Chapter 27: Fatal Flaws (9)
Ella closely watched the expressions on the faces of the lords.
Now is the most critical moment. The Duke of Aquitaine has been attacked, and it is already certain that he will make up his mind to attack. However, these lords in the carriage have not been directly attacked by the Duke of Aquitaine. To use these lords to attack the Duke of Aquitaine means giving these lords a certain amount of freedom. If they cannot make up their minds, if one person has the idea of "contacting with the Duke of Aquitaine", Ella's counter-espionage plan will be broken
The military power in Aila's hands is not enough to suppress the army of this group of lords.
She found that most lords were pondering. This was not a good phenomenon. The more they thought, the easier it was to see through the lie.
She suddenly pulled out a sword and cut off the rope from Count Kelsey's hand.
"Since things have developed like this, there is no need for me to escort you back to Aquitaine," she said. "The remaining ropes will be untied by your Earl Kelshe. You are free."
"Wait!" Earl Kelshe panicked and quickly stopped Ella, "Where are you going?"
"What? Is there anything else?" Ella turned her head, "I won't kill you, I just want to let you go and escort you back to Aquitaine, just to prevent you from affecting the battle in Paris. But since the Duke of Aquitaine has come here, the war in Paris must have ended. It's meaningless for me to stay here, right?"
"You said..." Earl Kelsch looked at Ella carefully, "Did the Duke win or lose in the war in Paris?"
Ella shrugged: "If you win, what will he do when he returns to Aquitaine?"
Ella is telling the truth. The strategic goal of the Duke of Aquitaine is to attack the pirate kingdom. If he wins, he will definitely gather all princes in Paris now. No matter how bad he is, he will definitely march to siege Normandy. As for the possibility of thinking that Count Kelshe rebelling, he was afraid that they would turn against the Duke of Aquitaine, so he led his army back to aid... OK, how could he think that Count Kelshe was going to rebel? The Duke of Aquitaine is not a psychopath, right?
"That's true." Earl Kelshe wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Indeed, half of his troops were taken away by me, and it's hard for him to win. So... he is going to vent his anger on us now?"
As soon as Count Kelshe said this, the group of lords suddenly became furious.
"How can he do this for the Duke? We have not rebelled! As vassals, our obligations have been fulfilled!"
"That's right! We fight with all our might and then be defeated. What's wrong with surrendering at this time? The Federation has been like this for hundreds of years!"
"We paid our own ransom, and did not ask him for it! Do he have to let us die on the battlefield so that he can feel better?"
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"I don't think you need to be so nervous, right?" Ella "comforts" the lords, "You are all vassals trusted by the Duke of Aquitaine. When he comes, you kneel on the ground and beg. He won't kill him any more, right? Even if you want to kill, at most, you will only kill a few typical examples. With so many of you, he will not be able to kill them all. If you kill them all, the territory will be in chaos..."
Of course, those lords became even more angry:
"We did nothing wrong, why do we ask for forgiveness!"
"Being captured is indeed a stain, but I have never heard of any lord using this stain to punish vassals! He is completely a tyrant when he does this!"
"I was defeated by you on the battlefield, so I knelt down and begged for mercy to you. I want me to beg him for mercy? Unless he also defeated me on the battlefield!"
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"Or, you will scatter like this and run to the territory of other lords to hide for a while." Ella continued to "give advice", "The Duke of Aquitaine's retreat this time is out. The Earl of France will soon attack the Duke of Aquitaine with the charge of rebellion. The lords who were undecided before will definitely take sides. Not long after, the Duke of Aquitaine will be sent to the guillotine, and then you will be safely back."
Earl Kelshe shook his head: "The Duke failed, and we have no good ending."
"No way? I still understand the laws of the Federation of Almani. You are vassals of the Duke of Aquitaine, not the vassals of the Count of Ile de France. The Duke of Aquitaine attacked the Count of Ile de France was a rebellion, and you and the Duke of Aquitaine attacked the Count of Ile de France were just fulfilling your obligations..."
Earl Kelshi interrupted Ella's nonsense: "Although the Duke of Aquitaine failed, it would take you a lot of effort to attack the Duke of Aquitaine and capture him, right?"
"Hmm? What do you want to say?"
Ella noticed that there was a certain determination in the eyes of Count Kelshe. She laughed secretly in her heart - her plan was finally going to succeed.
Earl Kelshe slowly turned around and looked at his colleagues.
"Everyone, I have a word."
A sound of swallowing and saliva sounded. Although Count Kelsi had not finished speaking, these lords had already realized something.
"We are not sorry for the Duke of Aquitaine-but you have seen it, the Duke is already crazy."
The lords nodded in cooperation.
"If you just watch the Duke be defeated by Caroling, the Duke of Aquitaine will change hands. Although the charge of rebellion is not up to us, it is certain that the Duke's family will completely lose power in the Duke of Aquitaine. Our power will be weakened step by step in the future."
Silently, everyone listened quietly to the speech of Earl Kelshe.
"My family has always assisted the dukes on the land of Aquitaine, which has been more than ten generations. I alone have assisted two dukes of Aquitaine. The lord has been replaced, from father to son, but the family has not been replaced, the territory has not been replaced, and the contract with me has not been replaced - why? Because our contract is not established for a certain Duke of Aquitaine of a certain generation. We swear allegiance to the sword, and the family is loyal to the lord's family, and the rulers of the territory! But now, the actions of this generation of Duke of Aquitaine have been destroyed by his family. Shouldn't we stop it?"
"I am a vassal of the Duke of Aquitaine. I want to continue his family." Earl Kelshy glared, "So, I suggest that we assist the Duke's eldest son, help him destroy his relatives for justice, and hand over the heads of the rebels to the consul! In this way, the family that our ancestors are loyal to will remain the lord of the Duke of Aquitaine! In this way, we will not betray the oath made by our ancestors!"
Ella was stunned by this passage. She never expected that under such circumstances, Earl Kelshi would actually preserve the Duke of Aquitaine's family.
No wonder he was the most trusted vassal of the Duke of Aquitaine.
"The Duke's troops have all drunk powerful potions, and the potions we have drunk have all the potions that have been emptied by you." Earl Kelshe turned his head and looked at Ella, "There is no chance of winning directly against us, so we need your help. Can you use your poison for us?"
"If this is the case, then you can use it. There are enough quantities and as many as you want."
Ella replied.
Chapter completed!