"Commander, we don't need to pay attention to him, we might as well quickly assign tasks to the other mercenary groups," Deputy Commander Rashad glanced at Satnam, he turned to look at Satnam and said, "I have a suggestion. He leaned his head into Satnam's ear and whispered a few words.

"That's okay with your offer, I'll ask them. Satnam responded.

At this time, the rain outside did not abate in the slightest, but from the edge of the tent, Avi could see the roof of the castle where the Pope was located, and the white smoke continued to spread, which could be clearly seen in the camp of the Knights of the Church.

Satnam asked the leaders of several other mercenary groups to stand together, these are the more powerful mercenary groups in the Church Alliance, and the Dhaka mercenary group is not among them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Papal States are in a state of crisis right now, and as the main force of the Church Alliance, I hope that you can do your part to defend the Holy Light City together," Satnam said solemnly and looked like a torch, "Now I have two suggestions, please be sure to choose one of the leaders from the middle, as the task for tonight!"

All the captains were exchanging glances with each other, and on the side of the Potato Mercenary Regiment, represented by Keth, Marcus, and Avi, they stood beside the captains and listened.

"The first option is to gather your subordinates as soon as possible, leave through the east gate of the Holy Light City, go around to the sides of those enemy troops, act as a special force, and wait for the archbishop's order!!" Satnam's voice was so loud that everyone standing in the distance could hear it clearly, and it was estimated that the members of the Knights standing outside the tent could also hear it.

The leaders of these mercenary groups immediately showed anxious expressions, and one of them said, "We don't know how many people there are on the other side? And the rain outside is so heavy, the environment is very unfavorable to us!"

"yes, what if they also have an Einsatzgruppen, although there is no information that there is an enemy ambush on the east side of the city gate, but this kind of thing is too risky..."

"I think we should still stick to the Holy Light City, and wait until tomorrow when the heavy rain has passed, so we can naturally see the situation outside at a glance!"

Avi felt that these regimental commanders had made a reasonable analysis, the weather was too bad now, not to mention that they had sent a special force to ambush now, even if it was a normal night, they might be ambushed by the other side first, right? If it weren't for tonight's weather, the armed forces of the church defending the city could have used defensive weapons such as bows and arrows and trebuchets to fight the enemy, but they couldn't see the other side clearly now.

Satnam's eyes swept over Arturas, the leader of the servant mercenary group, who was Archbishop Arthur Auerbach's most loyal servant, "What do you think, Captain Arturas?"

The bald-headed head of Arturas wanted to speak just now, but after glancing at the archbishop with a sad expression, he closed his mouth again, "In my opinion, this is a feasible method, and I believe that under the leadership of the Knights of the Church, it should be possible to find a better position to ambush." ”

"No, we're not going out. The deputy head of the regiment, Rashad, interrupted the other party.

"No... Not going out?" Arturas was a little surprised.

"That's right, the armed forces of the entire Holy Light City are only 30,000 people, and the other party has at least 30,000 people, plus we need to guard all parts of the city to protect the archbishop and the castle, and none of our church people will go out. Rashad's tone was firm, but his words sent chills down the hearts of all the mercenary group leaders present.

Satnam looked back at his lieutenant, a little surprised why he would say such a thing. After all, the Church Knights patrol outside the Holy Light City every day, and no one is more familiar with the terrain and shelter there than them, so it stands to reason that at least some of the Church Knights should be allocated to lead the way.

The young deputy head saw the meaning of his leader's reproach, and he quickly changed his words: "If we really need to teach the Knights, the two most valiant knights of Kiro and Riley, are the best candidates, and they will take you with you as the archbishop with you." ”

Kiro and Riley stood at a distance, neither of them hearing Rassad's "suggestion". Instead, the head of the regiment, Satnam, nodded, he had always been at odds with the two knights who belonged directly to Archbishop Arthur Auerbach, and although he was loyal to the archbishop, he was not used to that servile attitude. Since the two of them were favored by the archbishop, he didn't have much to say.

"That's right, that is, if the leaders are willing to lead their mercenaries out of the city, we will send some of the Church Knights as guides. Satnam chimed in.

At this time, the leaders of some mercenary groups had clearly understood that the reason why they were pulled here was to take the lead for the Knights of the Church. Avi also remembered what Satnam announced in the meeting of the Church Alliance, in fact, the entire Church Alliance was to send the mercenaries to death, and their church armed forces drew their swords and stabbed out behind the mercenaries, and in the end, this group of church knights sat and collected all the fruits in the name of protecting the Pope and the archbishop. That being said, how could the regular troops of the religious countries be on an equal footing with the mercenary groups?

"I'd like to hear the second piece of advice first. Jennifer, the female leader of the Shepherd Dog Mercenary Regiment, asked.

Avi never saw this regiment leader, it turned out that the other party had changed his clothes today, no longer wearing those woolen tunics, but a set of chain mail with helmets.

"The second suggestion..."Satnam glanced at his deputy, after all, the two choices left to the head of the mercenary group were Rashad's strategy, "is to select a part of the elite mercenaries, launch an attack on the castle where the Pope is located, eliminate those invaders of unknown origin, and save the Pope and the second prince of the Kingdom of Sarins." As he said this, he rolled his eyes in disappointment, and glanced sideways at the archbishop who was sitting in the distance behind him, like a student cheating.

At first glance, when I heard this suggestion, I felt that it was a reasonable choice, after all, the "internal worries" in the internal and external troubles have already caused a threat, and there is a tendency to further deteriorate. But when I calmed down and thought about it, I realized the terrible part of this choice.

The mercenary regiments stationed in the Papal States are well aware of the growing contradictions between the archbishop and the pope. The fact that the Pope suddenly appointed the Potato Mercenary Regiment as the chief mercenary group in the meeting of the Church Union that day, and in an instant disrupted the archbishop's layout, is the best proof of this fact. And all the leaders who were called to the Knights' tent were on the side of Archbishop Arthur Auerbach - except for the archbishop's younger brother "Sharp Paw" and the very small potato mercenary group.

"Hey, I'm looking for a scapegoat. "Sharp Claw" had no scruples, and he didn't know who gave him this courage, even if he didn't stop it, he wasn't afraid at all.

The other regimental commanders glanced at "Sharp Claw", and then they fell into a myth again.

The choice thrown out by Deputy Head Rashad is really insidious. The reason is simple, if you choose to rescue the Pope, you will have to face those attackers of unknown origin. According to what "Sharp Claw" said earlier, everyone realized that these guys who invaded the castle on a rainy night were probably assigned by the archbishop, but of course no one would admit it. Since it was a rebel army sent by the archbishop, if they had succeeded in killing the pope, there would be only one real leader in the city of light the next morning, and if the rebellion failed, the archbishop would also blame the matter on those who were "of unknown origin", and he could casually dismiss the relationship.

But this is not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that when a mercenary group chooses to go back to rescue the Pope, first of all, it is against the archbishop, and secondly, it may bear the charge of not saving the Pope, so as to become a scapegoat to apologize to the public.

All of the above, even the reckless Matthews thought of one or two. Combined with the ambiguous expressions of Satnam and Rashad , all the other regimental commanders present smelled of conspiracy.

Arturus swallowed, "Is this the Archbishop's suggestion?" He was one of the people who would most like to see the Pope die, after all, the insane-looking, unscrupulous Pope was beginning to solidify his power in the City of Light, and even the Papal Guard was formed.

"Of course, the archbishop is a subordinate of the Pope, of course we must send elite troops to rescue the castle, but the strength of our guards near the castle is mediocre..."

When the head of the Knights of the Church said this, the leader of the group with a little eye confirmed his inner conjecture. To be honest, no matter how powerful those attackers were, it was impossible for them to control the gate of the castle in such a short period of time, and they were still inside the gate, and the only thing that could explain it was that they had internal responses.

"Then we must attack the castle with all our might and rescue the Pope?" Arturas continued.

"We must do our best," said Satnam, "of course, if there is any difference between the Pope and Prince Amol, it is the work of those mysterious intruders, and no one wants to see this outcome, and the responsibility is certainly not all on the poor rescuers." "When the head of the Knights of the Church said these words, he deliberately slowed down his speech, as if he was talking about the wheat to be harvested tomorrow, and he was not in a hurry at all, but now he was discussing the matter of rescuing his own head of state!

Avi and the others saw all of this, and the facts were in front of them - no matter who sent those unknown creatures, as long as the Pope died, the archbishop and the Knights of the Church would definitely cry cat and mouse, but this was the result they wanted to see the most. As for the responsibility for the assassination of the Pope, it is likely that all the responsibility will be left to the attackers, and in the end it will be the Church controlled by the archbishop to judge. Taking a step back, even if those attackers failed, the archbishop would definitely have figured out a way to kill them, unless the attackers hiding in the City of Light were not sent by him.

Arturas, Jennifer and the others finally found their choice from Satnam's tone and expression, and they all expressed their willingness to organize their subordinates to follow the two knights out of the city as a special force - such a risk is much less than taking responsibility, after all, those enemy troops outside the city who advance and do not advance, retreat and do not retreat, are still in front of the high wall.

Keth and Marcus exchanged a look, although they didn't like the archbishop either, but getting involved in the internal conflicts and strife in the Papal States was not conducive to the potato mercenary group. In this way, it would be safer to choose to go out of the city.

Patrick, who was standing behind him, heard everything, but he still wanted to rescue the Pope, after all, Fid and Ayana were most likely inside the castle.

"We chose to rescue the Pope!" Avi said loudly to Satnam. He ignored the stunned expressions of the others, and immediately turned around and whispered in the ears of Keth and Marcus, "Deputy Head Feder and Captain Ayana are inside the castle, this is what I saw with my own eyes, I can't be wrong!"