Five minutes later, the battle ended.

The orc wolf cavalry squadron was completely annihilated, and most of the two paladins of the saber-toothed mercenary group were killed on the spot, and the few who chose to surrender were captured alive for other purposes.

Peruth and Judith try to get closer to Pedi, but are stopped by a group of soldiers.

"Sir Pedy?" Perus confirmed.

"It's me. Peidi unveiled his mask and stared at the bloody man who had been stopped a few meters away by his own soldiers, his face puzzled.

"Peruth, we have met in the town of Tyre. Perus tore off the cotton cloth from the soft armor on his abdomen and wiped it on his face a few times.

Soon, a familiar face appeared in Pedi's eyes.

"Perus... Sheriff, why are you here?" Pedi waved his hand to back the soldiers.

"I have long since resigned from the Guards, and now, I am just an ordinary sergeant under Count Anse. Perus explained simply.

"Oh?" Pedi was stunned, somewhat surprised, after all, the district sheriff was much better than his current position.

"How did you end up here?" asked Peru the same question.

At this moment Sir Ike came over, took off his helmet and said, "Sir, please pay attention to the tone in which you speak to your sir, I don't think we need to explain it to you. ”

Perus turned his head to look at Sir Ike, and then he saw the battle flag in the hand of the flag bearer next to him, and then a look of sudden realization appeared on his face.

"Sir. Judith next to her suddenly spoke, her tone was as cold as a cold wind, her gaze stayed on the family crest on Pedy's robe for two seconds, and then she looked directly into Pedi's eyes: "You and your people have been around here since the beginning, haven't you?"

"Knight, be careful who you are, you shouldn't speak to your commander in a questioning tone. Sir Ike took a step, his tone equally cold.

"Sir Ike—" Pedi put his left hand on Sir Ike's shoulder, motioning for him to stand down.

Then, Pedi took two steps, his eyes fell on Judith's thin and diminutive frame, and said, "They have a right to know the truth. ”

Perus listened to the conversation between several people, and immediately understood, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but feel a burst of bitterness, at this time, Pedi continued: "We arrived half an hour after the start of your battle, believe me, there is no need for me to deceive you... However, our scouts had been in the middle of the nearby mountains and forests last night. ”

At this, Pedi frowned, as if he didn't know how to speak, and Sir Ike on the side immediately interjected: "Do you think that your scouts can really detect the ambush in the valley? ”

"So, we're really bait?" said Judith with a wry laugh.

"No, you're just the line that connects the bait at most, and the bait is somewhere else—" Sir Ike paused as he said this, looked at Pedy, and then continued, at Pedi's signal, "The bait is in the village of Kert and the town of Benson, and I think the prey has already taken the bait by this time." ”

"The nobles who are rumored to collude with the orcs?" said Perus subconsciously.

"This is just one of them. Pedi spoke at this time, "The other part is your next mission..."

"You want me to investigate the saber-toothed mercenary group?" Perus guessed immediately.

"Sabertooth mercenary group?" Pei Di was stunned, "yes, it's them, I've left you a few alive to investigate these people who attacked you... I have received information that some people are secretly gathering people, and the targets are nothing more than some thieves, thieves, fugitives, deserters, etc., and according to the current intelligence analysis, I have reason to believe that all this is done by those people of the Sabertooth Mercenary Regiment, which involves some imperial nobles, the organization of the Tower of Dawn, the orc tribe, etc.,

I don't need you to find out too much, I just need to know their specific strongholds, the distribution of personnel, this time, they were exposed, we caught some of their tails, but I'm sure that their strength is more than that, so, this needs you. ”

"Looks like we've passed your test, isn't it, sir!" said Judith coldly, "otherwise, such a task would not have been our turn." ”

"Not bad," Pedi did not deny.

"I do... I'm going to find out where they are, and I'm going to pull out their leader and throw them into the dunghill. Perus took a slight step forward and stopped Judith from what she was going to say.

"Very well, we will leave you the necessary equipment and weapons, and, of course, some money. Pedy's gaze swept over the two of them, "I'll celebrate you when the mission is complete, and if there's an emergency, you can contact my chief of staff, Sir Ike." ”

Perus nodded solemnly, and it was clear that he really wanted to take on this task.

But Judith was a little reluctant, after all, as a nobleman, she didn't like to do such things, but she didn't refuse.

"Oh, yes, there's another guy. As if suddenly remembering something, Peidi beckoned to the soldiers behind him.

Suddenly, the guards on the side gave way to a road, and two soldiers approached with a young man who had been tied up to death...

"Tabor!" Perus exclaimed.

"I'm sorry, but you can't get the information here to Benson Town, he doesn't trust us, so we'll have to tie him up!" Pedi shrugged and made a joke, "I hope it doesn't leave a psychological shadow on him." ”

"Woo... As soon as Tabor saw Peruth, his dim eyes suddenly brightened, and Perus immediately stepped forward to untie the rope that bound Tabor himself, and whispered a few words in Tarbor's ear.

Pedi put the hammer on his shoulders and instructed again: "I will wait for your good news in Benson Town, you only have ten days, if you can't find it within ten days, bring your people back, we will make other arrangements." With that, his gaze swept seriously over the faces of Perus and the others, and then turned to leave.

Sir Ike took two steps back and sent Pedi away, and after Pedi was completely away, he took two steps closer in the direction of Pelus and whispered, "Remember, you will do whatever it takes... Miss, don't look at me like that, in ten days, if you return in vain, ten times more people will die than here!"

"I know very well the importance of this matter, and I will use the most concise means to deal with it," Perus said. ”

"Yes!" said Sir Ike, who liked the look in Peruth's eyes at the moment, "if you are in trouble, you can come to me in Benson by the name Bowen." ”

"Understood!"

Sir Ike finally said softly, "Good luck to you. With that, he turned and left.

Soon, the originally somewhat crowded dense forest became empty, and the cold wind brought a characteristic fishy smell to Perus, and he looked at the female knight and said, "Haven't you figured it out yet?"

"If they had been a little earlier, the men of the grain caravan, and your soldiers, would not have died so much!" said Judith slammed her fist into the trunk of a nearby tree, "They watched as these people fell, but they didn't do anything. ”

"Pedi... Chiefs have their duties, we have ours ... You see the lives of more than a thousand people, and the commanders see the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers in the entire legionnaires, as well as the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Banson Town area. Perus looked at the soldiers who were following him, "Also, it's not pleasant to see your own people fall in front of you!"

He thought of the scene when the fortress of Anku retreated.

"I can understand it, but I just can't accept it. Judith whispered.

...

A quarter past three in the afternoon, the town of Benson.

A blood eagle stayed firmly at the temporary station of the military intelligence department in Benson Town, and Count Anse, who had been waiting for more than three hours, immediately stepped forward to remove an encrypted letter from the claw ring, and then walked quickly to a dark corner to take a look twice, and then left the intelligence office without looking back.

Ten o'clock in the evening,

Pedi led his 3,000 soldiers to Banson Town in advance.

Count Anse led the main members of the staff office of the headquarters to greet him at the south gate, and after a brief chat, Count Anse and Pedy left their respective entourages and entered the war room of the command post, and dismissed all the officers in the war room.

"All the officers who have come into contact with the information of the grain transport team have been secretly controlled by me, and now, waiting for your orders. As he spoke, Count Anse handed Pedi a list of them, and then he poured two jugs of boiling water, and continued: "Also, I am also satisfied with the arrangement of Perus and others, although it is true that there are more people to lose, but such a task does require a necessary test. ”

Pedi couldn't help but start looking at the general across from him, to be honest, Pedi never thought that he would become Earl Anth's boss.

At the same time, Pedi's mind began to think about this plan,

First of all, it is to use the grain transport team to expose the supply depot in Ket Village, according to the words of Count Anse: such an important logistics supply depot, if I am the orc commander, even if the loss is great, I have to give it a try!

But what neither Pedi nor Count Anse expected was that such a large mercenary group would be involved.

Therefore, the task given to Perus later was suggested to Pedi by Sir Ike temporarily, and even delayed until the last minute to save Pelous, which was also Sir Ike's suggestion, but Pedi agreed without thinking about it.

These thoughts flashed through him, and then Pedi looked at the people and positions on the list, there were nearly twenty people!

"Can you confirm who it is?" asked Pedi.

"No, but these people are suspicious, and we don't have time to investigate, so I recommend that they all be killed in secret. Count Anse had a serious expression.

Pei Di's heart couldn't help but jump when he heard this, and he couldn't help but say, "Maybe there are many innocent people here. ”

"So, they will be honored to die in battle. Earl Anse stared at Pedi, "On the front line, the number of people killed every day is ten or a hundred times that of here, and in the early blocking battle of Banson Town, we lost more than 10,000 men in three battles. ”

"This..."

"Sir, I need to remind you that the time for the decisive battle set by the General Headquarters is getting closer and closer. Count Anse shoved a jug of boiling water into Pedy's hand.

Pei Di immediately took off his gloves and held the steaming kettle, a long-lost warmth made his whole person unconscious, he looked down and thought for nearly a minute before saying: "Maybe the inner ghost is not only in these people, there are other people, if we do this, will those people be aware?"

"It's better to be aware, so that there is the possibility of exposure. Count Anse pointed to the right flank defense line on the map of the war room, "Today, I deliberately showed a flaw here to lure the orcs to attack, but they were not fooled, which means that those rats hiding in the shadows have already begun to act." ”

With a sense of confidence on his face, Count Anse held the kettle in both hands and asked, "By the way, how are the things in the village of Kett arranged?"

"Because of the rush of time, we were able to ship less than two-thirds of the supplies. ”

"That's enough. "Then we need to set a trap, so that the people on the list, whether innocent or genuinely involved with the orcs, must die." ”

"I understand!" Peddy nodded, "just do as you say, but Sir Kilpatrick Townsend can't do that, he's too broadly involved."

Earl Anse stared at the name of Sir Kai Tuo on the list and said, "Regarding him, I have already made arrangements, and there will be an order from the Crane City side to transfer him away soon, and of course, his family will also move away." ”