It has been 5 days since Luther last went to Baron Cosel's castle, and now there are only a few days left until a month, but fortunately, the horse has accelerated and brought it back, and the Zealanders have now returned to Baron Cosel's castle to rest.

Luther also knew that they did not want to stay in Searsburg at this time, so he went with them.

This time, he brought a total of 32 Sealand horses, which cost Luther more than 100 gold coins, and because it was expedited, the labor cost and other messy expenses added up to nearly 10 gold coins.

Although the old butler and Luther both felt that it was expensive, it would be good to have a horse now, and it was not too distressing to spend what should be spent.

When these horses come, the knights will first select them, replace the old ones, and then distribute the rest to a part of the squires.

Although there is still a gap between the number of cavalry and the ideal number, it is doing its best at the moment.

Thinking that there are only less than 700 gold coins left, Luther feels that the money is like flowing water, and the whole 2000 gold coins have been spent more than 1300 in a month.

In this way, two days passed, and in these two days, the Sears family began to prepare for the battle with all their strength, and all the remaining lords had already shrunk to the rear, and people were arranged in all directions, just waiting for the other party to attack.

Sure enough, that night, Luther received news from the whistle that was in charge of monitoring the surroundings of the Minethil family, and that the other party had begun to gather forces towards Sears.

The territory of the two families intersected, so it would only be half a day's journey from the castle of the Minethil family, but Luther believed that if the other party was not a fool, he would not let the soldiers who had been on the road all night attack in the early morning.

So after all the arrangements were made, Luther went to sleep in peace, because the butler had said that something would wake him up.

The Sears Territory in the dark looked silent, with no fire or sound from a distance, as if it were a wasteland, and it was hard to imagine that this was a county of 1,200 households.

At this time, the scout in the distant tree saw this scene and also played a little drum, and the original picture of torches and crowds everywhere did not appear, if it were not for the news that the Sears family was on full alert these days, they would have thought that the earl had escaped with the butler and servant overnight.

After all, this kind of mouth says that if you have the ability, you will come to beat me, in fact, there are also nobles who are afraid to run away, but there are only that.

Most of the nobles who fled were the kind of cowardly and low-ranking nobles, and they might judge the situation after the first few encounters, and if they were defeated quickly, they would choose to flee, and if they could resist, they would continue to observe.

And as long as there are some nobles with family background, they will basically not take the initiative to flee except for defeat, which is not only related to territorial wealth, but also related to face, and even face is still above wealth.

"Do you think the Earl was so frightened that he peed his pants and ran away with the woman's butler?"

"Hey, hey, probably not, after all, it's the old Sears family, and if you don't even have this courage, it's a waste. ”

"Yes, but the nobles are all like that, and now the other party may still lie on the woman's belly. ”

In the darkness, the two observed the Sears area in the distance, talking to each other as they slid down the trees.

As a result, just when the feet of the two of them stepped on the ground and did not stand firmly, two crossbow arrows shot from the side in the darkness, directly hitting the throats of the two of them.

The two of them fell to the ground in an instant, their hands dancing in the air with force, and a painful, low snort came out of their mouths.

At this time, two people came out of the grass not far away, and one of them scolded in a low voice: "What a scumbag, can you insult the dignified Sears family?"

The speaker's voice was full of disdain and contempt, and it could be judged by the voice that the person was not very old, that is, about 20.

Seeing that the young man hadn't moved, the person next to him drew his long sword and quickly stabbed it into the chests of the two scouts, then turned his head and said, "Idiot, what's the point if you don't solve it quickly?

After saying that, the two of them dragged the corpse to move at the same time, until the man gently blew a whistle of different lengths in an open space behind him, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

After the whistle sounded, several crossbows were lowered around, and at the same time, a man came out of the darkness and walked towards the two of them.

"What's the matter, didn't you just tell you to keep an eye on it?

"No, Captain, it's just two scouts, and it looks unprofessional, and I hid in the grass with Little York for a long time and they didn't find out. They laughed at the Count and insulted the Sears in front of us, so the kid couldn't help but do it, and I had to follow when I saw it. ”

The man known as the captain snorted and asked, "Are you sure it's just the two of you?"

The man patted his chest proudly and said, "Don't worry, Captain, the area I'm in charge of is absolutely fine, if I didn't want to hear what they say, we wouldn't be so close." ”

"Hurry up and get out, next time if there is a situation, remember to send little York back first and wait for us to surround us, if there are still people behind you this time, both of you will be killed." The scolding captain kicked the two of them in the ass before leaving, but after the two left, he smiled and said to himself: "It is worthy of Lao Tzu's subordinates, there is a kind." ”

Then he changed his voice and whispered with a sneer: "The cubs of the Minerhil family wait, dare to insult Lord Earl and the Sears family, hum." ”

With that, he walked towards the place he had come from, and melted into the night again.

These were all Luther's pre-arranged whistles, which were divided into two parts, one being the head and the other being the tail.

Each area will have two scouts who are the sentinels, responsible for scouting the area and the area that extends forward, both scouts are led by an experienced one and a new one, after all, there are not enough people.

In addition, there will be some response and ambush on the periphery of each area, a total of 20 people, in addition to the original team, there are also some militia cooperation.

Luther set up a whistle because he was afraid that the Minethil family would send some people to disperse overnight and then go into Sears to find out the situation, and by the way, he could also grasp the situation of the other party from a very long distance.

Luther also thought about giving up the periphery and letting people in directly, but this proposal was rejected by the butler.

The housekeeper told him that after he let him in, he didn't have enough time to deal with it, and since the other party stepped into Sears, he was insulted and trampled on, so should he let the other party act and not react?

In addition, even if the other side divides its troops to come over, it can be delayed while fighting and withdrawing, as long as there is no large number of troops, it is too big.