rise of empire total war

Chapter 106
"Water...I want water..."

A hoarse and deep voice sounded from behind the wall, and Olier followed the sound. A middle-aged soldier whose leather armor was stained red with blood was weakly leaning against the wall, muttering unconsciously. It is not difficult to see from the lips that this person has not been in the water for a long time.

This is the fifth day of water shortage in Solonborg. Except for the pitiful little water stored in some soldiers' water bottles, there is basically no water source in sight - if those disgusting urines are listed as drinkable, then there will be no shortage of water. .

"Water... water..."

The soldier's voice still reached Olier's ears intermittently. He looked at the dry flat kettle hanging on his waist, hesitated, and still did not give the kettle to the soldier.At this time, it is no longer suitable to continue to be a good old man, and the precious water resources can only be reserved for ourselves.

Sighing silently, Olier bypassed the soldier and continued to walk forward. Although the enemy outside the city had not launched an attack for several days, the soldiers inside the city were extremely weak under the nightmare of water shortage. not good.

"Olier, is the Earl still planning to open the city and surrender? The soldiers can no longer bear it."

At this moment, an officer with bloodshot eyes stopped Olier and asked aloud.

"It seems that I don't intend to surrender." Olier said with a wry smile, "Just when I went to report to him about the situation of the city wall, an officer suggested that he open the city and surrender, but he was kicked out directly. , his job will be lost.”

The answer I got was not what I thought in my heart, and the officer seemed a little excited: "Then what should we do? We haven't drunk water for three days, and some soldiers even fell into a coma because of lack of water. If we don't surrender, we will be killed alive." Stuck to death here!"

"I have no choice." Olier shrugged helplessly, but then changed the subject and said, "Unless..."

"Unless what?" Hearing that things seemed to be turning around, the officer opened his eyes wide, and all the bloodshot eyes in his eyes were exposed to the air.

Olier was not in a hurry to speak, he looked around, as if to make sure no one was eavesdropping, then he put his mouth next to the officer's ear, and whispered: "Unless we open the city gate ourselves, and send a message to Ravana People surrender."

The officer who got the answer looked at Olier in front of him in surprise. At this moment, he really wanted to say to the latter: You thick eyebrows and big eyes actually want to betray the revolution?

"Don't look at me like that." Olier obviously didn't like the way the officer looked at him. He patted the officer on the shoulder and said, "I don't want to be trapped to death in the castle either. Now Earl Xide Cooped up in his room all day, we have very little control over the garrison. Maybe we can just open the gates and welcome the Ravana army into the city."

"I'm afraid that the Ravana people dare not enter the city easily out of caution." The officer smiled wryly, his tone full of helplessness.

"Just tell their commander about the situation in the city. If the Ravana commander is smart, he won't give up such a good opportunity."

"Okay." The officer thought for a while, and finally agreed to Olier's proposal, but just to be on the safe side, he still said: "I will first send my cronies to sneak out of the city to contact the Ravana people, once it is confirmed , take action immediately."

……

Night is coming soon.

In the darkness, a basket was slowly lowered from the wall, and when it reached the ground, a figure climbed out of the basket, looked around, and after confirming that there was no danger, lowered his body and ran quickly towards the Ravana military camp.

……

"So, you are ready to surrender?"

Inside the barracks, Richard looked at the rebel soldiers being brought in, and asked with a half-smile.

"Yes, respected General Ravana, we are willing to open the city gate and let the king's troops enter the city." said the rebel soldier who was forced to kneel on the ground. Although there were several fully armed soldiers standing beside him, he No sign of panic at all.

"What's the reason? You can't surrender to me without a reason."

"Solonburg has been without water for five days." The soldier said, raising his head so that Richard could see clearly his chapped lips and bloodshot eyes due to lack of water. "Many of our soldiers have suffered from lack of water. Falling into a coma, some people even started to drink dirty urine. But we don't want to drink urine, we want to live, not be buried in that castle with Governor Yukshid, so we are willing to surrender to you Kaesong. "

Richard snapped his fingers, sat casually on the table, signaled the guards who were holding the rebel soldiers to let him go, and said at the same time: "It's a very reasonable reason, but how can I be sure that every word you say is true?" Really?"

"In the name of Huanlu, I can swear that everything I say is the truth." The rebel soldier straightened up and swore seriously.

"Your oath is weak and does not make me believe it."

Richard shook his head and said with some regret. Seeing his attitude, the rebel soldiers quickly said: "General, your army has been besieging Sauron Castle for so long. Why don't you believe me once and capture this city as soon as possible?" How about a strong castle?"

"Haha..." Richard chuckled, with disdain in his tone: "If the inside story of Sauron Castle is as you said, my army can easily conquer it, and even in a few days, Keshid The earl will also take the initiative to go out of the city and kneel at my feet, lick my boots, and beg for my mercy."

"This……"

The rebel soldiers had nothing to say for a while, but Richard continued: "Even so, I am still willing to accept your surrender. As long as you can open the city gate, I will send troops to respond to you."

"However, if you dare to deceive me and break through Sorenburg, I will find you even if I dig three feet into the ground, and then treat you with the cruelest punishment."

"Ming, I understand..."

Scared by Richard, the rebel soldiers became a little timid, and even their voices trembled.

Seeing the look of fear on the other party's face, Richard nodded in satisfaction, raised his hand to signal the guards to come forward, and continued: "In order to reward you, I will give you a kettle full of water, and I hope to wait for my army to come forward." After taking over Sorenborg, I can still see you holding it."

"Yes, General!"

The rebel soldier quickly agreed, and took the water bottle handed over by the guard. Feeling the weight of the water bottle, he swallowed the non-existent saliva suddenly. He opened the lid and poured it into his mouth regardless of Chad's presence. The cool and sweet water flowed into his mouth, instantly moistening his dry throat and making him close his eyes comfortably.

Seeing his performance, Richard felt confident. It seemed that the lack of water in Sorenburg was not a fake, and the other party's performance was not easy to pretend.

If this is really a fake, Richard can only admit it, and blame him for being unlucky, meeting an ultimate actor who can win an Oscar statuette.

(End of this chapter)