Chapter 771 Dark Night
The sudden explosion of sparks caused him to take a few steps back hastily. His already weak legs were trembling, making him almost unable to stand. Just as Stafford was panicking, a human face suddenly appeared behind the sparks. It was only then that he looked around, trying to find his sword. Through the bright or dark light of the fire, he finally saw the long sword not far away reflecting the cold light.
Ignoring his limp body, he hurriedly got up and ran staggeringly in the direction of the sword. At the moment when he was glad that he finally touched the sword, a long boot covered with mud suddenly stepped on the scabbard ~ "Ah!"
The heartbreaking pain made him forget the fear a moment ago, and he used his thick shoulders to knock the guy who was standing on the scabbard to the ground.
Shaking his swollen palm, Stafford immediately picked up the long sword on the ground, took off the scabbard and threw it aside. He roared and swung his sword at the guy who fell to the ground.
However, the opponent avoided his fatal blow with a flexible roll. As a Lombard rider, Stafford has some abilities. Taking advantage of the moment his opponent got up, he suddenly kicked out and hit the guy's arm. After several rounds of rolling, Stafford rushed to the man and inserted his sword into the man's thigh.
When he pulled out his long sword and planned to slash at the opponent again, a sudden chill came down his spine, and the sharp sword blade had already penetrated from his chest.—
Before Stafford could turn his head, the guy who impaled him kicked him out and pulled out his sword. The unlucky knight tried to block the blood spurting out of his chest with his hands, but no matter how hard he tried, the blood continued to flow out like a torrent. After struggling for a while, the guy lost all movement. At this time, the guy in black robe who had just stabbed Stafford came forward, raised his foot and kicked the body a few times. When there was no movement, he bent down and wiped the blood-stained sword on Hu's body.
The companion hurriedly ran to the guy who had been stabbed in the leg and helped him up. The other person walked towards the house holding the fire breakers in his hand and searched him for a while. In addition to finding a few gold coins and a bag of small silver coins, I also found a secret letter.
「Lord Colin～」
The companion who searched the house handed over the secret message.
Colin took the secret letter and opened it slowly. After reading the above few lines of text and the signature of the lord of Tira City at the end, I learned that this was a spy who went to the north to find out information.
Before Colin led the team to set off, Art had already warned that outposts must be arranged to explore the route to prevent the Lombards from leaking the news that the mercenary group had surrendered, so as to avoid alerting the enemy.
Because when the mercenaries left the city of Tira, Count Dylan arranged for several of his own people to follow the mercenaries northward so that he could keep abreast of the war situation in the north. But when Gray Wolf surrendered, all of Count Dylan's informants were handed over to Art.
· In view of the fact that the city of Tira might send people to secretly inquire for information, Art specially warned Angus and Colin to proceed with caution when they left.
Hence, Colin arranged for several small teams to explore the route first, to prevent their whereabouts from being discovered by the Lombards.
The journey was originally uneventful, but in the evening, spies from the front came to report and found two Lombard cavalrymen from the south.
In order to prevent the two of them from escaping back to Tila City to report the news, Colin immediately decided to lead people to deal with these two guys personally when it was getting dark.
When Boer, the soldier who followed Stafford north, went to tie up his horse, Colin and others who had already been ambushing in the dense forest took advantage of him and slit the guy's throat with a dagger. Just when they were about to go to the river to solve another problem, Bol turned around and walked towards them... -··
But it was getting dark at this time, and to ensure nothing went wrong, Colin ordered a few people to ambush on the spot.
As a result, the spies sent to the north by Count Dylan, the lord of Tira City, were intercepted by their opponents on the way before they reached the battlefield.
After Colin read the secret letter, he threw it on the ground, and it just fell to the pool of blood on the ground. Then he skillfully inserted the long sword back into the hilt on his waist and said to the soldiers beside him: "Take all the useful things away with me and throw the corpse into the jungle to feed the wolves~" and then walked towards the business road on the other side without looking back.
Hitchhike, a convoy of more than 500 people came from the north in a mighty manner, without making any stop, and headed south."
Hitchhik It was not until late at night that the convoy led by Colin arrived at the deserted town.
At this time, more than 500 cavalry led by Angus had already arrived in a dense forest two miles outside the east gate of Tira City with the help of the task force.
..Lord Angus, go west from here and follow a path through a large wheat field to reach the east city gate directly. The task force guys are all there waiting for you. "
Next to a dry oak tree on the edge of the dense forest, sheltered by the surrounding grass, Oliver, the deputy captain of the task force who came to respond, could not conceal his excitement.
Angus patted the veteran's shoulder and said with emotion: "Man, you have worked hard during this period. Once we take the city of Tira, I will report it to you sir and give credit to your task force guys!"
"Thank you, Sir Angus!" Oliver almost trembled as he thanked this senior official of the legion.
“You deserve this!” After saying that, Angus bit open the cork of the water bag and poured two gulps of water into his mouth. Then he shouted to the captain of the cavalry company on the side: "Lusignan, order everyone to rest where they are, let everyone eat and drink enough, and start heading straight to the city of Tira in the middle of the night!"
"Yes, Lord Angus!"
After a while, there was a sound of biting food in the dense forest.
Two miles west of the dense forest, the huge city of Tira was completely shrouded in dense sea fog, and the visibility was less than 80 steps. The lights in the city flicker on and off, making the place look like a "dead city".
Because it is close to the ocean and the temperature difference between day and night is huge, it is easy to form such dense fog. In just a few hours, every corner of the city was filled with salty water vapor, making it extremely humid.
The stone roads extending in all directions in the city seemed to have just experienced a drizzle and were very slippery. The signboard hanging outside the shop was covered with water drops, dripping continuously. The air was filled with the salty smell of sea water, making people feel like taking a breath was a punishment. When everyone in the city was immersed in sleep, an empty courtyard near the east of the city was very busy at this time. This courtyard belonged to a grain shop near an alley. In order to escape the war, the owner of the grain store emptied the grain store and rented it out at a low price to a foreigner who came here to do business.
Now it seems that the businessman who rented the grain shop obviously had another purpose.
The outer wall of the backyard is part of the east wall of Tira City, and the two sides are separated from the adjacent courtyards by stone strips.
Although the city of Tira is prosperous in commerce, it is extremely wealthy. However, due to the relaxed business atmosphere and the lack of war for many years, the outer walls around the city can be said to be in name only. Neither height nor thickness is sufficient to resist external invasion.
To a certain extent, the city walls here are very similar to the autonomous city-state Lavati in the north. The large Juma is a perfect way to describe the city walls of the two places.
There are no crenels or arrow towers around the city wall to defend against enemies, and there is also a lack of basic defenses. In addition to some local soldiers stationed near the city gates in the east, west and north, the security in the city is mainly maintained by four teams of ten people. Nowadays, due to frequent wars, the city of Tila is running out of soldiers. The local soldiers who were originally responsible for patrolling the outer areas were also sent into the city by the lord to guard their large wealth.
Hence, the city of Tira is now like a wild boar with its teeth cut off. Anyone can cut it twice.
As several boulders near the outside of the city wall collapsed, an entrance large enough for one person and one horse to enter and exit freely appeared in front of the guys dressed as laborers who had been busy for half the night in the courtyard.
——Quickly, go to the front yard and inform Mr. Stanley that the outer wall has been broken open by us. "
Subsequently, Stanley, who was watching the wind from the window of the front door of the grain store, strode towards the backyard. Looking at the broken city wall in front of him, he couldn't help but walk forward, walked through the hole, and walked outside.
Looking at the endless darkness around him, Stanley felt extremely calm inside.
Without any time to think, he immediately ordered his men to clean up all the rubble and wait for the arrival of the cavalry led by Angus.
The reason why a gap was opened here to let the cavalry into the city was precisely to avoid alerting the enemy. Once Count Dylan, the lord of Tira City, learns that the northerners have arrived at the city, he will definitely flee with the huge amount of wealth in the city. And Angus and others took advantage of the darkness to sneak into the city. Not only were they able to quietly eliminate the guards guarding the property, but they were also able to minimize the casualties of the soldiers and capture the largest port city in southern Lombardy at the minimum cost.
In the middle of the night, the five hundred cavalry led by Angus bypassed the sight of the guards at the east city gate, and headed straight for the gap near the southeast under the leadership of the deputy captain of the task force, Oliver. In order to avoid the sound of the hoofs, before setting off, Angus ordered that the hooves of all war horses be wrapped in linen cloth. At the same time, anything that can make noise must be firmly fixed to avoid alerting the guards and causing all previous efforts to be wasted.
After a while, in the wheat fields shrouded in thick fog outside the city, war horses one after another left countless footprints in the soft soil.
Hundreds of cavalry were wearing armor and holding swords, heads held high, no expression on their brows. The black cloaks covering them fluttered in the wind, making these guys look like demons from the dark night.
At this time, the entire citizens of Tila City were still immersed in their own sleep.