Public trial?You deserve it too!

However, they knew that doing this was absolutely life-or-death, and if anyone on the other side survived, all of them would be swallowed by the emperor's hounds, including their belts and bones, so they worked extraordinarily hard when they charged.

This made the battle extremely bloody and tragic from the very beginning. Many knights knew that their speed would not be able to break through the spear formation, so they just manipulated their horses to hit them, and then leaped from their horses into the crowd.

"Damn it, the first wave is dead soldiers!"

Seeing the spear formation he had arranged being pushed abruptly, Manteuffel pulled his shield-wielding followers past him.

"Go to His Royal Highness Ludwig, let Knight Ernst lead the central army to merge with the rear army to attack, and the opponent must have prepared troops behind. Let them never try to support the front army. As long as Your Highness is okay, this Even if we all die in the battle, we will win a big victory!"

"Yes!"

"The rest—" Manduffel drew out his sword in a murderous spirit, "Follow me, fight to the death!"

A hundred calls.

"Fight to the death!"

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With red eyes, Ludwig gritted his teeth and gave the order to attack the rear.

He knew that Manduffel was right, now is not the time to be a hero, no matter who planned this matter, as long as his father finds out, the other party will definitely die.So as he said, as long as he can survive, this battle will be a complete victory.

"Your Highness, I will be the vanguard, but I leave all my soldiers to you, please be careful."

Ernst grabbed his lance, nodded slightly to Ludwig in salute, then put down his visor, led the guards past His Royal Highness, and faced the enemy troops who had already set up a defensive formation.

"Guards, advance!"

He gave an order in a deep voice, and then urged his horse to accelerate.

The opponent's response was very simple. The baffle of the carriage in the car formation was pushed away, revealing the murder weapon that had been prepared inside——

bed crossbow.

The opponent was too well prepared, even using a crescent-shaped arrow.

"charge!"

The guards followed their generals and launched a charge. There was nothing to be afraid of. As long as they charged over that kind of thing, it would be nothing.

The huge crossbow immediately set off a bloodbath among the charging knights, but the knights behind only adjusted slightly to avoid the corpses in front and continued to accelerate.

The bed crossbow only had time to shoot for two rounds before it was broken by the guards. The silent knight poured out his anger from the tip of the spear, destroying the first three shield walls.

But there's a fourth, a fifth, and more to follow.

The opponent didn't intend to confront the knights head-on. They didn't even have a spear array, just thick tower shield defenses one after another, and a crossbowman standing on the rear roof platform aimed at the knights with a heavy crossbow. .

Ernst threw his lance and shot a crossbowman to death. At the same time, he drew his sword, and the glow of magic power bloomed, violently overturning a shield wall in front of him.

But only more tower shields rushed over, and heavy crossbowmen also started shooting at him.

What's more terrible is that he saw among the heavy shield soldiers, those people with malicious intentions but strange figures, the long armor-piercing blades in their hands had an abnormal luster.

"'Can opener', it seems that I have really made enough preparations...".

Ernst's voice was low, but the corners of his mouth raised slightly. He had already lost his horse, and the knights behind him were getting deeper and deeper into the quagmire.

Seems to be dying here today.

Men already have this awareness.

However, he found that the crossbowman on the opposite side stopped attacking, and instead turned in the opposite direction in a panic.

"what happened?"

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"We seem to be catching up."

Dania's voice was a bit dull, after all, she hadn't drank water for a long time.

"We have indeed caught up, whether it's the ones in front or the ones behind us, but judging by the intensity of the confrontation here, it seems that His Highness's army is even more elite than I imagined."

Claude took out the magic pendant from his pocket and stuffed it into the girl's hand.

"protect yourself."

"You actually care about my life?" The girl was a little surprised.

"If you can survive, I will tell you why."

Claude laughed, and the pursuers behind him had already realized that something was wrong, but thinking that the Grand Duke's daughter was still in the opponent's hands, he still bit the bullet and chased after him.

"Now, let me tell you what borrowing soldiers is."

The boy raised his sword, and the magic power condensed.

"For the Empire! Kill!"

The response was crooked volleys from heavy crossbowmen.

And the Leipzig Knights who already thought it was the opponent's response to the troops and directly accelerated the charge.

In the case of no plug-ins, there is only one end for archers to be approached by cavalry.

That is, there is not even a slag left of the dead.

The group charge of the knights destroyed the temporary high platform, the heavy crossbowmen screamed and were trampled into meat, and the heavy armored soldiers who had lost their means of attack found themselves turned into a piece of meat on the chopping board.

The Saxon knights had already realized that something was wrong, but looking at the double-headed eagle flag, everyone subconsciously continued to chase and slash, and then passed the guards in awe.

Claude and Dania rode horses a little out of the crowd, standing among the guards who had lost their horses, which made the pursuers want to catch them, but they couldn't figure out what was going on.

"My name is Claude. An important letter needs to be delivered to His Highness Ludwig. Is His Highness here?"

shouted the boy.

"What letter?"

Ernst pushed aside the crowd and looked at this young knight who was a bit too much with interest.

"A letter from Adelin, he wants to tell His Highness that the Sudeten Mountains are in danger."

Claude jumped off the horse, took out the letter from his arms, handed it to Ernst, and was completely different from Florian.

"It's indeed His Highness's wax seal." Ernst just glanced at it, and didn't intend to take it over. "Give it to His Highness yourself, he's right behind."

"Ok."

Ernst looked at the weird atmosphere around him, and then at the eldest lady he saw at the banquet last night, and the Saxon coat of arms on the knights with weird expressions standing around.

"It seems that you need me to lead the way myself?"

The man grinned and stretched out his arms to Claude to lead the way.

Whether it was for his own life or his subordinates, he recognized Claude's affection.

The Wind Rises on Europa: Chapter 12

"Your Highness, the daughter of the Grand Duke of Saxony and this young man want to meet you. Thanks to the reinforcements they brought, we finally wiped out the enemies blocking the way."

Ernst took Claude and Dania to meet Ludwig.

"Thank you, Knight Ernst, but my knights are still fighting hard ahead, can you please go to support them?"

"Follow orders, Your Highness."

Seeing Ernst lead the Chinese army forward, Ludwig's expression softened, and he looked at the two young men standing in front of him.

"It's Miss Dania, thank you Grand Duke for helping me this time."

"No, as long as you hear about the murder of the royal family, as a nobleman, you will not sit idly by." The girl said very seriously.

On the way here, she had already figured it out. Instead of being in a dilemma, she had already figured it out. Instead of being in a dilemma, it would be better to admit it cleanly. On the contrary, she could sell favors. At least the Grand Duke of Saxony would not dare to directly order the abolition of her inheritance right before the third prince fell completely. Otherwise, wouldn't it be slapping Ludwig in the face?

"Let me thank you and the Grand Duke again." Ludwig thanked solemnly, then turned his gaze to Claude, "You are..."

"Your Highness, I am Claude, Claude Kaos, entrusted by Your Excellency Adelin, I want to deliver a letter to you."

The boy took out the letter from his pocket and handed it to Ludwig.

"Adelin? Is he okay?" The third prince immediately opened the letter and read it word by word, with shock and anger showing on his face.

"It's actually—" He finally controlled his emotions, after all, there were outsiders in front of him.

"I'm sorry, Lord Adelin, he was seriously injured in the battle. Although I took first aid measures, he insisted that I write first, so it may have been..."

Claude's voice was low.

"I'm sure Adelin will be fine." Ludwig forced a smile. "Miss Dania, could I trouble you to lead the knights of Saxony to support the Ernst knights? There are a lot of enemies, and I'm a little worried."

"...your wishes, Your Highness."

Dania realized that Ludwig didn't want her to be there, and she wanted to stay, but obviously this was not realistic, so she could only ride on the horse again, with a part of the Leipzig Knights and other noble knights who were still confused Let's go after Ernst's guards.

When only Ludwig's personal soldiers were left around, the third prince's expression became completely gloomy, his hand holding the letter paper creaked, and it took a long time for the throbbing veins on his forehead to calm down.

"I'm sorry, I'm really rude to let you see such a rude side." The third prince sighed wearily, and smiled at Claude. "Claude, right, can I call you that?"

"It is my honor! Your Highness!"

He immediately put on a proud expression.

The situation couldn't be more obvious, and Ludwig already trusted him, and didn't even mind showing his true emotions in front of him.

"How did you and Adelin meet?"

"I heard that there is a pagan stronghold in the forest south of Magdeburg, so I wanted to pretend to be captured civilians and sneak in. As a result, Knight Adelin was also among the captured crowd, and then went to them Only then did they know that these heretics did it just to capture Knight Adelin, and there was a man named Fabian behind them, who severely injured Adelin and killed the knights with him, In the end I teamed up with Knight Adrien to kill him."

Claude said in detail, these things are easy to find.

"Fabian...it's really you, Brother Emperor."

Ludwig's voice was low.

"Then... what happened later? The letter Adelin gave me said that the Grand Duke of Saxony is not trustworthy, and judging by the scale of the attack, it is extremely unlikely that he didn't know about it. Why did he send troops to rescue me in the end? ?”

Claude scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

"Well, Your Highness, in fact, those knights are not here to rescue you, but to capture me who kidnapped the daughter of the Grand Duke of Saxony."

Ludwig was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help laughing when he thought of the weird expressions of the knights who had followed.

"Hahahaha, so that's the case. I said why those knights are staring at you, as if they want to pounce on you."

"After I arrived at the castle, I was put under house arrest. I wanted to find a chance to escape, but I didn't know the way. I wanted to catch a maid to ask for directions, but I accidentally caught Miss Dania. After the goal, immediately cooperate with my every move, otherwise I would not be able to run to you so easily with my pursuers."

"Oh? You mean Miss Dania came to rescue me on her own initiative?"

Ludwig rubbed his chin thoughtfully. The name of this Miss Dania is very popular in the aristocratic circles of the imperial capital, because she is one of the few nobles who can have the right to inherit as a non-eldest daughter. Miss, not to mention the right of succession to a principality.

From this point of view, this Miss Dania seems to be more loyal to the royal family, rather than simply being partial to the eldest prince like her father.

"I think so, even the way she pointed out to me."

Claude nodded.

"It seems that I am really lucky. Not only can I meet a young man full of chivalry like you, but also a noble who is truly loyal to this country."

Ludwig smiled and looked at the boy in front of him.

"I must thank you. If you hadn't accepted Adelin's commission, I think I would have died in despair by now. No reward can express my gratitude."

"Your Highness, I did not accept the commission of Knight Adelin for rewards, I just respect him as a true knight." Claude declined, "Such a person should not be shamed for not being able to complete the task. "

"Your will and virtue make me ashamed." Ludwig's eyes became more appreciative, "How old are you this year, Claude?"

"Sixteen years old, Your Highness."

"16 years old..." The third prince suddenly heard what he said before, "You said just now that you and Adelin teamed up to kill Fabian, and you can still rush out of the castle of the Grand Duke of Saxony?"

"Your Highness, I am already a knight of justice."

The boy puffed out his chest proudly.

Even Ludwig's soldiers, who didn't care about anything other than the people they were loyal to, were ruined by this sentence, and everyone's eyes turned around.

"Knight Claude, would you like to join my Knights?"

Ludwig spoke as fast as if he was robbing.

"It is my honor, Your Highness!"

The next step is to swear allegiance as a matter of course. Everything is kept simple. In just a few minutes, Claude is already the captain of the new commander of the Lightning Knights.