Unknown Knight

Chapter 399: Internal Conflict in Tiha

It turned out that the last time Ix burned the city of Tihar, the Nords in the city fell into despair. About one-third of the buildings in the city were completely burned by kerosene. Such horrific destruction was something no one had ever seen, and every Nord in the city was afraid of Ix.

Eden took the opportunity to deceive all the Nords in the city, saying that once Aix broke into the city, he would massacre the entire city and kill all the Nords.

Fortunately, Aix denied the previous battle plan before the war, otherwise, if he really started fighting, he would definitely be met with desperate resistance from all the Nords in the city. In the end, he might be able to take down the city of Tihar, but his troops would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

This time, Ix temporarily changed the battle plan and first sent a wave of fierce fire oil into the city. The power and deterrence were more terrifying than the last burning that lasted for several days. In just one morning, almost all the buildings in front of them were burned down, leaving the Nords in the city in despair and without any hope of survival. Some of them were ready to kill the elderly and the weak, and then fight to the last drop of blood with Ix's army.

However, Axe, the sixth man, did not play by the rules. He made a sudden turn that afternoon and distributed leaflets saying that he came only to settle his personal grudge with Eden, and that as long as they laid down their weapons and surrendered, he could guarantee everyone's personal safety.

This sudden U-turn made many people in the city unable to accept it for a while, but they had already begun to question Eden who had encouraged them to fight to the death. That night, the Nordjars in the city even elected Gilesjar as their representative to take the lead in negotiating with Eden to see if he could "consider the overall situation."

Eden was furious at the time, and relying on his past power, he severely reprimanded Giles and others who came to discuss the matter. In the end, he tried to appease them by saying that Aix was the most dishonest and once the city of Tihar was captured, they would definitely carry out massacres and looting in the city. He also promised huge profits to the Jarls, and only then did he calm down the Jarls whose minds were already restless.

But then again, the military discipline of the army these days is indeed worrying. The lords often lead their troops to war without paying them, and after the victory they let the soldiers plunder to their heart's content in exchange for their obedience, so the effect of Aix's persuasion to surrender gradually faded.

What Eden didn't expect was that the Lord of Wocherze City, Iaya, also came with his troops. Although Iaya, the Nord Lord, had been living in Wocherze City for many years, he still had a high prestige in the hearts of the Nords.

In his early years, he participated in the kingdom's foreign wars, and even saved the country from collapse when the former king was defeated. He made great contributions to the country, and many Nords have benefited from his kindness.

The appearance of Iaya made the Jarls in the city realize that Aix was the son-in-law of the lord of Iaya, and was half Nord. No wonder he had the ability to burn down the city of Tiha easily, and he took the initiative to come over to show goodwill and persuade them to surrender, because he couldn't bear to see his own family members killing each other.

The fact that the Lord of Iaya had risked his life to personally persuade the city to surrender on the siege tower had begun to shake the Jarls and ordinary Nord citizens in the city. Iden's attempt to shoot Iaya made the Nords in the city very dissatisfied, as this was undoubtedly an attempt to cut off the chance of survival for all the Nords in the city.

Then, Aix ordered a large number of Nord soldiers to go up to the siege tower and speak out about his friendship with the Nords and the happy life of the Nords in the territory. This unique way of persuading the Nords to surrender was both novel and heartfelt, which made the Nords in the city feel uneasy. Some people even questioned Iden's previous cold arrow behavior on the spot.

As a result, Eden did another stupid thing at this time. He seemed to feel that his end was approaching. He had already had a stress reaction and lost his mind. He actually asked his confidants to kill a Yar who questioned him on the spot.

His action almost set off a hornet's nest. The situation became a little unstable at that time. Many people put their hands on the hilts of their swords. If Eden's direct troops had not been sent out to supervise the battle on the city walls and outside the city, there might have been an internal conflict on the spot.

That night, a rumor spread in the city that Eden was going to purge the surrendered Yar. Of course, this was also thanks to the personnel stationed by the Holy Cave Mercenary Group here. However, there is no smoke without fire. Old man Eden did have this idea and was secretly summoning his confidants to discuss it in the City Lord's Mansion.

However, since it involved a matter of life and death, even close confidants could not avoid having second thoughts. Everyone knew that no matter what Eden did, his ship would sink sooner or later, and no one was willing to be buried with him. Among them was one of Eden's close confidants. He had some friendship with Giles Jarl, who took the lead in opposing Eden during the day. So he secretly instructed his younger brother, who was also doing something in the City Lord's Mansion, to quietly inform Giles Jarl in exchange for a chance to save his and his brothers' lives.

What a disaster it would be if this information was delivered. Many of the wavering Jarls in the city were still concerned about Eden's past power and did not dare to act rashly. They thought of waiting and seeing. At worst, they would not help either side and let the two enemies fight to the death.

Although there is a high probability that Eden will be destroyed in the end, the worst that can happen is that they will have to pay a little more blood and take more money and food to welcome the royal army. Anyway, Aix is ​​not forcing them to rebel and surrender, so as long as they don't resist when Aix attacks, it will be fine.

But now it was different. Eden wanted to do it to the extreme. Not only did he want to take their money and their men, but he also wanted to take their lives. The current situation was either you die or I die. Why hesitate? There was no room for them to hesitate any longer.

However, Giles Jarl had just spread the news and had only gathered a few Jarls to discuss important matters, when the decisive Eden came with his own troops.

Eden's direct troops were still able to control the situation. Originally, they had about four hundred people, but when he sent berserkers to assassinate Aix, he lost nearly a hundred people, including three berserkers he had trained at great expense and more than a dozen Nord royal guards.

Eden was left with only 300-odd soldiers, and his core combat force, the Berserker, was gone. Although he could still control the situation in Tiha City, his strength was no longer as strong as before.

This time he led nearly two hundred men to attack Gilsjar. At the beginning, he took the upper hand and defeated Gilsjar's men, forcing them to flee everywhere in the city.

But the movement of nearly two hundred people must have made a lot of noise, and soon the news that Iden had begun to purge the opposition spread. The Jarls who opposed Eden saw that they had no chance of survival, so they began to gather together and prepare to fight him to the death. In addition, some Nords who were watching the fun heard that Eden was going to drag the entire city to his death, so they also spontaneously joined the team to attack Eden.

As a result, more and more people opposed to Eden gathered, reaching more than a thousand people, and surrounded Eden's two hundred people. Moreover, some of the two hundred people were wavering and secretly left the team and ran to the other side. Soon, there were less than a hundred people left following Eden.

However, the remaining less than a hundred people were all Eden’s die-hard elite. They formed a shield formation, broke out of the siege, and fled back to the city lord’s mansion.

At this time, all the Nords in the city knew about Iden's sinister intentions. Under the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, ordinary Nords in the city also picked up axes and oak shields and joined in. In the end, as many as two or three thousand Nords gathered outside the city lord's mansion. They elected Gils Jarl as their leader and asked Iden for an explanation together.

Under the leadership of Giles Jarl, the city was in turmoil for most of the night and eventually broke into Eden's mansion. Eden and a dozen of his most loyal relatives and family members were all captured.