Chapter 440 Prince Kongdai: Rough!

A crescent moon hangs in the dark blue night sky, and a few lonely stars whimper with the night wind, blowing away the clouds in the sky.

The moonlight shines on the entire city of High Castle, covering the layers of tall towers with a veil of bright white.

The river was rushing in the darkness, and on the hill, the red flag with the golden sparrow emblem representing Prince Condé coincided with the Hermès stone flag hung on the wall of the high castle in the distance.

Behind this flag was a cowhide tent with its door curtain open. All the high-ranking nobles and high-ranking knights who were attacking the High Castle City gathered here.

They were huddled together, shoulders touching, foreheads against the back of their heads, but no one dared to speak. They were quieter than quails.

At the front end of the tent, a giant nearly two meters tall sat on a velvet solid wood chair.

He lowered his head, holding a letter tightly in his hand, a letter decorated with gold lacquer and peacock feathers.

Prince Kong Dai, who always liked to put on a Sima face, could no longer hold it in at this moment. The muscles on his cheeks trembled and his teeth kept making knocking sounds.

His chest heaved violently, and the armrests of the chair creaked as he squeezed them.

"Knight of the Fang, you deserve to die!" Prince Condé's giant hand crushed the golden letter into a ball. "In your hands, I lost two companies of the Imperial Order! Two hundred good knights, you deserve to die!"

The voice that came out of Prince Condé's throat was like that of an evil spirit. Even though it was the hottest time of the year, the knights off the field kept getting closer and closer as if they were huddling for warmth.

"You guys continue to attack the city, I will lead three imperial companies to attack Rapid City in the south! Completely wipe out those short-haired people!"

"Your Highness, forgive me for being frank, but I'm afraid that's not possible." Although he knew that Prince Kongdai was angry, Warhammer Knight Ailen, the highest-ranking person present, was pushed out by the others.

With his head wrapped in a blood-oozing bandage, Aileyen lowered his head and felt waves of chills flowing in from the top of his head.

"You want to speak for those short-haired people? Do you know whose dog you are?"

"Your Highness, if we go south and give up the offensive in Upper River County, it will be equivalent to wasting all our previous efforts."

"Yes, if we attack the Salvation Army, the Hemashi Army will go south to attack our tail. If we attack the Hemashi Army from the north, the Salvation Army will go north to attack our tail."

"If we divide our forces, we will be attacked from both sides, one from the south and one from the north. Besides, the biggest fear is not a direct battle, but the cutting off of our food supply."

With Airen as the leader, the remaining knights and priests all expressed their support.

The lack of food supply is what the knights fear the most. If an extraordinary knight wants to maintain his combat effectiveness, the daily food consumption is almost twice that of a normal person.

As for those high-level knights, they have to consume monster meat every day to maintain their peak condition on the battlefield, not to mention the consumption of potions and holy water.

Prince Kongdai brought the imperial decree and fought against the Hema Stone Army in Upper Ruifu County, but was stuck in front of the wall of Gaobao City and could not advance an inch.

Although the Hemashi army also suffered heavy casualties, they still managed to hold on.

"Then what do you mean?" Prince Condai bent down, rested his right elbow on his thigh, and squinted at the many knights in front of him.

"Your Highness, our Imperial Company has suffered heavy losses, and the local knights have exceeded their service period. Now it is almost the planting season for soybeans and barley..."

Staring at by Prince Condé with anger in his eyes, the knights' voices became quieter and quieter.

"You mean, not only can we not stay in High Castle City, but we even have to withdraw our troops?" Prince Conde walked down the raised steps step by step on the carpet until he came face to face with Ailen.

His chin was about to poke Aileyon's forehead.

"You mean to tell me to abandon High Castle and retreat like a coward back to Hotham County?"

"This time, Bishop Barnifos's golden letter can serve as a good excuse. No one will think you are a coward." Airen argued, "Retreating is not necessarily cowardly. A warrior's retreat is also..."

"I'll kill your horse's head!" Prince Condé grabbed the cloisonné wine bottle on the table and smashed it hard on the heads of these cowardly knights in front of him. "Oh, they killed Mizam and hundreds of my loyal knights. Should I thank them?"

The deafening roar even made the tents flutter, and the knights huddled together again, trembling.

Most of the people present knew what made Prince Condé angry. It was the incident in High Castle two weeks ago. At that time, the citizens of High Castle sent letters to surrender secretly, and Prince Condé readily agreed despite the dissuasion of many knights and priests.

As a result, when he was riding his horse into the city, the citizens of the city threw a thousand-pound anvil at him. Although he took the opportunity to dodge, his horse died again.

If it was a strange city, he would not be so defeated, and might even laugh. The self-deprecating knights of honor often trust others too much and fall into traps.

But the problem is that High Castle is Prince Condé's second hometown. Although he was not born here, it is where he grew up and learned his skills.

One of the main reasons why he tried to become the Prince of Qianhe Valley was that this place was half of his hometown and he was familiar with the geography and customs here.

When he was in High Castle, in order to protect his reputation among the citizens and villagers, he even had the Imperial Company camp in the wild.

Even the capital of Leia, Changge City, has never enjoyed this treatment!
It was precisely because he trusted his reputation in his hometown that Prince Conde accepted this blatant plan with confidence.

Between Grand Duchess Meliati and himself, he believed that the citizens of High Castle would firmly choose him.

As a result, Prince Kongdai finally showed his true feelings, but reality made him lose completely.

After that breach in defense, Prince Condé went completely insane and attacked recklessly.

He let loose and even went up to the siege tower several times to try to capture the city first, but was beaten back every time by the two titled knights and Grand Duke Meliati himself.

A small city of High Castle, three titled knights, Prince Conde was humiliated many times, and this time there was bad news from the south. Together with the previous ones, he lost 200 knights of the Imperial Order.

These were Prince Conde's livelihood. The loss of these three imperial companies was as serious as Horn's loss of three legions.

After suffering this series of blows, it was normal for him to enter a state of blood rage.

Standing in the forefront of the storm, Airen couldn't bear it anymore. He lowered his head and rushed towards another knight, Earl Knight Ekolan from Hotam County.

This Ekolan is the main instigator behind this group discussion, and his wife is from the Osra family, and she herself has the blood of the Blue Peak Dynasty of the Leia royal family.

Ekron sighed and stood up: "Your Highness, please calm down first."

"Are you going to persuade me to be a coward, too, Ecolans?" Prince Condé paced back and forth in annoyance.

"Your Highness, the current situation is that if we continue to fight, we will lose our loyalty. Instead of continuing to attack, it is better to withdraw our forces first."

"Withdraw our troops and ask me to give up the High Castle?" Taking heavy and quick steps, Prince Condé stood in front of Ecolans like a fighting cock.

"Of course not. You can stay and continue to attack the city, but I have to remind you that most of the knights are exhausted both physically and mentally. If we continue to fight, the situation will be uncertain."

"Within ten days, I will capture the High Castle!"

Seeing that Prince Condé was still stubborn, Ecolant cursed inwardly and could only use his trump card: "Your Highness, I have two letters here, one from the new Pope Pugliano, and one to the Rose Castle."

"threaten me?"

Ekron said nothing, but handed over the two letters.

Prince Kongdai unfolded the letter in his hand with doubt and read it quickly. Suddenly, he stretched his neck in an indecent way and put his eyes close to the letter.

There was actually a hint of shock in his eyes that was hard to conceal, and this shock even completely overshadowed his original anger.

This aroused the curiosity of Ailen who was nearby. He stood on tiptoe and tried to take a peek, but was blocked by Prince Kongdai's broad shoulders.

After carefully putting the Pope's letter into his pocket, Prince Condé opened the second letter sent to the Rose Castle.

After looking for a long time, he raised his head suspiciously: "Duke Omes has always been stubborn, are you sure he can listen?"

"Your Highness, don't forget." Ekoran said confidently, "There is a name called Marika on the death list of the Battle of Rapid City, Marika Osra."

(End of this chapter)