"My lord, it seems that Jeffrey is completely insane!" Otto raised his shield to fend off the arrows that came from the sky outside the city.

Baron Jeffrey was indeed completely insane, he never imagined that the defenders of Talburg would sneak up on his camp in the dark, he thought that since that shameless man had come to negotiate peace and surrender with his heraldic flag, at least there would be a trace of knightly honor and faith, but that shameless guy had set a conspiracy trap from the beginning.

The makeshift camp was destroyed, all the siege equipment and food and grass were burned, the craftsmen of the camp were slaughtered, most of the dozen soldiers were killed and wounded, the peasants and slaves in the camp were killed or wounded or fled, and when Baron Geoffrey arrived at the camp, all that remained of the camp was a wail and a sea of fire that could not be extinguished.

Once again, Baron Jeffrey lost his mind.

That night, he took more than 20 cavalry, 40 infantry, a dozen archers, and all the surviving peasants and hard laborers to storm the gate of Tarburg Fort at all costs, and in the absence of siege equipment and shields to protect the city, Geoffrey's army withstood the blows from both Talfort and the flank Houtai, and after leaving behind seven or eight corpses, Jeffrey had to blow the trumpet and withdraw with the wounded.

However, Geoffrey did not give up the siege, and he commanded all his archers and cavalry (knights) who could shoot with bows to shoot at the outer walls of Tarfort without hesitating the consumption of arrows.

After some diffusion, Jeffrey saw no movement in Talburg, not even a light arrow to return fire, as if he was blind to Jeffrey's army under the city.

Jeffrey's stubbornness returned, and he knew that he could no longer conquer the fort, so he began to organize his soldiers to storm the Houtai on the flank of the fort early the next morning.

More than 20 dismounted cavalry (knights) and dozens of infantry archers took turns attacking Houtai, and a peasant squad was stationed at Houtai, who could not hold Houtai under the strong attack of the enemy, which had lost the shelter of the trap (which had been dismantled and filled by the enemy one after another), and could only lower the rope from the side of Houtai and withdraw to Talbao under the cover of Tarbao's crossbow, but they poured fire on the wooden Houtai before retreating.

At noon on the second day of the attack, Baron Jeffrey stood on the based of the flattened Houtai and fired a bow and arrow at Talburg.

Art raised his shield to block a few arrows fired from the small hill on the flank, then took a heavy arrow wrapped in cloth from Ron, lifted his horn and put the heavy arrow on the bowstring and aimed it at Baron Jeffrey.

"Whoosh-"

A heavy arrow sped away in an arc towards Baron Jeffrey, and the chief of guard beside Jeffrey quickly raised a wooden shield in front of the baron.

"Du~~" The heavy arrow was nailed to the shield with a trembling tail.

In the middle of the night, Baron Jeffrey pushed aside the chief guard who was standing in front of him, broke the heavy arrow nailed into the shield, and removed the letter from the shaft of the arrow—

"Within a month, he gathered 60,000 pfenni to redeem his only son. - Your despicable enemy. ”

Baron Jeffrey's blood-red eyes began to darken, and then his mind became chaotic, and he fell to the ground with a thud, and several personal guards quickly carried Jeffrey down the hill.

In the evening, the Swabian army, which had besieged Thalburg for almost a month, carried the unconscious Baron Jeffrey and left Tálburg with his head down......

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Thirty miles southwest of Tarburg, in the county town of Glaru, Viscount Hereth carried a letter from Talburg, the main content of which was to report that the Swabian army besieging Talburg had been defeated and had withdrawn to Birtenburg.

The sword hanging over Glarushire's head was finally lowered, and Viscount Hereth let out a long sigh of relief.

During the nearly a month of the siege of Tarburg, everyone in the county of Glaru was in danger, and Viscount Hereth kept recruiting soldiers from the territory to hoard food and baggage, and the county of Glaru in the mountains was not as prosperous as the people of Birtenburg, and excluding the troops drawn to the northern front, the remaining standing army in the county was less than a hundred people (there were some outposts that needed soldiers to garrison), and there were less than eighty soldiers stationed in the county town of Geraus, and the peasant soldiers and manor guards of the villages and manors in the county added up to one or two hundred, There was neither a rugged terrain nor an abundant supply of food and grass, and even the soldiers stationed there were a little short, and in the face of the army of the Swabian principality that could invade at any time, Viscount Herreth really pinched a few cold sweats, and cursed the bastards in Tarburg countless times who stabbed the lion's ass.

Cursing and cursing, during the siege of Fort Tar, Viscount Hereth still squeezed out a small army of twenty men from the defenders of Glarus, led by a direct knight, to support Fort Tar, but this army was intercepted by eight cavalry sent by Jeffrey as soon as it was ten miles west of Fort Tarru; He also attempted to deliver a shipment of arrows to Talburg via a mountain trail, but these arrows eventually became a support for the Swabian army's assault on Talburg.

Although he knew that Talburg was a strong line of defense in Glarushire, Hereth never dared to bring all the few defenders to support Talburg, so he could only silently pray that the group of guys stationed in Talburg could hold out a little longer, and it was best to hold out until the palace had time to send troops to support Glaru......

The days of such fears continued until the arrival of this good news.

Viscount Hereth was ashamed of the despicable methods of that guy in Tarburg, but in any case, Talburg was defended, and the crisis in Glaru County was basically resolved, and he was not so worried about the enemy army coming from the trade route south of Glarushire, after all, there was a county town and two castles in front of the south to resist, and the enemy could not easily reach Glarushire.

Viscount Herreth took a large sip of the silver wine glass on the table, put down the wine glass, and said cordially to Ron, who delivered the letter, "Young man, you go back and tell Sir Art, that I congratulate him on his exploits, and that I will show him his great deeds in a letter to the court." In addition, I will prepare some labor supplies and weapons to defend the city, and you can bring them back with you. ”

Ron saluted Viscount Hereth and said, "Thank you, Viscount, I will definitely bring your generosity to my lord, in addition, there is a shortage of medicine in Tarburg, and there is a group of wounded soldiers who need to be arranged to be sent to Glaru County for treatment during the siege of the enemy army, please be merciful to them." ”

"Of course, they are the bravest warriors and deserve the best treatment." Viscount Herreth gladly agreed.

After handing over the letter and arranging the wounded soldiers, Ron led the remaining Jason and Red of the Sentinel Cavalry back to Tarburg with a four-wheeled wagon loaded with weapons such as arrows and spears and food such as fruit wine and bacon......

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Two days later, at the court of Besançon, ninety miles northwest of the county town of Glarus, an urgent letter from Glaru on the southeastern border was delivered to the desk of Count Balwyn, the court vice-chancellor, with the help of court guards and clerks. Of course, Viscount Herreth did not forget to add his prominent role in the defense of Fort Tarr in the letter, according to the words in the letter, it seems that Fort Tarr can hold it all up to him, although he knows that the letter will be fake, but at this time Earl Balwin will not care too much, anyway, Fort Tarl is defended, Swabian's army was repulsed, the crisis in County Glaru was resolved, and Count Balwyn did not need to draw troops from the fierce northern front to aid County Glaru.

Earl Balwyn called his own guard, handed him the good news, and said, "Give this letter to the clerk, and let him record the exploits of the people of Talburg." Also, tell Dean that the peasants and weapons will not be sent to Glaru, but directly to the city of Wald in the east, where they will soon face a major attack by the Swabian Northland Army, and they will need more support. ”

"As for the Glaru side, you have the Courier bring back a message and let them continue to support Talburg. Tell Hereth and Art that they must hold Talfort, and not let the northern front be threatened by the enemy. ”

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One hundred and ninety miles south of Besançon, on the edge of a dense forest to the north of the valley of the wooden fort.

The old butler Cooper had returned with six empty iron-encrusted four-wheeled double-hedged carriages, and with the old butler were the men of the two caravans, and four coachmen from Fort Andermatt.

It turned out that after completing the trade of goods brought out from Talburg with the caravan half a month ago, he returned to various parts of the south to buy southern goods, Cooper left Salt and Lawrence in charge of the affairs of the caravan with the army, and he himself went to Fort Andermatt with a caravan escort and a small merchant who was familiar with the road, asking Baron Antaas to send someone to help him get the six wagons hidden in the Swazi border back to the valley wooden fort.

Baron Antayas read Arte's handwritten letter and gladly accepted a steel sword and a set of leather armor presented by Art, and then readily agreed to Cooper's request, and found two traders who had been going back and forth to the south of Swabia all the year round to do some small business, with a few mules and horses, accompanied Cooper and his party into Swabia in disguise to retrieve the carriage, for safety, Baron Antaas also sent five elite city guards to secretly protect Cooper and his party.

On the way back, Cooper and his party also encountered several bandits who blocked the road and robbed, but thanks to the five soldiers sent by Baron Antayas who rushed out in time to kill the bandits, Cooper and his party were able to return to Fort Andermatt safely.

In order to ensure that Cooper could return safely with the carriage, he not only lent Cooper a few horses of livestock that pulled the empty cart, but also sent several strong coachmen to accompany him~

"Scott, you don't have to ask, the lord is very good, Ron is safe, if you go back to the rest, you first let the carriage be hidden, these are all treasures, the Swabian army's baggage carts, each cart can pull two thousand pounds of cargo."

"By the way, you quickly let people go back to the wooden castle to prepare some meat and wine, these coachman brothers are sent by Baron Antaas to escort the vehicle, let them eat, drink and rest, tomorrow they will have to return to Fort Andermatt with mules and horses."

Cooper patted the dust off his body as he instructed Scott and Lynn, who had received the news beforehand to greet Cooper.

Scott arranged for someone to unload the wagon and hide in the woods, and then led Cooper and his party back to the Valley Wooden Fort.

Ever since Art left the Wooden Fort with his army, Scott has arranged for several Bunker Guards to be stationed here.

Now that all the wheat in the fields between the valleys has been harvested, and the grain produced in more than 100 acres of fertile land is piled up in the large and small warehouses of the valley wooden forts, only some of which are returned to the wooden castle by the farmers for spring planting, and the rest are the farmers' own grain. The grain was owned by the farmers, but considering that it was not safe to store a large amount of grain in simple huts in the valley fields, after leaving enough rations, the rest of the grain was temporarily stored in the warehouse of the wooden fort, but the farmers could take it at any time.

"Old butler, where are they now, sir? How's it going? Back at Wooden Fort in the valley to settle everyone's food and lodging, Scott couldn't help but ask Cooper a few words.

Cooper took a large sip of the fragrant broth and wheat cereal, wiped the soup from his beard, and said patiently to Scott: "The lord led an army into an abandoned military fort on the southeast border, and they also raided the Swanational border and obtained a lot of booty, and when the caravan left, they were stationed in the fort. ”

Cooper paused for a moment and continued: "Ron is also safe, he has made a lot of military achievements in the battle, the lord appreciates him very much now, you and Emma can rest assured." ”

Scott was relieved to learn that Master Art and his son were safe, and he was about to ask again, but Cooper changed the subject and asked about the Wooden Fort in the Valley, and Scott answered them one by one.

"Now that the wheat has been harvested, in addition to continuing to reclaim the wasteland, the people in the valley will also build villages in the valley, and now the farmers have some food in their hands, and they can build some thatched huts in their spare time, first, the farmers with wives and sons can live alone, and second, after the lord returns, he will definitely continue to recruit homeless people to farm in the valley, and we also need to provide food and lodging for the new homeless people in the future."

Scott's head is yes.

"The trader I brought back is called Neil, he was rescued by the master from the enemy, he has injuries in his legs and feet, and he can't do things with the caravan for a long time, although this person is a bit of a trader, but he is honest and reliable, and the most rare thing is that he can also read and write some words, I will put him in the valley to do things, and let him do the registration of personnel and materials in the valley in the future, provide him with food and accommodation, and the salary will be temporarily paid according to the peasants and soldiers of the fort team."

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Scott replied.

Cooper took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Scott, saying, "This is a private letter from the lord to Lord Galvin and Miss Lottie from Sapp, and you sent someone to send it to Sapp along with the jewels and silk I brought back to Lord Galwin, saying that it is a greeting from my lord from the battlefield." ”

"I'll ask Lynn to take someone to Sapp herself." Scott replied.

"By the way, when I left Tarburg, Ron also asked me to bring you some things back, in this bag, you can take them home later." Cooper said as he got up, fetched the bag that had been placed in the doorway, and handed it to Scott.

Scott had a smile on his face, but he complained, "This guy spends money in a mess." After saying that, he smiled and took the bag from Cooper's hand.

Cooper looked at Scott's smile and said, "Ron is a good boy, I didn't mistake him in the first place." ”

Cooper remembered again, and said to Scott, "Also, I have to set out again tomorrow to chase the caravan of the army, and you will accompany me to the valley in a moment." I don't have time to go to the border outpost, you tell Lynn to go to the outpost when he returns from Sapp, and let Lynn tell Simon that their master is okay and let him guard the border outpost......"

"Yes......"