Duke Otto stared at the two serfs in front of him with his bull's eyes.
In addition to the enemy in front of him, there were two serfs standing behind him on his left and right. Each serf held a weapon taken from the soldier and approached him step by step.
In other words, he was surrounded.
The news of Ella's attack on the city came, and he rushed to the city wall anxiously, but before he could reach the city wall, the two guards behind him fell one after another. Six serfs jumped out from the corner and surrounded him.
"You all put down your weapons!" He shouted commandingly at the serfs. "Rebellion will be fruitless! If I die here today, you will soon be killed by the Alemannic Federation's army. Suppress it!"
One of the serfs was enraged.
"Otto, give me back my land and my daughter!"
He raised the knife high above his head, left his companions and rushed towards Otto alone. Duke Otto sneered, swung the knife in his hand upwards, and knocked down the serf's knife with a "cang" sound. He took advantage of the situation and wiped open the serf's neck with his knife.
Seeing this, the remaining people couldn't help but take a few steps back. Duke Otto seized the opportunity and took a few steps towards the gap left by the dead serf. Then he turned sharply and faced the remaining people head-on. All five.
"Are you worthy of holding a sword?" Otto mocked the serfs wantonly, "Come on, who's next?"
The few remaining people looked at each other in confusion, and it took a while before they finally plucked up the courage to rush towards Duke Otto. But Duke Otto shouted loudly, immediately frightening the four people to stop. The remaining man's head was split open by Duke Otto in one move.
The serfs were so frightened that they threw away their weapons and ran away. But not long after, they heard screams one after another. Three soldiers carried the heads of several serfs and ran towards Duke Otto.
"No, sir!" When those soldiers saw Duke Otto from a distance, they threw their heads in their hands and shouted, "Someone opened the east gate and let in the soldiers from the Pirate Kingdom!"
"What?"
"The serfs we took into the city have turned against us! They are cooperating with the pirate kingdom to attack our defenders!"
"What???"
"We...we can't hold it anymore!!!!"
"What!!!!!!!"
Duke Otto never dreamed that Oldenburg would fall so quickly. He stared at the three heads on the ground. The more he looked at them, the angrier he became. He flew up with his big foot and kicked one of the heads out.
"Follow me to break out!"
Cries of murder came from all directions, and Duke Otto encountered obstacles left and right in the city. Fortunately, the enemy's strength was not enough to surround the entire Oldenburg. Duke Otto climbed to a secluded high platform, threw a rope from the window, and climbed down the city wall along the rope.
Just when he was halfway up, several pirates noticed his movements and ran towards the bottom of the rope. Duke Otto could no longer care about his own safety. He let go of his hand and quickly slipped off the rope before the pirates arrived. His hand became dripping with blood.
Duke Otto ignored his injuries and threw down all the things he could throw away, leaving only a knife, and then hurriedly fled away.
He ran all night, until a glimmer of dawn appeared in the eastern sky, and then he found a stone to rest for a while.
"Triumph... I don't understand, what do you want to do? If you planned to occupy Anglia from the beginning, why did you spend so much time signing an armistice agreement? If it wasn't to occupy Anglia, you did this What’s the benefit?”
A group of people came from a distance, and he hurriedly hid behind a stone. But after seeing the flag clearly, he was so happy that he jumped out of the stone and shouted: "Here! I am here!"
It was the reinforcements that came from Duke Otto's capital. They numbered a thousand people and carried Duke Otto's most proud weapon-a cart. With such a force, Duke Otto can return to his capital safely and then organize his forces for a counterattack.
However, when the leader saw Duke Otto from a distance, he rushed over and burst into tears.
"Duke Otto... our capital... has been captured!"
"What did you say??"
Duke Otto seemed to have fallen from heaven to hell all of a sudden. He asked tremblingly: "Who did it?"
"It's those serfs! Not long after my subordinates led the soldiers out of the city, they took advantage of the situation and surrounded Mindeng! My subordinates were worried about the safety of the Lord and could not return to help, so they could only rush over to report to the Lord. Now Mindeng has already Occupied by that mob!”
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How can those guys with blisters on their hands have such courage! How dare a group of rabble attack my capital?"
"Someone is commanding them...the bandits you often contact, Duke Otto!"
"Norbert!"
Duke Otto's eyes darkened and he fainted.
After an unknown amount of time, Duke Otto woke up. The furnace-like sun hung high in the middle of the sky, and he and his troops were still where they were - without Duke Otto's order, they didn't know where to go.
"water……"
Hearing Duke Otto's words, the soldiers quickly put the spout of the kettle to his mouth. Duke Otto drank half the bottle of water and finally regained his breath.
"Quick...send a light cavalry team to Westphalia for help..."
"Westphalia? Your Lordship, haven't the lords there always been at odds with us..."
"He is the only one who can quickly support us! As long as we can keep Anglia, I will give him whatever he wants!"
"Okay...ok...!"
A cavalry column of three men hurried toward Westphalia.
"But Duke Otto, where should we go before reinforcements arrive?"
"Where... where are we going? Where are we... where else can we go?"
In front of everyone, Duke Otto burst into tears.
"My ancestors left me the Duchy of Anglia, but in just a few days I turned it into this... I am guilty of the Carolingian family, I am ashamed of my ancestors, and I am ashamed of heaven and earth!... I wish I could Now take out the knife and chop myself to death!"
Everyone had never seen Duke Otto like this before. They were just soldiers and did not dare to speak out. They could only watch silently as Duke Otto beat his chest and cried.
"Your Majesty the Duke——!" A soldier from a distance rushed over, "The Pirate Kingdom... the soldiers of the Pirate Kingdom are coming to kill us!"
"What did you say???"
Duke Otto wiped away his tears and took out the knife from his waist with trembling hands.
"Formation... quickly give me the formation!"
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