Blood Dragon

Chapter 150 Four Rebels

New information continued to spread to Falcon City.

Now, every resident of Falcon City is discussing this matter.Unbelievable, yet unmistakable news.Her Majesty the Little Queen encountered Byron's main force at the edge of Byron's territory, and immediately launched a surprise attack at dawn, breaking Byron's [-] troops in one fell swoop.

This victory completely reversed the whole situation at once.

Betrayers are always more likely to be betrayed, this ancient saying has been verified.During the time when the little queen cleaned the battlefield and buried the bodies of the fallen, Byron's vassals quickly made their own choices.Except for a very small number of people who had the closest relationship with Byron and really had no second choice, the others rushed to the Queen's camp and immediately expressed their position to her.Almost everyone was trying their best to express their loyalty to the Queen and their hatred of Byron in every way, and some even cried and hugged the Queen's boots and kissed them.

However, whether they are sincere or just performing, at least their goal is achieved.Because the little queen accepted their surrender.She also publicly announced that, except for Byron and a group of his cronies, as long as the others repented and swore allegiance to her again, they could be forgiven by her.Of course, according to the little queen, that is not a real "forgiveness", but a permission to "make meritorious deeds".But this is not too big a problem.

The only ones who are not forgiven are the more than 80 nobles.It is unforgivable that these people should ally themselves with Byron and raise their swords against the Queen's power.

So when the little queen came to the city of Fornoros, her subordinates were far more than the original [-] soldiers.Fornoros City is a fairly large-scale city, and it is the lair that the Byron family has painstakingly managed for many years.Originally, [-] soldiers could not even encircle the entire city, but now they are firmly surrounded by Wang Jun.

This victory not only gained a favorable situation in the war, but also further consolidated Falcon City itself.Now, Prime Minister Aileen has easily sent people to take over some traffic arteries and fortresses that were previously uncontrollable—the current situation no longer allows these people to continue watching.

In addition to these, there are lobbyists who come out of nowhere.In fact, it seemed that overnight, countless guests tried to visit the ministers in Falcon City.

It must be said that the ministers selected by the little queen before were not popular.Because within the Seven Kingdoms, if someone is appointed by the king as a minister, it would be auspicious luck.Not to mention relatives and friends, even people who are out of touch in the deep mountains and old forests will come to congratulate.

After becoming a minister, even my seven aunts and eight aunts will be approached by those who try to follow others.Especially those businessmen.Because at any time, building a good relationship with the country's top bureaucrats is an important job of the chamber of commerce.

But when the little queen established the palace, these new ministers didn't have this kind of treatment, everything was deserted.Few of the merchants were optimistic about this small court.They came to the door, but not to congratulate, but to collect debts.As we all know, Prime Minister Eileen was once called by businessmen to demand repayment of debts, which made him very embarrassed.

In the end, of course, the debt was paid off.This matter should have ended here, but after this disturbance, an old man as conservative and aristocratic as Aileen decided that this was a great shame for him.

Now that he had been seriously insulted, the old prime minister dealt with this problem with the stubborn thinking unique to old people: he strictly restrained his subordinates, forbidding all officials to accept banquets from businessmen, let alone gifts, if found Severe punishment.This is especially true for several chambers of commerce involved in this "debt collection" incident.It must be said that Prime Minister Eileen is still very prestigious and resourceful, so these ubiquitous lobbyists suddenly found themselves with nowhere to exploit.

The only thing that slightly weakened the queen's joy of victory was the news from the north.As I said before, since Byron launched the rebellion, there has been almost no news from General Rafa.It was now clear that this was due to the multiple invasions of the barbarians, which took all of Rafa's energies.There were rumors that Rafa himself was cursed by a cultist, or was injured in an assassination, and could no longer be a director, so he had to block the news to avoid being taken advantage of.

Many things can be deduced from this news.Having said that, since the last barbarian invasion was defeated, the northern frontier has maintained a kind of tranquility.Even ordinary people can infer a few generalities from various rumors: White Castle fell into the hands of barbarians and became their base.But precisely because of the competition for this base, there were many fierce civil wars among the barbarians.These civil wars effectively drained the barbarians, preventing them from launching a real offensive.

However much the Gruni rejoiced at the cannibalism of their enemies, it seemed that the effect was coming to an end.The barbarians may have a new leader—according to those barbarians, it is called the Lord of Chaos.According to the plan of General Beryl who arranged this situation back then, sooner or later a Chaos Lord would defeat the competitors and become the master of White Castle.But at this time, the barbarians have been severely injured by the civil war, and their strength and supplies have been greatly depleted.If a counterattack can be launched at this time, the barbarian problem can be solved once and for all in a way that can achieve twice the result with half the effort—at least 20 years of peace can be won for the North.

It's a pity that the plan didn't change quickly.Now the civil war of the barbarians is probably over, and the civil war of Gruny has just begun.

Although the queen has won a battle, it is still a long way from the real victory.The reason for saying this is because everyone knows that Fornoros City was originally a very strong city.During Byron's tenure as Regent, he launched several large-scale constructions aimed at strengthening the defense capabilities of Fornoros City.Of course, after he failed the coup and fled back to the city of Fornoros, he once again carried out a major repair and rectification of the whole city.

It is not an exaggeration to describe the current Fornoros City as "impregnable as gold".

Ashuruffat stood in the camp, looking at the fortified city ahead.By human standards, the city is indeed well-defended.All kinds of fortifications on the city wall can be regarded as perfect.Even the city defense artillery has a complete defense.

According to news, Byron still has 15 regular troops in the city, and can mobilize no less than 5 militiamen at any time.According to the formula in the military book, it can be inferred that to storm such a city, [-] soldiers, corresponding siege equipment, and two months are required.Even so, [-] to [-] casualties will be paid.

That's why Ashurfat also admitted that he has absolutely no capital to attack.So what he is doing here is building a camp and preparing for an orthodox siege.

"Ashrufat!" The little girl suddenly came out from behind, "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing," Ashuruffat smiled and looked into the distance. "I'm imagining Byron's expression right now. To be honest, if possible, I really want to see his expression now."

As he looked at the fortifications and guards on the city wall, he imagined Byron's face in his mind.When he was the queen's bodyguard before, he had seen Byron many times in various meetings, ceremonies, ceremonies and other occasions.But Byron never looked directly at Ash Rufat - if he did, his eyes would only glance over Ash Rufat.At that time, Byron was the regent, and Ashuruffat was a little guard of the queen.Byron is a hereditary duke, while Ashrufat is still working hard to become a knight.In fact, apart from the entanglement between Ash Rufat and Shirley, Byron has no reason to spend too much time paying attention to him.

"He... is he going to kill him?" the little girl asked in a low voice.Speaking of which, Byron was pretty close to the little girl, and she felt a pang of sadness at the thought of Byron's death. "There are still many innocent people..."

"War is a terrible thing..." Ashuruffat turned his head and looked at the little girl's slightly depressed face. "Keep in mind this sentence. The war does not start because of the good wishes of human beings. Even if it is, it will resolutely and ruthlessly destroy all those who are still good. This war was caused by Byron, He and his party and his people started the war. Now they must pay the price for their original choice. This is a matter of course, the loser must accept the trial of the winner. If we fail, then our It won't be any different in the end."

He raised his head again and looked beyond the city wall.He wondered if Byron was patrolling the city at this time, he not only thought so.When he was thinking this way, a gust of wind mixed with wind and sand blew, blowing a white eagle flag beside it fluttering.The white eagle on the flag seemed to break through the shackles of the flag and use its claws to grab the prey.

"By the way, I heard that Lord Skadra is back?" Ashuruffat asked casually.

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"Bastard! That bastard!" Byron jumped from his seat.Although he was quite young, at this moment, he was as excited as a child whose toy had just been snatched away.

"He...how dare...to speak to me like that!" Byron waved his fist, walked up and down the hall, and uttered a series of curses.

There is a reason for him to be so angry. The largest and most important vassal in his territory, Lockes sent him a letter.In that letter, in the most arrogant and disrespectful tone, Byron accused Byron of violating the principles of a monarch and his ministers, and that his ambition had meddled with the royal power, and he was really suicidal.The letter also clearly advised Byron to commit suicide and apologize immediately, lest the war poison the people, otherwise, the queen's anger would definitely smash Byron to pieces.

Byron still remembered very clearly that Lockes was one of the first people who came to congratulate him after he returned from Falcon City.In addition, he also loyally provided Byron with a batch of fine-bred war horses. Not only that, he even secretly sent someone not long ago to persuade Byron to take the initiative to become king in order to "improve the morale of the soldiers."At one point, Byron regretted that he did not have a legitimate daughter, so that he could not use a perfect marriage contract to win over this capable and loyal subordinate.

Although Falcon City was besieged, Byron still counted on the vassals to contain the Queen's forces on the periphery.But unexpectedly, the current "reliable" Lockes has already stood by the Queen's side.He obviously contributed a lot to the queen and provided a lot of help, so not only was he not punished, but he became a member of the queen's command.

Byron walked around the hall, all his subordinates bowed their heads and did not dare to make a sound, no one dared to bear Byron's anger at this moment.

Fortunately, although Byron was impulsive, he was easy to calm down quickly.When he returned to his seat, he had calmed down, except that his face was still ashen.

This is the first tile of the dominoes.No, it's even worse.Byron was not sure how many of his other subordinates had changed sides. Perhaps they had all bowed their heads to the little girl, but no one wrote a letter to Byron like Lockes.

But in any case, Lockes' defection most likely means that the little girl can carry out a long-term siege without any worries.Although Fonoros City has plenty of supplies, there will always be a day when they run out.