In the evening, just after Filina's own cooking, Sawyer's house welcomed an unexpected guest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Nodia? What are you doing here? Aren't you stationed at the Western Watchtower? ”

Sawyer opened the door and looked at the visitor with a look of surprise.

"Aha! Didn't I come back specifically to look for you, anyway, there hasn't been anything going on in the western sentry tower lately, so I'll come back and wait first. It just so happened that I arrived on the front foot, and I heard that you were back in the evening! ”

Nodia laughed and said, patting Sawyer's shoulder as he spoke, Sawyer's tears were about to fall, big brother, can you do it lightly!

"Looking for me? Have you encountered anything lately? ”

Sawyer let Nodia in, hearing the anxiety hidden in Nodia's tone, and asked when Nodia sat down.

"I can't hide it from you," Nodia sighed, "Let's put it this way, I've been restless lately, and I have a feeling that a big war is coming, Sawyer, you know more than me, can you help me analyze, if there is a war, who will be the next enemy?" ”

"Enemies?" Sawyer smiled bitterly, who else will be the enemy of Xueman, except for the storm cloak is the dragon, and the civil war can't be fought in the near future, then the enemy will only be left with the dragon, after all, Mirmenir died in the western watchtower, and the dragons, especially Alduin, will definitely come back for revenge.

"If it's really a big battle, then the closest enemy ......"

Sawyer suddenly paused in the middle of his words, the nearest enemy? It occurred to him that the closest enemy to the Western Tower was not the Dragon, but ......

"Nodia, have you seen any movement from the Crows lately?"

"Grey Raven?" Nodia was stunned by Sawyer's serious expression, "I've been quite honest lately, and I haven't even confiscated the tolls." ”

"Even the tolls were confiscated?"

Sawa raised his eyebrows, obviously surprised by Nodia's big heart, the old ancestor said well, there must be a demon when things go wrong, a group of robbers who make a living by robbing and collecting tolls, suddenly made a good boy, this is not clear that there is a problem.

Moreover, the closest to the Grey Swamp Fortress is the defense zone of Nodia, the Western Watchtower, once the Grey Raven riots, the Western Watchtower will bear the brunt!

Not only that, the Grey Raven Bandits also have a reason to capture the western watchtower, many caravans passing through the Grey Swamp Fortress usually turn around and flee in the direction of the western watchtower when they are robbed, and the soldiers stationed in the western watchtower will also respond to these caravans.

And the previous agreement was not because the Grey Ravens didn't want to attack the Western Watchtower, but because their strength was not enough to capture two fortresses at the same time, and now that the Grey Ravens have accumulated strength for many years, they naturally won't abide by the agreement as before.

Besides, Xue Man had already compromised once before, if the western watchtower was also occupied by the Grey Raven......

After telling Nodia about his analysis, Nodia also became anxious, and pulled Sawa to go to the Dragon Night Palace, and asked the lord Barguf to send troops to the western watchtower, destroy the Gray Raven bandits, and recapture the Gray Swamp fortress.

Although Sawyer didn't think that the lord would send troops to the Grey Swamp Fortress, after all, the western watchtower was not a strategic location, but he still had the idea of giving it a try, and let Nodia pull him to the Dragon Night Palace.

Sure enough, after Sawyer recounted his reasoning to Barguf, Barguf, who was sitting on the throne, agreed with Sawyer's opinion, but believed that although the Crow Mercenary Regiment was a destabilizing factor, it did not have much impact on Xueman, and the most important thing was that although the Nordia and the army stationed in the Western Watchtower belonged directly to the lord, the Western Watchtower was not a direct domain of Barguf, but a domain of an earl loyal to Barguf.

Silica Heder, the countess of the Snow Man, the western watchtower is her fiefdom, and at the same time, not far to the east of the western watchtower, there is also a large manor, employing a large number of lords to take care of the manor for her, and there are also five hundred private soldiers of the earl of Heder.

This is also the reason why Barguf did not send troops, although due to wartime needs, the garrison rights of the western guard tower were temporarily recovered, but the western guard tower is still the territory of Sirika, and it can even be said that it is Sirika's private property, once the western guard tower is in trouble, Sirika will definitely send troops to assist in the defense.

Of course, there is no lack of some petty selfishness of Barguf.

"Forget it, let's go to the Hurdle Manor tomorrow, hoping to convince Earl Hurdle."

Sawyer stood outside the gate of Longxiao Palace, patted Nodia beside him on the shoulder, looked up at the two moons in the sky, but sighed himself.

Huddle Manor is located between the western watchtower and Pedajia Farm, it is said to be a manor, but in terms of scale and architectural planning, Huddle Manor is already comparable to some small cities, from a distance, the courtyard wall of five meters high and more than one meter thick is not inferior to the walls of small towns around the world, and looking beyond the outer wall, you can vaguely see the center of the manor, which is surrounded by a wall made of boulders, which is the core of Huddle Manor, Huddle Castle.

Walking slowly towards the gate of Herder's manor, Herder's castle was gradually obscured by the wall, but you could faintly see a small stream running through the manor from east to west, and under the courtyard wall of the manor, the thorn bushes were like faithful guards guarding the manor, and the flag hanging high on the gate was painted with the emblem of the Earl of Herder: flowers blooming in the thorn bush.

The gates of the manor were not opened, but there were still two soldiers on duty with the coat of arms of Count Hurdle painted on their leather armor, and they were immediately alerted when they saw the billowing smoke and dust coming from the east.

The two riders, sensing the soldier's vigilance, also pulled the reins lightly and slowly slowed their horses down, signaling that they had no ill intentions.

"Please inform me that Lord Sawyer and Commander Nodia of Snow Man are visiting."

The more robust of the two riders shouted, handing over a scroll of papers, which one soldier looked at for a moment and entered the manor through the side door.

"Ah, Lord Lord, Lord Commander, the Count is in the study, please come with me to the parlor and wait."

Not long after the soldiers left, a middle-aged man who looked like a butler came out and led Sawyer and the others into the manor, all the way to a single building in the castle and waited.

Along the way, Sawyer couldn't help but sigh that Count Hedr was indeed worthy of the title of the most powerful man under Barrhuf, from the outer wall to the castle, the area between the outer walls and the castle, the barracks, houses and fields were staggered, and there were several blacksmith workshops scattered next to the stream, and the tenants attached to the Count of Huddle had already begun to work, and the soldiers formed small teams to carry out patrol duties meticulously.

"Lord Heder's soldiers are all elite, and they are not inferior to the lord's guards."

Seeing Sawyer staring at the patrolling soldiers with a curious expression, Nodia explained in a low voice, and the butler who led the way next to him smiled and did not refute, but his face was full of pride.

The Earl of Hurdle's reception room was very simple, with nothing but a round table and a few wooden chairs, and the bluestone walls were not painted like the other nobles, except for a map of arming on the wall facing the door.

The butler poured a cup of hot water for each of Sawyer and left the living room, and after a while, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

The footsteps were hurried but not flustered, and each step was very regular, from which it can be judged that the owner of the footsteps is a strong, steady and self-controlled man.

The next moment, the door of the reception room opened, and Sawyer's eyes couldn't help but froze when he looked at the door, and he was instantly amazed by the countess.

What amazed Sawyer was not the countess's appearance, but the temperament and the powerful aura that surrounded her!

The countess's appearance is not very stunning, but it can be regarded as beautiful, with three points of Nord strength in the beauty of the seven-point show, and a bit of heroism between the frowning eyebrows, just standing there simply, it also gives people a feeling of being extremely aggressive.

The waist-length long golden hair was simply tied into a long braid, and the countess shook her head lightly, and then hung the long braid between the towering twin peaks, adding three points of sweetness, but at the same time, the oppressive aura around her body dissipated a lot.

"Nodia, long time no see," after a simple greeting to Nodia, the countess looked at Sawa on the side, "Xue Man's recent rumor about the boiling dragon baron, it must be you, right?" ”

"Lord Snowman, Sawyer, have met Count Herder."

Sawyer nodded and saluted Silikahder.

"Don't be so polite, just sit down," said Celia, pulling out a chair and sitting down, "You, a lord and a commander, have come to visit me at the same time, and you have come to visit me, the earl, so tell me what you want." ”

After listening to Celia's words, Sawyer glanced at Nodia suspiciously, but saw the same surprise in the other party's eyes, obviously not adapted to Celia's conversation rhythm, in Sauria's opinion, as an earl, a high-end nobleman among nobles, shouldn't he be polite for a while when he speaks, say something that is misty but not nutritious, and then slowly talk about business?

"Just say anything, I'm a soldier first, and a nobleman second."

Sirika smiled, obviously understanding the surprise in the eyes of the two opposite, she had seen this kind of surprise many times in the eyes of different people, and most of it was accompanied by disdain, contempt and rejection, like the two opposite, just the simple surprised eyes made her feel a little more favorable.

"It's okay to be straight, I won't waste time."

Sawyer laughed too, and the lone maverick countess also made him feel good, and simply repeated his reasoning.

"Ash Swamp Fortress? The Raven Bandits? ”

The Countess frowned, apparently she hadn't paid attention to the news of the Grey Swamp Plains for a while, and after getting the news of Sawyer, she made the same inference as Sawyer.

"How many days has the Crow's people confiscated the toll?"

Silica asked a question that Sawyer hadn't considered, and Sawa was slightly stunned, suddenly realizing the seriousness of the problem.

"Probably, it's been almost a week, right?"

Nodia was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment before speaking, and when the words fell, Nodia herself stood up, obviously realizing the seriousness of the matter.

You must know that the distance between the Grey Swamp Fortress and the Western Watchtower is a day's journey, and if you march quickly, you can reach it in half a day, if the Grey Raven wants to attack the Western Watchtower, there is no need to make too many pre-battle preparations, a week is more than enough, if Sawyer and Silika's inference is correct......

"Quick! Gather the soldiers! Everyone, send troops to the western watchtower! ”