Power and Empire Chapter 3667: The Return of the King (4)
Shataicheng, the evening sun slowly penetrated the clouds, reflecting the golden sunset light on the top of Shataicheng, the weeds under the city stretched its body comfortably in the wind, the left of Shataicheng On the side was the Lulan Forest, which used to produce large timbers from the Harvey Kingdom. The huge canopy canopies are densely covered with tree trunks that are more than 30 meters tall, and often require two or three talents to hold them. The woodland curls upwards. The black smoke in the sunset looked very abrupt and out of place. The ground was scattered with stones and rubble, as well as broken weapons and armor, a mess. The incomplete bones are hidden in the rubble from time to time, giving off an unpleasant smell after thawing in winter. The trees growing among the weeds and wildflowers on the edge of the forest all have large scorched traces left by thick smoke. On the periphery of the woodland are large tracts of felled wooden piles. These half-bare wooden piles are mostly made of trees. All kinds of combat equipment used by the Martin Liya army to storm Shataicheng
Shatai City is the largest fortress north of the original Harvey Kingdom. It was also the center of the most fierce battle north of Harvey when it resisted the invasion of Martin Liya.
Fifty thousand Martin Forces surrounded Shatai City. After half a month of frantic onslaught, the forest outside the city was finally cut down to build large slings and siege towers. Only then did they capture this tall and majestic fortress in the past. The tall city wall has been basically destroyed. Only occasionally a few sections of the city wall are left behind by fluke, which has also been burnt black by the smoke. Under the roots of the wall, there are countless rolling stones and broken arrows scattered, and four nearby blocks. The fort is collapsed and inclined, like a section of the male shutting off, only a round outline and a few stone foundations, as if it can also indicate that there once existed a bunker here. What Martin Liya Army didn’t like to build a city most disliked was to face such a strong wall, and the Harvey Kingdom did not think that Martin Liya, who was not good at attacking cities, was able to conquer Shatai City, which cost the Harvey. Ironically, the northern barrier center built by 30 years of hard work is that the northern barrier built by the Harvey people with financial and material resources was actually aimed at the cult state to the north. If the Harvey army crosses the cult state For northward advancement, the geographical location of Shataicheng is the support point of the Harvey Army’s northward advancement, and its strategic significance to the north of Harvey Kingdom can be imagined.
After the armistice with the Harvey Kingdom, Shatai City was assigned to the management of the Sam tribe, because this is a fortified city. Except for the Sam tribe with artisans, the other two tribes have no ability to manage Shatai City. The city was restored to its previous state, and except for the warfare function, Shatai City appeared to be nothing more prominent. The entire city was built on raised mounds with winding trenches on the periphery. Now it’s not a trench anymore. They were all filled during the siege. According to the rumors, the Martin Liya army that broke through the city of Shatai city launched a massacre on the whole city. Many of the wounded soldiers and corpses of the Harvey Kingdom were killed. They were thrown into a deep trench together, and then buried with loess,
Withdrawing her gaze from the dense emerald bush vegetation on the loess, Sam Tamara wore white gloves and subconsciously covered her nose. Siegelin told her that the rumor was true. "This is my Martin Force. The usual handling strategy is not very useful for wounded soldiers. Even if they are shipped back to the country as prisoners and sold, they will become inferior products due to war injuries and physical problems. Even if the price is only one-third of the other prisoners’ prices, they are often unpopular. Ask me, everyone buys slaves to go back to work. These inflexible limbs are basically useless except for wasting food. Moreover, these are Harvey soldiers who have been forged by blood and fire on the battlefield. They kill people without blinking and are extremely organized. Moreover, he is good at various weapons. No slave owner likes this kind of goods that will harm his master if he is not paying attention. Therefore, most of the wounded soldiers on the battlefield are dealt with on the spot, or killed, or buried with the corpse, while Shataicheng In World War I, because our army suffered a lot of casualties, more than 6,000 Hawis captured were ordered not to be left buried alive."
"Then why these people were executed!"
Sam Tamara’s face is cold, and the city in front of Shata is not only the trenches with many people buried, but also the wooden stakes erected obliquely along the edge of the city wall. The remains of the corpse can be seen on the small wooden stakes, and the rotting smell of the corpse from the position that floats from time to time makes her feel extremely uncomfortable in her heart. The Sam tribe is already the least good at fighting among the three tribes, and it is on the outside. In the process of expansion, considering the retention of manpower and various craftsmen from the other side, the custom of killing every battle has been abandoned more than thirty years ago. This is one of the reasons why the three tribes look down on the Sam tribe. , The countless corpses worn on the wooden stakes were tired, and they made noises in the wind, seeming to be telling something, Sam Tamara clenched her hands subconsciously, and felt an unspeakable display of brutality. , Judging from the extent of these corpses, it should not have been caused by the war a few months ago
" His Royal Highness Sam, just a month ago, six female Harvey slaves of Shatai City attempted to murder Lord Archipatus of Shatai City while they were in bed. Fortunately, the guard heard Archipa. Master Tus’s cry for help promptly rescued the adults. The corpses that were pierced on the stakes were Harvey slaves in Shatai City ordered to be executed by Archipatus, a total of 1,400 people." The vassal of the deer blood family looked weird beside him, and whispered cautiously
"Archipatus? You mean the lord of Shatai City is Archipatus!"
Sam Tamara heard the name, breathing for a while, if all this is Archipatus, it would not be surprising, you know, Archipatus is in the Sam clan , It is a radical figure who strongly advocated that the Sam people should be in line with the Yier people. He believed that the reason why the Sam people had fallen from the position of the three tribes in the past 30 years is because 30 years ago, Sam The tribe abolished the tradition of massacre
" Martin Liya who doesn't wield a sword, what kind of Martin Liya!"
This domain has large lords from more than half of the provinces, and he has repeatedly slaughtered slaves for pleasure in his domain, and this person is most notorious for torturing women, and often likes to let young girls sleep. , And then I woke up in the morning and the first order was to drag the girl out for bleeding until death
"I only heard before, but now I can be sure that Archipatus is indeed a believer in the blood **** in the southern Luye hills"
Siglin’s complex expression, he sighed and said that although the Martin Liya people were cruel, they would consciously stop the massacre after the occupation, because they were all slaves who could sell money and were killed in vain. For the lords of the land, it was a huge loss. The Martin Liya people did not do business and did not develop production. Their main financial sources were foreign plunder and slave production. The number of slaves they obtained directly determined their drinking in the winter. Soup is still the face problem of eating meat
"Aren’t all the people in the southern Luye hills dead, and how are you sure that this is the so-called blood **** sacrifice?"
Sam Tamara’s face changed even more when he heard what Siglen said. The Blood God Sacrifice was originally a religious sacrificial activity for the people of Luye Hill in the southern part of Martin Liya. The people of Luye Hill believed in the blood of male deer. There are magical powers that can make men show their might. This is not a problem. Eating deer blood is aphrodisiac. However, as a tribe that is savage and backward than the Martin Liya people, the Luye hills are more savage and backward than the Martin Liya people. To be sturdy, especially the hill people who drank the blood of the stag, seem to feel no pain in a short time. In the battle, they are unkillable monsters. Unless it is a knife to cut the head, there is only one hand and one. The feet will crawl over and bite people
The war between the two sides at the beginning cast a psychological shadow on the proud Martin Liya people, but then suddenly a plague broke out in Luye, and the entire southern Luye hills died out. There are rumors that the source of the plague is The blood **** sacrifices of the people in the Luye hills in the south were too cruel, which caused the wrath of the sky and destroyed this sturdy tribe. Of course, these are all rumors, and with the destruction of the people in the Luye hills in the south, the mysterious blood **** sacrifices are basically No one knows what it is, so Sam Tamara is very strange. The people of Luye Hill in the south have been extinct for more than 30 years. Why can Sieglin recognize it at a glance
Siglin’s eyes flickered, and he said, “Archipatus is a believer in the blood god. This is not a secret among the senior leaders of the Sam clan. It’s just that no one tells your Majesty these **** things. I also read from the book. I saw that the blood **** of the Luye hills was only sacrificed with deer blood at the beginning, but I don’t know how to add the blood of the girl later, and it is said that the blood of the virgin who has just been broken is the most effective, so when the whole clan sacrifices , A group of men who drank stag blood and went crazy and a girl tied to an altar. Many times, the girls who served as sacrifices were bitten to death in humiliation. Hundreds of girls died tragically every year."
Siglin’s voice paused, and he glanced at Sam Tamara before continuing, "At first, the sacrifice was a noble woman who made mistakes among the Luye Hills people, and later it was obtained by the Luye Hills people’s war. I also included my Martin Litooth girl, so after the demise of the Luye Hills, the royal family also ordered a full search of the Luye Hills. In the end, all hundreds of blood **** sacrifices were destroyed. The girl’s remains are said to be piled up... ... "Siglin's voice stopped and did not continue, but the lord and vassals behind have already exploded
"I knew Archipatus was not a thing"
"I recruit six women every day, and change them every day, but they can still live and live. There really is a big problem."
These Martin Liya nobles turned blue one by one, even if they were as cruel as them, they began to scold Archipatus as a bastard, killed a few women, and executed more than a thousand slaves. I’m too lazy to think about it,
They are afraid that Archipatus will mess around like this, and what if the plague that wiped out the entire Luye hills will be brought in! Because the plague is so famous in the hearts of Martin Liya people, it is so famous that it makes people change color when you mention it,
The natural disaster that wiped out the mighty Luye. This is a legend passed down by Martin Liya. Although these Martin Liya nobles did not see it with their own eyes, their grandparents and parents were all participants in the war at that time. Smell, it’s ten times more terrifying than what Siegelin told Sam Tamara.
The people who died in Luye Hills almost all died within half a year. There were more than 800,000 people in more than a dozen cities. The festering corpses were almost one piece at a time. There is no living person, there is a stinky smell everywhere, it's flies gathered, even the carrion-eating vultures dare not approach here, even if they occasionally run out of the hills, they always walk. I just fell down inexplicably, and when I opened my clothes, I could see that the whole body was covered with sores. The people who were infected would be in the same tragic condition after more than ten days.
The more mysterious, terrifying and unexplainable things, the more deterrent it is to the brutal Martin Liya people. The Martin Liya people frightened at that time ran directly to the area five hundred miles away from the Luye hills. In 2015, no one dared to set foot in the dead place of Luye Hills. Luye Hills also became a quiet place where the words of the people of Martin Liya have been passed down through generations.
If you change to the current person, you can basically be sure that the outbreak of the Luye Hills plague, the top ten is drinking human blood, and everyone’s blood is drunk, regardless of whether it is sick or not, it is a brain infusion. If it continues, it is also mixed with activities such as promiscuity, which may cause the body’s immune system to be destroyed. It is too difficult to think of not breaking out of infectious diseases. In this era, the medical force in the face of diseases caused by blood is fundamental They don't have any resistance, and with the cessation of sacrificial activities, the infectious disease caused by blood will naturally end automatically.
"What a bastard, does Archipatus want to kill everyone!"
"If the plague that wiped out the entire Luye broke out, we would all have to die. We can't let Archipatus continue to do this!"
"His Royal Highness Sam, you are the Young Master of the Sam tribe, Archipatus is the lord of your Sam tribe, you can't leave it alone!" These lord vassals demanded Sam Tama. To deal with Archipatus, Sigrilin said in a pun on the side, "Don’t worry too much, your Royal Highness will definitely give you an explanation. As long as Archipatus is still the lord of my Sam tribe, as long as His Royal Highness is still the lord of my Sam tribe. Your Highness Young"
"His Royal Highness Sam Tamara, of course, is the Young Master of the Sam tribe. No matter what others say, we only recognize His Royal Highness Sam Tamara!"
Which of the vassals and nobles is not a monkey-like figure, although the news from the Sam tribe seems to be to cancel the identity of the young majesty, the lord has made it clear that he fully supports Samata Mara’s side , And now Archipatus in Shatai City is in danger to everyone’s safety ~ IndoMTL.com~ Not to mention, they all said that as long as Samatarama gave an order, they would immediately mobilize their respective armies. Assemble Shatai City
"Who wants to send someone to the city to give my order, let Archipatus come to see me, in order to guard me back, my guards are all along the way..." Sam Tamara deliberately showed a bit of coldness. , Took a deep breath, and secretly tightened the hand holding the reins of the war horse, and said to these vassals and nobles in a condensed voice
"My blood deer's family will send someone to go immediately"
"My Kutianshi's family will send people!" The vassal lords asked Sam Tamara to let them send people on their behalf.
Seeing this scene, Sam Tamara's eyes narrowed slightly. She knew why Siegelin was determined to come to Shatacheng. As the commander of the Sam tribe’s army, Siegelin was best at Not command but logistical coordination itself means familiarity with the habits of the major lords of the Sam tribe, how can you not know that Archipatus is a follower of the blood god
And at this moment, the great lords and vassals were deliberately pulled to Shatai City, as everyone’s face deliberately revealed this matter, and it was really necessary to let these vassals and lords stand on their side at once. I know that Martin Liya’s military power in the Kingdom of Harvey is basically in the hands of these vassals, a full tens of thousands of troops, because after the armistice with the Kingdom of Harvey, the army of the major lords went north and entered the sect country. He just left his vassals on the land of the original Harvey Kingdom, and now Sieglin is just a small swipe, he is equivalent to tens of thousands of troops out of thin air, if these people in front are still because of their own lord, they will be a little perfunctory. The meaning of, then, now, if I order it by myself, I am afraid that this big cancer Shataicheng will be quelled!