Mr. Byron became Lord Byron, and the rise in rank made Byron proud for several days.

Except for wandering around the barracks, listening to the ordinary soldiers calling him Lord Byron.

That feeling, it's really cool!

But business still has to be done, and after gathering enough information, Byron and the others have identified several roads that are often used by Rhodok's northern convoys.

These roads are basically located behind Rhodok's defense zone, and it takes some effort to get around.

Fortunately, Thrindir had been taken by the kingdom, and half of the surrounding villages were controlled by the Swadian army.

As a result, there was a vacancy in Rhodok's northern frontier, and Byron could have taken advantage of it.

Byron immediately gathered his cavalry troops, and in order not to affect the speed of the march, they did not use carriages this time, but brought ten extra camels and horses to carry supplies.

More than a hundred cavalrymen poured into the forests of the border, passing many Rhodok outposts destroyed by the Svadia kingdom along the way, until they reached the vicinity of the road where the Rhodok convoy often passed, and then stationed nearby.

Dozens of light cavalry were directly dispersed, and even in the forest, the combat effectiveness of these light cavalry would not be greatly affected.

They walked through the forest in small groups, and once they found signs of a recent large group of people and a convoy of horse-drawn horses, they would send one or two people back to report it, and the others would continue to follow and sit down to mark along the way.

The Swadian army in the vicinity was the only one of Byron's group, so the other large groups passing by here were all targets for Byron.

Soon after, a small convoy of fresh vegetables and fruits from Viruga was spotted by Byron's scouts, and Fatis had no objection to the supply convoy attacking Rhodok's army, and he personally attacked the force with fifty cavalry, and they suffered no casualties except for one mercenary rider who was killed by a heavy crossbow shot through the throat of the chain mail.

They killed seven Rhodoks, while the remaining eight soldiers and a few horsemen surrendered.

Although capturing an opponent in the enemy's territory was far less safe than killing them outright, Fatis felt that it would be more advantageous for them to capture a few captives, both out of chivalry and for practical gain. So Byron took them captive, and stripped them of their weapons and armor, tied their hands, and put them on the back of their pack horses.

As for the supplies, Byron took most of them, and wasted the rest into an inedible state.

Back at the makeshift camp in the forest, the Peony mercenaries improved their diet, slaughtering a lame pack horse that they had stolen from the Rhodoc convoy, and then enjoying the vegetables and fruits that Viruga had brought and the wine they had prepared for the nobles in the castle.

Two days later, another convoy of arrows and food to the front line was discovered by Byron.

The team numbered more than a hundred, and half of them were hoplites. They also had several caravan guards on horseback, who were used to scout and deliver messages.

Byron divided their troops into two ways and surrounded them in the forest. Kress and Desail led the crossbowmen and Nord soldiers to quickly eliminate the Rhodok soldiers who were guarding the perimeter, and then used their crossbows and throwing axes to kill the cavalry.

After that, the frontal attacking soldiers dismounted and formed an array of infantry. The Rhodoks immediately hid behind the wagon and formed a defensive formation, and raised their spears and crossbows.

Byron's soldiers cautiously attacked, and the attention of the Rhodok soldiers was focused on them. After the loss of five soldiers, the sound of horses' hooves finally sounded in the rear of Rhodoc's ranks. Many turned to defend, but the cavalry galloped through the nearby forest, surrounding them.

Looking at the cavalry units running back and forth in the forest, the Rhodok soldiers couldn't figure out how many enemies there were for a while, and they began to disperse their defenses, and their positions were also disorganized.

Byron's crossbowmen advanced close enough to fire arrows in a volley.

The Rhodok soldiers, who were in disarray, were attacked by the enemy on their backs, and more than ten people were killed and wounded in the rain of arrows at once.

The experienced heavy cavalry behind them also took the opportunity to attack, and they lined up in a simple cone formation in the woods under the command of Kenrad, and then rushed in from the middle of the wagon convoy, and the diluted Rhodok spearmen could not stop the onslaught of so many heavy cavalry, and the chariot was broken in two.

The surrounding cavalry also began to shrink the encirclement, and javelins and flails flew all over the sky for a while.

"Surrender! If you surrender, we promise not to kill you! ”

Byron cried out for surrender, but was met with the roar of Sergeant Rhodok.

"The devil will surrender, you Swadia scum will die!"

As the sergeant could finish the last word, Bandak's crossbow bolt pierced the helmet.

Although only the arrow shot into the head due to the helmet's block, the arrow still directly killed the sergeant.

Bandak regarded Byron as his captain and as his friend. And he will not forgive anyone who insults his friends, even if they are also Rhodoks.

"Captain! Damn Yankees......"

After the sergeant's death, his deputy immediately filled his place. He roared and shouted, doing his best to gather the remaining troops.

"Hold on, brothers! Reinforcements will be coming soon, and we'll ......."

Before he could finish his sentence, Desaivi's cone-headed arrow entered his eye and pierced through the back of his head.

The second-in-command also fell, and there was no one left among the rest of the Rhodok soldiers who could continue to take on the duties of captain.

Alleyne also jumped off his horse at this time, brandishing the moonblade axe and charging into the Rhodok soldiers, and under the swing of the axe, even the heavily armored Rhodok veteran spearmen could not hold out a few moves under his big axe.

Under his leadership, the dismounted cavalry and a small number of elite infantry brought by Byron also rushed into the Rhodok formation, completely tearing the ranks apart.

The battle was fierce, and the Rhodox soldiers, although at a disadvantage, held out for a long time.

It wasn't until there were only a dozen wounded soldiers left that they finally chose to surrender surrounded by Peony mercenaries.

After the first battle, ten people were killed and more than ten were wounded, and the losses were all soldiers above level 3, so the losses were not small.

Originally, if Byron could take all these things away, he would still be able to make a lot of money. However, what Sergeant Rhodok said before was indeed right, there were indeed Rhodok reinforcements not far from here.

When the scouts came back to report, they were only ten minutes away from the Peony mercenaries.

Byron took only some of the arrows in the end, and then gathered the wagons together and set a fire, and watched as the fire spread to each of them.

As for the captured equipment, only part of it could be taken. But overall, the harvest is not small.