Under the tall walls, Betty arranged the defense of the walls in front of several guards, asking them to take charge of the various sections of the walls, and telling them to deploy different defensive strategies according to various battle situations.

At this time, a luxurious carriage came speeding in the distance on the street on the north side, and the person driving it turned out to be Salas, which shows how noble the identity of the person sitting in the car is.

The carriage turned straight to the knights' army and stopped near Betty and Simon. A luxurious woman in her forties anxiously stepped out of the carriage and scolded Betty angrily: "Little girl, what do you want to do, are you crazy? ”

Seeing her mother coming, Betty respectfully curtsy and greeted, "Mother, why are you here?" ”

"It's not because of you!" Salas angrily reproached.

Betty glanced at Salas and said coldly, "You left the Duke's Palace again, do you want to be locked up to be satisfied?" ”

Salas's mouth opened wide in shock, he didn't dare to refute Betty, so he said to his mother pitifully: "Mother, look, look, Betty is like this to me, what kind of person is this sister." ”

"Shut up!" After speaking, the Duchess glared at Salas fiercely, and then comforted Betty and said, "Betty, can you make your mother not worry?" Look at you, such a young girl, you still wear a sword. Why are you wearing this armor on your body again, you, this is like our precious daughter of the Duke's Palace. ”

Betty's brow furrowed slightly, apparently her mother's words were too child's play, and extremely detrimental to her prestige, because the knights' expressions had changed somewhat. After all, Betty is still young, and she is still a girl, so she lacks qualifications and experience, so it is inevitable that people will have some doubts in their hearts to let her lead everyone against the army of bandits.

Betty was expressionless, her beautiful eyelashes flashing, and she looked around at the neatly lined army of knights.

When the Duchess saw that Betty did not speak, she became even more anxious, and said again: "Mother is talking to you, why are you silent?" I can allow you to wear armor and a short sword, but you must not go out of the city with the knights to participate in battle, this is absolutely not allowed! ”

Betty was originally a good daughter in front of her mother, but at the moment when Hwaseong's life and death were at stake, Betty couldn't take much care of it. She climbed onto her horse with swift movements, then pointed to the army of knights and asked aloud, "Everyone here has parents, and many have children at home. But for Hwaseong, we don't have the time to think about it so much, we can't keep Hwaseong, and all our families will suffer. Let me ask you, are you willing to let the bandits kill your wife, children, and parents? ”

"I don't want to!" Thousands of knights replied almost in unison with a roar, frightening the Duchess into a fluster.

Betty continued to ask, "Would you be willing if Betty led everyone out of the city to kill those hateful bandits so that they didn't have any chance to get close to the walls of Hwaseong?" ”

The knights roared in unison, "Yes! ”。 The roar of the thousand people was earth-shattering, not only boosting everyone's morale, but also bringing a lot of fear and panic to the bandits gathered outside the city.

Betty wanted this effect, and she replied to the Duchess, "Look, Mother, we are all ready. I, Betty, am also a member of Hwaseong, and I must be at the forefront on behalf of our Duke's Office when Hwaseong is in danger, otherwise our Duke's Palace will be ashamed of all the people of Hwaseong. ”

The name of the Duke's Palace was too heavy, and it weighed on the Duchess's chest with grief. She had ten thousand words to say to Betty, but when it came to the reputation of the Duke's Palace, she couldn't say a word. It's just that the Duchess thinks that no matter how important the reputation of the Duke's Palace is, how can an 11-year-old girl be allowed to bear all this?

Of course, the Duke's Court Lady is also very sober, and she must not say such a thing, because once she says so, it is tantamount to admitting the incompetence of her other two sons. Because of Salas's incompetence, Betty had to step up, and only Betty could preside over the situation in Mozart's absence.

The Duchess looked at Betty with tears in her eyes, nodded her head reluctantly and said, "Okay, good daughter, mother won't say anything, don't say anything." ”

With these words, the Duchess burst into tears, turned her head and got into the carriage. Salas shook his head and sighed, and without saying a word, drove the carriage back to the Duke's Palace.

Watching her mother's sad departure, Betty's face crossed a trace of sadness, for her kind mother may have broken her heart because of herself, this is not the result of what she thought.

Simon knew that Betty was thinking of these family things, and his mood inevitably fluctuated.

In order not to affect the morale of the knights, Simon rode forward and said to the knight army: "It's okay, the Duchess feels too sorry for Lord Betty, it's normal." ”

The knights laughed happily when they heard this, and the atmosphere was particularly harmonious. The pre-war atmosphere was especially important not to allow the knights to have too much psychological burden. Simon continued, "Don't talk about Lord Betty. When Simon first went to war, my mother chased me for a mile and didn't chase me back. ”

The knights burst into laughter again, and someone asked, "Did you cry, Lord Simon?" ”

Simon shook his head and replied, "No, I didn't cry at the time." But then I ran away, and I couldn't help but cry when I sat on horseback. ”

The knights laughed again, and someone said, "Oh, Lord Simon of Rysburg, it's the first time I've heard of it." ”

Then someone asked, "Then Simeon, how old were you when you cried?" ”

Simon smiled and replied, "Oh, it's not too young, it's about thirteen." ”

Going into battle at the age of thirteen was inconceivable to many, and the situation was almost the same as Betty's now. This time the knights could not laugh again, and everyone saluted Lord Simon with their own high respect.

When Betty's mood eased, Zema stepped forward and said, "If we want our family to be safe, even if we are only thirteen years old, or like I am only eleven, then we must take up the weapons in our hands and exchange our lives for the safety of our families." If any of you are afraid of death and feel that your life is more important than your family, then please leave these people now, and our Huacheng army will not leave cowards who are afraid of death. ”

Betty's words make people have no choice, if they leave because they are afraid of death, they are the cowards that Betty said, no one will bear this humiliation, and it is more uncomfortable to live than to die.

Seeing that no one in the army left, Betty nodded and said, "Okay, since everyone has decided to fight to the death with the bandits, then please follow closely behind me, we will never look back until we achieve our goal." ”

After saying that, Betty turned her horse's head and gestured to the guards at the city gate, and then the south gate of Hwaseong began to be slowly opened.

With an order, Betty rushed out of the city gate first, leading an army of 3,000 knights to rush frantically to the bandit position on the south side.

The biggest advantage of the knights is their quick attack, which is so fast that it is difficult to deal with for a while. More than 10,000 bandits gathered on the plain, and they were still constantly scheduling and arranging, and they were still not fully prepared for this battlefield.

The army of Hwaseong knights rushed overwhelmingly, and the countless horses' hooves shook the earth and trembled, and the knights' earth-shattering killing cries frightened the bandits.

Among these bandits, few people have seen such a large formation, which is clearly the strength of an entire knight order, far beyond their estimated range. For a long time, the bandits only thought that there were only 500 knights in Hwaseong, but the current situation was completely unclear for them.

The bandits were still dispatching and gathering, they didn't have time to form a defensive line at all, the war came too quickly.

In an instant, the knight army was like a torrent, and like a sharp sword, directly into the position of the bandits, scattering and fleeing the bandit army.

Simon had been by Betty's side to protect her, after all, this girl was only eleven years old, and with her current performance, she must have done more in the future, and it would be too uneconomical to die at the hands of the bandits.

However, when attacking the bandits' position, Betty did not slow down the horse's speed, but pulled out her short sword and slashed quickly, which surprised Simon with the speed of her movements, and the skill of swordsmanship far exceeded everyone's imagination. Simon stabbed the bandits to death in turn, and followed Betty forever.

But Betty didn't need Simon's protection at all, and the speed of her attack was no worse than Simon's, and the short sword was dazzling in Betty's hand, and her swordsmanship seemed to have reached a certain level.

Who is she, why is she so good at swordsmanship, could it be that Hwaseong Betty's strength also includes swordsmanship? He didn't know much about these Simons, he felt that he was stupid, he didn't know enough about the outside world, and he didn't know that there was such a heavyweight in Hwaseong.

These improvised knights are very tenacious, after all, the Knight people have the habit of dancing swords and guns since they were children, and the combat effectiveness they burst out should not be underestimated. After more than half an hour of fighting, the bandit army left countless corpses on the ground and fled towards the mountains and forests on the south side.

Seeing that the bandits were fleeing into the dense forest on the south side one after another, in order to prevent fraud, the vigilant Simon immediately ordered to stop the pursuit.

Betty didn't say much, she reached out and shook off the blood stains on the short sword, her mouth panting slightly, the repeated fighting made her young body a little overdrawn, and she was tired enough.

Simon ordered the knights to regroup, then walked over to Betty and took the shortsword, wiped it clean for her with his own clothes, and then handed the shortsword to Betty. Betty looked at Simon in a daze, feeling that he was much more stable than herself, and it was indeed a good choice to accept it when she saw it.

Simon is an adult after all, he seems to have inexhaustible strength, he just finished the battle and he didn't care about resting, immediately personally urged the knights to regroup, and then returned to Hwaseong City with the knights and Betty.

Seeing the victorious return of the Hwaseong knights, all the people in the city gathered around to greet them. Food and water were brought out for the knights, and even the Duchess appeared in the crowd with a jug of wine. In this way, it seems that the Duchess was influenced by her own daughter, so she deliberately took the lead in leading the people to welcome the triumph of the army, so as to better enhance the prestige of the Duke's Palace in the eyes of the people.

Hwaseong had been silent for more than a hundred years, and for the first time it had such a lively scene, the whole city was silent and cheerful, and the shouts of names such as Betty, Duke's Palace and Simon of Hwaseong lasted for a long time.

Simon still did not dare to take it lightly, he twisted a bag of water, nibbled on bread and walked up to the city wall again, always observing the enemy situation on the south side.

However, the army of bandits was defeated, and except for an empty plain on the south side, only the corpses of the corpses were left in the field, and not a single living bandit appeared.

Simon ate his bread and ordered: "Send someone to clean up the battlefield immediately, and don't let these corpses rot on the grass and cause the plague, which will be a big problem." The chief knight saluted and ran straight down the city wall to make arrangements.

A gust of autumn wind was blowing, and Simon felt a slight chill, and at this time, the sun was setting, and the clouds in the sky were red all over the sky, so the scenery was also very chic.

For Simon, he seems to have a new plan in his heart, and Hwaseong at this time is even more affectionate to him than Reesburg.