rune hunter

Chapter 363 Kingdom Guards

Twenty kilometers southward from Jianbao, passing through the mountain pass, and continuing to the south is the endless great plain. The ancestors of Auckland pioneered this place 1000 years ago. Relying on the fertile land of the southern Great Plains, they accumulated a strong capital enough to establish a country in just ten years.Therefore, most people have always regarded the southern plains as the root of the Auckland Kingdom.

However, what has been accumulated over the millennium is not only the background, but also the same rigid and corrupt power class.The southern aristocrats who followed the ancestors back then gradually degenerated while enjoying the glory and wealth. Today, it has become an unresolved chronic disease within the kingdom.

Compared with the elite soldiers on the northern border, the private soldiers of the southern aristocrats have hardly experienced real wars in these years. Maybe sometimes there will be disputes due to the uneven distribution of benefits, or when they fight for inheritance rights within the family. Hitting, but that's all.

Objectively speaking, except for Marquis Kemal who borders on the territory of Istaren, the private soldiers of other southern nobles have nothing that can be called combat power.

But those southern aristocrats who hadn't experienced war for generations didn't have an intuitive understanding of it.Some of them even firmly believe in the theory that money is power, and spend a lot of money to equip their troops with the most sophisticated weapons and equipment, thinking that this will create an invincible army.

The Kingdom Guard is one of the products created under this concept.

Romus, the third son of the Grand Duke of Menia, spent ten years of tax revenue from his fiefdom to create the strongest force specially for His Majesty the King.A large army of 500 people, including [-] knights, [-] royal light cavalry, and [-] armored shield guards, and the remaining places are sent by the southern nobles who are loyal to the royal family. , and its retinues and private soldiers, just connecting the emblems and flags of each family can cover the sky and block out the sun, full of visual impact.

It is said that after His Majesty the King inspected the army, Long Yan was very happy, and specially conferred Romus as Prince of Iron Guard and appointed him as the supreme commander of the army.

Now this army is stationed outside the mountain pass in the south of Sword Castle, where a temporary pass has been established with wood and stone.They declared that in accordance with the king's will, the plague must be kept out of the southern plains.

The Royal Guards really lived up to expectations. Now the bodies of refugees piled up under the pass. They strictly obeyed the order and would never let go of any northern untouchable who might carry the plague.

Romus looked like a very rational man from the outside, which was one of the most important reasons why he was able to command the army.Unlike the other noble children who hadn't gotten out of bed after three poles in the day, he had already finished his morning exercises and returned to his command post to start eating breakfast.

Roms is proud of his habit of insisting on morning exercises over the years. This is not his personal illusion, even the soldiers under his command are also proud of it.Compared with the other 90.00% of the southern nobles, he who has exercised a good figure and can persist, is definitely qualified to call himself the best military commander in the south.

Putting down the knife and fork and wiping the corners of his mouth with a napkin, Roms took a glance at the report in the hands of the adjutant, frowned slightly, and asked in a deep voice: "What happened at Sword Castle last night? Didn't you get in touch with the puppeteer?"

"Your Highness, according to your order, we have not sent any scouts to the north, so we know nothing about the situation in Sword Castle." The adjutant said with a bow, "Master Doll Master has not contacted us, it may be that there was an accident in the plan. .But under the control of that adult, there shouldn't be any unsolvable troubles."

In Istaren's army, if any adjutant dared to say words such as 'I don't know', 'Maybe', and 'Should' to his commander, his head would have been beheaded eight times.But this is the Royal Guards, and Roms is very satisfied with this. At least this new adjutant is not like his predecessor, who only has a **** in his mind except for corruption and bribery. do not understand.

"Continue to monitor the movement in the north, no matter what happens, our duty is to guard this line of defense." Roms said with a straight face.

"Our defense line has always been solid." The adjutant said: "But there was a small accident yesterday. Two young masters in charge of the rotation reported that they had discovered the enemy's situation. It is said that a cavalry unit appeared outside the pass in the evening and made a probe. Sexual provocation. The two young masters insisted on going to battle and annihilating the cavalry."

"Why?" Roms asked disapprovingly.The person who can be called the young master by the adjutant is only the children of the southern aristocrats who have been placed in through connections.These bastards are all greedy for life, afraid of death, and cruel. They usually lead people to kill refugees, but if they really meet the troops in the north, can they have the courage?

"I heard that the commander of that cavalry is a little beauty..." the adjutant hesitated for a moment, and whispered in Romus' ear.

"I knew it...Tell those two bastards later that if they dare to take a step away from the pass, they will be included in the list of plague-infected people." There is no cavalry, maybe it is a regular army who escaped from a province further north. It is even more difficult to deal with if the leader is a woman. Women who can lead troops are more dangerous than men these days."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud noise from the pass ahead.Roms' complexion changed, and he said in a deep voice, "Go out and see what's going on? If it's another mess made by those bastards, don't blame me for being ungrateful."

Suddenly, warning horns sounded throughout the camp.

On the temporary pass at the mountain pass, two noble youths in gorgeous clothes were lying on the head of the city. Even though the stench from the corpses outside the city made them cry through the masks, these two guys refused to retreat and watched eagerly. to the other side of the valley.

"I just said she won't come today." One of the noble youths couldn't help but say.

"She will definitely come today. Apart from this mountain road, there is no other way to go south near here. She has no choice." Another noble youth said with a smile: "When that little beauty comes over, I must report Put my name on it, if her beautiful little head is a little smarter, she should kneel before me and beg for my protection."

"You are crazy about women. You have been in the military camp for a month, and you can see a sow as a beauty."

"Don't say you don't have the intention, His Royal Highness doesn't allow us to go to Jianbao to have fun, isn't it true that the little girl who came to the door won't allow us to touch? Let me tell you, I'm going to make a deal for this little beauty. If you snatch me , neither of us brothers have to do it."

"Do we brothers still need to be so clear? How about this, you owe me a favor and let me do the second shot..."

"It's a deal..."

The two guys with wretched smiles had just settled the deal when they heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and their faces couldn't help showing joy.I didn't expect such a good thing to drop a beautiful woman from the sky. Just thinking about it makes people's hearts flutter.

However, it sounds like the sound of horseshoes is a little bit more?
The aristocratic young man who clamored that his brother had nothing to do didn't think much at all. He couldn't wait to tear off the mask on his face, poked his head out and shouted loudly: "Beauty! Where are you..."

A foul stench blowing downwind poured into his throat, making him turn purple all of a sudden.But at this moment, the noble young man could no longer care about his nausea, and the joy on his face had turned into horror.

A flying arrow pierced through the fog, pierced his head along his eye sockets, and brought out red and white brains. The noble youth fell on his back.His bad friend didn't realize what happened, so he turned his head and smiled and said, "What's wrong? Do your legs go weak when you see a beautiful woman?"

The moment he turned his head, the screams of the soldiers on the pass suddenly came from his ears, and then he felt that the sky behind him suddenly darkened.

A dense rain of arrows fell from the sky, knocking down the defenders standing guard on the pass. Immediately afterwards, groups of knights in black emerged from the mist at the other end of the valley, sweeping down the city like dark clouds.

The three-meter-high city wall was enough to withstand the impact of the refugees, but it was like walking on the ground to the black knight.They jumped up from their horses and clasped the cracks in the city wall, leaped upwards, and rushed to the top of the city with ease.The colorful gem light bloomed everywhere on the city wall, and instantly the flesh and blood flew across to clear a large open space.

"Enemy attack!"

The massacre in broad daylight lasted for a full three minutes before a fish that slipped through the net desperately sounded the alarm.After another long time, it seemed that the sentry at the rear had finally confirmed the fact of the enemy attack, and then they sounded the horn in a panic.At this time, the unilateral killing on the city wall had ended.

This made the black knight, who was fully on guard against the opponent's counterattack, suddenly feel a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Actually, we should have just rushed in last night." A black-clothed knight looked at the empty position in front of him and couldn't help but said.

With a loud bang, the temporarily built city gate was kicked into pieces. Pallanti led a brigade of cavalry to file in from the outside, and couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw the deserted scene inside the city wall.

Pallanti subconsciously glanced back at the colorful flags on the city wall, and asked the black knight near her, "Where is the enemy?"

"Maybe still... sleeping?" The black knight looked at the huge military camp 500 meters south of the city wall, and replied with some uncertainty.

He saw a group of white fat men with bare buttocks rushing out of the camp, screaming and fleeing to the distant wheat field.The picture was so beautiful that it made him hate his natural dog eyes for the first time in his life.

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