Chapter 147: Heroes of Momentum
On the third day after entering the camp, Stanley received definite information that an invading army of about 2,000 men had broken through the line to the west of the defense line of Yiwang City, and was occupying an isolated fortress in the grassland, waiting for the follow-up troops to respond. Since the soldiers at all points of the defense line of Yiwang City have long lost confidence in victory, this fortress will not be the last stronghold to be breached at will, and more and more strongholds of the defense line will soon be taken by the enemy.
"To tell you the truth, our current situation is not optimistic, at the beginning those great nobles have written down the conscription of troops from their own territory to the capital Qinwang, but this time it will take time," Stanley said one night, finding Field, "and I suspect that these nobles have already ventilated before attending the defense meeting, otherwise they would not have seen no reinforcements at all after more than ten days, which directly led to the overstretching of our troop movements, and there was a loss of 150,000 on paper." ”
"So now this batch of 30,000 mercenaries is also very important. ”
"That's right, it's very good that you can clearly realize this, even if these mercenaries still choose not to help us in the end, but can you guarantee that they won't have any negative impact on our army?" The negative impact that Stanley was referring to will definitely appear, after all, these are mercenaries, and their chief commander has just been beheaded, "It is very difficult to deal with these mercenaries gathered in Doret City, so it must be controlled." ”
"Understood. ”
No matter what the other party said, Fei De felt that the other party had to portray himself as a hero first, and then let himself lead this group of mercenaries, which was a bit too curved, as if he was a useless son of the regent Xiu Mo and needed to do something to support it.
The next day, Fed met another man's son, Montrees' son, Mönggo, who had changed into a scale armor and held a halberd in his hand, which was very different from the image of the defense meeting that day.
"I already know the details, but to make sure that there must be a hero in our group, Uncle Regent asked me to come too. "Montgo was a little taller than Fed, and his body was rather stout and strong, and his arms were bare, but on both arms he had a small long wooden shield tied to it, which looked a little cumbersome.
Stanley also said that Lord Möngke had already led his 2,000 soldiers here before the Marquis of Montres went to the capital to attend the defense conference, vowing to advance and retreat together with his uncle, the regent Xiumo. The reason why the Marquis of Montres agreed to come here so quickly also had something to do with his son's strong request.
Feder looked at Meng Ge, the other party's appearance was almost the same as the regent, if the regent Xiu Mo was twenty years younger, it was estimated that he would be Meng Ge's appearance.
"They have two thousand men, so how many do we have? Didn't you say that some regular troops should be transferred for us to command?" asked Marcus, the one-eyed captain.
"It was supposed to be like this, but because several mercenary groups volunteered to join the operation, they took the place of our regular army. With that, Stanley invited the three mercenary group leaders behind him over and prepared to introduce them to everyone.
The first is the head of the black group, his skin is dark, only his eyes and teeth are white, his black mercenary group has 600 people, all of them are dark-skinned sword and shield warriors; the second is the head of the group, Charlie, his mercenary group is called the superior mercenary group, there are 600 mercenaries with long swords, but he is short, the sword around his waist is very long, dragging the ground, it seems that it is not even convenient to walk; the third is called Jasmine, who looks like the leader of a female mercenary group, and her pear flower mercenary group is all white-skinned, There are only 500 men who behave with a feminine charm. In Feide's eyes, the three mercenary groups have their own characteristics, especially the female leader at the end, Jasmine, although the other party looks like a woman on the surface, she actually has an Adam's apple, which is really surprising, and she can't distinguish between male and female.
"You're the one who captured 'Green Ghost Jack', killed the leader of the MONOCULUS Mercenary Regiment, James, and defeated Malvern?!" said Hei as he raised his head slightly and looked at Field.
Charlie also stood up, but he didn't say anything, just raised his head high and stared at Fed. The jasmine took out a pear blossom from her bosom, put it on the back of her ear, and looked at the argument that was about to take place with a grin.
"I didn't catch 'Green Ghost Jack', and Malvin only fought me. Fidel said truthfully.
"Then you still have such an underwhelming expression!" Ah Hei said and punched Fielder in the face! Fielder stepped back, but the short man Charlie had already walked behind Fielder unnoticed, and blocked Field's heel with his long sword, ready to watch Fielder fall to the ground because of the retreat.
The moment Fei De tripped up, he immediately pressed the ground behind him with the "silence" on his waist, and the two-handed sword slashed into a hind leg to support him, and immediately dissolved the joint trickery of the two. The captains behind Fidel immediately rushed forward, but that Jasmine stepped forward and blocked everyone.
Fei De then stood up, waving his hand to indicate that he was fine. The two regiment commanders who wanted to give Fide a dismount also retreated, they didn't expect Fid's reaction to be so fast.
"Alright, enough trouble, all three of you must obey Lord Field's command," Stanley asked his guards to pull away the squadron leaders who were confronting Jasmine, "Lord Fielder is the counselor of the head of the Church Knights, Satnam, he is the chief leader of the Church Alliance, you must not be rude!"
Ah Hei scolded in a low voice, while Jasmine said, "My lord, we are mercenaries, and no one can ignore our hearts. She shocked everyone as soon as she spoke, and her voice was very high-pitched, as if a dolphin was chirping, which immediately gave Marcus and the other rough guys goosebumps.
At first glance, these three regiment commanders are the kind of thorns who are not convinced, and the strength of their regiment is two or three hundred more than the mercenaries of the potato mercenary group, and it is normal not to take Feide, a young man in his twenties, in his eyes. On the contrary, Meng Ge, who was standing on the side, was very interested in Fidel's skillful dodging of the two attacks just now, and he walked over and patted Fide on the shoulder, indicating that he wanted to have a trick with Fide to see who was better.
"There's another person who has asked to come with you. Stanley said. Only then did Feder notice that Selena, the female knight who had passed through the secret passage with him and attacked the castle between the rivers, was also standing behind Stanley. The other party is still so beautiful and generous, dignified and elegant, and the long golden hair of the female knight is all combed into long braids and tied up, so that it will not make the excessively long hair a burden after wearing the helmet.
"Long time no see, Lord Field. Selena walked slowly, but could tell that she still had an ankle injury, and she was squirming when she walked.
"I heard that you were injured by the Knight Commander, but I didn't expect you to go back to the Holy Light City or follow Captain Satnam to continue south. ”
"This injury is nothing, I originally planned to follow Captain Satnam, but the regimental commander asked me to stay and assist you," Selena spoke crisply and neatly, and her words and demeanor were quite ladylike, "By the way, I heard that Captain Avi has left your regiment?"
Fett glanced back at the various captains behind him, who revealed the news?" "That's right, he's already out of here, and now Luca has been appointed as the cavalry squadron leader of our mercenary regiment. ”
Selena showed a look of loss, she glanced at Lukka behind Fidel, and then said, "No problem, I have worked with Captain Luca before, and I believe that this operation will help you, Lord Fidel." "The female knight captain joined Field's mercenary group alone, which made the three captains look at Fielder a little.
After such a meeting, the troops totaling 4,000 men officially set off for the west side of the defense line of Yiwang City. The captured stronghold was to the west of the important city of Batsang, and was approaching the kingdom of Salins. However, believing that the invading army that had taken the fortress would neither advance into the territory of the Kingdom of Salins nor be able to continue to break through to the north for the time being, Fidel and Möngke agreed to speed up the march and try to break through the 2,000 men and recapture the stronghold before the enemy reinforcements arrived.