In the luxurious lord's mansion of Salpburg, Mrs. Galvin was adding cheese and almonds to Art's dinner plate with wooden tongs, while asking, "Art, your father-in-law really ran away to Provence? That old man has even arrived in Tyniec and he doesn't come home to visit. I think the old man cares less and less about us mother and son."
Ya Ya His mouth was filled with all kinds of delicacies and his stomach was full, but Mrs. Galvin kept adding food to his plate. He quickly took the wooden folder from his mother-in-law's hand to indicate that it could not be filled anymore, "Mother, my father-in-law has received a secret order from the new king to go to Provence for help. This is related to the future of the entire country. And my father-in-law has been ordered to be a secret emissary, so it is impossible to run around."
“Yes, mother, my father is working hard for the Count of Burgundy, so how can he have time to visit a small place like Sap Castle? If I hadn’t worried about you, I would have gone to Besancon and followed my Flanders cousin on the battlefield.” Felix, who was chewing roast beef beside him, also echoed.
"Both you, father and son, are not good people!" Mrs. Galvin said, feeling a little aggrieved and excited.
Matt tapped the plate lightly with his silver spoon, "Felix, don't make mother angry!"
Felix buried his head and laughed a few times and stopped talking back.
Matt expressed relief, "Mother, after we pacify the Western Territory, you can go to Besançon and live in the count's mansion. Then you can see your father-in-law every day."
"In addition, I think you should move to my wooden castle in the valley during this period. The valley is more stable than Fort Sap, and Lottie is also staying in the valley alone. You can help Lottie take care of little George after you go there." Art has already intended to take Mrs. Galvin to live in the valley. Fort Sap is too close to the enemy's territory of Kodor, and this is really not a stable place.
"Child, I know your good intentions, but Felix is now guarding Sarp Castle. If I hadn't stayed to control him, do you believe that he would dare to lead people to attack the city of Cordall tomorrow!" Mrs. Galvin was always worried about her son.
Felix pursed his lips. Now he really doesn't have the reckless impulsiveness he had a few years ago.
Mrs. Galvin suddenly woke up and said, "Art, you brought so many people to Sapp this time, are you going to fight again? Didn't you say there was an armistice..."
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July 9, night fell.
· Southeast Rior County of Codor, at the entrance of the eastern hills, a few pairs of eyes on the hillside outside the nameless village glowed in the reflection of the sunset clouds. On the other side of the hillside, more than twenty war horses and seventy or eighty soldiers were resting in a hidden place, waiting for preparation.
In the wall of the village at the foot of the mountain, the original wooden houses were demolished and turned into a tall sentry tower. Fireworks began to rise in several straw huts under the sentry tower. Several groups of patrolling soldiers returned to the village with short spears and lazily walked...
Ron withdrew his gaze from the village at the foot of the mountain, turned to the man dressed as a hunter and asked: "Brother Mal, are you sure there are only fifty enemy soldiers in the village?"
The village at the foot of the mountain that Ron was talking to Marr, an officer of the Sapp army (who was a hunter), was actually a forward outpost and military fortress established by the Kodor army at the mountain pass.
At the beginning of the year, there were many tragic battles on this line, but the most tragic was the army that suddenly rushed out from Sarp Castle. They said that when the Kodor army turned to the Longxia Mountain People's army, it attacked the depleted County of Riol, plundered wantonly and almost captured the county town of Auer.
Since then, the village has become an outpost of Kodor's defense against Sap's enemies.
The Côte d'Or Provincial Army learned that the Welsh Army, which had killed countless people in the North, had returned south, and strictly guarded the southeastern border. It was afraid that the Welsh Army would suddenly jump out from Sapp Castle and invade the border, so the garrison at this stronghold was once increased to 120 people.
But just three days ago, the neighboring La Paz County issued an alert, saying that the mountain army from the Longxia Mountains suddenly appeared on the edge of the mountain.
The people of Kodor had only heard about the ferocity of the Wells Army. At the beginning of the year, the enemy troops from Sapp attacked Rior and only plundered a few places; but the ferocity and danger of the Longxia Mountain people made the people of Kodor fearful.
The Longxia Mountain people are poor in the Longxia Mountains. It is said that fierce people come out of poor mountains and harsh waters. The Longxia Mountain People's Army is famous for its fierceness and ferocity. Since the Battle of the Successors began, the Longxia Mountain People's Army has only come down twice in total. However, the two violations almost turned La Paz County into a hell.
So when he heard that the Longxia Mountain People's Army appeared on the edge of the mountainous area, Lior felt as if he was facing a powerful enemy. Most of the Codor army stationed in Lior to defend against Sapp and the Wells Army was immediately transferred to defend against the Longxia Mountain People.
Out of the more than 120 people at the mountain pass stronghold, there were only 40 or 50 people left.
Since this stronghold is used to monitor and defend the Sapp Army and the Wells Army, Nayat must unplug this eye placed at the mountain exit to allow the Wells Army to successfully achieve the purpose of the surprise attack.
A village garrisoned by forty or fifty people naturally does not need Art’s own hands to renovate a military fort.
Under the guidance of Sarp officer Marr, twenty light cavalry of the Welsh Legion Cavalry, soldiers of the first company directly under the first flag and ten crossbowmen were led by the cavalry deputy captain Jafar and the company deputy commander and direct flag captain Bangda to complete this task.
Later, considering that this night attack must ensure the annihilation of all enemy soldiers and not let a single person alive, Art asked Ron to take command personally for the sake of safety.
It’s not that Art doesn’t trust Jafar and Bangda, it’s just that Ron understands the essence of Art’s sneak attack. This kind of conspiracy battle has a greater chance of winning with Ron in charge.
"Brother Mal, have the enemy set up traps and obstacles?" Ron asked as he looked at the road leading to the entrance of the mountain pass village.
“Yes! The bastards of Kodor suffered too much in front of the Stone Castle, so they also imitated us and set up some traps around the village. However, these Kodor people are stupid and lazy, and the traps they set can be recognized at a glance. "Broken."
Mar pointed towards the entrance of the village with the last ray of light before the night, "Sir Ron, look, there are several big pits in front of the village gate in the center of the village. Normally, the enemy soldiers would avoid them when they return from patrol."
Marr moved his index finger slightly, "There are wooden spikes placed in the grass on the left and right sides of the village's wooden fence wall, and there is a deep pit under the fence near the watchtower. In addition, there are many horse traps dug on the road next to the village, but I personally checked in the cultivated land next to the road. There are no traps, so we can go around."
"The Kodor people moved the things we used in Stone Castle, but they laid them out randomly and couldn't disguise them at all. I took people to touch them all for a day and saw through them all." Mal has a pride that is beyond words.
Hon stared at the places that Mal just pointed out, and asked the officer beside him: "Bangeda, have you written down the locations of the traps and pits that Brother Mal pointed out?"
Bange Da Yan was still scanning the stronghold under the mountain with the help of the setting sun, "Sir Ron, I have written it down."
"Okay! You go down and make arrangements, and you will personally lead the infantry raid after midnight tonight." Ron gave the order to Bangada.
Bangada turned around and walked towards the hiding place of the soldiers at the foot of the mountain under the cover of the shadows of the bushes.
「Jafar!」
"Ron~ Sir." Jafar's pronunciation was still a little strange, but he basically no longer stuttered.
「刚才马尔兄弟说的道路陷马坑你都记下了吧？午夜班格达突袭之时，你火速率轻骑兵跑到据点后方几个撤逃结点设下拦截线，不准放跑任何一个敌兵！」
「是！罗恩～大人。」
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The night of July 9th, the precise time should be counted as the early morning of July 10th, the moon was dark and the wind was high.
In a village stronghold on the edge of the mountainous area in the eastern part of Leo County, three night watch sentries on a tall sentry tower were running errands and sitting on the wooden boards of the sentry tower, drinking low-quality beer by a dim turpentine lamp. Among the three of them, there were no meat, fruits and vegetables to accompany the wine. A handful of peas used for gambling in a wooden cup were the best accompaniment. The one who guessed correctly could grab the opponent's wine bag and take a swig.
Over the heads of the three people is an alarm bell borrowed from the church.
Midsummer in July is when the weather is at its hottest. It is so long and boring that it is difficult to survive a long and boring night without the company of alcohol, so the garrison commander of the stronghold also acquiesces to the night sentry to secretly drink a few sips.
But drinking is fine, but sleeping in will be severely punished, especially during times of war.
A bald and bearded sentinel has won too much and feels uncomfortable with too much wine in his stomach.
He climbed up unsteadily, pulling on the fence of the sentry tower. He stood on the edge of the fence and faced the east direction. He unfastened his belt, lifted up his skirt and took off his trousers. A stream of turbid liquid flowed down.
After draining the turbid liquid, the sentry felt refreshed all over. He couldn't help but tremble with excitement, and opened his hazy eyes.
Like most ordinary people, the bald sentry's eyes can hardly see anything in the dark night. However, the moonlight tonight was exceptionally bright and bright, so that the bald sentry seemed to see a group of black shadows moving inside the fence wall under the sentry tower.
"Guys, guys, something seems to be going on~" The bald sentry turned around and reminded his two accomplices who were still betting on beans before he could even pull up his pants.
The two accomplices were preparing to open the wooden cups to witness the victory, but they did not hear the reminder from the bald sentry at all.
The bald man turned around and climbed on the fence of the sentry tower, rubbing his eyes and observing carefully several times. He didn't seem to be one of his own, "Guys, there seems to be someone..."
A moment ago, he was under the fence on the right side of the tower.
Hans held a single sword with a cold wooden handle in his mouth. The blade was two and a half feet long. It was not suitable for fierce melee combat, but it was most suitable for sneak attacks and assassinations. Under Hans's short leather boots were the shoulders of a soldier. Although Hans had replaced the heavy long-sleeved chainmail with a lightweight half-length mail, it was still difficult for the soldier to act as a ladder, and his shoulders were obviously shaking.
Hans is now a squad leader of the First Division of the Wells Legion. Yes, he is just a squad captain, not even a squadron leader.
This is not because Hans is not good enough, nor is it because of his prisoner status restriction, it is because the soldiers of the First Division are too good. When the Wells Army was reorganized and expanded, the elite prisoners soldiers from the original Wells Army and the Eastern Territory who participated in the war were all incorporated into the First Division. Any one picked out would be an experienced veteran with repeated military exploits.
Hence, Hans can only be a squad leader. Burry, a prisoner soldier who also came from the Deadpool team like him, is now just an ordinary soldier in the heavy armored infantry team. However, the salary of a sergeant squad leader is attractive enough, and Hans is not too disappointed.
There was no time to chat. After a moment of confusion, Hans had already crossed the fence. He grabbed the top of the fence with both hands, stepped on the crossbar with his left foot, jumped up, turned over and jumped into the fence.
Hence had just jumped into the fence and stood guard with a knife, when several small groups of soldiers jumped in next to him.
"Hurry! Follow me and open the gate!" Hans said, picking up the knife and running towards the village gate. Just halfway through, he heard the sound of water falling to the ground, and couldn't help but look up at the sentry tower.
The bald head on the sentry tower, illuminated by the moon, was looking down at him condescendingly.
"Crossbowman! Sentry tower! Sentery tower!" Hans greeted the crossbowman who was following behind him in a soft voice and hastily...
On the sentry tower, the bald sentry was vaguely certain and unusual.
He turned around and kicked his companion twice, then picked up an iron rod on the fence and struck the alarm bell.
"Dang-dang-dang~" The alarm bell was sounded by an iron rod, but the sounding movement stopped abruptly because a crossbow arrow was nailed into the back of the bald sentry.
When the watchtower alarm bell rang, seven or eight black figures holding sharp knives had already rushed to the village gate. Two sentries who were sleeping by the gate, hugging their spears and holding their armor, had their throats cut and their hearts stabbed in their sleep. After a struggle, they died.
After a moment, the door bars of the village gate were removed, and two groups of soldiers rushed into the village stronghold along the base of the wall...