"What is your definition of good news and bad news?" Fidel asked lightly.

"The good news is that everyone will be happy after hearing it," Xue Rui took off her windproof mask, revealing her fair skin and big eyes, she was also a big beauty in the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment, "The bad news, that is, after hearing it, some people will be happy, and some people will be depressed!" After Xue Rui finished speaking, he glanced at the Sir Monta, and found that the viscount in the white maid costume was like a turtle, looking at him with a lewd expression. Xue Rui immediately gritted her teeth and looked back viciously, so frightened that the Viscount immediately lowered his head and held the jug of wine tightly in his hand.

Andrei walked away from the large map of the Kingdom of Kosai and walked towards the lord's chair.

"Say, I'll hear the bad news first. The head of the regiment sat on the chair and waved his hand, allowing Xue Rui to speak.

Xue Rui glanced at the other squadron leaders, and she said with a strange smile, "The bad news is that the Senate has not decided to send reinforcements yet, it seems that because the more than 10,000 infantry captives of the Kingdom of Kosai mutinied, and the consuls rushed to deal with it," although her speech was not very slow, but the expressions of Alain, Julian, and Bisluvis had changed subtly with the words spoken," Therefore, the patriarchs suggested that we should garrison at Disha Castle first, and of course if our own mercenary group wanted to move forward, the first patriarch Tyr did not object. ”

"That's good news!" Julian blurted out, "We didn't let them reinforce us in the first place, and they'll only share what they've gained with us when they come!"

Indeed, it was only for the sake of the overall situation that a messenger was sent to inform the Senate of the smooth situation on this side, and no request was made for follow-up reinforcements. Now that the Senate has no successors because it has to deal with things, it does not surprise Fid and Andrei.

"The strength of our mercenary group is enough to take a large piece of land in the Winter Kingdom," the Winter Kingdom that Bisluvis said is of course the Kingdom of Cosey, which is now deeply involved in fighting on multiple fronts, "and both the castle and the fortress are easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as we take it..."

"Okay, let's have good news. "The captains all have the same feeling, this bad news is not bad news, it's actually good bad news.

Shari was already sitting in a chair, munching on a piece of white bread, so her words were starting to get a little slurred, "Oh, the good news is that we were patrolling a village and caught a robber who wanted to attack us. ”

"You are so bold, I didn't let you go to the village to patrol before, and you went there secretly. Andrei complained.

"Hee-hee, you care about me!" Sherry took a sip of wheat wine and continued to eat the white bread.

Eddie immediately stood up and asked with concern, "Where is he? Bring him over, I have a lot of questions!" A few days ago, he lost more than a dozen horseback mercenaries, which made Eddie, who was already overstretched in strength, uncomfortable and distressed.

Andrei nodded and said, "This is indeed good news, let's take him first." With that, he told Sir Monta to put away the large map on the ground, and then ordered the other man to retreat first. The viscount also immediately nodded and bowed, holding the rolled map in his hand, and retreated from the lord's hall.

After a while, the two mercenaries each held down one of the robber's arms, pushed him on the back, and escorted him to the lord's hall, where the captains stood aside and watched the guy. The male robber was a sturdy man with thick and rough arms, the result of years of heavy weaponry. He had two scars on his face, one of which extended from his ear to the top of his head, causing a piece of hair to be shaved off along with his scalp and never grow back.

When the robber saw Andre, he tried to push the two mercenaries away, but then Eddie immediately walked over and kicked the other man in the knee so hard that the bandit had to kneel down on one knee and then be held down again.

"Damn, you scumbags! If you want to kill Lao Tzu, kill it quickly, don't grind around here!" the robber raised his head, and no one could hold down his stiff backbone, like a very hard piece of iron.

This robber was in stark contrast to the Viscount Monta just now, and Fidel couldn't help but have a trace of admiration for this person in his heart.

"Well, as long as you make it clear why you're attacking our people, I'll consider letting you die a happy death. André put the silence in front of him and motioned for the two mercenaries holding him down to withdraw.

The robber immediately stood up, then drew the iron sword from the waist of the mercenary in his left rear and rushed in Andrei's direction. "Ahh

Eddie and the two mercenaries immediately stepped forward to hold him down again, this time using ropes to tie his hands.

Andrei shook his head and said: "Robbers who are not afraid of death are not common, and you are also a man." ”

"I'm not a bandit! A scumbag mercenary like you is a real bandit! War Vampire!"

André wasn't angry either, he just asked Eddie to take the other party down, imprison him, and try him later.

At this time, Squadron Leader Alan said: "We have been delayed for several days for these insignificant bandits, so it is better to decide the next strategy as soon as possible." ”

Although the garrison has been stationed here for the past few days on the grounds that it has been attacked by mysterious forces, in fact, Fidel knows that André just wants to wait for the news from the Republic. Now that it is known whether the Senate will send troops to support for a while and a half, the regiment commander Andrei will definitely act immediately.

As Feder had expected, André immediately asked Sir Monta to come to the hall with a large map and put it down, but this time André did not play with the apple again, but directly stated the plan.

"We'll set out before nightfall to-day, and run straight to the castle of Oga before nightfall," he said, pointing to the little castle with the hilt of his sword, which probably didn't even have three hundred soldiers, "and if it goes well, we will be able to take it by tomorrow morning." ”

Viscount Monta, who was beside him, opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but finally swallowed the words into his stomach.

"Is it night again? We don't have many siege weapons. Alain had in mind his own archer troops, and when there were no heavy siege equipment, the archer troops would become the main force in the siege battle, and at the same time, they would also become the first target of the opponent's counterattack.

André smiled and said, "Actually, Feder and I have been working on how to convert the fixed trebuchets on this castle into mobile ones for the past few days," he glanced at Viscount Monta, who was standing on the sidelines in a panic, "This night raid will definitely come in handy." ”

Together with André, Fide dismantled the huge trebuchets and replaced them with relatively light brackets and throwing materials, and consulted with the craftsmen in the castle to equip the lower part of the trebuchet with small sliding iron wheels, so that the improved small and medium-sized trebuchets could be moved out of the city.

Julian clattered, "Oh, I thought you guys had been doing things that didn't make people known for the past few days, but you were studying these things on the castle, but I didn't expect it." ”

Bisluvis also nodded, and he said, "If we have these catapults, then the enemy on the walls of the small castle will not be afraid, and the troops of three hundred men will definitely not be able to resist us." "The leader of the Sword and Shield Squadron, who has been advocating the initiative for the past few days, has been waiting impatiently, he doesn't think that the robbers who killed the scout cavalry will have much effect, he just wants to continue to move forward and take the castle of these lords.

"Okay, then I'll assign the task now and get ready before nightfall!" Andrei said as he asked the squadron leaders to step forward and follow the arrangement.

André put Julian's spearmen in charge of using and protecting eight improved catapults, and Bezluvis's sword and shield troops as the vanguard to set out in the evening to reconnoiter the situation near Oga Castle, and let Captain Alain lead half of his archers with him. His squadron of two-handed swords and the other half of the archer mercenaries remained at Disha Castle to prevent the soldiers of the Kosai Kingdom from counterattacking the stronghold.

He also specially arranged for this Viscount Monta to accompany him, so that he could serve as a guide on the way forward.

"What about me and my cavalry troops?" asked Eddie quickly. Because he didn't seem to hear Andrei assign him the task.

Andre picked up a glass of wine, handed it to Eddie and said, "From now on, I plan to raise the size of the cavalry squadron to no longer be fifty people." When he said this, the smile on the corner of his mouth became sincere and simple, indicating his inner thoughts.

"I can go back to Honor City, but what is my mission?"

"Leave this attack on Oga Castle to me, Eddie, you can move freely now," Andre saw that the other party did not take the glass he handed over, he forced it into Eddie's hand and said, "You can go back to Honor City to find Reeves to recruit troops first, or you can patrol around Dicha Castle, anyway, this attack will be left to me." ”

Hearing this, Eddie finally understood what the other party meant. André didn't want Eddie to lose his men again, after all, those dozens of horseback mercenaries had been following Eddie for a long time, but this military operation in enemy territory was more dangerous than the previous mercenary missions.

Eddie's expression was a little gloomy, but he quickly replied, "I will continue to keep watch near Disha Castle until the regimental commander returns triumphantly!"

Andre nodded, Eddie, the most loyal Squadron Leader in the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment, had always been his most trusted person, and he was willing to hand over his back to the other party.

After assigning each squadron leader his tasks, Andre left Fid and Greif behind, and let the others leave the hall of the lord.

"I'm going to put you in charge of guarding this castle, what do you think?" said André to Fidel with a smile.

"Whatever, you decide. ”

"Then Greif will come with me to the battlefield," Andre looked at Greif, knowing that the strong squad leader was not fit to defend the city, "Do you want to keep the brothers Marcus and Matthews with you?" he said to Fidel.

"Whatever, you decide. Feder replied with the exact same sentence.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you, if something happens here, let Eddie inform me as soon as possible," Andre said and walked out of the lord's hall, "Remember to help me interrogate what happened behind the robber, wood meets hard iron will be fun, right?"