Chapter 413 I also intend to surrender
"Wendy, Alina, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to sacrifice myself..."
Li Ang pointed to his forehead and said, "But I shouldn't be in danger. Kavala is still here with me. As long as the leader of Maritim is not controlled by Kavala, nothing will happen to me - they don't know me anyway. On the contrary, you two must leave, otherwise if you are captured, it will be really troublesome."
"What if you are captured?"
Although she knew that what Leon said made sense, Wendy still pouted.
"Then if you run away, you can bring troops back to rescue me..."
Li Ang spread his hands, as if it was a matter of course: "Okay, it's decided. Let's not waste any more time, let's get rid of those idiots blocking the door outside first."
Wendy sighed. She would definitely obey Leon's orders. Now that she had made the decision, she would not say anything else.
Alina was not fussy at all - she opened the door without saying a word.
Those who attacked the Governor's Palace were all from the Viper Force.
The fighting power of these spies is indeed not strong, but the Snake Worshipers are not afraid of death, so they can temporarily block the Governor's Mansion.
There was a battle going on in the courtyard outside the door, and the corpses on the ground were almost all Viper spies. It seemed that the Silver Hand had the upper hand.
But Klose still led his brothers in cautious defense - Leon was injured, Klose did not dare to be careless, he set up several rows of defense arrays in the courtyard.
The people of the Viper Army seemed to be divided into two halves - one half was desperately attacking the Silver Hand array, while the other half was retreating timidly.
"It looks like not everyone is under control... Alina, give the order quickly and tell those guys who are retreating to get out."
Li Ang pointed toward the courtyard and shouted, "Silver Hand! Ignore those who retreat, just kill those who are not afraid of death!"
In the middle of the courtyard lay Cassian's body, with a sword stuck in his back - it was obvious that he had been killed by a sudden attack from 'his own men'.
This person should have been killed when Cavalla ordered the Viper Troops to attack the Governor's Palace. It is estimated that Cavalla did this during the short period of time when he was not in control of Malbert.
Since it is necessary to kill the leader Cassian, it means that a large part of the Viper Army has not been controlled by their souls - such as the half that is retreating.
"Disperse the attack!"
Klose raised his greatsword.
"ha!"
The Silver Hands no longer maintained their defensive formation and began a counterattack.
"Yes... a real venomous snake won't fight to the death..."
Alina also understood, looked at the spies outside who were seriously divided, and shouted an order: " Those who think they are still imperial soldiers, stand to the side of the courtyard!"
The retreating half of the spies seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and obediently retreated to the side corridor.
There was enough space in the courtyard for the greatsword to fully unleash its power.
"Klose, I'll give you five minutes to eliminate the enemies here!"
Li Ang turned his head and looked, then asked Alina: "Do you recognize the flag of that fleet? It's purple. Could it be the Emperor of Maritim?"
There is no wall on the south side of the Governor's Palace courtyard because there is a coastal cliff on the south side, and below the cliff is a rocky beach. A little further away is the sea, and now you can clearly see the fleet approaching on the sea.
The fleet's flag was purple, and the emblem on it was a burning sword and shield. Only the edges of the sword and shield were outlined, and only the flame pattern was orange.
In Maritain, purple was a color that only the emperor could use, because purple was difficult to dye in those days and the cost was very high - pure purple dye could only be extracted from a kind of conch, and the price of a purple robe was usually more than twenty times that of the same white robe.
However, Leon didn't know much about Maritim. He only knew the general situation of each country and knew very little about the people of Maritim.
"It's not the Emperor...it should be Caspar."
Alina did not answer. It was Alers who spoke: "Caspars is the most prominent noble in the Maritim Empire. Because of his outstanding military achievements, the Maritim Emperor granted him the title of 'Your Majesty' and allowed him to use purple flags and robes. Therefore, he is privately called the 'Vice Emperor' by the Maritim people."
It seems that this intelligence distributor has a wide range of knowledge.
"He is not a king but has the title of His Majesty? Vice Emperor?"
Li Ang raised his eyebrows, feeling like he was 'nine thousand years old': "Is he very powerful or does he have an extraordinary background?"
"... His Majesty Caspars is of distinguished birth. His bloodline can be traced back to the emperor of the First Bacchus Empire. He controls half of the land and military power of the Maritim Empire. He is also very young. He is only thirty years old... Oh, he should be thirty-one now."
Alles spoke very quickly, as if he was reciting some intelligence letter, but in the same tone...
"What on earth did you memorize this from?"
Leon almost laughed when he heard it. He now realized that Ales must be a man with a particularly good memory. No wonder Justus asked him to distribute the intelligence.
"From a secret letter trying to persuade my father to surrender... It was written by Kaspars last year. He also tried to ask for Alina's hand in marriage. His tone was a bit... arrogant and domineering."
Ales looked at Leon, then at Alina: "I only gave the letter to His Majesty Marius. I'm sorry, my father didn't let me tell you about this."
"There are foreign enemies trying to undermine our position. This is the Empire's national intelligence. I was not in the Empire at the time, so I shouldn't have been told about this... Why are you apologizing?"
Alina shook her head in disapproval.
Ales sighed, "This is not state intelligence. It was Kaspars's own idea to persuade my father to surrender, because there is no mention of the Maritim Emperor Amorian VII in the entire text of his letter."
"He is young, comes from a distinguished family, and is very powerful. He even dared to bypass the emperor and directly 'request the surrender' of Justus... Moreover, he used an arrogant tone in the letter of surrender, which shows that he has an arrogant personality..."
Li Ang frowned and thought for a while: "Wouldn't the Emperor of Maritim be afraid of him?"
"He has brought his fleet to Pendor, how could he not be feared... It seems that there is a reason why Kavala is targeting him."
Alina looked at Li Ang, then at Wendy: "Wendy, can you do me a favor?"
"Okay, what do you want me to do?"
Wendy agreed without thinking.
"Help me take Ales to Siyuan City, and let General Cleon come to support Dilin Port - I don't want to run away now."
Alina took off the sword of the orator from her waist and handed it to Wendy: "There is also a garrison in Malasburg along the way. You can use this sword to mobilize them."
"ah?"
Wendy was stunned and looked at Li Ang: "This..."
As he was speaking, Klose ran over and said, "Your Majesty, the enemy has been eliminated!"
"Go ahead, Wendy. There's no need to ask for help from Lisadilan. He will come pick me up after he has dealt with the Snake Cult's troops."
Li Ang looked at Alina and nodded to signal Wendy to go quickly.
…
Half an hour later.
Wendy had already left Dilingang with Ales, and Leon also let her ride Alice away.
Alina was on the south wall of Dilin Harbor, watching the Maritim fleet approaching the port.
Troops have been deployed at the port - they are from the Silver Hand.
Klose probably has a special connection with the port of Dilingang. This is his second time fighting a port defense battle in Dilingang, and the last time was to help the Bacchus Empire resist the Snake Cult.
"Besides the port, where else can we land?"
Li Ang was also observing the surrounding situation on the city wall.
"And there's the shallow bay to the east, where there are lots of sandy beaches. But we don't have enough men to man that."
Alina pointed in the direction of the Governor's Palace.
The Governor's Palace is located in the southeast of Dilingang Port, which is actually where they first saw the fleet.
There are a lot of sandy beaches on the southeast side of Dilingang, but there are cliffs above the beaches - the beaches will be completely submerged when the tide rises, and the waves will hit the cliffs to make them very smooth.
At the same time, the west side of the beach is the reef area, which is the reef area under the cliff south of the Governor's Palace courtyard.
This is the result of the cliff being impacted by waves for a long time, and huge rocks falling and depositing.
The Governor's Palace itself is actually part of the city defense. The surrounding wall is directly connected to the city wall, and the wide atrium can be used as a military station - the Bacchus are very good at adapting their buildings to local conditions.
If there were more people and they could control the port to the south and the beach to the east, then Dilingang could be defended.
But now they are short of manpower. The Maritim fleet seems to have at least four to five thousand people, and the city defense facilities of Dilingang were completely destroyed when it was occupied by the Snake Cult.
There were no catapults, no logs, and no kerosene. Except for the city walls which were basically intact, it could be said that everything was missing. Emperor Marius had fought desperately to drive the Snake Cult army out of Dilingang, so naturally everything that could be used had been used.
There are only a few ships in the port, so it is impossible to sink the ships and block the port.
There are some crossbows and crossbow bolts, but the Silver Hands are not good at using them...
In other words, both the port and the beach may not be defended.
"Alina, if you don't plan to run, do you plan to surrender?"
Li Ang suddenly asked.
"Ah... you guessed it? You are worthy of being my teacher..."
Alina looked at Li Ang in surprise: "I'm thinking about what to say... I want to pretend to surrender."
"Well... Actually, I asked you to leave together at the beginning because I wanted to feign surrender... At that time, I didn't expect that Caspars had set his sights on you."
Li Ang also laughed.
"Haha, then what identity do you plan to surrender with?"
Alina laughed too.
"Of course I'll use the identity of Ales. He's the son of the governor. He doesn't have much fighting ability, but his status is enough to save his life. It's just right, not too big or too small..."
Leon shook the robe he was wearing - it was a blue off-shoulder robe commonly worn by young nobles of Bacchus, a summer garment that was just right for breathing through the wounds on his left shoulder and left chest.
"Then you are my brother now."
Alina took out a pure gold armband from her bosom and buckled it on Li Ang's right arm: "This is my father's thing, it represents family heritage."
The armband representing the Justus family heritage is in Alina's hand. It seems that Justus really prefers his daughter.
"Then let's set up a banquet in the Governor's Mansion to entertain the guests... Klose, get to work!"
Li Ang covered his wound and slowly moved towards the city.
…
Imperial Port.
Dozens of warships slowly sailed in and dropped anchor in the deserted port.
"Your Majesty Caspars, there is no ..."
Several soldiers got off the boat, looked around, and reported loudly.
"As expected, I was completely defenseless... It seems that my dreams are all true! I am actually the successor of His Majesty Kavala..."
At the bow of the flagship, a man in black armor took off the strange Meritine helmet, revealing a tough face.
This is His Majesty Kaspars.
Kaspars was born into a distinguished family, and his bloodline could be traced back to the emperor of the First Empire of Cubax. In terms of bloodline alone, his family was even more noble than the Emperor of Maritim, Amorian...
Since childhood, Kaspars received strict military education. He was skilled in martial arts and military tactics. At the age of eighteen, he became a general of the Maritine Empire - this is a high position that many people cannot reach in their entire lives, but for Kaspars, this is just his starting point.
However, in addition to how to use weapons and deploy soldiers, what Kaspers was most interested in was the immortal legends of those conquerors.
How the "magician" Emperor Claudius lured the barbarian troops to an open battlefield chosen by the empire to fight the imperial army head-on and won a great victory, making the barbarian tribes submit to him and become vassals of the empire.
How did Emperor Augustus, the "Katuk-slayer", resist the huge conservative forces to implement military reforms, learn the clothing and fighting methods of the Jatu, and then launch the legendary Jatu Punishment Expedition, defeating the Jatu tribal coalition on the prairie with the Jatu people's proud cavalry archery;
Especially the invincible legend hundreds of years ago - "High King of Pendor" Kavala... It is said that the High King is courageous and resourceful, upright and tolerant but cruel and violent. He has achieved countless glorious victories, remained undefeated in his life, and has been on the march all his life.
This supreme king was even able to defeat the then-powerful Old Bacchus Empire with a weak force, and even caused the empire to split...
In fact, the establishment of the Maritim Empire was all thanks to the expedition of the High King Kavala.
There are many people in Meritin who worship the High King, and Caspar is certainly one of them.
But unlike most of the Meritine nobles, Kaspars not only worshipped those legendary conquerors of ancient times, but also took action to emulate the legends - he would lead the troops, fight alongside the soldiers, and personally establish merits through practical actions, thus gaining the universal love of the soldiers.
As an adult, Kaspars was skilled in archery and horsemanship, and was well versed in the art of war. As a senior general of the empire, he led his troops on expeditions to the east and the west, and gained sufficient experience in countless wars.
He won many border conflicts with Jatu and crushed several rebellions of the Maritim usurpers. His military achievements were so great that many people called this famous young general "Augustus reincarnate."
Kaspars's achievements and strength reached their peak within a few years - he became the Imperial Marshal and controlled half of the Empire's army, but he was still making achievements...
After Kaspars once again repelled the Jatu people at the border, in response to Kaspars's loyalty and military exploits, the Maritim Emperor granted Kaspars the title of 'Your Majesty' for the first time, making him the most powerful person in the empire...
At the same time, the emperor gave the newly appointed Majesty Kaspars a glorious mission - to conquer the chaotic Pendor continent and fulfill the "great ideal" of the Maritim Empire from generation to generation!
The Emperor even allowed Kaspars to keep all the lands he occupied in Pendor.
Was this the inevitable suspicion that came with having no more rewards to offer? Or did the emperor really intend to give Kaspars a chance to rule another continent?
Maybe both.
However, Kaspers took on the task without hesitation.
Perhaps, this is exactly the career he has always dreamed of - because his ability to lead troops does not only come from learning and training since childhood, but also from the invincible supreme king in his dreams!
A person who can often get help from the High King in dreams must be the successor of the High King... the reincarnation of the High King Kavala!
At least that's what Caspers thought.
