Unknown Knight

Just when they were about to break through the formation, they were interrupted by the rain of arrows overhead. Rolf was unwilling to give up, so he shouted at the top of his voice:

"Brothers, fight! Their shield formation is about to break. Don't hesitate. If you hesitate now, you will die!"

These words were extremely encouraging at this time, and resonated with many people who were unwilling to give in. They all shouted:

"Let's fight!" "Go ahead, at worst you'll die!" "You'll survive if you get out!" "Take someone with you even if you die!"...

With this momentum, the attack that had just been blocked by the rain of arrows resumed, and there was a tendency for it to break through the formation again.

Seeing this, Aix shook his head and had to take out his prepared trump card. He waved his hand and ordered the shooters above to drop cans of incendiary oil down. This was a method he had not intended to use. In such a small space, once the incendiary oil caught fire, there would be heavy casualties.

He originally thought that he could surround the enemy, waste some arrows at most, and then persuade them to surrender. However, it turned out that he thought too simply. He underestimated the uncertainty of people, their willpower when they are desperate, and their ambition.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Dozens of cans of flaming oil were thrown down by archers on the roofs and city walls near their own formation. With a loud bang, the fire formed an isolation zone near the confrontation between the two armies, separating the soldiers on both sides.

At the same time, a big fire broke out, and casualties were inevitable. Dozens of soldiers who failed to dodge in time were directly burned into firemen. They screamed, some rolled on the ground, some jumped on the spot, and some ran around like headless flies. The scene was extremely horrifying for a while, and it directly shocked those who still had ideas of rushing out, and they dared not rush forward anymore.

Rolf was also hit, and some burning incendiary oil splashed on his shoulder. However, he was quite agile. He rolled over and rubbed the ground hard, and actually put out the flames.

Seeing that the isolation zone formed by the burning flaming oil effectively blocked the enemy's attack, Aix knew that this was a rare opportunity, so he stood up and shouted to the people below:

"Everyone, listen up. I am Lord Exboya. My army has 2,000 people, twice your number. You have been surrounded. My lord has a tradition of treating prisoners well. If you surrender, you will be saved. If you want to live, put down your weapons and surrender. Otherwise, you will be killed without mercy!"

He stood on the city wall of the city lord's mansion, his voice carrying far away from the top. The people below fell into a brief silence after hearing his words. Some of them knew Aix, especially those who were dependent on the nobles. When they saw him appear, they were so frightened that they became speechless.

The reason they came to seize power this time was to support the lord's wife, Katia. If Lady Gand was really dead, the daughter of the former lord would be the most qualified to inherit the legitimacy of the territory. Now that the biggest legitimacy in the territory, Katia's nominal husband, Aix, has appeared, what reason do they have to start a war again?

After a brief silence, the Ketia army surrounded on the main road fell into chaos. Some of them begged for mercy from Aix, some argued that they were coerced and bewitched, some argued fiercely, some accused each other, some cried bitterly, and so on. Everyone was in panic.

The most frightened and panicked person in the scene was Katia. She knew what she had done. Others might not die if they were captured, but she would definitely live a life worse than death if she was captured. After recovering from the brief shock, she cried to Rolf for help:

"Sir Rolf, save me Sir Rolf!"

The cry for help startled Rolf, who was also at a loss. He suddenly realized that if he surrendered, not only would he lose the noble title he had worked so hard for all these years, but as one of the masterminds of this incident, coupled with the numerous crimes he had committed before by impersonating the Hammer of Justice, he would also suffer a fate.

He looked back and forth at the burning isolation zone, and then glanced at the houses on both sides of the main road. An idea came to his mind, and Rolf pushed aside the soldiers beside him, walked to the right side of the street in two or three steps, and then turned to Katia and said:

"Madam, come to me, and we will go out through the side yard."

After saying that, he raised the sword in his hand and chopped at the oak door of the shop on the street. He had carefully studied the layout map of Kudan City before and knew that there were courtyards behind the shops on both sides of the main road. There were usually small doors behind the courtyards. As long as they went out of the small door and passed through a few alleys, they would come to the dock of Kudan City. They could escape from here by seizing the boat or even wading directly into the water.

However, the streets next to the main road had been reinforced by Aix's order, and the oak door was made of extremely thick material. Even though he was very strong, he couldn't split it open in just a few strokes.

However, there were many people who shared the same idea as him, especially Rolf's core subordinates and those dependent nobles who surrendered and then rebelled. They knew that no matter how tolerant Aix was, it would not tolerate them, and they all followed Rolf to his side. Some of them raised their shields to defend against arrows, and some used weapons to destroy the oak door.

Soon the oak door of the shop was broken open by their combined efforts. Led by Rolf, these people guarded Mrs. Katia and rushed in, but escaped from the main road.

Axe didn't expect them to react so quickly and break the thick oak door of the shop so quickly. He could only smile bitterly, shook his head and ordered a pursuit.

The incident was urgent, and the shops on both sides of the main road did not have time to seal off from the inside with stones. Moreover, doing so would have made too much noise, which would have alerted Katia's spies in the city and affected the entire plan. In the end, the enemy took advantage of this loophole.

In order to prevent others from escaping, Aix had to order the crossbowmen on the roof to drop flaming oil tanks at the broken shop. At this time, he didn't care that the fire would burn down the shop on the street. At worst, he could just build a new shop for them afterwards. If these people were allowed to escape through this gap, it would be a lot of fun. They would be scattered in the city and it would be difficult to catch them, and it would definitely cause a lot of trouble in the city.

Dozens of people on Rolf's side took Katia out of the yard and fled straight to the riverside dock. However, there was an alley behind the yard, and the twists and turns affected their speed of advancement. They were soon caught up by the soldiers of the territory, and the two sides fought in the narrow alley.

After a fierce battle, Rolf, Katia and his party finally arrived at the dock, but they were dumbfounded. The dock, which had always been busy with commercial traffic, was now empty, without a single ship docked.

It turned out that long before Katia's troops entered the city, Aix felt that it would be difficult for more than 1,500 people to surround more than 1,000 people. He was worried that if something happened, some fish would escape, so he ordered the ships docked at the pier to be driven away, cutting off the way out in this direction.

The city of Kudan has experienced several wars over the years. After Aix gained control of the city, he specifically ordered the city walls to be reinforced and raised. As long as the enemies could be kept in the city, it would be basically difficult for them to escape.