Alien Knights

Under Randall's surprised gaze, Barbara walked to the square of Lone Rock City, stood in front of the cross in the middle of the flower bed, and began to take out the mirror to arrange her makeup.

Randall stood beside her, looked at each other amusedly, and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Barbara brushed the dust off her clothes, combed her hair again, and said, "Let me ask you, what is my best thing?"

Randall frowned and said, "Spending money?"

Seeing the angry expression on the woman's face, Randall immediately changed his words: "I was wrong, you are a very good actor."

"Actors, and singers." Barbara added, cleared her throat, and began to sing to the deserted square.

"Lord, have mercy on me and hear my prayer. 』

"People! How long will your hearts be hardened? You are greedy for illusions and love to tell lies. When will you stop? Be trembling, and do no evil; at night, when you go to bed, search your hearts. Offer the sacrifice that is due, and trust in the Lord with all your heart. 』

Following the singing, Knight Commander Horn led the surviving knights to the center of the square, and looked at the singing Barbara with a peaceful expression on his face.

"It's the chant in the Bible." Randall's eyes were full of fascination.

Those folk houses that were closer to the square opened their doors one after another.

At first, there were only one or two people carefully poking their heads out to look around. Then, more and more people walked out of their homes and gathered in the square to listen to Barbara's singing.

Jennings, who was bearded and stunned, also came out of the barracks, and walked into the crowd with staggering steps.

People hugged the cross on their chests, bowed their heads, followed Barbara's singing in a low voice, and sang this sacred praise together. The belief in God came back to people's hearts bit by bit in this increasingly loud chorus.

"Her voice has a kind of power, the power of faith." Horn's face was full of piety. He looked around and said with emotion: "Look at the people around, faith has returned to this city."

Randall didn't speak, but just quietly looked at the singing woman, with no more hesitation and hesitation in his eyes.

In the barracks of the Ayub Empire, Saladin looked in the direction of the city and asked, "I heard the singing?"

Elim nodded: "Maybe some kind of mass is going on in the city."

Saladin withdrew his gaze and looked at the dozens of corpses on the ground again: "Did the murderer catch it?"

"No." Elim gritted his teeth and said, "According to the testimony of eyewitnesses, those bastards disappeared from the air directly after ambushing the sentries."

Saladin was stunned: "Disappear?"

"The people who attacked the sentinels were more like a group of well-trained assassins. It only took half a minute for them to retreat. Moreover, they seemed to have used some method to hide their bodies."

Saladin thought for a while, and then ordered: "Increase the patrol manpower and strengthen the security of the camp!"

Elim nodded yes, but did not move.

Saladin looked at him and asked, "What? Anything else?"

"Caliph, tomorrow will be the sixth day of the siege..."

"I know."

"Calculating the time, Latib's army should have finished dealing with the reinforcements from Lone Rock City, and is now preparing to attack the city."

Saladin said calmly, "So what?"

Yilam was in a hurry: "Caliph, you can't let Latib and the others attack Guyan City first! If they enter the city first, it will be a huge blow to your prestige and prestige. Why don't we launch a general attack tomorrow? , took down Lone Rock City in one go.”

Saladin glanced at him: "Not only will I not increase your troops tomorrow, but on the contrary, I will reduce the attacking troops and reduce the intensity of the attack."

"what did you say?!"

Saladin didn't bother to explain any more, and turned around and returned directly to the tent.

The next day, the defenders of Guyan City voluntarily abandoned the outer city, gathered supplies and troops, and retreated into the inner city.

As for the imperial army, after occupying the outer city wall, it only launched a symbolic attack, and then died down, rectified its forces, and stopped advancing.

Standing on the wall of the inner city, looking at the imperial army clearing the road up the mountain, Randall asked Horn with a puzzled face, "What do you think?"

The latter is also puzzling: "It stands to reason that the imperial army at this time should cooperate with the troops behind to launch uninterrupted attacks, so that they can take this city in the shortest time... However, they are After launching an attack, it is strange to give up the plan to advance..."

"Anyway, it's not a bad thing for us that the enemy chooses to stop attacking now." Jennings, who had changed his clothes, walked up to the city wall and said hello to everyone.

After saluting, Randall said, "It's a pleasure to see you."

Jennings smiled and turned his gaze to Barbara who was busy helping soldiers bandage under the city wall: "It's all thanks to her."

Horn said to Jennings: "My lord, in the next time, I will take my men to the north gate of Lone Rock City to stop the enemies in the north."

Jennings approached Horn and whispered, "I need your help for something."

"Please say."

"There is a very important person, I hope you send someone to Muxi City."

A complex expression appeared on Horn's face. After hesitating again and again, he nodded and said, "I will arrange my men to escort that guest to Muxi City."

Perhaps still a little uneasy, Jennings emphasized again: "She is very important, and there must be no accidents."

Horn shrugged: "I will arrange for two of the bravest knights to ride on the fastest horses and escort that guest to Muxi City...My lord, you must know that the northern plains are full of enemies, there are too many people On the contrary, it is easy to attract attention.”

Jennings nodded helplessly and walked down the wall.

Randall approached Horn and asked in a low voice, "Is the guest he mentioned just now the king of Lone Rock City..."

The latter quickly gave him a silent gesture, looked around, and whispered: "Don't ask, just pretend that nothing happened just now."

The sixth day of the Battle of Lone Rock City passed in silence on both sides.

On the early morning of the seventh day, Randall, who was sleeping in the doorway of the tower, was awakened by a burst of alarm bells above his head.

He raised his long sword, put on his helmet, climbed up to the watchtower of the tower, and saw a row of battleships with crescent flags on the misty sea, slowly approaching the city from the north.

"It's the fleet of the Empire."

Randall watched as a warship lowered its sails, sideways, and opened the gun ports on the side of the ship. With a roaring cannon, the sound of cracking rocks and neighing of men and horses came from the northern ridge.

Holding the long sword in his hand tightly, Randall's face was full of tension and anxiety.

He knew that from this moment on, the imperial army from the north had successfully arrived at the north gate of Lonely Rock City, forming a siege with the southern troops.

The fate of Lonely Rock City, like a small boat in a stormy sea, has become more dangerous and unpredictable.