The sky was getting brighter, and the sound of fighting that resounded through the moonlit night slowly subsided.

There was not much noise in the stronghold of the mountain pass village except for the muffled wailing of the wounded soldiers, the village watchtower had been replaced by the people who had attacked last night, a dozen soldiers armed with sharp blades patrolled around the village, and there were also soldiers guarding the arsenal and granary; At the intersection to the west of the village, there were open and secret sentry posts, and the cavalry team in the robes of the Kodor soldiers had already run to the west of the village to spy on the ......

At the exit of the mountain valley east of the village, a heavily armed and powerful army marched out of the valley in a column, divided into three sections according to the enemy's marching state, and set up flank skirmishers on the left and right wings to pass through the top of the mountainside slope.

While the convoy of baggage chariots in the rear was still passing through the mountains, the cavalry in the front had already arrived outside the gate of the mountain pass stronghold.

The village stronghold was too small, so Otto and Angus led their army around the deserted farmland outside the village to camp for a while. Art led Felix, who had come with him to clean up the mess, and walked across the horse to the village.

Bangada was leading his spare soldiers to assist the army outside the village to recuperate, so only Ron was waiting at the east intersection of the village.

"Ron, well done!" The Yates had already come before they could praise them.

Last night's surprise attack by the stars was carried out brilliantly under Ron's command, with only one soldier killed and one seriously wounded, fifteen enemy soldiers killed, and the rest captured.

Although it was a late-night raid, the Kodorians were heavily guarded in the direction of Sapp after the sack at the beginning of the year, and it was indeed a credit for Ron to be able to take an enemy stronghold at the cost of one dead and one seriously wounded.

"Thank you for the compliment, Bangada and Jafar have also performed very well. Last night's raid on Bangada personally led the storm, and Jafar led the cavalry to intercept all the retreating enemy soldiers. "After following Art for a long time, Ron has slowly learned to invite people's hearts, but it's a good thing.

"Good! I will ask the command camp to write down their military exploits for them, and tell me the situation in detail. Art jumped off his horse and walked into the village with Ron Felix......

“...... According to your orders, we did not kill indiscriminately, and all the enemy soldiers who surrendered were spared, and we treated the wounded prisoners a little; The two leading knights were also bandaged and placed under house arrest in the barracks. ”

Some people have accused Yat of being too forcible and bloodthirsty in these years, but this is not an unwarranted planting to a certain extent.

Whether it's the sacking of Wincheston, dealing with Lane Manor, the assassination of Baron Bazel or the extermination of the Dean family, Art has plundered mercilessly, not to mention the "heinous crimes" committed in the enemy states of Swabian, Biltenberg and Bouvan County.

However, Yate always has two bottom lines. First, avoid indiscriminate killing of innocents as much as possible, and have the most basic good and evil in mind; Second, leave a way out of everything.

With the exception of the Dean family of the Maggots and Baron Bazel, Yat did not kill any of his opponents, and Art had plundered Lane Manor, Wincheston, South West Farm, and South Manor (Swabian border), but he never killed innocent civilians.

He is by no means a good man, because good people do not live long; But he is by no means a wicked man, because the wicked live short.

Therefore, when Yat led his army to raid Kodor, he issued a stern military order - no indiscriminate killing, no looting.

There is an essential difference between the enemy territory of Codor and the enemy country of Swabia. Kodor's army is currently considered an enemy army, but Kodor will one day become a territory under the rule of the Pal, and the army and people of Kodor will also become the army and people under Flender, and no one with the slightest sense will destroy their own things unless they have to.

Besides, Art will need Kodor in the future, the trade route to the Northlands, and he will not let the whole Kodor regard him as a blood feud.

"Have you interrogated those two knights? Have you ever been informed of the deployment of enemy forces? Art walked into the commander's barracks in the village stronghold, which, although poorly furnished, was much cleaner and cleaner than the average soldier's barracks.

"I asked, these two knights are not high in military rank, and they don't know much about the military information, which is not as good as the military information provided by the task force. They confessed that County Riole had gathered two hundred elite and three hundred peasant soldiers in order to defend against the attacks of the Sapp army and our Wells regiments. ”

"However, a few days ago, Linjun Lapaz warned that it was the edge of the southern mountains of Lapaz that thousands of mountain people in Longxia had deployed troops on the edge of the southern mountains of Lapaz, and that they could go out of the mountains to attack Lapas at any time, and Le Ord County urgently dispatched one hundred elite and two hundred peasant soldiers to aid Lapas, and at present, there are only one hundred elite and one hundred peasant soldiers stationed in the entire Rio County, and half of the garrison in this stronghold has been withdrawn, and among the remaining forty or fifty people, only two knights and twenty or so people led by the knights are elite, and the rest are peasant soldiers temporarily recruited from nearby."

This would also explain why the raid was not only smooth but also very costly, and I am afraid that the death and serious wounding were also the price paid when the two knights were captured.

"How many enemy troops are there in Lapaz County?"

"There are more than four hundred enemy troops stationed in and around the county town of Lapas, but they are all Kodor's elite soldiers to guard against the Midsummer mountain people, and there are many light and heavy cavalry among them."

Arte's brows furrowed slightly, plus the army sent by County Riool, there were five or six hundred people in the south of Lapas County alone, and Marcy in the north of the county was also an important military fort in the middle of Lapaz, and the defenders were definitely not weak, and the town of Dieguan in the southern pass of Kodor City was definitely the focus of defense.

The province of Kodor was indeed rich, and it was able to leave forces to defend the rear while sending troops north to participate in the East-West War.

However, Art is not worried about Kodor's army, Kodor has not fought in many years, and the peaceful and peaceful environment can soak the hardest bones softly, not to mention that the bones of the Kodorians are not hard in the first place.

The same army, compared to the Kodor army, which chases birds and rabbits all day long, the Jonah border army, which is located on the eastern border of the country and often fights against the enemy army in Swabian, is simply like the existence of the palace guard.

And the Wells legion, which has been tempered by the war, thinks that it is a few points stronger than the Jonah border army, so Art really didn't take Kodor's army seriously, and last night's battle also confirmed this one-sidedly.

Of course, it is possible to have appropriate contempt for the enemy, but in no way for war.

The Kodor infantry is mediocre, but the Kodor cavalry in the plains is somewhat powerful, and even if the enemy army is mediocre, if the number is too disparity, it will suffer.

That's why Art chose the Lightning Raid operation, he didn't plan to risk the entire Kodor's army to besiege him.

Art took a sip of a beer-filled glass in the commander's barracks, and spat it out, "What kind of wine is this, it's terrible to drink." ”

Felix on the side laughed twice, "Brother-in-law, when the war is over, you can buy Wells beer to Kodor, and ensure that these Kodolians who grew up drinking horse urine will also buy your drink." ”

Art wiped the residue of the drink from the corner of his mouth, "That's nature. After the war, I was going to build a large wine-making house in Sap-Fort, which was rich in wheat and water, and it was a good place to make wine, and it was very convenient to go north to Codor and south to Provence. ”

"That's great! From now on, we can drink Welsh beer every day. "Felix's wine bug has been hooked out again.

Art waved his hand for Ron, whose eyes were bloodshot, to hurry down and rest, and then returned to his normal color to look at Felix.

"Felix!"

"Huh? What's wrong brother-in-law? Felix was still immersed in his thoughts while holding the wine glass, and looked up to see Art's face serious, as long as Art had to arrange military affairs.

"Legionnaire!" Felix straightened his body.

"Felix, I order you to immediately lead the Sapp army to garrison this pass, rebuild and strengthen this place, and turn it into a forward outpost extending from Sap Fort to Kodor."

"This place is less than fifteen miles from the Stone Fort, and you are going to turn this place into a shield for the Stone Fort. It is likely that Leol's army will reoccupy this place after I am gone, but this is the gateway to the southeastern mountains of the province of Kodor, and you must guard the gate for me and not let the Kodorians lock us in. ”

"But everything must be in power, if the enemy attack is too fierce, you must immediately move to the stone fort, and then wait for the opportunity to recapture the portal, you must not carry it hard."

"Yes! Legionnaire! Felix was called.

"Alright, you go down and set up defenses. The two Kodor knights and captives are at your disposal. As he spoke, Art walked out of the barracks, where he was to convene a military council at the garrison camp outside the village.

Outside the stronghold of the mountain pass, the Wells Regiment garrison camp commanded the camp tent, and the officers above the flag captain were all in the camp to participate in the military meeting.

The deputy commander of the corps and the commander of the first sub-regiment held a slender wooden stick in his hand and pointed on the sand table drawing map, "...... Leol must not be able to get around, although we do not have to attack the county, but Leol's garrison will not dare to let us pass, at least they will symbolically engage us, and once the army assembled to confront the mountain people of Lappas and Midsummer will wake up, they will definitely turn against us......"

Otto knocked the stick on a slightly narrow area in the north of Pappas, "According to the deployment and defense of the Kodor army and the preliminary military analysis provided by the task force, the focus of the Kodor raid should be in the north of Pappas, and when we raid to the north of Pappas, the troops near Lappas, Riol, and even Kodor should react, and then we will have to face several fierce battles." ”

"In addition, I would like to stress once again that this battle cannot be "murdered and set on fire" as before, both in terms of strategy and tactics and in terms of future relations between the two countries, and that we do not have to be soft-hearted when we must kill people on the battlefield, but once the enemy surrenders, we must not kill indiscriminately; After the war, it is also necessary to pay attention to the war spoils, except for gold, silver, bread, meat and jerky, wheat flour, do not rob the combat power, the commanders must restrain their respective commands, and the military law team will also strictly enforce the law......"

Otto's voice was still ringing, and the sentry officer lifted the tent curtain and whispered.

Art, who was sitting at the top, turned to the tent, "Come in!" ”

The sentry officer saluted Ater, "Report to the Legion Chief, two black-clothed horsemen who claim to be the leaders of Midsummer have been sent to the camp by our sentinels, and they say that they have military information. ”

Art glanced at Ron beside him, "Ron, you go and see for yourself." ”