Chapter 445: Two Difficult Choices

When Allen came to the village with a few surrendered soldiers, the village had already been captured. Everything went surprisingly well, yet perfectly normal. When the alarm bell was heard, the guards in the village reacted quickly. More than a dozen soldiers put on armor to fight, but Belmode and other strong men crushed them with absolute force. Those miscellaneous soldiers who were rushing to kill one person to get one gold coin hadn't had a chance to make a move, and the battle was over.

It's just that Belmode and others disdain to kill such low-strength soldiers, so they just beat them up. Even Regis, a martial idiot, casually hit the soldier with the back of his knife, knocking the soldier unconscious on the spot. Except for the two soldiers who reacted violently and still refused to surrender after being beaten to the ground, Belmode cut his throat and fell down. However, the blood of the soldiers calmed down the others. At least when the villagers were asked to gather, there was no resistance.

Allen came to the gathering point, glanced at the villagers on his horse and said, "This village {pig + pig + island} novel www.hzua is no longer the territory of Sunset City from now on. It's good that you didn't resist , avoiding unnecessary killings. Next, I hope you can faithfully carry out my orders, so that I guarantee that no one's life will be in danger."

"What do you need, my lord?" A middle-aged man asked.

"You are?"

"I am the head of this village."

"Very good, village chief. Then please ask everyone to bring out the food. Also, adult men must join my army. My order is as simple as that."

The face of the village chief changed: "My lord, there is no problem with food. But if you want men to join the army, they are all civilians."

"The people behind me were also civilians a month ago. However, they are soldiers now, so do as I say." Allen said calmly: "Join my army, kill an enemy, You can get a gold coin. Kill ten people, and you will be free. If you refuse, then it’s a pity, don’t make me a devil, you don’t want that kind of thing to happen.”

Although he didn't say what happened, the villagers could probably imagine seeing the red-eyed soldiers behind Allen. The village chief sighed, and loudly told the villagers to do as Allen said. Soon, Allen got a batch of food and about fifty strong men. The men were allotted a knife, and Alan organized them into the army so that they couldn't betray them even if they wanted to. As for the ten surrendered soldiers, Alan brought them with him.

After staying in Denis Village for less than two hours, Allen ordered the army to set off and head straight for the next village along the straight track he had drawn on the map before.

It took more than an hour to reach the next village, and the vanguard of the attack on the village was in charge of the surrendered soldiers and the men of Deni Village. In desperation, they could only rush to the village and pass the knife to the people in the same territory. This battle is also very fast,

The guards of this village were knocked away in astonishment, and Allen behind led the army to drive in, and quickly suppressed the village.

Jiangbing and men didn't actually kill many people, only two soldiers and three or four villagers were killed in the fierce resistance. But for Allen, this is tantamount to opening the line of defense in these people's hearts. And directly participated in the attack, and tied them to Allen's chariot in disguise. Even if they escape, they will be severely punished by the lord, or even hanged.

As far as they are concerned, they can live longer by staying with Allen.

Like Deni Village, Allen also adopted the same strategy for this village. Take away the food and young men, so that even if these territories are recovered later, the most important resources have been taken away by Allen. In this way, Allen raided overnight, taking down three villages and a small town one after another, and the army quickly expanded from the original 500 to 800. Even though it was still a mixed army, it was already considered a threat to a baronial territory like Tormen's.

Before dawn, Allen saw Sunset City. The city located near Xiayun Valley has a certain scale. Of course, that is the conclusion obtained by comparing with several other villages and towns. But in fact, the city of Tormen still lacks compared to Storm City. Its low city walls do not have a defense system like artillery to suppress them, so it really lacks the power to shock foreign enemies.

At least in Allen's eyes, the city is almost undefended. But this time, Allen did not rush to attack, but organized the army and advanced towards Sunset City in a relatively neat formation, so as to create an invisible pressure of a large army.

Baron Tormen woke up in his sleep. He had just learned that several villages and towns in his territory had been occupied, but Allen was already approaching the city. The speed of this march and the swiftness of the movement made Baron Tormen's face full of wry smiles. This vigorous tactical style shows that the opponent has no possibility of compromise. There are only two options left for Tuomen, one is to surrender, and the other is to risk his life to defend the city. Apart from that, he has no other choice.

However, the total number of troops in Sunset City is less than 500 people, and this number has to be drawn from the security team that usually maintains order. Even the number of troops can't compare with Alan's. Tomen doesn't know how to fight this battle. But as a lord, Tuomen couldn't help but stay behind, so he could only make people put on armor and bite the bullet and come to the city wall.

Under the city wall, Allen's army phalanx is less than 300 meters away from Sunset City. This distance will be ignored by the soldiers charging in a blink of an eye. Then look at the fire/gun team with less than a hundred people on the wall. The door was extremely heavy.

"Lord Tommen!"

Allen rode alone and came to the city gate. The fire/gun team in the city was eager to try, but gave Tom a look to stop it. At this moment, the baron finally showed the demeanor of a lord, stepped forward and said loudly: "Sir Allen, do you know what you are doing? This is an invasion, and you are invading the territory of the respected Sir Daniel. If you retreat now , I can speak to Lord Viscount, and I will not pursue your bold deed this time."

Allen who was on the horse smiled lightly and said: "Sure enough, according to the rumors, Sir Tommen is indeed a kind-hearted lord. Don't worry, since I have come here, I am ready to be pursued by Sir Daniel and even take revenge. But then It will be after tonight, and now, Sunset City doesn’t have any reinforcements, am I right, Sir Tommen.”

Tomen glanced at the soldiers on the wall and said, "Even if there are no reinforcements, we will stick to Sunset City."

"Sir, you are really brave, but I was wondering, can you swing the butcher's knife at your former subjects?" Allen gestured, and the two hundred surrendered soldiers and villagers came out hesitantly , and even a senior officer among them.

Tommen recognized the officer, and his face immediately became rather ugly. Allen said: "Don't blame them, sir. In the face of life and death, they just made the right choice. Now, I also want to give you a choice, sir."

Tommen snorted, but didn't answer. Allen smiled and continued: "Of course the first choice is to surrender, so we are all happy tonight. The second is to fight, and that would be a pity. Whether it is you or them, I think neither of you will be happy." Willing to fight; so I have a third option here, my lord. How about a duel between lords?"

"duel?"

"Yes, if you win, then you can catch me and even kill me. As for my men and the army, whether they can leave depends on their own ability. And this way, you don't have to swing a knife at yourself Isn’t it your people? Conversely, if you lose, Sunset City will naturally surrender, and I promise not to harm your people. And these people, I will give them freedom!”

Hearing Allen's words, those who surrendered couldn't help but turn their eyes to Baron Tormen. Allen's move undoubtedly gave them a glimmer of hope. As long as Tomen agrees to this duel, then no matter whether they win or lose, they don't have to kill each other. They can hardly find a reason for Tomen's refusal. Only Tomen knew that it was Allen who gave him a huge problem.

That's right, on the surface, whether he wins or loses, Tomen takes advantage. But in fact, Tomen knew that he was bound to lose. Among Daniel's subordinates, he has never been one who is good at force. And even Dulufu, who is the most powerful in martial arts, asked this young man under the city to kill him. With Tormen's strength of barely level 15, how could he be Alan's opponent.

Allen threw out the suggestion generously, and Tormen said no, or worse, refused. As for the answer no matter what, it is foreseeable that after tonight, his prestige will drop to the bottom. He gritted his teeth, and said: "In order to prevent the blood of Sunset City from flowing into rivers, I, Tormen, only hereby agree to Sir Allen's request for a duel."

This is a helpless move. It's a loss anyway. It's better to lose more beautifully. At least you can keep a little bit of dignity for yourself.

Hearing Jazz's answer, the soldiers in Sunset City applauded Tormen loudly, and the surrendering soldiers also breathed a sigh of relief. Allen waved his hand, and made the surrendered soldiers back, while he got off his horse with his knife in hand, nailed it straight in front of the city gate, and waited for Sir Tormen.

The city gate opened, and the Jazz in silver light armor strode out. He held a knight's spear in his right hand, and a rifle decorated with complicated patterns in the other. Facing Allen, Jazz took a deep breath and drank again. The engraved light on the chest lit up, and the light blue source of light flames shot out through the body, churning around the Jazz, and the light armor on the Jazz was dazzling.

As far as appearance is concerned, Baron Tormen is still worthy of his status as a lord. Although the momentum is not very strong, it also puts a little pressure on Allen, but that's all.

Allen nodded and said, "It's time to start."

Tomen was also polite, raised his rifle and fired at Allen several times in a row, opening the prelude to the duel with a tentative attack.

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