rise of empire total war

Chapter 137

"Shield array! Shield array! Defend the king!"

Looking at the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard gathered in front of him to form a tight shield formation, King Lawrence held his sword tightly. He was not a strong figure in a royal robe, but at this moment, he still tried his best to hold his chest up and maintain himself The dignity of being a king.

This was a despicable sneak attack. Just last night, a large number of elite rebel veterans suddenly poured out of the Tongtian Tower inside the palace wall. They sneaked up on the unsuspecting imperial guards and rushed all the way to the palace wall gate.At this time, the main force of the rebel army outside the palace wall began to attack the city, and the imperial guards who defended the city wall had to abandon their defense line and retreat to the palace under the attack of the rebel army.

Just after the remnant army retreated to the palace, the main force of the rebel army attacked the palace wall. They quickly occupied the Phantom Deer Temple with few guards, killed the priest who angrily denounced them for rebellion, and forced the rest to accept the rule of Bandak.

"My dear brother Lawrence, long time no see."

For a long time, the stalwart figure of Bundak appeared in Lawrence's sight. He was dressed in the exquisite armor bestowed upon him by King Harlaus, like a winning rooster, with a victor's smile.

"Long time no see, my brother."

Looking at the familiar face of the other party, Lawrence wanted to roar out countless insults and curses in his heart, but in the end they turned into calm words.

He found that no matter how much he hated his youngest brother before, at the last moment, all the hatred could not be uttered.

"Lawrence, abdicate, I will keep your fief for the rest of your life." Bandak advised.

"Impossible." Lawrence shook his head, and firmly refused: "This is what our father left me. The Ravana Kingdom only has kings who died in battle, and there is no king who voluntarily abdicates and surrenders."

"..."

Seeing that Bundak was silent, Lawrence chuckled, and then said: "Bundak, my brother, do you think you will inherit the throne as the new king, and will your rule last long? Richard in the east is still I’m staring at you, I believe that it won’t be long before he will lead the army that conquered the Ramirez people to fight back and end your rule.”

"However, you have no chance to see that day." Bandak slowly put the saber back into the scabbard around his waist, and looked at his elder brother, "Before that, I will send you to accompany Burris and his father." King, when the Winster Kingdom dispatches troops, I will send Richard, whom you have high hopes for, to your side."

"What?" Lawrence was taken aback when he heard that the Kingdom of Winster sent troops. He stared at Bundak and said, "How dare you ask the usurper Jutian for reinforcements?"

"Reinforcements? You can also say the same." Bundak shrugged: "My emissary only disclosed the information about Richard to Zhutian, and he immediately agreed to send troops. He and I are just using each other. I used him to remove obstacles that threatened my rule, and he used my request to send troops to eliminate the remnants of the previous dynasty."

"Okay...okay...okay." Lawrence said a few good times, pointing at Banda Ke with a trembling hand, and finally turned into a long sigh. After a long time, he said in a low voice: "Banda Ke K, attack, kill me, and inherit my throne."

"..."

"Attack." Bandak said, and then turned to leave, while the soldiers behind him swarmed towards the thin line of defense formed by the Royal Guards.

When Bandak walked out of the palace, and the warm sunlight shone on him, making his whole body radiate, the soldiers cheered day after day from the palace.

"The old king is dead, the new king is on the throne, long live King Bandak!"

……

At the same time, Fort Cochrane, which had been besieged by Richard for several months, finally fell. The defenders ran out of ammunition and food during the long siege, and had to open the city and surrender, transferring control of this fortified castle to Laval. Kingdom Army.

After taking over the castle, Richard didn't bother to enter the city for repairs. Under the urging of Princess Stephanie, he left more than a hundred imperial soldiers as the new defenders to take over the defense of the castle, and handed over the surrendered soldiers to Maximilian When the governor dealt with it, he took the army and set off, rushing westward.

The war lasted for more than half a year, not only did Richard's army not suffer many losses, but on the contrary, it added more than [-] prisoners of war to the original nearly [-] soldiers.The Gehrman Army stationed at the junction of the Cork Territory and the Luwen Territory had run out of ammunition and food not long ago, and were forced to surrender like the defenders of Fort Cochrane. After taking over the surrendered troops, General Richard All the officers in the army were cleaned up, and the remaining soldiers planned to regroup to prevent them from being organized to resist Richard.While reorganizing, he promised generous rewards to the soldiers, which boosted the morale of the soldiers. The combination of a big stick and a sweet date made Richard deepen his control over the surrendered soldiers.

And just when Richard led his army into the Mafugat Territory, the bad news from Ravana finally arrived-King Lawrence was killed in battle, the city of Ravana fell completely, and Bundak then died in the battle while the flames were still extinguished. The crowning of the new king in the royal capital is Bandak II (before him, there was another monarch in the history of the Kingdom of Ravana called Bandak I).

Richard knew his chance had come.

Regardless of comforting Stephanie, who was devastated by the loss of her father, Richard immediately ordered the entire army to stop marching and camp in place, and then called several lieutenants in the army for a military meeting.

"Everyone, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This is the best time for me to claim the highest position in the Kingdom of Ravana!"

In the hastily built commander's camp, Richard stood in front of everyone, shouting with a little excitement.

"Now that King Lawrence died in battle, Bandak has usurped the throne and claimed to be the new king, but everyone knows that his throne is illegal, and he is a despicable usurper! As long as we raise the banner against the usurper, within the kingdom Raise the banner high, and we will definitely get the response of many nobles who love the old king. At that time, we will overthrow Bandak's illegal throne, and the whole kingdom will be up to me!"

"Before that, I want to ask you what you think, Your Majesty." Kondra stood up and said at this time, "Do you want to claim the throne of the Kingdom of Ravana?"

"Yes." Richard didn't mean to hide anything, and in fact, everyone present here are officers he trusted, so he didn't need to hide anything. "As long as I obtain the throne of the Kingdom of Ravana, I will be able to counterattack Winster with the power of this powerful country."

I thought that my statement would be approved by Kondra, but the other party shook his head and denied it: "Your Majesty, I don't think you should be the king of the Ravana people."

"why?"

Faced with Richard's questions, Condra took his time and explained...

(End of this chapter)