In the training ground of Beiguan Military Fort, thirty sturdy soldiers stood neatly in two rows, and the weapons and armor of the thirty soldiers were very similar, wearing a cotton armor jacket and half-body chain mail, with a broadsword and short sword hanging from the waist, and a crossbow and a strong crossbow on their backs.

A task force soldier who was a veteran of the army stood straight in the middle of the field, staring straight ahead, and asked Stanley, the deputy leader of the task force, who was lined up next to him, with a crooked mouth, "Chief Stanley, we are about to leave, can't you tell us the purpose of this trip?" It's a crossbow and a short sword, and it's not even equipped with a shield and a short spear, isn't this like going out to fight? After five or six days of training, we didn't know the bottom of our hearts~"

"My lord has repeatedly emphasized that you shouldn't ask, don't ask, are your ears for fanning?" Stanley was a little annoyed, and lately he had been approached privately by task force soldiers for the mission he was about to perform.

"I'm just asking, you're still in a hurry~" The task force soldier pouted and was about to ask a few more words, catching a glimpse of Art walking towards the task force, accompanied by Angus Ron and the accompanying priest Robert, the soldier closed his mouth and tensed his body, standing upright.

Art walked towards the task force lined up to be reviewed, and when he saw that the soldiers of the task force were all wearing cotton armor and chain mail, he frowned, and said to Ron: "Ron, cotton armor with chain mail, this is not what an ordinary caravan guard should look like. You ask the soldiers to put the chain mail under it, and the cotton armor is so conspicuous that the soldiers take it off. ”

"Master, seeing that it is getting colder and colder, not every soldier has his own winter coat and robe, if it is too thin, I am afraid that the soldiers will not be able to stand it."

Art thought for a moment, and felt that there was some reason, so he replied: "Then you go and discuss with the caravan guards, and temporarily replace the winter clothes that the caravan has given them with cotton armor, and the soldiers of the task force wear their armor jackets, and put on chain mail inside." gōng nǔ or something is also hidden in the carriage, how can there be a guard who is equipped with gōng nǔ. ”

"Yes, I'll go down and arrange it."

Art walked up to the task force, held the hilt of his sword in his left hand, and pressed his right hand to the outside of his thigh, and asked loudly to the task force soldier who was standing upright: "Brothers, although you don't know the purpose of this trip yet, I can tell you in advance that this outing is very dangerous, and some of you will definitely lie down and return to the valley."

"So I ask you again, is there anyone who wants to quit? Those who voluntarily quit until this moment will still not be held accountable in any way. You can go back to your respective flag teams and do business as usual. ”

One of the task force soldiers hesitated and lifted his foot slightly, but he never took that step.

Art glanced at the guy who was about to move just now, and asked again, "Has anyone taken the initiative to quit?" At this time, quit without any pursuit. ”

This time, there was no fluctuation in the 30s.

Adam relented and yelled at the task force soldiers, "Good! Since none of you have flinched, I will tell you about the special military reward that is being given to all the soldiers of the task force who participated in the operation, and then another reward according to merit after returning. If you are wounded in battle during the mission, you will enjoy the best medical treatment and recuperation, and if you die in battle, you will enjoy the ...... of the Heroic Soul."

Art threw out a "refined wheat bread" smeared with honey, and for these ordinary soldiers, rewards and honors were the most tangible pursuits.

"Allegiance to your lordship!" Stanley took the lead and yelled.

"Allegiance to your lordship!" More than thirty soldiers shouted together.

Art nodded with satisfaction, and instructed Ron, who was beside him, "Rest today, but everyone is not allowed to leave the Beiguan Military Fort and set off at noon tomorrow." ”

"Yes, sir."

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On the morning of the second day, on the road leading from the Valley Wooden Fort to the Beiguan Military Fort, a carriage for the nobles was slowly driven by a groom, and there was a small chair specially made with deerskin and cashmere. The Baroness Lottie, with her belly bulging, lay in a small armchair, while her valet Ollie and her little maid Camille served left and right in the carriage.

Art gently lifted the reins, let the black war horse slow down slightly and level with the carriage, leaned over to the carriage and said, "Lottie, just send it here, you go back to raise the tire with peace of mind, you don't have to run so far to see me off." ”

Lottie didn't answer Art's words, she lifted the curtain of the carriage and glanced at Ron, who was staring directly at the carriage, and said softly to Ollie, the personal maid who was sitting in the carriage and serving her, "Ollie, I have Camille to take care of here, you get off the car and accompany Ron." ”

Ollie glanced at Madame gratefully, nodded and exited the carriage, and got out of the carriage to get under Ron's horse, who quickly jumped off the horse, took the reins and walked beside Ollie......

Art turned his head to look at Ron and the two, "Madame is still more attentive than me." ”

"I don't have a stony head like you, and I know how to fight all day long." Lottie snorted and stopped talking to Art.

Lottie no longer supports Art running around all day, especially after her belly bulges day by day.

"If you really want me to raise the baby with peace of mind, you should put aside those grievances and stay in the valley to accompany me and the child." Lottie's voice choked up.

"My dear, didn't I promise that I would be by your side every day when I came back this time." Art has a headache and a big head.

There was silence in the carriage, and Art said no more, holding the reins and letting the horses under him slowly pace forward with the grunt of the carriage.

There was also a group of people in the back of the carriage, all of whom were relatives of the officers of the task force, and after much thought, Art asked the civil administration to take them to Beiguan to see off the task force soldiers......

After arriving at the Beiguan Military Fort, the caravan disguised by the task force was already waiting here, and a group of officers waited quietly on the road in front of the Beiguan Military Fort.

Art hugged Lottie who got out of the carriage for a while, touched Lottie's belly, and said softly, "Wherever you go, I will care about you." With a gentle kiss on Lottie's forehead, he turned and jumped on horseback, and ran in the direction of the moor.

Angus Ron, as well as Robert and Salter, among others, followed in a horse-drawn carriage......

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Due to the urgency of time, it was necessary to infiltrate the city of Assasin before the Dean family realized their plan to transfer the city of Thorne to Assasin, so Arter did not dare to slack off all the way, and the task force left the valley to reach Boulder Town, then turned south, passed through the border post into Provence, and arrived in Kitsby in mid-November.

After arriving at Kitsby, Art asked Salter to take a few caravan attachés to buy a batch of southern goods in the city at a reasonable price, and then set out to travel west.

After three days of driving west from Kitsby, the contingent moved north from the central mountains and set foot on the passage to Sapbburg.

Art had strangled bandits along this path, and it was on this path that the reputation of the "Black Robe Frontier Patrol" spread.

After two years, few bandits here dare to come out to block the road and rob, especially the caravan of Sapbourg.

On the third Monday of November, a heavy snowfall fell, and the entire Barony of Sapp was covered in knee-deep snow.

Thankfully, Father Robert had studied the weather and was able to foresee the snowfall again, so the task force once again drove in the dark with torches, and finally reached Sapb-Fort before the snow closed the road......

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