Blood Dragon

Section 39 Sudden Change

"Ashurfat is actually not dead. Tch, there are really lucky people in this world..." A sarcastic smile appeared on Luke's slightly pale face even under the firelight. "Could it be that fate is against me, even if there is a 90.00% success rate, it will always let me meet that one percent?"

"My lord!" said a man beside him. "Then your plan..."

"Well, the first plan failed completely. Ashurfat came back intact, so even if Leo drank the bottle of wine and died of poisoning, it doesn't make any sense to me. According to the second plan Come. We don't have time, so do it tonight!"

At this time in the big tent, Leo had already recapped the bottle.

"It's hard for even the king to drink wine that's been more than 100 years old!" Leo picked up the glass and carefully admired the color of the liquid.This kind of thing is not something that can be obtained by having wealth or power.It's too luxurious to drink this kind of thing in one gulp, it's best to savor it slowly in small sips.

Ashurfat also stared at the cup.After many years of cellaring, this wine is no longer golden, but its color has become deeper, becoming an amber liquid without any blemishes.A strong aroma emanates from the wine.If William Daly was still alive, he would probably be so excited that his eyes would pop out.

"Master, I found bad ingredients..." Carrie said suddenly in her mind.

"William Daly, if you are still by our side, how happy you would be." Leo murmured with a sad smile on his lips.He continued to stare at the glass of liquid for a few seconds before trying to bring the glass to his lips.

A hand stopped him.Before Leo could react, Ashuruffalt had already snatched the cup.

"The wine is poisoned." Ashuruffat said in a low voice.

"Poison?" Leo asked suspiciously.It's almost impossible.The bottle was intact, and the cap was opened by him, so how could it be poisoned?Unless it was more than 100 years ago, the wine had been poisoned when it was sealed.

Ashuruffat snatched the bottle and carefully observed it on the cork.

"Look at this, it's a needle mark. Someone pierced the cork bottle cap with a thin hollow needle, and then added poison into it." Ashuruffat explained to Leo. "Who gave you this wine?"

"A knight...he said he captured it in the enemy's camp before..."

"I'm afraid our army has mixed in some... Paro spies." Aishuruffat analyzed.If what Leo said is correct, there are not only some mercenaries and militia pretending to be fake knights mixed in among the current coalition forces, but also some Paro spies.

"I'll take the guards to arrest that person immediately!" Li Oten stood up.

"No." Ashuruffat stopped Leo. "That spy has probably escaped. If we arrest people with such a big fanfare, it will attract unnecessary attention from other knights and make people suspicious."

"What should I do?"

"I'll immediately strengthen the camp's defenses and strictly prohibit the soldiers from leaving. You should go and inspect the camp immediately. The key point is to see if the spy has escaped. If he escapes, we will pretend nothing happened. The general attack will be tomorrow, today It's best not to let anything happen at night."

Leo thought about it.If the spy is not caught, but the knights are suspicious and mistrust each other, it will be a big loss.At this critical moment, it is better to conceal the truth.

Facts have proved that Aishuruffat's estimation is not superfluous.The knight had disappeared, and it was impossible to ask other people. The only thing that was certain was that the spy left after setting up camp.

After a period of time, the two met again in the big tent.You don't need to talk, just see the other person's expression to know the result.

"Our camp setting today is relatively simple, that guy should have left before the camp was completed." Ashuruffat said.

While speaking, Ashuruffat heard a commotion outside.It was a loud noise, and generally speaking, this kind of noise would not appear in the barracks.

The two looked at each other and rushed out of the big tent immediately.The voice came from Thomas' tent.

Something big had happened there, hundreds... no, hundreds of knights gathered around Thomas' tent.It must be noted that in order to protect Thomas's safety (and to cover up his injuries), Thomas's tent is du li, and is protected by a small group of loyal and reliable militia led by the prophetess Faile.At this moment, Mayfair was standing in front of the knights.

"We want to see General Thomas!" someone shouted, and then many voices echoed.

"General Thomas is in poor health and cannot see you!" Mayfair repeated again.Although the knights were all emotional, none of them dared to attack Mayfair.After all, she was a prophetess, the messenger of the god of nature.

Ashurfat and Leo arrived in time and stood in front of Mayfair, looking at the group of knights in front of them.All these knights were Cassillas, and none of St. Jean's knights were mixed.In fact, there are very few Saint-Jeans in the coalition army. Even including knights, militia and archers, there are less than 500 people.

Seeing the appearance of Ashurfat and Leo, the momentum of these knights dropped a little.

"What are you going to do?" Ashuruffat asked loudly, and at the same time swept the faces of each knight with eagle-like eyes. For a moment, the knights looked at each other, and no one came forward.

"We heard rumors," finally, a gray-haired, rather old knight stood up. "Princess Irina has formed a court with St. Jean, and all the ministers are from St. Jean! We just want to prove this to Lord Thomas!"

"I don't need Mr. Thomas, I can confirm this. It is indeed true!" Ash Rufat replied loudly.As soon as he finished speaking, he found Leo trying to wink at him, but it was too late.

Ashuruffat's words were like a barrel of gunpowder falling on the crowd, causing a commotion in an instant.The knights exchanged glances with each other, and discussed with each other in the Casilos dialect.

"Wait a minute, everyone!" Leo shouted desperately. "This is not the princess' intention! At that time, things were in a hurry, and the traffic was cut off by the Paro people..."

"Let's go! We don't need to continue to follow the princess of St. Jean!" Someone shouted, "Cassilos' lineage hasn't been cut off yet!"

The knights dispersed in a rush, each went back to pack their luggage, and summoned the original entourage to leave.

"Ashrufat, now..." Leo stomped his feet impatiently. "They're all leaving!"

"Why is this happening?" Ashuruffat couldn't recover for a while.

"You know too little about the past." Leo replied, "It's really over now!"

"tell me why?"

"The Cassillas are to blame!" Leo replied. "In the past, His Majesty Langier entrusted the administration of the country to his son-in-law, King Cassilos. But that one only had Cassilos in his eyes, and there was no place for Saint-Jeans in his court at all...so you know... …the St. Jeans are not willing to fight for that one. The knights are only willing to defend their own territory and refuse to take the initiative. Otherwise, how can a mere 1 greyhounds have a chance to penetrate into St. Jean? Until we rush The knights of St. Jean were willing to join the war by leaving the mountains and telling the news of His Majesty Ranger's return. So the people of Cassilos knew that the princess's court had been established, and now they were afraid of receiving the same treatment... In short, these bad things, Do you understand it?"

"I'm going to chase the knights back now!" Ashuruffat said. "Can't let them go!"

"It's useless. If we do this, it will only cause us to have a civil war immediately and suffer even greater losses!" Leo tried to stop Aishuruffat. "Those knights are no longer willing to fight for us, so let them go."

"Don't worry, I won't use force. I'll try my best to persuade you." Ashuruffat threw aside the sword on his body, as if he didn't know what he would do with it.

It took a while before the commotion in the barracks subsided.The coalition forces, which originally had a total strength of 3 troops, suddenly shrank severely. More than 3000 knights and twice that number of militia departed.

"Tomorrow... I'm afraid we won't be able to carry out the siege." Leo sat at the table, looked at Ashurfat who buried his face in his palm, and said with a wry smile. "Which guy is spreading this kind of news in the barracks to stir up the hearts of the soldiers? General Thomas..." He mentioned the name in a low voice, his voice was full of unwillingness and anger.

"No..." Ashurfat said suddenly, he stared at Leo with an indescribable determination on his face.

"Tomorrow's siege...everything is going according to plan."

"But we have no troops. Knights... now we only have [-] knights! Unless you can turn the militiamen into knights, our combat power will not be able to capture this castle!"

"Then we'll turn the militia into knights!"

"You want..." A terrible thought came to Leo's mind. "You wouldn't...want to use the canonization power granted to Thomas by Her Majesty the Princess...Although Thomas' seal is in our hands...but..."

"Leo, how many captured armors are there in our logistics baggage?" Ashuruffat asked, he smiled at the other party, and the tent immediately became cold as if it was about to form a layer of frost.

In previous battles, they captured a lot of spoils.According to the customs of war, small things like coins naturally belong to the person who found them from the corpse. Militiamen and archers are allowed to keep one or two weapons as trophies, and if conditions permit, they can also give away their skins. Armor was replaced with new ones, even chain mail.But large and expensive trophies such as horses, vehicles, and armor must be confiscated.This is actually an inevitable choice. It is common for armor to be damaged and horses to die in battle. At this time, such materials must be used to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army.

"We have seven or eight thousand sets of knight armor. But Ashurfat, let me remind you that a person cannot be considered a knight by putting on one piece of armor. Courage, fighting skills and honor are also needed." Leo worked hard struggling. "And if you do this, then you...will be hated by all knights. Knights will not allow those low bloodlines to tarnish their honor. Even Thomas, under perfectly legal circumstances, canonized mere two The militia was attacked by many people!"