"Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your support. "The lord of Ravenna greeted them outside the town.

This time the northern border was jointly suppressed by bandits, and each town had to send troops and money, but it was the marginal areas that left the homeland to fight, and a large number of lords in the middle stayed in their own territories, waiting for the support of other troops.

"What about your army?" asked Albert, the little lord had only brought a dozen men behind his back, and Ravenna was a small place, so the army remained in the town for defense, shouldn't they all be sent out at this time?

"The three hundred people in the town are scattered in the villages, and there are only a hundred people available. "The strength of the small lords is very weak, and there are very few things that can be given by joining the Northern Bandit Suppression Alliance, in other words, they have gained more from this suppression of bandits than they have paid.

"Hmph, a hundred, meaning that we are all the bandits?" Albert was dissatisfied, he didn't want to come to the east at all, and then he found a reason to complain.

"Now that bandits are rampant in the north, White Mist City still cares about the amount of profit? Leon retorted that this is not the past, the most important task is to exterminate the bandits, and if you have to count the gains and losses, the coalition will only collapse again.

Fury didn't want to see such a situation, he stood up and said: "Let's discuss the tactics first, although the army has been arranged, there is no unified command." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, please. The little lord immediately welcomed everyone into the hall, and first gave a detailed explanation to this group of robbers, he could not provide enough hard power support, and could only work more on information.

The bandits have been gathering in the surrounding area for more than fifteen years, the location of the specific dens is not clear, and the combat effectiveness is generally average, but now they have united the rest of the forces and increased their mobility.

"That's the majority of horse thieves. "Fury is not afraid of horse thieves, he brought five hundred elite cavalry this time, plus five hundred of the rest of the lords, it is not a problem to defeat the other party.

The little lord shook his head, this is not the case, the mobility in his mouth does not mean that they have more horse thieves, but that their mobility has increased.

In the past, robbers came out to plunder and spies could find out in advance, but recently they have not been a little confusing, not only bypassing the sight of the spies, but also quickly entering the villages and towns to plunder.

By the time the army found the trail, they had already gained something and began to retreat, often losing their target on the way of pursuit, that is, seeing them disappear into the clearing.

"Hmm, what does it mean to disappear?" asked Leon, perhaps hiding somewhere when he fled.

"According to several reports, the men who were sent to follow them were lost, and the robbers disappeared into the wilderness. The little lord replied that he was not the only one who had traced this result, and several of the surrounding lords who had been plundered had the same experience.

Albert clasped his hands in front of his chest and said with a look of disgust: "What are you talking nonsense? No ability is no ability, and if you can't find any trace of the robber, you blame the robber for running too fast." ”

Leon had a different idea, he stood aside and touched his chin, it sounded interesting, it seemed that the robbers had witches behind to help, otherwise how could a group of big living people disappear into thin air.

This time the bandit may not be as simple as imagined.

By the next day, the spies were sent out before dawn, and the troops waited patiently in their intended positions.

Leon and his archers stood in the middle of the arc, and when the robbers appeared, they immediately fired, and when they were about to retreat, the melee soldiers on both sides surrounded them, and finally the cavalry led by Fury finished up.

"My lord, is there really a witch on the other side?" said Emma, standing next to Leon, who had heard about the bandit's disappearance in the wilderness. It would take a lot of magic to make two thousand people disappear at once, and she didn't believe any witch could do that.

"If the robbers come today, we'll get the answer. According to the known information, Leon suspected that the other party had a witch, but there was no actual evidence and he did not dare to make a conclusion easily.

"Then why didn't you tell them about the guess?" asked Emma, who was the only one who knew about the guess and not the rest of the lords.

"You should know what their attitude towards witches is. "Lyon has his own plans.

"Oh, I see. Emma suddenly realized.

Whether the robbers have the help of a witch or not, this is just speculation, and it will not help the battle openly, those lords hate witches, and if they do find a witch, they will choose to put the witch to death, and Ravenwood will not waste the opportunity to recruit, of course, provided that the people of Ravenwood Town quietly catch the witch.

Time passed slowly, the robbers did not appear, and the spies who were collecting information in front did not send back any information.

"Isn't it possible that the robbers won't dare to come when they get the news?" Emma was bored and enchanted the arrow three times, but the robbers still didn't show any traces.

"Be patient, there is no news from the south, indicating that the robbers are not heading south. Leon was prepared with both hands, as long as there were robbers in the south, he would immediately lead his army to search for the robbers' den, and since there was no news, he would continue to squat here.

"We had patience, but Albert couldn't bear it. Emma said, pointing behind Leon.

Albert rode his horse with another lord to this side.

"That's your plan, wasting time waiting here?" Albert sat in the saddle and accused Leon of miscommand, it was the afternoon, and the whole army had been preparing since last night, and now there was not a single figure to be seen.

"Albert, what are you anxious about? it will take a day to get here from the robbers' den, and it's only afternoon, and you expect them to arrive?" Leon waved out, signaling him to hurry back to his position, which was not a good sign for him to leave his command position at such a time as a commander.

"What if it doesn't show up by dusk?" asked Abel, if he wanted to stay any longer.

"After dusk, it's night, of course, let everyone take turns to rest, and continue tomorrow. "Lyon will not change its plans unless there is a major unforeseen event.

"You wait, tonight's meeting of lords, I'll have everyone veto your approach. "Albert is fed up with being led by Leon's nose, as a member of the Earl family of White Mist City, his status is extremely noble, when has he been treated like this.

"If you had a better plan, I might vote for you too. Leon waved his hand again.

"Report ......" At this time, the town's guards arrived in a hurry.

"The town of Ravenna has been attacked by bandits, please come to your aid immediately. The guards were sweating profusely: "For some reason, robbers appeared in the town, slaughtered civilians and robbed money, and the troops of more than 100 people in the town could not resist at all." ”