"Do you think Miss Delia would have thought that we would have so many accidents?" Fan hadn't closed his eyes all night, he had been walking forward, sleepy and hungry, he had to think of something to distract himself from falling asleep so easily.

Avi touched the enchanted ring that Miranda had given him with his hand, and he bowed his head and replied, "Probably not, but it doesn't matter, aren't we still alive?" From the secret training points in the western part of the empire to the Split Snow Mountains, from the border towns to the hedron tombs, and from the borders of the Kosai Kingdom to the ruins of ghost towns, the things encountered along the way are simply beyond your imagination.

If I hadn't gone anywhere at the beginning, and had been growing up at home with the "winter", would I have been a groom for the rest of my life? I would have been like the yellow sand on the ground all my life, trampled under my feet? But now I am similar to the yellow sand, and I have been blown away by the "wind", and I have crossed the entire continent to the Republic of Marveil, which can be regarded as fulfilling my dream of seeing the world. When Miranda followed Uncle Charric to the Traveling Merchants, I wonder if he had also walked here? Avi couldn't help but think back to those comfortable days in Golden Foot.

"Even though we are alive, we still have to complete the mission," Carrie said firmly, "I still have to go back to Sister Felisti alive, she must be completing the mission that Miss Delia told her now!" she remembered the red-haired companion, both of whom Miss Delia had rescued. The fatherless and motherless orphans have the same sickness, so they have long been like sisters under the care of Delia.

Big-nosed Fan shook his head and said, "We didn't even know about the mission, and we almost died several times," he said little positive words along the way, except for complaining, "You see that coachman is an example." ”

"Hey, don't you keep arguing around there, okay?" he pulled a whip from his waist and slammed it into Fan's leg. Fan's pants were immediately torn open, revealing a trail of blood. The fat man had long wanted to take the iron gun for himself, but because of the doubts in his heart, he had to find a big-nosed fan to vent his anger.

"This damn fellow, when I let go of me, I want you to taste the taste of eating iron spears!" Fan said to himself in his heart, but the three of them still held back their anger, after all, there were still 100,000 troops in front of the fat man.

After the regular army of the Kingdom of Kosai merged with the MONOCULUS mercenary group, they began to speed up their pace and march towards Dry Sand City. At this time, the sun has begun to slowly raise its head from the east, and a prototype can be seen in the dry sand city standing in the long yellow sand.

"Ahead is Dry Sand City, and it is estimated that Gordon is ready to join us. James gestured to the town ahead. This small border city has a population of only a few thousand, but its façade is fastened and towering.

The 2,000 members of the MONOCULUS mercenary group arrived first, and the mercenaries under James were all infantry with uniform plate armor and helmets, but the weapons in their hands were different, and they were also free and casual when they marched, so they could be seen at a glance that they were mercenary groups. Several of the chieftains of the Kosai kingdom then arrived at the gates of Gansha City, and 100,000 soldiers stood outside the city in an orderly manner.

There was no moat in front of the city gate, and the river was dried up by the wind and sand, so a deep pit was dug at the place where the moat should have been dug out, and this pit extended from the city gate to the wall that surrounded the dry sand city from the city gate.

"This moat is really deep," Ampwo pointed to the nearly three-meter-deep tunnel, "and if we hadn't given the city, it would have taken us a lot of time to take it." "Although the Winter Kingdom also has siege weapons with them this time, for the convenience of marching, all siege weapons are lightweight types that can be assembled. In addition to the basic ram carts, there were a number of improvised ladders and medium-sized ballista carts, which had not been brought with them in the past, the giant trebuchet and the siege tower, which were the main weapons used in the kingdom's assault on the city.

"No amount of moat nor height of the walls can stop a rebellion from within. "Jack clearly knows that this raid is a combination of inside and outside, because in addition to Dry Sand City, Honor City has also arranged internal responses. When the soldiers and mercenary groups in the city found their army, 100,000 infantry were already standing in the city, and most of the mercenary groups would turn against each other because of the loss of the city walls. Jack has always distrusted the mercenary group, so he has always thought so.

"Here they are. ”

The gates of Gansha City were slowly pulled up, and the drawbridge of the city gates was slowly lowered, and a cavalry team of about fifty people slowly walked out of the city gates. It was still a little grey, so Jack and James couldn't quite see each other's faces, but one of the snow-haired female horsemen caught their attention.

"I wonder which one is Prince Jack?" the horseman at the front stopped the horseman, and he shouted on his horse.

"I'm who, which of you is the Gordon Mayor?"

The horseman on the horse combed his big back, and he said slowly: "I am Eddie, the lieutenant of the city governor Gordon, Lord Gordon is already waiting for you in the castle, please enter the city to complete the handover of Dry Sand City." ”

Jack looked at each other, fifty cavalrymen all had only a saber hanging from their waists, and the entrance to Dry Sand City behind the cavalry was quiet, and no one moved. There was no one on the walls of Dry Sand City, as if the whole town was sleeping, waiting to be taken over.

"Our army won't go in, I'll send someone to follow you in, and after the city is handed over, you will lead the army out of the rear of the city," Jack himself won't go in, and the heart of defense is indispensable, just let James and them go in, "But hurry up, we will sit in the senate of the city of honor at noon to drink wine and eat meat!"

Eddie, Gordon's "adjutant", nodded, and he smiled and asked, "Which adult followed me in?"

Jack motioned for James to enter the city, and Colin asked to follow.

"I'll take a thousand people into the city, even if it's a mercenary group of mercenary unions, it's not completely reassuring. Colin said this, in fact, he wanted to contact Gordon first, after all, he was burdened with the interests of the Oguna Empire.

"Then I can't be completely at ease with you, can I?" said the Marquis of Ampvo coldly.

"Although I am from the Empire, I have sworn my allegiance to the king of the kingdom, and I will never let the kingdom be disgraced," Colin raised the glasses on his face and said, "By the way, bring those three young people of the empire with you, the republic will be ours after tomorrow, and the three of them should be put into Dry Sand City now, otherwise the people of the republic will think that we are barbarians who will be arrested when they see us." ”

"Hmph, whatever you want, anyway, those thieves are the ones you will shelter, and if it were me, it would be a sword. He touched the two-handed sword hanging from his horse and said.

Jack made them stop arguing.

"We're here to seize the city, there's no need to kill innocents indiscriminately, let those kids go" At this time, Jack had already put on a green helmet, and made a complete set of equipment with the green armor and long sword on his body, "Chief of staff, you can bring a thousand people into the city, we have a total of 3,000 people into the city, and the 100,000 army is waiting outside the city, please try as soon as possible." ”

The snow-haired female cavalryman next to Eddie smiled and said, "We'll be soon." ”

James led all the members of the MONOCULUS Mercenary Regiment into Dry Sand City with a cavalry team of fifty people, but the light of their helmets did not glow, like a small glass bead embedded in the helmet. The MONOCULUS mercenary regiment was followed by a thousand infantry. The houses and shops in the city had not yet awakened from the night's sleep, and the "small river" of soldiers in a row of five or six men slowly flowed towards the castle in the center of the city. ”

Jack and Ampwer led the remaining 90,000 or so Kingdom soldiers on a detour towards the exit behind Drysand City.

The fat man dragged Avi and the three of them towards the city.

"Hehe, you guys are lucky, it must be my good luck that brought you to you, I'll let you go here!" The fat man was not willing to untie the hemp rope tied to their hands, but at night, Fan had already untied all the hemp ropes while the fat man was not paying attention, and now they were just a hemp rope sleeve in their hands, which could be loosened and untied at once.

"Hey, let's stay in this city and wait for news from their army, although Miss Delia asked us to find the Moon Shield mercenary group, but now the republic may be wiped out, not to mention one of the mercenary groups inside. The big-nosed fan whispered.

Avi and Carrie both nodded in agreement, after all, saving their lives first is the most important thing, and no one would look for a mercenary group on the battlefield of 100,000 people.

"But you see, this dry sand city is built like a bowl, and we walk here like rice in a bowl. Carrie looked around and saw that there seemed to be no one in the whole of Dry Sand City, but the walls were getting higher and higher. The gate behind her was quickly closed as soon as the three of them had passed, and several others had sealed it with large wooden bars.

"Your imagination is too rich!" Fan Cai didn't care if he didn't have a bowl, but he had been walking all night, and his stomach was rumbling for a long time, and now he was even more hungry after hearing "bowl and rice".

Avi looked at the yellow sand on the ground and said, "Then there must be only dry sand and no food in this bowl." ”

"There's someone on the roof!" Carrie whispered.

Both Avi and Fan looked at the buildings on both sides of the street and saw that many of the houses were moving with weapons.

"Run away!"

"There is an ambush in the city!

Avi and the others were shouting not far in front of them, but the shouts quickly turned into screams. Avi saw someone standing on the roof of a tower, a middle-aged man with black hair holding an ebony longbow, as if playing the most beautiful music, shooting the arrows on the bow at the kingdom soldiers in the street, and each arrow shot was like raindrops falling on the ground, splitting into several small arrows, hitting a bunch of people.