The strongest force of the German mercenary group Arold, what happened in Northern Europe, when Arold urgently summoned them, it was split into two forces, and the envoy sent to Northern Europe told Arold what he saw, that is, the German mercenary group that lost John Berg has become two opposing factions, among which the Swiss, who were originally the backbone of the force, are the backbone of the contract to continue to fulfill the contract, and they believe that breaking the contract will damage the reputation of the Swiss mercenaries, Therefore, he refused to return to Mecklenburg to play for Arjord.

"Why can't Andrew convince them?" Arold walked down the steps and said to the messenger.

"Colonel Andrew tried his best to convince the mercenaries, but the stubborn Swiss did not trust anyone else except their own, and after the death of Colonel Johnberg, there was a lot of friction between the Swiss and the Germanic mercenaries." The messenger hurriedly explained to Arrod.

"Damn, this is also a ruse of Count Lauzitz." Arrod angrily slammed his fist on the wooden table beside him, and the wine glass on the wooden table jumped up and tumbled on the table, and the wine inside was bubbling out and spilling everywhere.

"No, this must have been the plan of Brother Robert, a counsellor at Count Lauscitz's side." At this moment, a voice came from the door of the hall, and Arold followed the voice, only to see a slender and tall woman wearing a gray cloak walking in, looking like a dusty man.

"Harvey, when did you come back?" When the woman took off her cloak, she revealed Arold's familiar face, none other than his spy leader, Harvey, who had returned to Mecklenburg on a fast horse day and night.

"Just arrived, Lord Count." Harvey tossed his cloak to the servant and walked straight to a wooden table next to the hall. Picking up the flask and the poured glass, he poured himself a glass of wine, craned his neck and poured it into his mouth, all the way he was hungry and thirsty.

"Let the cook bring the food." Arold said to the personal attendant beside him.

"I'm starving, oh God. My ass was about to be blown apart by a horse. At this time, Webster, a little white face, walked in with one hand on his waist, exhausted.

"How's Mason doing?" Arold walked over to the wooden table and sat across from them, asking anxiously.

"Count Lauzitz gathered an army of several thousand, first besieged Fort Mason and forced Duke Abel to revoke his vassal ties with your family, and then sent his troops to Fort Lida." Harvey scooped up a piece of broth, ate it between his fingers, and then raised his head and said to Arold.

"Fort Lida? Aren't they, my father, ready to withdraw to Mecklenburg? Arold frowned when he heard this, Fort Lida was indeed a strong military fortress. But under the siege of thousands of people, I am afraid it will not last long.

"There are many women and children in Fort Lida, and Miss Josephine has just given birth to a baby boy, and none of them are fit to travel far away, so the decision to stay at Fort Lida has been made." Harvey said to Arold.

"What? Josephine gave birth. Arold looked at Harvey in surprise, which meant that he was an uncle, and this sudden sense of happiness made Arold a little confused.

"Yes, congratulations, Earl, you have become an uncle." Webster finally lifted his face from the broth at this point. He smiled flatteringly and said to Arrod.

"I have a big nephew, haha." Arold stood up happily. Almost dancing and shouting, everyone in the hall looked at Arrod in surprise, they had never seen Arrod so happy.

In order to save Fort Lida as much as possible, Arold immediately sent people to the Isle of Sealand, gathered all the Viking warships on the island, and let two hundred Viking warriors take these ships to Mecklenburg. Assembling with the rest of Arold's army, Arold's idea was to use the Vikings' ships that could sail inland rivers and make it down the river to Mason, which would be much faster than walking on land.

Just as Arold was mobilizing the Viking ships, the army led by Count Lautzitz finally arrived outside Fort Lida. The once picturesque fortress was now alarmed by the rumbling of wheels, the sound of people, and the clashing of weapons, and Count Lauzitz rode on his horse and looked expectantly at Fort Lida, with the spire of the tower in the distance.

"Father, it's the banner of Count Lautz, and the banner of many Mason nobles." Sir Yves and Baron Wendell stood on the walls of Fort Lida, looked at the flags that were tumbling like waves outside the castle, and said to Baron Wendell beside him.

"There are more than 2,000 people, I didn't expect them to mobilize so many troops, and the defense of Fort Lida is in place?" Baron Wendell wore a chainmail hood, a fine and shiny chainmail, a pair of leather gloves on his hands, and his own sword at his waist, and watched from the city wall in full armor.

"The soldiers are all in place, and it will not be so easy to capture Fort Lida." Sir Yves pressed his helmet, he was wearing the lobster armor of Mecklenburg, his tall figure and armor looked particularly powerful, Eves straightened up and looked at the soldiers gathered by Count Lauzitz with contempt, behind him were his family and newborn son, Yves was confident enough to keep them safe with the sword in his hand.

"Your brother doesn't know when he'll arrive?" Baron Wendell frowned, looked at the growing number of troops gathered outside the castle, and said to Yves uneasily.

"Harvey, they should have brought the news, but it will take time to gather the army and march along the road, but I will buy it." Yves drew his greatsword, put it on his shoulder, and said to his father nonchalantly.

"It's a pity that this fortress doesn't have a moat, otherwise it would have lasted longer." Baron Wendell, who has rich experience in warfare, poked his head out and looked down, the biggest flaw is that Fort Lida has no moat, and the enemy can get close to the city wall without obstacles, but even so, as a military fortress, Fort Lida has its own killer features.

"Woo~~~." Suddenly, there was a trumpet sound from the opposite side, which was clearly the sound of the horn of the attack, and I saw Count Lauzitz draw his sword and rush in the direction of Fort Lida, and swung it down violently, and the conscripted infantry immediately rushed to Fort Lida with a wooden ladder like a wave.

"Don't rest, attack us directly? Archers prepare, don't let these bastards get close to Fort Lida. Sir Yves clenched his fist, covered with iron, and commanded loudly to the defenders of Fort Lidda, and the archers drew their bowstrings with a creaking sound.

"Ready, put ~~~." With a command, the archer let go of his fingers, and the arrows flew out of the defensive towers and walls of Fort Lida like locusts, and immediately covered the bodies of the light infantry who rushed over, these light infantry were also called levies, and they were serfs who lived in poverty on the land of the nobles, so they had no financial resources to buy armor and weapons, except for tattered coarse linen clothes, they held a pitchfork in their hands, and a little stronger one was at most an old spear, but although these light infantry were poorly equipped with weapons, However, it doesn't cost much to win because of the large number of people, and it is also a good choice to waste enemy arrows.

"Uh, ah~~~." The arrows that fell fell pierced the heads, chests and legs of the light infantry, and the screams suddenly resounded outside Lida Fort, and the light infantry, who did not even have shields in their hands, had to raise the corpses of their comrades to dodge, and were forced by the nobles behind them to lift the wooden ladder and continue to charge towards Lida Fort.

"Lord Count, shall we order the archers to help in the battle?" A nobleman who couldn't stand it built a way to Count Lauzitz.

"No, let the light infantry continue to charge, they don't want money." Count Lauzitz shrugged his shoulders, implying that the arrows fired by the archers cost money to buy, and the levies were the cheapest soldiers, and the arrows were more expensive than them.

"Ive's light infantry came up and forced them back with boiling water." Baron Wendell also knew that the despicable Count Lauzitz was using light infantry to drain Fort Lida's strength, but there was nothing he could do under siege but to defeat these enemies.

"Good father." Yves immediately ran to the city gate, the city gate of Lida Fort is made of thick wood, if it is attacked by the enemy, it will not be able to resist for long, but this fortress built by the stonemason's guild, there is an ingenious mechanism at the city gate, there are several sculptures with wide mouths on the top of the city gate, in fact, there are copper pipes inside this sculpture, which can inject boiling boiling water into it, and the boiling water will be sprayed out along the copper pipes, so that the enemies at the city gate are burned.

"God bless, Our Lady bless ~~~." Serfs with pitchforks crowded towards the city gates, and many thorny bushes and dense forests were planted on both sides of Fort Lida, forcing them to crowd together, and arrows continued to fly towards the crowded serfs, causing them to suffer a large number of casualties, but the constant pushing and shoving of their companions in the rear was simply involuntarily.

"Hurry up the wooden ladder." The serfs lifted the wooden ladder above their heads and passed each other forward, just as the statues above the gates above their heads appeared to be ornamental, and the originally closed round holes opened.

"Huh~~~~." Boiling boiling water sprayed out of the mouth of the statue and landed on the top of the serfs' heads and bodies, and the serfs who had not yet reacted only felt a stinging pain in their skin, and then began to turn red, and then a sharp pain made them cover their faces and wail loudly, and after a while, a layer of skin came off.

"Hurry back, is it the devil?" The ignorant serfs, who had never seen a stone sculpture that could hurt a man, were afraid to scratch the cross on their chests, and shouted in terror in their mouths, and although they were outnumbered, they retreated like a tide when they were attacked unexpectedly. (To be continued......)