On the third Monday of November, a heavy snowfall fell.

Thankfully, Father Robert was able to study the weather so well that he was once again able to predict the coming snowfall.

So Art ordered the task force to make dozens of torches on the spot, and the group rode horses and chariots with torches and continued in the darkness......

Before dawn, the task force finally stepped out of the rolling hills and into the territory of Sapp, by which time the sky was already snowing.

Art, who was at the head of the team, threw the torch that was about to burn out in his hand into the thin snow, and the torch "sizzled" and was quickly extinguished, "Ron, you are about to enter the territory of Sap, you ride to Sap Fort to report our whereabouts to Lord Galvin, we are suddenly visiting, don't let the people of Sapp mistake it for a foreign enemy." ”

Ron was about to call two of his soldiers to Sapu Fort to deliver the message, when suddenly there was a sound of arrows on the gray road ahead, and then three men in cotton armor and disc helmets appeared in front of the road with bows and spears.

Looking at a bow aimed straight at him, Art felt a little remorseful.

He thought that he had already arrived at the territory of Sapp and that there would be no danger at night, so he did not arrange for the outpost to explore the way, but he thought that there would be people blocking the way before dawn.

"Stop moving forward at once, lay down your weapons and crouch on the ground, or our crossbowmen will shoot you like a hedgehog!"

Art didn't see the face of the person on the other side, but the vicious voice of the other party had already come.

Arter's thoughts were running quickly, and it should not be an outsider who could protect the arms at the Sappburg Gate, and he shouted: "This fellow, we have no enmity in any way, I am Baron Galvin's son-in-law, Baron Atwood Wells, the Baron of the Frontier of the Court. ”

After Art revealed his identity, the opposite side was obviously relaxed, although he had not yet retreated, but the bow had moved slightly from Art's front door.

"You take a few steps forward, and only you are allowed to come alone, and the rest are not allowed to move."

Art lightly clamped the horse's belly and took a few steps forward, seeing the appearance of the guy on the road.

"It's really Lord Art! Guys, it's Lord Art. The soldier exclaimed.

There was the sound of retreating arrows around the area.

"Lord Art, why are you here in the wee hours of the morning? Just now we saw a team with torches coming out of the hills, and I thought it was a group of bandits or enemy troops. ”

"I came to Sap for important things, and I was worried about the heavy snow closing the road, so I rushed overnight."

"I see, then please go to the watchtower and rest first." The soldier put his arch on his back and ran forward to lead his horse to the watchtower for Art.

This watchtower is actually a small version of the Yate Frontier Mining Outpost, with roadblocks, steeped wooden fences, thirty-foot wooden tower archery, a thatched hut and stables, and five garrison sentinels......

The soldier who had just called Art walked into the wooden house and asked someone to carry out a burning charcoal basin and send it to Art, saying: "Lord Art, there is no room here, the hut and thatched hut are too dirty, please rest for a while in the courtyard, and I will immediately send someone back to Sapbourg to inform you of your arrival, and ask the master to send someone to pick you up."

It turned out that they had already sent a sentry to hurry back to warn the sound of the alarm, and it seemed that the response was timely.

"Ron, give the sentinel brother a fast horse." Art instructed Ron behind him, and then beckoned Angus, Robert Salt and others to come up and use the charcoal fire to keep warm......

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"Brother-in-law, why didn't you inform us in advance? When I received the alert just now, I thought it was a large group of bandits or enemy troops attacking Sapbourg. Felix grumbled to Art as he limped slightly into the gates of Sapbourg.

In the early hours of this morning, Felix jumped up from the bed to sound the alarm, and the newly trained soldiers of Fort Sap ran out of the barracks, all of them standing on the fort wall in leather armor and armoured to meet the enemy.

Art glanced at the soldiers gathered in the open space behind the fort gate under the fort wall, and a few horsemen unsaddled their horses a little further away from the stables.

Art asked Felix, "Felix, I heard that you have formed an army?"

Felix immediately showed a smug look on his face, "Brother-in-law, Sapburg is no longer the weak Sapbourg of the past......"

After Felix returned to Sapp in mid-September from training at the Military Academy in Art, he began to reform and strengthen Fort Sap's military with the support of Baron Galvin.

Felix first reorganized the original peasant guards and defenders of Sapu Fort, and formed a defense team of thirty people, which was dedicated to defending the city; In addition, Felix also recruited forty-five of the strongest lords from the Barony of Sapp, and then spared no expense to purchase armor and weapons, and formed a strong main battle army, which included ten crossbowmen, five cavalry and thirty armored infantry, this army was personally commanded and controlled by Felix, enjoying high military salaries, and several veterans who originally belonged to Yat were responsible for training and commanding the battle.

In addition to a garrison army and a main battle army, Felix also established three outpost posts in Barony Sarpu, and ordered several knightly lords under Baron Galvin's command to form a light infantry force of no less than ten men each.

“…… The watchtower you passed through is the smallest one, and our largest checkpoint is built at the mouth of the gorge to the west, where a post has been built, garrisoned by ten men, and more than a hundred people have been conscripted to build a wall at the mouth of the valley this winter, and we intend to build a stone wall at the narrowest point of the valley, so that we can shield ourselves from all threats to the west of Fort Sap. ”

During the conversation, Felix had already led the task force through the streets to the lord's mansion in Sapburg.

"Butler, take Lord Yate's soldiers to rest in the side courtyard and tell the kitchen to prepare food for the soldiers. By the way, you personally prepared a separate room for the two knights, Lord Robert, and Steward Salter to rest. ”

"Sergeant Major, Brother Ron, Father Robert, and Salter, please rest for a while, and later my father will have a separate banquet for you."

The butler beckoned a few servants to take the group away.

"Brother-in-law, let's go, my father and mother have been waiting for you in the inner house for a long time." Felix takes Art into the back hall.

As soon as she walked into the living room of the inner house, Art's mother-in-law got up from the chair and walked to Art's side, "Art, why did you suddenly come to Sap?" How is Lottie doing? You said that you too, seeing your wife's belly getting bigger day by day, you don't spend more time with her at home, running around all day long~"

The Baroness sat down in a chair and kept scolding Art for leaving her pregnant wife on the move.

Baron Galvin waved his hand to stop the baroness's nagging, "Alright, the nagging is non-stop all day long, and Art's haste to Sapburg must be a matter of great urgency. ”

Felix also asked, "Yes, brother-in-law, what urgent matter do you have?" I see that the guards of your caravan are all in disguise from the elite soldiers in your army, it doesn't look like they are going to do business, right? ”

Art did not reply, but glanced at the servants and maids who served in the room.

"Go down, all of you, and shut the door, and don't come in unless you are told to do so."

Baron Galvin waved away the people in the room, and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, something happened......

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