Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 100 The Clown's Performance

Today's Wingerburg and its surrounding areas have returned to their former peace.

But now it is winter, the land is bare, and nothing can be seen in the farmland, and the green has been covered by white.

Farmers are all nestled in their houses, eating the little grain left, and thinking about how much they should eat every day, hoping that this winter will pass sooner.

Some farmers came out to work for the government of the Protectorate. The Nilfgaardians still caused a lot of damage. Many infrastructures needed to be repaired, some roads needed to be paved, and the waterwheel mill needed to be rebuilt...

Of course, the more important role of these projects is to help many poor farmers get through the current period and avoid too many starvation.

For example, the iron pillar square in Wengerburg, which has received a lot of criticism, is a typical example of this kind of project. Herme ordered this thing to be built to provide job opportunities on the one hand, and to provide some iron ore to Wengerburg on the other hand. Reserve, these iron pillars can be dismantled to make weapons when needed.

Although it seems that Wengerburg will not be surrounded at the moment, it is better to do more preparations.

And even if it is not used now, it may be used in future generations.

Although the government of the Protector of the Country has come up with and implemented many work-for-work and relief programs, death from freezing and starvation is still unavoidable.

What the Protectorate government can take care of is the town and its surroundings. The farther away from Wengerburg, the fewer resources it can provide, and the fewer people it can relieve.

The families where the middle-aged men are still at home are okay, or they go to the city to work for the government, or they risk going to the forest to pick up wild vegetables and berries. Most of them can always barely survive.

As for those left with only orphans, widows, mothers, and the elderly, they have no chance of survival other than being prostitutes or being sold, and the final choice is to escape from famine.

Many human traffickers seized on this opportunity and began to collect men and women in the countryside, and then sent the talented ones to brothels in big cities such as Novigrad or Wengerburg.

This is a scene that is happening throughout the north. All countries turn a blind eye to this. Being a prostitute is better than starving to death.

And to be honest, being able to be bought as a prostitute is also considered lucky.

The brothel market in this era is only that big, and it is impossible for these human traffickers to take away too many people.

As for escaping from the famine... It's winter, let's talk about running there.

And this winter is not peaceful, there are old and good people who are part-time robbers everywhere, and if they don't do it well, their bones will be lost, and then the corpses will be left where no one can find them.

However, despite the existence of such and such things, it has not caused too much turmoil in Aedirn, and most people can still survive this winter.

And groups that can make troubles have also received special relief from the government. As for those who can't make troubles, then "this is fate."

The surrounding area of ​​Wengerburg is still relatively calm. There are no deserters on the road, and there are no people who died of cold and hunger on the street.

The roads are being rectified all the time, and future army mobilization will rely on these roads, so it still looks quite neat.

After all, this is the capital of the Kingdom of Aedirn, and the government of the Protector of the Kingdom still has a lot of resources that can be invested here.

As long as someone can escape, they will basically get better containment.

But this is also because the number of escapees who can successfully escape is limited.

Of course, this containment is not to let him eat in vain.

When the war broke out again in the spring of the following year, they were immediately incorporated into the army servants.

The men carried bags for the army, the women served as camp prostitutes, the young ones were arranged to serve as attendants for the sergeants, and the old ones cooked for the army to ensure that everything was used to its full potential.

But to be honest, for these people, in a sense, this is also a good thing. If the army is not disbanded, at least they can continue to eat army rations.

After all, this war will have to be fought for a long time no matter how you look at it, and there will be many difficult days ahead.

But now, on the avenue of Wengerburg, a group of noble cavalry is advancing. This group is quite ostentatious, and the speed is quite fast, and people have to get out of the way in a hurry.

There were a dozen or so cavalrymen, all of whom were fully armed and wore chain mail or plate armor.

Their faces were covered under the hoods, and the shield patterns indicated their identities as noble family soldiers.

Although it was said that the vicinity of Wengerburg was relatively safe, no one dared to say whether any robbers would be active, so most of the people walking on the road were armed.

And the leader of this team is Earl Feryate, the nobleman who was rejected by Alex.

Their goal was an aristocratic manor near Wengerburg. This manor once belonged to a Wengerburg nobleman and was usually used by him to hold banquets.

But after he joined the rebels who wanted to dedicate the capital to the Nilfgaardians, his head was cut off, his family was either killed or sent to Hackland, and his family property was seized and nationalized.

Then it was Earl Fylatt who bought the estate and made him a meeting place for the Lord Protector's opposition.

The manor has a wall as high as four meters, and there is a platform built on the wall. The crossbowman is on duty on it. Seeing that it is the return of the earl, he quickly calls the guards below to open the gate.

And those guards were indeed very agile, pushing the door open very quickly.

After Feryat's team entered, he handed over the horses to the waiting servants, and then he entered the main body of the manor.

Taking off his coat, the count came to the conference room.

Here, many nobles were gathered. They were talking to each other, but when they saw the Earl's return, they all turned their attention away, and many people had expectations in their eyes.

Seeing so many expectant eyes, the Earl said angrily,
"That boy Alex refused to join us. It seems that the power given to him by that cheap knight has completely turned him over there. Bishop Oerkon is the same, even the news that Herme recruited the lizardmen did not let him He changed his mind, and insisted on saying that the Lord Protector's idea is the will of God Cliff."

This did not bring good news, so in an instant, the entire meeting room fell silent.

Then after a while, someone asked again,

"So what about Lord Selchik and Lord Marsh? Did they give an answer this time?"

Selchik and Marcius, one is the leader of the royal party (supporting the king instead of the protector), and the other is the leader of the civil servants.

The attitude of the two of them is also crucial to what the conspiring nobles here will do next.

Feryate shook his head, but what he brought was still not good news.
"Master Selchik suddenly went to Edsberg to supervise the rebuilding of the fortress. Marshall, heh, that guy just kept saying excuses, but he didn't give a definite message."

This information made everyone look bad. They didn't win any of the important ministers in the Duke Protector's government.

In this case, how to complete the "grand plan" that Fir Yate said.

Some people want to run away with oil on their feet, and now they regret listening to the pie painted by Fel Yate, and they want to overthrow the rule of Duke Protector.

Some people directly began to think, if he reported this group of traitors to Lord Protector, would the Protector restore him to power.

Those who oppose Herme here, in the final analysis, are dissatisfied people who did not gain power during the power change of the Lord Protector's government and losers who fell from power.

If Herme gave power, how could they hide in the small manor in the countryside of Wengerburg and conspire against the Lord Protector.

Doesn't that kid know that they are of noble blood and have a superior family background?The help that can be brought to him is definitely more than those low-level nobles and fellow villagers he promoted.

"Ahem, everyone, don't despair about this situation. In fact, we still have a chance."

Feryat saw that the field was a little messy, coughed a few times, and continued.

If they were allowed to continue discussing like this, they might be discussing the team he had assembled with great difficulty and disbanded like this.

"I have received new information. Herme is already on her way back to Wenger Castle. It will arrive in about three days. We only need to gather an army to attack and kill Herme. I have already calculated it. Within three days, we can pull out an elite team of 300 people, all of whom are knights and attendants, and I have foreign aid to help, when the time comes..."

"Firyat, if you want to go crazy, go, I won't accompany you to go crazy!"

A nobleman stood up angrily.

Damn, he came here to gain power, not to die, look how outrageous these words are, to kill Herme?

That guy Hemei can kill if he wants to?This is too much, I'm afraid I'm not drunk and talking nonsense here.

After finishing speaking, the nobleman made a gesture and wanted to leave. Damn it, he wanted to report this bastard to the Duke Protector.

Now he really regrets how he got mixed up with this group of people, why he didn't listen to his friend's advice at that time.

His actions aroused the reaction of many people, and some people seemed to be ready to move, planning to go with this nobleman.

But the next moment they were glad they didn't act immediately.

Because the moment the nobleman opened the door, a crossbow arrow pierced his throat.

What made the nobles exclaim was not because of the man's death, but because a row of crossbowmen had already stood at the outer gate at some point.

"Everyone, since you've all joined my plan, how could you just pat your ass and leave here? You've been conspiring together here for so long, and it's too late to think about quitting now."

While talking, Feryat took out a scroll and spread it out on the table.

"This scroll here is an oath to assassinate the Lord Protector. Now, I hope you all sign your names on it, and then affix your respective coat of arms."

That's all Feryat said. How could everyone present not know what he is going to do? This is to force them to stand by him and die.

But what is the use of knowing that this is coercion? Can it be tougher than those crossbows outside?

Naturally, it is impossible for the nobles gathered here to have any strong-willed people.

So under the persecution of those crossbowmen, they signed contracts honestly one by one.

But in their hearts, they scolded Phil Yatt a bloody head. They didn't expect that this guy would force them to stand in line and let them leave such important evidence. .

But Phil Yatt breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but fortunately he reacted decisively enough, otherwise he would have to become a bachelor commander.

But this is still not enough. If these people can trust him, they have to continue to give them reassurance.

"Everyone, please rest assured. As I said, I have foreign aid. This foreign aid is Nilfgaard's assassination group. They will help us kill Herme, just like we killed Demavi and Stannis. "

After saying this, many people were indeed relieved. The ability of the Nilfgaardian assassination group is indeed guaranteed, and they did not see that even Demavi died in their hands.

As for colluding with Nilfgaard, the nobles have no pressure at all.

Anyway, there are still a few months until spring, and after gaining power, it will be necessary to think about how to deal with the Nilfgaardians.

As for whether Feryat has Nilfgaardian help... The answer is no, but you have to give these people some confidence...

But in many people's hearts, the assassination is still absurd.

That Herme was blessed by the gods, so he could really assassinate him?It's not that the Nilfgaardians had never assassinated him, and the result was that Herme's status as a divinely favored person was fully implemented.

So these people still plan to report them as soon as they leave this place.

And how could Feryate not have thought of this, so he made further arrangements,

"Next, I will trouble you to stay in my manor for three days, let your accompanying knights and servants send messages to the family, let them send people over, of course, my people will check the letters you send .”

How could Feryate let them leave so easily, so let's all stay here honestly.

And this really made a lot of people think about it, and forced them to stay here. What else could they do? They didn't bring many guards.

Therefore, they can only send information to their respective families and let them summon the fighting power of the families.

Philat is very nervous now, he knows that he is risking his life.

But for him, it was the only choice.

After he had tossed so much, if he didn't kill Herme, he would definitely be killed.

He made so many disturbances in order to entangle the manpower to usurp the throne, how could that Herme not know what he wanted to do.

However, just as Feryat was thinking about how to assassinate Herme, many soldiers surrounded him unknowingly near his manor. The total number added up to 3000.

Due to the darkness and snow, the guards did not notice the enemies that appeared, which allowed the soldiers to take their positions calmly and surrounded the entire manor.

"This is the place where those rebels gathered? Tsk, I thought it was some kind of powerful fortress. Does it really need to dispatch thousands of people? They also brought a lot of artillery."

A voice full of jokes and disdain rang out. There were at most a hundred people in the manor, and it would be an overkill to deal with those people sending him here.

"Selivalov, let your people guard the surrounding area. You don't need to attack here, you just need to complete your task. These people are the opponents of Lord Protector. Against them, you must use Thunder Wrist solution."

The person who spoke was Lechicki, the most important township party member of Herme in the army.

Therefore, the task of executing the traitor was handed over to Lechicki by Charron, and the chief of staff would definitely be able to solve this problem smoothly.

"Well, you have the final say. Speaking of it, let's go have a few drinks afterwards. Since you were busy with the army consolidation in Wengerburg and I was looking at my new land in the southern border, we haven't had a drink together for a long time. gone."

"it is good."

Just as Lechicki responded to Selivalov, the artillery had been adjusted to fire, loaded and aimed at the fence of the manor.

In a series of orders, the matchlock was lit, and then a bunch of shells flew towards the noble manor.

The wall was broken several times in an instant, and several guards were overturned by the flying shells before they understood what was going on.

And this is not over, because in the next moment, countless rockets fell, and some unlucky guards fell from the rockets, and the flames also burned in the manor.

The people in the manor reacted quite quickly. After the artillery and rockets hit for a while, they gathered a team and bravely rushed through the burning gate, trying to break out.

Phil Yas feels extremely bad now. The shelling and rockets just now made him realize one thing. What he is doing now may have been monitored by the Duke Protector government for a long time.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for more than five artillery pieces to bombard him here.

The Earl felt like a clown who was always doing things under the watchful eyes of others.

As for those nobles, they feel terrible, they deserve to die, they have completely boarded the thief ship this time, and now they can only fight with this guy Fir Yat.

As for what, anyway... the people of the Protector of the Kingdom would never give that chance, they have seen many times how the people of the Protector of the Kingdom "hugged the grass and beat the rabbit".

But the problem is, the musketeers have been waiting for a long time.

After a burst of gunfire, the people who rushed out of the manor were driven back after leaving a pile of corpses. The gunfire caused them heavy losses.

And now, the manor is still burning, but facing the ferocious firepower of the besiegers, they either fall under the shots of the shooters, or they can only retreat into the fire and be burned to death.

Soon, when another group of desperate people rushed out and fell under the bullets and arrows, there were heart-piercing screams in the burning manor.

The people who besieged the manor just watched there, and then killed everyone who tried to get out of it.

They just watched the flames burning and merging with each other, watching the fire in the wind and snow, and watching those ambitions being buried like this.

"Check the battlefield! Make sure not to leave anyone alive! And don't forget to verify their identities, this is an important basis for checking their property."

After seeing the fire burning, Lechicki said coldly.

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)