Under the orders of the Knight Captain Kiro, all the mercenaries of the Church Alliance were not allowed to cross the river without permission and march towards the area of the riverbank castle during these days. And the knights he sent back to the City of Light soon brought back the news that the Archbishop and the Pope had begun to move in the direction of Crafeld, and that they would not only bring 20,000 Church armies, but also enough sincerity to meet with Viscount Hollis of Riverland Castle.

In a reply, Archbishop Arthur Auerbach told Kiro that he would personally meet with Viscount Hollis and take the opportunity to rally him to support him. He also demanded that Kiro and the chief regiment Fid and others must not commit any offense to the civilians in the interriver region and ensure the normal life of the people of these former empires.

The reply did not mention the head of Satnam, who had gone to serve as an emissary to the Western Oguna Empire, and it was estimated that the person who led the 20,000 church armies this time was the deputy head of the regiment, Rashad. However, the reply also mentioned that the 40,000 regular troops of the Kingdom of Salins would also come together to direct the mainland of the East Oguna Empire.

After consulting with the captains of the Potato Mercenary Regiment, Fed decided to continue to secretly imprison Hollis's butler Girkis for the time being. Moreover, Fei De also intends to inform Rashad of the secret agreement behind the matter, and prepare well before the day the agreement is signed. And since it would take a little time for the archbishop and the pope to leave, Quiro also sent a knight of the church to inform Viscount Hollis who was in Rivercastle that the meeting that had been agreed upon three days later would be postponed to four days later, with the same location.

In the days that followed, the best news that the Church Alliance could get was that Arturas, the leader of the servant mercenary group, had survived, but he had lost his calf and an arm, and he was no different from a cripple. Feder didn't go to the medical camp to visit the other party, although Arturas had a bad attitude towards him before, but Feder knew that this was just because each was his own master, and the other party was also a fierce general, and he fought hard to capture the city of Clevey after falling into the trap, so Fed decided not to let the other party see him, so as not to hurt the other party's pride. On the contrary, Jennifer, who woke up the next day, found Fede first, the female leader was knocked unconscious by the war horse in the night, and now her head is still a little confused, and she can't speak well.

"At the beginning... You're not going with me... "Jennifer and her sheepdogs have survived, but all the subordinates in her mercenary group are dead, and even if a sheepdog mercenary group is to be reorganized, it will probably take a long time.

"I've reminded you. ”

"You remind... I'm gone, already, no... Blame you. "One of Jennifer's eyes seems to have been knocked crooked, and she unconsciously moves towards the middle when she looks at things.

By the time the Pope and the Archbishop arrived in Crafeld, most of the mercenaries who had been lightly wounded had recovered their health, and the bodies of the dead mercenaries had long since disappeared.

Killo ordered the civilians of the cities of Lutu and Hana to come to the city of Crafeld and organize a grand welcoming ceremony for them, welcoming the archbishop and the pope. Who would have thought that these civilians who said that they were going to rise up and start a rebellion against the empire did not buy the knight's account at all, only a small number of civilians came to the city of Crafey, and many of them were mercenaries pretending to be.

Archbishop Arthur Auerbach certainly saw this, but he didn't blame Kiro either, anyway, the current archbishop was only bent on meeting with Viscount Hollis to discuss the acquisition of the Riverlands.

The Pope, on the other hand, was very laid-back, first bringing some treasures to reward the remaining mercenary groups, and then praising the leaders of "Sharp Claw", Jennifer, and Fed, saying that all these achievements were due to the mercenary group. However, neither Auerbach nor the Pope mentioned the huge loss of the Church Union, and the chief knight Kiro was naturally secretly happy in his heart.

For the lost mercenary group and its leader, the archbishop immediately asked the knight chief Riley to deal with the return of the wounded and the funeral bounty - those mercenaries who still had their families in the Holy Light City all received high pensions, and the seriously injured mercenaries would find a job to earn a living with the help of the church. This kind of treatment made everyone in the Potato Mercenary Regiment feel very considerate and reasonable, and Hughes even said that it was a pity that he was not able to join the Knights of the Church in the first place.

In the evening, Fide met with the deputy head of the regiment, Rashad.

"That's the way it is, and I think there's something credible to what the butler said. Fed informed Rashhad about Gigis and the fake Gigis who had come as an emissary, and added his own judgment.

"If that's the case, I'll put a team of church knights on the other side of the river tomorrow," Rashhad hadn't seen him for a few days, and he was a little more skilled, and seemed to be very good at handling the official duties of the regimental commander, "you also take the potato mercenary group, ambush in the other direction, and when the time comes, surround it and capture Hollis." ”

Fid also guessed that Rashad was going to capture the viscount of the Oguna Empire when the two sides met, but that wasn't what he was worried about. In fact, the reinforcements mentioned by the steward Giggets - if the reinforcements of the Glyncoe have already moved this way, then it is possible that the lords of the rivercastle will tear up all the agreements with the Papal States at the first time, and then join forces to attack the church alliance.

It's just that the deputy commander of the regiment, Rashad, didn't care, he said that the army of the Kingdom of Salins would arrange to wait by the river and cross the river at any time. The regular army of the Kingdom of Salins is mainly composed of infantry, and they are also good at plain warfare, plus they crush their opponents in numbers, even if there are ten more teams of cavalry from the Oguna Empire, they may not be able to beat the infantry phalanx of Salins.

After deciding on the plan, Lashad reminded Fed not to tell anyone associated with the archbishop about it. Feder guessed that this was because Rashad wanted to get Archbishop Arthur Auerbach out of the deal, but even when he thought about it, he didn't know it.

Back at his camp, Fed informed his men.

"I didn't expect Rashad to be the Pope's man, so the church forces he led and the army of the Kingdom of Salins would be under the orders of the Pope?" said Kesi after a moment's thought, "And now the archbishop has left the Papal States to sign an agreement with the viscount... Of course, the Duke's daughter was tired of the knights who had been following and watching her, but seeing the imminent civil strife in the Papal States was not what she wanted to see, and now she only hoped that the survival of the potato mercenary group would not be affected by tomorrow's events.

"Field, it's better for us to watch the fire from the other side," Marcus thought for a long time, and he thought that his plan was the most cautious, "You see that we have ambushed people on our side, and that Viscount Hollis may have already ambushed the cavalry." ”

"That's right, since that viscount was able to come to Cravel City at risk and pretend to be his butler, he might have had a bolder arrangement. This time, the champion fighter also spoke his mind, after all, too many intrigues and conspiracy really made him feel uneasy when he had always been calm, and he had to remind Field.

The opinions of others are basically in agreement with Marcus and Patrick, the two squadron leaders, and wait and see what happens in tomorrow's agreed meeting.

Except for Avi and Ayana, the two of them each came up with completely different ideas.

Avi believes that the safety of the meeting should be guaranteed, which is the best win-win approach for both sides, and it can also prevent the people of the River region from getting involved in the chaotic war, and the potato mercenary group, as an insider, should not stay out of the matter.

Fid had noticed that Avi was concerned about the ordinary people of the land, and he thought it might be because the young cavalry squadron leader was from the Empire.

And Ayana said, "I'm going to do what I'm going to do." ”

Everyone else frowned, no one except Fei De knew that Ayana's target was already aimed at the guard captain Chedi, could it be that in the face of 40,000 Kingdom infantry, she also had to face the difficulties? Fei De thought of this, so he let all the captains disband, he still needed a night to think about his own choice tomorrow. In the dead of night, Feder began to be bothered by his own thoughts. He remembered that he used to be a very decisive kind of person, but before he knew it, he became more and more thoughtful, and he didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

Early the next morning, the chief knight Kiro selected some of the most elite knights of the Church and prepared to escort Archbishop Arthur Auerbach to the original meeting place. But Mr. Rashad said he had sent fifty men to the site for an advance reconnaissance, and that Kiro only needed to bring another fifty.

Since Fed, Talon and Jennifer did not say they wanted to go together, this time the archbishop was surrounded by only the knights of the Church Order.

"According to the plan we have agreed, you will take your men to the other side when the time comes," the deputy head of the regiment, Rashard, found Fid before leaving the city of Crafe, "When I blow the horn at the meeting place of the agreement, you will immediately surround you, understand?"

Fei De nodded, he thought about it all night, and finally decided to put his chips on the young deputy head in front of him. If he had to choose between the archbishop and the pope, Fed decided not to side with Archbishop Arthur Auerbach.

The Potato Mercenaries did not leave until after the Archbishop had left Crafeld City, and they brought their butler Gikis with them.

The meeting was held on a small plateau with rivers on both sides and a slightly higher one along the river. From this vantage point, you can see the Castle of the River and the city of Crafeld.

The archbishop's men and horses arrived at that place first, and some of the lords of the castle between the rivers also appeared, all of them unhorsed, and even had very few guards. Fei De and his more than 100 subordinates are not far from the agreement site, but this location is relatively low-lying, so it is a blind spot. The other church knights arranged by Rashad were probably in the grove near the north, waiting for Rashad's orders.

At this time, a nobleman dressed in all black rode a horse and led dozens of imperial cavalry behind him to run in the direction of the archbishop, while the other lords who had already arrived showed surprised expressions, feeling that they had seen something incredible.

"Is that Viscount Hollis?" asked Archbishop Arthur Auerbach, sitting in the carriage, to Rassad.

"Probably. ”

However, one of the lords of the Interriver region shouted to Arthur Auerbach: "That man is only Hollis's nephew! Not Viscount Hollis himself!" The other lords were also vigilant, they were invited by Hollis to come here to witness the signing of the agreement between the Riverlands and the Papal States, but they didn't expect that the most crucial viscount did not appear!

Rashad frowned, he seemed to sense that something was wrong, it stands to reason that in order to sign such an important secret agreement, Viscount Hollis must come in person, why did he only send a nephew? The deputy head of the regiment held down his knight's sword, and he told his cronies that when he drew the knight's sword, it would be the time to blow the horn, and then the knights of the church who had been in ambush would rush out and seize the archbishop and the knight of the rivercastle together.

The nephew of Hollis arrived on horseback and came to a halt a few meters away from the archbishop's guard, while the Imperial cavalry of East Oguna behind him was heavily armed.

"Is your Excellency Arthur Auerbach, Archbishop of the Papal States?" asked Hollis's nephew aloud.

The other lords raised questioning voices, but Hollis's nephew ignored them and just watched the carriage quietly, waiting for the other party's reply.

"That's right, this is the Archbishop of the Papal States," Rashad replied on his behalf, "the original Viscount of Hollis..."

Before the deputy head of the Church Order could finish speaking, the black-clothed nobleman took out a scroll of documents from his arms and threw it directly on the ground, "This is a condemnation proclamation written by the Prime Minister of the Oguna Empire, Lord Hollo! Condemn the Papal States for sending troops to invade our territory! At the same time, this is also a declaration of war! From this moment on, the Oguna Empire officially declared war on the Papal States!!" His voice was like thunder, and everyone present could hear it clearly.

Rashad's mind went blank, and he didn't know if the knight's sword he was holding was jammed, so he couldn't pull it out. And those imperial knights standing in front of them drew their long knives or knightly swords one after another, and slashed at the unarmed nobles of the Hejian region who were standing on both sides, and in an instant, they became slaughterhouses!

"These lords and nobles are all traitors to the Oguna Empire, and they will be punished on the spot today!" Hollis's nephew shouted as he drew his long sword and stabbed directly into the neck of a lord who was chattering just now, killing him instantly.

And just a few seconds later, from the east and in the direction of the castle between the rivers, countless armies were approaching the meeting place! Rashad immediately drew his knight's sword, and the cronies behind him blew the horn at the same time, which even the guards on the walls of the city of Krafe could hear.

The archbishop hastened to let Kiro and Lashad protect his retreat, and the Imperial cavalry, who had eliminated the lords of the Interriver region, all confronted the church knights of the Papal States and did not move forward. It's just that thousands of meters behind them, a large number of troops are rushing here at full speed, and among them are countless cavalry of the Oguna Empire.

"By the way, Lord Archbishop, this is your thing," Hollis's nephew asked an Imperial cavalryman to pull out a box, which he threw on the ground, and a severed human head rolled out of it, "It's a regimental leader of your church union, it seems to be called... One more thing, my name is Martin, Lord Martin. ”

Kiro watched the head of the Dhaka mercenary group slowly roll into the river like a leather ball, but he had no choice but to shout for the carriage carrying the archbishop to turn around and withdraw to the river crossing.

Everyone in the Potato Mercenary Regiment heard the sound of the horn, but the sharp-eyed Nur noticed that a large group of cavalry was rushing from several directions in the castle between the rivers.

"Those are the troops of the East Oguna Empire! yes!" Avi and Lukka reacted immediately, they had already seen the capabilities of the cavalry of the East Oguna Empire. And the butler Giggets also showed a surprised expression.

Fett and his men walked a little higher and saw the dust billowing farther to the east. He realized that something had happened to the protocol meeting, and it seemed that Viscount Hollis had received support from Grimmko and was determined to go to war with the Papal States. But at the same time, a large group of cavalry also appeared behind the potato mercenary group, all in yellow armor - the Church Knights!

The knight at the head was none other than the female knight chief Selena, and when she saw Feyder and his party, she shouted: "What are you doing here?!Come with me to rescue the archbishop!!" There are about 2,000 church knights behind the female knight, which is already the majority of the main force of the church order. Feder thought, it turns out that the archbishop also has a hand, which is really unpredictable.

But the chief knightess continued to shout, "If I hadn't ambushed my troops here, the conspiracy of those Imperials would have succeeded!" It turned out that this was her personal decision, and neither the archbishop nor Rashad knew about it.

Facing the galloping church knights, Feder and his party immediately walked towards the river.

"There are too many people! This is the real war! There are at least tens of thousands of troops in the Oguna Empire over there!" Marcus looked east, and the imperial reinforcements included cavalry, infantry, and spearmen, and there were crossbowman brigades and siege weapons in the back row of the army, which was really powerful.

"Hand those guys over to the regular army of the Kingdom of Salins," Bignose Fan said with his eyes closed and pursed his mouth, "We're just a small mercenary group, don't get involved!"

Men like Franklin, Hughes, and Greif all agreed with Van that such a big battle was about to break out, and it was not something that only a hundred potato mercenaries could solve. The archbishop brought 20,000 church troops and 40,000 infantry from the Kingdom of Sallins this time, plus more than 10,000 mercenaries left in the church alliance, they are the main force.

Fidel was still hesitating, he knew the situation was critical, but it wasn't what he should have to do. But just as he was thinking, the simple shield hanging around his waist actually trembled slightly, and Fidel's heart suddenly sensed the magic power in the moon shield! This feeling only appeared when practicing control enchantment, why did the long-dormant life weapon respond at this time?! But this feeling only lasted for a short time, but it was enough for Fei De to stop and look at the tens of thousands of Oguna Imperial armies that were swarming over.