When Avi heard that he was going to leave the city at once, he fed the two horses that had lost their owners a little more fodder.

"I'll have to leave you here for the time being, and if nothing else, we'll see each other again soon. He gently stroked the horse's nose with his left hand, and with his right hand took some fodder and fed it to the war horse in front of him. The horse raised its grazing head and let out a horse roar, but Avi didn't understand what it meant.

Avi didn't see Van and Carrie coming back with that Julian squadron leader, which made him feel a little uneasy. He had heard from some of the mercenaries that the sword and shield mercenaries under Squadron Leader Bisluvis had suffered heavy losses, and most of them had fallen in the siege. This statement was confirmed by many of the returning mercenaries, and Avi was only worried about Carrie and Fan.

He put a better saddle on his black-brown mare, and hung the long scimitar of the dead senior next to the saddle. Bringing an extra weapon may be useful in dangerous situations.

Under Eddie's leadership, the thirty or so horseback mercenaries left Disha Castle first and headed straight in the direction of Shuichi Castle. Feyde and Marcus, on the other hand, led the remaining 800 men and accelerated their march and followed closely behind.

After about an hour of running on the plains, the terrain began to change somewhat. Avi found that this area was no longer so flat, and according to his predecessors, he would walk about half an hour further to reach the Pool Castle.

Eddie picked up speed for the rest of the half-hour journey, not resting at all, until he saw the pool castle.

The Pool Castle is not much different in size from Disha Castle, but it has a lake the size of the castle in front of it, which forms a natural barrier.

Xue Rui raised his horsewhip, pointed to the front of the lake and said, "Look, it's the squad leader under Squadron Leader Alain. Following the direction that Shirley was pointing to, the mercenaries of the cavalry squadron saw the squad leader on his horse, and there were several archers on horseback beside him. The other squadrons, even the captains, would not have been equipped with war horses, which were presumably the property of the castle.

"Let's hurry over, it must have been sent by Squadron Leader Alain to contact us. Eddie commanded his troops, running along the lake in the direction of the men.

There are several troop transport boats on the banks of the huge lake, each of which can carry dozens of people. There were some dead bodies and driftwood floating on the surface of the lake, and more cold weapons that had sunk to the bottom of the lake, and the dark red water of the lake whispered to them that there had been a terrible battle on the edge of the lake.

When the squad leader saw Eddie's cavalry, he immediately approached them.

"Squadron Leader Eddie! We've been waiting here for a long time. The squad leader's face was full of smiles, as if he was reunited with a friend he hadn't seen for many years.

Eddie pointed to some tents that were still outside the Pool Castle and said, "Are the regimental commanders and other squadron leaders still stationed outside the castle?"

The squadron leader smiled and said, "Squadron Leader, I don't know, we have already taken the Pool Castle earlier, and now the squadron leaders..." he glanced back at the subordinates beside him and said, "The other squadron leaders are now in the lord's hall in the castle, waiting for you." After he finished speaking, he looked behind Eddie again, and the two-handed sword squadron led by Feder was still nowhere to be seen.

"That's great!" Eddie didn't expect the castle to be taken so quickly, it seems that taking the castle happened during the time Julian came back, it was really a noble soldier, "How do we get into the city now?"

"We dismount and go in the boat, and when Captain Fed's troops arrive, we will enter through the back door of the castle. He had a few of his men follow him, while leaving a few of them here to reconnoitre, ordering them to report the situation outside the castle as soon as possible.

Avi jumped off the black-brown mare, carrying only the Quenching Knight Sword and leaving the scimitar behind. He looked at the sides of the cistern castle, where the siege ladder and a few trebuchets remained, but there was no sign of any living person except for some dead bodies.

The castle was also very silent, and from the ship there was no sense of the fierce battle that had just taken place in the place, and now everything was as calm as the lake.

On the ship, Xue Rui asked the squad leader, "I heard that Bisluvis's squadron has suffered heavy losses, what is the specific situation?"

The squad leader thought for a moment and said, "It seems that hundreds of men have been lost, after all, they are the main force of the siege," he pointed to the lake under the boat, "We were going to attack from the front at first, but the improvised boats were fiercely attacked by the troops defending the city, and many people were killed by the huge iron crossbows shot from the castle, and some of them hit the wooden boats and fell into the lake and drowned. As he spoke, he pointed to the holes in the battlements, which were filled with murderous weapons.

"Then why don't you attack from the back door?" Xue Rui continued.

"The terrain behind the pond castle is rugged, and our trebuchets can't move there, and if we place the trebuchets on this side of the lake without attacking the city walls, we have to attack from both sides of the castle at the same time," the team leader said about the siege of the city with trebuchets and long ladders, "You can also see that we only have this way, so we have lost a lot of manpower." ”

As the longboat got closer and closer to the front door, Avi saw that the front gate of the castle actually had a large open space, but that open space was surrounded by water on three sides, and one side was against the wall, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. The only way to get to this place and attack the gates is to swim over or take a boat. There was also a large iron gate in the water next to the clearing, which was part of the city wall, and the lower part of the gate was built under the water, so that the castle could send boats from this waterway, or from this waterway that connected the lake to the castle, and from this waterway to the inner city of the castle.

"However, there are not many soldiers in the Kingdom of Kosai, and they are scattered in three directions, which is simply not enough to defend with manpower. ”

The team leader explained to Eddie and the others about the previous siege, and motioned for the longboat to sail towards the mouth of the waterway that pierced through the wall. At this time, a few archers and mercenaries on the city wall also showed their heads, and then asked the people in the inner city of the castle to open the iron gate of the waterway and let the two longboats enter.

"So, this pool castle is a very defensive castle!" said Eddie, looking at the thick walls, "I wonder if the Baron Godan caught it?"

"Got it, it's all in the halls of the lords. The squad leader replied quickly.

They leaned against a place where the ships were moored in the inner city of the castle, and some other longboats from which they had been picked-up.

Eddie was the first to jump ashore, followed by Cherry and Avi. The team leader led the group through a section of the streets of the inner city, he pointed ahead and said, "That side is the lord's hall, and you are only Captain Feld..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he drew the sword from his waist and turned around and slashed at Eddie. Eddie subconsciously raised his right hand to block, but after a sharp pain, his right arm had been chopped off to the ground!

When the squad leader saw that the blow was not successful, he immediately jumped backwards, "Drop your weapons and surrender immediately!" the squad leader shouted after taking a few steps back.

The sudden change made many of the cavalry mercenaries of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment stand in place in fright, but the bloody smell of Eddie's severed right arm immediately made these mercenaries sober up, and they pulled out their long scimitars from their scabbards, and some of them also held the cavalry-type moon shield they carried with them in their hands and blocked them in front of their chests. Avi hung a cavalry-type moon shield on his horse, so he had to use weapons as armor.

Instantly a number of gunmen appeared from all corners of the street, and they slowly gathered around Eddie and them. And behind that squad leader, there were also many archers, and even dozens of archers were ambushed on the house.

Eddie pressed his left hand against the wound on his severed arm, and he let out a low roar like a wounded beast. Although the squadron leader was badly injured and the war horse was not beside him, the other mounted mercenaries immediately gathered together and formed a circular protective formation, allowing Eddie to stand inside.

Shirley immediately helped Eddie, who was already sweating profusely, and the sharp pain of the severed limb made him close his eyes, grit his teeth, and sit on the ground.

One of the mercenaries on horseback shouted at the leader of Alain's squad and asked, "Why are you doing this?"

"Hmph, you don't need to know much about dying!" The squad leader was already standing behind the archers, looking coldly at the group of turtles in the urn.

Avi looked around, these pikemen and archers were not others, they were indeed the mercenaries of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment, and a few of them had seen it a few days ago, all of them were companions who had gone on an expedition together from Honor City, but they didn't expect to face each other with swords now. If it weren't for Eddie's quick reaction just now and dodging the fatal blow, the captain would probably be in a different place by now.

The squad leader raised his hand and said, "The archers are not allowed to release arrows, if anyone wants to escape, they will be killed," he motioned to the gathered pikemen, "Our mission is to bring Cherry back alive, as for the other mercenaries of the cavalry squadron... Not a single one to stay!" The other mercenaries he said apparently included Squadron Leader Eddie.

Eddie endured the severe pain, stood up, and roared at the squad leader, "What happened to the regiment leader?!" In the extreme pain, the squadron leader with the broken arm Eddie seemed to have realized what was happening - someone in the Moon Shield mercenary group had mutinied!

"Commander? Are you talking about Andrei's blonde kid? He's not the regiment commander anymore, so he guess he's already poisoned!"

When Eddie heard the word "poison", he instantly lost his soul, which was a hundred times more heart-rending than the pain in his arm.

Is it Bithluvis, who has always been dissatisfied with Andrei, or Julian, who is full of bad water?But can it be Alain, who has always been cautious and silent, and is the oldest senior in the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment? Thinking of this, Eddie couldn't help but think of Alain's appearance - that honest man with an expressionless face like a stone, a cautious and low-key style, and Andrei's trust.

"You don't have to guess!" the squad leader felt ridiculous when he saw Eddie's frustrated and lost expression, "Now the name of the leader of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment is Alan Kudson!"