Chapter 384
Chapter 386 [Treaty]
Ramparts. The long-distance rebel retreat came, and the rebel soldiers on the bridge under the city retreated like a group of black workers. The shielders held up the iron shield and resisted the bows and arrows of the garrison on the city wall.
In fact, few arrows flew down the walls. Looking at the rebels that had retreated, most of the defenders had already leaned against the wall stupid, some directly dropped their weapons under their feet, and some began to cry in pain for treatment.
Most of the archers were exhausted. Almost all archers' fingers were already bloody, and their arms were sour that they could not lift up again. Only a few still maintained their fighting spirit, lurking behind the wall of the city wall, and fired on the rebels below the city.
A fat man in an armor was sitting on the ground with his butt, panting and panting, his bloated figure almost broke the armor, and it looked like he was almost out of breath. The look of war. Moreover, his armor style was obviously not the style of the city guards, and even he was not a soldier of the city guards at all.
But when the fat man leaned there and panted, the other city guard soldiers next to him looked in awe at him.
The fat man's blood covered his face was in the previous battle. This fat man, who seems to have difficulty walking, has slashed over thirty rebels, including two rebel officer chiefs, who were split directly into two halves!
Most of the defenders on the wall did not know where the fat man came from, but only the day before yesterday, the fat man in armor appeared suddenly on this wall and joined the defender's sequence. Only a banner-level officer responsible for the defense of this section of the city knows his origins, and seems to be in awe of him-someone nearby is curious to ask the origin of the fat man, who just smiled and claimed to be an imperial veteran.
This explanation is not too surprising.
The situation has now reached such a situation. Oscaria has already mobilized countless times, and a large number of young people have been hurriedly added to the reserve sequence.
Due to historical reasons, many of the veterans who have acquired property due to military merits live in the city of Osgilia, even a family that has been a soldier for generations. In this Patriotic War, after the mobilization order was issued, many people pulled out their former armors and weapons, brought the sword and ran to the nearby blacksmith shop to repair it slightly, just under the call of the mobilization order. Stepped onto the walls and joined the defensive battle-many of them have already spilled the last drop of blood on the walls of Osgilia!
This fat man looks no different from the veterans who volunteered to enter the city wall-he looks like a soldier from a military background, speaks loudly, and has the look of Qiu Ba from the army. The only difference is that his armor is too beautiful. This is a high-level Byzantine armor of hills! This is advanced equipment that only senior generals at the general level can equip, and even the officer in charge of this section of the city wall is only wearing a black armor.
Many people speculate that this fat man is probably a veteran general-but he doesn't seem to be the same age. Some people also speculate that this fat man is probably a descendant of the sect, and this armor must not be his own, but his father's or his ancestor's-but this seems to be different, his armor is obviously new.
And this fat man's martial arts seems to be smart and scary!
Today, this section of the city wall seems to have become the main point of attack for the rebels, but in the morning. For a time the situation was dangerous. The rebels gathered a group of brave samurai as sharp knives, and almost rushed to the city wall, but at a critical moment, the fat man killed him with a large knife, and his whole body shone with high-level martial arts! Then, under the light of fighting spirit, the elites of several rebels were shredded instantly!
The fat man also kicked a person who was obviously a low-ranked rebel general off the wall!
Finally, everyone's speculation was answered at night.
After the rebels retreated, they rested on the wall when the big guy was waiting for food, a group of guards rushed up, and from behind, two men wearing high-ranking imperial generals ran up anxiously. .
The beard with a scar on his face immediately became the focus of everyone's eyes!
General Adrik! Now the supreme commander of the ostrichian garrison is also the last pillar that supports the spiritual strength of the ostrichian garrison!
Adrik ran over, struggling to walk from the wall full of wounded soldiers, and stared at the gasping fat man all the time: "Ruhr! Get out of here !!! Why run here without permission! Come!"
This roar immediately made countless eyes around the fat man!
Ruhr? !!
Is he actually Ruhr? !!
That Ruhr? !!
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Now Ruhr is no longer the "general rabbit that can only run away" in people's hearts!
On that heavy rainy night, the fat general led the Rodria Iron Rider to attack the camp of the rebels, fighting for almost one night! I heard that the iron Rodrion cavalry repeatedly launched dozens of consecutive charges against the heavily-guarded rebel barracks, smashing the rebel's defense line. Then he protected the new emperor and entered the city of Osgilia, so that the new emperor can enter the city to inherit the throne and be crowned as emperor!
The fat general heard that he was a soldier and a **** battle. After entering the city, even the medical officer responsible for treating him was stunned on the spot!
Since that day, Ruhr is no longer the "runaway general" in people's hearts!
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……It's him? It's him? !!
The soldiers sitting next to Ruhr couldn't help but let him aside, and looked away from his head with awe.
Adrik squeezed all the way, and the soldiers along the path saluted, while Adric saluted, pulling Ruhr together.
The fat man's eyebrows frowned immediately.
"Injured?" Adrik frowned.
Ruhr grinned. "It's an old injury."
Adrik's eyes were reddish, and he stared at the fat man: "Why did you come here ?! Why don't you tell me if you go to the city without permission?"
"I can't rest at home," the fat man said lightly, "I didn't break my hands and feet. I thought the soldiers were fighting on the wall. How can I veteran lie in bed to rest?"
"... Even if you are coming over, tell me, in my headquarters ..."
Suddenly Ruhr laughed, and then lowered his voice, his voice was a little hoarse: "What did you say? Adrik, have you forgotten? I am now ... a bare-arms general, haha! My army It ’s gone ... It ’s better to come up here and kill here than to lie on my bed and close my eyes. The faces of the brothers who died beside me are dangling in front of my eyes ... It ’s better than that. "
Adrik's eyes were red, he shook his body, and hugged the fat man tightly: "Rodrias is also the army I brought out, do you think I won't be sad!"
The fat man smiled and whispered: "I know you are sad. I heard you cried all night at home. However. You are now Secretary of Military Affairs, you are not qualified to be sad, you have no power to be sad! But I have, I am not Secretary of Defense, I'm just a bare-bones general who has burned out the troops. "
Adrik dragged Ruhr and walked down the city. The guards around him opened his way. Adrik pulled Ruhr tightly: "Go into the palace with me! Tonight, I think about it, maybe, you have a way ... ... "
After a pause, Adrik's voice was lowered: "Your Majesty is going to see Gislent tonight-just before dinner!"
Ruhr whistled: "Good guy!"
Aderick glanced at the fat man: "You understand it! This is simply to actively extend his head in front of the Landis, and ask the other party to put a yoke on our neck ... This is simply to actively invite the other party to blackmail, we……"
"... I can't help it." Ruhr suddenly looked up and looked at Adrik: "Why do you think I have a solution?"
The two came under the city, the guards brought the horses, and Adrik frowned immediately: "Go get a carriage! Didn't you see that General Ruhr was seriously injured ?!"
Ruhr sighed and was dragged into a carriage by Adrik.
After the wheels rolled, listening to the sound of bumps under them, in the narrow compartment, the generals of the two empires looked at each other.
a long time……
"I really can't help it." Ruhr shook his head again. He stared at Adrik with a serious tone: "And, if I had to say anything. I would even agree with Her Majesty's approach."
"... You ?!" Adrik stared.
"What else can we do?" Ruhr said lightly: "Even if we can be more patient and support some days, wait for the Landis to be anxious ... At that time, even if we can choose the one we expect "Good time," waiting for the Landis to come to us for cooperation ... do n’t say if this is possible, or how likely it is. Hmm ... even if it happens, you think the Landis Will not blackmail us? The same! Adrik, the Landis will also put forward harsh conditions! Because now no matter what we do, the fact is the fact that we are about to die! And the Landis are our only You can count on foreign aid! Even if you wait for the best time you can expect to negotiate again ... it is nothing more than a slight reduction in extortion. "
"But you can't let Landis knock on our bones and **** our bone marrow!" Adrik shook his fists.
Ruhr's eyes suddenly flashed: "What do you ... know?"
Adrik's eyes were full of haze, and his expression was gloomy to the extreme, his next voice. It's almost the same as coming out of the teeth!
"What I have received ... Your Majesty has asked the Minister of Etiquette to formulate a number of alternative conditions, including ... a permanent recognition of the land rights of the Landis to the estuary port in the Inland Sea. Maritime commercial vessels exercise the right of protection! Allow the navy of the Landis to cruise freely in our country ... "
Ruhr pouted: "These ... were facts before the war. Landis naval ships can enter and leave our inland sea at any time, and this does not require us to acknowledge or deny it."
"This is not the most important thing." Adriatic's voice was hoarse: "... opening sixteen port cities along the inland sea, providing dock ports for cruising and maintenance of Landis naval vessels, and even allowing Landis naval presence port!"
"Your Majesty is mad ?!" Luerten sat up straight: "This is the loss of sovereignty !!! What is the difference between ceding territory ?! Joke! Let the Landis navy be stationed in our seaport city? Sixteen harbour cities allow the naval navy of the Landis? !!! It is equivalent to putting sixteen lassos around our necks !!! From then on our coastline will no longer fortify the Landis! The Ties can use a chain to lock our country on the land! Once they have any ambitions for us, the sixteen harbor cities have become the soldier towns given to them for free !!! "
Adrik smiled sternly: "And what else ... The Landis sent a hundred thousand troops directly to help our country recover the rebellion and a naval fleet large enough to maintain the maritime transport line, and we sent a huge sum to the Landis Ordnance purchase orders ... for this we will pay Rantians 30 million gold coins-this number is the highest standard acceptable to your Majesty. "
The fat man whistled again: "30 million gold coins ?!"
He looked at Adrik: "Your Majesty is really crazy. Thirty million gold coins? Does he think we are still before the war? We have now lost all the land in the entire North! Minus the rebel-held territory, we How much land and population is left? Even after the war, how much of our fiscal revenue can we have in a year? How long will it take us to recover to the level of fiscal revenue before the war? 30 million gold coins? Is Your Majesty ready to sell the palace? Are you here to pay this debt? "
"Not selling the palace." Adrik shook his head.
"Nonsense, of course I know it is not." Ruhr smiled bitterly: "Even if Her Majesty sold the royal family's property, those royal gardens, manor houses, and hunting grounds, they would not be able to make 30 million gold coins ... the treasury was nothing Money, you and I know that. "
Adrik's expression seemed ridiculous and desolate www.wuxiaspot.com He looked at Ruhr, looked at it for a long time, and finally, finally, the general spit out a word slowly.
"tariff."
Adrik's expression was like a dead man: "... His Majesty decided to avoid all trade associations, all goods, and tariffs for the next ten years of Landis! In other words, for the next ten years, as long as the Byzantine Empire exists for one day Any Landis businessman can come to our country and earn our money without paying a copper tax! Their large amount of goods, cheap goods, will flood our market and will persecute The businessmen in our country went bankrupt and went bankrupt ... Landians would lie on our bodies like a big ants, constantly sucking blood from our bodies ... "
"parking!"
Ruhr suddenly yelled. He patted the car window hard. Immediately outside, the guard pulled the drive window: "Sir, what do you want?"
"I want to get off the car! I can't close this thing, and I can't manage it!" Ruer shouted loudly, and he turned to look at Adrik. Go to the city, and die there sooner or later day and day! "