The troops of the Knights of the Twilight West marched on the Moon Creek Plain, all the way to the northeast.

Todd sat in the saddle, writhing uncomfortably. He had never thought that putting on his armor and riding a horse would be such a painful ordeal. Looking at the troops on the march, he wanted to give the order to rest in place for a moment, but after thinking for a moment, he finally gave up on this decision.

"Lord Todd, there's a bunch of refugees up ahead!"

Listening to Edgar's loud report, Todd frowned, it had only been a day since he set off from Twilighttown, and this was already the fourth batch of refugees he had encountered.

The chief regiment sat on his horse and looked forward with his "Eagle Eye". A kilometer away, there are more than 80 people in the black press. They knelt in the mud on the side of the road, held up the cross in their hands, and shouted the mercy of the Son Todd.

Todd glanced at Huggins, who led the horse towards the refugees, and returned in less than ten minutes.

"They were all villagers who had fled from the east, and they told me that the war was getting worse and worse, and that vultures hovering in the air and rats fatter than babies could be seen everywhere every day. The fighting began to spread to civilian villages, with the Silver Ring and the Barbarian coalition going door-to-door to collect food and conscription of peasants, while the Church and the Holy Guard declared that the villagers were traitors and plundered their wealth. ”

Todd sighed and waved his hand, "Give them some food and tell them to go west, there is no war there in Twilight." ”

Huggins listened to Todd's words, and instead did not move, but lowered his voice: "I heard a message from those refugees that a small group of barbarian soldiers attacked the Monastery of San Sidlo a few days ago. ”

When Todd heard this, he quickly turned his head to Huggins and asked, "Is the monastery alright?"

"With weapons in the monastery, some fighting skills among the monks, and some simple fortifications, the monastery of San Sidro was finally defended, but with many casualties. As for the way out, I heard that the monks were divided into three factions, one who wanted to move west to Twilight, one who wanted to contact the church to apply for asylum, and one who wanted to make peace with the Silver Ring Kingdom. Huggins looked a little hesitant: "My lord, what should we do, should we ignore it or interfere?"

Todd sat on his horse and pondered for a moment.

The Monastery of San Sidro was his first abode in another world, and it had a special meaning for him. Moreover, the monastery has a collection of tens of thousands of books, and although he used the printed version of the "Bible" to deceive hundreds of them back, he saw that the remaining books could be destroyed, and Todd could not do it anyway. It stands to reason that the Monastery of San Sidro should interfere.

Thinking of this, Todd said to Huggins, "You take the 'Inheritor' cavalry team and rush to the monastery as soon as possible, and transfer the monks who wish to come to Twilight Town, as well as all the books in the monastery, as soon as possible. ”

Huggins nodded, then asked, "What should I do if someone obstructs me?"

Todd struggled for a moment, and said with an unnatural look on his face: "When necessary, you can take all coercive measures. Remember, protect those books! In a sense, they are more important than people!"

Huggins gave him a deep look, then nodded, beckoned his subordinates, and left the route of travel, heading in the direction of the monastery.

Todd looked at the knight's distant figure, remembered what he had just said, lowered his head and fell into deep thought, and finally muttered, "All coercive measures...... Oh my God, what did I just say......"

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Two days later, the army of the Knights of the Twilight West came to the foot of the majestic Falling Star Mountains, with towering snow-capped peaks and mountains stacked on top of each other.

"Two more hours forward, you will see the North Stone Fortress. Cumberland looked in the direction of the sun.

Todd nodded, and just as he was about to say something, a cavalryman in light armor with a silver-ringed banner in his hand approached from a distance, and as he approached the Knights of the Twilight, he turned over and dismounted and raised his hands in the air, indicating that he had no ill intentions.

Seeing his subordinates take the letterhead from the cavalry, Cumberland twisted his neck: "If I'm not mistaken, that guy from Earl Hewlett should have sent a war letter." ”

After carefully checking that there was nothing unusual about the letter, the subordinate handed over the letterhead to the chief of the regiment.

Todd opened it for a moment, then turned to Cumberland and said, "That's right, it's indeed a war book. At noon three hours later, the other side asked us to start a decisive battle on the plain in front of the fortress. ”

"Earl Hewlett, the noisy bird who keeps his noble blood on his lips all day long, has no ability, but he has a lot of scheming. Cumberland motioned to his men to expand the scout's reconnaissance distance by another three kilometers and ordered the troops to rest in place.

Watching the old knight gather the company captains together, after a pre-battle meeting, he leisurely found an open space, spread a blanket and fell asleep. Todd was full of questions, but he had nowhere to ask, so he could only sit on the ground in a daze.

Cumberland slept from morning to noon, and when he got up from his waist, he did not give the order to march, but ordered the soldiers to cook on the stove, but the amount of food was thirty percent less than usual.

After Todd finished lunch with Cumberland, he watched the other party make a cup of barley tea, and the old god could no longer hold back the curiosity in his heart when he was looking at the map on horseback: "The enemy asked us to fight at noon, and it is already one o'clock in the afternoon." ”

"I know. Cumberland took a sip of tea and said to Todd in a hurry, "Commander, have you ever tried to sing a hymn to the beat?"

Todd nodded.

"Once you're interrupted by the outside world when you're singing, it takes a lot of effort to pick it up again," Cumberland said. The same is true of war, where both sides of the battle have their own rhythms in marching, arranging, arranging, and charging, which is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it really exists in the hearts of commanders and soldiers. If the rhythm of the battle is well grasped, the troops will naturally know what to do when they are in the right link. But once the pace is disrupted, the troops may be overwhelmed. ”

Cumberland pointed to the sun overhead, and said to Todd with a smile, "It's almost time to get on the horse, and it's not necessarily a good thing to keep that croaking bird waiting too long." ”

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Knights of the Twilight West entered the battlefield of the North Stone Fortress.

Cumberland sat on his horse, pointed to a jumping-footed nobleman in striking armor on the other side of the battlefield, and said, "Look, that's the Earl Hewlett I mentioned. ”

Todd looked at it with his "eagle eyes", and the count's face was flushed, and he shouted something to his side with anger, judging from the shape of his mouth, he didn't think it would be a good word.

The soldiers on the other side of the battlefield gradually stood up, and Cumberland watched the battlefield intently as he listened to the detailed report of Scout Edgar.

"I hid nearby and listened to the enemy, and there were three armies on the opposite side, namely the fortress defenders, the barbarian army, and the mercenary group. Among them, there are about 500 defenders of the fortress, 200 barbarian troops, and 200 mercenary groups, for a total of 900 people. ”

Todd calculated in his heart, there are 500 people in the Dusk West Knights, 900 people in the fortress coalition army, and his own side has the advantage of explosives and xenomorphs, and the combat power is basically balanced.

As is customary, the troops on both sides went through the basic process of warm greetings from their immediate families, inexplicable beating of shields, and hysterical and crazy shouting, and after leaving behind the cavalry units and reserves, the troops of the Dusk Knights and the Fortress Coalition marched forward.

Todd looked back and was surprised to find that the wooden box where the explosives were stored had not been opened at all, and he tried to remind Cumberland about it, but the other party looked at the battlefield and replied without looking back: "It's not your turn to use that now, this attack is just a temptation." ”

Test?

Todd gave the old knight a strange look.

A minute later, the Knights and the Coalition soldiers collided with each other, the sound of blades clattering and shields clashing, and Todd watched the battle for a while and noticed something that people couldn't figure out.

Cumberland did not place the "melee xenomorph" in the middle army, but placed all of them on the right flank of the battle formation. The strongest attacking infantry of these knights confronted the barbarian army and took a strong attack. However, against the troops of the defenders of the fortress and the mercenary group, the old knight gave the order to shrink and defend.

Just when Todd was confused, something unexpected happened on the battlefield.

The barbarian army was beaten by the "melee xenomorph" and retreated, and the barbarian leader shouted for help from the Chinese army, while the defenders of the fortress and the mercenary group continued to attack the enemy in front of them as if they hadn't seen it at all, and even consciously cut the formation away from the barbarian army.

"What's going on?!" Todd sat on his horse and his eyes widened, "Is the enemy crazy?

Cumberland stroked his beard and said to Todd, "Remember what I said to you before?"

Todd looked confused.

The old knight looked at the hillside across the battlefield, and his tone was full of disdain: "Count Hewlett, a noisy bird who keeps his noble blood on his lips all day long, has no ability, but has a lot of scheming......"