Rise of the Empire Total War

(The last chapter was coded with a mobile phone, so Miklos’ Luo was inexplicably typed as Luo... Please don’t pay attention to this small mistake.)

"I curse you, Miklos, I curse you with everything I have!"

Looking at Queen Audrey, who was being controlled by the soldiers of the Imperial Guard, the noble woman screamed in anger, but Miklos didn't care at all. He smiled and said lightly: "Your Highness, please Sign the surrender document, for the lives of everyone here, and for all residents of Nord City."

"Impossible!" Queen Audrey held her proud head stubbornly, and rejected Miklos' unreasonable request. The latter was not angry, but just smiled sinisterly, as if inadvertently mentioned her The only son Simon: "Your Highness, I can't guarantee that if you don't cooperate, the weak Prince Simon will not be in any danger."

"you!"

"Your Highness, as long as you sign the surrender document, not only can we survive in safety, but Prince Simon can also survive. You certainly don't want to see Prince Simon being arrested by Richard and tortured by the most cruel torture?"

"But how can you guarantee that Richard won't turn his face after we surrender?" As if knowing that it would be useless to struggle, Queen Audrey finally stopped struggling, looked at Miklos calmly, and asked.

"After he captured Fulvio, who was intercepted by his army when he fled six years ago, he did not execute the traitor who betrayed his family. Instead, he just put him in the dungeon. Such a person who did not kill the traitor, Is it possible to raise the butcher's knife against those who voluntarily surrender?"

"However, His Majesty the King still died at his hands!" Queen Audrey gritted her teeth and said.

"Your Highness, His Majesty the King died on the battlefield, not after he surrendered. What's more, his enemy was His Majesty the King. Now that His Majesty is dead, what reason does he have to attack innocent you?"

"This..." Seeing that Queen Audrey started to hesitate, Miklos took advantage of the victory to pursue, and continued: "We are offering the city to surrender. If Richard does it without convicting us, he must Bearing the name of a tyrant is very detrimental to the rule of a new king, I believe he will not do such a stupid thing."

"..."

Queen Audrey fell silent, and Miklos did not continue to try to persuade her, but turned to look at Mild, who was also under control. The foreign affairs chief who was at odds with him no longer had the prestige before, like a dead dog Limp in the chair, seeing Miklos looking at him, a trace of panic flashed across his face.

Miklos laughed secretly in his heart, and then asked teasingly: "Your Excellency Mild, what advice do you have?"

"No, no." Mild shook his head and said, and then said in a begging tone: "My lord Miklos, I don't object to your surrender, so you should let me go."

"Let you go? Why did His Excellency Mild say that, you can leave here at any time." Miklos said with a puzzled expression.

"Hehehe..." Mild laughed a few times bitterly, and said: "Your Excellency Miklos, I can satisfy you whatever you want, as long as you let me go, I will give you what you need as soon as I go back." .”

"I don't need anything, I just need you to stay with us until surrender to Richard."

"You." Mild was a little annoyed, but he didn't dare to show it. Now that people are using knives and me as fish and meat, he has no choice but to give in. He also knew that he had fallen, and once he fell into Richard's hands, he, a veteran figure who had participated in the rebellion, would definitely be dragged out for a crime.

At this moment, Queen Audrey finally made up her mind. She looked at Miklos and said with a bit of bitterness: "Your Excellency Miklos, please bring the surrender document, I will replace you as the regent of the palace." Signed by the royal family."

"You have made a wise decision, Your Majesty.

"

...

Half an hour later, when the artillery and trebuchets stopped firing and the infantry was about to launch an attack, the damaged city gate slowly opened from the inside, and Queen Audrey, who was dressed in a black robe, led Simon, who was only 15 years old. The prince went first, followed by a cabinet of four and the demoralized defenders.

"What are they doing?"

"Have the defenders finally decided to surrender?"

"Hope it's true, I don't want to charge that damned wall again."

Discussions rang out one after another in Richard's army formation. The soldiers all stretched their necks to watch the team slowly walking out, but most of them focused their eyes on the leader, Queen Audrey. As for the reason...everyone knows.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, a horse from the marching team rushed out. The knight rode his horse and rushed to the front of Richard's army formation. He stopped at a place tens of meters in front of the army formation, got off his horse, and lowered his head. , Shouted loudly: "The Great Protector of the Kingdom of Ravana, Duke of Cuban, Richard Stuart, in the name of Her Royal Highness Queen Audrey Stewart, Regent of the Kingdom of Winster, to You surrender, I hope you can abide by the law of the nobility and treat all members of the royal family and nobles who surrendered."

"Surrender?" Hearing the cry of the Winster envoy in front of the formation, Richard glanced suspiciously at the lieutenant general Kondra next to him. The messenger said: "I am Richard Stuart, Lord Protector of the Kingdom of Ravana, Duke of Cuban, legal claimant of the Kingdom of Winster. Please tell me what are your surrender conditions."

"Your Excellency the Duke, in the name of Queen Audrey, the court regent, we have no conditions. We only hope that you can treat every resident of Nord City fairly."

"I accept your surrender, envoy." Richard nodded, then remembered something, and added: "However, I must severely punish those who participated in the rebellion six years ago."

"This is your legal right, Your Excellency the Duke," said the messenger.

After that, Richard sent the envoy back, and the envoy rode back to the team, and the surrender team continued to move forward until it was less than ten meters away from Richard's army formation. Then, the court Queen Regent Audrey led her 15-year-old prince by the hand, and led four cabinet members and two entourages holding the flags of the kingdom and the family to Richard.

Looking at the young Richard sitting on the horse, Queen Audrey felt mixed feelings. She bent her knees slightly, lowered her head, and said respectfully:

"Honorable Duke, in the name of the court regent, I, Audrey Turt, surrender to you on behalf of the royal family..."