In August, the sun is so hot that even the wind is mixed with a hint of sultry. The farmland around the county town of Tignets is dotted with green wheat fields that are growing well. The peasants bent over, facing the earth, and carefully mandled through the fields.

Since the War of the Successors, the provinces of Saône in the north and Jonah in the east have been at war. In this battle of succession, both sides used all their resources to recruit and distribute all the young serfs and free people who were supposed to work in the fields to the front line, which directly affected the sowing and harvesting of grain. As a result, crops are hard to see in the wheat fields that should be green, but overgrown with waist-high weeds...... Occasionally, I see someone working in the field, and it is also an old farmer with gray hair and a hobbling step playing in the field~

On the other hand, around the county town of Tiniecs, the surrounding farmland is busy at this time. Although the land in Tignets County is not fertile, it can even be said to be somewhat barren. But thanks to the absence of the war and a series of decrees issued by the new Viscount Yat of Tinets, this barren land in the south was far from the wars of the north, and it was necessary to sow when it was time to sow and hoe when it was time to hoe. Therefore, it is hard to believe that when almost the entire people of the country are involved in this damned succession war, it is really touching that this remote place, which has been neglected by the world, can still maintain a normal life and work......

At this time, the county town of Tignats was also full of people, and the streets of the county town, which was not very wide, were crowded with bustling people. As the bell on the city wall rang in the morning, Tignets' day began. When the huge oak gate was opened by the two guards of the city, the vendors who had been waiting on both sides of the gate to enter and exit to sell and buy goods were guided in and out by the soldiers.

The tax collectors who sat on either side of the gate of the county town held quill pens in their hands, and on the birch bark used for writing recorded the taxes to be paid by the merchants. These tax collectors are not very old, and some of them even look a little immature. But don't be fooled by the youthful appearance, these people are young but well versed in taxation. Because they came from the Southern Valley Academy, they were responsible not only for the collection of commercial taxes, but also for the payment of salaries to the soldiers in the county town of Tinets and the collection and verification of taxes on the various villages and territories.

As early as when Art took over the defense of Tignets County, he had already instructed the civil affairs officer Cooper to arrange those full-time talents trained in the Valley School to various parts of the county as Yat's right-hand man in managing the affairs of the county. In vain, these people have faithfully fulfilled their duties in their respective positions, managing all parts of the county town in an orderly manner, making the county town increasingly prosperous.

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"Andre, call your people, and follow me to the various checkpoints around the city to check." In the southwest corner of the county, the first company of the second branch of the Wells regiment was stationed in Tiniets, and the captain of the first company, Wall, said to Andrei, the squad leader who was following behind.

Since Yat was awarded the county of Tinets, he promoted this native of Tignats to the company commander of the first company of the second branch of the Welsh regiment, and managed nearly 200 soldiers in the county of Tiniets. Wall was originally the captain of the garrison squadron of the county town of Tignats, and he had already met Art when he was still Orion, and although he liked to be greedy, he was not bad.

"Sir, do you need to bother you with this little thing? Just leave it to me. Andrei quickly replied.

"No, Lord Art made a special explanation before leaving, telling me to maintain law and order in the county. It's not peaceful in the north right now, and maybe Tignats will ...... at some point," Walton paused.

Andre looked at Wall with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"Forget it, don't talk about it, hurry up and call your people, and set off immediately!" Before André could speak, Wall strode towards the stable by the gate of the station.

On the road leading from the county town of Tignets to the southern gate, Wall rode in front of him, followed by five county soldiers, including Andrei, and soon came to the city gate.

At this time, at the gate of the south of the city of Tignats, the scorching sun was in the sky, and Wall wiped the sweat that kept flowing down his forehead with one hand, and took off the wine bag on his waist with the other hand and poured it into his mouth.

Seeing that several tax collectors were still busy at the gate, Wall stopped, handed the reins to the soldiers beside him, and walked straight to the bottom of the doorway.

"Lord Wall!" When the tax collector saw Wall coming, he hurriedly got up and greeted him.

"Brothers, you've worked hard." As he spoke, he asked his subordinates to hand a bag full of wine to a few people.

"It's too hot, drink some wine to quench your thirst, a little bit of a thing."

The tax collector hurriedly stepped forward to take the sac and kept bending down to express his gratitude.

Coming out of the city gate, Andre, who was standing beside Wall, finally couldn't hold it anymore.

"Sir, they are just a little tax collector, why do you ask you to personally bring them wine, and they are worthy of it?"

Wall looked sideways at Andre and said with a smile, "You don't understand this, do you?" They are Lord Arte's right-hand men, in charge of the tax affairs of Tinets County, and are also responsible for calculating and distributing the salaries of the soldiers in the county, and having a good relationship with them will be beneficial to us, and maybe they can say a few kind words for us in front of Lord Art, and when the time comes, it is not impossible to get promoted and make a fortune......" Wall looked proud.

Andre crooked his mouth and thought about it, and said flatteringly, "You are still smart, sir." ”

"Hahaha......"

"Hahaha......" The two laughed.

As he spoke, he saw two black shadows appear on the hillside half a mile away from the city gate, and the dust behind him was flying all over the sky, and the war horses roared and rushed towards several people.

"There is an enemy!" Just as the laughter of the two ended, one of the county soldiers suddenly shouted.

"Huh~~~"

When Wall heard this, he was so frightened that he quickly grabbed the reins. The others also drew their short swords from their waists, their faces full of horror.

"Sir, there's cavalry on the hillside over there!" Wall looked in the direction the soldier was pointing.

For a moment, I saw that two horsemen on fast horses had already galloped down the hill towards a few people.

"There are only two of them, don't worry, listen to my orders." Wall said nervously to the few soldiers around him who had already drawn their swords to defend against the enemy.

In a short time, the two cavalrymen were already less than five hundred paces away from several people.

"Sir, they, they seem to be our people." Andrei's left hand blocked the glare of the sunlight, his eyes squinting at the two dark shadows that were getting closer and closer.

"You bastard, do you see clearly?" Wall said to Andre, who was looking forward to his left.

"See, it's really our people, they are wearing black cloak robes, and there is no one else except our people."

"It seems to be." Wall replied.

"Huh~~~" The two cavalrymen stopped twenty paces away from a few people.

The Wals stood still.

"It's Task Force Commander Oliver." Andrei immediately recognized the comer.

The Olivers took off their hoods and slowly dismounted from their horses, motionless.

"It's Brother Oliver." Wall hurried forward.

Plopped, and the two fell to their knees.

"Oliver!" Seeing this, Wall shouted, and quickly ran forward and helped Oliver to the ground.

When he stepped forward, Oliver had a dusty face, chapped lips, bloodshot, dull eyes, and a tired face.

"Brother Oliver, what's wrong with you? What about the two of you, my lord?"

"Water~water~" Oliver said weakly.

"Quick, give me the water." Wall took the water bladder and slowly poured it into Oliver's mouth. The other person had fainted to the ground, and several county soldiers were surrounding him, at a loss for a moment.

Oliver breathed a sigh of relief after taking a drink of water.

"Brother Oliver, how do you look like this? My lord, where are they?" Wall asked eagerly.

"Is it ......," muttered Andre, who was beside him.

Wall glanced at Andre with a gloomy expression, he really didn't want what Andre didn't say to be true.

"My lord~ My lord, they're fine." Oliver said weakly.

"Hurry up~ send troops, send troops to rescue Fort Marcy......" Oliver's eyes darkened, and then fainted.

Wall looked at Oliver, who had fainted, and then looked around at the crowd, muttering,

"It's time to come."

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At Fort North, the commander of the garrison of the Wells Corps, Bass, is training new conscripts in an open field.

"Ready, stab!"

"Cut!"

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After Art set out with the first detachment of the Wells Legion, Bass, as the commander of the garrison, was responsible for recruiting and training peasants during this period, and also took care of the defense and security of the territory, and was busy every day.

As one of the first men to follow Art, Bas was already well versed in the affairs of the Legion, and although he was busy, everything was carried out in an orderly manner under his management.

"Okay, let's train here today, let's figure out the essentials of the movement when we go back, don't know how to drink wine and eat meat and find women all day long."

"Hahaha......" the peasants laughed.

"If you don't train hard today and don't sweat much, if you go to the battlefield one day, it will bleed!"

"Did you hear me?" Buzz yelled.

"Yes!" The peasants and soldiers spoke in unison.

"Alright, let's all disperse." With that, everyone on the training ground scattered.

Buzz had just turned to walk towards the wine on the table in the hall of the fort when he was interrupted by the neighing of his horses.

"Report!"

"Chief, letter from the county town of Tiniez."

With that, the herald jumped off his horse and galloped towards Bass.

This is a garrison herald from Boulder Town, responsible for the connection between Tignets and the valley and other Yat territories and the valley. This morning, Tignets sent a messenger to send a letter that the officers of the Boulder garrison had no authority to make a decision because it was a major military order, so Pegasus Express sent a message to the commander of the garrison, Bass.

"The 3rd Regiment of the Wells Regiment has been ordered to cross the mountain trail between the provinces of Saône and Kodor and march west to reinforce Fort Marcy within seven days. Bas took the order and read it softly.

"Herald!" Bas stood at the door of the castle hall and yelled at the heralds.

"In!"

"Immediately go to the valley and inform the civil affairs officer, Lord Cooper, and the cantonment officer, Scott, to come to the military meeting of the North Pass Military Fort, and say that there is a major military situation."

"Yes!" The herald led the order and hurried towards the stables of the fort.

Due to the urgency of the military situation, the military discussion of Beiguan Military Fort did not last long. Several of the Valley's military and civilian chiefs deliberated and made three resolutions.

1. Immediately assemble all the standing peasant soldiers and registered peasant soldiers, as well as some of the garrisons of Boulder Town, totaling 400 people. In addition, another 150 young and strong peasant soldiers were recruited in the territory, of which 100 followed the garrison corps, and the other 50 remained at the Beiguan military fort, and Scott temporarily took over as the commander of the garrison.

Second, immediately send a herald to Fort Andermatt, and order Baron Antayas to enter the county of Tinets with one hundred and fifty soldiers, one hundred of whom will go with the army, and leave fifty to maintain the law and order of the county town and prevent outsiders from disturbing.

Third, the civil administration immediately prepared a large army to go out to collect grain and grass, and at the same time collected grain from the people of the territory in case of emergency.

On the third day after the military meeting, the assembled 3rd Regiment of the Wells Corps, under the leadership of Bass, left Boulder Town and marched north to Tignets, where it joined forces with 100 Andermatt Burg and 150 Tiniez soldiers. The march then accelerated towards the mountain trail between the provinces of Saône and Codor.

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"Look at you, you know about the war all day long, and you don't know how to accompany me well......"

In the inner fort of Sapbourg, Lady Galvin looked sad, and loved and hated Felix, the future master of Sapborg, and the only son of the Hugg family.

After receiving the order from Art, Phoenix was like crazy, and for nearly two days he couldn't touch the ground, and while he was busy gathering troops and arranging the defense of Fort Sap, he was preparing to go out to fight for the army's food and grass.

"I said Mother, you should be happy for me, why are you still sullen. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I am responsible for the revival of the Hugue family. "Phoenix was emotional.

"If we don't seize this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, our Yuge family will always be rich businessmen in the eyes of others, and my father can't hold his head up in front of that group of old-school nobles and ministers. If I have military merits, I don't think anyone would dare to look down on our Yuge family. ”

Mrs. Galvin stopped talking, she knew that her children had grown up, and that Phoenix was no longer the arrogant and arrogant young master of the noble. He is goal-oriented and ambitious. Thinking of this, she felt a little relieved in her heart, so she didn't say anything more.

According to Art's order, the Sapp army consisted of the first company of the 2nd Regiment of the Wells Regiment and the 200 young and strong peasants who had already been stationed at Fort Sapp in the early stage of the 3rd Regiment of the Wells Regiment. Under the leadership of Phoenix, the commander of the second company, he went west out of the stone fort and joined forces with the leading regiment of Longxia in the north, and lurked on standby.

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The Castle of Marcy was busy at this time, and none of the soldiers of the Wells Regiment were idle.

Some were reinforcing the walls, carpenters and blacksmiths were making arrows, and there were also baggage teams that had just returned from collecting grain and grass from outside the city, and the walls were already piled with boulders, fire oil, and rolling wood for defending the city......

All this heralds an unprecedented Armageddon to come......