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Taking advantage of this momentum, the soldiers on Aix's side formed a tight shield formation on the top of the city wall, marching in neat steps and shouting:

"Family members shouldn't fight against each other! Hey! We are all brothers! Hey!..."

The soldiers in the territory have mastered this kind of psychological warfare of shouting slogans after several actual combat uses. They can shout out a few slogans very well, and their steps are also very neat and impressive.

When the Nord soldiers on both sides heard this slogan, they consciously retreated to the back, put their shields together, and had no intention of attacking.

Borba was so angry that he was fuming. He used his shield to knock away the Nord warrior in front of him, then stepped forward and started hacking and slashing at the shield in front of him.

However, the shields in the front row of this shield formation are extraordinary, many times stronger than the best Rhodok broad shield on this continent. They are oar shields specially developed for the territory, with a thick iron plate on the surface, and another protective iron shield with spikes on the top. From the front, it looks like an iron turtle shell, which cannot be broken through by human power.

Borba's axe was chopped so hard that sparks flew, and the blade was bent, but he was unable to do anything about the oars and shields. Instead, he was knocked back by the shield formation that was advancing in unison, looking as miserable as a clown.

At this moment, there was a commotion under the city wall. Lord Iaia, accompanied by his daughter Gand, appeared under the city wall fully armed with a group of Nord warriors.

It turned out that since the siege of Aix yesterday afternoon, some opposition forces in the city that were suppressed by Borba could no longer hold back and had begun to conspire in private.

These people were originally people who did not obey Borba and were ashamed of his betrayal. They were basically the beneficiaries of the trade with Aix, the vested interests who were unwilling to continue to expand, or some upright men who respected the old city lord Iaia and admired Aix as a person.

It was just that Borba had suddenly captured the city and was very powerful at the time, and they were isolated and had no external support, so they had to remain submissive for the time being.

At this moment, the army of Aix was besieging the city. They seized the opportunity, and when the catapults set fire to the city, they took advantage of Borba's inattention and secretly sent people down the city to contact dozens of Nord warriors who had gathered in advance, and raided the guards who were imprisoning Iaia's family of three, and rescued them.

Relying on his previous prestige, the Lord of Iaia gathered more than a hundred people in the city, and took up weapons to attack the city wall. He wanted to teach this unfilial son a lesson.

By the time they arrived at the city wall, Iaya was followed by more than two hundred armed men, including dozens of shieldmaiden.

Lord Iaia was watching his big son being knocked to the ground, and he was angry and hated for his son who was all about muscle. He shouted angrily:

"Borba, you idiot! Wake up! Put down your weapons and surrender immediately, then go back to your Helusburg and reflect on your actions!"

After all, he is his only son, and Lord Iaya has been considering Borba's future from the very beginning.

However, Borba seemed to still have illusions and shouted loudly in dissatisfaction:

"Father, you are only a young man now. Are you willing to stay in Woche City and do nothing? Don't you want to expand the territory for your people in your hometown and realize your ambitions?"

"You idiot! Who do you think you are? Even the wise former King Harkrim failed several times and had to give up his plans for external expansion.

Before he died, he told me to protect the current foundation well, so that when the kingdom's survival comes to a critical moment, I can do my best to save it and leave a way out for the Nords.

Even a powerful man like King Harkrim had to bow to reality, so who are you? You let that ambitious guy Eden drink a few glasses of wine and lose his sense of direction. Why don’t you surrender quickly? If you make a big mistake, you may lose your life.”

Borba was speechless after hearing a few words from his father Iaya. Ever since he usurped power and seized the city last year, he had tried to realize his ambitions, but he hesitated after taking stock of the city's military strength.

He still had some military acumen. Having participated in several wars, he knew that it would be difficult to capture a castle with only the five or six hundred soldiers in the city who had little fighting spirit.

Ask for help from Idenjar. He is under pressure from both the Kingdom of Swadia and King Ragnar and is unable to take care of himself. We are still counting on him to send troops for support, so he has to give up the idea of ​​expansion temporarily.

Later, he gradually understood his father's difficulties and began to regret it. He spent the whole day drinking in the City Lord's Mansion to drown his sorrows. He was too ashamed to go to his father to admit his mistakes. He had been under house arrest for such a long time, but the father and son had never met.

Facing his father's questioning, he was speechless and lowered his head, not daring to even look at him. He just held on with the stubbornness of a young man who would not turn back until he hit the wall, and stood abruptly on the city wall.

The others couldn't understand what was going on. The noble Yaer, who had been opposed to Borba, had completely stood up and led his troops to withdraw from the city wall.

Only more than 200 people from his own headquarters, two brothers who had been good friends with him since childhood, and dozens of subordinates they led were left staying on the city wall with him in a daze, all of them had no desire to fight.

The two good brothers saw that there was no point in going on like this, so they stepped forward and one of them held Borba's arm and said:

"Brother Borba, please turn back. After all, he is your father. Kneel down and admit your mistake. This matter can be forgiven. Otherwise, it will be too late to turn back after making a big mistake!"

Borba couldn't save his face for a moment, and said angrily:

"What are you doing? You two, let me go. You! You! Alas——"

After struggling fiercely for a few times, Borba gave up struggling, lowered his head, and was carried by his two good brothers to come to his father whom he had not seen for almost a year.

As soon as the two men let go, Borba took advantage of the situation and knelt down in front of the Lord of Iaya.

The old city lord was so angry that his hands were shaking. He slapped him hard a few times, kicked him a few times, and then yelled at his disappointing son:

"Go back to Helusburg and stay there honestly. Reflect on your actions. Do not return to Wocheze City without my summons."

After Iaya finished speaking, he winked at the two good brothers behind Borba. The two men stepped forward to help him up and carried him out of the city, followed by their dejected troops.

What else could Aix say when he saw this? Borba was his real brother-in-law after all, and the current result was what he wanted most.

Not only that, Aix also personally led a team to escort them to the dock and sent two ships of supplies to Borba for use on the way.

Borba's original territory, Helusburg, was on the other side of the bay, and the return journey by water was the fastest and most convenient. Iaia and Aix each sent five ships to transport these troops.

Before boarding the ship, Borba was already full of guilt when he saw his mother, sister, and brother-in-law who came to see him off. He patted Aix on the shoulder and said:

"It was Eden who was wrong about the Tarboliya incident. I won't listen to him anymore. Take good care of my sister. If you need any help from me, just ask."

Aix also patted his shoulder and said:

"Don't worry, I will take good care of Tsuna."

Then he thought that Helusburg's territory was also by the sea, so he continued to say to Borba:

"If you are short of military supplies, you can produce crude salt by the sea, and then use a ship to transport it together with other products from the territory to Wocheze to sell. I guarantee that the price will be higher than what you can sell it for in Tiha City."

Seeing his brother-in-law so open, Borba felt even more guilty. He lowered his head and hit Aix on the chest, as if he had accepted this brother-in-law from then on. He turned around and boarded the ship back to Helusburg.