All those who heard the mercenary's shout looked up at the walls of the city of Crafe, and there was indeed only one person on the walls, a mercenary with the banner of the servant mercenary group in his hand. The mercenary's face was covered in blood, and the flag in his hand had been pierced several times.

Killoma sent his knights to the gates of Crafeld, and as soon as the knights reached the gates, they found several scarred mercenaries walking out of the gates, and there were still many bloody wounds on their bodies, and the knights immediately called out to the medical troops behind them.

The knight of the Church, who had been at the front, had turned back to tell Fide and Kiro that the town looked like there was no one in it, only a few mercenaries who were still breathing at the gates, and the mercenary who was still standing on the wall had just died of rage.

Kiro immediately sent his entire army into the city, while Fidel did not forget to have thousands of men on guard and patrol the perimeter of the city. Although it was daylight, it was not certain that there would be no Imperial cavalry.

In the time that followed, most of the mercenaries who poured into Crafeld searched the entire town. Except for some livestock, cats and dogs that were still on a leash, not a single living person was seen. The corpses of some guards and mercenaries were also found on the city walls and in the alleys near the walls, while the mercenaries who attacked the town and were still alive were only a few dozen people, but they all had only half a life left.

"Captain Arturas is still alive!go and rescue him!" a mercenary from the servant mercenary group immediately pulled the other man's clothes when he saw the knight chief Kiro, and then shouted.

Kiro and Fidel immediately ran in the direction the mercenary was pointing, and found Arturas leaning against the wall of a civilian house, bleeding all over his face. One of his arms and lower leg was gone, leaving only a large pool of blood on the ground, and Arturus, with his eyes closed, was dying.

Knight Captain Kiro immediately asked his subordinates to deal with Arturas first, and asked those field doctors to come here immediately to rescue Arturas.

A healthy mercenary is brought to Kiro and Fed, who tells the Captain and Knight Captain what happened here. It turned out that under the leadership of the servant mercenary group, they were the first to come to the city of Crafeld, and the four mercenary groups that followed them also arrived later. When they arrived at the city, they immediately attacked the city, after all, due to the influence of previous experience, several regimental commanders thought that the city of Krefe would be as vulnerable as the city of Hana. Unexpectedly, not only did the initial siege not receive the assistance of the spies lurking in the city, but the guards defending the city also prepared the weapons to defend the city early. However, because the number of mercenaries in the Church Alliance was much larger than the number of soldiers defending the city, Arturas asked all the mercenaries to attack the city with all their might, striving to defeat the enemy as quickly as possible.

Suddenly, at this moment, a large group of cavalry rushing out of the night rushed towards the mercenaries who were still besieging the city, and instantly attacked those mercenaries who did not climb the city wall. When these cavalry rushed over, it was like a storm of decay, and the mercenaries who were still under the city walls were immediately crushed and scattered to pieces. Most of the mercenaries fell under the iron hooves of the war horses, and even the mercenaries who were still alive fled with their legs, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to survive.

By this time the commander of Arturus had already stormed the walls of the city of Crafe, and he had knocked down the long ladders that had been used to attack the city, so that no one could climb them again. At this time, there were about 400 mercenaries who attacked the small city from the city wall, and it was these 400 mercenaries who rushed to the gate of the small city and seized control of the city gate. They later discovered that the only gate in this small city had been sealed long ago, so that all the mercenaries could not enter, and all the imperial cavalry in the field was left behind. And there are not many guards in the city, and the four hundred mercenaries who attacked actually killed all the remaining guard troops, and they also paid the price of more than three hundred people, which can be said to have paid all the price that can be paid.

"What about the civilians who were in the city?"

"After we climbed the walls, we didn't encounter a single civilian of the East Oguna Empire, only the few defenders. The mercenary who had survived the death replied.

"Did you see the Shepherd Mercenary Regiment and the five mercenary regiments that came up later?" Kiro continued.

"No, I didn't see anyone, I guess they were wiped out by those imperial cavalry..."

In this way, the Church Alliance paid the price of a total of eleven mercenary groups being wiped out, and finally took the small city outside the river castle, and this was only the first battle. In the following time, Fei De and his men investigated all parts of the city in detail, and found that not even the body of the lord could be found here, and it is estimated that the city lord and the civilians in the city all crossed the river and withdrew from the place before closing the city gate for guard. This would explain why the gates were sealed, and their purpose was to keep the mercenaries out, and then let the cavalry in the field defeat the mercenaries of the Church Alliance.

The mercenaries who reported back from outside the city said that there were some traces of river crossings on the river that divided the area between the rivers, and that a number of destroyed river crossings could be seen on the other side of the river. Many of the corpses of the mercenaries near Crafeld City can also be found, most of which have fallen to the ground and then have wounds on their backs from spears or swords.

It was only then that Feder was fully aware that Viscount Hollis's overall plan had begun to fall into the enemy's trap when he easily took the first two small towns.

Some of the mercenaries of the Shepherd Dog Mercenary Group were also discovered, and their bodies were scattered scattered in the north of the town, and the further north you went, the more and more mercenary corpses of the Shepherd Dog Mercenary Group were found. Three of the Church knights continued their way north, and as they approached the river, they found a blood-stained sheepdog, and beside it, the head of the group, Jennifer, was lying there, looking to have been unconscious for a short time. The three knights immediately dismounted and approached, and the white-haired shepherd dog immediately roared at the three knights, and wanted to continue to retreat with Jennifer's body in its mouth.

At this time, the cavalry team of the diversion mission on the other side of the river was hiding in the lower reaches of a river, and put all the horses on the river to graze and rest.

"The sound of iron hooves last night should be the cavalry of the East Oguna Empire, and judging from the number of appearances, there are likely to be more than five. Selena, the chief knight, said as she looked at Avi as she ate her hard bread.

"It seems that our diversion mission has completely failed, and those imperial cavalry have already gone to the opposite side of the riverbank," Avi gently swept the "king's" sideburns with his hand, "I hope it will not affect the siege plan of Feide's predecessors." ”

And the squad leader Hughes said with a smile: "Our mission is actually not over yet, there may be a cavalry team that has not crossed the river yet, let's go over and reconnoitre." ”