"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, good news, good news."
In the newly built Earl's castle, Aini poured out bottles of valuable red wine like water with a depressed face. Pour it into your stomach.
Others are celebrating the New Year happily, but he can’t even have a reunion dinner here.
Except for a few sons whom he valued more and a lover who was on vacation at the manor who escaped, the rest of his direct relatives were all captured by his enemies.
My wife, daughter and lover fell into the hands of the enemy, and Aini could imagine what would happen to them.
Anyway, if a woman who has a relationship with Xu Lai falls into his hands, he will definitely make the other party live and die, and inflict all the terrible punishments in this world on them.
Using oneself to save others, Aini can already imagine the kind of bullying his wife and daughter will suffer.
If this spreads out, their family's hundreds of years of honor will be completely destroyed in his hands.
In the past two or three months, he has not heard a single piece of good news at all.
All his allies deserted him, not a single soldier was dispatched, and people continued to surrender to the traitor.
Even if no one has surrendered yet, it is not because they want to be loyal to him, Aini, but because the conditions have not been agreed upon.
Of course, he would not think that this was the reason why he ran away from the battlefield and betrayed other nobles first.
I don’t even think that this is the reason why he made a deal with the orcs and betrayed the grassland first. Anyway, those heroes descended from the sky are not grassland people.
The hero's strong physique makes it impossible for this high-alcohol red wine to make him completely drunk, or even just make him forget his troubles temporarily.
“What good news?”
Aini, who was lying on the wine table and no longer bothered to care about his status as an earl, said in a low voice.
The attendant who rushed into the door turned a blind eye to the mess in the room and said excitedly: "Mage Palame sent news that the stronghold has agreed to cooperate with us.
They agreed To help send troops to conquer the boy named Xu, we only need to provide them with food, grass and supplies, without sending a single soldier."
Aini narrowed his misty eyes and said in disbelief: "How is this possible? Did the orc change his gender?”
The waiter coughed and said, “They said that half of the grassland would be taken away and the papers would be left behind.”
Aini thought for a while and said: "They want to use documents to restrain me and create an established fact.
But so what? I will no longer be the master of the grassland soon. Instead of taking advantage of those traitors, it is better to let them Give those orcs
Half the grassland, huh, I'm afraid it's just to paralyze us. Will the orcs be willing to send out an army just for half of the grassland?
Go and reply to Pa immediately? Latin America, just say that I don't agree with this agreement.
I want to give the entire grassland to the orcs, but please leave my family's three castles to me.
In addition, my eldest son Jerry has inherited my talent and is willing to pioneer for His Majesty the Beast King! "
"Uncle, your Excellency, the Earl, gave the entire grassland to the orcs. If the temple knew about it, we, we might not even be able to survive." "
Aini snorted coldly and said: "Hmph, will those guys in the temple let us go if we give half of the grassland to the orcs?
No, it won't. We have no way to go and no way to retreat now.
Those guys in the temple, huh, they have no time to take care of themselves now, so how can they have time to take care of us.
If they had this ability, they wouldn't let the man named Xu steal my Kaunaston Castle! "
The more Aini talked, the angrier he became. When he got to the back, half of his body was even leaning on the table.
Shaking his head twice, Aini tried to wake himself up, and then he Asked:
“Does the Master have anything else to say? "
The attendant licked his lips and said: "The Master only asked us to send a few more copies of the most detailed map of the grassland.
In addition, the mage also asked us to raise food and grass in advance. According to his estimation, the orcs should be able to send troops within one to two months. "
"So fast? "Aini asked subconsciously.
The waiter glanced at Aini, lowered his head and said: "Your Excellency, you are already unhappy. If you wait any longer, the entire city on the grassland will be surnamed Xu. The gang took it down.
In order to get the orcs to gather and set off quickly, the mage kept his mouth shut. "
Aini waved his hand feebly and said: "I understand. You can go to the warehouse later, find some latest maps, and send someone to deliver them to the mage. ”
After driving away the waiter, Ani slumped down on the chair, breathing heavily.
Aini sounds nice, but in her heart she understands it better than anyone else.
If the orcs were so easy to talk to, they wouldn't have been driven to the Gobi Desert in the first place.
Orcs have always been synonymous with barbarism. If their promises can be counted, Aini would rather believe that wolves will no longer eat sheep but eat grass.
There is no way, if he doesn’t rely on these orcs, he won’t even have a final burial place.
Just as he would not let Xu Lai go, Xu Lai would definitely not let go of him, a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh.
As long as Aini is in the grassland for a day, Xu Lai will never be able to legitimately control the grassland.
So, if he doesn’t collude with the orcs, he has 100% no chance of survival.
Although he certainly did not believe that the orcs would be willing to take only half of the grassland, after all, he had surrendered. At worst, he would not want anything but a city, and there should still be hope of saving his life.
The orcs have to show off, otherwise no one will believe them or surrender to them when they occupy other imperial cities in the future.
The orcs are barbaric, not brainless, not to mention that he even sent his eldest son, the heir, in front of the other party, which is obviously a proton.
Although if you take refuge with the orcs, you will most likely survive.
But when he thought that his ancestor's inheritance would be handed over to those barbaric orcs, Aini's heart ached terribly.
But the matter has come to this, and he has no way out. At least he can survive by taking refuge with the orcs, and maybe he can retain his current wealth.
If he didn't do this, his men would see no hope, and they might secretly cut off his head one day and give it to someone named Xu.
After he was out of breath, Aini's eyes were red, and he picked up a bottle of precious red wine again like a revenge and slammed it into his stomach.
“It’s not good, it’s not good, Your Excellency, it’s not good!”
“Pfft…”
“Cough cough cough cough, you bastard, Do you want to choke me to death?”
As soon as a bottle of red wine was put into his mouth, the waiter came back with a sad face not long after he left.
This valet was quite favored by Aini. For being so irritable, Aini did not punish him too much. He just asked angrily:
"What happened again? Did the orc lion open its mouth?"
I have already expected it. If it doesn't work, I will give them the other two castles and I will keep this one."
The attendant quickly shook his head and said: "No, no, Earl. Your Excellency, yes, yes..."
"What on earth is it? Isn't it the person named Xu who called?"
The attendant plopped down, knelt down in front of Aini and said: "Your Excellency, Count, please think of a solution quickly. According to the latest reconnaissance report, the guy named Xu has led the army to 30 miles away."
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Ani, who had just stood up angrily, felt his world spin when he heard the news, and the alcohol accumulated in his mind also surged up.
With a plop, Aini collapsed on the chair again, but this time he couldn't even maintain his basic posture and collapsed directly in front of the waiter.
"Earl, Earl?"
After the city is broken, Count Aini will definitely not be able to escape, but those close to them will probably not end well.
Otherwise, why would he run around in order to collude with the orcs, something that is destined to be stabbed in the spine by all humans.
Under the shaking of the waiter, Ani finally woke up a little.
He murmured to himself: "Didn't I give the order to send the reconnaissance cavalry 100 miles away?"
The attendant said aggrievedly: "Those people from the cavalry regiment , are all in conflict with each other
In addition to Master Jerry also taking people out of the city for inspections, the cavalry commanders didn't know where they went as soon as they left the city. "
Aini opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say anything. He had actually known this situation for a long time.
Since more and more nobles turned against Xu Lai , more and more grassland cities are occupied by Xu Lai, the more desperate and helpless Aini becomes
And the more Aini does nothing, the more disappointed his men are.
Even the boss hides and drinks every day. What hope do the people below have? Why don't they just follow suit and find a place to hide and wait for a few days to have a better life?
Anyway, as soon as Xu Lai arrived, they turned around and surrendered. Do they still want to give their lives to that good-for-nothing count?
Now, of course, I can hang out for as many days as I can.
Aini, who was slumped in a chair, murmured:
"It is too late to assemble the troops from the two cities now. I ordered all the knights to retreat into the city. I and I He fought hard.”
Through market acquisitions and raids on nearby towns, Aini has still accumulated some strength in the past few months.
Add in the guards who stayed in the castle before, encourage some militia, and temporarily spend money to recruit some mercenaries, and you can get tens of thousands of troops.
After the nearby waiter responded, he quickly went to convey Aini’s order.
At this time, Xu Lai, who had always led his troops to advance quickly, was now so uncomfortable that he wanted to die.
The royal war horse under his crotch looks as if he is taking a leisurely walk. He can stop even after taking two steps to chew the fertile green grass on the prairie.
Even though the weather in mid-January is still cold as usual, the grass in the magical world has no natural laws to speak of and is still growing tenaciously.
Even if it is carrying two people, as an eighth-level war horse, the royal war horse does not feel any hardship at all.
Elina, who was on the side, saw Xu Lai's helplessness, and apologized sheepishly:
"I'm sorry Xu Lai, although riding is a compulsory course in the temple, we practice it It’s still too little, and it’s dragging you down.”
Tightening Giselle in his arms, after this guy gave the unicorn to Reina, he sat in Xu Lai’s arms with peace of mind when he went out.
“Stop saying stupid things. You are here to help me. You are not a drag or a drag.
If you want to drag me down, I will drag you down too.
Besides, you can still ride a horse anyway, so the delay is not your fault. ”
Elena knows her own affairs, although they are all riding horses.
But first of all, the horses on the grassland are of a higher level, and the priests do not have much riding training. It is difficult to control these high-end horses.
Secondly, although many of the mages, phantom shooters, and even mercenaries walk, they are not lazy at all, and they are not slower than them.
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Just as Xu Lai and the others approached Aini's castle unhurriedly, Elvi, who was in charge of reconnaissance in the sky, fell to the ground and said to Xu Lai:
"Xu Lai, a small group of Aini's soldiers were found in front of us. Knight, do you want to catch them and ask them?"
Xu Lai nodded and said: "There is nothing to do if you have nothing to do, then go and catch them and ask them."
Elwee. The movements are astonishingly fast.
After ordering the archangels to wait where they were, they roared twice, and in less than a minute, they rushed back with one in each hand.
After throwing these two brightly armored knights in front of Xu Lai, Elwe frowned and said: "I can only bring these two back, and the others don't have any.
But they all said they wanted to surrender, I just asked them to wait where they were without killing them."
Xu Lai was willing to maintain or even condone their kindness in trivial matters.
"It's okay. It doesn't matter if you pretend to surrender. If they run away, they will suffer the loss."
After saying that, Xu Laicai looked at the two knights thrown in front of him. Xu Lai laughed out loud and said:
"Hey, isn't this the young master of the Earl's family?"
Xu Lai actually recognized these two knights and had met them twice at banquets held by Aini.
One is Aini's heir, the 24-year-old 6th-level knight Jerry, and the other is his retinue, also in his 20s, both are extremely good knights.
As Aini's heir, Jerry also inherited Aini's cavalry talent. When leading 4th, 5th, and 6th level cavalry in battle, Jerry gained more offensive and defensive attributes and speed.
Originally, this young man should be an excellent cavalry commander, because even his father only inherited 4th and 5th level cavalry.
But unfortunately, his father stood on the opposite side of Xu Lai.
Jerry raised his head, turned his head arrogantly and said:
“Kill or scrape, it’s up to you.”
He is a young man after all, Jerry He stiffened his neck, never said a soft word, and refused to even bend his waist slightly.
Seeing this scene, Xu Lai was a little happy and a little reluctant to kill.
At this time, he finally understood the mood of some of the protagonists in the book. When they encountered such tough characters, they really wanted to use them for their own purposes and were reluctant to kill them.
"You are quite brave, so I won't talk nonsense. I just want to ask you, will you surrender?"
Jerry is a very conceited knight. If it weren't for the battle, Considering that he has good abilities and talents, he is faster and stronger than ordinary knights, and he is not so bold as to monitor Xu Lai along the way.
If I had just discovered Xu Lai, I would have turned around and ran away without hesitation.
Less than 15 kilometers away from her home city, Elvi still has to worry about Xu Lai's safety, so she may not let go and chase him.
But this boy looked down on Xu Lai a little too much, and was also a little too conceited.
He did not expect that he was not the enemy of the other angel at all.
Unexpectedly, the knights under his command, who were usually very obedient, not only failed to help at all when the angel came, but also turned against him in an instant.
“I won’t surrender even if I die!”
Xu Lai nodded and said: “Then I’ll send you on your way!” (End of Chapter)