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A mercenary camp on the border of Watergast, mercenaries are a group of people who can't survive in their hometown, they sell their land or houses to buy a pair of half-worn armor and weapons when the harvest is bad, and wander around the country together to wait for the day to be hired.

"Did you hear that?" In this camp of Catalans' mercenary troops, the captain of the mercenaries of this camp sat in his tent and worried, and when he heard that there was a war on the Baltic coast, he led his men to Watergastshire, originally thinking that Kang Tuoyi would hire them in the war, but the Slavs thought that they had enough men and could not afford the high cost of mercenaries, so they refused the Catalans' request for employment.

"What?" The mercenary captain raised his head and looked at his subordinates, put down the cup in his hand, he was very troubled by these disobedient subordinates, they either went to steal the chickens of the villagers or found a way to rob passers-by, but these mercenaries knew very well that those people could rob those who could not rob, except for threatening passers-by, they would not harm their lives.

"It's Kang Tuoyi, he lost the battle." The panting subordinate walked to the tent and poured himself a glass from the flask, then drank it all and spoke.

"No, I heard that the Slavs had gathered an army of more than 3,000 men, while the Germans had only about a thousand. The mercenary captain looked at his subordinate in surprise, who was also his younger brother.

"I don't know exactly what happened, but the Slavs fled in all directions, and the nobles all cowered into the castle."

"Hey, we'll send a messenger to ask if Kang Tuoyi is willing to hire us to help him guard the castle." The mercenary captain rolled his eyes. He immediately smelled the business opportunity here, and the guys who had to eat and drink all day long under his command were about to eat up his old bottom, and if he didn't look for a job, I was afraid that this team that had been pulled up with great difficulty would disperse.

"My brother, I think you're shrewd enough to be normal, but this time you're wrong." The mercenary captain's younger brother laughed. He said to the mercenary captain.

"Am I wrong?"

"Yes, now that Kang Tuoyi has fled to his castle in defeat, even if he is willing to hire us, there will not be much oil and water, but instead we should join the ranks of the Germans and help them conquer the castle of Watergast, think about it, in addition to the commission, there is loot to plunder, and we will get rich."

"There is some truth to what you say, but to be on the safe side, we sent emissaries to both warring sides at the same time to ask if they were the reason for the price."

"So is it still the same price as before?"

"Nope. Double, after all, the situation is different. The mercenary captain touched his beard and said proudly to his younger brother that in his opinion, he was actually a merchant, but they were merchants who sold human lives, and since they were merchants, of course they had to find someone with the highest price.

Outside the castle of Watergast, the army of Mecklenburg has blocked all the roads in and out, and the army of more than 600 people is entrenched outside the castle and does not attack or leave, it seems that it is actually going to besiege the castle, but Kang Tuoyi is not worried that the Mecklenburgers will break through the city wall. Although most of his army was lost, the remnants were strong enough to defend the castle.

"The Earl has a messenger from Mecklenburg." Arold stands outside Watergast Fort. He took a single-hole telescope and examined each section of the wall, but to his disappointment, he was completely invulnerable, the walls were hewn out of solid rock and then plastered with white plaster to form solid walls.

"The Courier?" Arold was very surprised, he put down the glasses in his hand and looked at a dusty man standing behind him, the man saw Arold turn around and quickly knelt down on one knee. He wore a green cloak and looked exhausted.

"My Honourable Earl, I have brought a message from Mecklenburg."

"Tell me what's going on?" Arold looked at the messenger in front of him, and a bad feeling floated in his heart, he had a premonition that something must have happened to Mecklenburg.

"The Great Chief of the Pomeranian is attacking Mecklenburg with an army of five thousand, and the soldiers are defending against the enemy's attack under the leadership of your noble wife, Princess Josie." The messenger said to Arold.

"What? The Pomeranians are attacking Mecklenburg. Arold listened to the messenger's words and was dizzy. Originally, he thought that the Pomeranians would either join the battle at the beginning of the war, or they would come to pick peaches after their battle with Kang Tuoyi, but he didn't expect the Pomeranies to be so cunning and take advantage of the fact that they took most of the army with them to raid Mecklenburg, which is the foundation of Arold's lair, not to mention that his wife is still in Mecklenburg with a child.

"Lord Earl, let's withdraw our troops immediately." Baron Ron was also nervous, if Mecklenburg was in danger of losing, then his Fury Lion Castle would soon fall.

"The messenger will go down and rest first after you have worked hard, but you are not allowed to tell him a word about what you have told me." Arold was silent for a while and said to the messenger that he couldn't let the soldiers know about it, if the soldiers knew that there was a crisis in Mecklenburg, then the morale of the army would definitely be shaken, and as a commander, Arold must suppress his inner anxiety and make the right decision.

"Yes, Lord Count."

"Baron Ron, you go to the coast at once, and order the Teutonic knights to abandon the fortress and return to Mecklenburg by sea, no, wait until I think about it." Arold quickly gave instructions to the generals around him, but the number of Teutonic Knights brought by Yves was small, and Arold immediately reversed his decision, thinking about the danger that Princess Josie and her unborn child might face.

"What the hell should I do, Lord Earl?" Baron Ron, bewildered by Arrod's inconsistent orders, stood there, the first time he had seen Arold so disoriented, but Arold quickly calmed down.

"Order the Teutonic knights to abandon the fortress and come to us."

"And what about Mecklenburg?" Baron Ron asked.

"Let's take Watgast Fort first, as fast as we can." Arold gritted his teeth and looked at the immobile Watergastburg, he knew that even if he returned to Mecklenburg immediately, it would be useless, not to mention that a tired army would fall into the enemy's trap instead, if Arold and his army were destroyed, then Mecklenburg could only be destroyed.

"How do you take it down? With all due respect, Lord Earl, we are understaffed. Baron Ron looked up at the fortified castle, it would take at least a few weeks if it was to be conquered, no, if the defender was Kang Tuoyi, I am afraid that it would be possible for months.

"Lord Earl, there is a man who claims to be a mercenary outside our barracks, and he wants to see Lord Earl." At this time, a soldier from Mecklenburg came to them and reported to Arold and the others.

"Mercenaries?" Arold and Baron Ron looked at each other, they were not surprised that there were mercenaries in Watergast, mercenaries were scattered all over the continent of Europa like bacteria, they were always waiting for the moment to make war money, but these people were generally on the waiting and neutral side in the war of the nobility, unless they were hired by one side.

"Honorable Lords, on behalf of Barron, the mercenary captain of the Reaper Mercenary Regiment, I ask you if you need mercenaries." The young mercenary had a red beard on his chin and brown eyes, and when he saw Arrod in fine armor, he knew that the man in front of him must be the commander of this army.

"How many of you are there?" Arold asked bluntly.

"We have six hundred good men, of which there are four hundred spear soldiers, and a hundred archers and a hundred swordsmen, and they ~~~~." The young mercenary immediately reported to Arrod as a treasurer.

"Bring them all, I've hired you." Arold interrupted him, and without saying a word, he said to the young mercenary.

"All of them? But, but. The young mercenary looked at Arold in astonishment, nobles are generally picky when hiring mercenaries, using various reasons to lower the price, it is the first time he has seen such a cheerful nobleman.

"But what?" Arrode's brow furrowed slightly, he was not in the mood to bargain with these mercenaries right now.

"We don't accept honorable lords on credit." It may be that the Reaper mercenary group had suffered similar losses before, and he thought that Arold wanted to hire them on credit.

"Hmph, follow me." Arold beckoned to the young mercenary and strode towards the barracks, where two personal attendants stood in a black spired tent in the center of the barracks.

"Lord Count." Seeing Arold coming, the two attendants hurriedly bowed to him, Arold nodded slightly and got into his tent, the young mercenary didn't know what was going on, so he had to wait patiently outside the tent.

"Bang dang~~~." When Arold stepped out of the tent, he carried a golden scythe in his hand, which he threw at the young mercenary's feet with a clattering sound.

"Well, it's, it's." The young mercenary bent down to pick up the pure gold scythe that radiated a charming sheen, his eyes full of greed and incomprehension, and when he raised his head, he looked at Arold in confusion in front of him.

"This is a deposit for you, go and call all your people." Arold looked at the mercenary in front of him disdainfully, after sacking the temple of Walgast, he had two full chests of this jewelry and gold sacrificial vessel, which was originally intended to be brought back to Mecklenburg for a new round of territory construction, but now it had to be used for war. (To be continued......) r1292

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