Chapter 483 - Knights Fleeing In Panic
Chapter 483: Knights Fleeing In Panic
Korod stood at the top of the canyon, looking at the iron-scale armor and exquisite chain armor on the bodies of the knights, as well as the fine knight swords scattered on the ground. His eyes flashed with excitement.
In addition to the equipment, on the other side of the canyon, there were also warhorses belonging to these knights. Beside the warhorses, there were also the knight spears of the knights or knight attendants.
“This is a wonderful victory!”
Korod thought.
With these warhorse and equipment, Korod could raise the strength of the rebellion army by several levels.
At this moment, the North County and South County’s noble armies were facing off against each other in front of Maas Castle, which was at the junction of the three counties. In his opinion, the Northern County’s noble armies were weaker than the South County’s noble armies.
After all, compared to the wealthy South County, the barren North County were like rural areas. The two were not on the same level at all.
If it was in the past, Korod definitely did not think that the noble alliance army of the North County would be able to withstand the noble alliance army of the South County.
But now, his thoughts changed.
Because there was their rebellion army. Because of their crazy destruction, killing, and plundering, the situation in the South County was in a mess. The top noble needed to stay in the manor and defend against them with a large number of troops.
This had undoubtedly weakened the strength of the South County against the North County.
The North County’s noble alliance army had a total of 30 to 40 thousand soldiers. The Southern County’s noble alliance army originally had 20 thousand cavalries, but now there were only 15 thousand cavalries. The difference between their military strength and the North County was too great. It was just that the quality of their army was better than the North County’s.
From the looks of it, the troops of both sides would most likely suffer heavy losses.
As Korod thought about this, his eyes flashed with ambition.
If the North County and South County’s noble alliance armies really suffered heavy losses, he might be able to lead the rebellion army to clean up the mess and gain benefits from the chaos, further increasing the strength of the rebellion army.
As long as the strength of the rebellion army increased to a certain extent, he could use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Cameron, Duke of Leo. He might even be able to obtain a noble identity.
Thinking of this, Korod’s heart was burning with passion.
If he could obtain the identity of a noble, then he would be able to wash away the humiliation of being a slave for the past ten years.
Rolf glanced at Korod. It was he saw through Korod’s fantasy. His eyes were filled with ridicule.
This pitiful wretch who didn’t even know his own situation was still having unrealistic dreams.
The existence of the rebellion army had already broken through the bottom line that the noble class could tolerate. If the rebellion army succeeded, the foundation of the noble class’s rule would be shaken. The noble class would definitely not allow the rebellion army, who broke the rules of the game, to continue existing.
Extermination would definitely come!
“But this is better, it’s more convenient to use them!” Rolf thought to himself.
A brilliant smile appeared on his face, and he turned to face Korod. “Mr. Korod!”
Korod quickly withdrew from his fantasy and said respectfully, “Mr. Rolf, what orders do you have?”
Even if the rebellion army had achieved a huge victory and their strength would increase by a large margin after obtaining the spoils of war, Korod still maintained his respectful attitude towards Rolf. After all, this victory was obtained with Rolf’s help.
Moreover, behind Rolf, there were five Sarleon Lion Knights who were wearing heavy armor and full helmets. They only revealed their cold eyes, giving him great pressure.
Rolf restrained his expression and said with a serious expression, “Now, I have helped you solve this big problem. I hope Mr. Korod can keep our alliance agreement!”
Although Rolf was quite proud that he had used the rebellion army to destroy a portion of the South County’s forces, his goal had not changed.
He wanted the rebellion army to attack the Southern County’s noble alliance army from the back when the troops of North County and South County were fighting.
Attacking from the front and back, destroying the South County’s noble alliance army and removing the obstacles for his lord, Lord Kant, to enter the South County.
Of course, this was only what was said in the alliance agreement.
Rolf was known as a scoundrel noble. Whether or not he would abide by the alliance agreement, only God knew.
Korod was shocked for a moment. He did not shirk this time since he already had an idea in his mind, he quickly replied, “Mr. Rolf, please rest assured. You only need to inform me of the time of the start of the war. I will definitely appear on time and abide by the alliance agreement.”
Korod had the idea of leading the rebel army to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fighting. He wanted to wait until both the North County and South County’s armies suffered heavy losses. He wanted to take down both sides.
However, he did not know that his thoughts had long fallen into Rolf’s eyes. Since Rolf dared to invite him, how could Rolf not do anything to him?
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In the pitch-black night, on the plains of the South County, more than 400 figures were running at full speed. Among these figures, there were people who would occasionally turn around to take a look. Only after confirming that there were no pursuers behind them did they feel slightly relieved.
“Lord, there’s an abandoned farmhouse nearby. Can we…”
Someone suddenly said. He was panting heavily, and his voice was weak. Moreover, his voice was full of expectation.
These fleeing figures were the knight corps of South County who had escaped from the canyon of the previous battle.
After a fierce battle, there were only 438 of them left, including one grand knight, 100 official knights, and 337 knight attendants.
At first, there were more than these people who had escaped. However, over 20 of them had died due to severe injuries and heavy bleeding on the way. Many of them looked sorrowful and despairing.
Even now, all of them were injured. The strongest grand knight was also shot twice in the shoulder where the plate armor could not reach.
“Yes, Lord. Even if we ride horses, it will take at least two days to return to the defensive front line from here. If we continue to run like this, the little stamina we have left will be depleted very quickly. If we encounter any danger, we won’t have the ability to protect ourselves at all. Moreover, we are all injured.” another knight spoke.
The grand knight who was running at the forefront slowed down. After a moment of silence, he said, “Lead the way!”
His subordinate was right. With their current status, they wouldn’t be able to hold on for long.
If the enemy really wanted to chase after them, they would have caught up long ago. After all, their warhorses would definitely be captured by the enemy.
However, the other party had never appeared. This meant that the other party had no intention of chasing after them.
Even though it was so tragic, the grand knight still secretly despised the rebellion army.
“A motley crew is a motley crew. They don’t even know how to grasp such an opportunity!”
After that, he thought that it was this motley crew that had defeated the 5,000 elite heavy cavalries that he led. His mood became even gloomier.
However, these people did not expect that the moment they escaped from the canyon, they were already doomed.
It was just that the people following them were far away and did not let them discover them.