The weather is getting colder, the river is beginning to freeze, and the birds and beasts that are constantly foraging for food in autumn are beginning to fall silent, as if the earth is gradually falling silent.

The only thing that is incompatible with the silence and anger is the civilians around Nugget City, the northern troops who came this time are as vicious as tigers and wolves, they eat everything except people, and even the small nobles around who can still hold on are ready to flee.

"Have you heard? The northern kingdom has dispatched more than 100,000 troops to attack the royal city this time, and why hasn't our king sent troops yet?"

"The army was defeated in the south before, and now the country has no army to send except for the army guarding the royal city!"

"In the early years, I heard that Nuggets City was defended by summoners, why can't I see it this year?"

"Who knows? Not to mention the summoner, even a serious samurai can't see it... ”

George established a stronghold in a hidden valley outside Harvest City, and regularly went to Harvest City to carry grain and grass, and after the position was stabilized, George led the archers to explore Nugget City.

Lanya has a cousin named Lancelot Capet, his summoning talent is not high, and he may only be able to reach the intermediate summoner in this life, but his swordsmanship and bowing skills are very good, and he is very steady, Lanya asked him to learn to fight with George.

George discovered Lancelot's characteristics and asked him to lead the magic bow horse, and Lancelot found many young men who were also with a bleak future in magic to teach them archery, and formed an elite magic bow knight with excellent swordsmanship and bowing, although there were only 500 people, but the combat power was very strong.

After approaching the Nugget City, George had 10,000 archers buried in the valley, and Lancelot led the archers to ambush behind a hill, leading 3,000 archers to harass the Nuggets.

Lev saw the army outside the city under the banner of the Black Diamond Kingdom, he thought that he was here to negotiate, but he didn't expect that the soldiers under the city kept shooting arrows at the city, killing many unprepared soldiers, and by the time the giant crossbow was erected, the archers of the other side had already run away on horseback.

These damn shooters ran away after shooting, without chivalry, one side and the other, from morning to afternoon, although there were no serious casualties among their own troops, but this breath could not be swallowed.

It seems that these soldiers are most likely here to test themselves and see if they have the strength to defend Nugget City.

Lev shouted: "Cavalry Adjutant General, lead 5,000 cavalry to kill those miscellaneous pieces outside the city!"

George did not lure the enemy directly, but launched a tug-of-war with 5,000 cavalry, and the northern cavalry was constantly shot off their horses, and before evening, the northern cavalry was shot back into the city.

After George's archers retreated, Lev was furious! What big waves can 3,000 archers on horseback make? Are they underestimating their own troops? Damn it! Wait for tomorrow to send out a formed corps and advance slowly, what else can those archers do!

The next morning, before George came to the city gate, the Nuggets army lined up outside the city, in order to be able to resist the opponent's bows and arrows, Lev set up a giant crossbowman in the large array, if the opponent's archers attacked, then they would definitely be able to collide with the giant crossbow.

George saw the arrangement of the northern army from a distance, but instead of letting the archers advance, he turned to the other wall to harass, that is, he did not make contact with the large array.

A few days later, Alexei led 5,000 archers to cut off all of Lev's troops outside the city, wiped out all the troops who had gone out to collect food, and by the way, pocketed the strong grain.

The surrounding nobles began to discuss:

"Do you know? Legend has it that the army of the Black Diamond Kingdom has come back and blocked the army of the Northern Kingdom in Nugget City!"

"Yes, don't you know, that general is a breeze, and he beat the northern cavalry to the bottom of the first battle!"

"You don't know, right! Legend has it that the generals who led the army were from the Capet family, and this time the super strong family of our kingdom finally made a move!"

"Your information is long outdated, and it is rumored that the Capet family has been killed by the royal family, don't you see that those summoners can't even find a shadow?"

Everyone opened their mouths wide and said, "The Capetian family has been killed? It can't be, right? It's a huge family, and it's just been killed? What crimes did they commit? Oh my God! I just found out about this... ”

"Legend has it that he brought a green hat to the first king, you didn't see the first king die so strangely, and he was angry with a green hat... ”

In the council hall of Nugget City, Lev asked everyone to come up with a plan to eliminate the 3,000 people outside the city.

"Lord Duke, I have a solution, which is to let the soldiers take off their armor and only take weapons, so that they can catch up with those archers!"

"Lord Duke, I suggest that our cavalry wear three layers of armor, so that the enemy will not be able to shoot through our armor. ”

Lev scolded: "Sancheng armor, do you think our war horse is a snow bear? On such a cold day, you can't wield a knife if you wear one layer of armor, and you can still have three layers! And that stupid guy just now, if you don't wear armor to pursue the enemy, you won't die faster! What are you thinking? Do you want to lose faster?"

At this time, a lieutenant general said: "Lord Duke, I see if we can select some people who are good at riding from our crossbowmen, and then form crossbow cavalry, so that we can maintain a confrontation with the other party." ”

Lev patted the lieutenant on the shoulder and said, "Well, insightful! Very good! Anthony, I will arrange for you to carry out this plan, and if it succeeds, I will crown you earl." ”

Anthony made a standard aristocratic salute and said, "Lord Duke, don't worry, I will train the troops as soon as possible." ”

After ten days of preparation, Anthony led 3,000 crossbow cavalry and 3,000 lancers and began to go out of the city to meet the enemy.

The range of the crossbow is not necessarily much farther than that of the bow, but the accuracy is better, the only drawback is that the arrow change is slightly slower, and the spearman who sorts out with the crossbow cavalry can slightly raise the feather arrows for the crossbow cavalry to a certain extent.

George saw that the other party actually came up with a crossbow cavalry, and he couldn't bargain for it, so he began to retreat, and Anthony saw that George had retreated, and did not pursue, but returned to Nugget City.

When Lev saw that Anthony had actually retreated, he felt that Anthony was a little too timid, and said unhappily: "Anthony, you know, in our northern tradition, people who do not contribute cannot be ranked in high positions!"

Anthony said in a panic: "Lord Duke, the enemy army has excellent riding skills and is not easy to chase, and the enemy army obviously has supply troops in the rear, and our army may encounter an ambush if it rushes out." ”

Lev yelled: "I don't want to listen to the interface, I just need to see the result, and the result you give me now is that it is empty money and food, and I don't bring back a single head." ”

Anthony frowned and said, "My lord, if I can expand the crossbow cavalry to 5,000 and then lead 3,000 heavy armor guards and 3,000 lancers, I am confident that I can eat the other party's 3,000 people, and even if there is an ambush, I can escape." ”

Lev almost laughed, nearly 10,000 people couldn't even eat 3,000 people?

"Anthony, give you ten days, if you still have no achievements, forgive me for not being able to fulfill my previous promise, not only can I not give you a knighthood, but your troops must be called out to be led by competent generals... ”

Anthony shuddered and said, "Follow the Duke's orders!" and exited the council hall.

Anthony sighed in his heart, what is it to give the leadership of a capable general! Isn't it just to hand over the army he has trained to his lineage? Is a disciple of a small nobleman like himself destined to have no way out for the rest of his life? He is almost forty years old, and he has made countless contributions over the years, but that time he was not led away by those big nobles in his name, they were promoted to become rich, and they were unknown, and they had to bear the black pot again and again.

Anthony gritted his teeth and sighed, "One day, I will get what I deserve, even if I become an enemy general one day, as long as I can come out!

During this time, George found that there was a general in the northern army who was very creative, and actually trained a light cavalry with a large round shield, these soldiers wore leather armor and carried scimitars, not only able to defend on horses, but also after dismounting, and crossbow cavalry can also quickly form a formation battle on the horse and on the ground at the same time, obviously this general's ability is very good, George decided to kill this general, if possible, then capture him alive, and ask him if he would like to join his own forces.