Heroes of Silver Moon
Chapter 316: : Old King's Means (25)
On a certain plain in Lower Crescent County, in a camp with the Hood family flag flying, in the main tent, a group of people sighed sadly.
Ever since their Hood family's army entered the royal family's territory, it was simply "unlucky" to the extreme.
First, on a certain day, an inexplicable fire broke out in the camp, and the fire directly burned all the food they had brought.
Without food, the soldiers will mutiny!
As a result, the Marquis Hood had no choice but to temporarily stop the march of the army and let people go to the royal town to buy food.
However, they encountered even more excessive things.
No matter which town they went to, the price of all the food that could be used as dry food for the army had doubled.
But this is not the most excessive, the most excessive is that after eating the bought food, all the soldiers of the Hood family vomited and diarrhea.
As a last resort, Marquis Hood could only find the pastors of the Moonlight Church in a nearby town and let them treat the soldiers of the Hood family.
but! The pastor's treatment cost has also doubled several times!
What do you mean? The royal family wants to punish our Hood family, will your Moonlight Church also come to step on it?
Although he knew that he was trying to punish them, for the sake of face, Marquis Hood still gritted his teeth and spent a lot of money to have the priest heal these soldiers.
However, something even more extreme is coming!
After going through untold hardships, when they were about to arrive near the capital, more than a thousand people in their Hood family's army had symptoms such as fever, vomiting and diarrhea, and fainting.
The retainers of the Hood family are guys who don't feel pain when a knife is cut on their body.
But because of these kinds of things, they almost cried out of grievance!
Made, isn't it just sending troops to surround a royal town?
Didn't cause you any loss! As for messing with us?
Um, in fact, these retainers of the Hood family misunderstood.
The second poisoning was a good thing done by Moonlight Church!
Upon receiving the news that the Hood family's army had been poisoned again, the old king in the capital was also stunned!
In the camp, looking at the frowning retainers, Marquis Hood, who was sitting on the main seat, sighed heavily, and then said firmly: "Leave five hundred people to take care of the sick soldiers, and the rest will continue on their way tomorrow."
"Lord Marquis, this~" Hearing that Marquis Hood insisted on marching, the retainers of the Hood family tried to dissuade him.
If this situation continues, the army will have to be reduced by half before they reach the capital.
"Bang", listening to the dissuasion of his retainers, Marquis Hood slammed his fist on the table heavily.
"Then what should we do, withdraw the troops, flee back in embarrassment, and then be laughed to death by other nobles!", Scanning the retainers in the camp, Marquis Hood angrily scolded.
Naturally, he also knew that if this continued, the combat effectiveness of the army would definitely be continuously reduced.
But now the situation of the Hood family is already on the verge of death, and they have to act.
And the current situation, when he just set off, he had already guessed in his heart.
When their Hood family was gaining momentum, the royal family suddenly announced that they would allow the two sides to lead troops in a duel, which was obviously to praise and kill their Hood family.
Now the nobles of the entire kingdom are focusing their attention on the Hood family and the Hawke family.
In this case, no matter what happens, the Hood family will have to bite their teeth and swallow, and must participate in the duel with the leader of the Hawke family.
For nobles, defeat is shameful, but it can be forgiven. After all, even a famous general who has been in battle for a long time cannot guarantee that he can win every battle.
But fleeing without a fight is not only shameful, it is also unforgivable.
Most of the nobles in the whole kingdom don't care what happened to their Hood family at all.
If their Hood family fled without a fight, it would be in the eyes of the nobles in the whole kingdom.
It is their Hood family, which holds an army several times that of the Hawke family, but they are still afraid of the Hawke family.
Once the Hood family withdraws their troops, the honor and prestige accumulated by the Hood family for thousands of years will disappear and will never be the same again.
And from now on, their Hood family will be nailed to the pillar of shame forever and cannot stand up.
Silence, after hearing Marquis Hood's angry reprimand, all the retainers in the camp fell into silence.
That's right, in fact, most of them know that for the sake of family honor, even if this battle is likely to be lost, they must fight it.
"Let's get ready!" Looking at the silent retainers, the troubled Marquis Hood drove them all out of the camp.
A few days later, on the crowded walls of the royal capital, countless nobles who wanted to watch a good show finally ushered in one of the two parties.
The haggard members of the Hood family finally arrived at the capital first.
Even if the Hawke family set off before them, even if the Hawke family marched faster than them, even if the Hood family had experienced difficulties and obstacles along the way.
However, in terms of distance, the Hawke family in the Gru Mountains is too far away from the capital!
Looking at the city wall of the royal capital ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ there is a picture of a smiling old king sitting on a chair, and a bunch of local nobles who are pointing to their Hood family.
Marquis Hood was relieved and sad at the same time, and heaved a long sigh.
Fortunately, since the second poisoning incident, they have never encountered any "unlucky things", maybe the old king also felt a little embarrassed!
So they are still there, 6,500 people rushed to the capital, and they arrived before the Hawke family.
In the following time, they can build fortifications in advance and let the tired soldiers have a good rest.
With the fortifications built in advance, coupled with the refreshed soldiers, it must be difficult for the Hawke family to take down their Hood family this time.
As for the sad thing, in this incident, the Hood family and the Hawke family, like two monkeys, were played around by the old king.
He exchanged glances with the old king on the city wall of the royal capital. Marquis Hood looked at the energetic old king, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional in his heart.
This old king who suppressed them for two generations is still not old after all!
After the Hood family arrived, the First Legion, which had arrived ahead of schedule, quickly sent a group of people to the Hood family.
"Master Marquis", the leading knight respectfully saluted Marquis Hood.
They can't see the game between the upper class. For them, Marquis Hood is still a distinguished nobleman.
"Yes," Marquis Hood nodded expressionlessly in front of the knight who came to lead the way.
Next, under the guidance of this knight, the Hood family's army of more than 6,000 people began to build a temporary camp on the battlefield designated by the king.
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