Chapter 307: Clearing the Court
The Noldor elves' hearing is indeed good. Even though he was at the city gate, Lisadilan still heard Leon's shouting.
Of course, people near the House of Lords also heard it.
But no one attacked Leon - Leon was the Marshal of the Kingdom of Sarleon, with outstanding achievements in battles across the country. Without the king's order, no one would attack him.
Even though he had just ordered his guards to enter the royal city.
Ors, on the other hand, was quite hesitant. He hesitated for a while at the gate of the House of Nobles, but finally turned around and broke into the tower of the House of Nobles.
He was worried about Inna, his newly-recognized son and his only relative now.
However, Lisadilan, who had been waiting at the city gate, did not hesitate.
If Lisadiran was not a Noldor elf, but a knight like Ors from Sarleon, he might have been a little worried after hearing this order - bringing the guards into Sarleon would basically be tantamount to rebellion.
But Lisadiran didn't care what the Lord wanted to do. He had no sense of identity with the Kingdom of Sarleon, nor did he think there was anything special about Sarleon City.
That is to say, it is larger in scale and has higher city walls.
So after hearing the order, Lisadilan blew the horn of advance without hesitation.
“Woo… woo…”
The elves' horns sound low and long, and the pitch is not high, but it can be heard from far away.
The Noldor guards not far outside the city responded and began to charge towards the city gate.
At the same time , five men in black rushed out from the corner near the city gate, quickly rushed to Risadilan, and then rushed into the gatehouse of the city gate with Risadilan - they were the Scorpio assassins who had been ambushing in the city, and they temporarily accepted Risadilan's command.
The gatehouse of Sarleon City is not a message room. It is actually a military station inside the city gate. It is also a corridor leading to the tower and the top of the city wall. It is located inside the city gate.
This is also the working place of the city gate officer.
For a big city like Sarleon, the gatehouse is the most important defensive point, because there is a capstan inside the gatehouse that controls the opening and closing of the city gate.
Of course, it was daytime now, and there was no enemy outside, so the gates of Sarleon City were open.
The guards at the city gate at this time had no idea that a murder had occurred in the House of Nobles. They had not received any orders and naturally did not close the gate.
But Lisadilan knew very well that when the lord said "open the city gate", he did not mean to ask him to push the capstan to open the gate, but to let him control the city gate.
That is to kill the soldiers stationed in the gatehouse to prevent them from closing the city gate.
Because Li Ang's guards were still outside the city at this time.
Sarleon has two gates, the Outer Gate and the Inner Gate.
The city is surrounded by a moat about ten meters wide, and a several-meter-wide boulder foundation is left between the river and the city wall to prevent the river water from corroding the city wall.
The outer city gate is not actually on the city wall, but a separate gate. The bottom is built on a huge stone foundation that is several meters wide. The whole gate is very high and more than fifteen meters long. After it is lowered, it is actually a suspension bridge across the moat.
This kind of outer city gate needs to be slowly lowered or raised because it is too high. If a bridge deck of more than ten meters is allowed to fall freely, it is very likely to be damaged or even broken.
The inner gate is different. It is embedded in the city gate. It is the lattice-like lifting gate hanging in the city gate arch in Changhe Town. It is made of huge wood wrapped in iron sheets.
As long as someone knocked out the wooden plug that secured the capstan, the heavy inner gate would fall down with a bang, closing the city gate.
If this kind of gate falls down, it will be very difficult to raise it again. It will take several strong men just to push the winch.
As the capital of the Kingdom of Sarleon and the King's residence, of course no lord is allowed to bring troops into the city. At most, they can bring a few followers or guard captains, such as Lisadilan .
Even if the followers of foreign lords want to temporarily stay in the Sarleon City military camp, they must disarm and enter the barracks through the military station entrance at the side of the city wall. They cannot go through the city gate to avoid misunderstandings or accidents.
If armed forces are detected approaching the city gate, the inner gate will be closed immediately.
At night, or when facing external enemies, the outer city gate will be pulled up, turning Sarleon City into a closed giant fortress.
This is the primary military duty that the garrison in the city will carry out without receiving any orders.
The only troops that can enter Sarleon City wearing armor and carrying weapons are the King's personal troops - the Lion Knights and the Royal Guards.
However, the Lion Knights are currently in Weird Fox Town, and the Royal City Guards are currently waiting for news in Haringosburg, and none of them are in Sarlion City.
The Royal Guards were waiting for Leon and Inna to return to Sarleon City to explain the situation to the king. They thought they would be on the move again soon, so they did not return to their base to avoid wasting time on the back and forth march.
In other words, there are only about a thousand standing troops in the Fierce Lion City, and they are not elite troops.
In fact, let alone elites, they can't even be called soldiers...
Lisadilan originally thought that he would face a tough battle in the gatehouse. After all, it stands to reason that as long as the defenders at the city gate saw the Noldor Guards rushing over, they would definitely try to lower the inner gate.
He only had five Scorpio Assassins with him, while the gate guards of Sarleon City usually had at least a hundred men.
But in fact, he and the five Scorpio assassins took control of the most important place, the gatehouse, without any effort - when they entered the gatehouse, there was no one inside!
Lisadilan was even able to calmly arrange things, moving several spiked boxes used to block the gaps in the city wall to seal the door, and then even rested for two minutes, only then did he see a group of soldiers hurriedly trying to enter the gatehouse...
The originally planned offensive turned out to be a defensive one, and one that required preparation time.
So Risadilan and several Scorpio assassins didn't fight with anyone at all, and didn't even break a sweat.
Because after discovering that there was a thorn box blocking the gatehouse and there were a few guys who were obviously experts inside, the garrison did not rush in at all, but dispersed - the Noldor Guard had already started to enter the city at this time, and these garrison troops did not intend to die here.
The Sarleon garrison was probably the most useless army that Lisadiran had ever seen...
In other words, they were not warriors at all.
Because the garrison troops of Sarleon City have never experienced a real battle - in the past hundred years, no enemy has ever directly attacked Sarleon City, and no enemy has even reached the gates of Sarleon City.
The closest battle to them was when the D'Shar rushed to Yaragal to plunder - but the D'Shar did not attack Sarleon City, and were defeated in Yaragal. The battlefield was still dozens of miles away from them.
In addition, Ulrich had recently made two reinforcements to the Lion Knights and the Royal City Guard, picking out the more reliable soldiers in the garrison.
The remaining troops in the garrison are basically people with connections who just want to eat. The city defense troops in the capital city are treated very well. They don’t have to risk their lives to fight, and they can get benefits from the city gates. Their food and wages are also guaranteed...
Therefore, the garrison of Sarleon City is best at not fighting, but intimidating farmers and merchants, taking advantage of the situation when inspecting caravans, or making some extra money when assisting tax officials in collecting city gate taxes.
Rather than saying that they are city defense forces, it is better to say that they are thugs and their fighting power cannot even match that of the Red Brotherhood.
After all, the gangsters of the Red Brotherhood at least had some courage, but when these ruffians faced the Noldor seizing the city gate, they simply ran away...
A few minutes later, Leon's guards took over the city gate easily without killing anyone - the city gate garrison had all fled, and the other city defense troops had not appeared, probably because they hadn't put on their armor yet...
Afterwards, Lisadiran brought half of the people to Li Ang to provide support.
In fact, Leon had been standing outside the gate of the Noble Court without moving, and had been holding the body of Lady Philina, but no one cared about him.
It was not until this time that an organized city defense force appeared, but they still didn't even know what was happening and were too timid to move forward.
A whole row of Noldor rangers armed with bows and arrows had already stood on the city wall, and hundreds of Noldor cavalrymen were surrounding Leon. The city defense troops did not dare to approach either end and could only wander in the middle of the street.
They didn't even dare to ask...
The guards of only 200 people are the strongest fighting force of the Fierce Lion City at this time. They can even make the city defense army of thousands of people dare not say a word. It must be said that this is the sadness of the Fierce Lion Kingdom.
"Sir, are we going to storm the palace?"
Lisa Dilan saw Li Ang holding a corpse, his face looked a little sad, and he thought his master might rebel...
"What nonsense are you talking about?! Can you just enter the palace?! I asked you to protect me!!"
Li Ang started to scold him, and then signaled the guards to surround the tower of the Court of Nobles: "Seal off the tower, and do not allow anyone to enter or leave... Now I am in charge of this place as the Marshal of the Kingdom to ensure the safety of His Majesty! If anyone shows any unusual movement... kill them without mercy!"
Li Ang spoke very loudly and sounded quite indignant.
Originally there were many bewildered guards whispering to each other, but at this moment they suddenly fell silent.
In fact, Li Ang did not let the guards enter the city for the purpose of rebellion - and he did not need to rebel.
On the contrary, what he is about to do now should be called "serving the king and protecting the emperor" or "clearing the court of evildoers" - this is the standard procedure for loyal and patriotic people to eliminate traitors for the country.
After all, Leon knew that Anna was one of the three prophets, and judging from the identities that Cersei and Anna used in the House of Nobles, Anna should be the leader.
Li Ang had personally experienced how powerful the Three Prophets were...
But now, King Ulric entered the tower of the House of Nobles with a sword in hand, and Anna had just committed an unforgivable crime. The evidence was there, and everyone was watching...
It is not certain what the king will do specifically, but in this situation, one can guess with one's toes what Anna will do - there is a high probability that something will happen to Ulrich.
They could be held hostage, killed, poisoned or driven crazy.
Anyway, with the skills of the three prophets, once the king is held hostage by Anna, no one will be able to save him.
——At least Leon felt that he could not be saved...
If he is really saved, he must be a mad king controlled by heretics...
Therefore, we must now let the guards enter the city to "serve the king".
To be honest, Leon didn't believe that Philina was pushed down by Princess Anna - because there was no need for Anna to do that.
Even if Philina knew some inside information that led the three prophets to silence her, with their abilities, they would not kill in such an obvious way - whether it was illness, poisoning, or just killing someone silently in bed, the three prophets could do it easily.
This kind of behavior of pushing people to jump off a building is something that only ordinary people would do, and it is totally inconsistent with the behavioral logic of masters like the Three Prophets.
Besides, who would stand at the window after killing someone?
Are you afraid that others don't know you are committing murder?
This is more like forcing...
It was as if Philina was forcing Ulrich to break up with Anna!
Or maybe it was to force Anna into a desperate situation and make her reveal the truth.
Then Li Ang would naturally get what he wanted - the Marshal of the Kingdom would certainly not rebel, but he could 'clear the court'!
If I accidentally cleared Jun out because of this...it would just be an accident.
All the Noldor elves took off their bows, and some of them began to patrol around the House of Lords on horseback. Those who had been peeking out on the King's Road to watch the fun all dispersed.
Another group of female rangers went directly to the wall of the Noble Court, took over the posts of the guards, and drove them all out.
None of the guards resisted. They all looked at Li Ang, as if they wanted the kingdom's marshal to give a clear explanation.
Leon ignored them and handed the body of Madam Philina to Lisadiran: "Take Aunt Philina to Weird Fox Town and hand her over to Lord Godric in person! Then tell Amy not to get entangled with the Lion Knights, leave Klose with the infantry to stop the enemy, and let her lead all the cavalry to Sarleon City as quickly as possible. I'll wait for her here!"
Lisa Dilan took the order and left.
"You have all seen the murder here! Princess Felina was brutally murdered! Since Princess Anna did such a thing, I suspect she was probably controlled by a heretic, or she herself is the heretic leader..."
Leon drew his sword, looked around at the guards of the House of Nobles, and said loudly: "Now your majesty and Knight Inna have gone in to investigate, and I will also bring people in to protect your majesty's safety... But I am worried that some of you are followers of heresy - so I must take over the defense here until the truth is found out! You'd better put down your weapons and cooperate with me... Anyone who is still holding a weapon after half a minute, I will directly regard him as a heretic!"
The guards looked at each other, then nodded. There was nothing wrong with what Li Ang said. It was of course their duty to get to the bottom of the murder.
The guards, who were originally at a loss, now received very clear instructions - this was an order from the Kingdom Marshal, and most importantly, it was an order that would exempt them from responsibility...
Leon suspected that Princess Anna was controlled by heretics, and then suspected that there were spies among the guards of the House of Nobles, so he asked to take over the defense. This was indeed quite reasonable.
Li Ang's request was actually equivalent to asking the guards to stay out of the matter in order to prove their innocence.
So the guards placed their weapons in front of Leon and left the House of Nobles - because this way, no matter what happened, these guards would be exempt from responsibility, and Marshal Leon would be there to support them if the sky fell...
