Chapter 206: An idea from a dead person?
Changhe Town.
The lord saw the smiles on Granlong and Fother's faces.
I also saw a huge fishing net falling from the sky.
A large number of ambushes have already appeared in the city.
Granlong's Lion Lake City Flag Guard appeared on the street in front, and the elite troops who had escaped from Eagle Claw Castle with Fothert also surrounded them from both sides.
Granlon and Fothert, the son-in-law and son of Duke Alma, actually wanted to copy Alma's trick to capture Godric?
But Li Ang, whose retreat was blocked by the city gate, did not stop.
Even a mocking smile appeared on Leon's face.
"Blow the horn! Release the arrows!"
The lord shouted, then sped up his horse again and rushed straight in the direction of Granlong and Fother.
"Ambush me? Who doesn't have an ambush?"
Yes, everyone has an ambush. Granlong did not close off Changhe Town, and the escorts of Changhe Express had received orders to ambush in the city several hours ago.
If there really weren't enough people prepared in Changhe Town, the Lord wouldn't have dared to approach Changhe Town with just such a small number of people...
In fact, Leon really didn't expect that Granlon would be able to put aside their past grudges and form an alliance with Fothert.
But, do you want to deal with Leon the same way Duke Alma dealt with Godric?
Godric came with Leon, and he was just a few miles away...
Of course, Godric had mentioned to Leon that he was caught in the fishing net in Changhe Town, and he had mentioned it an hour ago.
There was someone around him who had been deceived before, so how could Li Ang fall into the same ambush?
Besides, Alma was fully armed at the time, and he didn't dare to get close to the powerful Godric...
But Granlong and Fother were only a few dozen meters away from Leon at this time!
Moreover, they were neither riding horses nor wearing armor at this moment - they could neither run nor fight, but they closed the city gates...
If the fishing net failed to catch Li Ang, then it would not be right to say that they locked Li Ang in the city. It seems that they locked themselves and Li Ang together?
Although the city gate behind the lord was closed, it did not affect the troops from blowing the horn.
At the same time, the Noldor guards who followed Leon into the city all shot out silver Noldor arrows!
Dozens of the Lion Lake City heavy cavalrymen in front fell down with their horses under a hail of arrows, and those in the front line fell in a row on the street!
At the same time, there were cries of killing in the city. The escorts of Changhe Express rushed out from three directions, catching Granlong and Fothert off guard - the escorts rushed out from behind their troops, and Eric rushed to the first one with a sword in hand.
The smiles on their faces disappeared instantly.
This time, it seems that Leon's troops have surrounded them?
Moreover, before the huge fishing net fell on Leon's head, Leon had already rushed to a distance of only thirty meters from them.
Now the fishing net had indeed fallen, but it was almost instantly shredded by a dozen sharp blades raised from beside Li Ang, and basically did not form an effective obstacle. Li Ang was still charging with a small piece of broken fishing net hanging on his body, and his horse hardly stopped.
What to do when faced with a fishing net falling from the sky?
Cut it off...
As long as the weapon is sharp enough and the mentality is stable enough, and you charge and cut at the same time, the fishing net will not be able to cover you.
But you can't just stand there stupidly, if you really wait for the fish to fall and catch you, they will tighten the net rope, and if your hands and feet are tied at that time, you won't be able to cut the fish even if you want to.
As long as people entering the city are mentally prepared, this trick of using fishing nets to cover people is actually not that effective, as it is not a wire mesh.
Besides, the guards around Leon are all nimble and sharp-bladed Noldor Rangers, they are not the slow and clumsy iron cans...
"Surrender or die!"
While shouting, Leon continued to rush towards Granlong and Fother who were turning around and running away, and threw aside a small piece of torn net hanging on his body.
Li Ang didn't even dismount. The spacious streets of Changhe Town were more than enough for the horse to run.
In fact, the heavy cavalry of Lion Lake City on the opposite side were also riding horses, but they could not rush over at this time.
The lord ordered the Noldor rangers to shoot arrows as soon as possible in order to kill the heavy cavalry in the front row, so that the ownerless horses and corpses could block the enemy's charge.
Although the street was wide, it was not a plain after all. Dozens of corpses were enough to stop the heavy cavalry from running for a while.
As long as these heavy cavalrymen fail to speed up and charge at the first opportunity, they will not be able to run any further, because the corpses created by the Noldor Rangers will increase in number...
The Noldor Rangers who had just fought a street battle in Eagle Claw Castle knew very well how to hinder the enemy. The Noldor Rangers in the back row had already dismounted consciously and jumped onto the roof in no time.
In fact, the Noldor Rangers prefer to fight on foot most of the time, because their equipment is light and they are flexible enough. Although they all can ride horses, riding horses can easily limit their advantages.
Besides, they were not good at using long-pole weapons, and they would only fight on horseback when it was necessary to use horseback archery.
Superb archery skills, light weight, agility and nimbleness are the real advantages of the Noldor Rangers.
Just like now, the Noldor easily climbed onto the roof and occupied a favorable position, but the armored archers under Fothert had no intention of going up to the roof at all - they did not dare to go up, as it would be easy for them to step on air and fall down.
This is the benefit of carrying light weight and having flexible steps...
The equipment of the Noldor was half as light as that of human archers. The weight of their entire body, including underwear, was only thirty pounds - and this was including a full quiver of thirty-two arrows. Noldor arrows were heavier, and a quiver of Noldor arrows weighed eight pounds.
The battle uniforms of the Noldor Rangers were very peculiar; it was a set of rune armor weighing only a dozen pounds. It was clearly cloth armor, but it had the defensive power of plate armor, and at the same time had the cushioning effect of cloth armor - this was enchanted equipment.
In addition, their swords, shields and bows are relatively light, and they wear hoods on their heads, so the whole set is quite light.
Moreover, all the Noldor elves are slender and thin, and they are not big in size.
Even a male Noldor, including his equipment, weighed no more than 150 pounds at most - and that was considered relatively strong. Risadilan was considered relatively strong among the Noldor, but he only weighed 120 pounds, 55 kilograms, when he was not carrying any weight.
For an adult male human, this is definitely too light a physique, but all the Noldor elves are like this, and despite their thin appearance, the Noldor still possess great power.
This is probably caused by the environment. They often appear in primeval forests and need to jump around on the branches of big trees. It is really inconvenient if they are too heavy.
They were light in weight, nimble in movements, and used to fighting on swaying branches, so climbing onto a roof was now a piece of cake for them.
But it is not so convenient for human warriors. The average human archer, including the person and the equipment, weighs at least two hundred pounds - only strong men with sufficient strength can become qualified archers, so they can't be light at all, and after all, the weight of the equipment is there.
Moreover, it was difficult for Men to learn the light steps of the Noldor.
Therefore, it is quite difficult for humans to fight on the roof. The load-bearing capacity of the roof these days is not very good. It is just a few wooden beams with wooden boards or tiles. If you are not careful, you will definitely step on a big hole and fall down...
But the Noldor rangers have been accustomed to moving on trees since childhood, and over the past hundred years or so, they have naturally developed extremely light footsteps. As long as the place can theoretically bear their body weight, the Noldor can basically move flexibly on it.
This gives the Noldor Rangers a great advantage in areas with complex terrain - the terrain does not restrict them at all.
As we all know, if you have the advantage of terrain, you are basically halfway to winning a battle.
If one more person can join in, then we're basically a sure winner.
Now the advantage of terrain was in place - the Noldor rangers were in a high and advantageous position, while the escorts were behind the enemy.
There was also support from the people. Changhe Town was Leon's home ground, and he was fighting against the rebels, so the local nobles and civilians would support him. In addition, if the battle lasted a little longer, Godric would notice something was wrong and would definitely come to reinforce.
As for the timing... there's no need for that, since there are no enemies anyway.
"Surrender or die!"
Seeing that Leon was about to rush in front of them, Granlong and Fother could only step back, and the expressions on their faces had all fallen.
They didn't expect that Li Ang would not stop at all when facing the fishing nets, nor did they expect that there was such a large and well-equipped army in the city.
"Wait! Leon! You don't want to end up in a fight where both of you get hurt, right?!"
Fawcett shouted , turned back a few steps, and waved his hands.
He knew Leon's skills - after all, he had been captured by Leon once, and knew that he could neither run away nor defeat him, so his reaction was obviously much faster than Granlong's.
Granlong looked at Fother with some doubt, hesitated for a moment, and slowed down his pace a little.
"Have your troops lay down their weapons !"
Leon shouted as he rode past Fotherg, and caught up with Granlong directly.
"Ah! I surrender..."
Granlong looked back and saw that Leon's sword was already raised, so Granlong immediately knelt on the ground and raised his hands.
Both of them are heroes who know how to adapt to the changing times.
This carefully planned ambush ended quickly and hastily.
Both leaders surrendered, so it was certainly impossible for their troops to resist to the end.
"Fother, tell me, what do you think? Didn't you join Ursula? Why are you still causing trouble in Changhe Town?"
Leon grabbed one by each hand and dragged Fotherg and Granlong to the base of the city wall for interrogation.
"Ursula? Ha... She and Kaedren conspired to harm me! They left me in Eagle Claw Castle to resist the army of Ravenstern Kingdom... I even want her life now..."
When Fawcett heard Ursula's name, he gnashed with hatred.
"Oh? There's such a thing? I thought you captured Kaedren's Eagle Claw Castle... Then where did Kaedren go?"
Leon really didn't know about this. Brunus didn't mention it when he was in Eagle Claw Castle. Moreover, Leon had never seen what Kaedren looked like. He only knew that there was such a person.
"Who knows... If I find him, I'll have to kill him..."
"Yes, Kaedren is the real bastard..."
Granlong also cursed beside him.
"Okay, tell us your business first. I hope you can live long enough to kill him."
Li Ang frowned. It seemed that these two had come together again because they shared a common hatred for the enemy...
In fact, it is true.
After leaving the Eagle Claw Fort battlefield, Granlon and Fothert arrived at the same place - Payne Village.
These two people are indeed familiar with the terrain around Lion Lake City, and even their escape routes are similar.
They had rescued each other before in Eagle Claw Castle, and now after meeting each other, both of them were cursing at Kaedren. This common hatred against a common enemy really made them both feel like "the same people are wanderers in the world."
In fact, they didn't have much hatred for each other - it couldn't really be called a hatred for the murder of his wife. If Granlon really had such deep feelings for Nelda, he would have started a mutiny in Lion Lake City...
The reason for their conflict was simply that both of them lacked a sense of security. After Fothert killed Nelda and seized Lion Lake City, he would of course want to kill Granlong to avoid unnecessary dangers, and Granlong certainly couldn't just sit there and wait for death...
But now that Lion Lake City has been lost, the two men calmed down instead. After talking to each other, they both felt that they had been tricked by Kaedren, who had bad intentions from the beginning.
So the two decided not to kill each other before killing Kaedren.
Their current situation is not very good.
It goes without saying that Fotherg is a traitor, and Granlon used the king's seal to deceive Godric into taking Changhe Town. He also understood that he would inevitably face pursuit by the kingdom.
So they decided to cooperate and go to Changhe Town first, at least to survive.
Later, they met an acquaintance in Changhe Town, who gave them an idea and asked them to set a trap in Changhe Town.
He asked Granlon to act out the same trick with Fotherg in which he had deceived Leon in front of the city gate.
That was the same rhetoric that Granlon had used before - he claimed that he had not committed treason, but had only captured the rebel leader, Fothert, and had taken back the golden seal for the king. But the golden seal could only be given to the king, so he had been waiting for the king to come and take over Changhe Town in person. If anyone dared to attack, he would burn down Changhe Town and bury the city with him.
This set of rhetoric failed to scare Leon, because it was not originally prepared for Leon - this set of rhetoric was originally prepared for Brennus.
They didn't expect Li Ang to attack Changhe Town.
The two of them fled before Leon launched the attack on Eagle Claw Castle. They only learned from the news that Leon and Brennus together wiped out 5,000 Jatu people and repelled the Crow Stern army.
But they didn't know that Leon could command the Noldor elves, nor did they know that Leon had so many troops in the city...
In their opinion, there were the Lion Lake City Flag Guards and Fothert's troops in Changhe Town, totaling nearly 900 elite soldiers.
Even though the 500-plus newly recruited mercenaries had secretly fled a few days ago, even so, at present, only Brunus or the king himself should be able to capture the city in the Sarleon Kingdom.
And it was indeed Brunus who led the team to Eagle Claw Castle before.
In fact, their judgment was correct. The main force arranged by King Ulrich to fight against the rebellion was indeed Duke Brunus. Brunus originally planned to keep the enemy in Changhe Town to protect himself, so he also arranged undercover agents in advance.
But now, Brunus made a deal with Leon, and then sent the undercover to grab the land in Lion Lake City, and it was Leon who came to Changhe Town.
In fact, even their ambush in the city was not originally prepared .
If it was Brunus who came - even if the Duke captured Changhe Town, he would not benefit from it, and Changhe Town could not be given to him. He had no reason to force a siege and waste his own troops.
If they don’t know how to attack a city, they won’t enter it, and the fishing nets and ambushes they set up were not for Brunus.
Sooner or later, Brunus would certainly have someone inform the king and urge the king to come in person to take over - Changhe Town was the king's direct jurisdiction, and the king's seal would always have to be taken back.
It was actually a good deal for Ulrich to take back the king's seal and resolve the rebellion just by making a trip. I'm sure Ulrich himself would not refuse.
Then, Grandlon and Fothert would stage another scene inside the city and capture the king in an ambush!
"…That's it. We didn't expect you to come, but after seeing your flag, we had to try to stop you. But we found that you had few troops and your attitude was very firm. It seemed that we couldn't deceive you, so I deliberately let you charge, hoping to capture you by force first… I didn't expect you had an ambush in the city…"
Fawcett finished his plan with a bitter look on his face.
Although Granlong's rhetoric seemed a bit crude, it might actually work if used on Brunus, because Brunus had no intention of taking down Changhe Town, and he would get nothing by taking it down.
He originally wanted to collude with both internal and external forces to grab the land.
So Brunus might extort money first, or send an undercover agent to rob Changhe Town, but in any case, he would most likely ask the king to make a trip after he had gained enough benefits.
Unfortunately, Brennus didn't come, but Leon did...
Only Li Ang would not be fooled by his words, because Li Ang was a rebel and he could legally occupy the rebel territory he independently recovered.
If Le Ang conquers Changhe Town, King Ulric will at most find someone to share Le Ang's power, or increase the tax requirements of Changhe Town, but he will not let Le Ang get nothing, otherwise it will be difficult for him to be the king.
Only Li Ang would really capture Changhe Town...
"You want to capture the king and then seek refuge in other countries? If that's the case, I'm afraid no country on this continent would dare to truly accept you... Who gave you this bad idea?"
Listening to the two men talking about this crude but somewhat feasible plan, Leon was a little confused - if they arrested the king, any country would regard them as enemies.
Which king would dare to accept a lord who had captured his own king and come to him for refuge? Aren't they afraid that they will end up in the same situation in the future?
"No, we are not going to other countries... but Alanric... His Royal Highness will sign a pardon agreement with us."
Fother shook his head: "We also understand that if we really capture King Ulrich and take him to other countries, he will surely die soon."
This is indeed feasible.
If they could capture the king, their negotiation partner would become Prince Alanric.
Because, Prince Alanric would most likely take the throne immediately if the king was captured by the rebels…
It is indeed possible to exonerate them by using King Ulrich in exchange for Prince Alanric's pardon, as long as they do not harm Ulrich at all.
As long as Alanric was willing to sign a pardon agreement with them, the two rebels would not only survive, but also would not lose their noble status.
Catching people with a fishing net is indeed a reasonable way that will not harm Ulrich at all.
And if Ulrik was captured and then released, it would certainly be unlikely that he would be able to return to the throne.
It was a good plan for Prince Alanric to ascend the throne without harming his father.
"Alanric, that makes sense... Who gave you the idea? Is this guy in the city?"
Li Ang understood and asked about the mastermind behind the scenes.
"Igor, Grand Maester Igor, but he is not here now. He said he had to go back to Sarleon City to prepare the contract."
Granlon explained.
"How is this possible! Igor is dead! I killed him! How can a dead man give you advice?"
Li Ang's face changed drastically - Igor was shot dead in Qicha Fortress, right in front of him!
It was shot and killed by two masters, Wendatil and Wentilfu!
One arrow pierced his chest, and the other hit his throat. Both were fatal. He died instantly. How could he still be alive?!
