After Manfred took initial control of the imperial capital, Osmond in the western suburbs also began to step up, on the one hand, he continued to launch a steady offensive against the positions of the troops in the western provinces, and on the other hand, his hidden plan also quietly began.

A few kilometers away, the armies of the two sides were fighting fiercely, and the sound of artillery fire had hardly stopped for the past few days. However, in Osmond's headquarters, it still seemed very orderly, and the uproar on the battlefield did not affect Osmond's judgment in the slightest.

"Using one action to cover up the intent of another is the most common rule on the battlefield. Osmond sat in his chair with his legs crossed, looking laid-back, "Any discerning commander will be wary of his opponent's machinations and guess that the other party's intentions are the military qualities that every officer should have." But if the number of operations increases to three, and they cover each other, how can such a scheme be unraveled?"

"I hope your strategy works. Young glanced back at Osmond, who was now standing at the door of the headquarters, ready to go to his battlefield. However, although he was as stubborn as ever, Yang also understood that with the military level of Osmond, or Duke Dungar, it was almost impossible for the other party to detect this plan.

"No plan is absolutely certain. Osmond took a sip of tea, seemingly a little too laid-back, "There are always unpredictable factors that interfere, and if God doesn't want you to succeed, then no matter how good your plan is, it will fail because of accidents." ”

God will not bless us sinful people. Yang looked at the sky, his eyes unusually cold, "However, he will not bless our opponents, and people like Jericho will only be hated even more." ”

"Amen—"

Osmond spat softly.

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At Karin Castle, after several days of fighting, Caterina was somewhat accustomed to the sound of artillery fire outside, and even the sound of explosions at five o'clock in the morning. War will make people numb, whether it is people on the battlefield or people outside the battlefield, when the number of dead is high to a certain extent, people will not feel sad, they are used to seeing the loss of life, even the most merciful people, will understand that in fact, in the final analysis, life is just something as fragile as a blank sheet of paper, it is not great, and it is very pale.

Because the two sides would go to war every day at five o'clock, Caterina could not sleep well in the morning, so she was forced to get up early in the morning and stare at the battlefield in the distance, doing nothing.

Now she was a little envious of Sven, at least Sven's lack of sleep could allow him to avoid the tiredness of being woken up early in the morning.

Sitting in the study, Caterina turned the pages boringly, where could she read these words at this time, her mind had already been taken away by the war. Although the two sides have not decided the winner in the past few days, Caterina has always felt a little uneasy, after all, the situation she has to face now is not as optimistic as she said to Baron O'Brien. After such a long time, there is still no news from Alexander, and the eldest princess has even prepared for the worst, and on the frontal battlefield, although the troops commanded by Baron O'Brien have no problems in defense, but now the army of the western provinces has no way to take the initiative to attack, no matter what, the enemy's numerical advantage is real.

"It's not a way to go on like this—"

Caterina put down the book and let out a long sigh, but as soon as she put it on the desk, the castle shook violently, and before it could be steady, it fell to the ground.

"What's going on?" Caterina's first reaction was a sneak attack, and she hurriedly stood up, but before she could stand firmly, the continuous shaking caused her to fall to the ground. She struggled to her feet, ran to the window, and looked out through it. However, it is still relatively early, and the fog has not yet lifted.

Outside the castle, Yang Zheng stared coldly at this ancient and beautiful castle, but there was no pity for the art-like Karin Castle in his eyes, only cold to the cruelty of no mercy.

Looking at the effect of the shell just now, Yang frowned slightly, and didn't seem to be very satisfied.

"One more shot!" he ordered the soldiers beside him, "hit the center of the castle directly and knock this castle down!"

Surrounding Yang were the special soldiers created by Manfred, who silently accepted Yang's orders and began to load the cannonballs again.

Yang stared at Karin Castle, he was not sure if Swain was here, although on the way he had dealt with the nearby troops, but he could not ask Sven where he was from the mouths of these troops, so now Yang was also gambling on whether Swain would stay at Karin Castle.

Seeing that the artillery he brought over had been loaded, Yang raised his hand and motioned for the soldiers to fire.

However, at this moment, an extremely swift figure flashed through the dense fog and directly cut off the gunner's neck. Because the head was cut off, the soldier immediately fell, and the firing of the artillery was interrupted. Even the soldiers made by Manfred could not have survived without their heads.

Yang turned his head and looked at the figure, who he had seen before.

Head of the Jericho family, Baron Deniz.

The old baron was on his sword, and there was blood flowing from the sword. The speed of his shot just now was very fast, and even Yang didn't catch the old baron's trace for the first time.

"Isn't it Jericho?" Yang turned, drew his sword from his sleeve, and aimed it at Baron Deniz, "You go in and get Caterina, I'll deal with this old fellow." ”

The soldiers nodded silently, and then without looking back, they headed straight for Karin Castle.

Baron Deniz glanced at the soldiers who were heading for Karin Castle, of course he couldn't let these soldiers into the castle in Swain's absence, Princess Celestia and Sophia were weak women who had no power to resist, and they couldn't resist these tiger-like soldiers at all.

Baron Deniz's footsteps moved to the side, intending to bypass Yang to pursue those soldiers, but Yang, who had been on guard for a long time, naturally would not let Baron Deniz get his way, and when he saw the old baron moving his footsteps, he immediately followed, and once again blocked in front of Baron Deniz.

"Go away!" Since the other party wanted to stop him, Baron Deniz would not be polite, the sword in his hand was raised, and the sword in Yang's hand was shorter after all, and the weight was not enough, so it was easily taken up by Baron Deniz. After clearing the opponent's defense, the old baron pressed his sword forward, and the tip of the sword pressed against Yang's chest, but it did not pierce it.

"Boy, get out of the way, I don't want to kill a child who hasn't reached adulthood yet. Baron Deniz stared at Yang and said in a low voice, he seemed to really don't want to fight Yang, for an old-school gentleman like Baron Deniz, even if it was hostile at the moment, he would be accustomed to chivalry and open up to the other party.

But Yang didn't appreciate it, he smiled weirdly, then took a step back sharply, raised his hands, aimed at Baron Deniz, and then a series of swords flew out of his sleeve, as if it was really a fire gun hidden in his sleeve, and the blade of the sword shot at the old baron like a bullet.

For Yang's hand, although Baron Deniz felt a little surprised, but it was not enough to pose a threat to him, after all, Yang's starting action was too obvious, when the blade shot at Baron Deniz, the old baron was already vigilant, as soon as he saw the reflection of the metal in Yang's sleeve, he immediately crossed the sword, swung his sword one after another, and blocked all the swords flying towards him.

"Don't be stubborn!" Knocking the last of his sword away, Baron Deniz stepped forward again, closing in on Young. He held the blade of the sword flat and pressed the blade to Yang's neck, this move was again spared, and the old baron did not intend to cut off Yang's head directly.

And this time, Baron Deniz paid the price for his mercy.

Perhaps in the last round of temptation, he figured out Baron Deniz's temper, Yang just used the sword in his left hand to his neck, which was able to block Baron Deniz's swing, and at the same time, he stabbed the sword in his right hand into the old baron's body.

Because Yang's sword was much shorter than Baron Denise's long sword, when he saw the opponent's backhand attack on him, the old baron didn't care too much, relying on the length advantage of the weapon, he only needed to turn sideways a little to make Yang's attack unable to reach him. However, he underestimated Yang a little, or, he underestimated the sword in Yang's hand, because he didn't know that Yang was actually a magician, so Baron Deniz, who couldn't do magic, didn't notice that the sword was engraved with a magic array.

The blade of the sword suddenly elongated, and this time Yang attached the "extension" characteristic to the sword, and with the help of the sudden increase in length, Yang successfully reached the body of Baron Deniz and stabbed the blade into the abdomen of the old baron, who did not expect this move.

"Hmm-" The old baron hurriedly stepped back, he held the sword in one hand and covered the wound in his abdomen with the other, Baron Deniz was old after all, maybe he could bear such an injury when he was young, but now, his physical strength and energy were not as good as before, and such an injury could even kill him.

"Boring chivalry. Yang snorted coldly and squinted at Baron Deniz, "Although your character is indeed noble with Jerry Kirby, even such a noble character can't help you survive in this era." ”

Baron Deniz covered his wound and tried to stop the bleeding and avoid losing too much of his own. However, he looked at Yang's face very calmly, although his face was somewhat pale due to blood loss, but there was no painful expression on his face.

"You young people, are you all so disgusted, disgusted with those things that are praised and remembered by old people like me, things that could make people proud of themselves decades ago. Baron Deniz sighed, his tone was very nostalgic, "You no longer believe in virtue, nor do you believe that you can win the friendship of others by being kind to others, you only believe in yourself, in your eyes, anyone will be your enemy, anyone can be betrayed, used and eliminated." The glory of my followers of the old lord remains to this day, but now, bound by that old affection, I find that the master I continue to serve has abandoned the things that bind me to this family. ”

Yang was a little surprised, from the old baron's words, he could hear a different meaning, it seemed that this old man was also dissatisfied with Swain, maybe it couldn't be said to be dissatisfied, as Swain's elder and retainer, this mood should be called disappointment is more appropriate.

"Times have changed. Yang shook his head, no matter what kind of regret Baron Deniz had in his heart, it had nothing to do with him, "People who can't keep up with the times are destined to be thrown behind." ”

"Really?" Baron Deniz was noncommittal, raising his sword and pointing at Yang, "I'm getting older, and I'm talking a lot, but I still hope you'll get out of the way." I don't want to hurt you, it would be pointless to bleed like this. ”

Yang raised his eyebrows, and Baron Deniz's innocence really made him amused, even a little angry. "Now that I have the upper hand, do you think that with my age, I can get out of the way?"

"You'd better do it. ”

"Then try!" Before he could finish speaking, Yang had already moved, and with a slam of his foot on the ground, the whole person rushed towards Baron Deniz.

The old baron was unhurried and stood calmly in place. When Yang was fast moving towards him, Baron Deniz suddenly swung his sword horizontally, and the huge force hit Yang's sword, and even pressed Yang's sword, until it reached Yang's shoulder, interrupting the momentum of Yang's charge.

The momentum of the charge was interrupted, and Yang simply attacked Baron Deniz, but even though Yang had the advantage in melee combat because of his two short weapons, he still couldn't attack Baron Deniz alone. The old baron danced his sword calmly, easily defusing Yang's every move, and it could be seen that Baron Deniz's swordsmanship was indeed very skillful, if it wasn't for his age, Yang would probably fall into a disadvantage now.

"This kind of swordsmanship ......"

Yang and Baron Deniz went through more than a dozen moves, and seeing that he couldn't break through the opponent's defense, he simply jumped back and got out of Baron Deniz's attack range.

"It's the same trick as that Viscount Jericho—"