The French country boy, who was probably only 11 or 12 years old, kept staring at the plate on the table, his mouth closed and his saliva constantly swallowing. I saw a half-large lump of whole-wheat bread with a strong aroma, a lump of roast pork that had been grilled over charcoal for a long time, and a piece of cheese. In addition, a small earthenware jar contains some lentils, walnuts and raisins. Undoubtedly, this is the food enjoyed by the sergeants guarding the lighthouse.

"Smack!" A small leather bag that was hung around her waist to hold money was placed by Isabel Walton on the side of her plate, and then she looked at the boy standing in her eye and whispered, "Here are some copper coins." Now, it's yours too. ”

At this moment, there was a slight knock on the door of the house. The naval sergeants standing in the premises as guards immediately became alert, and looked at each other and then at their noble commander. Isabel frowned, and suddenly said aloud in French, "Who's knocking?" ”

After a while, a somewhat muffled man's voice appeared outside the door, and the other party also answered her in French, "Isabel, it's me." ”

"God! What is this guy doing here? Isabel thought for herself and stood up and walked towards the gate, and said two more words to the two sergeants guarding the French boys, "Give him some food." ”

When the other two sergeants in charge of the guard opened the door, there was the man she expected. Isabel walked out of the house, looked at the Duke of Richmond, whose face was faintly recognizable in the moonlight, and said with a frown, "Your Highness, you should stay on the Mary Rose." ”

The Duke of Richmond insisted on landing on the shore, and the captain of the Vice-Flagship, the Mary Rose, could not and did not dare to stop him. The Duke had to let the Duke take Baldwin, Fast and several other guards and take a ferry to Cap Bavler, in the Manche region of France. At this moment, when the commander of the detachment, the Duke of Richmond, stood outside a room on the east side of the base of the lighthouse, he felt that his emotions were agitated, excited, and had a strong sense of satisfaction after the victory in the battle.

"Your Excellency, as a commander of the fleet, I will strictly perform my duty to inspect the occupied territories for Your Majesty." The Duke of Richmond had a smile on his face, but he responded to Isabel with high-sounding words.

The duke was followed to the shore, along with the remaining shipboard sergeants and another captain. When the captain reported to Isabel that all 400 sergeants had landed on the shore, she told everyone to gather at once and prepare for the next move. As the sergeants began to assemble, she pulled the Duke aside and whispered, "Henry, it's dangerous here, I need you to get back to the sub-flagship immediately." ”

The Duke looked up at the night sky, then nodded when he looked at her again, "Isabel, I know this is France. It's just that I have a kind of thing that's hard to tell... Mood. ”

Isabel nodded, "Henry, I know what you're trying to say. However, there are more important battles that you and Lord Lyle will have to command. ”

"Okay. Well, what are you going to do now? ”

"Capture the village near the lighthouse first, and then impersonate the French to spy on the news of the port of Pavrel." Then, Isabel added, "I will send someone to report to you and Lord Lyle as soon as I find out the news." ”

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When putting the Duke of Richmond on the ferry, the Duke left Baldwin and Fast as messengers. At this time, a sergeant who was guarding the French manservant came to report what the boy was about to say. Isabel took Baldwin and the two back to the house, and after questioning the boys a little more, she got some information about the village of Tverlefar and the town of Bavler.

At 11 o'clock in the afternoon, Isabel sent for the two captains to be brought into the house, and she needed to make a new reconnaissance or battle plan for the news provided to the boys who had surrendered to the British army. At this moment, the captain of the two shipboard sergeants, as well as Baldwin and the two Duke Guards of Fast, sat around Isabel, quietly waiting for her orders.

Isabel picked up the water bag and took a sip of the wine she had brought from England, and after glancing at the crowd, she said, "It won't be too much trouble to capture the village near the lighthouse." However, some French troops were stationed in the town of Bavler, and about 30 warships were moored in the port. ”

When Baldwin glanced at her, he looked a little puzzled, "Your Excellency, is this what the French valet said?" ”

Isabel looked at Wei Congshi and nodded, then smiled lightly, "Baldwin, how do you want to say that a child valet knows so much?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"Regardless of whether the boy is telling the truth or a lie, we still have to continue to spy on Pavler's news."

One of the captains pondered and said, "Your Excellency, if we have a battle with the French army in Bavrere, I am sure that the French army in Le Havre will soon know. ”

Isabel looked at the captain in thought, and soon explained, "The manservant said that it would take two days to get from Bavre to Le Havre. If you are a knight of the army, you have to ride a horse for a whole day to get there. ”

Then he explained: "That is, we have at least a whole day to capture the town of Bavler. Of course, the French could also come to the rescue of the town of Bavre by boat from the sea in Le Havre. ”

"So, in order not to alarm the French troops in the port of Le Havre, we captured the town of Pavre in the shortest possible time."

Towards 12 o'clock in the morning, Isabel led the rest of the 390 sergeants and two duke's guards from the village of Gatville Le Fal to the south, except for 10 British sergeants posing as French sergeants to guard the lighthouse. Since the road from the lighthouse to the village was surrounded by fields of arable land and uninhabited meadows, such a British army, numbering in the hundreds, would gradually invade the interior without anyone knowing.

Without horses, Isabel's party came outside the village after walking for about half an hour. When the vanguard spotted the artificially piled stone fence on the side of the road, Isabel ordered the team to stop and lurk in the grass, shrubs, and groves along the roadside.

Isabel walked to the meadow on the right side of the road and took a look at the French houses in front of her. Then, to the two captains on either side, he said, "The valet said that there were only about 70 farmers in the village, their wives, children, and a priest. Now, I need you to surround the village and not let a single person go. ”