Sword Sorcery

Chapter 32 Absconding

"Master Viscount, can you open the 'secret passage' now?"

Aaron's calm and calm voice caused Viscount Steve's expression to change. He obviously hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a deep voice, "Aaron, how did you find out?"

Viscount Steve's words were tantamount to acknowledging the existence of the 'Secret Way' in disguise, and Aaron heaved a sigh of relief, with a relieved smile on his face, he said confidently: "It seems that I really didn't guess False fact, Lord Viscount, you are obviously not a stubborn idiot—in fact, you already guessed that Leo Castle would not be able to hold, right?"

Viscount Steve nodded silently, acknowledging Aaron's guess, and signaled Aaron to continue with his eyes, and Aaron did not live up to Viscount Steve's expectations, and expressed his guess in his heart with a smile:

"In my opinion, Lord Steve Leo was able to survive the Battle of Dawn and successfully passed the title of Viscount. He must not be a fool who is blindly confident in himself, because such a fool has long since died in the war. bingo."

"Looking at it this way, things will look very strange—the viscount is clearly not a blindly confident, conceited madman, why after hearing our report, he still showed a certain conviction that 'the castle can be held' firm attitude?"

"Even, you didn't show even the slightest worry about this matter, which made me doubt it."

Aaron pointed to his head, and continued with a smile: "Since Lord Viscount is not like a person with a brain problem, regarding your resolute performance, I think it is a 'fake show' deliberately performed for others to see-" —a personal attitude deliberately displayed in order to numb other people's thinking!"

"Actually, your heart has already become anxious and impatient. You must also secretly maintain an attitude of no doubt about the fact that Leo Castle will definitely fall. Therefore, in fact, you have done it well from the very beginning. Preparations for 'absconding' - looking for a way to escape under the siege of the enemy!"

Viscount Steve nodded slightly, with undisguised amazement in his eyes, but he deliberately retorted: "In that case, why should I continue to stay in the castle? According to your reasoning, I should have I took the opportunity to escape from the beginning, instead of dragging the army outside to attack the castle, and surrounded the entire Leo Castle, completely impenetrable."

"Because you need a moment."

Aaron smiled and stretched out his right hand to make a fist, opened his left hand to form a cloth, gently wrapped his left hand around his right hand, and explained calmly: "Our castle is a fist, and the combined army of enemy soldiers is a net. When my lord heard the news that all the villages outside had fallen, we were actually surrounded by the enemy——using the villages around the castle as encirclement points!"

"If Lord Viscount chooses to immediately arrange for a large number of carriages under his command to gather and flee, let alone the news that Lord Viscount is about to abandon the city and flee, it will definitely cause a riot among the common people-just bring a lot of property and family members The horse-drawn carriage team is definitely not moving fast, and it is easy to be spotted by the enemy troops based in the surrounding villages."

"Then, these enemy troops will be like bears smelling honey, frantically chasing Lord Viscount's carriage team, under the circumstance that the speed of the carriage is far slower than that of the cavalry - the team is very likely to be followed by the cavalry , became a fragrant prey that could not get rid of the enemy's pursuit, was gradually surrounded by a large number of enemy troops and could not break through, and was finally strangled by the enemy!"

"After all, Lord Viscount, you are not alone. You also have your own wives and concubines. You need to take your daughter and a large amount of wealth with you. It is impossible for you to escape the entire castle directly, because you cannot leave everything you have accumulated over the years!"

"So, Lord Viscount, you have chosen the most 'ruthless' and 'resolute' way—"

Aaron's tone began to become calm, but there was an undisguised sense of blood: "Since you want your family and wealth to leave the castle and the entire territory of the Kino Kingdom safely, then why don't you just leave Abandon the entire castle - as a 'sailant' to attract the attention of the enemy!"

"As long as Leo Castle maintains a state of 'resistance' and makes the civilians under your command think that you are really sticking to it, then the enemy will encounter quite strong obstacles when they attack. Therefore, this is different from you voluntarily giving up The territory easily changes hands because of the castle, and the enemy can still have the energy to track other fleeing convoys—under such circumstances, the enemy has absolutely no energy to worry about other things!"

"When the enemy is desperately attacking the castle, it will definitely gather most of the troops around the castle, resulting in basically few enemy soldiers stationed in other village strongholds. The encirclement net' has been reduced to a 'small circle'!"

When Aaron said this, his right fist, which was originally wrapped by his left hand, suddenly bent a finger, and stretched out through the fingers of his left hand. !

"So, you must have a secret passage leading to somewhere outside, at least a hidden place that can be outside the 'small circle' without being discovered by the enemy-in this way, you can leave the Leo Territory quietly, just pay attention Without passing around those villages, the enemy soldiers stationed here and there will definitely not be able to spot the carriage team."

"Even if the castle is breached by the coalition army, those enemy soldiers will definitely be busy enjoying the results of the victory - such as wantonly burning, killing, looting and looting in the castle, and have no time to care about the specific movements around the castle. The entire castle can hold each other for quite a long time."

Aaron shrugged his shoulders, with a clear smile on his face: "Therefore, you must have arranged the carriage secretly, and arranged most of the valuable property, important family members, and trustworthy servants. In the carriage, I was waiting for you to sneak out through the secret passage——I made this bold guess when I learned that you were gathering good horses under your command."

"Am I right? Lord Viscount?"

clap clap ~!

Viscount Steve looked at Aaron with complicated eyes, couldn't help clapping his hands and said: "You guessed right, Aaron, I really didn't expect that there are talents like you under my command, I really underestimated you before cough cough cough cough ~!"

After finishing speaking, Viscount Steve coughed a few times, a stream of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, but he didn't pay attention, waved his hand to signal Aaron not to help him, turned around and walked to a table, reached out and turned an oil lamp on it— —

clap clap
Accompanied by a mechanical sound, a stone door slid open from the wall, revealing the stairway behind it.

Seeing this situation, Viscount Steve showed a smug smile on his face, and greeted Aaron: "Let's go, I will show you the castle I have been running for eight years, and what it really looks like underground!"

(End of this chapter)