"In the name of the Holy Spirit, punish you wicked heretics!!" a man dressed in a dark brown priestly garb knelt on the ground of the farm west of Douro Town, holding his hands on the grass, and shouted loudly to the sky.

In front of the priest was a large group of soldiers in super-heavy armor, armed with broad steel knives, walking slowly towards the town of Douro.

There was also a group of cavalry behind the priest, the gold-armored knight at the head and a cavalryman wearing covered chain armor beside him said: "Duro is really a big town, it would be great if it could be included in my territory in the future, but if the regular army of Sallins came to support..."

"Lord Burns, please rest assured, our attack this time is all cavalry, and if we want to retreat, even the most powerful infantry regiment in the Kingdom of Sallins will not be able to catch up with us. ”

At this time, the priest stood up, turned back to Burns and let out a burst of laughter, "Lord Baron, you underestimate us too much, although there are only a few hundred of my living corpse soldiers, even a regular army of thousands of people may not be able to destroy them. ”

Burns looked into the distance and found that the troops guarding the town began to put up organized resistance, but whether it was crossbow arrows or knives and axes, they couldn't stop the pace of those "living corpse soldiers", even if occasionally a few soldiers were able to "break through" the protection of the heavy armor and stab into the ** of the living corpse soldiers, but they neither bled nor did they have any reaction to injury, "Your Holy Spirit Mercenary Regiment is really worthy of its name, pass the order, our cavalry will surround from both sides of the town and carry out the predetermined plan!"

Fifteen minutes later, Evan and Fid arrived at the bottom of the mountain, where Evan's elite Sallins light infantry numbered four hundred, while the captured water dog mercenaries and several bandits were tied up on the side of the road.

When Carman saw Fidel standing next to Evan, he immediately shouted, "So you are a spy! If Lao Tzu releases it, he will kill you first!" Although he shouted, those cow tendon ropes were so strong that no matter how hard Karman struggled and writhed with all his strength, he couldn't break free.

One of the scouts reported to Evan: "Lord Vice-Commander, the town of Douro has been attacked from the west by the cavalry of the Oguna Empire, and it seems that there are other mercenary groups involved, and the troops defending the town have begun to rout. ”

"What about the number of the Emperor's ** team, have you reported to the nearby garrison and castle lord?"

"Scouts have been sent to report to the nearest garrison and lord, and according to reconnaissance, there are about a thousand cavalry. ”

"A thousand? It is impossible for this amount of troops to occupy the Douro, are the soldiers in the town stupid enough to stand on the plain and be attacked?And why would the territory of the Oguna Empire be so far away from here, they would choose to sneak attack here?" Although Evan had experienced large and small battles, this completely unreasonable situation also confused him.

"How many defenders are there in town?"

One of his subordinates: "Report to the deputy commander, the number of regular troops and militia combined is close to three thousand, and there are some mercenary groups in the town..."

Evan said angrily: "The mercenary group can't be counted on or anything, they don't stab us in the back, it's already a good result, pass the order, and prepare to enter the town to support the town troops." ”

Feder thought for a moment and said, "Uncle Evan, there are indeed a few mercenary groups in the town, but there are not many of them, and most of them are rabble," he squatted down, drew a circle on the dirt from the branches on the ground, and then raised the dirt in the middle of the circle, "If the enemy army attacks from the west of the town," he put a few gravel on the west side of the circle, "and they are all cavalry, and they must not be driven straight from the front, because the hilly terrain of the town is not suitable for cavalry combat at all, and the garrison must be able to defend easily," He put the gravel on the small dirt slope at the height, but before the gravel could be stabilized, it rolled down, "There are two possibilities, the first is that the army of the Oguna Empire has bought the mercenary group in the town as a joint invasion of the Douro. ”

Speaking of this, Feder glanced back at Kaman, who was tied to the ground, then shook his head and said, "But this possibility is very low, if it was a premeditated attack, as the largest mercenary group in the town, how could the Water Dog Mercenary Group agree to the task of protecting the bandits today?"

Carman shouted, "Although we are mercenaries, we have all lived in the Kingdom of Salins for many years, and there are still our families in the town, even if we don't help guard the town, we will definitely not..."

"So the first one may have been denied, and the second one could be—" Evan asked anxiously.

Fei De nodded and said, "The second possibility is that those mercenary groups that came with the troops of the Oguna Empire can completely resist the nearly three thousand guards in the town and defeat them!"

Evan's first reaction was "How is that possible?!"

Fei De continued to fiddle with the rubble, "The town of Douro is very large, and no walls have been built, but with the terrain of its own hills, the intricate streets of the town, using cavalry to attack Douro is equivalent to using a bow and arrow in the sea," he placed the gravel representing the cavalry around the circle, in a surrounding shape, "And the generals of the empire are definitely not idiots, even if they attack Douro, they should not send cavalry," Speaking of this, Fei De stood up and looked at Evan, "Then what is their purpose?"

Evan was even more confused by what Fidel said, but Evan made a quick decision - to rescue Douro Town first.

At this time, a cavalry scout galloped in from a distance. The panting scout fell to his knees in front of Evan from his horse, pointed to the road with his index finger and said, "Report... Report to Lord Evan, Christine in Mallott has escaped!"

"What?!" Evan was even more upset by the news.

This news shocked Evan even more than the fact that the town of Douro had been attacked by the Oguna Empire. Half a year ago, Archduke Webster, the real power holder of the Duchy of Dramain, one of the three principalities, sent his only daughter Christine to Sahlins as a hostage - Christine was only sixteen years old at the time, but in order to gain an alliance and military protection with the Kingdom of Sahins, Webster preferred to give up his most precious "treasure". As a sign of mutual trust, the Kingdom of Sallins also sent Walter, the youngest of the three princes, to Deraman's capital Winter City for a year of "study". The royal family of Sahlins planned to take control of the Duchy of Dlamain by marrying Christine a year later, when the prince returned home at the age of eighteen.

"The Duke's daughter had not left the room yesterday morning, and it was only when the maid cleaned the room this morning that she was gone. The meaning of the cavalry scout's words immediately made Evan understand.

Yesterday at noon, Evan took four hundred of the Kingdom's elite light infantry out of Mallot, and made a day and night rush to the town of Douro, which was already far away from the capital. And according to the current situation, the daughter of the Grand Duke must be hidden among the four hundred light infantry, otherwise, with the strict inspection of the royal city, how could a girl so young escape?

Evan immediately lined up all the light infantry and ordered everyone to take off their helmets and inspect them one by one. But upon closer inspection, the soldiers in the unit did not have even a trace of a woman.

Could it be that of the eleven dead infantrymen? It was quick to get results, and Christine was not among them.

"Could it be that she's not on our team at all?" Evan thought as he held his right elbow with his left hand and stroked his beard with his right hand, "Or maybe it's your intelligence error, and she's still hiding in the city?"

Fed patted Evan on the shoulder and said, "It shouldn't be your responsibility to get her back, uncle. ”

"But it's about the relationship between the kingdom and the principality..."

"Well... Although it has nothing to do with me, I give you a heads-up uncle for you," Feder was obviously not interested in the disappearance of the duke's daughter, "Uncle, do you remember when we were in the bandit stronghold, a scout reported to us that a light infantry was missing?"

Evan suddenly looked at Fidel, "Yes! It must be that deserter, I wondered how could there be a deserter in my elite at that time?!"

One of the soldiers also took the opportunity to report to Evan that during the hurried march last night, the companion beside him seemed to be sick, and it was difficult to keep up with our march, and he was also very thin.

Evan waved the soldier back into the ranks, and didn't punish him for not reporting it. Feder whispered to the side, "This shouldn't be a coincidence. ”

"Could it be that the cavalry of the Oguna Empire are here to capture her?" said Evan in a slightly surprised tone.

At the same moment, Baron Burns's cavalry had crossed the south and north sides of the town and rushed straight to the east of Douro Town, "You remember, the princess of the duchy may have been hiding in a bunch of light infantry, or she may have slipped into the town," the baron, dressed in golden and gorgeous armor, rode his horse vigorously on horseback, but because of his fat and strong, the poor mare was about to be crushed, "The intelligence says that there are four hundred light infantry, and we only need to capture one woman, and the other three hundred and ninety-nine... Kill them if you like them!They're all ants anyway!!"