Chapter 419: Surrender
The cavalry that entered the General's Mansion was only a few hundred people, and it was divided into two groups, and they were all heavy cavalry, and in a place like the General's Mansion that was not suitable for charging and killing, it was impossible to raise the speed of pursuit and killing.
Seeing Li Yunyang and Wager running farther and farther away with the two teams of cavalry, the two deputy commanders were in a hurry, but because the war horses under their crotch were covered with heavy armor, they could only be left far behind by Li Yunyang.
In the blink of an eye, the figures of Li Yunyang and Wagle had already disappeared into the shadows of the General's Mansion building, and completely disappeared from the sight of the heavy cavalry.
A heavy cavalryman who was eager to make meritorious contributions hurriedly lowered his longbow from his back, put on an arrow feather, pulled the bow to the brim, and aimed at Li Yunyang's back.
However, before his arrow was fired, the deputy commander who led them in pursuit suddenly discovered his intention, and hurriedly whipped it over, whipped the arrow feather in the hand of the heavy cavalry into two pieces, and scolded angrily: "Bastard! Don't let go of the arrow! Anyway, they are now turtles in the urn, and we will catch them alive!"
The back of his hand was whipped hard, but the heavy cavalry dared not speak angrily, so he had to nod his head again and again with a smiling face, for fear that he would be remembered by this cautious deputy commander, and find an opportunity to give him small shoes to wear in the future.
"Thanks to His Excellency Commander's preparation, let us take off all the heavy armor on our horses, otherwise we wouldn't have escaped so easily. ”
The cavalry who retreated with Li Yunyang found that there was no trace of the enemy behind them, and they couldn't help but admire him from the bottom of their hearts.
"Don't be too happy, it's not too late for you to slap me on the back when you get out. ”
Hearing the heartfelt praise of the soldiers, Li Yunyang was still a little proud, but now that the pursuers were behind, how to escape into the tunnel and leave before they caught up was the most important thing.
The soldiers laughed a few times, followed closely behind Li Yunyang, and galloped wildly.
When everyone retreated to the main residence of the General's Mansion, Li Yunyang suddenly slowed down, took out a torch from the torch tied around his waist, directly ran the fighting spirit and lit it, and ordered everyone: "From now on, we will set fire all the way to the road!"
The soldiers were all a little confused about what Li Yunyang was going to do, but thinking of Li Yunyang's previous series of orders, they minimized the casualties, although they were a little resistant to setting fire to the general's mansion, but they did not disobey his orders, and lit torches with flints.
"Throw!"
Li Yunyang threw the torch in his hand under a window edge of the main residence of the General's Mansion, and the other soldiers also threw the torches in their hands.
After a while, several small flames broke out in the main mansion of the General's Mansion, and looking at the speed at which the fire increased, it must not be long before the entire main mansion would turn into a sea of fire.
Throwing torches more than a dozen times in a row, the torches that Li Yunyang and everyone else carried with them set fire to almost all the right side of the mansion of the entire general's mansion.
On the left side of the General's Mansion, there was also a bright fire at this time, and it seemed that Wager had also completed the task assigned by Li Yunyang.
"Lord Deputy Commander, this crazy guy Shierdeken actually set the entire General's Mansion on fire, what do you think we should do?"
The heavy cavalry who came up after them, seeing the smoke and fire rising from all over the General's Mansion, wondered if they were chasing too closely, forcing Shierdeken to set his mansion on fire.
God knows how much money it cost and how much manpower it took to build this huge general's mansion back then, and he actually made such a crazy move at the end of his rope.
For a moment, the heavy cavalry did not know whether to continue the pursuit or put out the fire on the spot - you know, the town of Parvas was extremely rich, and the general's palace did not know how many valuable things were stored, and they were all their trophies! If they were burned down like this, I am afraid that not only would they not be happy in their own hearts, but they might also usher in the wrath of Lord Wasengia!
The deputy commander of the cavalry is also entangled, if the fire is allowed to burn, even if Sjerdken is captured alive, I am afraid that Lord Wasengia will not give them any reward.
But if he stops to put out the fire and let Sjerken escape, he will also suffer the wrath of the lord!
The most important thing is that if he commands his subordinates to put out fires, and another deputy commander arrests people, the credit will definitely not fall on his head at that time.
Suddenly, the deputy commander who was chasing Li Yunyang fell into a dilemma, he gritted his teeth, weighed the pros and cons, cursed a dirty word in his mouth, shook the whip heavily, and roared extremely unwillingly: "Everyone look for a water source, speed up the fire!" In addition, let the archers who followed behind search the entire general's mansion inch by inch, so as not to escape by Shi Erdeken!"
Not only were the cavalrymen who were chasing and killing Li Yunyang stumped by the fire, but even the deputy commander of the cavalry who was chasing and killing Wager gave the same order after hesitating for a long time.
Finally arrived at the garden in the backyard, Li Yunyang jumped off the horse directly, and quickly ordered: "Okay, all dismount, drive the horses away, and then enter the tunnel quickly, quickly!"
The hope of survival is in front of them, and the soldiers have no reason to hesitate, and they have followed Li Yunyang's instructions and walked towards the tunnel.
In less than a minute, Wagle also followed with the separated cavalry, and without letting Li Yunyang say anything, they lined up and entered the tunnel.
It wasn't until the last soldier entered the tunnel that Li Yunyang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and instantly felt that the burden on his shoulders was much lighter.
Although the time for the soldiers to evacuate to the tunnel was only two minutes, Li Yunyang was afraid that at this critical moment, the chasing soldiers would attack, and it would be too late to leave, and it was very likely that the location of Shierdeken would be exposed.
Seeing that the fire in the General's Mansion was gradually getting smaller, Li Yunyang decisively rushed into the tunnel, seeing that the soldiers had reached a safe enough distance, he pulled out the long sword at his waist and swung it directly.
"Bang!"
The entrance of the tunnel, under this sword, collapsed directly, Li Yunyang did not panic in the slightest, put away the sword in his hand, and immediately caught up with the large army.
"Your Excellency, Commander, please let me extend the highest courtesy and respect to you as a soldier!"
As soon as Li Yunyang kept up with the large army, Wagger, who was waiting behind, knelt directly in front of him, beat his chest with his left hand, and said excitedly: "I have never fought such a defensive battle, and I have never seen a brave and resourceful general like you, today I can withdraw from the battlefield alive, all thanks to you!"
As he spoke, Wagel's expression became more and more excited, he raised his head and said to Li Yunyang in a reverent tone: "If you don't dislike it, from now on, I, Wagel, am willing to be your personal entourage, and my life will be yours from now on!"
Kneeling on one knee and beating his chest with his left hand, this was the highest courtesy for a knight to pay homage to the king when His Majesty the king was crowned a knight, but it was used by Wagle here, but it didn't feel the slightest inappropriateness.
Looking at Wagger's gaze, he was very sincere, without the slightest hint of hypocrisy, as if he had really made up his mind to follow Li Yunyang's side in this life, saddle him before and after the horse, and let him be sent.
"Get up and speak. Li Yunyang tried his best to be softer in his voice, he knew very well that he didn't have the shock of the tiger's body, Wang Ba's anger was indiscriminate, and he had the ability to follow his loyal little brother one after another.
Moreover, Wager is a junior general under Scherdeken, and if he hastily agrees to his request, it is inevitable that Scherdeken will have the intention that Li Yunyang wants to seize the military power of his subordinates.
However, Li Yunyang helped him a few times, but Wager had no intention of getting up, and he couldn't use force or use fighting spirit to forcibly pull Wager up, which would inevitably hurt Wagger's fist heart.
Wagle thumped his chest again, and pleaded excitedly: "Viscount Allen, please agree to my request and let me follow you, even if it is a lowly servant!"
These actions and words made Li Yunyang really unable to refuse Wagel's request, otherwise it would seem that he was too pretentious.
Li Yunyang asked in a gentle tone: "It's not impossible for you to get up first and let me accept you, but you have to tell me first, why do you want to follow me, otherwise I won't be able to open my mouth and lead the main person!"
Hearing that Li Yunyang was willing to accept him as an entourage, Wagger's eyes lit up, and he quickly got up from the ground and replied solemnly: "Lord Allen, you should know that my grandfather was once a soldier recorded in the history of the empire, although he did not have any great achievements, but he participated in the development of a number of siege ordnance, and made indelible achievements for the empire to expand its territory. ”
"And my father, who was also a great and upright soldier, after he took the armor and sword from my grandfather's hands and went to the battlefield, he made a lot of military achievements! Unfortunately, my father was too upright and offended many of the nobles who gilded the army, so after my grandfather's death, our family was immediately suppressed from all sides, and the family was torn apart, and for the sake of my mother and me, I had to resign from the army, and finally died in Parvas. ”
"As for I, Wagger, although I have lived in the peaceful and prosperous Pavas since I was a child, I have never forgotten my father's entrustment to win military merits on the battlefield and reproduce the former glory of our family!
When he first met Wagger, Li Yunyang's impression of him was that he was just a tough guy with a lot of appeal among the soldiers, but he didn't expect him to have such a background.
It's just that this doesn't seem to have much to do with Wagel's allegiance to him, but it makes Li Yunyang feel that this guy seems to use him as a springboard to recreate the glory of the family.
Li Yunyang's face was slightly cold, and he squinted his eyes and asked, "So, Wagger, you must know that I, Allen, am just a small viscount, but I don't have that much ability to help you realize your dream of recreating the glory of the family!"