MTL - Heroes of Silver Moon-Chapter 703 :trap

"Your Excellency, Commander, this is a letter from the capital." Mikil, wearing the colonel's epaulettes, handed a letter to Graton.

After the Sissoko family handed over the territory, as an example of obeying the king's will, he also rose step by step in the new army, and now serves as the staff officer of the general headquarters.

Gratton opened the letter, glanced at it, and then said: "It seems that we have to speed up."

Bulder took the letter from Gratton, and said with emotion: "Has the Rosen family been dealt with? As expected of the Legion Commander himself, the speed is fast!"

Walking out of the tent, the castle of the Hood family came into view, as well as the 100,000 troops guarding the castle.

The strength of the northern lords is much stronger than that of the southern lords. Compared with the army gathered by the Rosen family, the lord's private army gathered by the Hood family as the core is smaller in number, but a considerable part of them are real soldiers.

Although it is still inferior to the new army in terms of quality, it is not something that can be won in a short while.

Graton turned to look at the two: "Your Majesty the King asked us to try our best to persuade us to surrender. What do you think about this?"

Boulder spread his hands helplessly, and sighed: "It's impossible, the Silvermoon Kingdom has a total of less than four million people, of which the elderly, women and children are excluded, and there are only about one million young and strong.

Seven years ago, in the Battle Beyond the Fortress, the Battle of Buluo Fortress, the Battle of Yelin River, the Sea War, and the Patriotic War a while ago, we have lost 400,000 people in scattered battles.

Although he has retired over time and has added some young and middle-aged men in recent years, he has only recovered to less than 800,000 at most.

This time the lord rebelled on a large scale, recruiting a total of no less than 300,000 people. If they are all killed, then the Silver Moon Kingdom will really have no men! "

After several battles, the number of young and middle-aged men in the Silver Moon Kingdom has dropped sharply, and Harris is still forming an alternate army and recruiting a large number of young and middle-aged men to join the army.

In this civil war, regardless of the king's army or the lord's army, every death in battle will weaken the national power of the Silver Moon Kingdom.

If the lord's private army is forcibly defeated, the number of young and middle-aged people in the Silver Moon Kingdom may drop to less than 500,000, which is not enough to support the entire social framework.

It is precisely because of this that Simon will formulate a strategic policy based on persuading surrender.

Mikil also said: "And the battles these days have made Marquis Hood realize the gap in combat power with us, and it seems that it is not impossible to persuade him to surrender."

Although there are only more than 30,000 people on their side, the backbone officers of the First Army are either veterans from the New French Territory, or have experienced the baptism of brutal battles. Their morale, discipline, command, weapons, and even logistics are all crushed. Lord's private army.

The lord's private army, headed by the Hood family, was arrogant for a few days at the beginning, and then they were beaten behind closed doors.

Now the 100,000-strong army is full of frustration from top to bottom, with no morale at all. It is indeed the best time to persuade them to surrender.

Graton nodded: "I think so too, but now that the rebels stay behind closed doors, we will be attacked as soon as we get close, and we can't do anything even if we want to persuade them to surrender."

Burd smiled mysteriously: "No, no, don't forget, that old fox, Marquis Hood, married his granddaughter to me, so he won't be able to kill even his grandson-in-law!"

Mikil's face was a bit weird. After Simon became king, many nobles tied all the king's confidants to their warships by marrying their daughters and granddaughters.

In the past, this kind of family marriage was an important measure to protect the interests of the nobles, and it was also the main reason why the power of the nobles was intertwined and affected the whole body.

But these lords may never have imagined in their dreams that this kind of in-law relationship is the key to the king's ability to quickly quell the rebellion.

The impermanence of fate is fully reflected at this moment.

Seeing Bulder volunteering for the job, Gratton was silent for a moment, and said: "Nobles only care about profit, not affection, even if you are the grandson-in-law of Marquis Hood, you may not be safe, so you must be careful, at least take your Guards go!"

Mikil was a little silent, lowered his head and lifted his collar. This kind of mission to go deep into the enemy camp would be ambushed and killed by the rebels if he was not careful. It was indeed very dangerous.

Burd laughed, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Marquis Hood is still an old fox, and he is the best at protecting himself. In the current situation, even if you kill me, it won't help, but it will completely anger Simon. How could he do this?" A loss-making business!"

Although he said so verbally, just in case, he still obeyed Graton's words and decided to lead the guards to persuade him to surrender.

In front of the city gate, the identity was communicated, and the guards quickly opened the gate after reporting layer by layer.

In the castle hall, Boulder saw the majestic Marquis Hood, as well as a group of northern lords and their retainers, while the guard platoon was stopped at the door by guards.

Regarding this, he just smiled sarcastically and asked the guards to wait at the door. After all, the nobles who are full of intrigues always care about their own safety.

Anyway, it was only a few steps away, and if a conflict broke out, the thirty or so guards would not be of much use.

Pulling away the chair at the end of the long table and sitting down, Bulder looked at Marquis Hood calmly: "My dear Marquis, it's been a long time since I last saw you, are you clearer now?"

Some of the grumpy retainers immediately glared at him angrily: "You bastard, how dare you be so rude to Lord Marquis!"

With a gloomy face, Marquis Hood waved his hand to stop the next move of the retainers: "I am your elder after all, and the king's important ministers, are they all so uneducated?"

Boulder laughed loudly: "Hahaha, you rebellious minister who rebelled against the king, you still have the face to raise my education?"

The retainers of the Hood family were furious, but Marquis Hood still firmly stopped them: "It is His Majesty the King who wants to abolish the lordship system, and we are just defending our own legitimate rights and interests."

Boulder picked his nails: "Then what? Your army doesn't even dare to fight, how can His Majesty the King hear your voice?"

The lords in the hall immediately whispered to each other after hearing these words, and Marquis Hood was also full of bitterness. None of them thought that their army would be so vulnerable.

Although they have asked the empire to intervene in sanctions, if this continues, the empire may not be able to react when they are all dead.

Even if the empire will intervene later, what's the point to a group of dead people?

Marquis Hood quickly adjusted his mentality, and said blankly: "I don't think you came here this time to just mock us, did you?"

Burd smiled and looked around at the lords: "I think all of you adults are very clear that if we get serious, we can defeat you within a day, but for the sake of this country, His Majesty the King has decided to give you a chance, as long as you surrender now, How about letting go of the past when you started the rebellion?"

"Really?" All the lords showed joy and began to discuss, even Marquis Hood was a little moved.

As long as the green hills are still there, there is no fear of running out of firewood. As long as people like them are still alive, why not hand over the territory and the army at this moment.

Anyway, the facts have proved that for the king, their army is actually not very useful, it is better to live and wait for the empire to intervene in sanctions.

I believe that as long as the empire denounces them, even if the king doesn't want to, they have to obediently return their territory.

Thinking about it this way, surrendering is actually pretty good, but I don’t know if the king’s words really count...

"Oh? Is it true that we don't blame us for our rebellious behavior?" A figure entered the hall and asked the question that the lords most wanted to ask.

Again, people who live in conspiracies and tricks all day long will speculate on everything and anyone with malice.

For these lords, such things as treachery have been seen too much, and the king's guarantee does not reassure them.

Boulder turned his head to look at the person coming, his eyes narrowed immediately: "It's you!"

He hadn't seen this person for a long time since the second year of his college days, he didn't expect to meet him today, and he was just as annoying.

With a warm smirk on Lauren's face, he narrowed his eyes and said, "Why, surprised?"

Marquis Hood's expression was solemn, and he had a bad premonition in his heart. Looking at his eldest grandson, he reprimanded: "What are you doing here? We are talking about business, why don't you hurry out!"

Since he suffered a big loss from Simon and others, the temperament of this eldest grandson has changed a lot, and even he can't see through it at all.

If it weren't for the fact that the other juniors of the Hood family were a bunch of trash, he might have abolished the status of the heir of the eldest grandson family.

Lauren looked at Marquis Hood, the gentle smile on his face made everyone feel awkward, like a poisonous snake smiling at you, he said, "Grandpa, you seem to be really old!"

The bad feeling in Marquis Hood's heart became more and more intense, he stood up abruptly and stared at him: "Get out!"

But in the next second, the retainer who had just defended Marquis Hood pushed him back to his seat: "Master Marquis, you are indeed old!"

Marquis Hood was startled, and looked at these retainers in disbelief, when were they bought off?

Lauren smiled slightly, and turned to look at the lords present: "My lords, there is actually a very simple way to verify whether the king's promise is true."

Some lords were very interested in this proposal, as if they had rehearsed in advance and said, "Oh, let's hear it."

Lauren smiled and looked at Boulder: "Since His Majesty the King said that he will forgive all our actions during the rebellion, even if Lord Boulder dies here, he will not be angry, right?"

A great panic surged in Boulder's heart, he slapped the table angrily and was about to stand up: "You bastard!"

But there were two retainers of the Hood family who did not know when they had come behind him, and two long swords pierced him from behind in an instant.

Seeing this, the guard platoon outside the door immediately unloaded the rifles on their shoulders, ready to rush in for rescue.

But the crossbowmen who had been ambushing around for a long time shot crossbow arrows, and the soldiers in the guard platoon fell down one after another. Their eyes widened unwillingly, and blood flowed all over the ground.

"Cough!" Burd put his hands on the table, coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his consciousness gradually became blurred. He stared at Roland: "Simon will not let you go!"

Lauren walked up to him, pushed him lightly, and made him fall to the ground: "Don't bother yourself, Lord Boulder!"

At this time, most of the lords who didn't know what happened reacted, and they all said in horror: "My God, what have you done! This will completely anger the king!"

Lauren smiled: "But things have already happened. Everyone here is responsible for the death of Mr. Boulder here. Do you still think that His Majesty the King will be very lenient and let you go!"

The expressions on the faces of the lords were uncertain. As Roren said, Bulder died here. It was impossible for them to cast aside their responsibilities, and they could only go one way to the dark.

Looking at Burd's body, Marquis Hood's face was so ugly that he was about to die: "What do you want to do?"

Lauren turned to look at Marquis Hood: "Grandpa, you are already old. From today onwards, I will be in charge of the Hood family!"

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Kakaka, the gate of the castle opened, and under the leadership of Lauren, a group of lords came out~www.novelbuddy.com~ The soldiers of the new legion took over the castle and the lord's private army.

Looking at Lauren, the leader, Gratton frowned: "Where's Marquis Hood?"

Lauren smiled gently: "Grandfather is not feeling well, and he is recuperating in his room now."

Graton glanced at these people, but he didn't see Bulder's figure. He suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, squinted his eyes and said coldly, "Then where is my deputy commander?"

Lauren smiled meaningfully: "You mean Mr. Burd...I'm so sorry, some of our Hood family's retainers launched a rebellion, and unfortunately he was murdered! However, the retainers involved have been arrested. If I execute him to death, it can be regarded as revenge for Mr. Boulder."

After speaking, a retainer held up a wooden box, and when he opened it was Bulder's pale head.

Graton's pupils shrank in an instant, like a lion whose fur had exploded, and slowly looked at Lauren: "Bastard! I'll kill you!"

Seeing that Graton was about to draw his gun, Mikkel immediately stepped forward and hugged him tightly: "Calm down! Calm down! Killing them now will make the lord's private army that has surrendered rebel again!"

Lauren still had that gentle smirk on his face: "Hey, I remember that His Majesty the King said that he would pardon us for our crimes of rebellion? Could it be that he wants to break his word?"

Graton trembled angrily: "Asshole! Asshole! I must kill you today!"

Seeing that Graton was still sober and agitated, Mikkel called soldiers and forcibly dragged him away, then looked at Lauren expressionlessly: "You made an extremely wrong decision, which will destroy the entire Hood family of!"

Lauren walked to the side of the Cisco Patriarch, and whispered: "That's none of my business! Go back and tell our dear His Majesty the King that he won thirteen years ago, but this time, it may not be certain!"