infodatos Chapter 271: The Great Defeat That Shook the Royal City!
Chapter 271: The Great Defeat That Shook the Royal City!
Chapter 271: The Great Defeat That Shook the Royal City!
"Lord Gade, are we just going to follow the Second Prince like this? Duke Rickman has already set off with his men to suppress those group of mine slaves. It's estimated that they will soon triumph."
A knight, several kilometers away from the battlefield, couldn't help but inquire when observing his lord, the Count, moving at a leisurely pace.
Conquering those rebellious mine slaves would be a significant achievement handed to them on a silver platter. Are they really going to concede?
"What can we do? We have only this handful of men. Can we really overpower them?" Count Gade sighed helplessly.
The Second Prince had only given him fifteen hundred men. With this number, they couldn't accomplish anything. He didn't even dare to get too close to the battlefield, fearing that the Duke might suddenly turn their way, wipe out their thousand men, and then blame the mine slaves for it.
Don't think this isn't possible. In matters concerning the throne, if there's a chance to eliminate opposition, they wouldn't hesitate!
Gade sighed deeply. He couldn't fathom what game the Second Prince was playing. Even outside the royal city, Hatar had assigned him an utterly absurd task...
Suddenly, everyone present felt a violent tremor beneath them. Soon after, intense gunfire erupted from a distance, audible even across several kilometers.
"Is the battle really this intense?" Gade was surprised. He then thought it might be the bishops using some powerful divine magic, and the outcome would likely be decided soon.
Just as Gade thought, a dense crowd emerged on the horizon in the far wilderness.
These must be the defeated mine slaves, right?
Thinking this, Gade drew his longsword from his waist. The knights and guards beside him also tightened their grip on their weapons, excitement written on their faces.
Unexpectedly, Duke Rickman had brought so many elites, yet they still couldn't completely wipe out those mine slaves.Nnêw n0vel chapters are published at novelhall.com
But for them, it was a stroke of luck. Beheading a few mine slaves and bringing their heads back would justify their expedition and satisfy the higher-ups!
"Wait, that seems to be the Duke's army..." an observant soldier suddenly noticed something amiss.
Gade paused, then noticed that among this fleeing group, some were still wearing armor with the kingdom's emblem... These couldn't possibly be mine slaves!
"Attack, kill them!" Count Gade raised his bloodied sword, pointing at the soldiers in uneven armor behind Selen, shouting loudly.
Those who had accompanied Gade to scout were his and Prince Hatar's private soldiers. They would execute even the most absurd orders without hesitation.
After a brief moment of confusion, a massacre began!
The soldiers who had been fleeing alongside Selen never anticipated that, having just escaped that hellish battlefield, they would once again face betrayal from their own kind.
Moreover, they had already discarded their heavy weapons in their desperate attempt to flee, rendering them defenseless. Fleeing was futile; even their fastest running couldn't match the speed of crossbows...
Gade wielded his longsword, harvesting one soldier after another. This was the secret order given to him by Prince Hatar: to leave these people here as much as possible, weakening the Church's and Prince Harold's forces.
Previously, he had thought it was pure fantasy - how could those mine slaves, with no strength or ability, contend against the kingdom's regular army, let alone stir up any commotion?
But now, reality showed him it was not just a commotion, but an avalanche!
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After artillery fire, muskets, fire rain, and Gade's slaughter, finally, out of the fifteen thousand elite troops Rickman took to suppress the mine slaves, only twenty-odd cavalry, escorting Grand Bishop Nord, hurriedly fled back to the royal city...
Simultaneously, news of the massive defeat quickly spread throughout the entire royal city!
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