Unknown Knight

Chapter 398 Father-in-law Persuades Surrender

At dusk, the Lord of Iaia from Wocheze City also arrived at the camp, bringing with him five hundred Nord soldiers for support.

The last time Aix's troops surrounded Tiha City, this old Tarzan of his wanted to come for support, but at that time Aix was just feinting and didn't really want to attack Tiha City, so he politely declined his request. This time Aix is ​​really going to attack Tiha City, so there is no reason to refuse this old Tarzan of his again.

Originally, the Lord of Iaya should have arrived a few days earlier, but his fleet was borrowed by Aix. This time, when attacking Tiha City, Aix drew on the experience of the last attack on Rivadin City and decided to rely heavily on siege equipment. These equipment were heavy and required a large amount to be transported. His own fleet was not enough, so he borrowed his father-in-law's fleet. Viscount Mathilde unloaded the supplies in Ritz and sent the fleet to pick up the Lord of Iaya and the army.

The father-in-law and son-in-law naturally had another round of drinking when they met in the evening. At the banquet, when the lord of Iaya heard that Aix had temporarily changed the battle plan, he also agreed very much with Aix's approach. At the same time, he felt more grateful to his beloved son-in-law. He knew that although Aix did not say it, the reason for changing the battle plan was more or less related to him, his Nord father-in-law, so he took the initiative to propose to personally persuade him to surrender outside the city tomorrow.

Aix was afraid that something might happen to the Lord of Iaya, so he did not agree to take such a risk. However, after persuading him for a while and seeing that his old man was extremely determined, he had to agree to his request.

The next morning, Aix ordered his men to push five siege towers forward. On the top of the towers stood several Nord soldiers, holding iron shields in one hand and the territory's unique loudspeakers in the other, including the Lord of Iaia.

When everything was ready, Lord Iaya looked at the big loudspeaker in his hand and couldn't help but smiled and shook his head. His son-in-law was really very creative. However, he had tried this thing called a loudspeaker beforehand, and it really worked to amplify the sound.

Weighing the loud speaker in his hand, Lord Iaya pondered for a moment, then cleared his throat and shouted loudly in the direction of Tiha City:

"My fellow Nord brothers of Tiha, I am the Lord of Iaia of Wocheze. As you all know, my son-in-law Aix is ​​a friend of the Nords. He also has the title of Son of Odin. Our high priests have said that he is blessed by the god Odin.

You all know that Iden is a bad guy among the Nords. For his own selfish desires, he instigated the Nords from his hometown to come here as cannon fodder to expand his territory. After robbing the land, the land actually distributed to the Nords was pitifully small, and it was difficult for them to even maintain food and clothing. Most of the land was embezzled by him, and those women whose husbands died for him didn't even get an inch of land.

That’s not all. This bad guy even instigated my son Borba to seize my property. Fortunately, my son-in-law Aix acted in time to avoid the tragedy of our father and son killing each other. Odin, the bad guy Eden and I have an irreconcilable hatred.

The same thing happened to my son-in-law. This bad guy wanted to seize my son-in-law's business and territory, so he set up an ambush on him. Fortunately, Odin blessed him and saved Aix. Now he is the prince of the Kingdom of Vigia.

Prince Aix has come to Tiha City to seek revenge on Iden, not on you. You must not block the axe for the bad guy Iden. Odin, I, Iaia, swear on my honor that as long as you lay down your weapons, Prince Aix's army will never harm your lives, and..."

As Lord Iaya was speaking, several hidden arrows were suddenly shot from the city wall. Fortunately, Lord Iaya was protected by several Nord royal guards. They were very alert and responsive, always keeping a close eye on the movements on the city wall. They protected Lord Iaya under an iron shield before the arrows flew over. Lord Iaya under the iron shield was so angry that he jumped up and cursed, saying that Iden was not worthy of being a Nord at all and kept resorting to such shameful means.

Aix didn't dare to let the old Tarzan take risks again, otherwise if anything went wrong, he would have a hard time explaining to Mrs. Tunde, so he hurried up to the siege tower to persuade him to come down. This made the old man very unhappy, and he used a loud speaker to curse a few ugly words in Nordic towards the direction of Tihar City, and then he came down the siege tower in a huff.

Then, the Nord soldiers on the five siege towers began to shout to the city of Tihar with loudspeakers. The content was nothing more than talking about Iden's evil deeds and the benevolence of their own lord, persuading the Nords in the city to give up resistance and not to interfere with the just revenge of their own Prince Ix. They also promised not to kill innocent people after breaking the city. In addition, they also announced the huge reward offered by Ix for Eden, promising that as long as they killed Iden, they would get one thousand gold coins, and if they captured him alive, they would get fifteen hundred gold coins.

In addition, they also did some publicity for the Territory of Aix, saying how comfortable and wealthy the life of the Nords living in the territory was, and how they were welcome to immigrate at any time.

After a whole morning, the Nord soldiers on the siege tower changed several waves, and each wave shouted until their voices were hoarse. At the same time, Aix ordered the catapults to throw more than a dozen wooden barrels filled with letters of surrender into the city. Although there were not many literate Nords, some powerful Jarls in the city knew a little. Aix wanted to get the letters of surrender into their hands to achieve the goal of dividing them.

After lunch and rest, Aix originally planned to launch an attack, but was persuaded by the Lord of Iaia. He said to Aix in the tone of an experienced Nord:

"Don't be anxious, Xianxu. Let the axe fly for a while. Although the Nords are rude, they can distinguish right from wrong. You have to give them some time."

After thinking about it, Aix agreed with the suggestion of Lord Iaia and asked the Nord soldiers who were trying to persuade the enemy to surrender to continue using loudspeakers on the siege tower in the afternoon.

That night, flames shot up into the sky in the city of Tiha, accompanied by rising and falling shouts of killing. Apparently, what the city lord of Iaya had said came true. The Nordyars who did not want to be buried with Iden united to attack him.

Axe was so excited that he didn't sleep well the whole night, but he resisted the urge to attack the city. It was dark at night and no one could guarantee that this was not a trick played by that shady old man Eden. It was better to wait until dawn for a safe move.

The next morning, the gates of Tihar City opened, and a group of dishevelled and bloody Nord warriors walked out of the city. Along with them came dozens of Nords who were tied up and escorted out of the city, and Eden was among them.

The leader was a Jarl named Giles. Aix had some impression of this man. He was one of the Nord nobles in the city of Tiha and had a certain influence in the city. It seemed that he was the one who took the lead in overthrowing Eden's rule last night.

Aix was very happy. He had not expected that the Nords in the city would fight among themselves. His previous attempt to persuade them to surrender was just to weaken the resistance in the city during the siege so that his losses would be less. However, he did not expect that it would have such a miraculous effect. It is estimated that his father-in-law Iaia also made a great contribution to this. After all, he used his own honor as a guarantee, and the warlike Nords attached great importance to their own honor.