Chapitre 104: 104. The city of Luxor.
Five days later.
The city of Luxor was about two to three days away from Digen. With the marching speed of Thyra's soldiers, they could have easily reached Luxor within two days. However, it was noon on the fourth day by the time Thyra and her army reached the city.
There were two reasons behind that. The soldiers were really tired. They were constantly on the move for over three weeks. Thyra made their camp at the place that was about a day's journey away from Digen and let the soldiers rest for one entire day before starting their journey again.
With the order to recapture the city of Luxor, which had defected to the empire's side, Thyra and her about 200 soldiers were sent to Luxor.
And their logic was that it was because the army of the city wasn't bigger than 200. So, she should not need any more soldiers to recapture the city.
Thyra knew there was a chance that the empire's army was hiding in the city, waiting to ambush them or force them to set up a siege for the city. But they would never have thought that the kingdom would send a messy army of 200.
Thyra didn't want to argue with them. She knew that they would pull the logic from their asses.
There was another reason for her delay. It was to give her scout enough time to confirm the presence or absence of the enemy army within 50 kilometres of the city. And obviously, there was one.
About 10 kilometres south of the city, the army of a thousand was waiting. Also, judging by the behaviour of the city soldiers, Thyra was sure they weren't going to give up the city without a fight.
With the reports of enemy activity, Thyra had some idea about their future plans. Taking every possibility into account, she ordered them to put up a camp about a kilometre away from the city.
With the soldiers of the city already noticing them, Thyra had no interest in hiding themselves any more. Instead, she wanted them to notice her army.
Under Thyra's order, the soldiers started cutting down some trees and creating wooden spikes and traps around the camp to protect it from cavalry attacks.
In the meantime, Thyra rode a horse with Ondor, Selda, and the two flag bearers who carried the flag of Andour kingdom and Thyra's golden horn flag.
"Leader, would they surrender?"
"Of course, they won't." Thyra didn't even need to answer Ondor's question. Selda did it for her.
"No, I want them not to surrender." Thyra's choice of words didn't make sense to them, but Thyra didn't explain. Thyra raised her hand, gesturing for them to stop. As soon as they did, a few arrows hit the ground a few metres away from their horse. Selda smiled and winked at Ondor.
"If you don't want to die, return where you came from." A fully-armoured soldier stood on top of the wall and shouted. As he gave the signal again a few steps away from them, agitating the horses as the flag-bearers struggled to control their horses.
Thyra jumped off the horse and pulled out one of the javelins hanging on the side of the horse. Thyra moved her shoulders a few times before throwing it.
*Bang*
Even before the loud bang could be heard, the javelin that Thyra had thrown took the soldier off the wall. The shouts and chaos that ensued on the wall confirmed that he didn't have a happy ending.
"You have ten minutes." Thyra pulled out another javelin while her voice resonated throughout the city. "If Feitur doesn't appear… *bang*."
The javelin hit the one who was holding a bow and created a giant hole in his body. Blood and organs spread around the dead, and chaos ensued. Again, Thyra lazily grabbed another javelin and *bang*
Thyra was throwing with such speed that there was no way they could stop it. A few quick-witted ones even raised their shield, only to see it shattered before his consciousness faded for the best.
"Stop." Someone shouted from the tower at the gate.
Thyra was in the process of throwing her seventeenth javelin and bang. The javelin broke off a chunk of stone at the collision. Thyra smiled, saying, "Sorry, It was too late to stop me. So, you are the lord of Luxor?"
The man who walked up was dressed in full armour. As if that was not enough, in front of him were two rows of people carrying tower shields. Thyra could only see his face because it was the only part of his body that was visible due to the shield wall. That was only possible because of her essence.
"I am Baron Feitur. Lord of Luxor." The man's voice wasn't that loud, but it was loud enough for Thyra to hear.
"Okay." Thyra nodded, saying, "You have 24 hours to surrender. If you don't, not a single man in that city will be alive."
And Thyra turned her horse and rode back. Even Selda and Ondor weren't sure if that was all. But they quickly followed Thyra, just like the flagbearers.
Selda wanted to ask, but he paused as he looked in the direction of the whistleblower. The chaos at the top of the wall made it hard to hear it, but Selda and others were trained for months to recognise the sound like Pavlov's dog.
"Two whistles," Ondor said, "That means the enemy scouts are going back." Thyra nodded but didn't say anything. So, Ondor asked again, "Will they be afraid enough for them to surrender?"
Thyra smirked, asking, "Why do you think they have sent me here?"
Ondor did not know what to say to such a simple question. "Of course, they wanted you to save the city from falling into the empire's hands."
"Then why is the enemy army camping 10 kilometres away from the city instead of staying securely inside the city wall?"
"Huh!" Ondor paused before asking in confusion, "They laid a trap for you."
"Don't think I am that important an obstacle for the empire that they would lay a trap just for me."
"Then?"
"I don't know." Thyra shrugged her shoulders. They looked at Thyra in confusion, only to continue, "But there is one thing I know for sure. Their aim is Digen. Without controlling Digen, there is no way their army could penetrate the kingdom. And I think that is a great idea."
"Then what are they doing here?"
"They are trying to grind away as much of the kingdom's force before the main army attacks. And those supporters of the empire saw it as an excellent opportunity to get rid of me in this process. After we die, they would make that idiotic prince send more soldiers to be killed by the ambush."
The atmosphere turned serious. Although Selda and Ondor were somewhat aware of the situation, the flag bearers knew little about the undercurrents.
Thyra didn't care. She stopped her horse and jumped down. Then she pulled out another javelin and walked towards the city. They were already about 100 meters away from their first position. She stopped after a few steps as she weighed the javelin in her hand, and *Bang*
The soldiers on the wall were caught off guard. They were still watching Thyra's movements but didn't expect Thyra to attack again. They tried to hide while checking to see who was the unlucky sacrifice.
To their relief, no one died this time. But the flag of empire that was hanging above the tower broke from the impact of the javelin.
Thyra didn't care about their shock at how she was able to hit the flag pole from such a distance. She rode her horse back towards her camp, saying, "However, the plan has one flaw; that is, they would need to defeat me first."
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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