Chapter 315: Troubled City
The mighty army came all the way to the north gate of Solandaniel, and the soldiers at the head of the city were so excited that their voices trembled a little when they saw the army coming: "Come...... ...... Who is it?" is a routine question, and whoever comes in during the war must ask about the origin of the army.
Although the usual questioning was carried out, the soldiers defending the city had already assumed that this was the army that had come to the rescue, so when they replied that they had come to support on the orders of His Majesty, the soldiers hurriedly opened the gate without waiting for the officer's order. The gates of the city were opened, and the majestic army immediately rushed in, and the knights on horseback looked arrogant one by one, and did not seem to pay attention to these soldiers who had been defending the city for many days.
Although the soldiers defending the city felt a little strange, they thought that the other party was a force coming to the rescue, so they didn't take it too seriously, after all, there is a request for people now, not to mention that this is the king's direct army, and its status is somewhat higher than that of the city defense army.
After the army entered the city, it showed no signs of relaxing, and all of them had serious expressions on their faces, and their eyes exuded an aggressive murderous aura, as if they were ready to attack the Holy Cult army on the other side of the river at any time. The soldiers of the city defense army thought to themselves: "These people have really come back from the front line, and the murderous aura on their bodies is really terrifying......
At this time, the commander of the city defense army also arrived, and as the commander-in-chief of the army in the city, it was necessary for him to talk to the commander of the other party about the current situation, and then discuss how to cooperate with each other to launch a general attack on the Holy Sect army.
"Where is General Marek?" asked the commander of the city defense army in a loud voice as he rode up to the army.
"General Marek's troops are still behind, we are in the vanguard. A burly man in the group rode out and replied in a deep voice.
The man rode his horse all the way to the commander of the city defense army, and the two sides looked at each other, and then the commander of the city defense army asked with some hesitation, "Didn't General Marek act with the large army?"
The tall and burly general said impatiently: "Didn't you say that General Marek will arrive later, now please tell us the situation of the city defense army, so that we can make a plan to attack the enemy." I hope to get these things done before General Marek arrives, or General Marek will be in trouble if he starts a fire. ”
The commander of the city defense army couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart when he saw the other party speaking, but the other party was a reinforcement, and His Majesty the King thought about this support army every day and night, and he couldn't afford to provoke it now. So he held back his anger and slowly took out a map of the city's defense from his horse bag, and was about to hand it to the other party, but he suddenly thought of something.
The commander of the city defense army stared at the other party's face, and suddenly said, "You...... Are you supposed to be ...... By the way, aren't you Curt Elsira?" his voice sharpened as he recognized the other.
In fact, at this time, Solandaniel did not know that the Elshira family had betrayed the king, and the commander of the city defense army was only a little surprised, but his words had a completely different meaning to Curt. Curt pretended to be reinforcements and came to the royal capital to be very worried, in case the king already knew the truth of the matter, it might be a well-prepared trap to let himself into the city.
It was precisely because there was a ghost in his heart that when the other party shouted out Curt's name, it was like a sudden thunder in Curt's heart, and he instinctively felt that the other party must have seen through him, and involuntarily reacted instinctively. I saw that Curt suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist, and slashed at the opponent's neck with a single sword.
The commander of the city defense army didn't expect Curt to attack suddenly, and he was going to talk to Curt about a few words, but he didn't expect a sudden flash of silver light in front of him, and then he felt a pain in his neck, and the opponent's sword had already slashed at his neck. With a "poof", bright red blood sprayed out like a fountain, splashing all over Curt's face.
This change came so suddenly, so that the people around him couldn't react for a while, what happened, one second everyone was still talking well, the next second it became a terrifying scene of blood splattering, what happened in between! However, Curt was prepared after all, and he also regretted that he was too impulsive, but it was useless to regret that the matter had been done, so he simply shouted: "Do it! Kill all these scum!"
With Curt's order, the soldiers of Elshira, who had been nervous, suddenly rushed towards the city defense army like a flood that opened the floodgates. Before the heads of the soldiers of the city defense army turned around, the other party had already pounced, and raising their swords was a random slash, and many city defense soldiers were cut down to the ground before they even had time to make a defense.
The army that came to the rescue suddenly turned into an enemy, which everyone did not expect in any way, and there was a sudden shout of killing near the north gate, and the army of El Hira attacked the unprepared city defense army like a tiger descending from the mountain. The soldiers of the city defense army hurriedly resisted, but they were neither prepared nor commanded, and the soldiers were scattered, and hundreds of people were killed in a short time, and the others saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly turned around and ran.
The army of El Hira took advantage of the situation to chase after them all the way, and the unorganized city defense army retreated all the way, retreating like a tide in the direction of the palace. The Praetorian Guards guarding the palace suddenly saw a large number of city defenders rushing towards the palace, and immediately became nervous, thinking that there had been a mutiny.
Who would have thought that the soldiers of the city defense army would say that the reinforcements had rebelled and were killing people everywhere, so they had to quickly ask His Majesty the King to find a solution. In the face of this bizarre statement, the Praetorian Guards did not know who to believe, in case the city defense army mutinied and wanted to take the opportunity to attack the palace, then their guilt could not be said.
To be on the safe side, the Praetorian Guards did not dare to let the city defenders retreat into the palace under any circumstances, relying on the high walls of the palace to fight against the rebels who came after the killing. The two sides then clashed fiercely at the gates of the palace, and before the Elshira army could kill them, they fought each other.
The news soon reached the king, and the king was stunned, and he had been waiting for reinforcements for a long time, but he didn't expect it to be a group of traitors, how could he accept it for a while? This is Marek, is he going to betray himself? No matter how much he thinks about it, he doesn't feel right!
At this time, some of the courtiers also knew the news, and most of them were confused about the situation, but a few people knew more clearly, and they reported to the king in a panic: "Your Majesty! It's El Hira! It's them who have rebelled!"
"What! Elshira has rebelled!" the king was speechless for a long time, and then he sat down in his chair like a clay sculpture of wood.
"Your Majesty, we must find a way at once!" someone reminded anxiously and loudly.
"Your Majesty can't wait any longer, please rule on Your Majesty!"
"Verdict?" the king burst out laughing, his strange expression making the courtiers feel creepy. The king laughed and said with tears in his eyes, "What can I rule now!"
"This ......" The ministers looked at each other, not knowing what to say, they didn't even know if the king was normal now.
At this time, the commander of the Praetorian Guard was still relatively clear-headed, and he made a suggestion: "Your Majesty, the walls of the palace are very high, as long as the city defense army and the Praetorian Guard army defend together, the rebels will not be able to attack for a while, please allow your Majesty!"
The king was stunned for a moment, and then his mood gradually calmed down, and he nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it first." ”
With the king's consent, the commander of the Praetorian Guard immediately led his men to set up, and soon the city defenders were allowed to enter the palace and defend themselves with the Janissaries with the high palace walls.
At this time, the sky was gradually darkening, and the Elshira army was not in a hurry to attack the palace, they first slaughtered the city defense army everywhere in the city, and the entire northern city was already in chaos. At this moment, a loud shout of killing suddenly came from the other side of the river, and the Holy Cult Army began to launch a general attack on the city defense army stationed on several bridges.
(End of chapter)