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The news of Ludwig's successive victories reached the ears of Fidel, who had left Black Swamp City, and Fei De began to move east from Decree City with the potato mercenary group and more than 10,000 mercenaries three days ago, and the remaining mercenaries remained near Black Swamp City, and Squadron Leader Jasmine was personally responsible for the remaining mercenaries. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Lord Herman also came to Black Marsh City with the three thousand regular troops of Dulum City, and also met with Ludwig, had a meal, and learned about the four cities that had been recaptured by the Winter Army.

According to Jasmine's letter, both Ludwig and Herman behaved very politely, and both were pleased with the successive victories of the Winter Army. Herman also brought a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, half of which were personal gifts for Ludwig, and half for Fidel's potato mercenary group, but he did not expect that the potato mercenary group had already been launched.

Ludwig also agreed with Fidel's decision, believing that since the Duchy of Magini had formed an alliance with the Kingdom of Cose, it should not be too scrupulous. He claimed that the Winter Army would be fully armed, and that the scattered forces of the Duchy of Mageni should be united as soon as possible to make their own efforts to repel the invaders. The Winter Nationals who stepped into the Duchy's territory were also invaders, but Ludwig didn't mention what he had done, let alone take half of the land as compensation after driving out the Imperial Army.

"Vittorio, although there are still some mercenaries in Black Swamp City, if Ludwig suddenly breaks the alliance, Squadron Leader Jasmine may not be able to deal with it. "When Fei De left Black Swamp City, he had already instructed Good Jasmine to be vigilant, and if there was danger, the first thing to do was to protect those who were still in the Peace Grave Military Academy and evacuate Black Swamp City.

Vittorio rode on his pony and looked ahead, "Those three assassins who were chosen by you, Captain Fidel... One of them was already under my watch, and he infiltrated Black Swamp yesterday. If you want to get that Assassin close to Ludwig, Captain Fidel, all you need is a word from you, Captain. ”

Only then did Fide understand why he and the other captains were discussing leaving Black Swamp City and going to the front line to help Maev, Vittorio agreed, and it turned out that Vittorio had already left a hand. Now it seems that the list of ten people that Vittorio came up with was not used to remind Ludwig of the danger of assassins, but to master these assassins and kill people with knives.

"What about the other Assassins?" said Fidel, who began to suspect that the remaining seven were also under Vittorio's watch.

"Some of the Assassins have been killed by Ludwig, and some of them are completely uncontactable," Vittorio said in a calm tone, as if he did not regard Ludwig as an ally at all, and was not afraid of Fidel's questioning, "My white dove is always on standby, and I only need your order from you, the commander." ”

Fidel nodded, Ludwig had been afraid of being assassinated, so he would go back to the depths of the palace every night to sleep. Vittorio had told himself before that he had placed some of the best in the potato mercenary group into the mercenary guards hired by Ludwig, and Fidel thought that Vittorio wanted to spy on Ludwig, but now that he thought about it, there might be some assassin-like guys in there, waiting for Vittorio's orders at any time.

However, Ludwig is the enemy after all, and Vittorio is his partner, so no matter how vicious Vittorio's methods are, Fidel does not blame the other party.

Ever since he heard that Mave was suddenly ill, Fed's heart was uneasy. A large part of the reason why he rushed to the front line with his subordinates was because of Mei Fu's physical condition, and the young and beautiful female noblewoman still had a certain weight in Feide's heart, even if Feide couldn't give the other party what he wanted. And just as the Potato Mercenaries were about to arrive at the camp of the Southern Army and the Principality's regular army, a strange news reached Fidel's ranks.

"Five hundred merchants who had escaped from the eastern towns had entered the camp of the Southern Army with their possessions, and these unarmed merchants with large sums of money were warmly welcomed by Viscount Lawrence. It is said that many of the noble subordinates of the Earl of Camp also went to meet the merchants, presumably in order to take away their money in the name of 'providing asylum'. ”

At this time, it was still half a day before Fidel's mercenary group reached the camp of the Southern Army and the regular army of the Duchy, and Vittorio immediately sensed that something was wrong as soon as he heard the news.

"It doesn't make sense," Vittorio said from the back of the line to Fidel's side, "none of my merchant friends have left their city, and it stands to reason that merchants don't take a lot of possessions with them, and five hundred merchants gather together..."

Nur disagreed, "Isn't that a merchant? Could it be a spy sent by the Imperial Army? No matter how stupid the nobles of Viscount Lawrence are, they will search these five hundred people! They must have only found gold coins from the merchants, not weapons!"

Luca also chimed in: "Deputy Superintendent Vittorio, although you have a lot of contacts in the Duchy of Magini, it is normal for merchants with only money to want to seek refuge. Those banks can also be attacked, and keeping money there is not a panacea. ”

Vittorio continued to shake his head, "There aren't many gold coins stored in the bank, most of them rely on notes and numbers, and experienced merchants will never carry a lot of money with them... These five hundred people are so suspicious..."

"Unless they are all able to kill the soldiers of the Southern Army with their bare hands, like the Horse Boxers, they are at best five hundred civilians, what is there to be afraid of?" Noor's words did make sense, and Fide didn't think there was any big problem, after all, the Southern Army had been on the front line, and they still had the 50,000 troops of the Earl of Khachen behind them. The Imperial Army would never be stupid enough to send five hundred bare-handed men to attack the Southern Army, which would be tantamount to sending them to death.

"We'll be at the front camp in half a day," Selena looked at the sky, it was noon, "and then let Vittorio confront the merchants himself, maybe there are your friends there." ”

Fidel didn't care about Vittorio's questioning, he just wanted to see Mave's condition now. Because the news from the front showed that Maeve's illness was getting worse, and the Medics of the Southern Army were helpless, Fidel wanted Ligu and Ayana to try.

And at three o'clock in the afternoon, not far from the regular army of the Principality of Mageni stationed in the rear of the Southern Army, several deserters on war horses appeared in Fidel's field of vision. As soon as Fidel saw the men in the uniforms of the Confederate Army, he immediately asked Selena to stop them.

"Why are you running away?" saw one of the stopped horsemen panting, and kept looking back into the distance.

"The Southern Army is finished! The Imperial Army is coming! The nobles are all dead! All are dead!" The seven cavalrymen who were stopped all said the same thing, they all claimed that the Imperial Army had rushed to their camp from the front, but the camp of the 30,000 Southern Army was in disarray, and all the noble leaders, including Viscount Lawrence, did not stand up to give orders, and some claimed to have seen them killed. Now that the camp of the Southern Army was in chaos, the Imperial Army basically did not encounter much resistance, and these deserters reacted immediately and chose to flee.

A cavalryman with a desperate face shouted: "It seems that the Earl of Campham has sent reinforcements to support it! But the attack of the Imperial army is like a rising tide! We will definitely lose!"

Although there were always deserters on the battlefield, why did these fleeing cavalrymen say that Viscount Lawrence and the other commanders of the Southern Army were dead?

More and more deserters appeared in Feide's field of vision, and at this time, Feide began to feel a little disturbed, and when he thought that Meifu, who was unable to move, was still in the barracks, he immediately issued an order to Selena: "Selena, you take the cavalry squadron and me to break into the Southern Army camp and find a way to rescue Meifu... With those nobles with status, Luca, go to the regular army camp of the Duchy on the other side, contact the Earl of Camhen, and see if the Count can regroup and resist the attack of the Imperial army. ”

Luca immediately took the order, while Vittorio grabbed one of the cavalrymen by the collar and asked, "Were the five hundred merchants received by the nobles?"

"It's... Yes..."

"Have you all carefully examined the nobles, could they be the attackers?"

"How... How can it be... None of them had any weapons... They only have gold on them... It's only gold..."

Vittorio was still not convinced, he had suspected a few hours earlier that the merchants who had come to the barracks with cash boxes in their hands, if it weren't for them, who would have brought together the nobles of the Southern Army and some of the generals of the regular army.

Fett glanced back at Vittorio, "Now is not the time to think about this! let's go rescue Count Canchen and Miss Maev... Vittorio, you and the other captains are looking for a suitable place to set up a position nearby, and let Toto's ballista carriage defend it!"

"Yes, Commander. ”

The deserters who escaped from the front were intercepted by Fidel's men, who calmed down a little when they learned that they were reinforcements from the Mercenary Guardian Regiment. However, they all spoke in unison, claiming that they had encountered a frontal charge from the Imperial Army in the front of the Southern Army camp, and that the iron cavalry of the East Oguna Empire could not be stopped at all. And most importantly, all the commanders died, and all the noble lords were killed by the five hundred merchants. Out of nowhere, the seemingly non-threatening merchants who had been searched conjured sharp weapons and slaughtered all the nobles who wanted to accept them.

"Sure enough, it's a conspiracy of the five hundred," Vittorio whispered to himself, and Toto beside him sighed, but Toto had already arranged the ballista carts in the high-level terrain, "See the guy with the eyes of money... These rotten aristocrats really can't be counted on, can they?"

With the squadron of cavalry, Fid headed straight for the camp of the Southern Army, and many of the infantry began to flee from the camp, while the regular army led by the Earl of Camp was apparently regrouping as it retreated. The camp of the Southern Army has been abandoned, and even if the Earl of Campham is able to preserve his strength, the forces gathered by the Southern nobles will be disintegrated.