The Last Word: The Puppet
"Lord Nohe, we have searched everywhere, but we can't find Mo Lan, all the people of the Mo family are gone, only the servants with foreign surnames and ...... A few of them. ”
"Guys, do you have anything to say?"
Nohe looked coldly at the thirteen silent vassals in front of him, all of them were familiar faces, and they had forgotten how they had sworn allegiance to the Nuo family in the first place, or that the loyalty under the butcher's knife was unreliable.
"There's nothing to say, it's you who won, but you can't win the royal power after all, you can't win the hearts of the people, your Nuo family is trying to rebel, this is the enemy of the entire Beiye country, Nohe! Your fate will not be much better than ours! The song of the fallen leaves will eventually be played for you! When the butcher's knife falls, you Nohe will be just a rotten corpse. ”
"Don't listen to his nonsense, Lord Nohe, I am in a daze for a while, please spare me, I am willing to be loyal to the Noah family again, I can merge all the soldiers under my command into your army, I swear, the gods are above, if I break my oath, I will go to seven hells, and I will suffer forever in the fire. ”
"Lord Nohe, it's all Moran's doing, I'...... I was just...... No, I didn't do anything, I didn't betray you, I was coerced by them, they threatened me!"
"Alright, don't defend yourself, Lord Nohe is tired of hearing it, your soldiers have already surrendered, but they surrendered only when they were forced to surrender in a desperate situation, unlike a few of you. Rosso said with a smile.
"Don't take the opportunity to fall into the well, Rosso, don't think I don't know, that man didn't just come to persuade us, you, and you, it's all the same!"
"Haha, so what, this is what I told Lord Nohe, including your secret correspondence with Moran on the way, do you really think that it is a seamless process? Rosso was amused by his words, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably, he didn't understand how such a fool could become an earl.
"You...... You villain, why didn't you die at the banquet!?"
"Oh yes, thanks to Lady Elsie, otherwise it's not certain that I would have been able to stand here, but then again, didn't I stand in front of you properly? ”
"That's enough, Rosso tied them all up for me and took them to the camp on the other side of the river, so that the soldiers under them could see for themselves what it would be like to betray my family. ”
Noch didn't want to listen to their arguments anymore, he had seen enough and was tired of listening.
Allegiance again?
Is this a bad joke, he really almost laughed out loud, there are no regrets in this world, since he has made a choice, he must bear the consequences, whether good or bad.
Under the storm, the Sunset Fort was like a reef, firmly rooted in the ground, and countless lightning bolts tore through the sky, and it was long impossible to distinguish which thunderstorm belonged to which lightning.
The thirteen vassals were tied sturdily and tightly, ropes around their necks, and dragged to the camp on the other side of the river, like thirteen dogs to be slaughtered, and there were only two people left in the huge Sunset Castle, and Nohe stood in the hall, quietly looking out at the dark night, the cold wind mixed with the drizzle, and the smell of dirt and decaying wood filled the air.
"Aren't you going to tell me something?"
"The Sword Dancer is here with his Iron Guard, and besides, this time you lost, no, you should say that you are too conceited, you seem to have forgotten what the consequences of conceit will be. ”
Adam looked at the wood carved ice wolf in his hand, and Mo Ling'er said that he was not surprised, or that it should have been.
"It's not conceit, I'm just curious about what kind of good show this group of beam-jumping clowns plan to put on, aren't you curious?"
Nohe sneered, if it really ended like this, he would feel disappointed, Moran's banquet was to delay time, until the arrival of the Sword Dancer and the Iron Guard, he was afraid that he didn't plan to stay at all, and rushed directly to the North Wind City, and secondly, he also wanted to see if Vada and those guards could kill him, if he was reluctant, I am afraid that Rosso and they would not appear at all.
The reason why Rosso came late was not as he said, he must have waited outside early, and there was still no news for a long time, so he led the army to support, so as to gain his trust, these thirteen vassals still don't understand, their sacrifice has already been doomed, as for Moran, he must have taken his army to meet the Iron Guard.
Rosso is a smart man, he prefers to choose a relatively safe way, he knows in his heart that if it weren't for Jos and them dragging him down, Nohe really wanted to leave, and no one present could stop him, as long as he rushed out of Winter Moon Fort and came to the other side of the river to give an order, then he would have to face not only Nohe, but the entire army of the 100,000 Noh family.
Loyal?
As long as there is enough interest, the word loyalty can only be used to deceive children, and the twenty vassals, without exception, made what they thought was the right choice.
"If I were you, I would kill them later, and immediately collect the soldiers under their command, the Iron Guard has 50,000 people, plus the Mo family's army is a full 80,000, and our soldiers are sleepy and lacking, and the weather here is bad, even if there are more than twice as many people, it is not big if you really win. ”
The number of people does not really determine the direction of the war, you also have to take into account many other factors, terrain environment, weather, soldier status, etc., don't look at the Iron Guards are not as many as them, but they only drove from North Wind City to Sunset City for one day, but the army of the Nuo family rushed for almost a month, and the two states are not the same.
If there is a real battle, the outcome is unknown, not to mention the wavering people like Rosso, who knows if the soldiers under their command will defect and be caught off guard, and they will definitely be defeated at that time.
"What do you mean?"
"It's very simple, kill Rosso and them, collect the soldiers, immediately lead the army to leave from the south gate, avoid the main road, and rush to the North Wind City overnight along the small road, it will take some time for the Iron Guards to arrive, we can bypass them, make a time difference, and get to the North Wind City before them, the guards have rebelled, and tomorrow the royal family will publicly execute Lord Nolan, I know you are belligerent, but it also has to be timed. ”
In front of outsiders, Adam is just a silent person who follows Nohe all day long with an iron box on his back, but in private, he is the only person other than Nolan who dares to refute or even rebuke Nohe to his face.
"I warned him at the beginning, why bother to go to the North Wind City to be some kind of imperial minister, but he has to find himself unhappy, now it's good, such a big thing happened, promise that he is fine, right?"
"It's okay for the time being, but if you are dragged here, it won't be easy to say in two days, the advice has been given to you, and you can do the rest yourself, I plan to take a car with her to the North Wind City first, and find a way to save Lord Nolan, she is still waiting for me at the station." Adam tapped the iron box behind his back, and the sword slashed an ice blue in the air, and plunged straight in front of Nohe, and he immediately walked out of the hall without looking back.
"When did you learn to make your own decisions and not ask my opinion?"
Nohe was slightly surprised, he was not surprised by Adam's decision, with the speed of their march, even if they didn't rest halfway, if they wanted to rush to North Wind City, it would be at least tomorrow night, it would definitely be too late to save Nolan, and he was surprised that Adam didn't even ask his opinion.
"And what about your opinion?" said Adam with a slight pause.
", take care of my nephew, I'll be there in time. Nohe waved his hand helplessly, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, he was not worried that Adam would miss, there was more than one sword in the iron box behind him.
Adam's figure disappeared into the rainy night, Mo Ling'er was still waiting for him, and the last train should be in time.
The smile on Nohe's face gradually disappeared, the ice-blue sword body was as clear and crystal clear as glass, reflecting his ice-blue eyes, if he had changed his usual time, he might have played with them unhurriedly, but now, he was no longer in the mood.
"It's a pity, the sword dancers who have become famous in recent years, I really want to learn a good lesson. ”
The rain washed over their faces, and the hideous lightning swept by, reflecting their distracted eyes, obviously they were still discussing how to divide the Nuo family's fiefdom just now, but now they were kneeling on the dirty mud under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, dragging and grinding all the way to the neck full of blood, but this pain didn't matter anymore.
Who would have thought that not long ago he was a high count, and just because of a wrong choice, what he originally had would burst like a bubble.
"Lord Nohe, what are you going to do with these people?"
Rosso stood beside Nohe a little stiffly, and asked cautiously, not for anything else, just because of the ice wolf sword in Nohe's hand, the more he looked at it, the more he felt a little panicked in his heart, he suddenly felt that the rain was really cold, even if he was wearing a poncho, he was still shivering.
Noch ignored Rosso, he turned to look at the nearly 200,000 soldiers in front of him, "These people were your lords, the people you swore allegiance to, but you look at them well, betrayal comes at a price, I can accept your allegiance, that's because you don't have a choice, but they do, it's a pity, they chose the wrong one, what to do with the disloyal, I think you all know." ”
Nohe glanced at it coldly, and Rosso and the six vassals behind him shivered in unison, which was far colder than the rain, more than ten times colder.
What does he mean?
Did he perceive something?
Impossible, I obviously didn't make a mistake, so many people sacrificed just to gain your trust, and spent such a big price, how could it fail?
It must be that I am thinking too much, it must be.
"My brother told me that if you want to kill someone, you must look them in the eye and listen to his last words, if possible, and do it yourself, Count Rosso, do you think it is necessary?" Noch looked at Rosso with a smile on his lips.
"This ...... What Master Nolan said was right. Rosso couldn't tell if it was rain or cold sweat on his forehead.
Even if he suspects me, how dare he do it without evidence, I am also an earl, even if His Majesty wants to kill me, he must show evidence of the crime and conduct a judicial trial......
However, these thoughts were shattered when he looked up into Nohe's blue eyes.
"So...... Are those your last words?"
The ice-blue blade slashed through his face like a breeze, and Rosso didn't even feel the pain, he saw a figure, a familiar bloated figure appear in front of him......