Ferguson said disapprerovingly, "Ma'am, we are descendants of Vikings who are not afraid of death. In battle, we will be blessed by the god Odin, so that we have the spirit of a bear and the fierce strength of a wolf. No one can resist the bravery of the berserkers, and no one can stop the battle axes of the berserkers that fall on their heads! ”

It was only at this time that Isabel profoundly realized that the well-established and mature theories of war in later generations could not completely change the fanaticism and adherence to religion of the people of this era. Since this group of self-proclaimed "berserkers" is not afraid of death, what casualties is she worried about.

She had to put it another way to silence the group of war maniacs. Smiling, he said casually, "Sir, if your berserkers arrive at the battlefield with a roar of rage and bravery, and find that the enemy has already fled back to the castle with a large amount of pounds, what can we do to grab the gratuity and capture Lord Darlington's eldest son?" ”

Ferguson turned his face and stared at her with two big eyes. After a long time, he said, "If this is the case, we will not be able to capture Barnard Castle with the strength of 10 of us." On the contrary, they will surely seize this opportunity to kill us all. ”

Isabel went on to say, "Not only that, but Lord Durham and Lord Darlington will soon become aware of this astonishing violence of plundering the gratuity. Perhaps, in the future, we will never be able to rob ourselves of those tempting rewards. ”

While Ferguson was silent, she elaborated: "When the Vikings, who were small and forced by life, left their native Scandinavia to invade the coastal states of Europe and the British Isles, they relied on careful planning and surprise raids to fight. ”

She continued: "Because this is the only way to ensure that after each battle you can plunder a lot of food, weapons, armor, horses, livestock, money, and even young women who can be traded." ”

She didn't say any more, just quietly waited for the other party to argue strongly. After a few seconds, Ferguson suddenly raised his head and said solemnly to his brothers, "Quiet, all fucking quiet for me." ”

Isabel naturally turned her body to the left, as if she was tidying up her belongings. In fact, she was peeking at the time displayed by the dive watch on her wrist.

As the silence in the grove returned, Isabel mentally calculated how much time they had left to prepare for battle. At this time, she said to Ferguson, who was beside her: "Sir, I estimate that the gratuity army will come soon, and we should be ready for battle." ”

Ferguson thought back to the time he had spent arriving in the grove, looked up at the stars in the night, nodded and said, "You can begin, ma'am." After saying that, he whispered to the berserkers not far away, "Brothers, have you all eaten and drunk enough?" ”

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, he gave the order and said, "Now, start preparing for the battle." Be careful, don't make a sound. ”

Ferguson took out two black, simple-cut black hooded tunics from his pocket, known as friars, and handed them to Isabel and said, "Ma'am, this is your friar's robe." ”

As soon as Isabel took the monk's gown, she smelled a strong smell of blood. On closer inspection, there were two holes in the chest and heart of the monk's suit that had been pierced by some kind of sharp weapon.

She frowned slightly, but smiled again and said, "Sir, I guess everyone has a very special smell on their monk's uniform, right?" ”

"Isabel, you're talking about the smell of blood."

"Uh... Anyway, I don't want to know where you got these monks' uniforms. I knew that it was almost impossible to get a clean, complete monk's garment. ”

Ferguson laughed and didn't answer her right away. Isabel stepped aside with her monk's robes, removed the two daggers and scabbards in her left hand from her waist, and unfastened the wide-brimmed belt that was tied around her waist. After putting on the monk's uniform, he strapped the weapons and equipment to the outside of the monk's uniform.

Next, the quiver, which is filled with 24 heavy arrows, is placed diagonally on the back, with the quiver opening facing the right shoulder. After putting on the knight's glove on his left hand and the archery glove on his right hand, he put the hat of the monk's uniform on his head.

Finally, when she pulled out the humanoid mask with two strings tied to it from her pocket and prepared to put it on her face, Ferguson spotted what she was doing. Looking at her, he said amusedly, "Isabel, you're not going to let Joseph and his knights know who you are, are you?" ”

Isabel put on her mask and tied the rope to the back of her head, and said calmly: "To be exact, at present I do not want to cause unnecessary trouble to His Royal Highness the Duke, Sir Augustine and his family. ”

Then she reminded Ferguson, who had already dressed in monk's uniform and was armed with a Viking battle axe, and said, "Sir, Joseph and his knights know you, and you will not forget it." ”

Ferguson suddenly came to his senses, patted his head and said in chagrin: "My God, how could I have forgotten this." Now, what should I do? ”

"Sir, you go and mix it with water, mix it with water, and rub it on your face, and put some more on your body. Also, keep your sight out of Joseph and his knights, and it's best not to let them notice your presence. ”

"It seems that this is the only way to go. Well, those sergeants on foot are left to me to deal with. Madam, I will send you two more and let them help you capture Joseph. ”

At this moment, a broken knight faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from a distance, and hurried to Ferguson's front and said, "Sir, I seem to have heard the sound of the horses' hooves of the gratuity army." ”

Ferguson said without thinking: "Quick, get everyone into the ambush site." ”

Isabel picked up her special longbow and joined the others to the edge of the road-facing side of the grove, crouching down and curling up in her place. Ferguson, who was also curled up on the ground beside him, looked to the right side of the road, eagerly and nervously awaiting the appearance of the gratuity army.

Glancing at Isabel beside her, who was holding a longbow and engrossed in her attention, she whispered, "Ma'am, are you nervous?" ”

Isabel looked at Ferguson and just said, "No, but I want to go pee." ”

"Hahaha......" Ferguson chuckled very quietly twice, and clenched the two tomahawks in his hands again.

"Quiet, Sir, they're here." Isabel pointed to the two knights who appeared on the road.

Isabel lowered her voice intently and said, "Sir, let everyone know what I say: I will attack Joseph first, and you can attack the others after he is down." ”

Ferguson nodded in agreement, and said this to the broken knight beside him, and asked him to pass on the word to everyone. Seeing that more and more people appeared on the road, Ferguson secretly counted the number of people on horseback and on foot.