Unknown Knight

Chapter 383: Soldiers Besiege the Royal City

After hastily dealing with the affairs of Roma Castle, Belgaruboye, who was in charge, stayed in Roma Castle for another day. During this time, he sent out many spies and messengers, and it was said that there were no less than a hundred riders coming and going.

On the third day, Belgaruboye must have received the news that Aix was about to arrive with a large army, so he led the more than 2,000 troops who had gathered in Roma Castle and rushed to the royal city of Rivadin.

After a lot of trouble, Aix finally figured out the general situation of Roma Castle from the scattered intelligence. He decided to stay in Roma Castle temporarily, wait for the army from Kudan City, and let the soldiers clean Roma Castle inside and out.

The main castle was obviously not suitable for repair, so Aix ordered his men to burn it to ashes and kill everyone. At the same time, the stinking corpses were piled together outside the castle and burned. Otherwise, such filthy corpses would easily cause plague.

Half a day later, three thousand troops led by Lady Gand arrived at Roma Castle and brought the latest news. After Belgaruboye led an army of more than two thousand people to the city of Rivadin, he killed all the blood relatives of King Yarogerk with the help of these troops. Then, the nephew of the former king became the royal heir with the purest bloodline. With the support of Taishaboye and other nobles in the royal city, he ascended the throne and became the new King of Vijia.

Aix couldn't help curling his lips in contempt, thinking, are kings so casual nowadays? Have you asked Benboye for his opinion? He immediately ordered troops to the royal city of Rivadin. He wanted to let this so-called King of Belgaru experience what it means to be lonely at the top while he is still unstable.

It only took one day for the vanguard cavalry led by Aix to arrive at the city of Rivadin. Without any negotiations with the people in the city, Aix immediately ordered the royal city to be blocked and not a single soldier was allowed to enter.

The reason for doing this is that on the way here, scouts intercepted a messenger sent by Belgaru, who was sending messengers to various parts of the country to ask for help. In the letter for help, Belgaru, in the tone of the new king, asked the armed forces in various places to lead their troops to the city of Rivadin as quickly as possible to defend the king, and promised that anyone who came to defend the king would be rewarded and given a fief.

On the way, Aix met a messenger sent by Belgaru to appease him. The messenger respectfully handed over the new king's handwritten letter. In the letter, Belgaru did not regard himself as the king, but just kept making excuses for himself.

Belgaru first said that he highly recognized Aix's achievements and abilities. He had opposed the order issued by Yarogerk to expel Aix. However, the former king was bewitched by the villain and insisted on his own way. He did not listen to his harsh advice and issued the order of expulsion. As a result, he suffered divine punishment and died in humiliation.

He was supported by all the boyars and was elected as the new king. At the beginning of his reign, he killed all the villains who had bewitched Yarogerk. Not only did he vent his anger for Aix, he also immediately issued a new summons, which revoked all the accusations against Aix by the former king and reaffirmed Aix's rights and interests in the existing territory.

Finally, the new king said in an almost pleading tone that he had just ascended the throne, the situation both inside and outside the kingdom was still unstable, and it was not appropriate to have too many troops stationed in the important area of ​​the royal city. He hoped that Axboye would put the overall situation first and withdraw the troops back to the territory, and he would reward him handsomely in the future.

After reading the letter, Aix's contempt for the so-called new king increased. Not only did he shamelessly shift the blame of slaughtering his relatives onto Aix, saying that he would kill the treacherous villain for him, he also wanted Aix's army to withdraw to the territory with a light promise of a handsome reward in the future. Don't be too naive.

Anyone with a bit of political sense would be practical. If Belgarukan offered a city and a few castles, Aix might really withdraw his troops. After all, compared to an outsider like himself, their slightly thinner bloodline would still be useful in this era, so it would be better to get some ready-made benefits.

But he couldn't just rely on a letter to drive away his army, which was as powerful as a country's. He didn't take bean buns as dry food. Did he think that he could control the city of Rivadin and his kingdom would be stable? Who gave him the confidence and courage? Fish Leong?

Since His Highness Belgaru was so ignorant, Aix decided to let him wake up and make him understand his own strength and status, so he said to the messenger contemptuously:

"Go back and tell Belgaruboye that King Yarogelk's death was suspicious. I will personally investigate in the royal city who assassinated our king, who persuaded him to abuse the king's orders, and who is the biggest beneficiary of the king's death?"

The messenger was so frightened by Aix's words that his face turned pale. He retreated timidly and went back to report.

Therefore, as soon as the cavalry troops led by Aix arrived at the city of Zhivadin, they unceremoniously blockaded the royal city. Since the self-proclaimed new king did things indecently, Aix did not mind helping him to be decent.

Belgaru in the city, relying on the outdated intelligence, believed that Aix had at most 2,000 troops, which were not enough to break through the royal city. Although everyone knew that Aix's army was strong, as long as he strengthened his defense and waited until the troops from various places arrived, he would be able to defeat Aix's army in one fell swoop with an absolute advantage in numbers.

Therefore, the new king ignored the blockade of Aix, but summoned the young and strong men in the city to build the city defense day and night, preparing to defend the city to the death before the reinforcements arrived, and use the city defense to compete with Aix.

It was not until the follow-up troops led by Mrs. Gangde arrived that Belgaru started to panic. Looking at the siege troops coming and going outside the city, the total number was no less than 5,000, far exceeding the more than 2,000 people he had gathered. The situation was reversed against Tiangang, it would be strange if he was not panicked.

At present, the total army that Belgaru has assembled is just over 2,000. Even if the reinforcements from all over the place are added together, there are only 5,000 people at most. The key is that these troops coming from all over the place still have many fatal problems.

One of the reasons is that each territory is limited by its strength, and the combat effectiveness of the army varies. A large part of them are temporary civilians, and their combat effectiveness is worrying. On the other hand, the army of Aix has basically achieved the unification of equipment for each branch of the army. Even the lowest-level soldiers are equipped with standard weapons and equipment. Compared with the civilians holding homemade spears and bows and arrows, it is obvious which is better.

Another issue is whether these territories can come after receiving the summons. Except for the two boyars, Belgaru and Tesha, the other largest lords in Vigia have all died in the cesspool of Roma Castle. The rest are small nobles at the grassroots level. It is still unclear whether they have the appeal to gather the army. Even if they gather the army, the morale and number will definitely be greatly reduced.

Each army of this size would be lucky if it had no more than a hundred people. No matter how tempting the rewards promised by the new king, Belgaru, were, they eventually came. Without the unified dispatch of a powerful lord, and with their different distances from the city of Rivadin, their arrival times would certainly not be the same. I'm afraid they would be easily defeated by Aix's cavalry before they even get close to the city of Rivadin.