I will be crowned king

At the moment when the bloody unicorn flag was raised, the calm gunner suddenly no longer tensed up, and his body was in an extremely relaxed state - it felt like the moment when an earthquake and flood came, when someone faced a natural disaster knowing that they could not escape. , the fear has been forgotten by him.

He pulled out the gun on his waist and pointed it at the soaring figure in the sky. Golden-red fireworks poured out from the muzzle.

clang--

Bright silver lightning fell suddenly, splitting open the sea of ​​​​fire beneath his feet. The gunner, whose pupils shrank suddenly, suddenly lost consciousness. He felt that the world was spinning, and the picture in front of him suddenly became richer.

He saw the panicked subordinates, saw the girl on the ground holding a cigarette (licorice stick) in her mouth and raised her hand to shoot three times. The two corps commanders were shot in the head before they even drew their guns. He saw her performing magic tricks from behind the hem of her clothes. He took out a long string of grenades and threw them around; he saw...

...Well, I saw my headless body lying on the ground, twitching non-stop.

"Boom——! Boom——! Boom——! Boom——!"

Clouds of smoke exploded at the front of the position, and the panicked artillerymen were at a loss. Under the leadership of the equally confused officers, they formed a square formation back to back, pointing their guns at the surroundings, nervously looking for the enemy.

"Calm down, stay calm, everyone obeys the command, and those who escape without authorization will be executed on the spot!"

"The enemy is around, everyone is on alert, follow the gunner's orders, the enemy is around!"

"Sir, the gunner and gunnery commander are dead!"

"Shut up, if you dare to shake the morale of the army again, I will kill you now!"

...The atmosphere of panic and fear spread in the smoke, and countless gasps and heartbeats intertwined with each other, frightening everyone, and jointly destroying the last trace of reason.

As the "culprit", Lisa was quite calm at this time. She even slowly loaded the Inquisitor's revolver in her hand and squatted on the ground to look at the enemies who were frightened by her.

"Ah...because Lisa has grown up and is no longer a child." The girl who was talking to herself tossed the gunshot and opened the gun with all her strength:

"When you grow up, you have to be more powerful than when you were little."

The muzzle of the gun raised the brim of her hat, her scarlet eyes had locked onto her target, and the dazzling gun flame instantly illuminated the frightened faces.

"She, she's there!"

As the officer yelled, he felt a heavy push. Blood bloomed in the center of his chest, and his body unconsciously collapsed to the ground. The soldier who was blocked was so frightened that he kicked away the officer's body and decisively pulled the trigger.

Intensive gunfire began to explode on the position, and hundreds of lead bullets whizzed through the layers of fog, like flashes of thunder among dark clouds.

"boom--!!!!"

The grinning girl dodged a row of volleys coming towards her. The lead bullets kept splashing dust around her petite body. She fiercely urged the Borni rifle that slipped from her back, and threw out the gun in response to the rhythm. fire.

The team leader who directed the shooting fell to the ground, and his head turned into an exploding watermelon in front of everyone, and then...

puff--

The line soldiers in the front row trembled one after another, staring at the black shadow flying over their heads - the rifle with the Clovis flag tied to it was nailed to the corpse of the corps leader.

Soon, they would regret their momentary distraction... With the inertia of throwing out the rifle, the girl once again pulled out the Inquisitor's revolver hanging on her thigh and called the names of the distracted enemies one by one.

The moment the gun flames lit up in the thick fog, twelve Imperial line soldiers fell to the ground along with the ejected bullet casings.

The girl's figure has disappeared without a trace.

"Fire! Fire! Fire!"

The screams one after another and the flickering gunfire made the soldiers in the artillery position tremble with fear. They who were still pulling the triggers at this moment were no longer strangling the enemy, but just emboldening them.

But they soon realized that this meant nothing.

"She's over here, I saw...?!"

"Fire, don't sit still, or we will all die!"

"Retreat, retreat!"

"No, we were trapped!"

...The sound of gunfire became more intense, and the organization of the artillerymen of the helpless Jialan Legion had completely collapsed, leaving only instinctive resistance. They didn't even know whether they were really fighting the enemy, or just the madness after the collapse.

Of course, soon there will be no difference between the two.

"Clovis Rangers—Attack!"

Accompanied by Charles Sanders's roar, nearly two thousand soldiers rushed to the high ground, and a shower of gunfire sounded behind the artillerymen.

There was no time to react, and the screaming Imperial soldiers shrouded in fog fell into a pool of their own blood; some of them guessed the danger in advance and tried to break out from the edge of the position, but obviously this was meaningless—— The cavalry colonel, who had waited for too long, would not allow himself to repeat his previous mistakes.

Along the slope of the outer position, two battalions of Clovis skirmishers spread out in horizontal lines, harvesting the scattered deserters like a shooting competition. These people seemed to have forgotten what resistance was. After only a few rounds of free fire, the trenches The pit was already covered with the corpses of imperial soldiers.

The frontal battle was also very different...the skirmishers armed with Leyden rifles and carbines - or the cavalry that Charles Sanders insisted on - poured into the position as if they were in no man's land, and collapsed in the chaotic empire. They rushed to kill at will; many soldiers even drew their swords and rushed forward to fight with the enemy in a more direct way, trying to express their enthusiasm to the imperial people in a more direct way.

This stupid behavior was stopped by the cavalry colonel as soon as it appeared. He severely reprimanded the unorganized and undisciplined behavior of a very few soldiers, requiring them to fight like infantry, forming a bayonet wall to advance and harvest the remaining soldiers.

Facing the victory that was already close at hand, Charles Sanders showed no excitement or joy on his face. He knew very well that all this had nothing to do with his command or adventure. When Commander-in-Chief Anson Bach sent himself to the highlands When he was on the battlefield, he knew that he would definitely win because...

"beep----!!!!"

The piercing iron whistle suddenly sounded over the battlefield. The absent-minded cavalry colonel turned around suddenly and saw that the bayonet wall on the right side of the line suddenly spread out, and bursts of fierce cheers broke out.

Looking at the young girl surrounded by extremely excited soldiers, Charles Sanders finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the corners of his tense mouth slightly raised.

"Salute to you, Miss Lisa Bach." The cavalry colonel took off his military cap and respectfully gave the girl a standard military salute: "Your glorious record and heroic and fearless figure, the Ranger Corps will forever be remembered." Remember..."

"It's not over yet!"

The girl, whose face was dirty and covered with dust and dirt from head to toe, had her hands on her hips and assumed the posture of a great police chief. She looked more serious than the other party and looked more like a commander: "We just conquered the high ground, Jialan The legions have not all surrendered, and Junqi Mountain is still surrounded by enemies. We can wait until the battle is over to talk about anything else!"

As she spoke, the girl imitated Anson, with her left hand behind her back and her right hand holding the brim of the hat slightly; however, the force was too strong and it directly covered most of her face.

Despite this, it was enough to make the officers and soldiers of the Ranger Corps present feel ashamed... I had just cheered for a small victory, but the real hero was still worried about the entire battle and did not dare to take any credit.

What is the gap? This is the gap - with such a young girl!

Lisa looked at the cavalry colonel with a stern face. She didn't think too much, but she was just worried about the side of the flag mountain: If this drags on, that unlucky guy Carl will be almost unable to hold on!

"You are right, the victory or defeat at Junqi Mountain is the real priority." Charles Sanders, who looked slightly red, quickly restrained his smile: "In comparison, this battle for Red Moon Highlands is the most important thing." The outcome of the battle is just... huh? What, what did you say, won?!"

"yes."

The girl put her hands on her hips and nodded matter-of-factly: "Lisa and Uncle Glasses, haven't you already captured the high ground?"

"Captured?!" The cavalry colonel's eyes widened: "But we just broke through the enemy's artillery formation...ah! Is it possible..."

"That's right, Lisa found that guy named Sir Gloria." The girl raised her finger and pointed behind her:

"He has promised to surrender."

…………………………

"Yes, I can surrender to you and Anson Bach behind you now." Sir Garland nodded slightly:

"But there are conditions."

Looking at the calm and gentle imperial nobleman in front of him, Charles Sanders suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable - for those who didn't know, he might have thought that he was the one who surrendered!

"Conditions? Sir Gloria, your current situation does not allow you to make conditions."

Glancing at the smoke-filled battlefield below the high ground, the cavalry colonel said coldly: "I assure you on the basis of my personal honor that you and your subordinates will receive treatment consistent with your status, and we will not touch your personal property. But that’s all—because the Clovis people are civilized people in an ordered world.”

"Really? I really don't know where civilized people would overthrow their king... Of course I'm not here to argue with you." Sir Gloria smiled: "But if I insist on refusing to surrender, what can you do? manage?"

"You can give it a try. The high ground has been taken by us. If you want to watch your soldiers being killed, I personally don't mind if you do this."

"That's right, I have no doubt that you can do this. When the battle goes to this level, the next step is really just massacre; the terrain of the Red Moon Trunk Road is too narrow, and the Jialan Legion that has been taken away from the high ground cannot escape at all. Drop it." He nodded matter-of-factly, but his eyes were meaningful:

"But isn't it the same at Junqishan?"

"...I'm starting to get tired of talking nonsense to you." Charles Sanders raised his brows coldly, subconsciously pressing the saber at his waist with his right hand:

"Perhaps I should report to the Commander-in-Chief that Sir Gloria accidentally died in the melee?"

"It's best not to do this." Sir Gloria smiled: "Not for myself, but for your future."

"..."

"Keep me alive and order the Jialan Army to surrender collectively. You can immediately end the fighting here and turn around to rescue the besieged Junqishan."

Looking at the cavalry colonel with a gloomy face, Sir Gloria said softly: "You and I both know that in this battle, both of us are at the end of our rope, and we are just holding on with the last slim hope of victory; at this time, we only need to be fully The opportunity can cause the morale of one of the parties to collapse and collapse on the spot!"

"Oh." Charles Sanders became interested: "For example?"

"for example……"

Sir Gloria looked at the flag hill in the distance: "Let Sir Fernando Herred's army see the flags and soldiers of the Gloria Legion appearing in the array of the Clovis people."

The cavalry colonel's pupils shrank suddenly.

For a moment, he suddenly really wanted to kill the guy in front of him with one shot. Although he had heard a little about this, the fact that he could do such a thing without any lower limit really affected his world view. impact.

An Imperial knight who has absolutely no moral limits and can even become a traitor without any psychological pressure in order to survive - yes, this guy is actually a real knight - is no longer disgusting, but terrifying.

"Are you going to betray the empire?"

"On the contrary, everything I did was for the empire; to be more precise, it was for the tens of thousands of imperial soldiers and knights in the Red Moon Province at this moment." Sir Gloria suddenly became serious:

"The war organized by Lord Fernando has failed. Even if he can capture Junqi Mountain, as long as you block the Red Moon Road, the hope of comeback will still be slim; since failure has become a foregone conclusion, the only thing left is how to maximize the reduction of The loss of a small empire.”

"To be honest, I'm actually worried that if we surrender, you Clovis people will launch a massacre against us prisoners; but if you really think about it, you, or Anson Bach, shouldn't have this time, and the empire should take back the Red Moon Town fortress as soon as possible. That’s the most important thing, so the rest… should be discussable.”

"To be honest, you don't look like a knight at all, but more like a businessman."

"Thank you for the compliment. It's an outrageous compliment." Sir Gloria was not polite: "How about it, do you have any questions?"

"...There's only one left."

There was no expression on the face of the cavalry colonel at this time: "Even if you really did it for the sake of the empire and betrayed such an open and honest thing, you really have no worries that Fernando Herred and his supporters will settle accounts with you in the future. ?”

This was what Charles Sanders couldn't figure out the most. He didn't think Sir Garland was the kind of hero who "sacrificed himself for the greater self". If he dared to do such a behavior that challenged the lower limit, it showed that he was 100% qualified. The certainty of escaping a disaster may even be a blessing in disguise.

"Yes, your judgment is completely correct. Even if other soldiers will be grateful to me for surviving, Lord Fernando will never think so." Sir Garland sighed:

"So, I can only trouble him to die."