Riding and Slashing

Chapter 419

"This time I'm dead... I'm dead..."

Li Ang muttered, getting dressed in a hurry.

"What's dead?"

Alina straightened her shoulder straps, got out of bed and shook her skirt, gathered her messy hair, and tied a knot at the back of her head casually—this was considered to have completed her dressing up.

This girl has always been neat and never wastes time in front of the mirror... Of course, probably the main reason is that she doesn't know how to put on makeup at all.

"What do you think? If this gets out, will your reputation be ruined?!"

Li Ang glared at Alina while pulling the clothes with one hand, but then he turned his head and glanced at the door in frustration, and asked Alina in a low voice: "Isn't Captain Loris a person who talks nonsense? "

"I've never had a good reputation... I don't care."

Seeing Li Ang's nervous look, Alina smiled suddenly: "So you are worried about me?"

Indeed, Arina's reputation was not very good before - she had always used the 'son of prophecy' to reject all men's pursuits. Since more than two years ago, there have been rumors in Bacchus that Alina likes women.

At that time, there would be this rumor, mainly because Alina killed many nobles in Siyuan City, and her father Justus also killed many nobles in Boshi City, it is quite normal to be deliberately discredited by the nobles .

But now, Alina is 22 years old-this age is not engaged, so in the eyes of most people, it is really abnormal, after all, the average age of marriage for women in this era is not yet.

Right now, most of the Bacchus believe the rumors, and feel that Alina probably really likes women—and presumably likes elf girls, because she is often with Wendy.

Only Knight Commander Loris knew that Arina really planned to marry the Son of Prophecy...

"Ahem! Aha! Lord Justus! When did you come to Emperor Lingang?!"

Outside the door, Loris suddenly made a high-pitched voice.

Li Ang and Alina were petrified at the same time...

Obviously, this knight commander is actually very 'sensible', but it is probably a little too late to report the news at this time-there is only one door in this bedroom...

The smile on Alina's face turned into a wry smile: "My father must have met Ales, so he came here so quickly..."

"Hurry up, help me put on my clothes!"

Li Ang is still only wearing pajamas, shaking his coat of arms with one hand in his right hand...

His left hand was bound with a bandage hanging around his neck. To avoid tearing the wound under the armpit, the efficiency of dressing was of course quite low. Without help, it was basically impossible to put on the pullover—undressed last night Sometimes there are attendants to help.

Alina grabbed the jumper and put it on for Li Ang.

"Loris, is His Majesty Leon in there?"

It was Justus's voice.

"In... oh no... this..."

Knight Commander Loris is obviously a decent person who doesn't know how to lie.

As a result, the door was pushed open again—and then immediately closed again...

"Cough...the weather is fine today..."

It was Justus's voice, which could be heard with a little embarrassment.

"Yeah... the wind is quite cool, and the waves are only three meters high..."

Knight Commander Loris looked at the sea in the distance, then at the gray sky, and then at Justus's hair being disheveled by the strong wind.

When Justus opened the door and saw his daughter was helping Li Ang dress face to face, the gesture was very intimate, somewhat gentle and graceful...

Right now, Justus's mood is actually very complicated...

It looks like your daughter has someone she likes?
This is of course a good thing, at least the things that have troubled him for several years can be solved...

But the problem is, the guy my daughter likes is a married man - and this guy has two wives!
This is troublesome...

The identities of my daughters are different... Not only does she have a father who is a governor, but also a foster father who is an emperor!
With such an identity, how can...

Li Ang, you bastard!The decree he promulgated to allow three wives must have been premeditated, right? !
Justus gritted his teeth as he thought about it, his originally gentle face now looked somewhat hideous.

When Li Ang went out, what he saw was Justus' rather distorted face and Knight Commander Loris' concerned eyes.

"Cough...the weather is fine today..."

Li Ang nodded towards Loris, and spoke the same opening remarks in the same tone as Justus.

Loris sighed: "The wind has been blowing for two hours, His Majesty Li Ang...the storm is coming."

"Yeah... the storm..."

Li Ang carefully looked at Justus's face: "Master Justus, have you seen Arles?"

"Leon, I have to talk to you..."

As soon as Justus pulled Li Ang up, he left, his actions were rough and his tone arrogant.

Alina hurried out, but only had time to see the backs of her father and Li Ang - Li Ang looked back from time to time, his eyes flustered, like a young hooligan who had just been caught cheating on his daughter.

……

While Li Ang and Justus were discussing life, His Majesty Kaspers who came to Serendil again encountered the first tragic failure in his life.

In fact, Kaspers was lucky. His fleet docked in the shoals of Serendil before the storm came—the place where Leon once dealt with the python knights of the Dread Legion.

To escape the storm he parked his fleet off the beaches of Thrindir.

Although it is easy to ground the battleship due to low tide when parked in the shallows, at least it can avoid the huge waves on the sea surface, and will not suffer disaster.

Kaspers and his adjutant Leo originally planned to temporarily station in Serendil, and then find the two thousand troops that were sent out, and return to Maritim with the troops.

They no longer plan to continue their "conquest" in the Pendor Continent. After all, judging by the number of "troops" in Emperor Lingang, this great ideal is indeed impossible to achieve - without a foothold and outpost like Emperor Lingang Base, relying on a lone army is obviously unable to gain a firm foothold.

After Serendil came ashore, Kaspers led a large army into the village to escape the wind and rain.

Although there are no intact houses in the village, camping on the ruins can at least keep out the wind, and it is much safer than staying on a boat.

Not long after they set up camp, a small group of troops in Malitin uniform appeared nearby, about two or three hundred people.

It was raining and the visibility was very low, and the small army looked completely soaked.

Kaspers blew the assembly call, intending to have the small army meet at the camp in the village.

But at this time, an accident happened.

That army was indeed 'returning', but they did not come to Kaspers' large army camp, but went straight to the battleship in the shallows.

In fact, Kaspers also understood this situation very well. It was gloomy at the time, and naturally no flag was erected in the strong wind and heavy rain. Kaspers' camp was not easy to find in the ruins of the village.

It is very likely that the small army failed to find their camp in the first place. Instead, they saw a more obvious warship near the coast-the Malitin brig with a rather high mast, and there was no shelter on the sea, so it was indeed more conspicuous.

It is also normal behavior to gather at the location of the battleship immediately after hearing the assembly number.

In Kaspers' view, it's not a problem for the small army to go to the battleship. He actually left more than a hundred people on the flagship, and his adjutant Leo also stayed on the flagship-these battleships are the return of the large army. The vehicles necessary for the home must be left guarded.

In the face of the storm, those who dare to stay on board to protect the battleship are the true brave.

But then, the roars and screams of these brave men were completely submerged in the wind and rain...

The two-300-man army was of course the Silver Hand led by Klose.

At the beginning, the Silver Hand also fought against the Python Knight in such a storm, and they didn't care about the wind and rain.

Right at the place where the Silver Hand was established, Klose majesticly rushed onto the enemy's battleship under the eyes of the enemy's large army, beheaded all the Malitians who stayed behind on the battleship, and then... let all the warships run aground Just like those wrecked ships of the Dread Legion back then.

These warships were not stranded at first, but anchored normally, and they just stopped outside the shoal to avoid the storm-mainly to avoid damage to the hull caused by encountering reefs during the storm.

However, it only took half an hour for the Silver Hand to cause these dozens of large ships to roll over and sink to the bottom—the bottoms of the ships were completely pierced.

Afterwards, Klose calmly left under the eyes of the enemy troops with his silver hand. The people of Mettenheim, who were used to fighting on the coast, knew that no one would chase them despite the wind and rain. Visibility was poor during the storm, and clues such as footprints could not be found. These Malitians were not familiar with the surrounding environment and could not catch up with them.

In fact, Kaspers didn't realize that these people were here for a sneak attack.

In other words, he never thought that someone would secretly scuttle his ship in a storm...

It wasn't until all the warships turned over and no longer floated up and down, but became crooked in the shallows, that Kaspers realized that something serious happened—he might not be able to go back...

Lieutenant Leo was killed.

The hundred or so brave soldiers guarding the flagship were also killed.

As for how much the Silver Hand paid—the Silver Hand was also wearing Maritim's armor, and they all fell into the water, so it was impossible to tell who was who...

Kaspers howled in pain, then tried to sleep again...

Alina and Arles lied to him, Kavala abandoned him, his right-hand man, Lieutenant Leo, left him forever, and the 'war' in Pendor Continent was completely different from what he had imagined...

Without the help of Kavala, he is no longer a famous general who has won every battle. Now he has no idea what to do, and his mind is in a mess.

People who are used to lying down and winning, of course, cannot withstand the storm.

During the hours Kaspers slept, Malitin's soldiers grew alarmed—they all realized they might not be able to make it home.

General Leo, the respected adjutant, died in battle, hundreds of brothers died in battle, [-] brothers were missing, and all the ships sank on the beach.

Right now, there is no way out before and after the wind and rain, and the lonely army is trapped in this strange continent...

It was the time when morale was low and the morale of the army was unstable, but their majesty was sleeping regardless? !

Originally, it only needed a few words to appease—for example, 'take a good rest so that you can get enough energy to avenge General Leo'...

But Lieutenant Leo was killed in battle, and no one could appease and motivate the soldiers for Kaspers.

Thus, for the first time, deserters appeared in Kaspers' army.

It takes a long time to get the support of your subordinates, but it only takes a few days to get them to give up.

At dusk, the wind and rain subsided, and the setting sun emerged.

When Kaspers woke up, Kavala still did not appear in his dream, but his subordinates scattered and began to find their own way out.

At this time, Kaspers was no longer at a loss, he finally made up his mind to make a fortune by himself.

However, he managed to revive his spirit, and immediately collapsed again after summoning the troops—there were only more than [-] people left around him.

Moreover, he once again saw a force of two or three hundred appearing nearby.

This time, however, that force did not wear Malitinian equipment.

They wore heavy battle armor, held shining great swords, gleaming gauntlets and gloves gleamed in the setting sun, and the entire army seemed to be made of silver.

"Silver Hand, assault!"

"what!!"

Kaspers heard a rough voice, followed by a neat battle cry.

……

three days later.

Klose returned to Emperor Lingang with the Silver Hand.

At the same time, Emperor Lingang also ushered in the first support army. This is the garrison that Wendy urgently recruited from Marasburg. The number is not large, only more than [-] people.

Their arrival is enough to ensure the safety of Emperor Lingang.

Because Wendy and Klose brought back a captive—His Majesty Caspers of Maritin.

Wendy didn't go to Siyuan City, because after she left Emperor Lingang with Ales, she ran into Governor Justus as soon as she arrived in Marasburg.

Justus had originally come to attend the funeral of Emperor Marius, and he didn't bring many people with him, but since he met him, there was no need for Wendy to go to Siyuan City to rescue soldiers.

So Wendy rushed back with the Marasburg garrison.

After the Silver Hand sank the battleship of Maritin, they encountered Wendy's rescuers on the way back, so Klose used his team of less than 300 people to surprise Kaspers. Rushing Kaspers' low-morale and incompletely organized team into chaos gave Wendy a chance to capture Kaspers.

In fact, the large force of the Malitians did not suffer too much loss, and there are probably close to [-] Malitians scattered everywhere...

Sigismund lured a thousand people to the Volvin area, and it is estimated that they will encounter the Noldor army led by Lisa Dilan in a short time;
Another 1000 people are probably still wandering around Rudy Village - that is the wetland meadow in Bacchus, where a large area of ​​pigs are raised, it belongs to the hilly wetland, and it is easy to get lost...

These two teams were sent by Caspers to pursue Li Ang after being fooled, and they have not returned yet.

In addition, nearly 2000 people were scattered around Serendil, some deserted themselves, and some were dispersed.

But these stragglers can no longer pose any threat.

Neither Li Ang nor Alina made it difficult for Kaspers, nor did Justus. They even sent people to help Kaspers repair some of the overturned warships on Serendil Beach, and helped Kaspers recalled part of the army.

However, Li Ang forced Caspers to write a letter of loyalty to Alina...

(End of this chapter)