Gernas slowly opened his eyes.

Are you dead? Gernas struggled to get up, a sharp pain in his chest that forced him to give up on the idea. He was still alive, and Gernas smiled bitterly - a dead man doesn't hurt.

After looking around, I realized that I was in a stone hut. Gernas thought back to the past, and gradually he recalled that he had been slashed in the chest by the guard behind Darla, that man was extremely powerful, he was by no means a guard, and this sword alone was by no means inferior to his martial arts. Then he is likely to be a military general in the thief army, so Dara has already fallen into the hands of the thief army at that time, is it ・・・・・・ that we were attacked by the thief army? So where is this place now?

While he was thinking, the door creaked open, and a waiter-like figure walked in from outside. The man was stunned for a moment when he saw Gernas, and then smiled and said, "Your Excellency, you are awake." ”

"Where is this? Who are you? ”

"This is Essrath City, the little one was specially sent by Lord Li Tianhao to take care of you, my name is Giroud." The waiter replied.

I was actually captured. Gernas's heart sank, if the thieves had the strength to save themselves from their mortal wounds, it would mean that the Yakhi army had been defeated.

"How long did I sleep?"

"It's been exactly ten days since today, my lord."

"Ten days? I slept for ten days? Gurnas's eyes straightened.

"Yes, sir. You're so badly injured this time, and when Master Darla sends you back, the doctors say you're not alive. You're so strong, you've survived so much blood. ”

"Darla? He sent me? Gernas looked puzzled.

"yes. Oh, I don't know that Lord Darla is now the leader of the Dils rebels. If you don't say that, you'll be hungry. There is a bowl of goat's milk on the table next to you, which was supposed to be fed to you, but now you drink it first, and I will prepare something for you to eat. Giroud said and hurried away.

Dara surrendered to the thieves, and Gernas looked up to the sky and sighed. In fact, I don't have time to worry about others, and now I'm a prisoner. The thief army left his own life, I'm afraid it was also to recruit himself, if he didn't work, it would still be a dead end. Whether he surrendered or was executed, he lost the opportunity to die in honor.

After a short time, the waiter named Giroud came with a bowl of porridge made of wheat and minced meat, and fed him to Gurnas, and after drinking goat's milk, Gurnas felt tired, and Giroud hurriedly served him to lie down and rest, and in a short time Gurnas fell into a deep sleep.

Seven days later, Gernus was able to walk on crutches. In the past seven days, he has heard some news from the mouth of Giroud. The first is the crushing defeat of the Yaki Army, and the large number of Yaki Army captives has caused a lot of trouble. The attitude of the Tyrean rebels was that they were willing to stay and become the welcome of the rebels, and the unwilling slave soldiers could choose to stay or return to their original masters, while the private troops and regular armies could leave as long as they surrendered their weapons and armor. As a result, almost all of the slave soldiers chose to stay, while most of the others joined the rebels, and only a few chose to leave.

Now that he was able to move, Gernus insisted on walking around the city of Aisras. Giroud couldn't help it, so he had to help him out the door.

He is no stranger to the city of Essras, Gernas, who was originally born in the mountains of the Tyres. But the city of Essrath was a bit unaccustomed to Gernas: there were no chained slaves or flying whips to be seen on the streets, and the streets were more prosperous than he had ever seen. Giroud explained to him that there were no slaves in the city of Essrath today, only ploughing and working slaves, who were treated in the same way as freedmen, except that they had to farm or make all kinds of products. Gernus nodded secretly: It seems that the thief army wants to establish a new order that is different from the Yaki political system.

Before he knew it, Gernas had come a long way, and the wound began to ache again. Giroud saw it and hurriedly found a roadside tavern to give Gernus a rest.

After taking a sip of the ale, Gernas felt a lot more relaxed. Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd of people coming and going, and soon the commotion expanded. Gurnas asked Giroud to see what was going on. After a while, Giroud rushed back and said, "It's nothing, it's Lord Li Tianhao who has come back in triumph." ”

"Triumph? Didn't the battle end half a month ago? ”

"In fact, since the defeat of the Yaki army, Lord Li Tianhao has been attacking many places non-stop, in addition to recovering the lost territory, he has taken advantage of the victory to capture more than a dozen cities abandoned by the slave owners, I heard that this time it is to capture the city of Heluer."

"What! Has the city of Horur been captured? Gurnas was taken aback. This is not only because the city of Esrath is very far away from the city, and it will take six days to march even if it is rushed, but more importantly, the strategic location of the city is very important, and the capture of this point will cut off the land connection between Kadum City and the outside world. At present, the city of Kadum has very few troops left, and if the city of Kadum falls, four-fifths of the area of the Dils mountain will fall into the hands of the thieves. The city of Horur in conjunction with the city of Silis would be able to hold these areas and create a solid rear. It seems that this Li Tianhao is not only strong in martial arts, but also has proper command, and even his strategic ability is beyond ordinary people. And such a terrible opponent is not yet twenty years old!

Lost in thought, Gernas was completely distracted, not even noticing that the crowd began to clamor, until the triumphant procession passed by.

At the forefront were a thousand spearmen led by Lorencis, followed by a thousand shieldmen led by Woolley, then five hundred cavalry of Müller, and finally a thousand archers, all of whom held a strange curved bow that Gurnas had never seen before. After these troops passed, Li Tianhao finally appeared.

It was the first time Gurnas had seen the young adversary up close.