Ellen consulted with Magaliboye for a whole day about mobilizing reinforcements, but he could barely muster less than two hundred men, and some of the city guards had to be left behind to deal with the ubiquitous pirates in the surrounding area, Ellen tried to recruit troops from among the city's inhabitants, but the citizens who were accustomed to a peaceful life were reluctant to send them to their deaths, and in the end only ten men were hired, and there were a few caravan guards in the tavern who worked at their expense, and Ellen did not care whether he was in the middle or not, and was assigned to the army.

"It's a question of whether these guys can get to Fesdena safely. ”

"Don't worry about it, there's always a way" Jamila has been trying to give her companion ideas for the past few days, comforting his impatient heart. In fact, the uncle and sister who have been together for more than a month are trapped in the snow, and she is by no means less worried than Ellene.

At this time, an old man's voice suddenly came from downstairs, it was the old engineer in charge of the city defense project, who wanted to consult Magaliboye about the last stone problem. Hearing this voice, Alleyne was a little familiar, and quickly got up and walked out of the room.

"Mr. Yayatiman!"

The old man downstairs heard the Vigian's exclamation, looked up, and recognized it as the young man he had met last time in Kurau.

"Well, you are a friend or relative of Lord Magali, and I did not expect to see you in the castle here. Artiman was also amazed to see him.

"Actually, it's not a relative or friend" Looking at the old man's luxurious clothes, Alleyne knew that his status in this city must not be low now. "I just have something to settle with him"

Jamila came out of the room, and when she saw that Ellen seemed to know the old man very well, she went up and tugged at his sleeve. Asked in a whisper:

"Who is this?"

"Oh, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Yateman, whom I met with Uncle Fatis in the city of Kulau," the Viggia pointed to the kind-looking old man, and then to the girl beside him, "This is Jamila, mine."

"Hehe, your lady is a beauty. is so temperamental, it must be the daughter of a famous family," the old man looked at them and smiled.

Alleyne and Jamila were stunned at the same time, then looked at each other.

"Uh, no, it's just a companion as you think"

"I'm just a merchant's daughter, not a noble lady"

"Oh, am I mistaken?" looked at them with a flustered look. Arteman was also a little surprised, "Seeing that you have a good relationship, I thought it was a husband and wife or a lover."

"It's all said no," Alleyne's face flushed to the base of his ears, and then he saw that the girl next to him had lowered her head and stopped talking.

"Ahem, this kind of thing, the old man has looked away for the first time," the old man looked sorry when he heard this. "I think a few decades ago, when I was still studying at the Djerkhara Academy, everything I saw was usually a couple."

“”

"Oh, so you're still talented," said Magaliboye, who appeared from behind them at some point. Then he came up and put his arm around the old man's neck, came to the side, and whispered, "Then you can help me another day, my son is more suitable to marry the young lady of the nobles of Vekia."

“”

"Ahh

Jamila shook her head: "Of course I won't take it seriously, you are a nobleman and I am a commoner."

“！？”

I didn't expect her to say that. The Virgians were speechless for a moment, and stood there dumbfounded. looked at Jamila with a solemn face beside him, and then looked at Artiman and Magali who were thinking about something on the side, and they were at a loss

In the evening, Lorna let Besture go back, and the Kugit promised to keep their place tight. Fatis looked at his back and disappeared into the wind and snow, and shook his head:

"I hope he understands what you're saying"

A few Vekia soldiers went to the place where the battle had taken place to dispose of the corpses, and then brought back the horses, and with these animals, the rout army would be able to survive on the tundra for a few more days

"So you're looking for a team of mercenaries?"

Ellen finally told Artiman the purpose of his trip, and the old man immediately raised his eyebrows:

"That's easy to do, then I know the leader of a mercenary group, and now I'm settled in Riwache. ”

"Oh, you still have something to do with mercenaries?" In Magaliboye's image, the engineer has always been a gentle Sven figure, and he was a little surprised to hear that Artiman had befriended the leader of the mercenary army.

Artiman glanced at the nobles around him, and said slowly: "I have participated in the battle of Svadia against the Rhodoks in the past, and in the fort of Agorlon, the imperial army has been unable to take this strong fortress for a long time."

Speaking of this, the old man's expression suddenly became proud: "At that time, I was assigned to a mercenary corps, and in the face of such a predicament, the legion boss was also at a loss, so after my several all-night planning and measurement, I finally designed a high-powered stone throwing machine, and with this drawing, the siege machine finally built smashed a big hole in the northern city wall in just a few clicks, so I said"

Artiman deliberately closed his mouth, and looked at Aren, Jamila, and Magaliboye around him with satisfaction, all looking at him in surprise.

"So uncle, you're so powerful."

"Actually, then again, what I'm best at is researching and designing war equipment, and planning the city defense like this is just a reverse thinking according to the concept of attack, and that mercenary leader is the commander I played in that battle, because of that battle, he is a little famous in this industry, if I go to ask him, plus you can come up with the right price, he will definitely take over this business. ”

Sending off the Sultan's emissary, Saiga Khan paced the hall with a gloomy face.

"Do you think his information is reliable?" said Na Yan Wubai as he stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

"If even the news of Khasasin is not reliable, it is a miracle that Salander's sultanate has survived until now. ”

The famous **** Hasasin of the Salander Sultanate has been the most vigilant enemy of the Swadia Secret Keeper for many years, and the leader "Old Man of the Mountain" is regarded as the storage of the old enemy by "Segret", and the shadows of the two are fiercely clash in places that the world cannot see, and each side holds the blood debt of dozens of monarchs and nobles of the other side in its hands.

"Now we have at least three pieces of news - 1) Salander has abandoned his hostile plans against us, 2) Swadia has lost the "Keeper of Secrets", and now Segret's whereabouts are unknown, which may be the reason for the successive setbacks of Harlaus's recent military operations, and 3) the mysterious army that occupies Halma deserves to be reconsidered for its combat power. ”

Rodrapoye suddenly arrived, holding a small scroll in his hand, and appeared at the door of the mansion just as everyone was about to visit the mercenary leader.

"The plan has changed. ”

Magali looked at the scroll in his hand—a snow-white lion on it—and immediately turned pale: "Any news from the king?"

"The Khan of Kugit who has just been sent wants to cooperate with us—he has been driven to the brink of a dead end by Haraus. "We will send an envoy to Fesdena at once, and His Majesty has agreed to the request of the Saiga Khan, agreeing to a temporary alliance between the two countries and sheltering the Kugits who have migrated to the eastern region. ”

"So we don't need to raise troops anymore?" Alleyne sounded as if in a dream.

"Suffice it to say that Lorna and Harris should be able to return safely. ”

Originally, I thought that the uncle and sister who got along day and night were going to be hopeless, but now that the heavens suddenly sent down the favor of God, Jamila couldn't help crying.

Magali breathed a sigh of relief, if he wanted to hire a full-fledged team of mercenaries, he would have to pay a few thousand dinars more for his purse

King Harlaus began to feel that the situation had deteriorated after the absence of intelligence agencies, that a large number of spies who had previously been in one-way contact with the "Secret Keepers" could not be recalled in the name of the government, and that it would take more than ten years to cultivate a shrewd and capable intelligence team, and that the previous training methods were the result of Segret's centuries of espionage experience, and that others could not understand such alternative wisdom. Now there is a gap in the intelligence of the enemy country on the Svadia side, and the Imperial army has shrunk on all fronts under such circumstances, except for the Knights of Daybreak who are active on the Eastern Front as a remedy for the situation, and the Legions of the Order have little to do militarily.

Moreover, there are a large number of enemy spy groups such as Khasasin in the country, which have become widely active in the absence of intelligence and security services. However, big nobles like Claes and Dilineard are all on the battlefield, and there won't be much information to pass on when there is no war for a long time. The Knights of Daybreak's departure from Svadia is a real hit.

"King, I have brought the person you asked me to find before, and temporarily settled in the stronghold of the Secret Keeper in Parabun."

The words of the squire at his side pulled the king back from his thoughts, and Haraus knew that he was about to face a dangerous person, but if this person was used by him, he would be able to salvage the current situation

(To be continued......)