On the city wall, the horn of the long-range rebels retreated, and the rebel soldiers on the bridge below the city retreated like a group of black-pressed worker ants, and the shield bearers held iron shields high to resist the bows and arrows of the defenders on the city walls.
In fact, there were very few arrows flying down from the walls.
Looking at the retreating rebels, most of the defenders were already leaning against the wall and stomping, some of them threw their weapons directly at their feet, and some began to cry out in pain for help.
Most of the archers were exhausted, and almost all of them had bloody fingers, and their arms were so sore that they couldn't lift them up again.
Only a handful of them, still maintaining their fighting spirit, lurked behind the walls of the city wall and stomped on them, shooting at the rebels below the city.
A fat man in armor sat on the ground, panting for breath, his bloated figure almost broke the armor, looking at his panting almost out of breath, it really didn't look like he could fight.
Moreover, his armor style is obviously not the standard of the City Guard, and even he is not a soldier of the City Guard at all.
But when the fat man leaned there panting, the other city guard soldiers next to him all cast awe-inspiring glances at him.
This fat man was covered in blood, just in the previous battle, this fat man who seemed to be difficult to even walk, but he forcibly cut down no less than thirty rebels, including two rebel officer leaders, all of whom were directly cut in half by him with a knife in the head Most of the defenders on the city wall didn't know where the fat man came from, but since the day before yesterday, this fat man in armor suddenly appeared on this section of the city wall and joined the defenders.
Only a regiment-level officer in charge of the defense of this section of the city wall knew his origin, and seemed to be in awe of him, and the person next to him asked the fat man curiously about the origin of the fat man, who just smiled and claimed to be an imperial veteran.
This explanation is not too unusual.
The battle has reached such a situation, and the city of Osgilia has already been mobilized countless times, and a large number of young men have been hastily joined into the reserve sequence.
Because of history, the city of Osgilia is inhabited by many veterans who have obtained property due to military exploits, and even a family that has been a soldier for generations.
In this Great Patriotic War, after the mobilization order was issued, many people turned out their old armor and weapons, picked up their swords and ran to the nearest blacksmith shop to repair a little, and under the call of the mobilization order, they walked up to the city wall and joined the defensive battle, many of whom had already spilled the last drop of blood on the wall of Osgilia This fat man looked no different from the veterans who volunteered to go to the city wall to fight, he looked like he was born in the army, he spoke loudly, and he looked like a hill that had been cultivated in the army.
The only difference was that his armor was so beautiful.
This is a high-grade Byzantine-style hill armor, which can only be equipped with high-ranking generals of the general level, and even the flag officer in charge of this section of the city wall is only wearing a black armor.
Many people speculate that this fat man is probably a veteran general who has retired from the army, but he doesn't seem to be the same age.
There are also some people who speculate that this fat man is probably a descendant of a Jiangmen family, and this armor must not be his own, but his father's or ancestor's, but this seems to be different, his armor is obviously new.
And this fat man's martial arts seem to be clever and scary Today, this section of the wall seems to have become the main point of attack of the rebels, but in the morning, the situation was dangerous.
The rebels gathered a group of brave warriors as sharp knives, and almost rushed to the city wall with people, but at the critical moment, this fat man held a big knife and killed him, and his whole body was shining with the fighting spirit of advanced martial arts, and then under the light of that fighting spirit, several elite of the rebels were torn apart in an instant The fat man also kicked a man who looked like a rebel general who was obviously not low in rank from the city wall Finally, everyone's speculation was answered in the evening.
After the rebels retreated, just as the big guys were resting on the city wall, waiting for the men to deliver food, a group of guards rushed up, and then from behind, two men wearing the armor of high-ranking imperial generals ran up anxiously.
The beard with a scarred face immediately became the focus of everyone's eyes General Adric is now the supreme commander of the Osgilian garrison, and is also the last pillar that supports the spiritual strength of the Osgillian garrison Adric strode over, struggling to walk over the wall full of wounded soldiers, and stared at the fat man who was panting from afar: "Ruhl, why did you come here without permission?"
This roar suddenly made countless eyes around focus on the fat man's body Ruhr He turned out to be Ruhl That Ruhr The current Ruhr is no longer the "rabbit general who can only escape" in people's hearts On that rainy night, the fat general led the Rhoderia iron cavalry to attack the rebel camp, and after fighting for almost a night, I heard that the iron Rhodrian cavalry repeatedly launched dozens of charges against the heavily guarded rebel camp, and broke the rebels' defense line, and then protected the new emperor into the city of Osgilia, so that the new emperor could enter the city to inherit the throne and be crowned emperor When the fat general heard that he had taken the lead and fought bloodily, after entering the city, even the medical officer who was in charge of treating him was stunned on the spot Since that day, Ruhl has never been the "runaway general" in people's hearts It's him, it's him The soldiers sitting next to Ruhl couldn't help but give way to the side, looking away in awe.
Adrick squeezed all the way over, and the soldiers along the road saluted, and Adric returned the salute while going up and pulling Ruhr up.
The fat man's eyebrows immediately furrowed.
"Hurt," Adric frowned.
Ruhl grinned, "It's an old wound." ” Adric's eyes were a little red, and he glared at the fat man: "Why did you come here to go to the city without permission, why didn't you say a word to me" "I can't stay idle at home."
The fat man said lightly: "My hands and feet are not broken, thinking that there are still soldiers fighting on the city wall, how can I, a veteran, lie on the bed and rest" "Even if you want to come here, tell me, in my headquarters" Ruhl suddenly laughed, and then lowered his voice, his voice was a little hoarse: "What are you talking to you Adric, have you forgotten that I am now a bare-bones general with no soldiers, ha, my army, all of them have gone to the city to fight here, it is better than lying on the bed and closing my eyes, and the faces of those brothers who died next to me are dangling in front of my eyes." ” Adric's eyes were red, his body shook, and he hugged the fat man hard: "Rodria is also the unit I brought out, do you think I won't be sad?"
The fat man smiled and whispered, "I know you're sad, I heard you cried all night at home.
However, you are now the Minister of War, you are not qualified to be sad, you have no right to be sad, but I have, I am not the Minister of War, I am just a bare-bones general who has exhausted the troops. ” Adrik dragged Ruhl down the city, the surrounding guards opened the way, Adric pulled Ruhl tightly: "Come with me into the palace to go to the palace tonight, I want to think about it, maybe, you have a way" After a pause, Adric's voice was lowered: "Your Majesty is going to see Gislent tonight just before dinner" Ruhr whistled: "Good guys" Adric glanced at the fat man: "You understand, it's just that this is basically to take the initiative to stick your head in front of the Lantis people, and ask the other party to put shackles around our necks, this is basically to take the initiative to invite the other party to blackmail, we" "I can't help it."
Ruhl suddenly straightened his face and looked at Adric: "Why do you think I have a way" The two came to the city, and the guards brought the horses, and Adric immediately frowned: "Go get a carriage and don't you see that General Ruhl is seriously injured?"
Ruhl sighed and was dragged into a carriage by Adric.
After the wheels rolled and turned, listening to the sound of the bumps under the body, in the narrow carriage, the generals of the two empires looked at each other.
"I really can't help it.
Ruhl shook his head again, he stared at Adric, and his tone was serious: "And, if I had to say it, I would even approve of His Majesty's approach." ” "You," Adric glared.
"What else can we do" Ruhl said lightly: "Even if we can be more patient, support some more, and wait for the Landis people to be anxious when the time comes, even if we can choose the best time we expect, wait for the Landis people to take the initiative to come to us to cooperate, not to mention whether such a practice is possible, or how big the surname may be."
Hmph, even if it happens, do you think that the Landis will not blackmail us, the same Adric, the Landis will put forward harsh conditions, because no matter what we do now, the facts are the facts: we are dying, and the Landis are the only foreign aid we can count on, even if we wait for the best time you expect to negotiate, it is nothing more than a little bit of blackmail. ” "We can't let Lantis knock on our bones and suck our marrow," Adric clenched his fists.
Ruhl's eyes lit up: "What do you know?"
Adric's eyes were full of gloom, and his expression was extremely gloomy, and his next voice almost burst out from between his teeth "I have received information that Your Majesty has asked the Minister of Ceremonies to draw up a number of alternative conditions, including the recognition of the territorial rights of the Landis to the ports of the Inland Sea with a permanent surname.
The Landis Navy will grant protection to all of our maritime merchant ships and allow the Landis Navy to freely patrol the country's inland seas."
Ruhl pouted: "These were already facts before the war.
The naval warships of the Landis are ready to enter and leave our inland seas, and this does not require us to admit or not to admit it. ” "That's not the most important thing."
Adrick's voice was hoarse: "Open sixteen port cities along the coast of the Inland Sea, provide dock ports for cruising Landis Navy ships to berth and maintain, and even allow Landis Navy to station in ports" "Your Majesty is crazy," Lu Erten sat up straight: "This is the loss of sovereignty, what is the difference between this and ceding territory, jokes, let the Lantis navy be stationed in our harbor city, sixteen harbor cities allow the Landis navy to be stationed, it is equivalent to putting sixteen nooses around our necks, from now on, our coastline will no longer be defended against the Landis, from now on, the Landis can lock our country to the land with a chain, once they have any ambitions for us, sixteen harbor cities, It's equivalent to becoming a military town given to them for nothing."
Adrick smiled: "Also, the Landis directly sent 100,000 troops to help our country quell the rebellion, as well as a naval fleet large enough to maintain the sea transportation lines, and we sent a huge order for the purchase of ordnance materials to the Landisians, for which we will pay the Landis 30 million gold coins, this figure is the highest standard that Your Majesty can accept." ” The fat man whistled again: "Thirty million gold coins" He looked at Adric: "Your Majesty is really crazy.
Thirty million gold coins, does he think that we are still before the war, we have lost all the land in the whole north, minus the territory occupied by the rebels, how much land and population do we have left, even after the war is over, how much can we have in a year's financial revenue, how long will it take us to return to the pre-war financial revenue level, 30 million gold coins, is Your Majesty ready to sell the palace to pay off this debt?"
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"It's not about selling the palace."
Adric shook his head.
"Nonsense, of course I know it's not."
Ruhr smiled bitterly: "Even if Your Majesty sells the royal family's property, those royal gardens, manors, and hunting grounds, you can't scrape together 30 million gold coins to the treasury and have no money, you and I know this very well." ” Adric's expression seemed to be a little absurd and a little sad.
He looked at Ruhl for a long time, and finally, finally, a sentence slowly came out of the general's mouth.
"Tariffs."
Adric's expression was like that of a dead man: "Your Majesty has decided to exempt all the chambers of commerce organizations of Landis, all merchants, and tariffs for the next ten years, that is to say, in the next ten years, as long as the Byzantine Empire still exists, any Landis merchant can come to our country, earn our money, and do not have to pay a copper plate tax Their large number of goods, cheap goods, will flood our market, will force our merchants to go bankrupt and go bankrupt, and the Lantis will be like a big leech, Lying on top of us, constantly sucking blood from our bodies" "Parking" Ruhl suddenly shouted, he slapped the car window hard, and immediately a guard outside pulled the car window: "My lord, what are your orders?"
"I can't close this thing when I want to get out of the car, and I don't have the ability to take care of it" Ruhl shouted loudly, he turned his head to look at Adric: "Your Majesty doesn't want this country anymore, we can still be in a hurry, it's better to go back to the city, and then die there sooner or later."
To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: