Konid came to the river and saw a bridge.

The bridge, which had apparently endured many years of wind and rain, was not built by humans in the valley, but was the product of the ancient Elven empire of Comanso, and the faint separation of the foundation stones and the half-hidden stone pavement in the water formed a hidden elven path, which seemed rather subtle than overtly exposed like a human-built bridge.

According to elven tradition, the elven illusion obscured the location of the bridge, and greedy humans could not see the bridge at all, but now that these spells have apparently been ineffective for quite some time, even the newcomers of Sambia can be surprised to find a bridge that does not exist on the map of humanity.

The Sambians originally wanted to cross the turbulent Akan River and attack the town of Bow Bridge, the capital of the Bow Valley, but they could only storm the Bow Bridge across the Akon River, and the fortress on the Bow Bridge - the sword fortress would cause the Sambians to pay heavy casualties, and when the Sambians were defeated, the heavy cavalry of the Bow Valley would follow the Bow Bridge to the plains of the valley occupied by the Sambians and attack the Sambian infantry and light cavalry fiercely.

But now that the bridge appeared, the Sambians only had to send part of their troops to feint on the bow bridge, secretly sending troops here to cross the Akon River, and then pass through the woods in the valley. If you go north, you can directly reach Gongqiao Town, and the center of gravity of Gongqiao Town's defense is concentrated in the east, and it will be caught off guard by an attack from the south, and once Gongqiao Town falls, the isolated sword fortress will quickly collapse.

Konid walked briskly on the half-submerged stone bridge, hoping that the Sambians would not find the shortcut, but the traces left by the Sambian riders and the strange behavior of the Sambian mercenaries made Konaid's heart uneasy.

Link didn't hide his thoughts from Konad, what the Sambians wanted was a Cormier who was completely blocked by Sambia, could only rely on the Sambians, and was antagonistic to the north and south, and constantly had internal friction, although Link didn't want a strong centralized Cormier to exist, but he didn't want a Cormier who was completely dependent on the Sambians and completely blocked off foreign trade routes to appear, so the independence of Bow Valley was crucial.

As a Cormier and a veteran non-commissioned officer of the Purple Dragon Legion, Konid undoubtedly hopes that Konid can get out of his current half-dead state, although Konid has now thrown himself into the Commune, whether it is to complete the mission, obtain a higher status, or for the sake of Cormier's future, Konid dares to take risks.

Taking a deep breath, Konid crossed the Akon River, despite the fact that it was winter, the vigorous exercise still made Konaid's body sweat profusely, and his body was also sending a signal of being overwhelmed, Konid continued to trace the traces left by the Sambians despite his physical exhaustion.

At the edge of a dark pond in the woods, Konid found his purpose, where the mercenaries set up camp for the coming night, dressed in chain mail or chainmail, busy arranging their tents or feeding their mounts, Konid cautiously lowered his body and watched the mercenaries from the edge of the forest in the fading daylight.

During an hour's surveillance, Konid counted fifty-three mercenaries, many more of whom may have entered the canvas tents that had been set up, Konid estimated that there were about sixty to eighty mercenaries in the camp, and judging by the number of tents, it was unlikely that there would be more, and the militia in the village was less than a hundred men, women, and children, and Koned doubted that the militia captain's plan for a night attack would be successful.

In the militia captain's estimate, remove the mercenaries who monitor the village, the mercenaries in the camp should be about thirty people, when the village changes, the monitoring mercenaries will quickly send a signal, and the mercenaries in the unknown camp will quickly arrive along the road, the militia of the village has no chance of winning in the open area in the face of the Sambian riders, the captain's plan is that Konid finds out the location of the Sambian camp, and sneaks out of the village at night with a small number of elite militiamen。

The Sambians who lost their camp will also lose vital forage and other supplies, and they will either retreat with the supplies they carry with them, or they will attack the villages where everyone is soldiers to grab supplies, and be attacked by the militia with terrain advantages, but now it seems that there are more Sambians than expected, and there will be more mercenaries left behind, with a small number of militia elites, there is no way to destroy the Sambian camp and destroy the Sambian supplies.

Conid even suspected the existence of a spellcaster among the Sambians, the nearby villagers had lived here for generations, but they failed to discover the elven path, as soon as the Sambians arrived, the illusion of the bridge was invalid, in Cornid's opinion, the hired mage of the Sambians discovered the illusion left by the elves, and cracked the illusion, which is a more reasonable explanation.

Judging from the performance of the Sambians, it is obvious that they have realized the strategic significance of this path, and it is impossible to expect the leader of this group of mercenaries to ignore this path stupidly, Konid sighed, and prepared to return to the village immediately, and then immediately rushed to Bowbridge Town to warn the Three Sword Lords of the situation, Konid slowly moved his position several times, preparing to reconnoiter the situation of the camp when he finally left, to see if he could find the caster, and as Konid moved carefully, he found that he was not alone, and there were other people monitoring the camp。

A short distance to his left, a young woman prostrate behind a tree, armed with a longbow customary for the Bow Valley, dressed in a plain linen tunic and simple leather armor, with breeches rather than a leather skirt around her waist, slowly changing her posture to a half-crouch, and aimed her bow at the sentinels of the camp in the distance.

Konid didn't want to alarm the Sambians, so he leaned over: "Don't do it, you'll alarm them all." At this distance, Konaid didn't believe that the woman could kill the sentinels with a single blow without alerting anyone.

The woman pointed her bow and arrow at Konid in shock, and as the sun set, Konid noticed the woman's amber eyes and slightly pointed elven ears, and Konid understood that the woman was the only survivor of the manor he had passed by, according to the militia captain.

After quickly organizing the language in his mind, Konid whispered his origin, said the characteristics of the militia captain and many militiamen, and asked the woman to remove the bow and arrow, Koned was horrified to see the woman shoot the arrow at the sentry, to Konaid's surprise, the sentry in the distance fell to the ground without saying a word, and the woman quickly opened her bow and shot down a sentry a little closer, and then looked at Konid demonstratively.

Although he admired the woman's archery skills, he was still a little worried about what would happen to the Sambians when they found out that the sentinels had been attacked, and the woman whispered, "My name is Nanny, and I have just made a detour to the south when I found a camp of the Sambians, about a thousand or more. ”