Unknown Knight

The ugly battle on the city wall of Wocheze ended just like that. Except for the burned section of the city wall, it was almost impossible to tell that a battle between one or two thousand people had just taken place on the city wall.

After the battle, there were no other casualties on Aix's side except for two people who were injured by arrows thrown from the arrow tower.

It was a war that everyone was happy with. That night, the Lord of Iaya held a banquet to welcome his good son-in-law Aix. The Lord's Mansion swept away the gloom and depression of nearly a year and became lively and brightly lit.

During the banquet, the nobles Yar who had turned against the city lowered their postures and sincerely admitted their mistakes to the city lord of Iaya. Iaya also generously forgave them. After all, it was his own son who was not ambitious and had not been well educated that caused these troubles. It would be narrow-minded to care about it at this time.

Aix was undoubtedly the focus of the entire banquet. All the Jarls in the city had only heard that the city lord's son-in-law was doing well, but they did not expect him to be so successful. The size and quality of the troops that came this time were enough to explain the problem.

Moreover, in their view, although Aix, the son-in-law, was a real relative, he was an outsider after all. It was rare in that era that he was willing to spend huge expenses to lead such a large army to rescue his father-in-law's family.

Moreover, the entire war was commanded in a very methodical manner, the army was under his control, the scale was very appropriate, and all matters were handled very satisfactorily, which shows his outstanding ability.

Who wouldn't like such a powerful, righteous, and capable person? Who wouldn't want to make friends with him?

Axel's ears were callused from all the sincere compliments and flattery, and he drank quite a bit of wine.

Fortunately, Tsandr held hands with Axe from beginning to end and never let go for a moment. Seeing this, the guests dared not act rashly and there was no one-on-one bombardment as in the past. After the event, they left space for the young couple who had been missing each other for a year...

The next day, Aix slept until noon.

After washing up and having breakfast, the two prepared to go to the Shieldmaid Village to see the current situation there.

Before leaving the lord's mansion, a rider came running to report that King Yarogelk had suddenly led an army of nearly a thousand people to surround Kudan City, and that the number of troops was increasing.

When Aix heard the news, he was immediately furious. He had planned everything, including pretending to get married and sending spies, and finally took over the city of Kudan. Could it be that King Yarogerk would get it for nothing?

He immediately summoned his troops to rush back, but was stopped by the Lord of Iaya, who told him not to panic, to be careful not to make any mistakes, and to take a long-term view.

Aix was startled, then he remembered what happened in Talboliya and calmed down.

The two leaders, Bandak and Desevi, are currently guarding the city of Kudan. Aix left them with 300 elite soldiers and 300 militiamen as the defense force.

If we recruit some more people temporarily, it won't be a problem to get a thousand people. King Yarogelk hastily pulled out a thousand troops, so he certainly didn't prepare siege equipment, and it would take time to build them temporarily.

Even if the siege equipment is built, if the forces are equal, Yarogerk probably won't be able to capture Kudan City in a short time. What he is most afraid of right now is that nothing goes wrong on Aix's side.

The Lord of Iaya immediately summoned the nobles in the city to the Lord's Mansion to discuss the matter. After some discussion, everyone decided to send 500 soldiers from Kudan City, plus 800 people from Aix, to defend Kudan City together.

Moreover, they advanced by land and water at the same time, with the baggage and part of the infantry returning by water. If necessary, they could cut off the water route and cover the city of Kudan from the flank.

By noon, all the troops had basically gathered and returned to Kudan City in a mighty procession.

There is no need to take detours or be secretive on this journey, and the distance is at least one-fourth shorter.

The army marched steadily and even more slowly than when they came, with scouts in the front and back and protection on the left and right wings. The entire march was done meticulously and flawlessly.

But even so, on the third day when the troops were passing through a forest, an assassin hid in a big tree and shot three arrows at Aix in the team. Each arrow penetrated his armor and Aix fell off his horse. When the arrows were examined, they were found to be highly poisonous.

Finally, when it became difficult for the assassin to escape, he chose to commit suicide. He was obviously a determined fighter.

Everyone had to put the injured Aix in a tortoise shell car made temporarily with oars and shields, and then rush back.

Finally, on the sixth day, the army arrived at the city of Kudan.

At this time, outside the gate of Kudan, King Yarogerk's camp was lined with tents, and had a size of nearly two thousand people. However, they did not launch an attack on the army of one thousand people. It seemed that they had a sure victory, and allowed the one thousand people who rushed to the city to set up camp not far from the city wall.

After waiting for another day, King Yarogerk could no longer sit still and sent someone to the front of the camp to call out and ask Aix to come out to answer, but he received a warning feather arrow in response.

How could the king's might be underestimated? King Yarogerk decided to launch an attack and deal with the 1,000-man army outside the city first.

Just as he was gathering his troops, he suddenly heard a conch shell in the distance. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw a row of Nordic dragon-headed ships appearing on the surface of the Kudan River. After counting, there were a total of thirty-two ships.

When these ships passed the only stone bridge, no less than four or five hundred fully armed Nord warriors came down from it. They quickly occupied the stone bridge and built fortifications, blocking King Yarogelk's retreat.

The remaining ships stopped at the dock of Kudan City and began to unload supplies in an orderly manner.

At this moment, a team of Kugit cavalry with nearly 400 riders also galloped over. Judging from the flags, they were the troops of Tojunayan from the city of Aichmor.

When the Nords on the stone bridge asked, they found out that they were also here to support Kudan City.

The troops outside the city alone were almost as many as King Yarogerk's troops, causing this king, who was known for his forbearance and prudence, to break out in a cold sweat.

That’s not all. The gate of Kudan City slowly opened, and a team of soldiers walked out of the city in an orderly manner. There were more than a thousand of them. Who else could be the leader if not Aix?

It turned out that seven days ago in Wocheze City, the Lord of Iaia was afraid that Aix would encounter an accident on his way back, so he suggested that he return to Kudan City by water and let a slave pretend to be him on the land, so as to ensure that nothing could go wrong.

Moreover, the speedboat that Aix was given to ride was an empty one manned by oarsmen. Aix had secretly returned to Kudan City two nights ago.

The army on land marched so cautiously, but as expected, something went wrong and they were ambushed by assassins, and the assassins used were death squads. This is enough to show the sinister intentions of some people.