I Will Be The Crowned King Chapter 416

The latest website: The bleak sunset reflects the dome that is already full of stars, leaving the last tinge of blood on the horizon; how dazzling and dazzling there is only one beam of sunlight left, how unwilling and lost.

In the smoke-filled Black Reef Port, the two sides who fought fiercely for a whole day withdrew their troops with their own joy and regret of victory; the jihadist army gave up the last street that was only a few dozen meters away from the city center, and completely shrunk back to the surrounding area of ​​the port; the New World Army Corps With its back against the outer defense line of the town, the 13-star ring flag continued to hang at the top of the parliament in the city center.

Taking advantage of the last light in the evening, Bernard Morwes, who was slumped on the **** of the northern position, looked at the Mujahideen fleet moored on the sea in the distance and the flag of the Ring of Order erected in the port, and remained silent for a long time. Do not speak.

From his perspective, he can clearly see the deployment of the entire Black Reef Port, which can only be described as "simple"... There is no permanent or semi-permanent fortification, no large fort that can withstand the continuous bombardment of naval guns and threaten it, and no A slow attack, a large structure that can serve as a makeshift fortress…

Even if the Free Confederation destroyed the port and beachhead, and laid wooden stakes in the shallow sea, these shipwrecks and wooden stakes will gradually be destroyed by the rising tide and ebb and flow of the sea as time goes by... Even now, the Borei Legion only takes one afternoon. Let more than 3,000 people land successfully, and sooner or later the entire city will be conquered.

But none of this has anything to do with him.

Although the Borei Legion in the port is close at hand, the 10,000 people who have been defeated still have a small group of troops to resist; the total strength of the Black Reef Port defenders with a total strength of only over 20,000 people is impossible to encircle and suppress themselves. , while defending against the attack of Borre Levent... But as long as you are not a fool, it is not difficult to see that the goal of the Free Confederation has been achieved.

And they only spent one day, more precisely, only one afternoon; tens of thousands of soldiers of the jihadist army died, fled and fled, and descended.

With a splitting headache, Bernard turned his head and looked behind him. The empty outskirts of Black Reef Harbor were full of corpses in blue and white military uniforms. The thick desolation under the night was mixed with the smell of blood, which was stimulated again and again by the biting night wind. to his heart.

"Are you awake, Uncle Bernard? How are you feeling, is there any injury?"

A familiar and somewhat unfamiliar voice sounded behind him, causing the lost prisoner to tremble, turning his head tremblingly, and looking up at the figure that covered the sun on his body.

The young knight held the scabbard saber in his hand, the imperial knight was full of mud and blood, and the short golden ponytail was also soaked by gunpowder smoke and sweat, looking a little haggard and a little murderous in the sunset, A bit of a sense of oppression from a leader.

Only those clear sapphire blue eyes can still make Bernard feel familiar; he is half-bent, watching himself cautiously, raising his hands as if he is a junior who has done something wrong, waiting for the coming reprimand from the adults.

"Thanks to your friend, I'm still alive and well." The embarrassed supervisor laughed at himself and shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly:

"Of course, if you regret it and want to kill me, the old thing that always opposes you, please feel free. I will neither resist nor beg for mercy, and try not to let you leave any shadows."

"Ah... If it's really too much trouble, can you also organize a mass shooting, throw me and other soldiers in the dirt pit and shoot me to death, so that we can save the landfill; or strip me naked and tie it to a flagpole Taking hostages and negotiating with the Mujahideen in the port to let them retreat, of course, it is best not to have any hope, those Boley Levent's subordinates are not soft-hearted and talkative..."

"Uncle Bernard!"

The young knight who frowned, steals a little impatiently: "Don't do this, I'm not a child!"

"Yes, my dear Louis... Louis Bernard, you are indeed not a child."

Bernard smiled bitterly: "You are a traitor... a traitor to the Empire and the Ring of Order."

Louis, who pursed his lips tightly, was silent.

"Unfortunately, I didn't expect things to turn out like this in the end... I have tried my best to save it, but in the end it fell short." There was deep helplessness in the supervisor's eyes:

"You should be able to imagine how difficult it would be to let your father know that you are now the nominal supreme commander of the Free Confederation, the number one enemy of the Empire and the Church."

"I do not have choice."

The young knight paused for a moment, and his guilt eyes showed a resolute brilliance: "The Free Confederation, the Thirteen Colonies...they are innocent; they are obviously the royal domain, why can't they enjoy the same dignity as the native land; Uncle Bernard, you Ask yourself, did you really feel no pity for the colonists of Grey Dove Castle and Black Reef Harbor when they suppressed the Sail City rebellion?"

"Maybe, but in my eyes at the time, I was the most pitiful one..." Bernard snorted and looked up at the young knight: "But none of this matters, what matters now is... what do you think? Do?"

"The battle of Black Reef Harbor was good. I admit that my skills are not as good as others, but such a beautiful annihilation battle has to pay a price... The army of Boley Levant has successfully landed, and you can't hold it."

"As for Grey Pigeon Castle... You have assembled an army of more than 20,000 people in Black Reef Harbor to encircle and suppress me. The defense of Grey Pigeon Castle must be empty; if you are well informed, you should know that it is being attacked by your friend Arthur. Herid led a 20,000-strong army to besiege, I'm curious, how are you going to defend it?"

"This is not what you should ask now." Louis's expression gradually became serious:

"If I were you, I'd be more concerned about what's going to happen to me now, Uncle Bernard."

After he finished speaking, he did not forget to straighten his waist and try to make himself look indifferent.

Well, so dear Louis is really well-informed, and it is estimated that even Arthur and the troops that besieged Grey Dove Castle were really guessed by the careerist Boley Levant... Bernard secretly said in his heart. , but he deliberately showed a somewhat lost expression on his face, and sighed helplessly.

"So, what's next for me?"

He bowed his head at first, then seemed to be forced to raise his head, a pair of dark pupils staring into the eyes of the young knight.

Louis's heart tightened, but he still kept his stiff face and pretended to be indifferent. After a long silence, he said:

"We won't hurt you, but we won't let you go back immediately. Everything depends on the position of the jihadist army; so for the time being, we are wronged that you are under house arrest, Uncle Bernard."

"Really? With such generous conditions, Anson Bach and those liberal traitors who hate me, can they agree?"

"I will naturally say that on their side, as the Marshal of the New World Legion, I still have this responsibility."

"Then it's hard for you, I don't care, but many of the soldiers captured by you are from Adeland; you are the heir of the Bernard family, you should know that the Adeland people value face more and try their best to Don't let them be wronged."

"Well... Adland and the Free Confederation have no grudges. Now that the battle is over, I will definitely not allow anyone to anger and insult innocent Adlanders. Of course, the price is that they can no longer fight against the Confederacy."

"That's for sure. With you around, those Adelanders probably won't be able to resist."

Bernard nodded slightly, with a long sigh of relief; he was completely finished now, and the only thing he could do was to count on Louis to ensure that the Legion would not be completely wiped out by the Free Confederation, and keep this for Arthur Hereid and himself. important capital.

And while the two heavy-hearted people were talking, the person watching all this from a distance looked even more worried than the person involved.

"I said, is this really good?"

Carl, with a tangled face, seemed to endure it for a long time, took a deep breath and then reluctantly pointed to the two people in the distance: "This should not be in the original plan."

"Huh?" Anson, who seemed to know nothing, blinked: "What do you mean?"

"Don't play stupid!" Karl, who has long been familiar with the commander-in-chief's tricks, does not eat this set:

"You deliberately let Lisa be merciful and handed Bernard to Louis. How can we kill him again? Why did you change your mind? I remember very clearly that Major General Ludwig made it clear to ensure that everything is safe."

"Well, there are three reasons."

Facing the adjutant's confused expression, Anson raised the three fingers of his right hand with a relaxed and happy face: "First of all, the Storm Legion is not strong enough, there are people in the army responsible for the siege of Sail City, and they also have Bernard's Legion opposite. There are quite a few soldiers from Adelaide."

"These people are all die-hards of the Bernard family. Unless we can silence them all, things about Bernard will definitely reach Louis' ears. The risk factor is too high."

"Secondly, what worries Ludwig and us the most is that Bernard knows us and the Free Confederacy thoroughly, so that the Mujahideen will kill us more calmly; if we want to solve this problem, we just need to put him under house arrest, and he is still a A very valuable hostage."

Anson had an expression that he was in control of the situation, and put away a finger after each sentence.

"Oh, what about the last one?"

The chief of staff frowned, staring at the commander-in-chief's **** that was still upright at the end, feeling faintly that the other party did this deliberately with malicious intent.

"Finally, it's because of this letter." With a smirk on his face, An Sen withdrew his right hand, took out an open envelope from his arms and handed it over:

"It was just sent from Beluga Harbour the day before yesterday, signed by Carlin Jacques."

"Carlin Jacques, the apprentice priest who came with that house?" Carl tried to recall, and suddenly understood something: "Wait! I remember he seems to be the same..."

"Members of the Truth Society, like our Colonel Roman." Anson nodded, his expression became meaningful.

The chief of staff, who had vaguely expected it, did not talk to him again, and quickly scanned the contents of the letterhead; after confirming it again and again, he gasped in shock with a shocked expression.

"this…?!"

"It's a surprise, right?" Anson's tone was a bit playful: "The Morwis family, which is a noble in the south, has abandoned its ally Levant and formed an alliance with Roland and the Bernard family."

"And Louis's father, Archduke Adelland, is the biggest opponent of the Holy War against Emperor Herid in the empire, and he also forcibly tied the Roland family to his pirate ship; Lord Bernard Morwes, that is him. Specially placed in the most important eyeliner in the jihadist army."

"Why can a trainee priest, Carin Jacques, know such important information? It's very simple, because our Archduke Edland is also a person who pretends to be honest and pious, but in fact is always thinking about bringing it to the church. A ruthless man with big news."

"I guess he has been involved with the truth at least before the Beigang Rebellion in the 95th year of the saint's calendar, otherwise he wouldn't have helped some unscrupulous family in that sailor rebellion, so that he could be so smooth. Solve that dead end."

Although it is quite shocking, it is actually not difficult to understand - not to mention that Edland is the base of the ecumenical sect that has the deepest contradiction with the church. In order not to be suspected of colluding with the old gods, the Bernard family had to kill their relatives righteously. , sacrificed an important branch of the Cressey family; no matter how pious on the surface, it is impossible to have no complaints in the heart.

Even this is not over yet... The letter also mentioned that he had contacted the Grand Duke Edland privately, and decided to take action in addition to the Roland family, as well as the famous Wild Hunt knights of the Wharton family, the François family of the land, and the Iser Elf. The Moses Field family of the kingdom…

To be honest, the latter two can still be understood. After all, this holy war is a disaster for them who have nothing to do with the new world. What about the Wharton family? This is the middle of the empire, a wealthy family that once contributed an emperor and is loyal to the current Herid royal family.

Although it's just a guess, but if I remember correctly, Colonel Roman seems to be a wild hunter knight talent. If this matter has anything to do with him, then...

"This, this, this... This is too unbelievable, right?!" Carl was so shocked that he stuttered:

"Why haven't Louis Bernard mentioned such important information?!"

"Uh... Maybe it's because he doesn't even know it?" An Sen sighed deeply, UU reading www. uukanshu.com glanced at the two figures in the distance: "So you can understand, we not only can't move this superintendent, but also protect his safety, and we must not let him and the 'betrayal jihadist army' ' What's the connection to this kind of thing."

"If you guessed correctly, Archduke Edland should not care about the lives of us and the Free Confederation, but he very much hopes that the Empire and the Church will gain nothing in the holy war, so he is reluctantly regarded as our ally."

"Then what should we do with him?" Carl panicked a little: "Can't we just send it back like this?"

"Of course not! We have to find a way to bargain with the Mujahideen Army so that they can redeem people... We have to perform a full set of acting, we can't let Bernard be suspected, but we also have to let the supervisor of the army know our 'sincerity' ."

Facing the evening wind, Anson turned his eyes to the direction of Grey Pigeon Castle: "As for the price of the ransom, it depends on the performance of Norton and Alexei."

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