Chapter 028: The Culprit
Ryan returned to his tent and pulled out his favorite quill pen, the top of which was engraved with two words, Rowling. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
He dipped a little ink and wrote a paragraph on a small piece of parchment, and he tied the letter to the crow's leg, and the black crow flew north and disappeared into the night.
When the next morning came, Mike was not called up by the soldiers at night, which meant that the peace forces outside the city still did not attack.
Mike stood on the city tower and watched Ryan's army from afar, according to his rough estimate, Ryan brought at least 30,000 foot cavalry this time, with the help of Ryan's research of the vicious potion, if he really forced the siege, he was really not sure that he could defend his attack, but why didn't he attack yet, Mike really couldn't guess Ryan's thoughts.
The western wall has been repaired by the Guards overnight, and it has been strengthened a lot, at least from the inside, it looks like it will not fall for the time being.
Camille, who had worked hard all night, was still sleeping at the moment, and he had decided last night to stagger the time of his activities with that murderous big man, even if he showed off his might during the day, I would be the general of the city at night, and all the guards would have to listen to me.
In the afternoon, Camille still hadn't woken up, and Mike watched the Guards reinforce the wall under the western wall, cutting down stout logs nearly two feet in diameter, putting one end of the log in the depression, and the other end in a large pit dug in advance, and burying the earth to make sure that the depression would not collapse.
Just as the guards were busy, a sentry on the city wall rolled down the stairs, "No, it's not good Duke Mike, the peace army is out!"
Hearing the news, Mike immediately ordered the cavalry regiment to prepare for battle, and with an order, the cavalry of the military camp in the city quickly assembled in Xicheng, and countless war horses stood on the Xicheng Square and neighed.
On the garrison outside the city, the cavalry clenched their weapons, and everyone's eyes were focused on the peace army that was marching to the west.
The archers who received the order quickly gathered at the city wall, the captains of the guards selected the best archers, and the narrow staircase of the city wall stood with elite archers, crowded but neat, who went up to the castle tower and lined up, with their arrows wound and ready to be filled.
The siege wagon guards pushed the large parabolic cart to the edge of the city wall, the huge wooden wheel rubbed against the bearing and made a screeching sound, the four tiger-backed operators turned the side crane wheel at the same time, the iron chain pressed the thick parabolic rod deep to the ground, and countless oil jars were placed on the parabola, waiting for an order.
The tense time passed minute by minute, the soldiers did not wait for the order to attack, Mike stood at the front of the city wall, watching the dust in the distance, that is, the vanguard of the peace army did not wait.
The dust slowly cleared, and Mike looked at the Peace Army garrison in the distance, and then turned to look at the soldiers waiting inside and outside the city, not knowing how to give orders.
In fact, the archers on the city walls had already seen it, and the dust of the Peace Army garrison had cleared, and the garrison was empty.
This abominable Ryan is playing some kind of trick again, isn't it that he has researched some terrifying potion to escape the peace army he brought, and they won't come out of the ground directly after a while, Mike plays his wild fantasy.
After a while, there was still no sign of the Peace Army, and Mike had to order the army to continue to rest and stand by.
The soldiers who were still facing the enemy just now didn't understand the assembly order at all, could it be that Commander Mike was just testing our assembly speed?
Mike, who was also confused, stood on the city wall, he always felt that Ryan's retreat had no reason this time, Kenny and Lawrence's troops would not be back for a week, could it be that Bill went to Stontoku City to intercept Kenny, and was afraid that the horse would miss his horse, so he ordered Ryan to help? But the direction of Ryan's retreat was obviously west, if they wanted to detour from the west to Stonoku City, Kenny and they would have come back long ago.
Mike stood on the city wall and looked at the direction of Ryan's retreat, his mind full of thoughts was like a mess of rotten water and grass entangled in his head, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't get the answer he wanted, he simply stopped thinking about these things, he walked down the tower, and continued to supervise the guards who were repairing the city wall.
A week was spent in a busy and peaceful way, and Kenny and Lawrence returned to the city of Kartal with the army without being stopped by the Peace Army, which was not what Mike had envisioned.
The three of them, who had not seen each other for a long time, sat in the main hall, and the best wine from their hometown washed away the hardships along the way. Mike tells Kenny and Lawrence what happened after he arrived in Karta, and the two who did not experience the incident could not analyze Ryan's intentions to withdraw from the army.
After the Battle of Shotoku, Kenny sent someone on the road to gather information about the Peace Army. The soldier reports that Bill had returned to Robin City a week ago, and that there was only one possibility of returning to the city at such a time, and that Bill was already preparing for a big fight with the Confederate army.
It is clear that Kenny knows that Bill will not revoke the slave decree that has just been enacted, and the conditions he proposes are undoubtedly an overlord clause for Bill, and this battle is inevitable.
After the Holy War, this was the first time that the Confederate army came together, Kenny made two battle plans, one was to cross Black City and attack the northwestern Robin City, if they attacked the city like this, they could attack with their nests, and they did not have to stay in the town to defend Karta City, if Robin City was attacked, Ryan in the south would definitely go to support Carr, but the disadvantage of this plan is this, if Ryan in the south outflanked from behind, the Alliance army is likely to be attacked from the back and put themselves in a dilemma.
After much deliberation, Kenny finally decided to raise an army to attack Drummerin, which was guarded by Ryan, and although the dark magic wizard was cunning and often made strange potions, his tricks were as worthless as a clown in the face of sheer strength.
Mike disagrees with Kenny's plan of battle, saying that if Bill were to bypass Black and attack the starved city of Karta from the north, regardless of the besieged city of Deraman, they would be deprived of supplies.
Kenny thought about Mike's proposal, and he decided to leave one-fifth of his troops to defend the city of Karta, even if Bill attacked, 20,000 troops would be enough to deal with it temporarily, after all, the city of Karta is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which everyone in the First Continent knows.
Without further ado, the army, which had not yet rested for a day, embarked on the journey again, and the war was like a sharp blade cutting through the peace of the First Continent.
In the long river of history, power is very much like a cake on a plate, powerful nobles wear extravagant and gorgeous clothes, very gentlemanly sitting on chairs, but they don't know that under the table, they have already gone through the army and marched thousands of miles.