How did Ayslas City change hands? Ulysses couldn't figure this out. Although he had already decided to give up the city of Essras, how did Zelda and the 5,000 centaurs get in? Where did the thief army come from such a strong force to do this overnight?

Ulysses carefully questioned the scouts who had come to report, but the information he received was quite incomplete. It wasn't until the second and third waves of scouts came back that he was given a rough idea of what had happened.

Zelda receives a letter from her eldest brother Cusai. Although I didn't understand it, since my father had given the order, Zelda immediately ordered the 5,000 men and horses under his command, handed over the defense work to the surrendered Drum and his soldiers, and then left the city.

But things changed less than a day after leaving the city.

News came from the city of Essras, and there was a sudden commotion among the city's residents. Zelda, who got the news, couldn't help but take a big sip: "This Drum is too useless!" I just left him and I can't stop those people, this guy is a piece of shit! No wonder there will be surrender. ”

Zelda had never had a good impression of this Drum, who had surrendered in Kaesong, and even in front of him, she still couldn't hide her contempt. And he was always skeptical of this man's abilities, in Zelda's mental structure, bravery and loyalty are essential qualities for a warrior, and if someone gives up even both, then no matter what the battle is, this person cannot be trusted.

But now that there is a riot, Zelda can't ignore it. He ordered his soldiers to stand by and returned to Essrath with 2,000 men to help Drum quell the riots.

However, this is the fatal mistake he made. What happened in Essrath City was far more complicated than Zelda knew.

Drum, who had been ordered to garrison the city of Essras, had less than four hundred men at his disposal. Most of the 400 men were improvised patchwork civilians for training, while others included his men when he surrendered and soldiers who surrendered after the city was breached. These people regardless of combat effectiveness. The will to fight or loyalty is questionable, and Drum's own popularity has plummeted because of his unrighteousness. About this matter, Drum himself has a bitter word. Originally, he was ostracized by many parties in the Dils rebel army, and his position was precarious, so at the critical juncture, he chose to surrender in Kaesong, but because of this thought, he not only became a traitor scum despised by everyone in Essrath City, but also suffered many times in the Yaki army, and his life was even more difficult than before. But now he has no way out, only by clinging to the Yaki army can he have a glimmer of life, if he falls into the hands of the Dils rebels, he will definitely die.

Drum wasn't a fool, and as soon as Zelda left, he knew in his heart that he had been abandoned by the Yaggee Army. The defeated Yaqui Army is likely to abandon the city of Essras. Leaving yourself here is undoubtedly leaving yourself to fend for yourself. Therefore, Drum's mind is thinking about how to take away the gold, silver, jewelry, and food in the city of Essras, and return to the original cottage to defend it.

The soldiers were busy preparing their vehicles, cattle, sheep and horses, and the security of the whole city was relaxed. At this very moment, a man appeared in the city.

This person is none other than Pocker, the head of the ordnance manufacturing of the Dils rebels whom Drum has been tracking down for many days after the city was breached.

Since the fall of Essras, Pokel has been gone, and even the artisans who worked with him do not know his whereabouts. Drum had told Ulysses that he must capture him, as he was not only a good swordsmith, but also knew how to make crossbows. If he can be taken into his own use, it will definitely greatly improve the combat capability of the Yaji Army. It's a pity that no matter how Drum investigated, he almost never opened the city of Essrath to find it, and this Pokel disappeared completely as if he had evaporated from the world.

In fact, Pokel also has a skill that no one else knows except Li Tianhao. That is, he is still a master of disguise. These days, he easily dangled around Essrath City and watched Drum's efforts in vain, and by the way, he also found an errand to go out of the city to cut wood, so he was able to connect with the spies sent by Wei Song, and informed Wei Song of the reality of Essrath City.

According to Pocker's tip. Wei Song deliberately had Zaran march towards Essrath City with a thousand soldiers disguised as a large army, causing Ulysses to have the illusion that Zaran's troops would arrive at Essrath City for at least ten days or so. But in fact, Wei Song had already personally sneaked into the mountains and forests near Essrath City with 6,000 people in the starry night, and hid himself, ready to wait for an opportunity to seize the city. At this time, Zelda led his troops to remove the city. Seeing that the opportunity was not to be missed, Wei Song sent out a signal to inform Pocker in the city, and Pokel immediately activated some of the people who had been encouraged by him these days to open the city gate and let Wei Song enter the city. It was at this time. Drum's abandonment of the patrol and the start of the fugitive are like pie in the sky. How could Pocker let go of such a great opportunity? He immediately led his men and horses to kill the few remaining guards of the West Gate and opened the city gates. Wei Song, who was outside the city, immediately waved his army into the city.

Drum was caught off guard, although Wei Song's soldiers entering the city were only more than a thousand advance troops, which had already exceeded the number of all the troops under his control, not to mention that these soldiers were almost without the will to fight, as soon as they heard that the Dirs army had entered the city, they immediately dispersed, and Drum was almost the only one left. Drum was in a position to grab a horse and escape from the city, but was blocked by Pokel. Drum saw Pokel and said viciously, "Get out of the way!" lest you die by my hand! ”

Pokel sneered: "I advise you to kneel down and surrender, where can you run?" Yajijun won't want people like you, do you think you can still mingle in the mountains of Dils? ”

Drum gritted his teeth when he heard this: "Then don't blame me for being merciless!" ”

As he spoke, he urged the horse to step forward and cut off Pocker's head, Pokel was on the ground, seeing him condescendingly and slashed down sideways, Drum lifted the horse's head and wanted to step on it with the horse's hooves, Pokel dodged, and at the same time swung the hammer in his hand and hit the horse's front legs, and immediately broke the horse's legs. The horse fell down with a neighing cry of grief. Drum hurriedly rolled on the ground, and before he could stand up, Pocker's hammer arrived, and before Drum's body could stand firm and could not dodge, he had to parry with a knife, and the knife suddenly bent into a strange shape, and broke into two with a bang. Pokel took advantage of the situation and kicked Drum to the ground, raised the hammer and shouted, "Do you think the blacksmith of the Li family is so easy to deal with?" Tell you, there is no incompetent person in the Li family! ”

"Don't don't, don't smash, don't smash! I surrender, I surrender! ”

Pokel glared angrily and slammed a hammer into Drum's right leg, which suddenly turned into a puddle of flesh, and Drum shrank into a ball with a scream. Pokel pointed at Drum and scolded: "You villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death! Kill you, dirty my hammer! Leave you a dog's life and wait for the young master of my family to decide! ”

By this time, Wei Song had already led his men and horses to quickly seize various key points, and the city of Essras changed its owner without most civilians noticing. After that, Wei Song kept the news tightly under his control, and only sent an elite soldier to chase Zelda pretending to be Drum's soldier, claiming that there was a riot in the city and asking for support. In fact, Wei Song took advantage of the darkness to sneak the remaining main force into the city, and arranged layers of ambushes just to wait for Zelda to return.

At noon the next day, Zelda led 2,000 men back to the city of Essras. (To be continued......)