After the other regimental commanders had left, Fei De planned to go to the gate of Lutu City alone to inspect the situation outside. But Keth and Marcus insisted on following, and Feder didn't refuse.

"Is it dangerous to send the Noor brothers alone?" Marcus asked, walking beside Fidel, observing the city's dwellings.

Feder was also observing the houses in the city on the way, and the civilians who closed the doors and hid in the houses did not seem to bother the mercenaries in the city, "Only Noor alone is not easy to be spotted by the cavalry of the brigade of East Oguna in the dark, and he knows how to avoid enemy detection." ”

In fact, Fidel was not too worried that the cavalry of the East Oguna Empire would cross the buffer zone and march in the direction of the Papal States. After all, there are not many of these cavalry, and it is estimated that they are only used to attack mercenaries on the plains, which is their most important task. And what Fei De is most worried about is that if the knight chief Kiro sends reinforcement mercenaries to Crafe City, he will definitely fall into the trap of Viscount Hollis, and those mercenaries who have left the city wall will also encounter the ruthless iron cavalry on the way.

When Fide and his party reached the city gate, they found that the gate was not closed, but was half-hidden. A mercenary squad leader who was responsible for guarding the city gate immediately rushed over when he saw the chief regimental commander, and he said that because there was always an endless stream of mercenaries fleeing back to the city from outside, he had to open the city gate a little bit to facilitate these mercenaries who had fled for their lives to enter the city.

The captains of the Potato Mercenary Regiment noticed that these mercenaries who were stationed outside the city by "Sharp Claw" were in a mess, and some of them were quite seriously injured, and it was estimated that they were lucky to be able to escape from the spear.

Originally, a total of sixteen mercenary groups arrived at Lutu City, excluding the Shepherd Dog Mercenary Regiment that Jennifer rushed to the front and the two mercenary regiments that were sent back to the buffer zone by Fidel, and four of the remaining thirteen mercenary regiments were stationed outside the city. Judging from the number of mercenaries who escaped, it is estimated that more than half of these more than 3,000 people have been lost.

Those mercenaries who had just won would not have imagined that the Imperial cavalry would attack in the dark night, and they were only slaughtered in the camp outside the city, and only a few mercenaries could escape the disaster.

Marcus asked, "I don't know how Avi and Hughes are doing, but according to the original plan, they should have gone to the middle ground between the Riverland Castle and the three small cities." ”

"Don't worry, I think that kid Avi is quite rational, don't look at his young age, he still has strength. Greif said.

Fei De was not worried about pinning down the mission's troops, because most of the cavalry had been sent here, and now he could only wait until dawn to see the enemy and make plans.

On this night, the mercenaries in Lutu City basically didn't sleep much, and as soon as it was dawn, all the regimental commanders were summoned to the lord's hall. Even the "Sharp Claw", who was in a state of hangover, pressed his head with a headache while beating his spirit and participating in the discussion.

It wasn't until the morning sun peeked over the horizon that the knight who had brought back information from the city of Hana appeared. The knight told Fidel, who was discussing countermeasures, that the route between Lutu City and Hana City had been hovering with cavalry from the East Oguna Empire since last night, and that many knights had encountered an ambush while passing information on this side, so they had only brought the situation over there to the chief commander now.

The knight said that when the Knight Captain Kiro lost contact with the five mercenary groups led by Captain Arturas, he immediately sent five mercenary groups and immediately rushed to the front to support Arturas. Then the city of Hana, which was closed at the gates, also lost contact with the ten mercenary groups in front of nearly 10,000 mercenaries in the following time, and at this time, some cavalry also appeared outside Hana City, but they were not besieged or besieged.

The leaders of the other mercenary regiments looked at each other, some of them glad that they did not run away, and some of them felt sad for the mercenary brothers who had attacked the city of Crafe. From this point of view, Arturas and Jennifer's troops must have encountered the cavalry on the plains, and as for the fate of the more than 10,000 mercenaries of the Church Alliance, everyone present knew in their hearts.

"Count our numbers, and let two thousand men stay in this small city, while the rest of the mercenaries follow me out of the city and march towards the city of Hana, the Knight of Kiro. Fei De said to the "Sharp Claws" and the other leaders, and the other party immediately agreed to show goodwill. No one could have imagined that the mighty Church Alliance would be torn apart as soon as it met the regular army of the Empire.

However, the knight immediately said, "Chief Commander, our chief knight has already mobilized the mercenaries of Hana City and is rushing to this side!"

By the time the mercenary groups on both sides gathered, it was already eight o'clock in the morning, and Noor, who had returned from the buffer zone, had also seen Fid. Noor still had a lingering feeling when he talked about last night's events, "When I first left Lutu City, there were a lot of horseshoe cities outside, but fortunately, I was lucky that I didn't encounter a single Imperial cavalryman. By the time I caught up with the two mercenary groups that had been redeployed back to the buffer zone, they were almost on the border between the two countries, where some Church fighters were stationed. Listening to those people, some Imperial cavalry did appear after I fell asleep, but these guys didn't dare to go near the buffer zone. ”

The situation in the buffer zone was as Fed expected, and the cavalry of the East Oguna Empire was mainly trying to eliminate the mercenary forces in the field, and all of them would retreat at dawn. The only thing I wanted to know now was whether the cavalry had withdrawn to Crefeld or the Castle of the River.

When the chief knight Kiro saw Fidel, he had only a few simple greetings except for his ugly face. Of course, Feder knew about Kiro's current predicament, after all, he had just reported to the Pope that he had won two cities in a row, and now that he had fallen into the trap of the enemy and lost so many mercenaries, it must be difficult to speak.

"Chief Commander, what should we do next?" Kiro stared at Fidel, who had brought seven mercenary groups, a total of more than 8,000 troops, to the city of Lutu to rendezvous.

Kiro's eyes were bloodshot, his brows were furrowed, and even his hair was particularly messy, and his previous spirit was long gone, "Now we can move towards Crefi City." Feder replied lightly.

In the time that followed, Fidel and Kiro selected uninjured mercenaries, a total of fifteen mercenary groups, almost 18,000 of whom marched towards Crafeld City. The only half of the mercenary team is very different from yesterday, and now the low morale is like trampling on the grass, and it is basically impossible to stand up.

Fide also realized that the morale of the army was extremely poor, and he deliberately slowed down the pace of the march, but along the way, except for the corpses of the mercenaries of the Church Alliance, not a single cavalry of the East Oguna Empire was seen.

Kiro ordered two mercenary groups to collect the bodies of the dead brothers on the road, and all but the valuables on the mercenaries were buried on the spot.

Occasionally, mercenaries who were badly injured but not dead were lying on the side of the road, and a few guys were crushed by the corpses of other mercenaries, who came back to life because they hid next to the pile of corpses.

"It's terrible! Those cavalrymen are like ghosts! Our men didn't even see them clearly, and they were killed!"

"If I hadn't pretended to be dead, I might have died!"

"Why didn't you send reinforcements to support us?

Kiro looked at the surviving mercenaries he had sent to support Arturas with disgust, he was now in a low mood, and he didn't want to listen to these complaints. And these mercenaries who were lucky enough to escape death were all sent to the two small cities behind, and according to the situation along the way, the two important captains of Arturas and Jennifer are estimated to have been more than lucky.

By the time the mercenary group led by Fide and Kiro arrived at the outskirts of Crafeld City, it was almost noon, and the corpses outside the city were strewn everywhere, so that all the mercenaries who saw this scene did not have the heart to think about their lunch.

From the walls of Crafeld to the soles of Fed's feet, countless mercenary corpses lay on the ground in the distance, and even the vultures and crows that had just flown in did not have any "quarrels" - because there was so much food to eat.

A strong and pungent smell of blood spread into the mercenary team behind him, and everyone except for Patrick, who was wearing a mask, and Ayana, who was expressionless, couldn't help but cover their noses. Some of the mercenaries, who were still moaning and howling on the ground, were immediately found by their companions who were in charge of caring for the wounded, who immediately treated the dying lives, but with little effect.

Kiro and some of the regimental commanders recognized the dead bodies lying on the ground, all of them were mercenaries from the five mercenary regiments that Arturus had brought out, and most of the dead bodies had been pierced with a large bloody hole by spear-shaped weapons, and it seemed that they had encountered the impact of the cavalry in the dark night. There were also some corpses whose bodies and heads were deformed, most likely caused by being hit by the assault horses.

Among these piles of corpses, it is also possible to find some dead bodies of the cavalry of the Eastern Oguna Empire, all of them wearing uniform armor, and the cavalry spears and knights' swords in their hands are sharpened. It's just that the number of cavalry in the East Oguna Empire is really a bit small, and Fei De has to suspect that Viscount Hollis has cleaned the battlefield and taken away the corpses of his companions after the battle. Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for the corpses of more than 10,000 mercenaries in front of him to only make the opposing cavalry pay the price of a few dozen people.

In the sea of corpses that crossed the hundreds of meters, there was not even a single trace of a guard on the walls of Crafeld City, but the banner of a servant mercenary group stood on the city walls. But even so, the knight chief Kiro made everyone slow down, and let a few mercenaries explore the seemingly empty city of Krefi first.

At this moment, a mercenary stood up from the city wall, and then looked at the people below and shouted: "We have taken the city of Krefe!