Chapter 71; Fighting for the King (9)
Looking at the chaotic scene in front of him, Marquis Roblin has not been able to come back to his senses. He does not understand how he was defeated. He led an army of 1,500 people, and there were nearly 600 warriors alone.
, in the western border of the Kingdom of Malaysia, who can stop me?
The opponent's line of defense was obviously as thin as cicada wings, and could be penetrated with just a slight poke, but these people under his command fled in all directions as if they had seen the devil. He couldn't even blame others, because the one who rushed at the front was
How did the third prince, the elite group of fighters under his command, do all this?
Ken Lahan, the leader of the fighting group, chopped down several people in succession to allow the swarming mercenaries to avoid Marquis Roblin's position, but that was all. No matter how he roared or shouted, he could not bring an end to the rout.
In desperation, his subordinates had no choice but to guard Marquis Roblin and retreat with the flow of people, and this retreat lasted nearly ten miles.
It wasn't until night fell that Marquis Roblin chose a place to camp near the river bank. The separated fighters and mercenaries came sparsely along the torches, but most of them were still missing. What's worse, during the retreat,
Those timid civilians left their carts and food behind without hesitation, so tonight they had to kill a few wildebeests to use as military rations.
In the largest tent in the camp, the four major families gathered together and looked at Marquis Roblin with pale faces, and the latter's expression was not much better.
"Who can tell me what kind of weapons they used? The distance is farther than a crossbow, and it's not like a trebuchet where you can see the thrown stones." He glanced at Ken Lahan, the leader of his fighting group;
"You were also at the forefront, did you see anything?"
"Sir, I...actually don't know very well," Kenlahan frowned; "Those big iron balls should be a new weapon similar to trebuchets, although I don't know what kind of trebuchets they are.
The machine can launch such a big iron ball so far. When the brothers finally charged, I only heard a huge roar. The brothers fell in batches. The fighters in front seemed to suddenly collide.
On an invisible wall, I only saw their bodies shake, and then blood began to spurt out from all over their bodies. Some brothers even had their heads and arms torn apart, just like..." He thought for a moment
; "Like eggs dropped from the top of the castle."
"Even a strong Dou Ling warrior can't achieve such a long attack distance. Could it be that he is a Dou King?" the old patriarch of the Fermi family murmured;
Marquis Roblin glanced at him; "Please use your brain before speaking!"
Old Fermi coughed in embarrassment; "I also know this is impossible, I'm just saying casually..."
"By the way, sir." Kenlahan suddenly seemed to remember something; "Before I heard the loud noise, I saw several cart-like things in their queue, with huge blue iron pipes on them.
Red light and smoke can come out from inside."
"Green iron pipe? Red light and smoke? What is that?" Count Fermi asked doubtfully;
"No matter what it is, we have been defeated. What should we do next?" Viscount Yinguang, who had been silent, said;
Marquis Roblin glanced at him displeasedly, and the word "failure" seemed particularly harsh to his ears; "We have not failed yet." He emphasized; "The disadvantages of one battle cannot change the final result, as long as we return to Chishui City
, we can recruit another team, and at the same time prohibit trade with the border town. Apart from blue crystal, the border town is short of supplies. Without food supplements, the border town cannot survive for a month."
"Blocking trade... What if they trade with other cities through the Chishui River?" Viscount Yinguang hesitated;
"Hmph, let's not talk about whether the small border town has trading ships. Even if it does, they still have to pass through the river of our Chishui City. Do you think I will allow them to pass?"
Several major families did not dare to express their opinions. They themselves had no grudges with the third prince. This dispatch of troops was just to give Marquis Roblin a face. Moreover, Marquis Roblin was followed by His Royal Highness the eldest prince. After the new king succeeded him,
Acts of loyalty before the throne are more likely to gain favor, but after experiencing such a defeat at this time, the minds of several family patriarchs became more active.
"But Lord Marquis, even if we stop the ships coming out of the border town, what if there are ships from other places that want to enter the border town? I remember that Lanling City and Ghana City send ships to the border town to trade lapis lazuli every year." Silver.
Viscount Guang obviously did not want to agree to this plan;
"We have eaten most of the lapis lazuli in the border town over the years. I think all the major families have a lot of lapis lazuli in stock. When they come, we will sell the stock to them. In short, we must cut off all the lazuli in the border town.
Trade, isolate it!" The Marquis stared at Viscount Yinguang and said word by word; "Do you have any other opinions?"
"No...no..."
"Very good. Let's all go back to our tents and sleep. We will set off early tomorrow morning. The fighters with wildebeests will join us. Those without wildebeests will stay behind and lead the mercenaries."
It was impossible to march at night. Even if the Third Prince planned to pursue them, starting at dawn, the first thing they would encounter were the mercenaries left behind. Marquis Roblin thought that even if this group of losers collapsed at the first touch, he would still be able to buy himself a lot of time.
The next day, Marquis Roblin did not receive news that the third prince was catching up. In order to confirm the news, he sent his cronies to expand the scope of the investigation, and received the same reward. This made him slightly relieved, probably
That new weapon is as difficult to move as a trebuchet and can only be used in defensive warfare. The third prince would not dare to act rashly with just a group of miners holding wooden sticks, Marquis Roblin secretly guessed.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Marquis Roblin ordered the fighters to stop advancing and wait for the people on foot to catch up. When it was close to dusk, the people on foot gradually caught up with the people from the families. Everyone was busy again.
Just clear out a piece of land and set up a hastily tent.
As long as he passes today's night, he will be able to reach Chishui City tomorrow. The three-foot-high bluestone city wall is like a natural chasm for those hundreds of mud-legged people. Even if the opponent has new weapons with extremely long range, he can still use the wall.
After the trebuchet counterattacked, he would definitely settle this account with the third prince.
However, what made Marquis Roebling feel a little uneasy was that along the way today, there were always people in the team who were injured for no apparent reason and fell off their horses. At first, Marquis Roebling didn't pay much attention, thinking that the fighters were too panicked, and he moved forward at high speed.
He fell off his horse, but as fewer and fewer people followed him, Marquis Roblin gradually felt that something was wrong, but no matter how many fighters he sent to investigate around, he could not find even a trace.
It was as if there was an invisible ghost lurking in the dark, extending its sharp fangs at them from time to time, but he was unable to do anything to the enemy.
By noon of the next day, there were less than two hundred people following Marquis Roblin. Most of the mercenaries and civilians had not returned. There was nothing we could do about it. If the war went well, these mercenaries and civilians would
, they will be the first to come out and wave the flag, and if the war is lost, they will also be the first to flee for their lives.
Fortunately, Chishui City was not far away from them. Marquis Roblin looked up at the sky and was about to order the team to rest for a while when he suddenly saw a tall man wearing a black windbreaker suddenly appearing in front of everyone, blocking the way.
Marquis Roebling frowned and shouted;
"who?"
I saw that the other party was standing on a tree branch at this time, with electric light beating from time to time between his left fingers. He lowered his head and looked down at Marquis Roblin, and said lightly: "Your Excellency Marquis Roblin, I said I would personally do it."
Came to find you!"
The man who had been to the small border town looked at the figure on the tree branch in surprise. He quickly came to Marquis Roblin and whispered a few words. Marquis Roblin's face changed: "Are you a subordinate of the third prince?"
The man standing on the tree branch smiled; "Although it is wrong, you can understand it this way."
"How dare you come to me alone? Without those weird weapons, how can you fight with me? I have more than a hundred fighters here!" While speaking, Marquis Roblin watched carefully from side to side. He didn't believe the other party.
Really only one person came.
Ye Zhao took a step forward, jumped down from the tree branch lightly, and walked towards Marquis Roblin step by step; "What are you afraid of? Are you worried about an ambush? You think too much. I don't need to use those methods to deal with you.
!”
As he spoke, Ye Zhao slowly quickened his pace and rushed directly towards Marquis Roblin. Kenlahan, the leader of the fighting group, drew out a big sword and stood in front of Marquis Roblin, and shouted: "Arrogant guy, let's
I’ll meet you!”
The big sword stabbed Ye Zhao head-on. A dagger suddenly appeared in Ye Zhao's hand and collided with the big sword hard. The big sword made a toothache-inducing 'click' sound and cracked several times.
Kenlahan was shocked, how could this kid's weapon be so sharp?
The weakness of the weapon allowed Kenlahan to change his moves and attack the opponent in vain. He no longer collided with the dagger. Unexpectedly, he actually split the opponent's hand in half. Kenlahan was stunned. This guy couldn't be a parallel import, right?
At this time, Kenlahan heard his companions behind him shout;
"Look back quickly, he is behind you!"
"Is it a ghost?" Kenlahan was shocked. He was about to turn around to deal with it, but suddenly there was a heart-breaking pain in the back of his heart. A huge force poured into his body. Kenlahan felt that his internal organs seemed to be all over.
He shifted his position, and then his whole body fell out like a broken rag doll. He lay on the ground twitching continuously, and blood mixed with broken internal organs kept pouring out of his mouth.
Chapter completed!