When Fidel heard this, he immediately knew that the woman in the hooded robe was the Virgen Golia. Although he was surprised that Ayana saw all this, he was even more surprised that Carrie, who was once just a girl next door, would know the saint Golia! Although the other party went to the republic to be a mercenary with Avi and Fan, there was nothing strange about these three people, more simple and simple kindness. Although Carrie didn't have a deep impression on herself, she hadn't done anything bad, so why did she get involved with the saint Golia?

After thinking about it, Fei De only thought of one reason - Avi had the token of the Two-Colored Blade Mercenary Group, and the Two-Colored Blade Mercenary Group was established by a female mercenary named Delia, who was the sister of the Holy Goria. If your thoughts are true, then all doubts can be strung together.

In other words, Avi, Big-Nosed Fan, and Carrie are most likely spies who entered the Moon Shield Mercenary Group through Delia and by the Holy Maiden Golia, with an unknown purpose, but they should have come for the life weapon Moon Shield.

But even this can barely connect all the doubts, but there are still many details that cannot be explained and cannot be explained, and Feyde thought about it and found that there was still not enough information to confirm, "Did you see anyone else other than the woman in the hooded robe with Carrie, or did you hear what they were saying?"

AYANA shook her head, "It's too far away to hear what they're saying." ”

Fidel was a little disappointed, and what Ayana said didn't seem to have anything to do with their potato mercenary group. Whether it's Carrie, who has left them, or the mysterious saintess, even if the two of them have any ulterior secrets, there is no way to know. The only thing Fed's concern was that Carrie knew where the Rock Thieves were, and although she didn't know where Russell was, if the Virgin Golia had malicious intentions towards Russell

Seeing that Fidel was in a pensive state again, Ayana nudged the other man, and then sat back down in her position, continuing to sharpen the wooden arrow.

"Ayana, we may have to face the regular armies of hostile countries in the coming period. Feder put aside the doubts he had just had.

"So I'm sharpening my arrows. Without looking up, Ayana continued to make arrows, her quiver was already full of a bag, presumably making some backups.

"Do you think that enchanted weapon, the Sun, can come in handy?"

Ayana raised her head at this time, her delicate face and short hair would easily make others mistakenly think that she was Feide's younger brother, "If you don't talk about it, I'll forget about it, that weapon has long been sealed in the dust." ”

Feder nodded, "That enchanted weapon should be more effective at inflicting damage on enemies than your arrowless arrows." ”

"Don't underestimate my arrows. ”

"But your weapon is not an enchanted weapon after all," Fidel walked to Ayana's side, and the other party's stubborn eyes were staring at him, "It is estimated that there will be some time before the invasion of the East Oguna Empire will attack us, so you should try to use that crimson enchanted halberd during this time." Anyway, we can't get out now, and the potato mercenary group has long been tied to the defense army of the Theoguna Empire. ”

Ayana put down one of the freshly sharpened arrows and said, "You can get out." ”

"If you get out on your own"

"I can join you and get you out of here," Ayana pursed her lips, "if you will." ”

Fed was stunned, but he immediately responded, "I once promised you Uncle Russell to help him kill the Pillar Priest. Without the support of a strong mercenary group and powerful subordinates, I am not confident that one or two people alone can help him avenge him. "This is a reason, a reason why he will not abandon the potato mercenary group and run away alone. This reason was enough to dissuade Ayana from wanting to leave alone, and when she heard this, she didn't say anything more, picked up another log, and continued to sharpen the arrow.

In the next few days, nothing special happened in the military camp of the Theoguna Empire, and the surrender of the Righteous King City did not lower the already low morale, as if they had already foreseen the complete collapse of the defense line of the Righteous King City, but in the end it appeared in the most unacceptable way of surrender.

Fei De was worried that his mercenaries would escape, but whether it was the potato mercenary group or other mercenaries, they ate and slept as always, and there was no escape at all. Even Marcus, who persuaded Fielder to choose to leave here, said that he had already made up his mind and stood with Captain Field—but Marcus privately expressed his hope that the Potato Mercenary Regiment would be preserved at the end of this campaign. It seems that he has already confirmed in his heart that this defensive battle will be lost, but they are now difficult to ride the tiger, so they have to stay here.

After several days of practice, Ayana revealed that she had learned to wield the crimson halberd, an enchanted weapon called the Sun, which could drain the blood of enemies she hit in an instant, and then immediately burst into extremely hot blood from others. Moreover, Ayana said that in the hands of people who know how to control enchanted weapons, the blood can be stored in advance, and it is not clear how long and how much it can be stored, anyway, Ayana has already stolen the blood of the livestock slaughtered in the barracks in the past few days, and sucked it all into the "sun". Maybe at the critical moment, you can spray these magma-like liquids out at once, knocking down hundreds of people in an instant.

In addition to this, Fede also heard from the head of the Church Order, Satnam, during the military council. He himself was wounded and now bedridden, and the Knights of the Church began to retreat to the Holy Light City with the remaining remnants of the defeated army, and the original reinforcements of more than 10,000 were only a few thousand left. In recognition of the support of the Papal States, the regent Shumo decided to sign an agreement with the Papal States for a permanent alliance, and made the head of Satnam the honorary knight of the Holy Oguna Empire, which was also a lot of money.

Fei De didn't expect Satnam to leave the battlefield first, he and he hadn't met each other, and the other party had already retreated to the Holy Light City due to serious injuries. He remembered that Satnam had wanted to tell him why Ludwig's nickname was "Lord of the Snow Leopard", but it was only during a conversation with Jasmine, the leader of the Mulihua Mercenary Regiment, that he learned the origin of Ludwig's nickname.

"So you don't know yet, Captain Feid," Hei also said on the side, "Let's let Captain Jasmine explain, she once stayed in the Winter Country." ”

"The reason why that man is called the Lord of the Snow Leopard is because he was not raised by humans since he was a child, but by those snow leopards in the far north!" Jasmine has ten fingers and a pointed chin, but her Adam's apple makes people feel very abrupt, "I was raised until I was eleven years old, and then I was discovered by humans!"

Ludwig, however, did not look like an animal in the slightest, except for the fur armor on his body, which was similar to that of a well-bred man. ”

"This is also the strangest part, although he was raised by wild beasts, but when he was discovered by other people," Jasmine said, rubbing his hands, "he can command those snow leopards like the leader of a human tribe, and make them all crouch down, obedient like a domestic dog!"

The head of the Ahei mercenary group, Ahei, also chimed in: "Yes, I heard that Ludwig was not called Ludwig before, this is his own name after he became literate. When the border guards who found him first met him, Ludwig was chatting with the snow leopards, all sitting on the ground, like Captain Jasmine, like apprentices studying. ”

"Since then, the border guards have given him the name 'Lord of the Snow Leopard', because the snow leopard that raised him is under his command, and he is not the owner of the snow leopard!"

After listening to it, it was as if he had heard a fantastical story. Stories of this kind can also be found in the house arrest room, where there is a book on the shelf about the legend of Vlachi, the mysterious forester who can communicate with animals and become an animal. But it doesn't seem to be real at all, it's just a story written by writers mixed with their own fantasies.

He and Ludwig had met many times, and the other party behaved more like a jazz than a wild man. If he was raised by a beast, he should have behaved a little strangely, but apart from running to the door of other people's rooms at night, he was more normal than Ayana, and his nickname did not match the rumors.

In addition to the rumors about Ludwig's nickname, the leaders of these mercenary groups also brought various gossip to Fidel.

They told Fei De that since the leader of the ruthless fire mercenary group was beheaded, the remaining fifty-five mercenary group leaders have expressed their absolute allegiance to the Theoguna Empire and share the glory and disgrace with the emerging regime! Most of them want to be able to wait and see what happens outside the battlefield. If the Theoguna Empire gains the upper hand, they will immediately join the battlefield and plunder, while if the Theoguna Empire is inferior, they may consider leaving the battlefield and fleeing from the battle during the melee. Charlie and Jasmine both received invitations to such a plan, but the conspirators had already gained experience from the last Ruthless Fire Mercenary Group Leader, and they just quietly sent the anonymous secret letter to the other mercenary leaders, instead of being as stupid as the Ruthless Fire Mercenary Group Leader and handing it over to the other leaders in person.

And they seem to have made one thing clear - they won't consider letting Fidel join, they will secretly scold Fidel's Humo's lackeys, and Fid is also one of the murderers of Captain Fuller!

Fei De expressed his gratitude to Captain Jasmine for their honesty with him, this kind of intrigue is something that Fei De has no experience in, but after these leaders say this, Fei De is also wary of the leaders of other mercenary groups - no one knows if one day, they will target their own heads, and then cut them off and send them to the invading army of the East Oguna Empire?

However, at the end of the conversation, the regimental commanders said that they would obey Fidel's command, and they were very grateful that they had been able to take the treasure from the frontier fort - the potato mercenary group did not take any of it, and gave it all to the other mercenary groups.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, another ten days passed. The fortifications of the Theoguna Empire have basically been built, and the camps that were originally in the south of Doret City have also been transferred to the three sub-cities, and the sub-cities in the east and south of it have the largest number of soldiers, and the tens of thousands of civilians who originally lived in them have been evacuated in large numbers, most of them have been moved to other cities north of Doret City, and even the country of Amy in the west has poured in thousands of civilians.

However, the more than 50 mercenary groups led by Fei De did not move into the city, and all of them were arranged in the west of the city, where there was no vice city. A camp in a hilly terrain near the city of Dorette, relatively far from the land of Amy Amy. During this time, a number of mercenary groups came to Doret from all over the world, intending to join the defensive battle of Doret City. Of course, the regent Xiumo was generous and asked the chief of the general staff, Stanley, to pass on his order, and each mercenary group that chose to participate in the defensive battle would receive five hundred gold coins first, and if the number of mercenaries exceeded a thousand, then an additional five hundred gold coins would be added. This kind of behavior of handing out money before completing the task made these mercenary groups full of fighting spirit, and they were stationed with the potato mercenary group, and their morale was higher than that of the mercenary group that had been here for more than a month.

In addition to stationing mercenaries in the west of the city, the chief of the general staff also placed his headquarters in the sub-city to the south to show his courage and determination to resist the enemy - although all the tents were not removed from the original camp south of the city, and some soldiers still lived there. Most of these soldiers showed great respect for St. Goliath and the new religion, and most of them had come to Doret in groups of dozens or hundreds. Moreover, they still have a lot of information about the invading army of the East Oguna Empire, but when the information on their bodies is squeezed dry, they can only be arranged at the front line, responsible for the daily maintenance of the fortifications.

Together with Ludwig, Fed climbed the walls of the southern side of the city, which would be the second line of defense against the invading army, the first line of defense being the camp below the city and the potholes in front of it. The walls of the second line of defense had been reinforced, a large number of ballistae with a short range were placed in every part of the battlements, and arrow towers had been added, many of which could have been stuffed with only a few dozen people, but these arrow towers were built. Most of the towers now have countless holes and space for hundreds of soldiers.

When Fed stood on the walls of the sub-city to the south, he could see the southern plain of Doret City, and there were countless arrow towers and crossbow machines behind it, and some of the stone throwers hidden inside the sub-city loomed in some of the high terrain, all of which had been placed on round boulders. The buildings next to and below them were already filled with soldiers operating the catapults, some of whom were sleeping next to the stone ammo, ready to push the stones along the special passage to the reloading port of the stone throwers, and to fire a boulder cannonball enough to crush anything to the enemies that would appear to the south.

In addition to these fortifications, there were some weapons of horrific cruelty - some sealed containers filled with oil. Fei De didn't know what special process these containers were made of, but the round containers were filled with oil, and they were very difficult to leak, unless a sharp weapon was used to make a small hole, or the sealed containers would have to be thrown from the air and smashed to the ground, which would cause the whole container to crack. Fidel guessed that they would be used only when the enemy was attacking on a large scale, throwing containers full of oil onto the enemies and then finding a way to set them on fire. It is estimated that in order to ignite the enemy, the arrows and ballistas that were set on fire will definitely be used. Fett returned to the walls and looked to the south, perhaps a peaceful plain that would soon be the burial place of countless soldiers.

The gate of the southern sub-city was also specially built to completely seal the gate that could accommodate ten people and enter and exit, but it did not look unchanged from the outside. Stanley privately told Feder that this was so that even if the enemy attacked the city gate, he would not be able to break through into the side city, and the enemy's battering ram would be in vain. In addition, in order to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the long ladder when breaking through to the second line of defense, some land was deliberately hollowed out under the walls of the southern sub-city, and spikes were buried underneath, and then the surface was paved and waiting for the enemy to fall into the trap. Ludwig proposed all sorts of terrible traps and defensive weapons, all of which Feld didn't know where they came from, but he realized that they would be fatal to the unsuspecting soldiers. This may be the cruelty of war, and mercenaries are only a small part of it.

"Everything is under my control, and if everyone is under my command, then it will be a winning battle," said Ludwig, standing on the wall, looking out over the endless plain to the south, where the pivot was completely out of sight, "if everyone on our side does what I want, then the enemy will also enter my plan." ”

Rather than disgusted by his arrogance, it was the other's unusual self-confidence that made him curious. The Chief of the General Staff, Stanley, had followed the arrangements of the Winter Nation in many important decisions, and there were some confidential plans and plans that Fit did not know, so would the final result of this battle be as expected by this Cosai Kingdom? Fielder couldn't think of it, but the other party then said something that made Fielder a little surprised.

"I was in favor of Prince Jack attacking the City of Honor. ”

But he was caught. Fidel responded.

"That's right, because if he doesn't sneak up on the City of Honor, he won't be caught," Ludwig smiled again, with a little confidence and a little intriguing, "If he hadn't been caught, the other fighter in the ring wouldn't let his guard down, and that's the deadliest thing." ”