Chapter 157 (1/2)
”Sean?”
Sal saw that all the lines on general Sheen's face were stiff. When he and sheen grew up together, they hardly saw him show such an expression.
”Sean?”
General sheen crumpled the letter into a ball and held it tightly in his hand. The wind was blowing across the dry land, blowing the young general's untidy blonde hair. He was still wearing the armor he hadn't had time to take off. The sunlight fell on the armor and reflected on his handsome face. His eyes were hard to distinguish under his eyebrows.
”Summon our knights.”
General Sheehan's voice seemed to come out of his teeth.
”Burning granaries.”
”What?”
Sal looked at sheen in amazement. Before he had time to understand what the command meant, the chill was on his back.
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The fire sprang up from the southeast of the city, rolling up into the sky in the hot sun. The flames are blazing. It's not that one or two rooms are on fire, but the mountain of dry food and horse grass is lit. The fierce fire made the sky in the south of the city blood red.
At first, people didn't know what it was, but soon, the whole city became angry and frightened. These days, under the heavy pressure of the approaching army, almost all adult men in the whole city are preparing to fight. But before they set foot on the battlefield, the last tiny hope of the city was burned.
Anger, despair, fear.
People who witnessed the burning of the granary by the rose cavalry flocked to the center of the city, and more and more people gathered outside the official residence. In the roar and questioning sound, big and small stones, like raindrops, were smashed into the official residence.
”You didn't give the order!”
Thrall kicked the door open. He pushed the crowd open with his shield and was able to rush in with difficulty. He was shocked by the anger of the crowd. He had no doubt about the innumerable curses and hatred of general sheen. Once general sheen came out of here, people would not hesitate to eat his meat raw.
”That's the king's order! That's not your order
General Sheehan was wearing armor and a sword. He stood behind the window with a bloodstain on his face, which was left by glass debris when the stone broke the window.
”Sal
General Sheehan's voice suddenly rose, more serious than ever. They had been together for so many years that Sal had never heard him speak in that tone.
”The king didn't give us any orders.”
He speaks clearly, turns and stares at his best friend.
Thrall fell into the ice cave. He watched the blonde general standing in front of the window with a straight back. Outside the window, there are desperate people around the official residence, yelling, ”traitors”, ”cowards” and ”cowards”.
”I didn't receive any orders from the king.”
General sheen looked his friend in the eye.
The moment he gave the order, he had foreseen everything.
Standing alone in front of the window, Sean thought of the old man with white hair again. What the imperial Knight said in the snow. The old man said he was too idealistic. At that time, he said, if people wearing armor and holding swords don't protect the weak, who will protect the weak. The old man said that justice, greatness, heroes, these things can not be used to describe the monarch.
Today, however, it dawned on him that the Duke of Buckingham had told him only part of it.
The just and the great are heroes, knights and never generals.
The general is not fighting for one or two, but for the whole country. In this world, many people need justice, greatness and heroes. But there are more people who are not qualified to think about what justice is.
”Go and gather our soldiers.”
General sheen said, his face twitching.
It's impossible for the five thousand men of the rosary to fight against the seventy thousand men of the sacred army on the sea. Whenever there is a glimmer of hope, he will not give up the retreat of Bubbas. But now, only by retreating to the Keya mountains and relying on the terrain, can they resist their enemies dozens of times.
If the rose cavalry is destroyed in bubas, then the southeast of Legrand will no longer be able to resist the attack of the holy army!
The defense that the king wants to pull up on the land of Legrand will be torn open with an absolutely fatal crack!
In the king's letter, there was only one simple order -
”burn down the granary and weapons depot, evacuate bubas, and defend Keya.”
Every word is clear.
At the end of the order, the king's name was heavily signed.
”I'm the general of the rose cavalry, the commander in chief of the southeast defense line of Legrand. Parliament and the king gave me the power to take all actions in the southeast. Now, I order -- ”general sheen, word for word,” to leave bubas and hold on to Keya
”This is me! I'm Sean rolanster's order
In the old year, the old generals of the Empire told the young generals that people would only remember who gave the most cruel order, not who carried it out. All the anger from despair will only be directed at the person who gives the order.The young monarch has carried enough abuse, but this time it's different!
The whole of Legrand fell into a frenzy, into an unprecedented struggle. The king himself can not care about his reputation or the hatred of the people he protects. But as a knight of the Empire, as a general of Legrand, he can't help caring! At such a time when the whole country is fighting, the king is the flag of the whole country and the sustenance of all the Legrand spirit!
The king must play the role of ”protecting the people”. It is absolutely impossible for the king himself to give up the people's orders.
Sean disobeyed the king's orders for the first time since he was the general of the rose cavalry.
”This is my order!”
He roared.
”Now -”
”execute now!”
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Five thousand knights, five thousand silent knights.
The day was so bright that the flames were still burning. Sal was riding on his horse, holding the reins tightly in one hand and the hilt of his sword in the other. In this summer, his hands trembled with cold, and his worry really happened -
when the rose cavalry, who carried out the retreat order, arrived at the gate, the angry crowd had formed a human wall here, blocking their way. Everyone knows what it means to leave here. There are skinny old people, mothers holding children, angry and unbelievable men blocking the way of the horse.
In the northern rebellion, the knights who could walk on a floating bridge from the turbulent Lacey river without fear and charge against the rain of arrows were silent like statues in the face of these unarmed people who were not even soldiers. The horses snorted uneasily.
”You can't go! What shall we do when you are gone? ”
A carpenter opened his hand and stood in front of the horse.
The crowd was in turmoil, and the children didn't know what war was, but they were frightened by the heavy atmosphere and burst into tears.
”Get out of the way!”
General Sheen's face muscles twitched. He drew out his sword and waved it.