Section 152 Gunfire at St. Quentin (10)
Cameron was also remorseful at this time, knowing that the situation would be sinister like this, so he didn't bother with it, and stayed to keep Margaret until reinforcements arrived.
He dodged an attack on him in time with the last temporary space marker, but because there was only one signer left, the second salvo could not be dodged.
Facing the overwhelming pillar of dark green light, Cameron Ping stretched out his hands, and his body suddenly shone brightly.
In the light that bloomed on his body, the phantom of the sevenfold holy mountain appeared, on which there were illusory angels flying, and there were sacred sounds like Sanskrit singing.
Sacred Sanctuary.
Then it was overwhelmed by the deep green of the frenzy.
The holy mountain was constantly shrinking, and the dark green was also turning into light green, and the two powerful forces were constantly canceling out.
The former is superior in terms of the level of power, but the latter has a numerical advantage.
The green light points will constantly decompose and fall, and when they fall on the ground, they will erode small holes or pits of different shades.
However, until the dark green shrank to the size of a table, Cameron still did not come out, and ended up in the same fate as Mainz, with no bones left.
The bishops of the Church of Light below and the soldiers of the Guards did not see clearly how Cameron died, but the bishops could feel that the cardinal's aura had completely disappeared.
"Lord Cameron!" the bishops and priests cried out in alarm.
"March!" Solomon waved his hand, and the musketeers began to attack Perth Palace again.
This attack was much easier, the morale of the Church of Light had collapsed, and the priests had no intention of helping again, and the Guards were still resisting, but without the help of the priests. Their morale and resistance did not last long under the attack of the musketeers. and surrendered in part. Partially annihilated.
Solomon ordered Henri and Chebman to lead a search for Margaret, while he met with Manfred and the others, who had come to their aid.
Only then did I know that Sitin's troops had also been defeated by the private army of the three dukes plus Aldrich's troops in the field, which was not so easy, but before the decisive battle, Manfred, Caranda and Benedict teamed up to infiltrate the barracks and capture Sitine alive, and the guards who led the expedition lost command at the moment of battle. This was quickly defeated.
However, the army did not come so quickly, and the three dukes were worried that Solomon's actions in St. Quentin would not go well, after all, his plan B was based on the fact that the Church of the God of War could really help him trap Freas.
If Freyas did not succeed in trapping Freas, in the case of command, the private army raised by the nobles in the city was not the opponent of the Guards at all, although there were many citizens, it was not necessarily difficult for the elite legions trained by formal equipment to suppress them, at most it was a river of blood, and Solomon's new legion relied on the advantage of muskets, but it was the great enemy of the Guards. However, the number of the Guards alone was superior to Solomon's strength.
The Guards, which is a legion directly under the royal family, is a huge legion with an overnumber. It was more than twice as large as any other main legion, and even if Sitin took some of the men, it was still far more than the average legion.
In this case, Manfred and the others forced their way despite their health.
Of course, their actual plan is definitely not to sacrifice their lives and forget death, but to help the dukes see the situation of St. Quentine, if they can help Solomon to achieve their goal, just like just now, they will take advantage of the situation, if Freyas is not trapped, Solomon's plan fails, then the dukes have no choice but to divide Asturias.
Now, of course, it won't be so bad, the Guards will either surrender or die under the multiple shots of the musketeers, and the bishops will give up resistance and start running bare, and the most crucial step of the battle has been basically achieved, as long as Margaret is found and forced to write an abdication edict.
Chebman and Henley led a team to search all the buildings of Perth Palace for a while, but they could not find Margaret.
Finally, a priest who was surrounded and wounded by the musketeers surrendered and told the truth, it turned out that after the Perth Palace discovered Solomon and they were attacking, Margaret hid in the basement, protected by the secret guards led by Hurley, Nigaul, and Guerra, and there was a passage leading to the outside.
If the defenders could hold out until reinforcements came, it would be best, but if it didn't, Cameron planned to drag them by himself, let Margaret get out of the tunnel, and then he would go to rendezvous, escort her to Saxon, and then issue a decree to King Qin.
"Let me lead a group of men in pursuit. Leonis asked, these people around Solomon, Henley is comprehensive, and has Spencer blood, the most high-level, but tracking is only a little means, not proficient; Chebman is no problem to fight and rush, and it is okay to play bloody hunting at sea, but tracking him on land can only be regarded as half a march, far from being comparable to his means at sea; and only Leonis is barely an expert.
"It's okay, you're ready to go, but maybe she won't be able to get away at all. Solomon said thoughtfully.
As Solomon expected, Leonis found the entrance to the tunnel and chased it down, but soon after she met Margaret, who had been brought back by Guerrla.
It turned out that after Margaret began to flee into the tunnels, Guerra and the team of secret guards he led suddenly broke out, and Guerra himself had no intention of killing Hurley, and the team of secret guards under Hurley were also restrained or killed, leaving only Negol's men and horses.
Gera pointed out to Nigaul that Magritte was finished, and that even if she fled to the Saxons, she would probably become a puppet, and that there was no future in escaping with such a person, and she succeeded in convincing Nigaul to give up resistance and cooperate with him to bring Margaret back.
"Traitors, you traitors!" Margaret was still beating and kicking Nigaul who had forcibly held her hostage when she was brought before Solomon.
However, upon meeting Solomon, Magritte's hatred immediately shifted to Solomon.
"You are the greatest traitor, you have betrayed Asturias, you have betrayed the royal family, you have betrayed my father and me, you have rebelled. Magritte angrily pointed at Solomon's nose and cursed.
"Your Highness, I am saving Asturias, and I do not want His Majesty Edward's hard work to be unsightly in your hands. Solomon said coldly.
"Nonsense, I'm the king. I inherited my father's legacy. β
"His Majesty Edward would not have been so close to the Church of Light. Solomon said. "The winner now is us. Your Majesty, please write an edict of abdication. β
"Abdicate?" Margaret's eyes widened, "never, do you want me to abdicate and have Tiffany succeed to the throne?" β
Margaret was so stubborn that everyone including Solomon felt that it was difficult.
If she persists, she refuses to admit defeat. Refusing to write an edict of abdication, even if it is of little use to kill her, of course, it is also a way to get a fake edict, but the consequences may be great, after all, the troops of Yugudral and East Beast Plains are still there, and there is a copy of Magritte's edict of abdication, and it is more reasonable for Tiffany to inherit the throne.
"Let's lock her up first. Only give her water, when will she be willing to write an abdication edict and give her something to eat. "Solomon can only deal with Margaret in this way for the time being, killing her will not really solve the problem. Instead, he could get a worse outcome, and he didn't want to lose faith in the Church of the God of War and Yusuf.
Although it did not allow Margaret to write an abdication edict immediately. But Solomon took full advantage of this.
While he continued to attack the Guards in the city, he spread the news that Margaret had been captured, making the Guards even more demoralized, and he mobilized the citizens and the priests of the Church of the God of War to persuade the Guards.
After learning that Margaret had been captured, the God of War Church was finally willing to come forward directly, and the God of War priests had a good effect on persuading the Guards to surrender, because the God of War priests had a good relationship with the Asturian army, and they often accompanied the army, and they did not like to be high like the priests of the Church of Light, and a considerable number of the non-commissioned officers in Asturias were from the God of War Church, such as Count Philip's daughter Brengalia graduated from the God of War Church Academy.
After two days of fighting or surrendering, the private armies of the Medici, Bourbon, and Byron finally arrived.
The Guards finally put down their resistance and accepted the Parliament and Solomon's placement.
After hearing this, Margaret went into a frenzy in her room under house arrest until Tiffany visited her herself.
The two sisters are said to have met amicably, but Guerra remained tight-lipped in the process, but the recalcitrant Margaret not only lost the throne, but also did not overwhelm Tiffany in her words.
I don't know how Tiffany hit the stubborn queen, but I know that the queen finally lay on the ground and cried for a long time, and finally obediently wrote the edict of abdication.
The battle was basically settled, with Margaret's abdication edict, and the fact that Tiffany herself was a member of the Norman family, and that Margritte's actions might not be fully supported by Strauss and Perseus and others, Solomon was very sure that they would accept and recognize Tiffany's ascension to the throne.
On the contrary, there may be danger and trouble for Perseus, who is leading the army to fight in the East Beast Plain, because the Church of Light knows that after Asturias' plot goes bankrupt, it is difficult to say whether it will completely tear off its face, so it simply joins forces with the East Beast Alliance and Aurora to encircle and annihilate the Asturian army in the East Beast Plain.
In this regard, Solomon could only take the risk of sending Guerra to immediately go to the Eastern Beast Plaintiff SΓΉ Perseus about the change of St. Quentin, and if Perseus accepted the change of throne, Solomon could have Guerra guide him out of the Eastern Beast Plain, and make a detour from the wilderness into the Western Beast Plain and the Free City back to Asturias.
This was a relatively safe way for Perseus to return home, because after the change of St. Quentin, the Saxons were no longer their allies and supporters, and they might become sharp blades stabbed from behind.
On the contrary, it is safer to venture back from the Central Wasteland to the West Beast Plain, because retreating into the Central Wilderness, Titania may not do anything to Perseus after knowing that St. Quentin has changed and the Church of Light has suffered such a setback, and the other one who may attack the Central Wilderness is the original orc royal court of the Heavenly Fire Plateau, but the previous frustration, after the orc split, King Beamon is already insufficient, he sits and watches the battle between Asturias and the Eastern Beast Alliance, as long as Perseus marches quickly and King Beamon reacts a little slower, the orcs may not have time to stop them.
And although it is not convenient for Rhine and Wolf to help Solomon in the civil war, it is absolutely no problem for them to send troops to help Perseus return safely. (To be continued......)