After Becoming The Tyrant

Bomari Castle, which is now the stronghold of the rebels.

When the news of Prince Will's death came back to the base camp, King Newcana, the leader of the rebellious alliance of the Three Kingdoms, dropped the wine glass in his hand.

"how is this possible?"

Regardless of the existence of other people around, King Lantoft of Newcana exclaimed.He pressed the armrest, leaned forward, and asked hurriedly.

"The Duke of Buckingham is not dead?"

"died."

"The ancient heavy cavalry didn't arrive?"

"They're here"

"Who commanded that battle? Who defeated Will?" Lantoft asked anxiously, full of disbelief.

"It's... the king."

The messenger replied with a pale face.

"The army led by the king himself has taken back the castle, and is now advancing towards Beaumari, and it is estimated to arrive in five days."

"king?"

Lantoft turned to look at his counselors, and saw the same look of surprise on their faces.There was silence in the hall, and all the rebel nobles who were waiting for the good news looked panicked and had their own thoughts.After a moment of silence, several people in the hall suddenly got up to say goodbye one after another.

They are envoys sent by the other four states in the Northland.

"These bastards who see the wind!"

Rantoft forced a smile to persuade him to no avail. After those messengers left in a hurry, the smile on his face disappeared instantly, and he cursed in a low voice.

Lantoft, the king of Newcana, is a red-haired middle-aged man with a moustache. He has a bright forehead and rich cheeks, which are quite incompatible with the barrenness of the Northland. Smiling very kindly.But those who are familiar with him know that Lantoft is ruthless, and the only standard of action is profit.

There were also his allies in the hall, the generals of Balbo State and Chavos State, Lantoft turned his head and looked around the people in the hall, the haze of anger disappeared from his face in an instant, he The smiling and friendly face was restored again: "My friend, I always knew that Will was too arrogant and cowardly, and now he deserves death for living up to our expectations-this is not the first time he has been defeated by Maotou The kid has it!"

As he said that, Lantoft sighed bitterly: "Although he is my own younger brother, considering the loss he has caused us this time, even if he comes back alive, I will hang him on the flagpole to show the public. No!"

Everyone exchanged glances tacitly, and no one acted rashly and was the first to speak.

The sweet sword of eating and drinking is almost synonymous with Lantoft. Whoever really believes what he said is the biggest fool in the world.

"Pass the order—" Lantoft took everyone's expressions into his eyes, and he couldn't help but cursed in his heart, "Because Will's arrogance has brought great losses to the great Liberty Alliance, because of his unforgivable fault , I formally deprive him of his title and territory."

As soon as this order came out, many people in the hall felt a slight chill.

Lantoft's heart is cold and vicious, far beyond people's imagination.His brother had just died fighting for him, and his first reaction was how to weaken the impact of defeat on morale as much as possible... There is no doubt that when his order is issued, people will take it for granted The defeat was attributed to Prince Will's arrogance, but Lantoft, who personally deprived his dead brother of the title and territory, was able to gain a good reputation of "justice" at this juncture.

In this way, he can also stabilize the morale of the army shaken by the defeat to a certain extent.

Now that Newcana has set such an example, Balbo and Chavos of the alliance have no reason to back down.

After giving the order, Lantoft looked at the nobles in the hall.

"Now, let's discuss how to send that respected majesty away?" He said briskly, with a friendly tone, "If he really leads the troops to Bomali himself, we won't keep him forever , aren't you too ashamed of this kindness?"

The nobles in the hall looked at each other for a while, and began to express their opinions one after another.

Some people advocated an early attack, and defeated the king's central army before the king's two-wing reinforcements had completed their left and right flank attacks on the rebel area.Someone advocated sticking to Bomari and then mobilizing support troops... The hall became arguing, and Prince Will's fiasco was temporarily suppressed.

The final decision was to stick to Beaumari Castle.

Legrand's conscription period is only forty days. After forty days pass, Legrand's knights no longer have the obligation to obey the king.It is not so easy to capture a strong castle, and it often takes several months or even a whole year.

Beaumarie Castle is definitely one of Legrand's most difficult castles to capture.

At the end of the meeting, Lantoft crossed himself:

"In the name of the Holy Lord, this is a battle of God's blessing."

After the rest of the people dispersed one after another, Rantorft hurried to a gorgeously furnished room in the castle.The room was even more decorated than Rantoft's own room.

He straightened his clothes outside the room before knocking on the door respectfully.

After getting permission, Rantoft walked in and knelt down humbly.

"The merciful Holy Lord protects Newcana, who longs for freedom. My lord, Bomari is in danger. Can you please make an exception and kill Legrand's monarch?"

Rantorft kowtowed and pressed his forehead to the cold rocky ground.

His attitude was as humble as a begging dog.

The fire in the fireplace in the room was burning fiercely. When most people in the Northland were suffering from hunger and cold, this room was as warm as midsummer.A figure sat quietly by the fireplace.

A large part of Rantoft's confidence in daring to start this rebellion came from that figure.

…………

January has passed, and the rings of February slowly rotate.

The king checked the layout of Beaumari Castle in his tent.

In the era when the development of gunpowder had not reached the level enough to blast through thick city walls, siege warfare was a matter that would take a lot of energy and a long time.Beaumari Castle, which was chosen by the rebel army as the base camp, is definitely not a simple fortress—in fact, it originally belonged to the Qiangwei family.

The construction time of Bomari Castle can be pushed back to 1000 years ago.

That was the Qiangwei family, and it was Legrand's most powerful period. The entire western continent was unified, and the royal family built strong fortresses and castles in various places to guard the four directions and protect the people.Among them, the Rose Royal Family in the North also left such a great building.

That's Beaumari Castle.

After the "Battle of God's Punishment", Legrand was divided into hundreds of countries, large and small. During that chaotic time, Beaumari Castle has always been the place where all the states in the Northland tried their best to seize it. Got the castle.Like a series of other rose royal castles at that time, it can be regarded as the pinnacle of castle building technology at that time.

In the long period of time that followed, Beaumarie Castle changed many different owners one after another.

Sadly, after the "Battle of God's Punishment", no second bloodline of the Qiangwei family set foot in Bomari Castle again.

At the beginning, William III once attacked all the way to a place less than [-] miles away from Bomari Castle, but due to domestic rebellion, after accepting the surrender letter from King Newcana, he had to immediately transfer the army to quell the civil strife.

Now, what the king is going to take back is such a castle engraved with the shame of the Qiangwei family for so many years.

It is a dusty pearl in the crown of the rose family.

"It's hard to attack the city directly."

General Sheen was also looking at the map of Beaumari Castle, frowning.

The king also surveyed the castle.

As a jewel in the crown of roses, Beaumari Castle has an exquisite design, and has been meticulously maintained and repaired by latecomers over the years.

There are a series of impenetrable fortifications on the outskirts of Bomari Castle-a black stone fortress stands on the wetland formed between the two tributaries of the Lacey River, and opposite to the wetland fortress in the center of the river is another in the main trunk of the Lacey River. isolated island.There is another fort on that island, and the two forts are connected by a pontoon bridge.

Behind these outer barriers is the main city of Bomari Castle. The main city is divided into two parts under the circle of the huge external moat.One part is a triangular outer base, and the other part is composed of two parts: the inner defense and the middle defense.On the left and right sides of the castle are rolling hills. [1]

If the king wants to take the castle, he must first break through the series of external defenses.

Siege warfare is bound to take a lot of time.

In war, it was not uncommon for a castle to besieged for a year.But the king can't afford the time.

The arrival of February not only means that this long winter is coming to an end, but also means another more serious matter - more than half of the forty days of compulsory military service have passed.

Obviously, it is impossible for the king to spend the precious time of conscription duty on the long siege and blockade.

You must know that after the conscription is over, if you want the knights to continue to fight for themselves, the king will have to pay other costs at this time. Giving the nobles new privileges is definitely not what the king is willing to do.

He must skillfully take away this strong castle with the shortest possible speed.

Even, he had to ensure that the loss of the army was as small as possible.

This is a difficult problem.

"Waterways... castles, inner and outer cities..." The king slowly sketched on the map. He looked up at General Sean, "Who is in charge of the military defense of Bomari Castle?"

"There are three." General Sheen replied, "In order to consolidate the rebel alliance, Lantoft backed down a step on the control of Bomari Castle. Today, the castle is jointly in charge of the representative generals of the three states. External military The defense was controlled by the Balbo State, the outer base by the Chavos State, and the center and interior defenses by Rantoft's own cronies."

"Shared responsibility?"

The king was thoughtful, and he suddenly smiled.

"Lantoft finally did something nice."

The king had an idea.

"Contact General Edmund and let him march at full speed." The king ordered, and he began to write a letter.

From the beginning of the war to the present, there is an army that has never been used by the king-the army of the Angor State.

Once they left the Angor State and lost the protection of the terrain, it would be difficult for the Angor army, which only had simple leather armor, to gain much of an advantage in such a siege battle.Therefore, the king has never sent this important reinforcement to the battlefield, but let them follow the marching Earl Henry, on the one hand to stabilize the victory for Earl Henry, and on the other hand to wait for the opportunity.

Now, the time the king had been waiting for had arrived.

It's time for Angor's army to join the battle and become an important move for the king to attack Beaumari Castle.

While the king was writing, a messenger hurried in.

He sent a letter from the Palace of the Rose, written by General John.

Hearing the letter from his cousin, the king's hand that wrote the letter paused, he put down his pen, and turned his head to look at General Sean.

General Sheen understood and got up to leave.

Only the king remained in the tent.

The king looked at the letter on the table, finally reached for it, and unfolded it.

The letter was long, but said nothing about the death of the Duke of Buckingham.General John only said two things in the letter.

"I have prepared the iron gauntlet, and when you triumph, please allow me to be your defender." When General John wrote this line, his handwriting was originally stable, but before the word "be", once Redacted, he crossed out the word "replace".

Another thing is that General John mentioned that he had received a letter from Ferry III.

The situation in Blacy's territory is more complicated than they expected, and it is difficult for Legrand to find out now.But Ferry III's letter conveyed some crucial news.

However, Ferry III is not dead, which in itself is good news.

"Hope he lived longer."

It wasn't until he saw this that the king spoke lightly.

He wrote back.

"...you are already my defender."

………………

The king's letter to Ingres's army arrived quickly.

This time, it was Legrand's old acquaintance, General Edmund, who led the army.

When he led the army along the way, he felt that he and his cousin were like gamblers, a big gamble on Angor's future-the cousin burned the secret letter from the holy court and chose Legrand.None of them knew what the outcome of this gamble would be.

However, when he heard that the Duke of Buckingham had died in battle and the king had turned the tide and won the Battle of Benz City, General Edmund's uneasy heart suddenly settled down.

A hunch:

Once again they were right.

After reading the king's letter, General Edmund raised his head and ordered:

"Go forward at full speed and attack Balbo King City."

The author has something to say: [1] Beaumarie Castle Structural Reference Part Gaillard Castle.