All those who participated in the New Year's celebrations in the city of Crafeld regarded the victory at the Battle of the River as the most important thing to celebrate. The Potato Mercenaries also spent their first year in the small city, and all the mercenaries and captains of this small mercenary group hoped that in the year 948 of the Old Kingdom Calendar, the Potato Mercenaries would be able to create more victories, honors, and most importantly, wealth.

Fed divided all the gold and silver treasures that the Pope had bestowed on them, as well as the dead mercenaries, and left Noor and Lukka to return to the City of Light and deliver their dues to their families. When Cavalry Squadron Leader Avi calmed down, Fidel joined Ayana and handed him the golden enchanted shield that belonged to Cheddy, encouraging him to continue his efforts.

In the past ten days, the Hejian area began to become very cold, and Fei De deliberately spent a lot of money to buy some thick clothes and deliver them to each of his subordinates. And Feder also put on warm clothes under the "black flash". The rivers in the inter-river area began to show signs of freezing, but this level of freezing did not allow anyone to walk on it without falling into the river. The corpses that had been piled up in the river were also carried up by the Church Alliance, and the bishops of the Church who had come here from the City of Light performed a memorial service for them, hoping that all those who had been involved in the war would rest in peace and go to the Father's side.

And it was heard that a little north of the city of Crafeld had begun to fall heavily, and this did not allow all the chiefs of the Papal States to make a detailed plan as soon as possible - on the question of the castle between the rivers.

For most of the month, the castle between the rivers was closed, and not even a few crows flew out of the castle to deliver the letter. On the contrary, some Imperial soldiers who could be detected were mining boulders day and night in the mountains behind the rivercastle, and everyone believed that it was an action to build more rolling stones.

The Pope, the archbishop, General Guillermo and others are also constantly negotiating strategic matters. During this time, the Church Alliance has attempted several raids and sneak attacks to capture the gates, all of which have failed. The two walls of the castle between the rivers protect this fortified castle with a divided mountain range, and if you don't find a way to solve the "thunder" of the defensive weapon, it is impossible to invade the city gate, let alone climb the city wall and step into the castle.

The envoys sent to negotiate would meet with the city every time, and the castle between the rivers was very polite, saying that they would consider peace as long as the Papal States withdrew. Such a proposal was of course not agreed to by the Pope, and General Guillermo of the Kingdom of Salins also said that he would not withdraw his troops now. As for Lord Martin, who had been imprisoned, he did not say a word, and did not say anything every day except to eat and drink.

So in the face of such a strong defense, the Church League also began to plan a long-term siege, a strategy that Guillermo agreed, but he didn't seem to intend to let his subordinates do such things. The long-term siege mainly prevented the tens of thousands of soldiers in the rivercastle from escaping the castle, and when their food or patience ran out, the church alliance would have a chance.

Due to the small number of the Potato Mercenaries and the fact that the leader of the regiment was the chief of the Church League, they were not sent out into the field to build siege fortifications. Fed's heartfelt gratitude for this is that while he is now no longer bothered by the disappearance of Cash and Greif, the number one priority is to properly replenish the staff. The day after Noor and Lukka left, Marcus returned to the City of Light with his younger brother and some mercenaries, and the one-eyed squadron leader is now temporarily serving as a substitute supervisor to replenish personnel. No sooner had he returned to the City of Light than he received a message from the Rock Thieves - that there was a man who wanted to see Field.

The letter from Nangus said that there was a man who claimed to be the former chief warden of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment and wanted to find Fidel. Marcus's first thought was Reeves, but how did Reeves know that they had been in the Rock Thieves? Marcus didn't think much of it, and immediately asked the messenger to inform Fett of the news to see if he wanted to reply to Nangus and let him tell Reeves where they were now.

When Fidel told the other captains about this, Avi knew that before he left Honor City, he had persuaded Reeves to abandon the darkness and stop playing for Alan Kudson. Unexpectedly, after a period of time, the slightly bald chief military supervisor still found out in his conscience and planned to defect to Fide and Andre. Most of them said they could meet Reeves first, after all, they were so far away from the City of Honor, and there was no danger in an old Andre's department. Maybe you can also bring some information about the Moon Shield Mercenary Group, which is definitely not a loss.

On top of that, the other captains began to forget about Kesi and Greif. Although Greif is the squadron leader, his presence is extremely low, and he basically does not wave the huge harpoon except for protecting his "sister" all the time. And Kesi, as the person closest to Field, it is inconvenient for others to say more. After all, all the captains think that Kesi is such a beautiful and delicate girl, and she is quite a good match for the handsome deputy head of the field, so in the eyes of some captains, the two have long been the default couple, and no one knows if Kesi left with her brother because of emotional problems. One night before Matthews left Crafeld City, he patted Feder on the shoulder while drinking and said, "It's okay, I used to think that the sky would fall if I lost my lover, but I'm not okay now?"

Fede didn't explain, he already understood what others were saying. In retrospect, Kesi would have been more sensitive and delicate than the other captains, and she would have had similar troubles. But Feder had never had an emotional experience, and in his eyes, women were more like a weakling, a weaker who was not fit to appear on the battlefield. Even my mother, who died early, was like that, her body was too weak, and she couldn't survive some illnesses.

It's not that Feder doesn't have feelings and interests in women, it's just that he doesn't plan to think about these things now, maybe he will be like Uncle Evan and never marry a wife in his life.

As if seeing through Fielder's thoughts, Ayana quickly pulled the drunk away and prevented him from continuing when Matthews was drunk and babbling nonsense. Fei De gradually found that Ayana had become able to understand the world, and perhaps the other party could have understood, but in his previous life, he didn't show it.

In the days that followed, the Papal States began psychological warfare against the castle of the River. They sent mercenaries from the Church Alliance to shout and insult in the distance. These loud-voiced mercenaries will also shout some words to sow discord, intending to make the Emperor ** who came from the support of Grimmko and the people of Rivercastle suspicious and contradictory, and then make changes within them. It's just that these invectives are not only heard by the people in the Rivercastle, but also by the people of the other church alliances. Some of the believers who were very close to the Illuminati expressed their unacceptability and demanded that they be removed.

One day in mid-January, Gigies, the butler who had been secretly imprisoned in the dungeon, committed suicide by outlining a secret passage to the floor of Rivercastle with stones. He also wrote his last words in blood, hoping that the Papal States would show mercy to his family and let them go when they stormed the castle between the rivers.

Fidel decided to draw the map on the floor of the cell on paper under the pretext of personal information, and then handed it to Rashad in his hands.

"If this map is true, then we have a chance to take the castle between the rivers!" Rashad was worried, because most of the siege fortifications were in the wilderness of the riverside area, and it was already very cold outside, and after a while, it would snow heavily, and the soldiers guarding the siege would definitely complain. This map became the key to breaking the deadlock, so Rashad thanked Fid and did not ask where the map came from.

"Although this map is very likely to be true, even if you enter the Riverside Castle according to the secret passage of the map, you may encounter very stubborn resistance," Feder is actually very much in favor of using time to defeat the Riverside Castle, after all, according to the information provided by the steward Gigis, Viscount Hollis did not have full trust in the East Oguna Empire early on, and no one could have predicted whether someone would open the gate of the Riverland Castle one day and hang the head of the commander-in-chief of the reinforcements of the East Oguna Empire on the city wall," Moreover, the secret passage referred to in this map is a secret passage along the Split Mountain, and you must walk up the snowy mountains to sneak into the castle. ”

"So we're going to send the best people to do the job. Rashad said, looking at Fidel.

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"What do you think of Knight Captain Riley and Kiro?" Rasha said suddenly, he didn't want Fid to go in person.