King’s Kingdom

Sir Ledwin had already become Theodosius' number one mouth-watering king, but he was quite content with it. After all, not everyone was qualified to be the voice of His Majesty the King.

After the ruthless words were spoken, the ten thousand men started camping in place again, but this time the camp was much simpler.

When they were in Baron Ganlin's territory before, including Theodosius, they all felt that a siege of a castle would be difficult to conquer within ten days and a half, so the camp was built very solidly.

But what everyone didn't expect was that in just over an hour, the battle was over, camping for a long time and sieging the city for an hour, no one wanted to do such a silly thing.

So a simple camp that could prevent the enemy from raiding was erected. The purpose of this camp was to have a stable resting place where siege equipment could be assembled.

After a night of rest, there was already a dark tide in the Inzerian Fort. The defenders sitting on the city wall were still talking about what happened during the day. The terrifying scene really caused a great impact on their hearts. .

"It's really terrifying, do you think we will be tortured like that?" A young peasant soldier in a cotton-padded coat sat beside the fire, shivering, and whispered to a fellow countryman beside him.

Another person used a wooden stick to pick out a piece of radish sealed with mud from the fire, knocked on the mud block and took it out, broke it open and handed it to the talking peasant soldier, looked around, and after seeing that there was no one around, he said in a low voice. : "Didn't you already say that as long as we put down our weapons and surrender, we won't be hurt..."

"Ah?" The young peasant soldier took the turnip, his face full of astonishment, and said, "But, that is betrayal, how can we betray the master?"

"What **** master!" The peasant and soldier who spoke took a bite of the radish, and the hot food in the cold night was the greatest consolation.

"Twenty years ago, how could there be any noble lords here? They are all the emperor's people! These so-called lords and the like were only divided later, and now we are classified under the Lanyin Kingdom, then There is only one master, and that is King Lanyin!"

"There was no such thing as a lord in our Hilkati Empire in the past. The nobles could only make a fortune in their own small manor and have the right to enslave their serfs. We are not serfs!"

"So, we are free, we are the subjects of the king, is there anything wrong with not going against our own monarch?"

"..."

"So...is that so..." The young peasant soldier pondered after hearing these words: "As expected of you, you really know a lot after reading so many books!"

"If only I could read as many books as you do!" the young peasant and soldier said enviously.

"If possible, I'd rather be a farmer who doesn't know anything..."

The young man couldn't understand this, so he asked, "So, are we really doing this tomorrow?"

"Is there any other choice?"

There was no sleep all night, only dim lights and shadows, and people's hearts became unsettled in such a cold winter night.

Early morning on December 27, 866, Hirkati.

The Lanyin army set up and appeared under the city wall of Inzerian Fort. The cloud ladder and battering ram had been assembled in one night, while the well was still being built, and it was estimated that it would take a few days to deliver it.

Theodosius chose to execute Baron Ganlin here mainly to let everyone see the fate of the rebels, and to intimidate the defenders in the city to force them to surrender was only incidentally.

Such a large castle with one or two thousand people is not so easy to conquer. A sufficient number of people can bring confidence to the defenders and increase the morale of the defender.

The number of confidants of Earl Patan is not comparable to that of Baron Gan Lin. It is not realistic to rely on intimidation to make these people lay down their weapons or even turn against each other.

The elf bow is still majestic. The super-long shooting distance and powerful power can suppress the archers on the city wall and can't lift their heads. Slowly advancing against the city wall.

Soon, the ladder was erected on the city wall, and the archers of the Lanyin army also stopped shooting, so that the hard-won opportunity Count Patan would naturally not miss, and immediately let the archers counterattack the Varangian Guards.

But unfortunately, their shooting didn't play a big role. The whole body chain armor and tie armor almost made this group of heavy infantry immune to the damage of arrows. Even if the distance between the two sides was only seven or eight meters, the arrows could not penetrate. through their armor.

The defenders of Fort Inzerian had a much stronger will to fight. Under the command of the commander, they lifted the stone and threw it down the gap in the battlement.

The Varangian Guard suffered dozens of casualties in an instant, and immediately someone took the group of wounded soldiers away from the battlefield.

The setbacks encountered at the very beginning of the siege made the envoys of the Zhongbu Empire and the Northern Empire feel dark in their hearts.

The previous war made the relationship between the Rhine Kingdom and the Northern Empire extremely tense, and the performance of the Rhine Knights in the competition also made the Central Empire look dull, so seeing the Varangian Guards shriveled, they were happy to see it.

However, Theodosius didn't take it to heart~www.wuxiahere.com~ Although he was a little distressed, he also knew clearly that in siege battles, such casualties were inevitable.

After paying the price of more than a hundred wounded and dozens of dead, the first Varangian Guard member finally climbed the city wall.

After all, throwing stones and transporting stones also requires physical strength. These defenders are not extremely tireless machines, so the speed of throwing stones will inevitably drop a bit.

These Varangian warriors from the north of the Hengduan Mountains and living in extremely poor conditions immediately seized the opportunity and climbed the city wall at an extremely fast speed.

The warrior who climbed the city wall relied on the excellent armor on his body to move forward, and the two-handed sword in his hand was waving like a tiger, and no one dared to attack him for a while.

This soldier wielded his weapon very shrewdly, not seeking to kill the enemy, but to force the defenders to retreat. He wanted to gain enough space for his comrades behind him.

The Varangian warriors behind him also quickly came up. Ivar was heavily dressed, and when he climbed the city wall, he let out a roar with red eyes. The more than 100 warriors who were killed and wounded made him extremely angry.

The heavy two-handed sword was like a cutting machine. Immediately after it was swung out, the two defenders separated, spurting hot blood, and it fell to the ground with bursts of heat.

"Master, forgive me!"

Hearing the sound of weapons falling incessantly, the defenders on the city wall immediately knelt down more than half, and only a sparse number of people were still resisting. The result is no longer in suspense.

Theodosius nodded with satisfaction. Although he also felt pain because of the death and injury of nearly 200 soldiers, the impressive combat power displayed by the Varangian Guards also made him feel that his decision was indeed correct.

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