As a new generation of guards and retinues at the Duke's Court in Richmond, Baldwin, Fast and William Parr were completely unaware of Isabel Walton's career as a thief years earlier. In their eyes, the handsome Isabel seemed to have the title and status of Miss Isabel from birth, and her father was Sir Augustine, the county magistrate who held judicial and administrative powers.

The imposing Miss Isabel not only served the Duke of Richmond from the bottom of her heart, but also performed her duties as Privy Counsellor of the Duke's Court and Provisional Supervisor of the Realm. It should be said that she was a noble lady who was highly respected by the squires, magistrates, and retainers of the county.

Based on the above opinions and opinions, it is not surprising that Baldwin was concerned about her bravery in battle. In addition, Isabel's life in this ancient land has become more stable and prosperous, and she has almost forgotten that she was the leader of the "Black Friars". As a result, the "Black Friars", a northern raiding gang that always wore black monks' uniforms and silver humanoid masks, has been drowned in the long river of history since then.

Although they no longer organize, plan and participate in criminal acts such as robbery, kidnapping, and arbitrary killings, the knightly skills of the "Black Monks" can continue to flourish. For example, he instructed and supervised the guards of the Duke's Court in archery training. In any case, at least every guard must be proficient in the three skills of a longbowman, a knight, and an infantry sergeant.

At this moment, of the three reconnaissance teams led by Isabel, each team consisted of a longbowman and two guards with half-sword wielding. When the longbowman performs a long-range strike, the infantry guard can protect the longbowman from two directions. Once in hand-to-hand combat, longbowmen can also be transformed into infantry guards in an instant.

Of course, her tactical system was not fabricated out of thin air by relying on the military experience of later generations. With the quiet beginning of the Renaissance, classical tactical manuals and history books, which were very popular in the Middle Ages, received more and more attention in Western Europe and other countries.

In the late 15th century, the military aristocracy of England was more flexible in arranging and commanding their troops than their medieval predecessors. In the War of the Roses, the military aristocracy used a series of new tactics that were different from those used in the Hundred Years' War between England and France.

The main combat forces, including infantry sergeants, are no longer fixed in a small area for static defense in the form of stakes. They can engage the enemy directly with constant advances and changes in formation, and even allow their lines to retreat repeatedly during the engagement, before launching a second and third offensive.

As for the tactical idea of making the cavalry guards proficient in the use of the longbow, it came from the tactical system of the English army that appeared in the time of Edward III. At that time, the military aristocracy under Edward III often equipped their longbowmen with horses, so that they could form a more mobile and rapid reaction force with the knights.

During the battle, everyone dismounted to defend, and after the ground battle was won, they rode on their horses to pursue. Of course, this tactical thinking originated with the old opponents of the English, the Frenchmen. The French were the first to establish a knight-crossbowman composite army, which was held up as a model for medieval armies in Europe, and the English were only slightly flexible.

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Judging from the architectural plans that have been handed down to later generations, the northernmost building is the most important building of the Fountain Abbey: the cross-shaped nasilica, the main hall and the Catholic altar. The whole building is like a very large cross placed horizontally on the ground. Isabel and her guards were hiding in the woods just north of the main hall, and she observed that the tower was built by the height of the wing building on the north side of the hall.

At this point, the three guards of the first squad left the woods and ran towards the altar at the top of the "cross" to the east. The three men of the second squad left the woods almost at the same time, and ran as fast as they could towards the tail of the "cross" on the west side, the entrance to the main hall.

When the two teams left one after another, Isabel stood up on one leg and looked at the wing tower directly in front of her, "Fast, William, let's go." ”

As she left the edge of the woods, Isabel quickly drew a heavy arrow from her quiver on her back and placed it on her bowstring. Raise your arms and point your bow and arrow at the windows of each floor of the tower as you slowly walk to the bottom of the tower. The two people beside her, holding half-swords in their hands, nervously stared at the weedy clearing in the east and west directions.

The first team ran safely to the base of the wall behind the altar on the east side. When the three guards nodded twice in quick succession when they saw Isabel and the three walking towards the tower, Isabel nodded in reply when she saw them. The first team then continued to search southeast along the base of the wall.

The second team came to the small door outside the main entrance of the main hall and also made a secret call to Isabel. In order not to be revealed by the possible people in the main hall, the three of them quietly slipped through the half-hidden small door towards the southwest.

The three Isabel came to the base of the tower and pressed their bodies against the wall. At this moment, Isabel turned to the right, leaned on the windowsill and peeked into the glassless window on the first floor, and there was nothing inside. Then, Fast, standing on the left, peeked twice at the clearing on the left, and William on the right glanced at the clearing on the right.

Isabel waited for the two of them to turn around, and then asked in a low voice, "What do you see?" ”

Fast hurriedly replied, "Your Excellency, I saw a long section of the city wall, with many glassless windows on it. ”

"What about you?" Isabel turned her head to William on her right.

"I also saw that there were a lot of windows in the city walls that were not glassed. However, no one was seen inside. William reported.

"Very well, now we'll get in through the window."

With that, Isabel left the base of the wall, took two steps away, and turned around to carefully observe the windows on each floor of the tower. Due to the tower's role as a guard, attack and intrusion guard, the windows on each floor are designed in the form of cages. Three stout, hard, triangular stone bars integrated into the windows keep all intruders out of the monastery.

Fortunately, the three stone bars erected in the first floor of the window were forcibly destroyed at some point, and a black hole that could accommodate the next person appeared in the center of the window. Isabel leaned her longbow against the base of the wall, grabbed the two remaining stone bars at the top of the window, pulled her body up with both hands, and flew into the air without hesitation.

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