The headquarters of the Byzantine Fifth Army garrison brigade in the city of Valen.

When Colonel Konev, the captain of the garrison of Valen, learned that Miss Robnia Leila Heywood, the eldest daughter of the Heywood family, the fiancée of Prince Best, and known as the first beauty of the imperial capital, had been kidnapped by bandits in his garrison area, his fat face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down.

He could only deal with the dozen or so Guards Knights of the Heywood family who had come to the garrison headquarters in a rage, and who had been blamed for being the supreme magistrate of Valen City and its surrounding areas, and who had allowed bandits to run rampant in his jurisdiction, resulting in the abduction of the noble Miss Robonia.

Although Konev's military rank was colonel, and the highest-ranking rank among the guards knights, Lon Nol was only a colonel, Konev did not dare to offend them at all, but instead obeyed them like a junior officer who faced the inquiry of his superiors, and accepted them one by one. There is no other reason than the family behind these knights is too prominent.

And those soldiers who are branded with the brand of the military god family will have a strong sense of honor and pride in any corner of the Byzantine army, and will be more or less domineering when facing their colleagues in other troops.

"Colonel Konev, I don't know why there is such a large bandit group in your jurisdiction, and it is so unscrupulous? I think you need to give an explanation, right?" Lon Nol stared at Konev with a gloomy face. He already knew that the bandit group that had kidnapped Robnia was called the Nightblade Panthers, and he was surprised to learn that there were thousands of members of the Nightblade Panthers.

"Captain Lon No, our Valen City is a small city, the number of troops is really limited, and the soldiers are poorly equipped, in the face of those bandits, the lower officials are really powerless! Two years ago, the lower officials were also ordered by the city lord Viscount Reims to defeat the largest bandit group in this place three times - the 'Skull and Bones Society', but it is a pity that the lower officials are incompetent, and the three crusades have failed. And in the recent period, the bandit group called the 'Night Blade Leopard' has sprung up, and even the 'Skull and Bones Society' has been annexed in one fell swoop, and its momentum is so great that even the lower officials dare not face the edge, so they can only retreat. In the past, Xia Guan couldn't even exterminate the 'Skull and Bones Society', let alone the current 'Nightblade Leopard'. I'm not afraid that Captain Lon Nol will be angry, to say something discouraged, don't let the lower officials suppress the bandits now, those 'Night Blade Leopard' bandits don't take the initiative to attack Valen City, and the lower officials will burn high incense every day. Colonel Konev said with a wry smile. He was also a fool, knowing that the robbery of Robonia in his own jurisdiction was not trivial, and except for a small complaint about the lack of troops and poor equipment, he did not dare to find any other excuse for his incompetence and dereliction of duty, and told the truth about everything.

Lon Nol glanced at Konev, snorted coldly, and said unceremoniously: "The corpse is vegetarian, and there is no way to govern the army." I really didn't expect that as a defender on the front line of the border, I couldn't even deal with ordinary bandits, I can't imagine, if the orc army fights, how can an army like yours resist?"

Listening to Lonno's merciless sarcastic words, Konev's chubby face twitched slightly and unnaturally. However, in front of Lon Nol and other knights who were not higher in rank than him, Konev continued to behave very humblely.

"Colonel Konev, although your soldiers are incompetent and not at all combat-ready, they can still play a role in dealing with those bandits. Now, in order to rescue Miss Ravonia and exterminate those damned bandits, I will ask the provincial military district to send a large army to this place to suppress the bandits!At the same time, I will temporarily take over your military command here, you will not have any objections, right?" Lenno flashed two fierce eyes as he stared at Konev and said slowly.

The corner of Konev's eye jumped.

"Captain Lonno, your rank is only the same as that of our captain, and you have no relationship with our Fifth Legion, you have no right to appoint or dismiss any officer of our Fifth Legion, let alone deprive our captain of military command!" Konev's side protested loudly.

"Major, I'll report directly to Marshal Harris about what you said!" Lon Nol said coldly, glancing at the protesting officer.

"The rampant banditry around Valen City has a lot to do with my failure to do my job, and I am in favor of Captain Lon Nol taking over my military command for the time being. Now it's all about rescuing Miss Ravonia smoothly. Konev waved his men to stop him, and nodded cheerfully in agreement.

When the Guards knights of the Heywood family left the headquarters of the garrison, Colonel Konev, who had been acting submissively, changed his face immediately, and a haze suddenly enveloped his face.

"Fuck, these damn guys, bullies, bullies. Come to my turf and treat me like this?Bastard, you are so arrogant, so capable, why can't you even protect Miss Robonia?want to make a scapegoat??

"Captain, what should I do about this? Do you want to go and say hello to Stephanie? As long as Miss Robonia is okay, let her let Miss Robonia go immediately, and this matter may be over. The confidant officer asked tentatively. 361 Reading

"Hmph, damn it, I always thought that Stephanie, this bitch, would be a human being, and she wouldn't cause me trouble everywhere like Draenor of the 'Skull and Bones Society' in the past, but I didn't expect her to be so loud and shocking that she caused me a lot of trouble all of a sudden. Konev said hatefully.

"Go and say hello to Stephanie at once, and tell her not to let Miss Robonia be hurt in the slightest. Also, you send someone to Lesotho overnight to tell Deputy Commander Rudy about this, and see what he means, what to do! Damn, Stephanie took the lion's share of the gold coins that came up. Several times the military department wanted to do something to the 'Night Blade Leopard', but he was forced to suppress it, this time there was such a big thing, I see how he can solve it!"

"Yes, my subordinates understand. The henchman nodded, turned and left the garrison headquarters.

Three days later, the confidant officer who had gone to Lesotho rushed back to Valen by night and brought back a secret letter written by Lieutenant General Rudy, deputy commander of the Fifth Army. Konev opened the seal and read the contents of the secret letter, his face changed several times, and he sat in the chair in his office for most of the day.

It took him a long time to come to his senses, and he burned the secret letter to ashes, and fell into deep thought with a gloomy face.

Two days later, 17,000 elite soldiers from the Fifth Army's barracks in Lesotho City, led by Lieutenant General Rudy, the deputy commander of the Army, also arrived in Valen, ready to begin the encirclement and suppression of the 'Nightblade Panthers' bandit group. Coupled with the original 3,000 soldiers of the garrison brigade of Valen City, the number of bandit suppression army has reached 20,000, at least in terms of the number of soldiers, the bandit army has formed an absolute advantage over the 4,000 'Night Blade Leopard' bandits.

And just as the mountain rain is about to come, in Blackson Castle, which is located one hundred and sixty kilometers northwest of Valen City, a small afternoon tea party is being held in a relaxed and leisurely atmosphere.

"Miss Ravnia, please try it, this is a hundred flowers tea from the southeast of the continent known as the fairy in the tea, Miss grew up in a noble family, well-informed, although this tea is precious, I am afraid it is difficult to enter your eyes. However, in this poor and remote country, there is only this little thing that can barely be used to entertain distinguished guests and talk about their hearts. Stephanie made a 'please' gesture to Robonia in the upper seat, smiling.

Lovonia elegantly and reservedly picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and after a moment of aftertaste, smiled slightly, and said, "It's really a hundred flowers tea." This tea in the Persian Empire is only a hundred catties of output a year, and due to the scarcity of production, the Persian royal family leaves some of the tea for their own use every year, and most of the rest of the hundred flowers are sent to the royal families of the mainland as diplomatic gifts. Generally, there are very few hundred flower teas that can be circulated in the market in mainland countries. When I was in the imperial capital, I only tasted this tea a few times, and that was because His Majesty the Emperor rewarded my uncle. Captain Stephanie, you said that this tea does not enter my eyes, you really look up to me. ”

"However, I was surprised that Stephanie had such a good tea here. Ravnia said with a smile still on her face.

Stephanie smiled, and instead of taking up Robnia's words, she found another topic to talk to Ravnia. As for the origin of these teas, everyone knows it. Although Baihua tea was used as a diplomatic gift for the royal family in Byzantium, but the circulation in the market is not nothing, every year there are powerful Byzantine merchants to trade in the Persian Empire, can get a little Baihua tea, so that it circulates in the market, and its price is naturally extremely expensive. As for Stephanie's potpourri tea here, needless to say, it is known that it was robbed from a hapless passing merchant.

Stephanie and Robonia talked affectionately and intimately, like sisters who had known each other for many years, and it was impossible to tell that they were the leader of the bandits and the hostages.

After some chatter, the conversation between the two finally got to the point, and the casual atmosphere of the afternoon tea party gradually became serious.

"Miss Ravnia, two days ago, Viscount Reims, the lord of Valen, and Colonel Konev, the captain of the garrison brigade, sent me a note asking me to send someone to escort you safely to Valen City by tomorrow at the latest. I hope you will forgive me for my unintentional offense to you this time. Stephanie said apologetically.

"Unintentional ......?" A look that seemed to be a smile flashed on Robnia's delicate face: "Captain Stephanie, your subordinates seem to have made a move after knowing my identity!

"I've never been treated like this since I was a child......" Ravnia took another sip of the tea in her hand and said more seemingly unintentionally.