king of the castle

Chapter 269 The fish returns to the sea

"Stay in formation!"

"The shield bearers cover the soldiers in the front row!"

"The people behind keep up!"

"You! I'll cut you off right away if you dawdle any longer!"

The officers urged the soldiers to attack again, and all kinds of shouts came and went. 【】Under the supervision of the officers, the soldiers moved forward slowly. Whether they were actively seeking a fight or half-heartedly, everyone would soon face a fierce battle.

Royce watched this scene on the balcony of a private house, with a serious and indifferent expression.He didn't think that the lord could be rescued by this attack alone, but as long as the enemy's strength could be weakened, this attack would be considered to have achieved its goal.Just for this, Royce must also send these soldiers up to die.

As for the price to be paid in the end to rescue the lord, and whether the lord will blame himself for it at that time, these are no longer in Royce's consideration, and everything can only be discussed after the viscount is rescued.

Royce saw that his soldiers had already reached the bottom of the wall, and when he was about to erect a high ladder with difficulty, a man suddenly shouted from the top of the wall: "Wait to attack, we want to negotiate!"

"Is it finally unbearable?" Seeing that the other party finally wanted to give in, Royce showed a smile at the corner of his mouth.But at this time, he didn't dare to be careless, and quickly shouted: "I am the highest officer here, Knight Royce, what conditions do you have that you can talk to me about!"

"I want you to stop attacking! Suspend all hostile actions!" The other party put forward his own conditions: "Send enough food and water in, don't play tricks!"

"Let the soldiers back first." Royce gave an order to the officers around him, and then raised his voice: "I can promise you these conditions, but you must also make some concessions!"

The man on the wall was silent for a while, and then said loudly: "I can promise you not to attack Wood's residence for the time being, and at the same time ensure the safety of the prisoners!"

Not to attack?I'm afraid I can't get in, right?In his heart, Royce didn't believe the other party's statement at all, but of course he wouldn't expose it in person, but took the opportunity to raise conditions: "Just such a small concession is not enough, I need you to show enough sincerity to negotiate!"

The other party thought about it for a long time, and then said awkwardly: "I... can release half of the captives."

Sure enough, they started to give in, which shows that the situation of these guys is not good.The other party's attitude made Royce secretly happy.Although he only cared about the safety of the lord and his son, he didn't care about the life and death of other people at all.But in order to show my sincerity, I still bargained with the other party for a long time.

The result of the first round of negotiations between the two parties was that Royce provided the other party with food and water, and promised not to attack before dawn tomorrow; while the other party promised to release all the captives and suspend any action that endangered the life of the lord.

"You ask someone to prepare water and food." Royce, who had reached an agreement, pulled an officer over and said, "I remember that there is a potion in the alchemy store in the city that makes people full of energy after drinking it. Go and requisition a few bottle into the water they drink."

"Obey, my lord!" The officer comprehended and left in a hurry.

"Hmph, negotiation... well thought out!" Royce looked at the figure of the enemy on the fence, with a sneer on his lips.

The potion that Royce said would take effect in the middle of the night after being drunk. He didn't believe that these guys who were hungry and thirsty after fighting for a long time could insist on not eating or drinking in the middle of the night in the face of food and water. So there is no need to worry that the other party will detect their conspiracy.

At the same moment, Bonnie asked Roger inexplicably: "Why do we have to negotiate with them? And let go of all the captives?"

"Hey, how can we escape if we don't release the captives?" Roger smiled at the female knight, "Hurry up and find two ordinary clothes to change into, and then we'll go out with the captives."

"You really have a lot of ghost ideas!" Although the female knight made such an evaluation of Roger, she still did as he said.Just when Royce's men delivered the added water and food to the gate of the Viscount's Mansion, Roger's side was also ready to break out.

All captured servants had their hands bound from behind, and each mouth was tightly sealed with cloth strips.The reason for this is firstly to prevent these captives from telling the news that Wood is dead, and secondly, they can use cloth strips to cover part of everyone's faces, so as to prevent Roger and Bonnie who are among them from being recognized.

All the captives were gathered at the gate, and Roger and Bonnie were also tied up behind their backs.It's just that the two people's hands are full of joints, as long as they pull the end of the rope, they can loosen it.

According to the prior agreement between the two parties, Royce's men put the food and water outside the gate of the Viscount's Mansion, and then they all retreated fifty steps away.It didn't take long for the two thick gates of the Viscount's Mansion to open a crack, and a group of soldiers quickly came out and moved all the food and water in.

Seeing that the other party has "taken the bait", Royce is very proud.For him, as long as the enemy drank the added water, he didn't care about the life and death of those prisoners.However, in order to make the scene more realistic, Royce immediately shouted: "I have done everything you asked me to do, what about your promise?"

As soon as Royce finished speaking, a group of men and men in various costumes came out from behind the gate one after another.Royce usually goes in and out of the Viscount's Mansion, and he knows who there are in the Viscount's Mansion.Although the mouths of these prisoners were covered with cloth strips, and their faces were unclear, Royce recognized at a glance that the few people running in the front were the housekeeper of the Viscount's Mansion and several other male servants.At this scene, Royce also understood that the captives in the other party's hands should be the servants of the Viscount's Mansion, and only these guys with little fighting power can be caught so easily.

The servants were obviously terrified, and started running wildly as soon as they left the gate.Most of the people ran directly in the direction of Royce, and a few of them probably lost their heads in fright and ran wildly into the alleys on both sides.

But at this time, Royce couldn't control so much anymore, and his mind was all on the clear water sent in.Royce nervously watched the enemy's reaction, for fear that his trick of poisoning in the water would be exposed, which would be very detrimental to the next actions.

The butler of the Viscount's Mansion ran the fastest and was the first to rush to Royce's side.Maybe it was because he ran too fast, the housekeeper staggered a little and fell to the ground.Several soldiers hurried forward to help the steward up, but he was struggling and whimpering, as if he had something important to say urgently.

Finally, a soldier untied the cloth strip that sealed the butler's mouth, and he shocked everyone by shouting at the top of his lungs: "The lord has been killed!"