The siege was still brutal.
However, thanks to the revitalized defenders and the strong defense of Thunder Castle, as well as the inability of the enemy's siege engines, counterweight trebuchets and other large equipment to be transported into the city, they successfully defended Thunder Castle.
Faced with such a predicament, Duke Coan could only repeatedly ask the cruel and unafraid Shaqipo people to come to the city to fight. These bloody barbarians from the north became extremely excited when they heard about the fight against the Leyton people, and they actually lived in Thunder Castle. A road was carved out of the city wall.
But soon, the Shaqipo people were forced back by the Leidun people who had a feud. When the Shaqipo people had to withdraw from the city wall, the heads of their companions were thrown down one by one. boos, humiliating the opponent.
At noon, Duke Coan ordered people to blow the retreat horn and continued to besiege the defenders of Thunder Castle.
Even after suffering a setback in a forceful attack, Duke Coan was still confident and determined to win.
The capture of Marton River City a few days ago and the siege of the Camillians and Leytons in this corner was already a great success for the Duke of Coan.
Coupled with the wealth that his soldiers looted for him, it has already exceeded the taxes of the territory for several years. It made him even more ecstatic.
But who doesn’t want the icing on the cake?
For him, who was ambitious, conquering Thunder Castle and forcing the enemy to surrender on humiliating terms would allow him to establish extremely high prestige in the kingdom.
The leader of the Shaqipo people who cooperated with him was a general named Kailasa, who was the deputy of Gary Hatt, the "butcher of the Leydon people".
Kailasa's hatred for the Redonians was unquenchable.
Because the king he was loyal to was once defeated by the previous king of the Leydon people.
"Anyone inside can leave the city, and I can restrain my people from attacking them."
In the camp, Kailasa had a cold exchange with Duke Ke'an,
"Only the Leyton people must die in our hands and die in disgrace. Even their women and children are not worthy of being our slaves!"
The Duke of Coan, who was determined to win, accepted Kailasa's conditions.
In his opinion, Duke Andef and his Camillians were true believers, while those Leytons were all pagans.
Duke Coan can let the true believers go for the sake of God, and those Leyton people, since the Shaqipo people want them to go to hell, let them do it.
Duke Coan believed that it would not be long before the Camillians led by Andev would break with the leaders of the Leydon people.
As for who betrayed whom...he wasn't interested.
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The Fudusan people attacked fiercely for three days.
For three consecutive days, the defenders barely managed to hold on to the city wall after brutal hand-to-hand combat.
This weakened the morale of the Verdusan people, and the Duke of Coan did not attack for five days.
Duke Androff did not feel relaxed because of this, but the old Duke's brow almost collapsed.
Because two days ago, I don't know which soldier noticed that the food produced in the kitchen was decreasing day by day, and it was actually less than half of what it was on the first day of being stationed in Thunder Castle.
It didn't take long for the news of the reduced food to spread throughout the military camp. His knights even broke into the conference room and questioned Duke Andev who was discussing the war with Lauren.
The only water well in Thunder Castle is slowly approaching the bottom due to the daily consumption of the soldiers.
Prince Androff suddenly felt that they were like dying camels, with straws placed on their backs.
In order to divert the attention of the soldiers and boost their morale, Duke Androff had to ask the priests to arrange more prayers and more sacramental masses... He tried to convince the defenders that under the protection of the Lord, even if they were not A touch of bread crumbs can also fill your stomach.
Such attempts are nothing but illusions.
Early the next morning, the helpless Prince Androff reluctantly heard the good news.
"The Blessed One...the Blessed Luke...he's in Thunder Castle?"
Duke Andev listened to the report of his subordinates and said in surprise. .jj?y.??br>
Having such a person preach and preach will definitely arouse the confidence of the soldiers. In this case, they may be able to persist for a few more days.
Then Prince Androff heard the bad news.
"Duke...Father Luke, he is seriously ill and has a high fever...he is only awake for very little time throughout the day," the subordinate said.
Hearing this, Duke Andev's face trembled slightly. In the past few days, he had lost a lot of weight, and his skin seemed to be hanging on his bones.
In desperation, he sighed: "Give the priest some medicine. May the Lord make him better. The plague...may be coming."
After his subordinates obeyed the order and left, Prince Androff sat slumped in his chair.
The situation at hand could not be more serious.
Prince Androff even heard yesterday that some soldiers were boiling leather in the middle of the night to satisfy their hunger.
"Pay the ransom... We can't all die here..." Duke Andeff said to himself.
According to their original estimate, they should and must hold on to Thunder Castle for two more days, so that the king's reinforcements would have enough time to arrive at Marton River City.
But...now that the Verdusan people control the city of Marton River, they are trapped in the isolated city, and Duke Andoff has never heard from the king again.
Reinforcements have yet to arrive.
Hope was drying up, and the old Duke couldn't help but despair.
"Does the Lord care for our enemies? Why did you make such an arrangement..." Duke Andev murmured while stroking the icon on his chest.
Although he knew that these words were just self-deception.
The predicament of Thunder Castle cannot be solved by worshiping gods alone.
It's not that Duke Andoff has never thought about breaking out, but... without horses, it is absolutely impossible for them to escape from the city of Marton River.
The Thunder Castle that was being guarded at the moment looked more like a cage than a fortress.
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Several days passed, but the Fudusan people still did not launch an attack.
Duke Coan seemed to have seen through the castle's dilemma of lack of supplies, and carried out a long siege.
In the castle bedroom, Laurent took care of his wife who was about to give birth soon.
The wife's face was pale. Po Wen said that she seemed to have been frightened when she fled into Thunder Castle. If she didn't get good care... she would most likely have dystocia.
Looking at her weak face, Lauren felt extremely sad.
He placed a bowl of wheat porridge in front of his wife and took spoonful after spoonful of it.
"There is not much food in the castle..." The wife only sipped half the bowl, then pushed it back and said softly.
Lauren was silent. He knew this better than his wife.
As the third prince, Luo Lun's skin and flesh shrank slightly at this time, as if he was missing moisture.
As the leader, he ate less than the average Leytonian.
Lauren pursed her lips, wanting to say something, but no words came out.
"What's wrong, Lauren?" Seeing her husband like this, the wife cheered up and asked.
"Nothing..." Lauren smiled.
Seeing this, the wife forced her to say, "You have to speak out. Just like before, you can tell me anything in this world, and I will listen to everything you say."
Then, his wife pressed him again and again.
Laurent finally showed bitterness on his face and said slowly: "Some people have climbed down the city wall at night and escaped...one of them was a Leidun man..."
"That man is such a coward!" the wife scolded, "I am ashamed to be of the same race as him."
Laurent nodded slightly. He did not tell his wife that the fleeing Leidun man had his limbs chopped off by the Shaqipo people and was thrown under the city wall, where he bled to death.
He didn't say that famine was gradually falling into Thunder Castle.
There was a shortage of food in Thunder Castle, so the kitchen had to add soil to the wheat porridge and cook it together.
Even the only well in the city began to become turbid due to excessive water intake.
Master Masaphi said a few days ago...this is a sign from the plague god.
Yesterday, Lauren heard from Duke Anderf that several people had fallen ill with fever, including...
Luke, the Blessed One he sought so hard.
The wife raised her head at this time, moved her pregnant body, and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid of Laurent, the Lord and the gods will protect us... We Leidun people, our Griffin clan came out of danger."
The Lord and the Gods...
Lauren's nerves suddenly became tense.
He remembered the Lord.
"Lord, did you save me then just to let me die here?"
The third prince couldn't help but ask questions in his heart, even though he knew that the Lord would not answer.
At this time, the wife remembered something and asked softly: "Have you thought of the answer to your question?"
"No...not yet...I can't find the answer..."
Lauren will never forget that question,
"I wanted to find Luke, but the priest had been having a fever for days, as if he was about to die."
After eating wheat porridge, his wife soon became sleepy. After watching his wife fall asleep, Laurent got up and left.
Lauren came to the castle square.
The people from Myrne sat around with their heads lowered, as if they were doing something.
When Lauren got closer, he saw Myrne's soldiers. They were praying with the Lord and chewing the rotten leather in their hands.
As if faith could soothe their misery.
Lauren looked at this and felt pained and confused.
He walked away silently and looked at the tents of the Leyton people.
These Northern people of the same race as themselves are not much better than the True believers.
Compared with the true believers who swallowed the leather while praying, the people of Layton boiled it in a cauldron, cursed, and gobbled up the cloth and leather.
Their tents were in tatters and food had evidently been torn from them.
Master Masaphi was cursing and sniffing the smell of cloth and leather together with other Garda warriors.
Seeing Luo Lun approaching, Mr. Masaphi stepped forward to greet him.
Mr. Masaphi has become much older, but he still maintains a high spirit.
Approaching Lauren, he first asked: "Do you want to eat, kid?"
Lauren shook her head.
Master Masaphi then asked again: "When will we break out?"
Laurent was startled.
When Master Masaphi asked this question, the other Leiden people raised their heads and all looked at him.
Their eyes are determined, even reckless.
During these difficult days, the people of Leiden had been waiting for the leader's order to break out.
Lauren didn't know how to answer, he was a little out of breath.
In the end, the third prince had no choice but to say: "No... not yet..."
At this moment, a herald came over and found Laurent.
"My lord, Duke Andev has something to discuss with you." The herald glanced at the people of Leyton and said.
In Thunder Castle, under the difficult situation, there are already rumors that
The reason why the Camillians were unable to defend the walls of Marton River City and why they were besieged in Thunder Castle...
It's all thanks to the savage pagans, the Leytons!
The Lord is punishing them because they associate with the heathen!
Only by expelling or killing the pagans will the Lord return to their favor...
Laurent nodded slightly, and hurriedly left the Leyton camp, as if he was running away.
Master Masaphi stared at Lauren's back.
After Luo Lun's figure disappeared, Mr. Massaphi turned around, and a craftsman in the same tent asked: "Has the thing been made?"
The craftsman cheered up, held his head high and said, "It's finished. It's my most outstanding work."
This caused a joyful uproar among the people of Leyton.
The wind was blowing on the city wall, and the dark clouds in the distant sky were gradually approaching.
Maybe it will rain heavily.
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The third prince guessed what Duke Anderf wanted to discuss with him.
When Lauren stepped into the conference room, the herald closed the door.
There were only two people in the conference room, Lauren and Duke Androff. The latter looked at him solemnly and sighed.
"Let's make peace...Lauren."
Prince Androff deliberately did not utter the word.
"Are you talking about surrender? Duke." Laurent simply said.
Seeing this, Duke Andev nodded slowly.
Lauren was silent.
The candles burned and the conference room fell into silence.
Finally, Prince Androff broke it.
"Lauren... these days, I am like your teacher." Duke Andev said gently.
"Yes...I appreciate your advice."
"...Then, for the sake of those pointers, for the sake of God..."
Prince Androff's speech suddenly became rapid,
"Surrender so we can live."
"Laolun, in the past few days, I have secretly sent scouts to negotiate the terms of surrender..."
Hearing this, Laurent raised his head suddenly. He didn't know about this.
There was guilt in Duke Andev's eyes, but he still said: "Twenty gold coins for a sergeant, and a hundred gold coins for a knight... This is already the best condition I talked about."
"Surrender, Laurent. In the south, surrender is not so rare and humiliating. As long as the nobles often fight, almost all of them have been captured and surrendered... Laurent, you have to try to accept the rules here."
Duke Androff's persuasive words fell upon his ears, and Lauren silently clenched his fists.
Yes, Laurent has been actively accepting the southern land these days.
He embraced the city walls, the institution of chivalry... and even a new faith.
He accepts almost everything in the south...
For now, Prince Anderf begs him to accept the rules here...
Lauren was in pain and confused...
His rationality told him that surrender was the best outcome.
But...
He is a Layton after all!
Something was stirring in Lauren's body, and when he thought of that word, his whole body trembled.
If they really wanted to give in, why would the Griffin clan leave the kingdom and travel so far...
But Lauren still didn't know how to respond.
The former heir to the throne faced a choice between life and death.
Prince Androff looked at him earnestly. The Duke, who had always admired Loren, did not want to hear a negative answer.
He waited quietly while Laurent completely accepted this rule, became a complete southerner, and integrated into this southern land.
Laurent raised his face and looked at the Duke.
He opened his mouth and was about to speak...
Woo!
Outside the conference room, a blaring horn sounded in the square.
That was not the sound of the enemy attacking the city, but the sound of the trumpet to restrain military discipline.
Duke Andev's pupils shrank sharply. The sound of the horn meant that a riot broke out in the army.
on the square,
Disputes finally broke out between the Camillians and what they regarded as barbarian pagans, the Leytons.
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