Unknown Knight

Voldratboye looked at his relatives below with drunken eyes. Their noisy voices made him extremely irritated. He was now feeling both frustrated and angry.

What made him depressed was that his subjects were plundered and the cities in his territory were burned, but he did not dare to send troops to fight the enemy. According to his understanding, Aixboye's army was not only well-equipped but also well-trained. Even if he mobilized all his more than 500 subordinates, he might not be able to defeat the enemy.

The ones who made him angry were the relatives below who were already drunk. Originally they were his biggest support, but now they had become his biggest burden, and now they were roasting him on the fire without knowing what was going on.

After the spring, the territory's supplies were used up during the long winter. There was no money and food was almost gone. Then these drunkards who didn't know east, west, south, or north after a few cups of horse urine came to tell him that the Aix territory was rich and they could rob him.

Didn't he know whether Aix was rich or not? Didn't he see the loaded cargo ships and the shuttle trucks? But after he blackmailed Aix for thirty horses last year, he knew that this was a man not to be trifled with.

But he could not resist the earnest persuasion of his tribesmen. He was a wolf after all. He was not only evil but also ferocious. If you let a piece of fat meat dangle in front of him, he would be extremely hungry and dare to take a bite even if he knew it was poisonous.

What's more, he was well prepared. He did not take action himself, but let his white glove Wolfboye come forward.

Wolfboye did not disappoint him. The matter was handled very efficiently. Twenty carts full of goods were transported to his Kudan City that night.

Therefore, he did not immediately recall the fifty Viger archers he had sent out. Seeing that this time was so smooth and the harvest was so rich, he still wanted to let Wolf Boyer do a few more things.

But Aix had no moral principles. The next day he sent troops to wipe out the snowfield bandits, who were nominally snowfield bandits but were actually secretly controlled by him.

In these days, if a noble wanted to send out troops, they would at least call over all their noble generals, hold a few grand banquets and drink for a few days.

During the meal, we made arrangements for those who were in a bad mood, and after making those who were reluctant feel guilty, we set aside a few days for everyone to sober up, pack their equipment, etc. It took about ten days in total before we could set off.

Just from this he knew that he was no match for Aix, but before he could organize his armaments and prepare for defense, Aix's revenge came like a storm.

Not only did they burn down his village, rob his villagers and livestock, they also burned down half of his city of Kudan.

He was so frightened that he quickly closed the city gates and invited all the powerful relatives in the city to come and drink, in fact, to give him courage.

However, these troublesome people not only failed to come up with a decent response strategy, but also encouraged him to send troops to retaliate at this time. He really wanted to ask these useless people who only knew how to bully men and women, if they had extra food to retaliate like this? Could they afford the military pay? He was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword and kill a few of them to vent his anger.

Miss Katia, who had been sitting nearby and observing her words and expressions, knew that she was about to say something. She knew her father. Although he had a certain degree of tolerance, he would draw his sword and chop people down once his limits were exceeded.

After thinking about it, she comforted her father and said:

"Father, don't be angry about that businessman from Aix. He only knows how to secretly set fires. He can't do anything else to us."

Hearing the hidden meaning in his daughter's words, Voldratboye immediately became alert.

"My dear daughter, he has come to your door. Didn't you see the more than a hundred heads at the city gate?"

"Father, don't forget that he is not a noble from the enemy country. He is a newly promoted noble without any foundation in our country. Even if he has the arrogance to conquer cities and territories now, do you think that the entire kingdom is so big that it can tolerate him doing so?"

"You mean... But that guy occupied Lelag Castle not long ago. Is there anything he dare not do?"

Voldratboye was clearly lacking in confidence, and the strength displayed by Aix frightened him.

"Father, don't you know what the Nergboye family is like? He is just a big mountain king. His Majesty King Yarogerk has long been dissatisfied with him. Maybe Aix dared to do this at the instruction of His Majesty the King."

"Then what should we do? King Yarogerk is also very dissatisfied with me...?"

Voldratboye leaned over toward his daughter, who was sitting next to him, and his voice became lower and lower.

"You can humble yourself and take the initiative to write to His Majesty the King, begging him for help. You can also exaggerate Aix's strength and say that he may break through Kudan City at any time. I believe His Majesty the King will make the corresponding judgment."

After hearing his daughter's words, the old man couldn't help but blush. He had been tough all his life. As one of the three city lords, he was the most opposed to King Yarogelk among the three.

It turns out that the father of the current King Yarogerk is the brother of the former king. The former king had no formal offspring, only an illegitimate son born to a maid, Prince Vidim.

Later, after the death of the former king, Yarogerk's father used the excuse that Prince Vidim was still young to proclaim himself regent and govern the Kingdom of Vigia.

Later, the old regent died, and Yarogerk stopped pretending. He announced to the public that Prince Vidim was an illegitimate child and had no legal right to inherit the throne. He said that only he was the most legitimate heir to the throne. He crowned himself and became the king of the Kingdom of Vigia.

Therefore, many nobles in Vigia used this as an excuse to express their dissatisfaction with King Yarogerk, including Voldratboye, the lord of one of the three cities.

He has always been a staunch supporter of Prince Vidim, the illegitimate son of the former king. He has been openly and secretly opposing King Yarogelk for many years, and he also fantasized about being able to have the merit of supporting the king and becoming the regent like Yarogelk's father.

However, King Yarogerk knew that he had obtained the kingdom in an unjust way, and he also had the forbearance and strategic vision, so he had always adopted a strategy of appeasement towards him, which only encouraged his arrogance.

In addition, the three city lords are of the same blood, supporting each other secretly, communicating with each other in secret, and fighting against the central government together. Now, after the last defeat, Rodelaboye of Kulau City has surrendered to Yarogel. Should I follow in his footsteps?

But whether it's being strong or saving face, it's not as important as survival. Their family has occupied Kudan City for so many years. If such a large family were to be wiped out in his hands, not to mention the resentment in their hearts, how would they face their ancestors?

He immediately listened to his daughter's words, returned to the backyard, and wrote a letter to King Yarogelk asking for help. The words were so sincere and the words were so humble that after reading the letter, His Majesty the King laughed out loud with joy and slapped his thigh.

Now he has dealt with one of the three city lords, and if he can deal with Voldratboye, what trouble can the remaining lord of Zhivacherze City, Maligaboye, cause?

His dream of reviving the Kingdom of Vigia seemed to be coming true, so he immediately wrote a letter to Aix and assembled three hundred men to go and help Voldratboye.

After taking revenge on Voldratboye, Aix has been busy settling prisoners in his territory and has not paid much attention to the developments in Kudan City.

According to spies, the gates of Kudan City have been closed these days, and even business and travel have been cut off. It seems that Voldratboye also knows what is going on and is on high alert against him.

Having almost arranged the prisoners these past two days, he had some free time and began to plan how to deal with Voldratboye next, with the purpose of forcing him to beg for mercy.

As for breaking into his Kudan City and seizing his territory, Aix really didn't dare to think about it, not to mention that he had a shallow foundation in the Kingdom of Vigia and was just a newly promoted noble.

He had captured Lelag Castle not long ago, and now he didn't know how to tell King Yarogelk. Although King Yarogelk had made a verbal promise to him before, it was just verbal, and whether it counted or not was up to him.

Besides, Voldratboye was not given away for nothing. In the last battle with Wolfboye, the fifty Vigir archers left a deep impression on him.

Their combat power is not inferior to that of the territory's sharpshooters. If the territory's sharpshooters did not have the advantage of equipment, apart from the front half of the body plate armor and pot helmets produced in the territory, the territory's sharpshooters might not be able to defeat these sharpshooters.

I heard that they were all carefully selected from nearby hunters, and each of them had undergone rigorous training. In addition to the fifty people who killed the captives last time, Voldratboye still had more than a hundred such sharpshooters.

This does not include his other troops. It is said that the city of Kudan can mobilize no less than a thousand troops, and there are more than 500 troops under the command of Voldratboye alone.

Therefore, Aix's purpose now is nothing but to teach Voldratboye a lesson, to make him realize that he has provoked someone he shouldn't have provoked, and that he will never dare to covet him again. If he really annoys him, even if he brings his troops to fight him, Aix is ​​not afraid.

Just as he was thinking hard, a spy suddenly came to report that a messenger from King Yarogerk had arrived.

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Two days later, in front of Kudan City, three clearly divided teams stood in formation.

They were the 200-man army led by Aix in the northwest, the 300-man army from Kudan City led by Voldratboye in the southeast, and the 300-man royal guard of King Yarogelk with his royal flag flying in the southwest.

King Yarogerk, who arrived first, did not enter the city of Kudan, but set up the camp and the royal tent. He sat on the high throne in front of the tent, waiting for his two vassals to come and meet him.

Voldratboye did not allow anyone to remove the small imperial official statue made of more than a hundred human heads placed in front of the city gate. It was covered with crows pecking at food, which kept cawing, making it look like a vivid petition.