Chapter 637 The Bereaved Dog
The autumn night is slightly cool, the evening breeze is dawning, and the bright moon is in the sky.
Looking from a distance, this military fortress located at the highest point of the mountain has a clear outline under the bright moonlight. The city wall built along the mountain is made of huge stones. Twenty feet above the ground, more than ten square holes of various sizes are opened on the wall every nine feet. They serve as observation posts in peacetime and become archery holes in wartime.
Above the fortress wall, a square arrow tower flickered with firelight. Although it was late at night, the three sentry posts on duty were still energetic and patrolling around to guard against enemy sneak attacks. Coupled with the recent raging bandits and the rise of refugees, the defense of this important border town has become even tighter.
Half a month ago, a group of bandits who had fled here disguised themselves as reinforcements sent by the palace, preparing to sneak into the military fort, rob the property and the women in the city, and try to capture the military fort as a place to stay.
I thought that having the palace documents in hand and preparing their own military equipment would surely make the officers guarding the city let down their guard. But what the bandit leader didn't expect was that although the documents he forged were perfect, since the war began, the transmission of military information between various places still required a secret message between military chiefs. As a result, the bandit leader was spotted by the city guarding officer at a glance, and the troops he brought in were slaughtered before the city gate could be opened to let in the large troops outside.
Afterwards, the heads of the bandit leader and several of his henchmen were chopped off and hung on the city wall. Most of the bandits who entered the city were killed, leaving only a few timid ones who were punished with hard labor. After being eliminated several times, the bandits outside the city also fled into the surrounding mountains and never dared to come out to cause trouble again.
After this incident, the city defenders decided to strengthen the city defense to prevent similar incidents from happening again. It was even stipulated that no one could enter or leave the city gate after dark, and anyone who violated the order could be shot directly.
Having been busy with the defense of the military fort for several days, Lord Lei Ze, the court frontier viscount and city garrison officer, was exhausted.
As soon as he inspected the defense of the military fort, he couldn't wait to come to the small world of his own.
Hide your horse to the end of the gravel-paved street and turn left into a narrow, deep alley. The female voice that comes from inside makes your heart tingle.
Viscount Leize quickened his pace and walked straight towards the familiar wooden door. On the other side of the wooden door, what awaited him was the warm quilt and the gentle comfort of a woman·
Ahem～
The moment the wooden door opened, several bewitching women with exposed breasts cast their eyes on this noble man. Viscount Leize walked in unhurriedly, and after a short chat with a few old friends, he went straight to the room specially prepared for him at the corner of the second floor.
Just when he was about to push the door in, the door was opened from the inside·
"My dear Lord Viscount, I knew it was you~"
Looking at the cool person Wearing the clothes, Baron Leizer suddenly felt the blood all over his body. He couldn't bear it anymore. His bestiality suddenly emerged. He picked up the woman and walked to the bed covered with wool blankets. Just as Baron Leizer was enjoying the pleasure of fish and water, more than ten figures appeared outside the military fort within a stone's throw.
Stop!
A sudden sound from the fort wall made a group of people stationed on horseback stop in place.
In fact, when a few people passed the gentle hill not far away, the soldiers guarding the city had discovered their presence. However, Viscount Leize repeatedly warned that if he bothered him with such "little things" again, that ignorant guy would definitely pay the price.
"Who are you, where are you from, and what are you doing?"
The soldiers who had already raised their bows and arrows hurriedly shouted down, as if they were about to release arrows at any time. The companions beside them did not sound the alarm bell as required, but shouted several times into the fort wall, calling for dozens of elite soldiers wearing half-body plate armor.
A hooded man walked forward angrily and shouted at the people on the wall: "The person standing in front of you is the Duke, and you haven't opened the city gate to let us in!"
When the soldiers on the fort wall heard this, they burst into laughter, and the tense atmosphere just a moment ago disappeared.
The man standing under the wall shouting was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He immediately drew his sword and pointed it at the top of the fortress wall, shouting angrily: "You guys look down on others. Immediately ask Viscount Leize to come out of the city to meet the Duke. If you dare to neglect again, your heads will not be saved!"
"I don't see that you, a pariah, have some knowledge and actually know my Lord Viscount. Do you know who I am? I am the king of France!" With a plop, the man whose feet were in pain fell to his knees.
"Ah, my feet——"
"Quickly, pull him back and retreat!"
The Duke of Lombardy raised his hood and stared fiercely at the defenders on the wall. After a while, the group of people slowly retreated and disappeared into the darkness——·
At noon the next day, Viscount Leize left the cabin where he had worked hard all night with satisfaction. Walk out of the alley and walk straight towards the fort gate.
After a night of entertainment, he felt particularly relaxed. Riding on horseback and humming an unknown obscene ditty, watching the military fort become peaceful under his rule, he actually admired himself a little in his heart.
Since the war in the Northland began, the smoke of gunpowder has not yet spread to this border fortress. Compared to the land that was first trampled by the enemy's horseshoes, his life here can simply be described as "free".
As the highest-ranking military commander in the military fortress, he can be said to dominate the sky with one hand here. In addition to grabbing a piece of meat from the military resources allocated by the palace, he also made a lot of money from the traders over the years. Even the refugees who passed by begging for bows had to leave a mouthful of food in their mouths as tolls.
Today is another good day.
Viscount Leize received a secret letter from the Prime Minister of the Palace a few days ago, and the supplies sent by the Palace were delivered today. In addition to the necessary supplies of food and grass, an additional batch of military supplies were also allocated to defend the city. Currently, the pressure on the western front line of defense is increasing, and the palace has prepared for the worst. Once Provence and Burgundy joined forces, Lombardy had to readjust its original defense line. Coupled with the raging bandits in the northeast, the importance of the military castle as Milan's last line of defense is self-evident.
Not long after, Viscount Leize arrived in front of the castle gate, dismounted and walked slowly towards the castle wall.
At this time, several soldiers guarding the city gathered together, still talking about the enemy's situation last night cough cough...
Hearing the sound of coughing, several soldiers who were leaning in the shade in the corner quickly stood up.
"Is there anything unusual last night?"
At this moment, the soldier who shot an arrow at the foot of a refugee outside the city last night quickly stepped forward and said, "Report to the Viscount, there were a dozen refugees trying to enter the city under the banner of the Duke last night. , we sent them away with bows and arrows. "
"What, under the banner of the Duke?" Viscount Leizer touched his chin beard, thought for a moment, and asked, "Does the other party have documents?"
"No."
"What's the banner?"
"No."
Viscount Leize breathed a sigh of relief, and then told the officer in charge: "The current situation is complicated. From now on, all unidentified people will be greeted by me with bows and arrows. I would rather kill a hundred people by mistake than let a single spy in! "
"Yes, Lord Viscount." The officer beside him bowed and replied.
"The supplies from the palace should be arriving soon. Let's arrange for someone to go out and take care of them immediately. We can't let those bandits and bandits snatch them away."
After a while, five light cavalrymen followed by about twenty light armored infantrymen slowly walked towards the east.
Viscount Reize, who was leaning on the castle wall with both hands, smiled slightly, his fat face turning reddish under the scorching sun. Soon, another considerable amount of income would be added to his treasury. On the third day after Viscount Reize received the supplies, the Duke of Lombardy, who finally escaped back to Milan after all the hardships, immediately ordered that all the titles of Viscount Reize be stripped immediately, and all the land and estates in the territory were returned to the palace. Viscount Reize and the men in his family were all sent to the front line to fight, and the female family members were sent to the palace as slaves.
The Duke of Lombardy's thunderous tactics made the palace nobles panic, and they all expressed their willingness to contribute money and efforts to jointly defend against foreign enemies.
Early on the next morning after returning to Milan, the Duke of Lombardy summoned all the important palace ministers except the palace military minister who was still leading the army in Provence to discuss the next strategy to defend against the enemy.
At this time, there was no sound in Nuo Da's court.
Looking at the Duke of Lombardy sitting at the top, everyone said nothing. Because on the second day after the cavalry led by the Duke of Lombardy suffered a defeat, news of the failure to intercept Burgundy's army spread back to the Milan court.
These normally arrogant court nobles all understood that now, Lombardy could no longer resist the Burangdians' march south. What's more, some people have already fled Milan with their families and went to other places to escape the scourge of war. Nowadays, many riots have occurred in Milan. Hungry victims have poured into the city in large numbers, bringing many unstable factors to the security of the city.
After a while, the Duke of Lombardy took a sip from the wine glass on the table and sighed softly. He glanced at the ministers and nobles present.
Once upon a time, as the king of a country, the Duke of Lombardy had great glory. Especially in the year when he occupied half of Provence, there were even rumors among the people that this king full of infinite power would unify the entire peninsula and realize the grand plan that all kings have failed to complete for hundreds of years.
But now, Lombardy was not only defeated by Provence, which had almost destroyed the country, but was also defeated by the humble Burgundy county in the north, and was unable to retreat. As the king of a country, the Duke of Lombardy almost died on the battlefield and sacrificed his life for his country. The once mighty lion actually fled back to the capital like a bereaved dog.
Every time he thought about this, the Duke of Lombardy's heart felt as painful as being pierced by thousands of steel needles.