The current Ruhr is no longer that in people's hearts. "The rabbit general who can only run away" is gone!

On that rainy night, this fat general led the Rodria Iron Cavalry to attack the rebel camp, and fought repeatedly for almost a night! I heard that those iron-clad Rodria cavalry repeatedly launched dozens of charges against the heavily guarded rebel camp, and broke the rebels' defense line, and then protected the new emperor and entered the city of Osgilia, so that the new emperor could enter the city to inherit the throne and be crowned emperor!

When the fat general heard that he had taken the lead and fought bloodily, after entering the city, even the medical officer who was in charge of treating him was stunned on the spot!

Since that day, Ruhl has never been that in people's hearts. "Runaway General"!", is it him? is it?!

The soldiers sitting next to Ruhl couldn't help but give way to the side, looking away in awe.

Adrick squeezed all the way over, and the soldiers along the road saluted, and Adric returned the salute while going up and pulling Ruhr up.

The fat man's eyebrows furrowed

"Hurt?" Adric frowned.

Ruhl grinned, "It's an old wound." ”

Adric's eyes were a little red. Stared at the fat man: "Why did you come here?! Why didn't you talk to me when you went to the city without permission?!"

"I can't stay idle at home. The fat man said lightly: "My hands and feet are not broken." Thinking that there are still warriors fighting on the city wall, how can I, a veteran, lie on the bed and rest?"

"Even if you want to come here, tell me, in my headquarters"

Ruhl suddenly laughed, and then lowered his voice, his voice was a little hoarse: "What are you talking to? Adric, have you forgotten? I am now "a bare-bones general with no soldiers, ha! My army is gone" to go to the city to fight here, it is better than me lying in bed. As soon as I closed my eyes, the faces of the brothers who died beside me were dangling in front of my eyes, "It's better than that." ”

, Derry cocooned with red eyes. He was stunned and hugged the fat man hard! Old Sorrow Danya is also the army I brought here, do you think I won't be sad!"

The fat man smiled and whispered, "I know you're sad, I heard you cried all night at home. However, you are now the Minister of War. You don't have the right to be sad, you don't have the right to be sad! But I do, I'm not the Minister of War, I'm just a bare-bones general who has wiped out the troops. ”

Adric dragged Ruhr down the city. The surrounding guards cleared the way. Adrik pulled Ruhl tightly: "Come with me into the palace!

After a pause, Adric's voice was lowered: "Your Majesty wants to see Gislent tonight, just before dinner!"

Ruhr whistled: "Good fellow!"

Adric glanced at the fat man: "It's good that you understand! This is basically to take the initiative to put your head in front of the Landis people, and ask the other party to put a shackle around our necks, this is basically to take the initiative to invite the other party to blackmail, us."

"I can't help it. Ruhl suddenly straightened his face and looked at Adric: "Why do you think I have a way?"

When the two came to the city, the guards brought the horses, and Adric Lixuan frowned: "Go get a carriage! Don't you see that General Ruhl is seriously injured?!"

Ruhl sighed and was dragged into a carriage by Adric.

After the wheels rolled and turned, listening to the sound of the bumps under the body, in the narrow carriage, the generals of the two empires looked at each other.

conscience

I really can't help Ruel shook his head again, he stared at Adric, and his tone was serious: "And, if I had to say, I would even agree with His Majesty's approach."

You?!" Adric glared.

"What else can we do?" Ruhl said lightly: "Even if we can be a little more patient and support a few more days, waiting for the Landis people to get anxious, and when the time comes, even if we can choose one, the "best time" we are looking forward to is waiting for the Landis people to take the initiative to come to us to cooperate" Don't say whether such a move is possible, or how likely it is. Hmph, even if it did, do you think the Landis wouldn't be blackmailing us? The Landis will also put forward harsh conditions! Because no matter what posture we make now, the facts are the facts: we are dying! And the Landis are the only aid we can count on! Even if we wait for the best time you expect to negotiate, it is nothing more than a little less blackmail. ”

"We can't let Lantis knock on our bones and suck our marrow!" Adric said.

Ruhl's eyes suddenly lit up: "What do you know?"

Adric's eyes were full of gloom, and his expression was extremely gloomy, and his next voice. It's almost like it's popping out between your teeth!

"My Majesty has received the information that the Minister of Manners has drawn up a number of alternative conditions, including "the permanent recognition of the territorial rights of the Landis to the ports of the mouth of the inland sea." The Landis Navy will grant protection to all of our maritime merchant ships, and allow the Landis Navy to freely patrol our inland seas

Ruhr pouted: "These" were already a fact before the war. The naval warships of the Landis are ready to enter and leave our inland seas, and this does not require us to admit or not to admit it

"This is not the most important thing for Adric's hoarse voice: open sixteen port cities along the coast of the inland sea, provide dock ports for cruising Landis Navy ships to berth and maintain, and even allow Landis Navy to be stationed in ports!"

"Your Majesty is crazy?!" Lu Erten sat up straight: "This is the loss of sovereignty!! what is the difference between this and ceding territory?! Joke! Let the Landis navy be stationed in our harbor city? Sixteen harbor cities allow the Landis navy to be stationed?! It is equivalent to putting sixteen nooses around our necks!! and from then on, our coastline will no longer be defended against the Landis! From then on, the Landis can lock our country to land with a chain! Once they have any ambitions for us. Sixteen harbor cities have become military towns given to them for nothing!!"

Adrick smiled: "What's more, the Landis people directly sent 100,000 troops to help our country quell the rebellion, as well as a naval fleet large enough to maintain the sea transportation lines, and we sent a huge purchase order of ordnance materials to the Landisians, for which we will pay the Landis 30 million gold coins, which is the highest standard that Your Majesty can accept." ”

The fat man whistled again: "Thirty million gold coins?!"

He looked at Adric: "Your Majesty is really crazy. Thirty million gold coins? Does he think that we are still before the war? We have now lost all the land in the whole of the north! After subtracting the territory occupied by the rebels, how much land and population do we have left? Even after the war is over, how much will our annual revenue have? How long will it take us to return to the pre-war level of revenue? Thirty million gold coins? Is Your Majesty ready to sell the palace to pay off this debt?

"It's not about selling the palace. Adric shook his head.

", of course I know it's not. Ruhl smiled bitterly: "Even if Your Majesty takes the royal family's property." Those what royal gardens, estates. There are also hunting grounds, all of which have been sold, and they can't scrape together 30 million gold coins, and the treasury has long run out of money. You and I know this very well. ”

Adric's expression seemed to be a little ridiculous. There is some sadness again.

He looked at Ruhl for a long time, and finally, finally, a sentence slowly came out of the general's mouth

"Tariffs

Adric's expression was like that of a dead man: "Your Majesty has decided to exempt all Landis chamber organizations, all commercial goods, and customs duties for the next ten years! That is to say, the next ten years." As long as the Byzantine Empire exists, any Lantis merchant can come to our country and earn our money without having to pay a single copper plate tax!

"Stop!"

Ruhl suddenly shouted, he tapped the window hard, and immediately a guard outside pulled the window: "My lord, what are your orders?"

"I'm going to get out of the car! I can't close this matter, and I don't have the ability to take care of it!" Ruhl shouted loudly, and he turned his head to look at Adric: "Your Majesty doesn't want this country anymore, we can still be in a hurry!