Chapter 107 (1/2)
In the evening, Rody sternly rejected a dinner banquet with the Xier's Governor-General Instead, he ate in the government office Xier's Governor-General had initially prepared a large house for Rody to stay in before he arrived in the city However, Rody was not interested in staying in the big house when he saw the current situation Instead, he insisted on staying at the backyard of the government office
The government office had a front yard and a backyard The front yard here all the local officials handled the government affairs The backyard was the residence of the Governor-General However, the Governor-General disliked the backyard as it looked extremely miserable The Governor-General rarely lived there It was said that the Governor-General had another mansion in the Purple Leaf City However, Rody felt that the residence was peaceful and quiet
In the ht, Rody suddenly heard a racket of noisy footsteps and woke up He ran out i towards him Randt said, ”Your Excellency the Duke! The mountain people at the barracks have all started a iht now, His Excellency Camus and his ar theathered outside!”
Rody frowned and iuards with him and rode the horses out of the city
Along the way, Rody could not help but frohen he saw the soldiers of the Purple Leaf City in big and shtforward person When he saw the disorderly local soldiers, he whispered to Rody ”How do the o to ith these soldiers? If an enemy were to launch a surprise attack, they will collapse immediately”
Rody shook his head and sighed If it was not for Ca, it would have already been a disaster
When he arrived at the city gates, he saw that the gates were closed Many of the defenders, regardless whether they were common soldiers or officers, were seized with terror on the walls Rody frowned He sent one of his subordinates to question them, and then he found out the truth
The infor The fact that there was a mutiny at the barracks was true, but the barracks were not surrounded The place that was surrounded was the city gates Caates Those mountain soldiers had kidnapped an officer of the Eates, fully equipped, andto meet with the Governor-General
Rody took Randt up the walls and along the way, the defenders could be heard saying that His Excellency the Duke had arrived Hurriedly, the soldiers moved out of the hile the s officer so that they could report that to them
Rody stood on the walls and looked down
Rody saw about ten thousand infantry wearing the uniforarrison They forathered e nuion The Southern Legion soldiers encircled the garrison soldiers
Both sides had already drawn their weapons With one wrong word, they would end up fighting each other The forest was on fire and the night was as bright as day
Although thethe Empire's uniform, they were easy to differentiate from the people of the Empire The mountain people were taller than the people of the Empire They had dark skin Their noses were flatter and their eyes were more brown
The lance, it could be seen that these people were regularly trained and were very different froarrison soldiers of the Empire ere disorderly
At thatwith one of Camus' soldiers at the top of his voice The others were silent as they glared in anger
That officer as shouting earing the uniforlance, he was a mountain soldier It was not known as to what that ion
Without saying much, he waved his hands and two ed out a man The man had his arms tied behind his back and a rope looped around his neck
The clothing of the person was disarrayed Although he earing the uniform of the Empire, he had a dispirited and terrified expression
The e that Rody could not understand Rody did not knohat he said, but the othercry
Rody frowned He grabbed an officer beside hi?”
That officer was frightened and stammered, ”Your, Your, Your Excellency… they said that if we do not agree with their request, they will iht us till the end of life”
”Toohey? Is he the Regiment Coo of the officer
He looked back at thery expressions Their swords flashed under the light, and some of them had already aiion
Rody looked at a spot with torches and saw a person astride a black horse near the Southern Legion Ca a full set of arave off a murderous aura He lowered his head fro to an officer beside him After that, the officer obeyed and i disorder! Listen well! His Excellency Caiven you all the chance to lay down your arms and return to the barracks within two hours Otherwise, it will be considered as the violation of military orders and offenders will be killed on the spot” The officer shouted in the Ee of the mountain people
His words caused an uproar with the mountain soldiers Camus' subordinates did not care They raised their lance and shouted, ”Soldiers! The command! Line up!”
All the cavalrymen raised their lances as they pointed them at the mountain soldiers
”Advance!” That officer shouted loudly
The cavalry formation started to take one step forward Its oppressiveritted their teeth as they looked at the darklances in their hands that, together, looked like a forest of trees
The leader of the mountain soldiers was not an idiot He knew that it would be difficult to defend a cavalry charge in an open terrain On top of that, the opponent was Camus' elite cavalry
He showed a distressed expression and shouted, ”Your Excellency Camus! We have always respected you! Do you really want to kill us mountain people?”
The shout was unyielding and filled with resentlared at Cae
He then heard Camus said, ”You are all soldiers of the E as you put down your weapons and return to the barracks, I will take responsibility for you!” Everyone had heard those words clearly
That officer hesitated Cae in the Southeast and had always kept his words He was generally revered by everyone However, the officer also knew that Caive the order and would definitely not spare anyone If that officer acted recklessly, he and his companions would definitely be dead
While he was hesitating, another mountain soldier loudly shouted, ”What nonsense! The people of the Eht them!”
These words came from within the mountain soldiers That person was hidden in the crowd and could not be found Those words were like pouring oil on fire Alitated soldiers iht!”
The hearts of Camus and Rody started to feel heavy Rody felt a sense of dread as if someone had just deliberately provoked the mountain soldiers The mountain tribes had probably already infiltrated the barracks
Helplessly looking at his excited subordinates, the leader of the rit his teeth and loudly said, ”Your Excellency Camus! It is not that we do not believe you! This Toohey always oppressed us too much! We have not received our salary for two months already! Just the day before yesterday, a few of our companions went to reason out with him but they were beaten to death! We cannot take this kind of treato today, ill be dead tomorrow!”
”That's right! We cannot let hio free!”
”Cannot let hio!”
Countless voices shouted out and caused a commotion
Caloomy He took a deep breath and loudly shouted, ”I have already heard about Toohey Release him and I will handle this! I, Camus, have been in the South for over ten years Have I ever lied to you before?”
This loud declaration caused everyone to shut up and start to relax They all knew that Camus was strict but was also fair and true to his words Now that Caainst his words
There was a moment of silence before that voice uttered another sentence, ”Do not be fooled! The people of the Eht…”
Before he could finish speaking, Ca to be sneaky? If you have the courage, come out and talk to me directly!”
Camus sudden voice was loud like thunder and interrupted that person
Caht, you,officer! This is a crime punishable by death! However, you do not dare to come out and talk to me?”
The mountain soldiers who heard that shouted as well, ”Go out and speak with him directly! What is that to be scared of? The mountain people are not cowards!”
Everybody's eyes focused on one person as the mountain soldiers slowlythe E in the e expression
That man looked like he was about thirty years old and had a dark complexion His eyes showed confusion and fear
Ca to say? First state your military rank!”
The person staive a reply
The leader of the mountain soldiers was also puzzled and frowned, ”What camp are you from? Just answer His Excellency's questions! Do not be afraid! Do not sully our mountain people's name!”
The man looked around and said with a red face, ”I… I am from the second camp…”