In the spring of 474 in the Knight calendar, while Carter was busy with the governance of the territory and the pacification of the people, Cologne, who was bent on taking charge of the army, once again moved the idea of going on an expedition. In the palace of the Duke of Dragon City, Cologne, Odosa, the head of the Knights, Thomas and Uzt, the four of them sat alone in the living room, secretly negotiating.

Uzt was originally the Knight Master of Spartth, but he preferred to be loyal to Cologne, who had few competent men at his disposal, so he had to be promoted to the rank of Captain of the Order, replacing the dead Gobini to lead his own Knights.

Uzt's bad character is on the same level as Cologne and Odosa. This noble knight who was very happy did not seem to be satisfied with being just the head of the knighthood, so he actively proposed to Cologne: "Lord Lord, the situation has changed now. Since the Battle of the Northern Fortress, the Crusade of Warkas has suffered heavy losses, and now the barbarians are only trapped in Vidun and the royal capital, and the defenders in other areas are very weak. ”

Cologne put down his glass, asked Uzt, and said, "You are quite well-informed, so tell me what you have good ideas." ”

Uzt replied loudly, "The Barbarians had planned to hold a Warrior Tournament to provide Warkas with a large number of reinforcements. But they couldn't wait for the Warrior Tournament to be held, so they sent those black knights to the royal capital early, and as a result, the old troops of Warkas lost almost everything. According to reliable sources, Byron of Tubis is re-recruiting and training the Black Knights, which are being prepared for the commanders to be chosen. From this point of view, their new army will not be able to come to us for a while. We might as well take the opportunity to launch a counterattack and take him by surprise. ”

Although Thomas also wanted to make meritorious contributions, his mind was obviously much calmer. Soon Thomas asked rhetorically, "But although Warkas has lost a few thousand Black Knights in the North, the Barbarian Crusade still has an army of 20,000 troops. Launching a counterattack at this time, how is this different from the situation two years ago, isn't it the same to send them to death? ”

Cologne shook his head and said, "No." I think what Uzt said makes a lot of sense, and now is really a good opportunity for us to counterattack. But it is different from the arrangement two years ago, if we don't attack Yuguan and Wangdu, we will cut off other people's retreat if we go up, and of course the barbarians will fight with us. This time, we will attack Lisburg first, and after taking Ritinburg, we will defend the city, wear down the barbarians, and when they are out of breath, we will continue to attack Risburg. In this way, we can take it step by step, steadily, and we are not afraid of any intrigues and tricks that he Wakas will do. ”

Uzt immediately clapped his hands and applauded: "Wonderful, Lord Wang Jue is mighty, and I also mean that." ”

Thomas questioned with some disagreement: "But after the battle of the Northern Fortress, Anthony was transferred to Cobilon to garrison, and now the commander of their empire, Yale, is stationed in Ritunburg, this person is not simple, we must not underestimate his strength." ”

Uzt said nonchalantly, "What happened to Yale?" Heller was still the second commander of their empire, but he didn't die at the hands of Caldis. At present, there is a knight order stationed in Ritunburg, and we will lead two knights to attack to ensure that Ritunburg can be easily taken. ”

Thomas frowned and looked at Uzt, he felt that he was flamboyant enough, but he didn't expect that this guy who had just been promoted from knight chief to regimental commander would be even more arrogant than himself, and he didn't know where he got his courage.

However, Cologne admired him very much, because Cologne urgently needed to win a war at this time, so that he could regain his prestige in the army, and in the future, he could slowly squeeze Carter out of the army, and achieve his ultimate goal of controlling all Knight armies.

In this way, for his own selfish desires, Cologne ignored the opposition of the Knight world, and privately mobilized two knights to forcibly start the war.

The battle of Ritunburg started inexplicably, and even Wakas, who was sitting in the royal capital, was surprised, he didn't understand what Dragon City wanted to do at all.

It was a completely unprepared war, and Thomas reluctantly led the Knights and Uzt to attack Ritunburg, but he was thinking about what reason to withdraw.

In order to behave well, Uzt was like a chicken, and launched a round of attacks on Ritunburg day and night. After three days of fighting, the army not only did not capture Litunbao, but exhausted the knights half to death.

In the camp of Knight on the south side of Ritunburg, Uzt shouted at Thomas, "Why don't you send the Knights to attack, are you just here to watch the battle?" ”

Thomas was already dissatisfied with this arrogant fellow, and he replied coldly: "You're right, I'm here to watch the battle." You're so powerful, then you go and fight, if you have the ability, you can take Litunburg and show me. ”

Uzt left in a huff, and he decided to report the incident to Cologne, so that Cologne could punish the damned Thomas.

But Uzt did not have this opportunity at all, and before he could write a letter to Cologne, he was attacked by an army of barbarians as soon as he returned to the camp.

Yale was an excellent Tubis commander, and when the Knight was tired, he led the Knights to sneak out of the north gate under the cover of night, and then went around the south side to launch a surprise attack on the Knight camp.

The attack came so unbelievably that even Thomas did not expect Yale to arrange such a risky operation. There is a famous saying in the battlefield that the more adventures you have, the better your chances of success, and this Yale sneak attack is the best proof of this.

The Uzt Knights were routed by Yale in an instant, and even Uzt himself was shot to the ground by the Yale knights. Upon hearing the news of the barbarian attack, Thomas immediately ordered the army to assemble, and he rushed to help, but it was too late.

In the end, Thomas had to fight and retreat, fearing that barbarian reinforcements would lurk around, so he had to organize a large army to retreat south in an orderly manner.

The defeat of the Tubis in the northern fortress made every Imperial knight indignant, and he was always looking for an opportunity to seek revenge on the Knights. Yale, who killed the red-eyed, was willing to let Thomas go, and in the dark of night he commanded the Knights to pursue Thomas's team, and the knights who killed Thomas were defeated.

Although Thomas commanded properly, in front of these powerful black knight army, it was difficult for the knights to resist their attack, and he was powerless.

In the night, the wind was blowing, as if all around were barbarians in ambush, and Thomas gathered his team in fear and quickly counted the heads.

After a while, the number of people was counted, and the chief knight anxiously reported: "Report to the captain, there are two thousand knights we have rushed here, what should we do now?" ”

Thomas was anxious, and he replied, "What else can I do, of course, I should retreat to the interior." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sharp sound of horses' hooves from the south, which frightened Thomas and immediately ordered a line to meet him.

Under the light of the fire, Thomas saw an army of countless knights of Knight, led by the head of the knights, Asel.

Seeing this, Thomas hurried forward, and pleaded in an almost crying voice: "I told not to attack Ritunburg, but Lord Cologne just refused to listen." The Knights of Uzt were all routed, and even he himself was killed. Captain Arcel, please save us, we have been running all night, and we are almost exhausted. ”

Axel's expression was very serious, and he said coldly to Thomas: "Thomas, please remember, it was the commander-in-chief Carter who appointed me to save you. If you continue to carry the Commander-in-Chief to Cologne in the future, no matter how dangerous you are in the future, no one will come to save you. ”

After saying that, Assel didn't wait for Thomas to answer, and said loudly to them: "All of you withdraw from the left, let me go to deal with Yale." ”

Thomas was embarrassed, he didn't say anything, and immediately led the knights around Assel's army in the direction of the west, stopping in the rear for a temporary rest.

Soon Thomas saw Basel with the Knights coming, and he immediately greeted him and asked, "Master Basel, why are you here too?" ”

Basel didn't like this Thomas very much, he didn't say anything, but casually threw him the leather bag full of wine on his horse's back, and then Basel led the knights on a quick gallop north.

Looking at the back of Basel and his Knights leaving, Thomas was very moved in his heart, and he felt that there was no hope of following Odosa and Cologne, and the fate of Uzt was the best example. A thought began to sprout in him, and he felt the need to find a time to meet Carter.

After Yale, who was chasing Thomas, was stopped by Assel's army, he knew that the Knights' reinforcements had arrived, and there was no need to make unnecessary sacrifices. So Yale hurriedly turned his horse's head and led the army straight in the direction of Ritunburg.

Yale went out of the city at night this time, and there were not many troops stationed in the city at all. This time he risked the great danger of the loss of Ritunburg to launch a surprise attack, and although he was a great tactical success, if Ritunburg was lost, the war would be a complete defeat for him.

When Yale came to Fort Liton with a roaring army, he saw countless Knight lion flags fluttering on the city wall, and at that moment Yale felt bad, as if he had been hammered on the head.

Just when Yale was looking at the city in a daze, the gates of Ritunburg were opened, and Xiao Daocheng and the knights poured out like a tide. Under the reminder of the chief knight, Yale had to hurriedly order the withdrawal, and fled all the way to Cobilon without stopping.

In this way, Fort Rytun was recaptured by the Knights, and when the news reached Dragon City, Carter went directly to the Duke of Dragon City's palace.

In the hall of the Duke of Dragon City's mansion, Cologne, Carter and the others sat there quietly, everyone didn't say a word, and the atmosphere was quite tense.

After a long time, Odosa broke the silence and congratulated Carter: "Lord Duke Carter is really powerful, if you hadn't sent a large army to support, our Dragon City would definitely not be able to take back Fort Litun." ”

Carter didn't answer Odosa, but said directly to Cologne: "Lord Dragon City's plan to seize Fort Ritun can be said to have caught the barbarians off guard, Lord Lord is really a good strategy. ”

Cologne smiled awkwardly, he coughed and said, "It's okay, it's okay, fortunately, the Duke sent someone to arrive in time, otherwise our losses would have been great." ”

Carter glanced at Cologne, then stared at Duke Odosa, and said seriously: "Although we have succeeded this time, I hope that this kind of thing will be arranged by me in the future, and Lord Dragon City can just explain." ”

Cologne immediately explained, "Don't be angry, Duke Carter. I see that you have been busy with the affairs of the territory lately, so I took matters into my own hands and arranged for two knights to go into battle. ”

Carter continued to stare at Duke Aoduo and replied, "But Lord Dragon City, since you have made me the supreme commander of our Dragon City army, I should be solely responsible for and arrange the affairs of the battlefield. Lord Dragon City did this, could it be that he couldn't trust me Carter? ”

After speaking, Carter stared at Cologne directly, and Cologne panicked. Four years ago, Carter was only a twelve-year-old boy, but now that he has the main army of Dragon City under his command, it is obvious that he can no longer treat him like before.

Cologne nodded and said calmly, "Okay." From now on, without the consent of you, the Commander-in-Chief, none of our Dragon City troops will be allowed to move easily. As for the attack on Fort Ritun......"

Before Cologne could finish speaking, Carter immediately rushed to say, "This attack on Litun Fort is completely a wise decision of Lord Dragon City King. I maintained a tacit understanding with the King of Dragon City, and finally successfully captured Litun Fort. Isn't that so? ”

The corners of Cologne's mouth twitched, and then he hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, yes, that's how it is, hehe." ”

After hearing this, Carter immediately got up and said, "Lord Lord can also announce to everyone that our attack on Fort Litun is entirely to advance our area of control, and use Fort Litun as our outpost against the barbarians, so that our line between Nedo and Dragon City will become safer. ”

Cologne nodded and replied in a low voice, "Well, I see." ”

Hearing Cologne's reply, Carter immediately bowed goodbye and swaggered out of the hall.

After Carter left, Odosa complained to Cologne: "Lord Lord, look at it, look at this Carter, it's getting more and more presumptuous. ”

Cologne frowned, and he sighed deeply and said, "yes, what can we do?" He now controls all the regular knights in Dragon City, and now we have to rely on him to withstand the barbarian attack. This kid, sooner or later I'll let him know how good I am, wait and see. ”

After saying that, the two of them continued to fall into deep thought.