When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 708: Immortal Army

The last rays of the winter sunset shone into the deep knight's hall. This fortress, which was built by Naidbach at great expense, was not as lively as when it was first built.

The narrow pointed arched windows blocked the sunlight into strips of light, which shone on the blue bee family emblem holding a spear, and it actually appeared lavender.

Sitting in a high-backed seat to the side of the main seat, Abode tapped the table impatiently with his index finger.

On both sides of the pillars of this corridor-like hall stood guard by soldiers, and on both sides of the bright red wool carpet stood two neat rows of powerful vassals and court ministers.

The hall was silent at this moment, so silent that it seemed a little desolate.

The vassal and courtiers all lowered their heads, and occasionally they turned their heads to see if Duke Neidbach, who was sitting on the main throne, had arrived.

Unfortunately, they waited from the orange sunlight to the red sunlight, but never saw the Duke’s arrival.

The silence was broken only when a servant in a blue robe came over in small steps.

Leaning over Abod's ear, the servant whispered a few words.

The veins on Abode's forehead jumped, and then he waved his hand and stood up: "Everyone, the Duke is ill, so let the Minister of Foreign Affairs, that is, I, preside over the meeting."

Although he said so, the vassal below lowered their heads and whispered to each other.

Especially the vassal in the front row, they all heard the word "hunting" from the servants, so they knew what the Duke was doing without thinking.

Now the Duke is trapped in a county by a large army, the roads are blocked, and food is about to run out.

When all the knights and vassals were fighting for glory, he actually went hunting at this time?
How does this look like a monarch?
Abbot felt a headache. Duke Neidbach had been acting like an ostrich ever since he lost the case against King Gigi in the Imperial Court.

Originally, the two dukes had all the advantages, but they lost everything overnight. Neidbach had lost all his spirit.

With a cough, he signaled several spitting courtiers to be quiet, and the loyal foreign minister said loudly:
"Today's topic is still how to deal with those red knights."

Hearing the word "Red Knight", many vassal and courtiers showed complicated expressions on their faces.

The so-called Red Knights are mercenaries from the Flesh and Blood Court hired by King Jinigis.

In essence, they are the same group of people as Nedsal, namely the human desert nomads south of the Flesh and Blood Court.

The main evidence in the previous case of "v. Genegis for collusion with vampires" in the Imperial Court was these red knights.

Most of them were heavy cavalry wearing red robes but no helmets. They were extremely tall and strong, and fought extremely bravely and fiercely.

In the Battle of Khan Jin Mountain, three hundred red knights broke through the enemy's formation in the rainy night and actually repelled the arrogant Imperial Order Company, which led to the great defeat of the two dukes.

It often takes several extraordinary knights to besiege a red knight before he can be knocked off his horse.

According to a knight who had fought against them, he saw with his own eyes that the Red Knight's skin could block swords.

Moreover, these knights are not like the zombies or skeletons of vampires and cannot control horses.

The red knights were insane and unable to communicate, but they rode their horses very well.

After the war, the Duke's army found the bodies of the Red Knights and asked doctors to perform autopsies, only to find that these knights not only had two stomachs, but also had abnormally enlarged hearts.

And this heart is obviously not a human heart, but a heart transplanted from a large monster.

Not only that, various organs in its body have undergone a large number of deformations.

Aside from blood magic, Abode couldn't think of any other possibility.

But blood magic is for dead people, how can it be used on living people?

Unfortunately, this can only prove that the Flesh and Blood Court mercenaries used magic, but it cannot prove that Jinigis used magic.

Besides, Genegis was about to win the battle, so the Imperial Parliament would certainly not find him guilty at this time.

"Three hundred knights failed to win the battle, and now there are more red knights than before." A courtier complained, "We are powerless in the military. The only one we can rely on is the Imperial Parliament."

"If we don't win the war militarily, what's the point of denying Genegis the throne even if the Imperial Diet passes it?"

"At least force Jinigis to negotiate peace!"

"How is that possible? It's already this late. If it were me, I would never negotiate for peace."

"We are surrounded by an army of more than 50,000, and we only have less than 20,000 men. Can we fight back without negotiating peace?"

"The great King of Kronswa only had one village, but he still defeated the rebels, didn't he?"

"In fact." An intelligence courtier stood up. "Lord Abode, you are aware of Prince Conte's disastrous defeat in the Thousand River Valley, right?"

"Remember, there were nine companies of royal orders, but only 400 knights escaped, and even the prince himself was killed in the battle." Abode shook his head. "Why did you mention this?"

"I got a piece of news, that is the secret of how the people of Qianhe Valley defeated Prince Kongdai." The courtier took out an iron pipe inlaid with a wooden support from his bag. "This is an alchemical crossbow. Although we have not found a way for ordinary people to use it on a large scale, since it can defeat the Imperial Order Company, can it be used on these red knights?"

After a detailed account of the power of this weapon, several vassal officials around looked at each other in bewilderment.

Several of the knights showed expressions of disgust. After all, this was a "despicable" projectile weapon in their eyes.

"You are saying this here, but no one knows if it's true or not. We'll know how powerful it is once we try it." Abode was also intrigued by the weapon and snapped his fingers.

After a while, several servants came in pulling a huge cage on a cart.

Inside the cage was a tall man in tattered red clothes.

Although the Red Knights are very strong, they are not great knights after all. Some of them were captured with broken legs or injured.

There are currently three Red Knight prisoners imprisoned in the dungeon of the Knights' Hall.

Also brought up with him was a young girl whose hands and feet were chained.

She looked like a thin peasant girl with rough skin, but was being held down by an iron yoke that was almost half the weight of her body.

The whip cracked, leaving several bloody marks on the girl's back.

She cried out in pain as she grabbed a clockwork gun while being held by two knights.

As the girl twisted her body with difficulty, the clockwork creaked.

The sturdy figure with white eyes in the cage seemed to sense something, and suddenly rushed to the iron bars, shaking them frantically.

"Snap." The whip fell on the girl's back again, "Why stop? Keep going."

With tears in her eyes, the girl continued to turn the spring.

However, the sturdy figure's movements of shaking the railing became more and more violent.

It tightened with a click, and she could no longer hold on and fell to the ground.

At the same time, a sharp whistling sound was heard immediately. Within a distance of three to five meters, even this inferior monkey-version clockwork gun would not miss the target.

At the moment the gun went off, the figure who was originally shaking the railing was shocked, and his back hit the entire cage, making a loud rattling sound.

Then, under the surprised gaze of Abode and others, the sturdy figure slowly fell to the ground.

"Great." He patted the armrest and sat up suddenly from his chair. He was about to go forward, but stopped, "Toms, go and take a look."

The unfortunate servant had no choice but to step forward cautiously, pick up a cane, and gently poke the figure in the cage.

"Dead, dead." Seeing that the figure did not respond, the servant dropped his cane and shouted excitedly.

However, he did not see excitement in the eyes of the courtiers and vassal officials. Instead, they revealed a lot of fear.

Immediately, there was a roar from behind that sounded like an inhuman roar.

The next second, an arm with bulging veins stretched out from the bars and grabbed the servant outside the cage by the neck.

With a loud bang, all the ministers present were startled.

When they reacted, they saw a body with broken bones half outside the cage and half inside.

The white bones protruded from the flesh and blood, emitting hot steam, but the Red Knight opened his bloody mouth and madly bit the flesh and blood of the servant.

A strong smell of blood filled the air, and the ministers were so shocked by the scene of eating raw meat and drinking blood that they were speechless.

Only after the Red Knight had taken seven or eight bites did his movements gradually slow down until he stopped, standing in the cage like a statue.

This time the soldiers learned their lesson. They took out a spear and poked him. When they saw him fall stiffly to the ground, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"So this weapon does work on the Red Knight?"

"They are not wearing armor, otherwise the lead bullet would just get stuck in their skin." Abode shook his head in disappointment, "And they won't die immediately after being hit, unlike humans, who can continue to charge into the army and then die, which is useless.

But they can be used to defend the city, but there are too few of them, and there is no time to build them. Moreover, they need alchemists to operate them, so they are not as useful as siege crossbows. "

"I didn't think it through."

"No, this defense is very useful, but it comes too late." Edmund looked around the hall and even nodded to several courtiers encouragingly, "Does anyone have any new ideas?"

It’s a pity that apart from the bad ideas of assassination and poisoning, there is not even a clockwork gun left.

"Okay, let's talk about the defense plan..."

(End of this chapter)