"What thunder, is it because there is a lot of thunder in that place?" asked Kess.

Some of the other mercenary group leaders had already shown surprised expressions, these people were all guys who had heard the origin of the weapon "Thunder", and the group leader Satnam only shook his head lightly at Kesi, "That place doesn't thunder often, but there is a giant weapon in the Rivercastle, and whenever this weapon is activated, it will produce a sound like thunder. ”

"It's just a weapon, I guess it's a huge trebuchet, nothing to be afraid of," said Jennifer, the leader of the Shepherd Dog Mercenary Regiment, "We have overwhelming strength and intelligence, and we may be able to snatch this 'Thunder' and use it against the cavalry of the Oguna Empire..."

Satnam didn't smile, but he nodded approvingly and said, "That's right, if we can take the castle quickly, then the weapon may really be of use to us." ”

"And what kind of lord is that Viscount Hollis?" Fide asked.

Satnam took out a document with the names of some of the noble lords of the East Oguna Empire, "The lords of Riverland Castle and several fortress castles to his east are already clear, and this Hollis is the strongest of them all," Satnam said as he handed the document with several names to Fidel, Due to the affluence of the city between the rivers, the castle was built very large, and the soldiers were also well-equipped, in addition to the cavalry team that was stationed outside the city every day, there were some crossbowmen and infantry guarding the castle, estimated at 5,000 people. ”

Fett saw that in the document that Satnam had brought out, Viscount Hollis had the words "young and capable, deeply entrenched" at the back of his name. It seems that this is a new successor to his father's throne and has great abilities.

"Shall we, then, take the three cities that are going to be in turmoil first, and then deal with this rivercastle?" asked Arturas, the head of the servant mercenary regiment.

Satnam hesitated, and then asked his deputy, Rashad, to answer the question in his place. The handsome Lashad said: "Our Church Knights originally prepared two sets of plans, the first set can only be implemented when the head of the group is present, and due to the decision of the Pope just now, there is no need to come up with this plan again," It was originally planned that the Church Knights would allocate a part of their forces to serve as the vanguard with the mercenaries, but this plan has changed, "The second plan is the 'diversion plan'." ”

"Diversion plan?"

"That's right, we plan to send some mercenaries to bypass the three troubled cities first, and go to the outskirts of Rivercastle to harass and distract the main forces of Hollis. Rashad explained to the commanders of all the mercenary regiments that the most important thing in this plan was to contain rather than defeat the enemy, and that it would be better if it could attract the Imperial cavalry who were good at fighting on the plains to a distance.

After hearing the detailed analysis of this plan, all the regiment commanders said that it was feasible. It would be very dangerous to be surrounded by the main cavalry of the East Oguna Empire when attacking the city, but if you can grasp the enemy's movements, then everything will be easy.

"So which mercenary group should be in charge of completing such a challenging task?" the Knight Deputy Head Rashad looked around at the various leaders, and they all immediately avoided each other's gazes.

"Do we need to ask, we are all infantry-based mercenary groups, of course there should be a large number of church knights to lure us!"

"Yes, yes, the knights of the church are so elite and good at fighting, they can definitely complete this challenging task!"

"On that day I saw Riley, a knight captain with excellent equestrian skills, and it would be best for him to lure those Imperial cavalry!"

The commanders immediately pushed the Knights of the Church out, pushing the seemingly most dangerous task far away, after all, no one wanted to be chased by thousands of Imperial cavalry on the plains.

Satnam and Rashad exchanged a look, and then Satnam said: "Our mission is mainly to protect the Pope and the archbishop, and it is already the best thing to be able to attack the city with your mercenaries, so the containment plan is to find the most suitable mercenary group." "As we all know, the Church Knights in the Church Armed Forces are only a small part of the total number of soldiers, and it is very difficult to become a knight in the Church Order. These few elite knights could not attack or defend as the main force, and dispersing them into various units could serve as an inspiration and leader.

The other regimental commanders looked at each other, knowing that it takes a lot of financial and material resources to form a cavalry team, so most of the mercenary regiments abandoned the cavalry squadron and spent the money on cheaper archers, sword and shield soldiers, and spearmen. However, in fact, each mercenary group has a small number of cavalry, after all, some mercenaries are "brought into the group", but the number of these mounted mercenaries is also very small.

"Hey, what about your royal knight mercenary group? aren't they all cavalry? just let them go, maybe they can take the river castle directly with their superior strength? hahaha!" The leader of the tearing mercenary group, "Sharp Claw", laughed on the side, but his meaning was supported by some mercenary groups, and even the leaders who stood on the side of the archbishop nodded one after another.

Satnam glanced back at the archbishop, and Arthur Auerbach only shook his head slightly, "Deputy Master Marven has more important tasks to complete, so this diversion plan cannot be completed by His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment." ”

"They're mercenaries too, we're mercenaries too, so why? Do we mean we can't accomplish what they're trying to accomplish?"

Rashad explained, "Because His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Regiment is already carrying out their mission, and the enemy they have to deal with will be more difficult than the diversion mission, I hope that your commanders will understand." After he finished speaking, he turned and walked in the direction of the Pope, asking the Pope about the task of the 40,000 reinforcements of the Kingdom of Salins.

The other commanders all set their eyes on the captain of the guard, Chedi, who had just forgotten that there was still the army of the kingdom, and they had not yet assigned the task.

"The forces of the Kingdom of Salins will be with the Pope, recuperating, and will face them together when the main army of the Eastern Oguna Empire appears. The Pope said directly. The Chedy didn't say a word, no matter how the other mercenary captains stared at him.

It seems that these Sallins' armies cannot be relied upon, and yes, they are only supporters of the Papal power, and they will definitely not charge into battle. Thinking of this, Fei De began to wonder again about what task his potato mercenary group of more than 100 people would be assigned to? The number of his subordinates was so small that even the task of reconnaissance and intelligence gathering would not be able to take their turn.

"If there is no way to select a mercenary group to undertake this task, perhaps all the mercenaries on horseback will have to be gathered together to form a special task force to contain the plan. Satnam spoke his last resort, which was immediately supported by the archbishop.

The archbishop walked over and said to all the mercenary leaders, "This task is very important, and this bishop hopes that you will not spare your horses, and please follow the command of Captain Satnam. "Since the archbishop has said so, the archbishop's mercenary group, led by the servant mercenary group, has agreed to divide all the mounted mercenaries under his command and join this plan. As for the leaders of the other mercenary groups, although they had a difficult face, they had no choice but to agree to this method.

"Who's going to lead them, then? I don't know how to ride," said Arturus first. The other regiment commanders also said that they were not good at riding horses, and even those mercenaries on horseback could not compare.

Satnam had originally planned to have a Knight Captain as the leader of the Einsatzgruppen, but he also wanted to find the head of a mercenary group. When the deputy commander of the regiment, Rashad, questioned all the regimental commanders, it was found that none of the regiments had cavalry squadron leaders, until he finally asked Field.

"We do have a squadron of cavalry, and we have a squadron leader and two squad leaders, but our squadron is no more than fifteen people. ”

After Fidel finished saying "fifteen", several regiment commanders couldn't help but laugh. Just now, each mercenary group gave dozens of mounted mercenaries, but even the mercenary group with the most mounted mercenaries did not set up cavalry squadrons, but mixed these mercenaries into other squadrons. This potato mercenary group is really okay, the number is small but the specifications are large, and even a squadron of fifteen people can be formed.

However, Rashad didn't mind the number of people, and he asked directly: "Can the chief regiment commander divide the cavalry squadron leader and squad leader of your regiment into us as the deputy of the special operations team?"

"Yes. ”

"Great," Rashad said, glancing at Satnam, who nodded, "Come in." Suddenly Rashad shouted outside the tent, and a female knight who looked like a knight walked in.

The young knight knelt down on one knee and took off her helmet, her golden hair was combed into several braids and then tied on top of her head.

"This is the Knight Captain in charge of the Einsatzgruppen, Selena. Rashad introduced to the crowd.

Neither Riley nor Kiro, but a female knight who had never met the mercenary leader present. Rashad then introduced that the blonde knight Selena was the daughter of an old knight chief, who had been training in the city before, and because of her excellent grades and her background in a prestigious family, she was specially appointed as a knight commander, and she was only twenty-four years old this year.

The dignified and elegant-looking female knight immediately won the favor of many mercenary captains, and even more, some of the regiment leaders also expressed regret that they could not go with them.

Keth was always unhappy when she saw beautiful women, and this time was no exception, and she noticed that Selena didn't look at anyone, but looked at Fidel standing beside her, as if she wanted to remember him for a moment.