It is better to say that it is an army, but it is just a small group of cavalry.

A cavalry of about twenty people lined up sparsely in the woods, and occasionally people ran among them, as if to convey some news.

When the guards left the castle to attack the Bohemians, the Bohemian mercenaries outside the castle immediately began to retreat, although this was originally in the speculation of Alexander and Josa, but the Bohemians retreated so resolutely that Josha felt angry that he had been fooled before.

It was clear that the Bohemians outside the city were much smaller than they had thought, and they had been completely deceived by these mercenaries.

This was of course because they appeared suddenly, and in the middle of the night, so that people could not figure out their details, but more importantly, because neither Alexander nor Jisha had any experience in how to fight.

Alexander didn't know how strong a mercenary army was in this era, and how bold the mercenaries were to attack a castle in a noble territory with guarded troops, and as a noble lady, she might only be good at appreciating beautiful clothes and identifying the merits of gems.

But now it was Tsusha who was forced to put on the armor she had worn only as decoration, and then she needed to stand on the castle to judge the intentions of the Duke's army that suddenly appeared outside the city.

A knight in a black cavalry suit came very close to the city wall, and by this time it was already dark, and Khosha could clearly see the man's appearance.

This man seemed familiar to her, and after a moment's thought, she remembered that this person was the Duke's cronie who had intercepted her convoy with Alfred at the Volcano Pass.

The man came closer to a halt, then looked up and searched the wall, apparently not immediately recognizing him.

"I am a knight of the Lord, an attendant of His Royal Highness the Duke of Frederick," the man shouted to the walls, "I heard of an attack on the Count's territory when I was ordered to patrol the border with the Kosenza domain, and now I would like to see the Count or one of the masters of any Kosenza domain to make sure that their domain and the people of the Kosenza family are safe." ”

"Miss, won't you say hello to him?" An elderly knight beside him whispered, "These are the Duke's men, they are few in number, but they can help us." ”

Jisha silently looked at the knight below who was dressed in black and looked like a mourner.

In fact, although the man was thin but still handsome, if you looked closely, it was even more pleasing to the eye than Alfred's somewhat showy playboy, but Tsusha couldn't have any affection for her for some reason.

Either this person had intercepted her convoy before, or it was because there were so many things that happened suddenly that she didn't dare to trust anyone easily.

The man outside the castle, unable to receive an answer, spoke again loudly announcing his origin and purpose, and beckoned the cavalry in the woods behind him to gather behind him.

"We have no ill will," Louvin shouted, "as the Duke's men, we are obliged to protect any Neapolitan nobles who are threatened, and now please let the master of Cosenza come out, even if it is Miss Count, please prove that the Cosencha family is still safe, otherwise I can only assume that they are in danger, and I will ask the Count to send an army at once." ”

Listening to this cry that was already vaguely threatening, the eyebrows under the helmet mask of Jisha tightened, although she was not sure that these people were malicious, the vague uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense.

"Are there any bohemians out there?" One of the soldiers she had instructed asked aloud, "They are besieging the castle, and there seem to be a lot of them." ”

"I don't know any Bohemians," Ievan waved his hand, "I don't see anyone, it's only in the woods that we can scare the pheasants flying around, and if you're talking about Bohemia, we've wiped out a whole flock." ”

Relying on Wan's witty remarks caused a burst of laughter from the cavalry behind him, and some of them even plucked the hanging pheasant from the saddle on his side and shook it to show off.

"It seems that the Bohemians have really retreated," said the old knight beside him, breathing a sigh of relief, and then said carefully, "whether or not to let them in, they are the Duke's men." ”

She was still silent, but her armor made a soft noise, because her body was trembling slightly.

She knew she had been fooled, and now that she thought that perhaps the guards had been ambushed by the Bohemians at Vulture Bluff, she almost let out a cry of despair in frustration.

The guards were the only force in Kosenza's territory, and if something happened to them, Kosenza would be a piece of fat to be slaughtered.

Because of Modillo, Cosenza was safe and sound when the French invaded, which seemed fortunate at the time, but now it is a crime, although no one has so far publicly accused Cosenza of betraying Naples, but that was only because he did not dare to act rashly, but now they need no scruples.

Josa felt that the weight of the armor on her body was almost unbearable, but she still stood upright, because if she fell at this time, it would mean that the Kosenza family would fall with her.

The old knight next to her was still asking her what to do, and he was getting impatient.

Jisha raised her hand and slowly took off her helmet, and when her long golden hair blew in the morning breeze, all eyes were on her, both in the city and in the city.

The Milanese armor, which can only be described as a work of art, is combined with a girl who is so beautiful that it makes people's hearts tremble, and this luxury is as beautiful as a master's exquisite oil painting suddenly comes to life.

Relying on Wan looked up at the beautiful woman on the city wall, and an unspeakable jealousy suddenly rose in his heart, he knew what he had come for, but when he thought that he had only done this so that the Duke could get this land, and then get this amazingly beautiful masterpiece of God in front of him, he suddenly became dissatisfied with this mission.

"Relying on the Ten Thousand Knights," Josha began, her voice slightly anxious but not alarmed, "please help Kosenza, our guard is chasing the Bohemians, but I am worried that they may have an accident, so please ask your men to go and support them immediately." ”

"I'm sorry, Miss Count, I didn't know you were here before," Yi Wan felt that the play was almost done, although the strange costume of the Visor was a little bit unexpected, but then he came to his senses, "I'm sorry Miss, I have too few people to help, and if it is as you said, there are almost no guards in Kosenza now, it is too dangerous, please open the gates and let us in, I will send someone to ask the Duke and Lord Count Mordillo for help, I believe that with the bravery of the Kosenza guards, it will not fail easily." ”

Relying on Wan's words caused a response from many people on the city walls, in fact, they were afraid when the guards left the castle, but the Kosentsa were the guards of the grain storage area of the Agri River Plain, and this was an unavoidable responsibility.

The sudden appearance and disappearance of the Bohemians made even those who hadn't thought too much about it vaguely guess that things were not simple, and that once the guards left the castle, no one knew what would happen next, and because of this worry, the people who stayed behind were even more uneasy.

Now they saw a duke's team suddenly coming, although the number was small, but it was enough to make them feel a lot more at ease.

"Please give the order, miss, let the duke's team in," Seeing that Ji Sha was slow to answer, the old knight also urged a little anxiously, "This is very rude, you know,"

"Is it polite to let Frederick's army in?" Ji Sha looked at the old knight beside him in amazement, it turned out that in their minds, he was so insignificant, just a duke's subordinate could make them feel more important and reliable than themselves.

By this time, it dawned on her why Keisel was adamantly opposed to her marriage to Alfred, and insisted on marrying her to the Count of Taranto, who was good enough to be her father.

If he really became Alfred's wife, perhaps Cosenza would soon become Frederick's vassal, which was absolutely intolerable not only to Count Mordillo, but also to the people of the Cosenza family.

Like any family, the happiness of a daughter cannot be compared with the rise and fall of the family, and at this moment, even Jisha herself began to deeply understand this.

"Don't open the door." Josha's voice became resolute, and she ignored the stunned old knight beside her, and just stared at the man below, and she suddenly began to think that this man's presence was a bit too coincidental, just as Kaisel had just left the Bohemians and came to besiege him, and everything seemed too coincidental, which made her feel uneasy.

"Knight, our men can defend the castle, and I will thank you if you can send someone to report to my uncle, Count Mordillo, at once."

At this time, Zhosa did not want to offend Frederick's people, and everyone knew that Ferdinand II's condition was getting worse and worse, and his seemingly healthy and even energetic appearance was like a torch that was about to burn out in the eyes of others, which could be extinguished at any time, and it was unwise to offend the future king at this time.

Relying on Wan looked at the city wall in surprise, he didn't expect this noble lady to be so difficult to deal with, he was not there when the Bohemians caught Kaisel before, so he didn't know how the Bohemians let the arrogant heir of the Cosencha family tell the truth, but now he couldn't even deal with a girl, which made Yiwan annoyed.

He didn't want the Bohemians to laugh at him, and he didn't want to make the Duke angry because of the failure of the mission.

Looking at the city wall, Yi Wan's face turned gloomy, but he knew that it was impossible for his people to take this castle, but he had enough chips to make the other party bow his head.

"Miss Count, perhaps I should tell you that I met someone on the way here." Yi Wan's tone changed, although he didn't know what was wrong, but he knew that this countess should have been wary of them, and since this was the case, there was no need for him to hide it anymore.

When they saw the Kaisel, who had come out of the woods sandwiched between two horsemen, everyone on the city wall exclaimed.

Although everyone understood that the duke's soldiers were ill-intentioned, the people became panicked when they looked at the bloodstained and drowsy Kaiser.

"That's Kaiser, they captured Kaiser!"

"God, what are we going to do?"

"Open the gates and let the duke's army in."

"Yes, open the gates."

At this time, everyone seemed to have forgotten about Tsusha, and all they could think about was how to save Kaiser.

"Open the door!" The old knight didn't even wait for Jisha to speak.

She was cold, and she let people run past her, but nothing happened.

When the old knight ran down the castle wall with people to open the door, Mahimo, who had been hiding in the corner of the wall for fear of being hit by a stray arrow, suddenly ran out of the shadows, he hurriedly climbed up the fortress wall with his robe, and shouted first, and when he saw that he did not respond, he muttered "sorry" in his mouth, and then pulled him up, turned and ran along the wall towards the tower connected to the foot of the mountain.

"Let go of me!"

It was only then that she came to her senses, and she angrily tried to shake off Massimo, but instead she was caught even tighter by the monk.

When there was a shout from under the walls, she looked back as she ran, and she saw the first cavalry to rush in through the open doorway!

"Miss, come with me!"

Massimo shouted angrily, he even regretted that he had caused such trouble on the spur of the moment, although he did not know why Duke Frederick's men would suddenly attack the castle, but he knew that if he was caught, he would not end much better than the Bohemian.

Unfortunately, the countess didn't seem to be aware of her situation, which made the monk even feel tempted to slap her.

When they finally stormed the tower and scrambled to shut the bar-stamped wooden door, Shosha's body shook as if she was about to fall.

This was not an easy task for her, the weight of the armor on her body was much heavier than she had imagined, and the sudden blow also dashed her initial hope.

The Kosencha betrayed her so unhesitatingly that she didn't even have time to resist a little.

"Why?!"

Finally unable to bear it, she let out a cry full of anger, and she slowly collapsed helplessly on the ground, at this time the armor on her body brought her not glory and courage, but unbearable heaviness.

The rumbling footsteps and shouts from far and near on the outer wall, and Massimo looked through the crack in the door at the men who were walking briskly along the fortress wall, and he quickly recognized the leader of the leader, which made the monk think that things were really bad.

"Miss, I won't stop you if you don't want to run away, but my master certainly doesn't want you to fall into the hands of those people outside," Massimo desperately pulled up the snack, but the armor on her body made his chest hurt, "Come with me, find a place to take off this ghostly thing." ”

Massimo dragged the sand towards the path leading to the cliff in the tower, but before he had gone far, he stopped and stared at the two forks in the road leading in different directions.

"How do we go, I don't know the way."

"Follow me."

Jisha suddenly quickened her pace, although she was wearing armor, but because this was originally the decorative armor that Kaisel specially customized to make her happy, not only was it very thin in many places, but even used more silk lace as a foil, so although she was not lightly tired, she still gritted her teeth and insisted on moving forward.

She seemed to have recovered from the blow she had just received, her long golden hair fluttering as she walked briskly, and her lake-blue eyes glinted with determination

"I'm not going to get caught by them."

Without hesitation, Josa threw away the jewel-adorned helmet, and when she turned to look at Massimo, the monk felt that her gaze was even brighter and sharper than before.

"But what do we do now?" Assemo asked uneasily, "Those people must be looking for you everywhere, and it would be bad if they did." ”

"I know, I'm not going to get caught by them." She believed that no one could understand what the blow that almost completely broke her down meant to her, and even she herself felt strange, after the confusion of the first few collapses, she suddenly felt a kind of relief that was completely let go.

From time to time, there would be figures flickering in some forks of the road, and he relied on his familiarity with the castle to choose a place to hide, and as he walked higher, Massimo's heart beat harder.

"They're looking for you, and the people in the castle are looking for you." Listening to the loud shouts of the passers-by, Massimo looked at him in amazement.

"They must have been ordered by Kesel," Zhissa sighed softly, "except for outsiders like Ordonne, the natives are loyal to our family, and although they let Frederick's men into the castle, they will not obey without Kaiser's orders." ”

"That's terrible." Massimo muttered in frustration, by this time he had already regretted why he had saved the countess.

"Whether voluntarily or forced, my brother, we are enemies now." Asha whispered in a barely audible voice, and then she led the way towards a house on top of the corridor.

"My God, you're not going to let those people out there," Massimo looked at him in disbelief, "don't forget that you put them in." ”

Standing in the doorway, Zhosa looked back at the monk, "I know what I'm doing. ”

With that, she took out the key she had with her and opened the door.

When he saw Josha standing at the door with only one person, Odonne, who was walking back and forth in the house, was a little stunned.

He had already heard the commotion outside, so he knew that there was an accident in the castle, and he was thinking about how to escape.

"Look who's coming, my Countess."

Although he was surprised by the presence of Josa, Odonne did not dare to act rashly, he could not forget the shock of those muskets, and even he wondered if it was a trap set by Jossa for him.

"The castle has been overrun by Duke Frederick's men," said Jossa without concealment, "they are looking for me, and I need someone to protect me from leaving, and I will repay you." ”

Odonne looked at Josa strangely, he couldn't guess whether this was the truth for a while, and when he listened carefully to the ups and downs of the voices outside and finally confirmed that Josa was telling the truth, there was a hint of banter in his eyes: "Miss, if I hand you over to the duke's people, won't I get more benefits?" ”

"The territory that my mother gave me," said Tsusha without panicking in the face of threats, "help me to leave, and you will get the territory that my mother gave me as a dowry in the future." ”

O'Donne's sneering face froze for a moment, and he looked at Jossa in disbelief, not knowing whether what she said was true or not.

"I'll write down the evidence, and the people of the Kosencha family will do what they say!" Jisha said proudly.

Stunned for a moment, Odonie nodded: "Deal!" ”