Whispers of the Gods

Chapter 99 Rudomir III (2)

"Even if Her Majesty wants to support us, she still needs to deal with the Domanche family in the east first." Emmanuel replied, "As we planned before, we must first take down Ironcrown City by ourselves."

"I know that," Rudomir nodded. "We don't have much time. Remurd Wilke and his reinforcements from Dawn City will arrive at any time."

Detour by sea, pass through moldy forests, cross mountains and surprise attack Ironcrown City, this is a strategy he has formulated long ago.

If things went well with Lozaria, then all the dukes and their families should be in her hands, and what she would face would only be enemies who were full of scruples.

Franciak Domanche, the "fat fish" of Weiqing City, will surrender after becoming a hostage. He and his sons are cowards, and they are not as good as his wife Olga who married from Bonestack City. backbone.

But the Wilkers are bloodthirsty, warlike and stubborn, and only force can bring them to their knees.

This is also why he chose Iron Crown City as the first target of the Black Army. One is because of the inexhaustible iron ore, and the other is because they will have a battle with the Wilk family sooner or later, and they want to defeat the reckless bear and outwit It is always better than a strong attack.

First lure the bears out of their dens, and then pre-emptively occupy them, but unfortunately he failed to catch the bear cubs in the dens, otherwise those white hoofs in Ironcrown City must have surrendered long ago.

"That day was our best chance, but I didn't grasp it." Yaroste sighed softly, "If my team and I break out of their defense..."

"This is not the fault of any of you, I am the final decision maker."

Rudomir comforted his second-in-command, "Stiboll Koch's white iron hoof combat ability cannot be underestimated. They have all been well trained and well equipped. After all, Konrad Welk spent a lot of money on them." A lot of gold."

On the second day after he captured Lonely Cliff Castle, he and his black army rushed out of the gates of the castle and rushed down the hill, hoping to take advantage of the victory to fight the defenders in Ironcrown City, but the white iron hooves of the Wilk family were not Lonely Cliff The soldiers in the fort were elite knights and professional soldiers. In addition, they were already prepared for defense, and the black army failed to break through their line of defense.

They fought in the narrow streets, and though it prevented the white hoofed knights from mounting and charging with their deadliest lances, the white hooves in their plate mail held the black army forward like a wall of steel His footsteps were forced to stop.

In order to surprise the Lonely Cliff Castle from top to bottom from the cast-iron mountains, Rudomir and his black army only wore leather armor with low protection ability to keep their bodies light and quiet, but in frontal battles, Lack of protection has become their biggest vulnerability.

The streets cut off all possibility of outflanking the enemy from the flanks or the rear, and even though some soldiers were better armored after the Black Army looted the armory, it still didn't give them an advantage in formation-vs-formation close combat .

They were forced to retreat and returned to Lonely Fort. This attempt to break out cost him at least thirty warriors and injured nearly 100 more. The bodies of the dead were abandoned outside the walls of Lonely Fort, and Rudomir now Just watch them slowly start to corrupt.

"The rations in the Lonely Cliff Fortress are enough for us to last for a long time." Ivo, the infantry captain with a scar on his face, said, "They can't get in. If it doesn't work, we can stick to the castle and wait for better opportunities to come."

"Time is our enemy, and we need a quick solution." Rudomir said firmly, "If Ironcrown City cannot be completely controlled, then the plan we have prepared for so long will be meaningless."

"Either we launch a surprise attack at night like when we captured the Fortress of the Lonely Cliff." Yaroste suggested.

"The surprise attack works because it was taken by surprise." Rudomir shook his head and denied, "Any torches that move on the walls of the Lonely Cliff Castle at night will be targeted by their archers, and they have prepared themselves for the night Prepare for the attack."

"We can try to bribe them," Emanuel said. "Kondrade Welker left us some gold."

"You can try, but the chances of success are not high." Rudomir said, "There is a reason why the white iron hooves are called watchdogs. They are still loyal to their masters."

"Your Majesty!"

There was a strange sound outside the door of the armory.

"Ouch! Prince Rudomir!"

I saw a dwarf rolling in from the door. He was wearing a silky red gown, with a thick nose and thin eyebrows. He was lying on the ground squeezing his small black eyes to flatter him.

"Sizmon Janiko? How did you get out?" he asked the Fool suspiciously. "I remember I had you locked up in a tower."

"Oh, my lord, the cell in Jiangjiang Tower is dark and small." The dwarf got up and patted his shirt, and said with a smile: "There should be vicious and cruel prisoners, but I'm just a harmless performance." who."

"The Fool says he has something to deliver to you himself." The soldier who brought him reported to Rudomir.

"Yes, yes, my lord, I bring you a gift." The dwarf said politely, but his voice was like a magpie, and every word he said seemed to be imitating a woman's. Stereotype.

"What gift? Yourself?" Rudomir asked. "I don't like clown shows very much. You always tell bad jokes."

"My jokes are much more fun than the crap told by those third-rate touring groups." Sizmon Janiko said with a grin.

"Try it." Yaroste said with interest.

"Ahem, listen up." The dwarf pretended to be serious, found a stool, climbed up and stood on it.

"Why do the blacksmiths of the Domanche family always put a lot of carrots in their blacksmith shop?" He looked at the black soldiers in the armory with interest, waiting for them to ask "why".

"Why?" one asked.

"Because they are afraid that their craftsmanship will deteriorate, they have to open the forge every day. Although they don't have iron, they have to hit something with a hammer!"

"That's a pretty good joke." Yaroste laughed, "I've never heard of this before."

Rudomir curled his lips indifferently.

"This is what I came up with myself!"

Sizmon Janiko jumped down from the stool and said proudly, "This joke is the Duke's favorite, wait, it seems not, his favorite is the joke about Duke Jagoron's little lance, But this is definitely his second favorite!"

(End of this chapter)