Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Hegsen's open challenge made Hassan Heron very angry, and he roared: "You don't know how to fight at all! Duel is the strength of Little Trident, and he just wants to use this method to humiliate us and damage our morale! That being the case, why should we follow his pace? Our army has an absolute advantage in quantity and quality, as long as we can steadily push the army to the Sands Castle, we will win! The bravery of the people cannot help you win the war, Hegson!"

Hegson stopped talking, and the atmosphere became very stiff. At this time, veteran Valto came up and said: "General, you don't need to open the door, but we must send someone out to fight. If we are so cowardly, then from now on our No warrior will dare to face Bone Kahn."

Hassan said, "Then what if we lose?"

"Hegson won't lose," he said in a deep voice, "he doesn't need to kill Little Trident, he can run back with some cheap money. Bone is huge, and his horse must be slow, but Haigson Sen is also known for his speed. I think he can give it a try."

Hassan Heron fell silent.At this moment, Kloin couldn't bear it any longer, and asked, "Why do we have to go to a duel? We have bows and crossbows, so it's over if we drive him away?"

Hegson shook his head, and said to the prime minister: "Knights are proud of duels, and shooting cold arrows is against tradition. If we do this, we will all look down on ourselves."

This damn tradition, Kroin thought to himself, when I led people to fight, I didn't have so much trouble.

At this time, Hassan Heron said to Hegson: "You can go, but unless you win, I will not open the door for you."

Hegson nodded and said, "I will definitely bring back the head of the little trident."

So Hegson rode out of the city alone, and the sound of war drums sounded in the camp.The knights of the north shouted to cheer him on.

On the other side, the King of the Baylands stood like a silent monolith, with his hands outstretched, and he said, "What are you doing? I'm here today without a weapon. I don't fight a duel."

Hegson drew his sword and said, "If you refuse this duel, we shall regard you as surrendering."

These words annoyed Bagu, he got off his horse and walked towards Hegson aggressively.

Hegson widened his eyes and said, "Stop!"

But the bone didn't stop, and continued to move forward.Hegson roared angrily and said, "You're looking for death!" He rode his horse and rushed towards Ba Gu.He stabbed Bagu in the chest with his sword, and the giant swayed to his left side, and then punched the horse on the head.

"boom!"

The sound was as if a huge boulder had been smashed into the pool, and the horse's head was sunken.The horse died on the spot, and the man who fell by Hegson was turned on his back.Cloin covered his mouth in fright, thinking to himself: No wonder Hassan Heron is afraid, this guy is simply not human.

"I just said he shouldn't be allowed to go down." Hassan Heron murmured, "Bagu's tactics are very simple. He wants to use his personal bravery to destroy our morale. We have already been fooled, and we shouldn't suffer any more." Same loss."

Kloin asked: "Then we really have nothing to do with him?"

"Maybe..." Hassan Heron pondered for a while, then shook his head, "No, no, no one is his opponent now. If we want to win, we have to avoid their edge."

Yes, avoid the sharp edge, but if you do so, the pride of the Great Knights will be crushed to pieces.The prime minister shook his head, thinking: This is terrible.

At this time Valto said: "Hegson may not necessarily lose, you see."

They looked there and saw Hegson and Bows start the second round of fighting.With a sword in his hand and quick movements, Hegson distanced himself and fought the enemy with fencing.But the giant was unarmed, making it difficult to get close.

Hegson is a first-class swordsman under Hassan Herren's command. He teased the little trident with his sword like a matador.The giant tried to catch him three times in a row, but he dodged all of them without any risk.Seeing this scene, the knights on the wall shouted excitedly.

At this time, Valto said: "I think the little trident really didn't bring any soldiers. Otherwise, seeing the king being teased like this, those soldiers would definitely make a move."

Hassan Heron shook his head and said, "He is smarter than we thought, and his wisdom is worthy of his strength."

At this moment, the little trident suddenly let out a roar.

"Bring your sword!" As he said that, Bagu actually grabbed the edge of the sword with his hand, and Hegson took advantage of the situation to chop off at his finger, but Bagu grabbed the sword.Cloin and the others were too far away to see what was happening, they could only hear Hegson's exclamation: "You—"

The next moment, Hegson's sword was broken by a bone, and then the giant punched the knight in the belly.Hegson let out a scream and fell to his knees.Cloin felt a chill all over his body, and thought to himself: He can kill a horse with a single punch, so is Hegson still dead now?

Valto exclaimed: "He's going to die!"

But Hassan Heron said: "Ba Gu saved his strength, otherwise Hegsen would be sent flying."

There was an exclamation on the city wall.Hegson struggled painfully on the ground, squatting beside him, and said, "What's your name? Warrior."

"You don't deserve to know my name!" Hegson got up from the ground and pulled out a dagger from his waist.He staggered towards Bugu, but the giant subdued him with two fingers - Bugu pinched his wrist, rubbed it lightly, and Hegson fell down in pain.

"You're still a man, I thought the northerners were cowards." Bagu sneered a few times, "You're a warrior, Hegson! I can't bear to kill you, so let's go!"

Hegson glanced back at the city wall and said, "I must kill you!" His right hand was dislocated, so he held the knife in his left.Ba Gu asked him, "They won't let you go back?"

Hegson was noncommittal.

Ba Gu laughed and said, "You are a great fighter! Following those guys is wronging you, you come to be my subordinate!"

Hegson laughed dumbfounded and said, "Are you crazy?"

"I'm serious," Bagu spread his arms, "come with me, warrior!"

Hegson gritted his teeth and stabbed at Bugu's chest with a knife.Then the giant roared:

"Your Majesty!"

The mountains and forests shook, the wind stopped and the water stopped; the beasts howled, and the frightened birds scattered.

Cloin's mind flickered on the city wall, and his heart suddenly contracted. He had never heard such a terrifying sound.At the same time, the camp became completely silent, and thousands of soldiers were too frightened by the roar to breathe out.

Hegson was the closest, and was immediately stunned. He took the knife in circles, shook it, and fell to the ground.Bagu laughed and carried him on his shoulders.

Until the figure of the giant disappeared into the forest, the people on the city wall were not relieved.It took a while before Hassan Heron roared, and then the doors of the camp were opened and the prisoners were let in.Kloin stood on the city wall, unable to calm down for a long time.

One wrong step, one wrong step, five

One wrong step, one wrong step, five

That night, the prime minister had a nightmare. He dreamed that Bugu Kahn turned into a flame demon and burned the entire northern border.By the time he got up, the sheets were already wet with sweat.

The next morning, Hassan Heron gathered the whole army to prepare for the next siege.However, even in Chloe's view, the morale of the army has collapsed.

Hassan Heron was born as a craftsman and became a knight at the age of 24.He is good at formulating tactics one by one, but he doesn't know how to boost morale, and he is too rigid and mean, and the soldiers don't like him.

They were good partners when the Grand Knight Commander Cantrun was still there. Cantrun Lastor was the spiritual leader of the knights, and Hassan Herron was in charge of formulating tactics. However, Cantrun was gone. Hassan Heron's shortcomings are fully exposed.

Fortunately, there was a good news from behind at dusk.Hassan Heron's adopted son, Silun, has repelled the enemy's harassment, and most of the siege engines have been preserved.Now these big guys are being shipped here, and they will arrive around tomorrow morning.In this way, they can attack Jinsha Castle the day after tomorrow.

So Hassan Heron asked everyone to recharge their batteries and prepare for the decisive battle the day after tomorrow.Kloin, on the other hand, delivered a speech in which he deliberately exaggerated Sloane's victory, hoping to boost morale.He talked for more than an hour, making his mouth dry and hoarse, but the effect was very mediocre.

For the knights, this battle is impossible. If they withdraw like this, this Eastern Expedition will be the biggest joke since the founding of the Northern Territory.Kloin felt that they had fallen into the trap step by step, from the first deceit, to the later duel, and now they had no choice but to attack the city... The prime minister's mood was very complicated. On the one hand, he had to obey the king's orders. On the other hand, he is afraid of the new king of the bay - if Hassan Heron is not an opponent, who else can stop him?

The next day, the siege engine arrived on time.Looking at the huge catapults, crash cars, and siege ladders that looked like a castle, Kloin felt a little relieved—no matter how powerful the little trident was, he was made of flesh and blood, and he couldn't stop an army by himself.

The day the army set out was clear and cloudless.The knights were as quiet as ever when they marched.

The army of the Great Knights is well-disciplined and well-trained. They are the best army in the world, Chloe thought to himself, but why would they become deserters that day?I really don't understand.

The next day, in front of Jinsha Castle, the battle flag was flying.

Hassan Heron's [-]-strong army assembled here. The infantry and knights formed a battle formation and stood under the city wall; Bought a lava cannon.

These things are Hassan Heron's capital—courage, fighting spirit, and spirit are things that cannot be seen or grasped, but the cannons and chariots are real.

The city wall of Jinsha Castle is more than ten meters high. Below the city wall is a moat wide enough for boats to walk on. The blue flag of the Gulf is flying above the city wall.There was a general from the bay area standing at the head of the city, surrounded by many soldiers.There are not only well-dressed royal guards of the bay, but also militiamen and laborers can occasionally be seen moving between the battlements.

Little Trident and the others must have mobilized the entire city, Chloe thought to himself, there are only so many soldiers that can be mobilized in the Gulf, which is incomparable to the northerners.With three times the population of the Gulflands and more wealth, the North might be able to gain some advantage in a one-on-one duel, but his skill would mean nothing in war.

After everything was ready, Kloin stepped forward to speak on behalf of the army.He rode out alone and stood in the open space between the two armies. He faced the guard on the city wall and said, "I am Chloe Tali, the Prime Minister of the Northern Territory and the Overseer of the Three Armies. Give an ultimatum!"

As he spoke, he took out the proclamation he had written last night from his arms, and read aloud: "Son of the Grand Duke of the Gulf, eldest son of the Kahn family, and heir of the Duke, Bagu Kahn! Your family was entrusted to the northern border. You swear an oath of blood to be a minister from generation to generation, and to be loyal forever. But you blasphemed the sacred will of your ancestors, trampled on the laws of the kingdom, and occupied Jinsha Castle as a thief! You persecuted the nobles of the empire, slaughtered the ministers of the Gulf, and oppressed the people with tyranny. Loyalty, three injustices, now all peoples cast aside you, the gods curse you! Our army is now ordered by the king of the northern border, Cade Heworth, to attack you, a traitor. If you open the city and surrender, the king is merciful and will forgive you Don't die; if you resist stubbornly, you and the rebels will be killed. My king is merciful, and those who surrender will not be killed! If there are warriors in the Gulf who can find their way back and kill this thief, the king will absolve you of your sins and reward you with land and gold. Today we are only here for Bagu Kahn, once he dies, the war will end. If blood flows into rivers today, it will be his sin alone."

This is the end of the proclamation, Kloin said righteous words, but the guards on the city wall are still as expressionless as sculptures.He waited for a few seconds, and then said to Hassan Heron, "General, the enemy has not responded, so prepare to attack the city."

Hassan Heron sneered, and said, "I don't want him to reply yet, I want to break the city myself, and then chop off the little trident's head." He waved his hand and roared, "Fire!"

Although he gave an order, the lava cannon roared, and a huge shell was fired from the barrel, smashing hard on the wall of Jinsha Castle.Kroin's heart tightened when he was shocked by the sound, and he thought to himself: What kind of magic did the underground people use to create this kind of thing?

Then the catapult was also in operation. Although Hassan Heron had the best knights, he valued these weapons of war more than soldiers.Generally speaking, he would blast the city wall for two or three days first, and then attack the city after the battlements were smashed to pieces and the moat was filled with rubble.

During this period, their army can rest well, while the enemy will suffer.Often after three days, the city can be easily won.

So they continued to bombard for two days. At the beginning, Hassan Heron was sad, but as the walls of the Sand Castle sank little by little, and as the water level of the moat became higher and higher, Hassan Helen's complexion gradually improved.In contrast, the people in the bay area are very passive.They seem to only stand and be beaten. Instead of fighting back, they just clean up the gravel and repair the city wall every day.

On the third day, Hassan Heron called the generals and said, "I think it's time for a general attack."

Chloe thought to himself: It is indeed time, the people in the Gulf may not be able to defend the city if they attack the city now.However, there was one thing that made him very strange: where did the little trident go?Why haven't you seen him?

At this moment, a black pigeon descended from the sky and landed in front of Chloe.Seeing the pigeon's black feathers, the prime minister suddenly had a very bad premonition.

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wrong step, wrong step, six

wrong step, wrong step, six

A few days ago, he just used pigeons to report on the military situation, and now the king wrote back.In the eyes of the prime minister, the black dove represented bad news, and he never picked any good news from the dove's leg.

He glanced at the letter and was immediately dumbfounded.

"General! We can't fight anymore!" he shouted to Hassan Heron.

Hassan Heron's eyes widened immediately, and he said, "What did you say? Mr. Prime Minister, you told me not to fight at this time?"

"It's not me telling you to stop fighting, but the king—what are you doing?"

Hassan Heron grabbed Cloin by the collar, stared and shouted: "Fuck the little king! I'm telling you, I'm going to attack the city, I'm going to take down the Golden Sand Castle, and—"

"Then our capital is gone, you idiot!" Kloin blushed and yelled at him, "The little trident broke through the Heavenly Father Pass, and now it's heading straight for Eagle Head City!"

Hassan Heron let him go, and the Vizier almost fell to the ground. "What did you say?" the military god of the northern border murmured, "You tell me again? He actually broke through the Tianfu Pass and killed Eagle Head City? There are five thousand defenders in the Tianfu Pass, with a strong bow Crossbows, and tall city walls; in such a short period of time, Bagu can charge up on light cavalry at most, what can he use to break through?"

"How do I know?" The prime minister smiled wryly, "I still want to ask you why he was able to bring [-] people to defeat you on the plain."

Hassan Heron's face turned red and then pale. He lingered on the spot and said to himself: "No, no, Bagu can't break through the Heavenly Father Pass. And even if he breaks through the Heavenly Father Pass, he will also break through the Heavenly Father Pass. Not to go down to Eagle Head City. Eagle Head City is stronger than Tianfu Pass, and there are [-] royal guards. Eagle Head City has never been lost since ancient times..."

Kloin said: "Then what if the capital is lost? If the capital is lost, then the king will be gone! If our majesty is captured alive, how will we fight this battle?"

Hassan Heron's brows were frowned together. He walked around with his hands behind his back, and the eyes of the deputy generals followed him.

"I don't think the capital will fall, absolutely not. We all know how strong Eagle Head City is..." He first said something to reassure himself, and then he looked for other reasons not to retreat, "We have already approached the city, Retreating at this time will greatly damage morale, and if we just retreat like this, how will the great knights gain a foothold in the future?"

Kloin was really annoyed at this moment, he shouted: "Hassan Heron! You are the king's servant, the general of the empire! The Grand Knight Council and the king, which is more important?"

"Of course it is..." He gritted his teeth, "It's the king that matters!"

"In this case, you must withdraw your troops and return to aid. This is the order of the king. As the prime minister of the empire, I warn you that if you persist in your obsession, it will be disrespectful."

"You pedantic idiots!" Hassan Heron smashed the wooden table with his fist angrily, "You, the little king, and the nobles! You are all complete idiots! Good! The knights will be ruined, who will fight for you in the future? I saved you this time, if the enemy invades again in the future, who will stand in the north? Is it the cunning Vulcan leader, or you, a half-destroyed old man? Or is it that the little king himself goes into battle to fight against Bone Kahn?"

The prime minister’s heart sank when Hassan Heron said these words, and he couldn’t help thinking: He’s right, there are not many people who can fight in the northern border—the old generals are withered, and the young and old are not picked up. If Hassan Heron and his big The knights will fall, so who will lead the army to fight in the future?Exlide?He is good at playing tricks, but can he fight?Who will he fight for?

Thinking of this, Kroin almost agreed with Hassan Heron's words, but the king's exhortation echoed in his ears again: Our internal worries are greater than external ones, and the person who threatens my throne is not the little trident, but Hassan Heron and Exlide.

what should I do?The prime minister has a splitting headache. Should I let Hassan Heron stay or tell him to go?The little king said that he would fight the little trident in Eagle Head City, but how could his words be trusted?Bugu is a demon, even Hassan Heron is no match, how can our little king survive in his hands?

He thought about it for a while, and finally decided to order Hassan Heron back to help.

If the battle is lost, you can fight again, but if the king is gone, it is all over.

The lieutenants all begged the prime minister, saying that they should wait at least three more days, and within three days the Golden Sand Castle would be destroyed.However, they couldn't wait for three days. The prime minister was worried that after three days, the king would be captured alive, and then the princesses would collectively conceive the little trident's child.

In this way, they gave up the close victory and chose to return to defend Eagle Head City.Kloin felt that this Eastern Expedition would be recorded in the annals of history and become an eternal joke.

The northerners made a round of the Gulf, but they didn't break a city, didn't win a battle, but lost a lot of soldiers, a general, and the Heavenly Father Pass.

If you march quickly, it will only take three days from Jinsha Castle to Eagle Head City.They are now on the road, and they can reach Eagle Head City in the fourth day at most.In order to hurry, Hassan Heron had to temporarily change his formation. He left the heavy weapons behind and led the mobile troops to the front.They traveled day and night, and arrived at Tianfu Pass at dawn the next day.

The rapid march of the past two days has made people exhausted. Even the elite soldiers of the Great Knights Club are all listless.But there is no way to do this, Chloe thought to himself, the king is more important than anything else.

However, when they approached the Heavenly Father Pass, everyone was dumbfounded.

The majestic Tianfuguan is already rotten, so rotten that it doesn't look like it.Mud and gravel were sent down the mountains to the east, destroying Tianfuguan, the city wall collapsed, and mud overflowed.

But what is even more surprising is that the troops from the Gulflands are waiting for them at the Heavenly Father Pass, and the ruined walls of the Heavenly Father Pass are also full of Gulflanders' crossbowmen.Seeing this scene, Kloin couldn't help saying: "Didn't they go to Eagle Head City? Why are there so many people in Heavenly Father's Gate?"

At the same time, Hassan Heron shouted: "Oops! We've been tricked!"

As soon as the words fell, the sound of war drums came from the north and the south, and two armies came from behind the hillside, one holding the banner of White Bird City, and the other holding the banner of Jinsha Castle.Hassan Heron's army was in chaos immediately, and Hassan Heron roared angrily to straighten out the formation.

At this time, the trumpet blared under the city wall of Heavenly Father Guan, and Bagu Kahn led the cavalry to fight out from it. He held up his warhammer and rushed towards Hassan Heron like a giant dragon.

Chloe felt that the blood all over his body was cold - the presence of bones here meant that they didn't go to Eagle Head City at all!This is the enemy's plan, they just want to trick us back, and then fight us!

The hasty march made the army exhausted. At this moment, the formation is in chaos and morale is defeated. How can we fight this battle?If you run away, where do you go?Sand Castle?

The prime minister only felt bitter in his mouth, and he closed his eyes.

It's over, it's all over now.