The moonlight is dim and the starlight is sparse.

Todd glanced at the church's closed doors, "They're still sleeping?"

Huggins nodded.

Todd touched the bridge of his nose: "Maybe they gave up on tonight's operation." ”

As soon as the words fell.

With a creak, the door was pushed open, and Cumberland appeared in the doorway of the church.

The old knight, who had put on his armor and carried his sword, twisted his neck, picked his arms, and took a deep breath. One by one, his subordinates came out, some with bandages on their heads, some with their arms still hanging from their chests.

Cumberland walked up to Todd, looked at the other man's sleepy face, and said, "Sleep is the most precious pleasure at all times. ”

The latter glanced at the old man and shook his head helplessly: "At such a time, how can I sleep." ”

"What's this, I used to have my head resting on the corpse, my body was covered with broken limbs and blood, and I didn't sleep the same sweetly!" Cumberland gently slapped the other party's chest with his fist: "Young man!

"I'm back!"

In the night on the street, a figure ran in.

Todd looked at it, and it turned out to be Edgar, who had volunteered to find out about the enemy.

The new scout ran to the two of them and took a breath: "I can see clearly, the cavalry outside the town is divided into three waves, with two-hour intervals, and they take turns patrolling outside the town......"

Todd made a rough calculation in his mind, 25 "cavalry spears" and 100 cavalrymen were divided into three waves, that is, about 30 people per batch. The depth radius of Duxi Town is about 5 kilometers, and because it is a harbor-type town, the perimeter of the outer land is about 16 kilometers (2×5×3.14÷2), which means that each cavalry is responsible for patrolling and intercepting at a distance of about 500 meters. If a three-person squad is adopted, it means that the patrol distance is increased to 1,500 meters.

Cumberland stroked his beard happily: "Kid, good job!"

Edgar, who had been praised, was light-bone, and suddenly became interested, as if a sluice gate could not be closed after opening: "Of course! I am a scout!Oh, yes, their camp was seven kilometers east of here, surrounded by simple trenches, and the tents were divided into three columns around the campfire, and the bolted horse racks were placed on the west side, and they carried their weapons even when they slept...... Ahh

Seeing Cumberland's mouth open wider and wider, Todd had to use a special way to remind Edgar that it was time to shut up.

"He likes to talk nonsense sometimes, don't care. ”

"I didn't...... Hmmm......"

Edgar's resistance was soon trampled into the dirt by Todd.

The old knight glanced at Todd meaningfully, and laughed, without words.

Seven men in black cloaks led their horses to Cumberland's side and said to him, "My lord, the first team is ready. ”

The old man asked, "Everything is arranged?"

After receiving an affirmative reply, he nodded and only said three words softly.

"Let's go. ”

Looking at the seven cavalrymen who hid their bodies in their cloaks and disappeared, Todd asked Cumberland in confusion: "......Who are these seven people?"

The old man looked at the far east and said slowly, "They are the first 'bait' I threw out......"

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Outside the town of Twilight, the Eastern Legion, the camp of the cavalry company.

"Commander! Someone is riding out of town!"

A middle-aged man hurriedly walked out of the tent, looked at his subordinates in front of him, and asked eagerly, "How many people have gone, have you confirmed your identity?"

"Seven, they were very fast, rushed past the patrolling cavalry, and headed south!

The commander of the cavalry frowned, and whispered to himself, "There are only seven people, all wearing cloaks...... The other party is Cumberland, who is well-known in the army, could these seven people be bait?"

The subordinate reminded in a low voice: "Sir, what if these seven people are not bait, but there are fugitives we want to arrest? ”

The commander rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "How many people have gone after those seven people?"

"Three lightly armed cavalry, six archers. ”

"Remove the fugitive from the palace among the seven people, and if the remaining six are all knights, and there is Cumberland here, those nine people will not be enough at all! Send some light cavalry and archers to meet them! Tell them that once they confirm that the other party is a decoy, they will come back immediately, and they will not be allowed to fight!"

"Yes!"

Twenty minutes later.

"Sir, someone has rushed out of town again!"

The cavalry commander, who had no intention of sleeping and was waiting by the campfire, turned up suddenly: "I guessed right, the first batch of people were the bait! But why haven't the people in charge of the pursuit come back yet? By the way, how many people have come out this time?!"

The cavalryman who came to report hesitated for a moment and raised seven fingers.

The commander's eyes widened and he shouted, "Seven again?!"

The subordinates were full of despair: "Sir, what should we do?"

When the angry commander heard this, he shouted angrily: "What should I do?! There are so many people outside the town, you can't even stop seven of them?!"

The subordinate cried and began to cry out: "Sir, it's not that we don't want to intercept it! It's really that the perimeter of the town is too big, and there are no walls and gates yet, so we can only patrol with a cavalry at intervals." By the time they rushed out, we could only gather three or four people at most, and we couldn't stop them at all. ”

Hearing this, the commander was momentarily speechless. He threw the helmet in his hand on the ground later, pointed at the town of Twilight in the distance, and scolded loudly: "Which bastard made this town?! Don't you even understand the most basic truths?!Outside the town, you are so lazy that you won't even build a city wall!!

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Cumberland watched the seven men ride away.

Todd stood beside him and reminded, "This is already the third batch. ”

The old man suddenly said something irlevant: "I seem to have heard someone call you the head of the regiment just now?"

Todd glanced at him, didn't admit or deny it, remained silent.

"I also heard that two months ago the envoy of the Papal States, accompanied by the bishop, visited the town of Twilight. ”

Todd tucked his hands into his sleeves, "Mr. Cumberland, you're so well informed. ”

Cumberland laughed: "Details are such a thing, as long as you have the heart to collect, it will always bring you a harvest." Take this town, for example, where the first thing a mediocre commander would do to build a wall, or block the streets with earth and rock, and wait for reinforcements for the sake of a ridiculous sense of security, but he didn't think about doing so, not only blocking the enemy, but also trapping himself. ”

"Lord Baron......"

A cold female voice attracted the attention of the two.

Queen Mary changed into ill-fitting leather armor and tucked her hair up in the air, tucked into her helmet.

The old knight looked down at the insignia of the 'Silver Crown' on the armor on his chest, and said to the woman, "Your Majesty, please stop calling me a baron. ”

The queen nodded lightly and said calmly: "Then please stop calling me Her Majesty, I have nothing to do with the kingdom anymore." ”

Cumberland was a little surprised, and then laughed: "That's right!"

Seeing his subordinate lead the horse, he walked up to Mary and tried to help her get on the horse.

Unexpectedly, the woman politely declined the old man's kindness, and saw her grasp the edge of the saddle with both hands, and one of them turned over on the horse's back and took the reins.

Cumberland raised an eyebrow and walked towards his horse, and when he got on the horse, he said to Todd, "Two hours at most, wait for my good news...... Chief of Regiment......"

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"Commander!

The commander of the cavalry company was spinning around the campfire, looking at his subordinates who were hurrying over, and asked irritably: "Seven again? Are there seven more bastards?!"

"No, no, no, it's only five people this time!"

The commander was stunned: "Five people?"

The cavalry subordinate swallowed: "And Cumberland and the fugitive are among them!"

Hearing this, the commander trotted a few steps and grabbed the cavalryman's collar: "Those two are there?! You read that right?!"

"It's true! When they pass by, someone sees their faces!

The commander laughed: "This old bastard, finally appeared! What about the troops we were chasing after the 'bait' before?Why haven't we come back yet?!"

Seeing his subordinates looking at each other, there was silence. The commander waved his hand in annoyance: "Don't wait! Pass my order, and all the rest of the people will get on their horses and pursue!"

The cavalry subordinates hesitated a little: "My lord, the rest of the people are basically heavy cavalry......"

"What?!" the commander was surprised, thought for a moment, and finally reacted.

In order to pursue the "bait" of the first three batches, he had sent out most of the light cavalry and archers, and the rest were except for the heavy cavalry, which were some heavy mule soldiers with little combat effectiveness.

"Let the heavy cavalry take off their armor, bring their weapons, and go into battle lightly!"

Ten minutes later, the remaining thirty men of the cavalry company of the Eastern Army finally caught up with Cumberland and his group of five.

The commander saw from a distance that the runaways were riding into a wooded area, and some of them were clutching their chests and leaning on their horses in agony.

"There are wounded among those people! They can't go fast, and the whole army catches up!"

Running on the forest path, the commander looked at the dense woods and grasses around him, and a bad premonition grew stronger. He had the intention to order the troops to stop, but the target in front of him was only less than fifty meters away, and he couldn't give up at this time.

The cavalry company drove the horses after them for some distance, and several tripwires suddenly rose on the ground. The neighing of horses and the screams of cavalry continued to sound, and those who ran at the front were thrown to the ground by the unbalanced horses underneath.

"There's an ambush! There's an ambush!"

Seeing the soldiers in the front team fall to the ground, the commander hurriedly stopped his horse, and when he was about to give the order in fear, there was a boom, and a huge log fell to the rear of the team, blocking their retreat.

Countless soldiers in the grass stood up, stretched out their halberds and hooked sickles and pulled the cavalry off their horses, their axes falling and blood splattering. The heavy cavalry, without any armor, lost most of it in just a few breaths.

The company commander raised his sword and was about to slash at a soldier who was close to him, but was shot down by a cold arrow from the side.

A pair of steel-clad boots stopped in front of him, and a deep voice sounded above him.

"Hmm...... How are the Church troops persuaded to surrender, and in the name of the Father, lay down your weapons!'