They chose this manor in the mountain basin as their lair, but they only considered the requirements of comfort, and did not take into account anything else, such as the defenses in the event of an attack.

Perhaps when they gathered, they never imagined that they would be attacked one day, after all, the whole Italian peninsula was already in a state of chaos, completely descended into a state of anarchy.

At this moment, however, a soldier in half-body light armor was quietly crawling in the snowdrifts on the southern edge of the basin, observing the situation in the bandit camp.

The Soldier's armor has a six-ball insignia on its chest, six balls symmetrically spaced, and in the middle of it is the mark of a fiery pitchfork.

The six balls represent the Medici family, and the pitchfork is the family crest of the Count of Sartre.

This soldier belonged to Count Sartre's troops, but now, they were Eugen's rapid action team, following Eugen's orders.

Eugen led five hundred light cavalry out of the defense line and deep into the disaster area, all the way to find the traces of the young masters and young ladies of the Sartre family, and it didn't take long for them to find traces of the battlefield in a hunting forest area.

Dozens of corpses lay on the snow, including the bodies of twenty Imperial soldiers, and the rest were the corpses of bandits dressed in tatters and without any special markings.

Eugen was most afraid of seeing such a situation, and he had prayed ten thousand times in his heart that nothing would happen, but when he saw this scene, he knew that everything could not be spared, and those children of Count Sartre had now been attacked by robbers.

The good news is that there are no bodies of them, and apparently the robbers also saw the difference in their identities and left them dead.

Although the weather was cold, the blood from the wounds of these corpses was still steaming, and the battle seemed to have just begun.

This was also good news, and Eugen immediately ordered his troops to begin a pursuit, looking for the traces of the robbers who had taken Count Sartre's children captive.

Time was of the essence, and the troops did not even have time to dispose of the bodies, so they continued to track down.

The snow was hard to hide, and the robbers didn't have the consciousness to hide themselves at all, and the dense footprints in the woods guided the way forward, and Eugen and the others barely had to slow down to ensure that they could track down the enemy.

After a little further walking, Viscount Liszt's eyes were sharp, and he found a gold seal half-hidden by snowflakes beside the jagged roots of a dead tree in the snow.

On the top of the seal is the mark unique to the Sartre family, and on the top is the name 'Caterina' in capital letters.

As one of the viscounts in the name of Count Sartre, Viscount Liszt immediately recognized it as the personal seal of Miss Caterina, the youngest daughter of Count Sartre.

It seems that Caterina woke up and found out about her situation, so she managed to secretly mark them.

Hearing Viscount Liszt's words, Eugen recalled a very vague figure, about this Miss Caterina, he only remembered that day in the hall of the castle of Verona.

However, the young lady did not speak at that time, and Eugen did not pay attention to it, but vaguely remembered that it seemed to be a young lady in military uniform.

Looking at it now, Caterina was in crisis, but she was still able to keep calm and leave a mark, and she was also a strong-willed woman, which caused some respect from Eugen.

With markers to guide the way, Eugen's troops moved more quickly, and the cavalry galloped all the way, and in less than an hour, they found traces of a large number of people living in them.

At the same time, he discovered the valley and saw the mountain manor full of robbers.

"This is the manor house of Monsieur Verlore, a wealthy merchant in Verona, who I have visited here for years, but now it has become a den of robbers."

Viscount Liszt said in a deep voice, with a hint of anger obviously suppressed in his tone, Velore was his friend, and he was naturally very angry when he saw his friend's residence being ruined.

Viscount Liszt is in middle age, because he has served under Count Sartre for many years, his temper has become very rough, but his appearance is very exquisite, and his beard and hair are meticulously groomed, like a pampered old nobleman.

Due to the large gap between his appearance and personality, it often makes people feel mysterious and unpredictable, and they feel that this person is very scheming.

In fact, however, the reason for his exquisite appearance was that he had married a wife who was good at dressing, and all these years Viscount Liszt's appearance had been taken care of by his own wife.

In order to make his wife happy, Viscount Liszt never refused this kindness, but looking at his inner nature, he was still a fierce warrior like a burning fire.

Seeing that his old friend's place was occupied, Viscount Liszt was furious, and thought of immediately rushing in and killing all the robbers.

It was Eugen who stopped him, and since the gang of robbers who had robbed Caterina and the others had returned to their lair, he was not going to attack immediately, but to observe the situation first and determine the best attack plan.

Pursuit and positional warfare are two completely different situations, and in order to be sure, Eugen decides that it is better to tread carefully.

Viscount Liszt was very unimpressed by this, but he did not dare to disobey Eugen's orders openly, so he cooperated with Eugen to give a general introduction to the situation in the manor below.

It was not enough for Viscount Liszt's introduction, Eugen also deliberately sent a soldier to hide his whereabouts, and quietly leaned over to find out the truth, and then began to formulate a battle plan.

"It's winter now, and there has been a lot of snow recently, and according to the wind direction in recent days, there must be a lot of snow on the north side of the valley, and it may even reach a depth of several meters, and the light cavalry will be easily trapped and unable to move once they rush in, so you must bypass the north side and charge."

According to Viscount Liszt, the main mountain road into the valley is in the southwest, and there are two small entrances and exits due east and south. No matter how stupid the bandits are, they will know that there are a large number of people on the main mountain path, so it will be very dangerous to attack from here. ”

"So what we have to do is to first pretend to attack on the main mountain road in the southwest to attract the attention of those robbers, and then officially attack and rush in from the entrance to the east, kill the robbers, look for the earl's child, and rush out from the mountain road in the south after finding it."

"The sun shines more on the southern mountain road, and there must not be too much snow, which is more conducive to your departure. Remember, don't fall in love with the war, there are far more enemies than us, once besieged it is a desperate situation, this time our only mission is to rescue the Count's child! ”

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