In the luxurious lord's mansion of Sapu Castle, Madame Galvin filled Art's plate with cheese and almonds with a wooden clip, and asked, "Art, did your father-in-law really go to Provence?" That old thing is all in Tignaz and doesn't go home to see it, I think the old thing is getting less and less concerned about our mother and son. ”

Art's mouth was already stuffed with all kinds of delicacies, and his stomach was already round, but Madame Galvin was still adding food to his plate, and he quickly took the wooden clip in his mother-in-law's hand to signal that he couldn't put it down, "Mother, my father-in-law was secretly ordered by the new monarch to go to Provence for help, which is related to the future of the entire country. Moreover, my father-in-law was ordered to be a secret envoy, so it was impossible to run around. ”

"Yes, mother, father is working for the Count of Burgundy, so there is time to have such a small place as Sapbourg? If I hadn't been able to reassure you, I would have gone to Besançon to gallop with Cousin Flender. Felix, who was chewing roast beef, echoed.

"Neither of you father nor son is a good thing!" Mrs. Galvin was a little aggrieved and excited as she spoke.

Art tapped the plate lightly with a silver spoon, "Felix, don't make your mother angry!" ”

Felix buried his head in a few laughs and stopped talking back.

Art was relieved, "Mother, after we have pacified the western border, you can go to Besançon and live in the Earl's Palace, and then you can see your father-in-law every day." ”

"In addition, I think you should move to my valley wooden castle during this time, the valley is always more stable than Sapu Castle, and Lottie is also staying in the valley alone, you can also help Lottie take care of little George after you pass."

Art had already intended to take Lady Galvin to live in the valley, and Fort Sap was too close to the enemy territory of Kodor to be a safe place.

"Child, I know your good intentions, but Felix is now guarding Sapu Castle, if I don't stay behind to control him, believe it or not, he will dare to lead someone to Kodor City tomorrow!" Mrs. Galvin was always relieved of her son.

Felix pursed his mouth, and now he really didn't have the reckless impulse he had a few years ago.

Lady Galvin woke up, "Art, you brought so many people to Sapp this time, are you going to war again?" Didn't you say a truce......"

............

On July 9, night fell.

In the county of Riool, southeast of Kodor, at the entrance of the eastern hills, a few pairs of eyes glowed in the reflection of the sunset clouds on the hillside outside the nameless village, and on the other side of the hillside, more than twenty horses and seventy or eighty soldiers were resting in shelters.

In the wall of the village at the foot of the mountain, the original wooden houses have been demolished and turned into a tall watchtower, and fireworks have begun to rise in several grass huts under the watchtower......

Ron withdrew his gaze from the village down the hill, turned to the man who was crouching beside him dressed as a hunter and asked, "Brother Marl, are you sure there are only fifty enemy soldiers in the village?"

"Lord Ron, I'm sure! There were only forty-three enemy soldiers, to be exact, and seven were supposed to be forcibly conscripted miscellaneous servants, who were unarmed. ”

The village under the hill that Ron talks to Marr, a Sarp army officer (hunter-turned-hunter), is actually a forward outpost and fort stronghold established by the Kodor army in the mountain pass.

At the beginning of the year, there were many terrible battles on this line, but the most tragic was the army that suddenly rushed out of Fort Sap, which they said attacked the empty county of Riol when they turned to the army of the hill people in midsummer, and plundered and almost captured the county town of Riol.

Since then, the village has been used as an outpost for Kodor to defend against the enemy forces in Sap.

After learning that the Welsh Legion that had killed countless people in the Northland had returned to the south, the Kordor Provincial Legion was even more vigilant in guarding the southeastern border, for fear that the Welsh Legion would suddenly burst out of Sapburg and invade the territory, so the garrison of this stronghold was once increased to 120 men.

However, just three days ago, there was a sudden warning in the neighboring county of Lapaz, saying that the mountain army in the Midsummer Mountains suddenly appeared on the edge of the mountain.

The ferocity of the Welsh legions by the Códor was only heard, and the attack on Leol by the enemy army of Sapp at the beginning of the year was only a few raids; But the ferocity and sinister nature of the Midsummer mountain people is what makes the hearts of the Kodors palpitating.

The Longxia Mountains are poor in the Longxia Mountains, the so-called poor mountains and bad waters come out of the fierce people, the Longxia Mountain People's army is known for its fierce and ferocious, since the battle of the successors began, the Longxia Mountain People's Army has come down twice, but the two offenses almost made Lapas County into hell.

Therefore, when he heard that the army of the mountain people of Midsummer appeared on the edge of the mountain, Leol was like a great enemy, and most of the Kodor army stationed in Leol to defend the army of Sapp and Wales was immediately transferred to guard against the mountain people of Midsummer.

There were only forty or fifty people left in the mountain pass stronghold of more than 120 people.

Since this stronghold was used to monitor and defend against the Sapp army and the Wells Legion, then Art had to pull out this eye planted in the exit pass so that the Wells Legion could successfully achieve the purpose of the surprise attack.

A village garrisoned by forty or fifty people was rebuilt into a military fort, and naturally Yate did not need to do it himself.

Under the guidance of Marr, the officer of the Sapp, the task was accomplished under the leadership of the Welsh Regiment Cavalry Twenty Light Cavalry, the First Banner Regiment of the First Company, and ten crossbowmen under the leadership of Deputy Cavalry Captain Jafar and Company Deputy Commander and Banner Leader Bangada completed the task.

Later, considering that this night attack must ensure that all enemy soldiers are annihilated, and not a single person can be spared, for the sake of safety, Art asked Ron to personally command the town.

It's not that Art doesn't trust Jafar and Bangada, it's just that Ron has the essence of Yat's sneak attack, and this kind of conspiracy has a better chance of winning with Ron in charge.

"Brother Marl, did the enemy set up traps and obstacles?" Ron asked, looking at the road leading to the entrance to the mountain pass village.

"Yes! The Kodor mongrels had suffered too much in front of the Stone Castle, so they learned that we had set some traps around the village. But these Kodorians are stupid and lazy, and the traps they set can be seen through with a little more look. ”

Marr pointed in the direction of the village entrance by the last light before the night, "Lord Ron, look, there are several large pits in front of the gate in the middle of the village, and those enemy soldiers will bypass them when they return from patrolling on weekdays. ”

Marr moved his index finger slightly, "There are wooden spikes in the grass on the left and right sides of the wooden fence wall of the village, and there is a deep pit under the fence near the watchtower; In addition, there are a lot of pitfalls dug on the road next to the village, but I have personally checked the farmland next to the road, and there are no traps, so you can go around. ”

"The Kodorians brought the things we used in the Stone Fort, but they were laid out haphazardly and did not disguise them at all, and I took people to touch them for a day and saw through them all." Marr had an unspeakable sense of pride.

Ron stared at the places Marr had just pointed out, and asked the officers beside him, "Bangada, have you written down the location of the traps and potholes that the Marl brothers pointed out?"

Bangda's eyes were still scanning the stronghold below with the help of the setting sun, "Lord Ron, I made a note. ”

"Good! You go down and arrange for you to lead the infantry in a surprise attack after midnight tonight. "Ron gave the order to Bangada.

Bangada turned, and under the cover of the shadows of the bushes, he felt to the place where the soldiers were hiding at the bottom of the mountain.

"Jafar!"

"Ron~Lord." Jafar's pronunciation is still a little strange, but he basically doesn't stutter anymore.

"You have written down all the pitfalls on the road that Brother Mar said just now, right? At midnight when Bangada raided, you quickly ran the light cavalry to several retreat nodes behind the stronghold and set up an interception line, not allowing any enemy soldiers to escape! ”

"Yes! Ron ~ Lord. ”

............

On the night of July 9, the exact time should be counted as the early morning of July 10, when the moon was dark and windy.

In the village stronghold on the edge of the eastern mountains of County Leo, on the high guard tower, three sentries on night watch were sitting on errands on the wooden board of the guard tower, drinking inferior beer by a dim pine resin oil lamp.

Above the trio was a burglar alarm bell.

In the middle of summer, July is the hottest time of the day, and it is really difficult to survive the long and boring night without the company of alcohol, so the commander of the defenders of the stronghold also acquiesced to the night sentry to secretly drink a few sips.

However, it is okay to drink alcohol, but sleeping can be a heavy punishment, especially in times of war.

A bald-headed, bearded sentinel won too much, and his stomach was filled with too much wine and he was suffocating.

He staggered and dragged the fence of the watchtower to climb up, stood on the edge of the fence and unbuckled his belt in the direction of the east, lifted his armor skirt, took off his pants, and a stream of turbid liquid went down.

Emptying the turbid liquid, the sentry suddenly felt refreshed, and couldn't help but tremble, and his hazy eyes also opened.

Like most ordinary people, the bald sentry's eyes could barely see in the dark, but tonight's moonlight was so bright that the bald sentry seemed to see a group of dark shadows moving inside the fence under the watchtower.

"Guys~Guys~ There seems to be a situation ~" Before the bald sentry could lift his pants, he turned around and reminded the two accomplices who were still gambling on beans.

The two accomplices were about to uncover the wooden cup to witness the victory, but they didn't hear the bald sentry's reminder.

The bald head turned his head and climbed on the fence of the watchtower and rubbed his eyes and looked carefully several times, not like his own people, "Guys, it seems that someone ......"

A moment ago, under the fence on the right side of the tower.

Hans held a single knife with a glistening wooden handle in his mouth, the blade was two and a half feet long, not very suitable for fierce hand-to-hand combat, but it was most suitable for sneak attacks and assassinations, and under Hans's short leather boots was the shoulders of a soldier, although Hans had replaced the heavy long-sleeved chain mail with a light half-body chain mail, but the soldier who used it as a human ladder was still a little difficult, and his shoulders were obviously a little trembling.

Hans is now a squad leader in the 1st detachment of the Wells Legion, yes, just a squad leader, not even a squadron leader.

It's not that Hans is not good enough, nor is it because of his prisoner status, it's just that the soldiers of the first sub-regiment are too good, and when the Wells regiment was reorganized and expanded, the original Wells legion and the elite prisoner soldiers who participated in the war in the east were all incorporated into the first sub-regiment, and any one of them was a veteran with rich experience in many battles.

Therefore, Hans can only be a squad leader, and the prisoner Burry, who is also from the Deadpool team like him, is now just an ordinary soldier in the hoplite infantry team, but the sergeant squad leader's salary is attractive enough, and Hans is not too disappointed.

There was no time to gossip, and after a little distraction, Hans had already crossed the fence, and he grabbed the top of the fence with both hands, and jumped up with his left foot on the crossbar, and jumped into the fence.

As soon as Hans jumped into the fence and guarded with a knife, several squads of soldiers jumped in one after another.

"Quick! Follow me to open the door! Hansti ran towards the gate of the village, and was halfway through when he heard the sound of water falling to the ground, and he could not help but glance up at the watchtower.

The bald head on the watchtower, which was brightly lit by the moonlight, was looking at him condescendingly.

"Crossbowmen! Watchtower! Watchtower! Hans whispered and hurried to the crossbowmen who came up behind him......

On the watchtower, the bald-headed sentinel was vaguely identified and anomalous.

He turned and kicked his companion twice, then picked up an iron rod from the fence and struck the alarm bell.

"Dangdang~" The alarm bell was struck with an iron rod, but then the striking action came to an abrupt halt as a crossbow bolt was driven into the back of the bald sentry.

When the alarm bell rang for the watchtower, seven or eight black figures with sharp blades had already jumped to the gate of the village, and the two sentries who were lying on the side of the gate holding spears and armor were stabbed in their sleep, and they died of exhaustion after struggling.

In a moment, the gate of the village was lifted, and two groups of soldiers rushed into the village stronghold along the base of the wall......