Chapter 525 Fire

In the battle meeting room of the castle, many officers who were not originally qualified to enter were now sitting in the luxurious chairs here.

"It is not easy for Xu to manage the huge outer city with only a few hundred people. He will not have many troops to attack the city tomorrow, so don't worry."

"No troops to attack the city? Not to mention that most of the city guards have surrendered to him.

Even if he does not attack the city, he only needs to besiege the castle for ten days or half a month, and all of us will starve to death here."

Connors had a headache. The battle to defend the city had destroyed the confidence of all officers and soldiers.

The gap between the two sides was too big. The 5th-level soldiers on their side were already top-level, and there were only a few 6th-level soldiers in the entire army.

On Xu Lai's side, he sent out nearly 1,000 top-level soldiers, one-third of which were angels, archangels and seraphs who could fly.

Seraphs are 9th-level soldiers, and they were soldiers that no one could touch except the Supreme King.

Moreover, in the history of the empire, angels have always played the role of protectors of humans.

Most of them couldn't accept the battle with the angels before the battle even started. They couldn't use 5 or 6 points of their strength when they really fought.

The gate weighed dozens of tons, and even the 4th and 5th level infantry needed several people to turn the mechanism to open it. The human seraph could turn the capstan alone.

They didn't know that Elvi also carried a huge bonus from Xu Lai.

But even if they knew, what could they do? The only hero on their side had no news at all, and even the flag was seized.

Connors said it with confidence, but who else would believe this except himself.

Even Connors himself was skeptical.

After all, as one of Aini's generals, he had seen the flag with his own eyes, and he remembered the patterns and details on it clearly.

The flag displayed by Xu Lai didn't look like a lie.

And if even the battle flag was snatched by Xu Lai, Aini would have no chance to make a comeback, unless there was a big opportunity or change.

The voices of the crowd were getting louder and louder, and the topic was getting farther and farther.

Connors just pondered alone for a while, but the officers in the council hall suddenly started fighting.

When he reacted, many people had already taken out their weapons.

Just now, a patrolling soldier came to report that a large number of letters were fired from outside the castle.

Ordinary soldiers basically couldn't read and write, but some officers could recognize the contents written on them, almost all of which were sent by relatives in the city.

You don't even need to read the contents, they must be persuading them to surrender.

Some said that if they didn't surrender, they would implicate themselves. Xu Lai had already ordered that all officers and soldiers who refused to surrender would not be left alive after breaking through the castle, their property would be confiscated, and their relatives would be demoted to serfs.

Some said that they didn't want their nephews to stay in the castle and wait for death. They told these officers in the letter that if they continued to resist, they would only die.

Because they saw with their own eyes that the light of the teleportation array kept lighting up, and more and more Xu Lai's men came to Conaston.

The most important thing is that, in addition to the battle flags captured by Xu Lai, there were constantly surrendered soldiers and generals from the city of Martel, and even captured nobles.

Most of the ordinary soldiers surrendered easily, but it was not easy for those with certain status and position to surrender.

Reina had no time to deal with them, and she had to separate them from the ordinary soldiers, otherwise, with these people on the side to intimidate, the ordinary soldiers would have an extra psychological barrier to surrender.

These people, especially those with higher status, were also celebrities in Conaston.

They appeared in Conaston, even at night, but under the illumination of Xu Lai's high-power magic lamp, these people were clearly seen by the onlookers.

With so many senior officers and the flags displayed before, most people believed that Aini's troops had been defeated by Xu Lai, and this was indeed the case.

Xu Lai was also very straightforward. He didn't look down on these people, so when they were escorted out, he asked his personal guard Roland to ask them one by one.

"Are you willing to surrender?"

The nobleman who was asked said with his head held high: "I am the Imperial Baron Howell. I ask for a ransom in exchange for my freedom."

Roland looked up at Xu Lai, who was at the top. After seeing Xu Lai nod slightly, he asked again:

"So, how much ransom are you willing to pay?"

Using ransom to exchange for freedom is really the default behavior of the aristocratic society.

Of course, if you have any special purpose, you can also refuse, or simply put forward a condition that others cannot meet.

But in this way, other nobles will be in danger and will collectively exclude the nobles who do so.

This is the so-called unspoken rule. There is no need to speak out, but all nobles will silently abide by it.

Xu Lai does not like such a group, but he does not want to offend it.

So, if the price is right, he does not mind letting go of a so-called baron who is insignificant.

"Well, how about 1,000 gold? This price can buy 100 serfs."

Xu Lai rolled his eyes and said simply: "Chop it off!"

This guy is a baron after all, so it's not true that he can only take out 1,000 gold coins.

It's just that the less the ransom, the better. He was prepared to bargain slowly, but he didn't expect that Xu Lai was not interested in bargaining with him at all.

"No, we can talk about how much money you want, we can talk about it, ah..."

Roland was not a person who would dither. Xu Lai said to chop, and he chopped without any delay.

It was his first execution, and Roland obviously had no experience. He used too much force and almost scrapped the floor tiles with one sword.

Although the floor tiles were not scrapped, there was no less blood.

The blood sprayed from the neck, like a water pump, rushed straight to the sky.

Seeing Xu Lai was so decisive, before Roland asked them, they all wanted to jump up and shout:

"I surrender, I surrender."

This group of people were really used to a good life, and they didn't have any backbone at all.

In order to prove to others that he was serious, Xu Lai specially escorted this group of people to the most lively intersection.

Obviously, this is also where the most people gathered to watch the fun.

Xu Lai chose this place because he wanted to kill a chicken to scare the monkey.

In the end, he only killed one chicken, and he didn't know if the monkey he wanted to scare was scared, anyway, the chickens were in a mess.

Xu Lai didn't know if such a group of things would be useful.

But as long as they surrendered, Xu Lai couldn't kill them anymore, otherwise no one would dare to surrender in the future.

He waved his hand with a lack of interest and temporarily locked this group of people in the dungeon.

In order to use these people, Xu Lai had to understand their identities and backgrounds first.

There were a few familiar faces among them, most of whom were seen in the Stone Castle when the stronghold attacked.

It's not known if it's possible to ask them to offer their own territory. Anyway, Xu Lai was not willing to be a vassal like before.

Strategic policies cannot be figured out in a short time. There is still work to do tomorrow morning, and I need to rest well tonight.

But before going to rest, Xu Lai instructed Jilong and others to gather the relatives of the defenders and write a letter of persuasion to surrender and send it in.

Xu Lai didn't care about the following things. He just happened to think of it, so he tried it.

Anyway, whether it is useful or not, he will not suffer any loss.

The words in the letter are so convincing that many officers have to believe it.

Because Xu Lai just gave an order, he didn't specifically remind him, and didn't expect it to have any effect.

So these letters are basically written by the family members according to their own wishes. As long as they don't deviate from Xu Lai's central idea of ​​persuading surrender, no one will care.

After 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, Elvy led the angels to complete a resurrection ceremony and resurrected many of Jimmy's elite.

But even with these people, everyone has too many things to do, so where is the time to stare at the letters one by one.

They all glanced at it quickly, and the central idea was roughly right.

So except for a few people who couldn't find a single person in the family who could write, and who were written by Jilong and others, the rest were written by themselves.

This familiar tone made these officers believe more.

These letters of persuasion made many officers waver, and gradually they had differences with their friends who were unwilling to surrender.

Just at this time, Connors also fell into silence. Without the words of the person in charge, the conflict broke out completely.

If the conflict had just broken out, Connors's identity might have been able to stop it.

However, now the conflict is irreconcilable, and some people have even drawn their weapons. It is not easy to stop it at this time.

I don't know which bastard started it first. When blood appeared in the hall, it became impossible to control the development of the situation.

In the end, the scope of this farce became larger and larger, especially when the women and servants of the Aini family appeared.

Looking at the boxes one after another, not knowing where they were going to be transported, an officer suddenly chopped them with a knife.

The servant who carried the box was startled and dodged to the side immediately.

However, he dodged it, but the box did not.

With a thud, the box hit the ground and bounced open, revealing the golden coins inside, which were piled up full.

With a gulp, someone swallowed his saliva, and the dispute in the hall was instantly stopped.

"F*ck, we fought to the death here to defend the castle for that old guy, but this old guy is already secretly collecting treasures and trying to run away?"

At this time, the officers' remaining rationality was basically lost due to the stimulation of gold coins.

Especially when they thought that there were countless such gold and silver treasures hidden in this castle, they were so excited that they could not suppress it.

Xu Lai was woken up when he was sleeping soundly.

Aini's castle could not be taken, and Xu Lai certainly could not live in his mansion.

Many wealthy merchants were willing to vacate their houses, but Xu Lai was not interested, so he simply moved into the city hall with his people.

This place is spacious and bright, and it is located in the center of the city. Xu Lai can fit in as many guards as he wants.

Except for the lack of a dedicated sleeping room and bed, there was nothing wrong with it.

"Is it dawn so soon?"

Fortunately, Xu Lai was not grumpy when he got up. Instead, he rubbed his eyes and asked Elvy who called him to get up.

With enough manpower, Elvy was freed.

And as the main force of the siege tomorrow morning, after presiding over the resurrection ceremony at 12 o'clock, all angels are eligible to rest.

However, Elvy shook her head and said, "No, it's Aini's castle, it's on fire."

"Huh? On fire?"

This is a magical world, so although there are many wooden buildings such as wooden houses, and there are no departments such as fire departments, fire prevention has always been no problem.

What's more, Aini's family castle is a building that has been passed down for who knows how many years, how could it catch fire?

Xu Lai quickly realized that something was wrong and asked, "Is it an internal conflict?"

Elvy nodded and said, "At present, it seems so.

Roland, Tahan and others have already assembled their troops and are waiting for your order."

"Order, what order, attack the city?"

Elvy shook her head this time and said, "Not attacking the city, the city gate has been opened, Jilong and others are leading the troops to block the city gate."

Xu Lai frowned and said, "What are they doing? Are they going to burn people alive in there?

Pass the order, don't block the door anymore, tell them that as long as they lay down their weapons, they will be released.

In addition, go and call all the mages in the magic guild who can cast water spells, and ask Miss Elena to take the trouble to bring the priests out to rescue people."

Elvy nodded, not surprised by Xu Lai's decision.

She still knows Xu Lai very well. Xu Lai is very harsh to those in a higher position, but very tolerant to those in a lower position.

"Miss Elena should be here already. I'll go call the mages."

Xu Lai nodded and said, "Well, don't worry about me. I'll take Roland and Tahan and the others there first."

When Xu arrived at the castle gate, he knew why Jilong blocked the gate.

Wow, these people were all wearing gold and silver, and they were all shining with gold. The magic lights shone on them, which was very dazzling.

Seeing Xu Lai, Jilong came to report, "Sir, it's not that I have to burn them to death, but they really don't want to leave the gold and silver.

Those should all belong to you."

Xu Lai also saw the greed in human nature today. It may be that these people have never seen so much money in their lives and are really reluctant to let it go.

Of course, it is also related to the fire in the castle.

Eni's castle does have a fire-proof magic circle, so even if it is deliberately set on fire, the fire is gradually under control.

The power of magic was constantly extinguishing the burning flames. There were still a lot of flammable materials in the castle, otherwise it would have been extinguished long ago.

Xu Lai sighed, shook his head and said, "Let's wait for the mages to come. As long as these people are willing to drop their weapons and accept body searches, we will let them out." (End of this chapter)