"Report!" A fast horse chased after Yat and Angus, who were walking in the middle of the group.

"Report to your lordship, Besançon's court is urgent." After the herald caught up with Art and the others, he dismounted and handed the secret letter to Art. Art hurriedly opened the secret letter.

"Sergeant Major, the new monarch has ordered us to rush outside Thorne City within three days, and then attack Thorne City together with the Liberation Army in the east." Art turned to Angus and handed him the secret letter.

Angus took the secret letter and glanced at it, then looked at Art and said, "Great, my lord, the time for the attack on Thorne City has finally been decided." ”

"yes, at first I was worried that something was wrong. Now it seems that I was overthinking. Art took the secret letter handed by Angus, looked at it again, and then handed the secret letter to Ron beside him for safekeeping.

"Sergeant Major, I'm about to go to the border of the province of Saône. The whole army was ordered to rest for a short time, and then after entering the province of Thorne, it would definitely be blocked by the Thorne army. ”

"Yes, sir."

"Is there any news from the task force?" Art continued.

"Not yet, but it should be soon." Angus replied.

While the two were talking, Oliver, the deputy leader of the task force, rode from the front all the way to Art and the others.

"Report to your Excellency, we have found a small force on the border of the Saône, about a hundred men, all lying in ambush on both sides of the road. Some of our men were there to keep watch, while others continued to spy in the direction of the Thorne. The captain has sent me back to inform you of the situation, so that the army can be ready. Stanley walks you through the situation.

"Ambush on the plains?" Art said calmly, "Sergeant Major, you immediately take a hundred members of the cavalry team, all armed with special crossbow arrows, go around the back of that small force and clean them up for me." The army then arrived. Art said, gesturing with his right hand in front of his neck.

"Yes, sir, I'll do it right away." Angus took the order and left.

…………

On the border of the Saône, the bushes on both sides of the road are hiding murderous motives. After receiving Bernard's order, one of the leading barons of Bernard's mansion rushed to the border of Saône with a hundred or so men "drawn" from all over the city to set up an ambush on the border of Saône, in an attempt to stop the outpost of the Wells Regiment and slow down their march. It is better to say that it is a block, but it is better to say that it is interference. Faced with the large number and strong combat strength of the Wells Legion, this small army of more than 100 people just sent itself into the tiger's mouth.

After learning that the Welsh Legion had marched on the province of Saône, Bernard's seat was like a nail on it, and he could no longer sit still. Immediately, he summoned the Baron of Chief, the only soldier who remained in the Inner Palace, and ordered him to lead fifty guards of the Mansion to the Thorne border to stop the Welsh Legion from advancing north. In addition, on the way to the border, the guards of other manors were drawn to form a vanguard of about 100 people to resist the enemy, and buy time for the defense of Thorne.

The self-conceived ambush army was spotted by the Wells Legion contingent before they entered the bushes on either side of the road, and followed them all the way.

"Lord Baron, can just a few of us withstand the thousands of Legion of Wales?" The knight of the Thorne's army, lying in the bushes, asked the baron who was led by the Bernane.

"Of course I know I can't resist it, but do you dare to disobey the Earl's will? Listen to me, and when the bastards come, we'll retreat and continue to block the attack in the next place. After saying that, the baron of the leading soldiers brought the deerskin wine naan from his waist to his mouth and smashed it, stuffed the wine cork with satisfaction, put the wine naan aside, and leaned against the stone on the other side.

"Lord Baron, it stands to reason that their men should have come, too." The knight asked.

"Did the people who sent it come back?" The baron asked.

"Not yet."

"What?" The baron was shocked. The sentry sent out has been out for a long time, and it stands to reason that he should have returned a long time ago. According to the first wave of sentinels, the Welsh Regiment was no more than five miles from the Thorne border. It's been a little half a day, and it's long overdue. But from the bushes on the mountainside on both sides of the road, there was no shadow of them at all.

"Not good!" The baron of the lead soldier screamed and stood up from the bushes.

"Is there anyone on the hillside behind?"

"This~" The knight on the side was hesitant.

"Retreat!" With that, the baron ordered a retreat. The other soldiers who were lying in ambush in the bushes looked surprised and slowly got up from the ground and looked around.

Sou~

Sou~

Sou~

At this moment, more than thirty arrows with smoking tails had landed on the dry grass in the bushes. With the sound of sparks exploding, suddenly a raging fire broke out in the hay where a soldier had just been lying down, and the fire slowly ignited the dead branches and leaves on the ground in the direction of the wind......

"It's on fire!" As soon as a soldier shouted, he saw that an arrow flying from the top of the mountain had pierced his throat~

"It's on fire, run!"

By the time the Thorne soldiers who were lying in ambush in the bushes could react, several other bushes had already burst into flames, and the fire spread rapidly. Suddenly, the bushes swayed from side to side, and then there was a burst of shouting, and the soldiers hiding inside scurried everywhere and rolled down the hill.

The baron of the leading soldiers, who was the first to run down the mountain, wiped his face blackened by the thick smoke, and looked in horror at the soldiers who had already caught fire and rolled down the mountain. Knowing that it was important to save his life, he hurriedly took the forty or fifty Thorne soldiers who had just picked up a small life from the fire and fled north along the road in embarrassment~

"Rush!"

Angus, who had been ambushed on the side of the mountain pass in advance, saw that the archers on the top of the mountain had forced the ambush soldiers to the bottom of the mountain, and immediately led more than sixty cavalry to rush up.

"Lord Baron, their cavalry is catching up!" The knight, who was looking back while running for his life, said to the baron in front of him.

"Quick, keep up!"

"Run~" The soldiers behind saw the menacing enemy behind them, and fled for their lives along the road, scattered with discarded spears and short swords and other weapons along the way.

When the leading baron looked behind him again, he saw that the leading cavalryman had already cut down several Thorne soldiers, and his sword was raised and his movements were swift. The guys behind him were also ruthless, and they saw that the soldiers who had fallen behind were cut to bloody pieces, and there was a scream......

"Stop!" Angus motioned for the cavalry behind him to stop pursuing.

"Lord Angus, why don't you chase it? There were only a dozen of them left, and we rushed in and killed them. ”

"We don't know the situation inside the manor, and it is easy to be ambushed if we pursue rashly. Remove! ”

Eventually, most of the fugitive Thorne soldiers were slashed by the cavalry led by Angus, and by the time they had fled with the leading baron to a nearby manor, only a dozen or so remained. Angus was worried that it would be too far away from the large army, so he stopped pursuing and hurriedly led the cavalry back to meet the arrival of the large army.

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"Humph! What do I raise you people for? ”

Hall of the Count's Court in the Saône. When a leading soldier Viscount who had just lost several important strongholds on the Eastern Front came with a few officers to report the military situation to Bernard who was sitting on a leather chair, Bernard, who was discussing the defense of Thorne with a number of ministers and dignitaries of the Thorne court, heard that he had lost several more strongholds, and was so angry that he smashed the cup in his hand to the ground, which frightened several officers and hurriedly retreated.

"Go, go and get those places back for me right now! Otherwise, you'll all bring me up! At this time, Bernard, who was already pale, roared angrily at these guys in front of him, who were constantly losing battles. Frightened, several people hurriedly withdrew from the lord's hall.

“…… Ladies and gentlemen, where are we talking~" Bernard asked after adjusting his emotions.

"Lord Earl, we were just discussing how to shrink our forces to defend Thorne." One of Bernard's advisors replied softly.

"Oh, that's right. Seeing those bastards approaching Thorne step by step, we should defend ourselves as soon as possible. ”

"Ahem~"

"Lord Count, you need to pay attention to your body." The Bachelor Advisor reminded.

"I'm fine. Everyone, tell us what you think. Bernard said coldly, wiping the corners of his mouth with a silk scarf.

"Lord Earl, I'm afraid the front line can't be held. In my opinion, it is better for us to concentrate all the forces on the front line around Thorncheng and in the city, and defend against the Liberation Army and the Welsh Army going north. The military minister of the Thorne court spoke. This guy turned out to be the military minister of Besançon's court, and until the situation was completely clear, he was an out-and-out wall-rider. As Bernard's faction took control of Robert, he threw himself into Bernard's arms and served as the military minister of the Thorne court, commanding the army to fight the Restoration.

"Do you mean that everything else is given to Flender for that offload?" Bernard asked coldly with his eyes fixed on the Minister of War.

"Lord Earl, I mean~"

"Enough!"

The Minister of War no longer refutes.

"I ordered that all the peasants and men in the city be gathered together and some of them should be strengthened under the command of the garrison. The other part was sent to the front line to resist the attack of the Liberation Army and buy time for the city of Thorne to strengthen its defenses. In addition, most of the soldiers who were on the front line were transferred back. Bernard looked at the military minister with his head bowed and continued, "Is there any movement in that army to the south?" ”

"Back to Lord Earl, there is no news yet." Said the officer in charge of the city's defense.

"Send someone to take a look, at this important juncture, everything can't be careless."

"Yes, Lord Earl, I'll arrange it at once."

"Alright, let's go back and prepare."

"Yes, Lord Count." Everyone exited the hall of the lord.

…………

"This old thing, it's almost dying, and it still wants to pull us back."

"Shhhh Be quiet, don't die. ”

As soon as they walked out of the Bernard Hall, the two Thorne court dignitaries were talking behind Bernard.

"By the way, how did you do to get you to contact the Besançon court?" One guy asked in a low voice.

"Don't worry, it's all discussed. If they don't attack the city, our men will ......," the other guy whispered into the ear of the man next to him.

"Then I'll rest assured, seeing that the Thorne court is about to run out, we should also think about our own future."

"You're still thoughtful~"