As a last resort, King Lettenhove and King Idi had no choice but to continue their desperate run.
Half a day later.
It was hard to get rid of Lang Essette's pursuers, but King Lettenhove and King Idi had only a dozen riders left.
"How could this happen..."
King Idi, who was extremely tired and had bruises on the inner thighs, got off the horse with the help of his entourage and sat on the ground with a dejected look on his face.
On the other side, King Lettenhove's face was equally unsightly.
Because he already had a premonition that what happened to Thyssen family decades ago was likely to happen again to him.
This made King Lettenhove, who had always kept his emotions secret, became furious in a rare moment. "No! That's not right! I haven't lost yet, and I still have a chance to redeem everything!"
King Idi on the side said in despair, "Just accept your fate, we have already lost. If we surrender to Istredd as soon as possible at this time, maybe we can still..."
King Lettenhove It took a lot of effort to finally hold back without slashing with the sword.
"You useless waste! Idiot! Idiot! No matter how fast Istredd moves, at least we can still go back to Poviss, back to Lan Exeter!"
Lan Exeter was originally just an ordinary city, but after Poviss Secession, it became the capital of Poviss.
King Lettenhove sealed all his cronies near Lan Exeter. Before this expedition, due to a bad premonition, he did not recruit those cronies to come. At the same time, he also hired a mercenary group named Wild Cats.
"Lan Exeter must still be alive. If we can get to that place..."
Having said this, King Lettenhove got on his horse and said, "Get up, get up quickly! We must act immediately! Let's go to the nearest port town and return to Poviss by boat!"
King Idi Thinking of Ron Essette who fell in a blink of an eye, he shook his head like a rattle.
"By boat? No, I'd rather take the small road. What if the defenders in the port town also rebel? Then wouldn't we just fall into a trap?"
"That's up to you."
If it were normal, King Lettenhove might still be patient and slowly explain to King Idi.
But now he has no such thoughts.
'Just let this stupid pig die on his own. He asked for it anyway.'
King Lettenhove thinks so.
Then he led his men and quickly left in the direction of the nearest port town.
He really didn't care about King Idi anymore.
There were actually two of King Idi's followers, and they followed him quietly.
The rest just hesitated for a moment, and the other side was already far away.
In desperation, the rest of the entourage had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask for instructions, "Your Majesty, what should we do?"
King Idi gritted his teeth and looked at King Lettenhove and his party who actually left him alone. He cursed a few times and then got up from the ground with difficulty.
"Let's go."
Before becoming the ruler of Kovir, King Idi was also a noble of Kovir, and fortunately, this area happened to be his territory.
So he happened to know that there was a path in the mountains and forests that could avoid cities and fortresses and go directly to Poviss.
'Kovir can't stay any longer. Those hounds who miss the rule of Thyssen family are probably going to rebel. We can only go to Poviss, and then find a boat and find a way to get to Toussaint.'
'Go to Lan Exeter? I'm not that stupid. Since the nobles of Kovir have already rebelled, it's only a matter of time for the nobles of Poviss to rebel. Why go to Lan Exeter? Are you waiting to die?'
"But if that idiot Lettenhove sticks to Lan Exeter, it won't be a bad thing. At least he can attract all the hounds of Istredd."
One day later.
King Idi took his few followers and ran through the trails in the mountains and forests.
'As long as you pass through this trail, you can enter the border of Poviss.'
'I hope the nobles of Poviss will not rebel so soon.'
'Since Istredd wants Kovir and Poviss so much, then just give them back to him.'
King Idi was thinking a lot, but he didn't notice at all the sights lurking on both sides of the road.
"Do you think those people are King Idi and his entourage who retreated from the front line?"
"How could such a coincidence happen?"
"Don't worry about coincidence, in short, the coat of arms on their robes represents that they are knights serving King Idi, right? Anyway, King Idi has also fallen, and now Kovir has returned to the rule of Thyssen family, so it's not a big deal if we kill a few King Idi people, right?"
"Look at those war horses and armor. They will definitely fetch a good price."
"Then what are we waiting for? Why don't we take action?"
A scream brought King Idi back to reality.
A slender tree suddenly fell down in front of the road. Because the incident was so sudden, the follower at the front of the team was unable to avoid it and was hit on the head by the falling tree. Then, both the man and the horse were pinned under the tree.
The falling tree not only killed a follower on the spot, but also blocked the road.
"Enemy attack!"
"Protect the King!"
The reaction of the followers was dissatisfied, and they quickly formed a circular formation with air leakage, protecting King Idi in the middle.
Then, when they saw hundreds of farmers coming up from both sides of the road, waving pitchforks and hoes, fearlessly killing them, everyone's expressions turned ugly.
Then, King Idi died.
On the other side, after Istredd's army defeated the armies of King Lettenhove and King Idi, there was no obstacle left.
Kovir The whole territory rebelled. Wherever Wang Shi went, the people ate pots of pulp to welcome him.
Since there was no resistance along the way, the army did not stop. After hearing that Poviss only had the territory directly under King Lettenhove and Lan Exeter was still resisting, the army headed directly towards Lan Exeter.
When the army of Istredd was advancing towards Lan Exeter, King Lettenhove was also very lucky to return to Lan Exeter.
They disguised themselves, threw away their armor, dressed up as merchants, and successfully rented a boat. They took this boat back to Lan Exeter.
However, King Lettenhove is still not optimistic.
Because according to reports from his subordinates, Poviss, except Lan Exeter, all surrendered to Istredd.
The cronies all led troops from their own territories and entered Lan Exeter. Together with the five thousand Wild Cats hired, the force reached ten thousand.
The food stored in the city can also last them for a year.
'As long as you persevere, there will always be a way.'
With this idea in mind, Lan Exeter finally waited for the army of Istredd.
Due to the rebellion of the original noble coalition forces of Kovir and Poviss, Istredd's army directly expanded to a terrifying 60,000 people.
Although half of them are composed of conscripted peasant soldiers, the remaining half are all professional troops.
After Lan Exeter was surrounded, the bloody siege began.
Lan Exeter's defenders are also tenacious.
Sharp arrows shot down from the top of the city like a rainstorm.
Not to be outdone, the longbowmen in the Restoration Army also fought back with bows and arrows.
However, the defenders had a high altitude advantage, and shooting from top to bottom had an obvious advantage.
When the battering ram approached the city gate, the defenders poured hot oil down from the top of the city and poured it on the roof of the battering ram to withstand the rain of arrows.
Then torches were thrown down one after another.
In an instant, the battering ram and the soldiers operating the battering ram were ignited.
The bloody war lasted from day to night, then the next day, the third day, and the fourth day...
The high-intensity offensive and defensive battle lasted for a week, causing both sides to suffer heavy casualties and become exhausted.
Even King Lettenhove himself didn't sleep much. After just a few days, he suddenly looked like he was much older.
But fortunately, as the sun sets and night falls, the siege army outside the city finally recedes like the tide again.
King Lettenhove handed over the defense to a noble, and he quickly went to rest.
If he didn't rest, he was afraid that he would leave this world before Istredd's army conquered the city.
The soldiers guarding the city finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then they all sat down on the ground tiredly, regardless of the dirt and filth on the ground.
After eating the food sent by logistics, many people also fell asleep deeply.
A few hours later, it was late at night.
A dozen figures quietly came under the city wall through the darkness.
There were guards standing guard and patrolling on the city wall, but even if they stared wide-eyed, it was of no avail. They could not see anyone under the city wall at all.
Although Lan Exeter is the capital of Poviss, it was set up later after all, and Lan Exeter is far away from the border. Therefore, even after King Lettenhove came to power, the city wall of Lan Exeter was not heightened or thickened.
To climb a ten-meter-high city wall, it is basically impossible for ordinary people without ladders or siege towers, but for demon hunters, it is not difficult.
After experiencing Secondary Mutation, demon hunters can easily jump to a height of several meters, and with the help of hooks, it is not difficult to climb the ten-meter-high city wall.
The battle is led by School of the Viper and School of the Cat, who are best at stealth operations.
School of the Wolf, School of the Griffin and the only one wearing heavy armor, School of the Bear, because the armor on their bodies would make noise when they move, they stayed at the city gate and waited for the city gate to open before going in.
Infiltration went very smoothly.
A week of fierce siege battles greatly consumed the defenders' physical strength and energy.
Moreover, since the siege troops always retreated after sunset in the past few days and did not attack the city again until the next day, the defenders gradually relaxed their vigilance.
After all, people in this era are basically blind at night.
It's okay for the defensive side. Anyway, as long as they guard the land they are standing on and don't let the enemy climb up along the ladder.
It's going to be bad for the attacking side.
In fact, the lighting range of the torch is not as large as imagined. If you hold the torch in one hand and hold the ladder with the other hand to climb up, you can imagine how difficult it is.
If you don't take a torch, this...
Therefore, there are basically very few night battles in the history of this world.
But these defenders probably couldn't have imagined that there are still demon hunters in this world who can act just like they do during the day at night, and their actions are not affected at all.
The small number of defenders patrolling and standing guard were all killed quietly. The remaining soldiers who were still lying on the wall and lost in their dreams were ignored.
School of the Viper and School of the Cat quickly walked up and down the city wall to the city gate.
The inside of the city gate was also full of people lying in various directions, but due to their inertial thinking, they did not think of the danger at all, so there were not even people standing guard.
In this way, School of the Viper and School of the Cat easily opened the city gate and let in the demon hunters from other schools who stayed outside.
Lynn made a gesture of cutting his throat, and the others began to clean up the sleeping enemy soldiers near the city gate in an orderly manner.
He himself took out a light crossbow, loaded the signal arrow, and shot it into the sky.
Phew--
The signal arrow exploded into a bright firework in the dark night sky.
Many people were awakened by the sound of signal arrows, and coupled with the sound of fighting at the city gate, they all quickly reacted.
But, it's too late.
Restoration Army, who was well prepared, entered through the opened city gate.
Even if the defenders desperately tried to stop it, they lacked preparation and unified command, and they were still unable to stop the general trend.
The city that had not fallen after a week of storming was now being flooded with the Restoration Army. Each noble brought their own troops in an orderly manner, either to clean up the enemy troops on the spot, or to go to other city walls, or to enter the city and occupy various key points.
When King Lettenhove heard that Restoration Army was coming in, he even changed into women's clothes and planned to sneak into the crowd of women and escape from the city. Unfortunately, before he could leave the palace, he was captured by Lynn, who captured the thief first and captured the king first. He and the demon hunters happened to run into him.
In this way, unlike King Lettenhove who expected to hold on for a year until Istredd retreated, Lan Exeter only lasted for a week before falling.
After this battle is over, there will be a long trial and reward.
The families of King Idi and King Lettenhove were completely exterminated by Istredd, cutting off their bloodline.
Their cronies were also killed and exiled.
The rolling heads on the guillotine show that Istredd is by no means a monarch who can only win people's hearts.
Then, there was the treatment of the nobles who pretended to surrender to King Lettenhove and King Idi after Thyssen family was driven away, and the nobles who were loyal to the end.
Considering that even the nobles who surrendered actually chose to surrender in order for Thyssen family to return in the future, Istredd tried his best to make a fair and unbiased decision.
This process consumes a lot of time.
Finally, it was finally the turn of the nobles and soldiers to respond to Istredd's call and come to form Restoration Army.
Istredd gave each of them a good portion of cake, and even the soldiers who fought bravely received satisfactory rewards.
Kovir and Poviss have a strong commercial atmosphere and a developed economy. Now that the war is over, they will be back on track soon, so the promises made by Istredd can be fulfilled.
And the last thing is the reward from the demon hunters.