The deal was successful, but the book was not immediately handed over to Earl William, as some work was needed to protect it. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Shilinya just revealed her identity as an apostle, promising William that he could exchange the knowledge that Newleki had with the other party.

But things didn't seem to be going well on Delphi's side, and Kane simply responded, "I need to verify if this works." ”

Anjitan's vassals kept coming to Leng Creek from all directions, and the army near Leng Creek was increasing every day, and it was now the fifth day, and according to Shilinya's prediction, the army that had now been assembled had reached the size of fifteen thousand. The rate of food consumption is very fast, and if it were not for the attack on a backward food delivery team of the enemy army a few days ago and the capture of the opponent's food, the army's food supply is now about to be cut off.

Now that the decisive battle was approaching, the forces of the House of Cnuille were not far away.

Shilinya first entered Cold Creek Castle, and had been living in a tent outside the castle for the past few days. There is no other reason than to facilitate the treatment of the wounded in the army, so that the battle can be fought again.

The castle is darkly lit, but it doesn't interfere with the view. Perhaps because of the siege a few days ago, the interior of the castle now looks a little dilapidated, but these shortcomings have not affected the structure of the castle itself.

Now in the castle, Shilinya is the heir of the family to observe the battle plan, and at the same time, Alan wants to use this opportunity to get acquainted with his vassals.

Led by the guards, I easily arrived at the castle's war room, if I guessed correctly, this should be the castle's dining room, right?, but seeing that more than a dozen male and female lords in the room were now sitting or standing together, I understood why I chose to hold a meeting here - the place was big enough.

Shirinya, who had just appeared in the war room, attracted the attention of everyone in the room - what was the heir of the lord and the future lord like?

It was the first time to be stared at by so many former bigwigs, Shirinya felt very nervous, although she had been in contact with two gods, but neither of them showed any coercion or anything like that.

"Ahem. A few gentle coughs from Alain drew everyone's attention to him, perhaps because the other party didn't want Shilinya to be too embarrassed.

"Shireen, come over to me. Alain said to his daughter who was standing by the door, perhaps because she had not seen such a big scene, Shilinya had been standing by the door after entering the door.

The vassals all consciously withdrew their gaze, although they all had the idea of communicating with each other, but today they were here to discuss the deployment of battles, not to have a social gathering.

On top of the huge table is a detailed map of the perimeter, which is a century ahead of the average level of mapping in the world. Although in Shilinya's eyes, the map in front of her is not as good as the dozens of pieces on the street in her previous life.

Alan picked up a baton and gently tapped it at the side away from Cold Creek Castle: "Now, according to the scout's report, Ian's army is not far from us now, and if the other party's base is not expected, they will meet us tomorrow." ”

"According to the news from Anjitan, the other side's army has completely withdrawn from the surroundings of Anjitan, and now we are facing an army of about 25,000 people. Alain paused slightly, and looked around at the surrounding vassals, hoping to gauge their attitudes towards their current situation.

When they heard the data provided by Alain, some were calm and some panicked, now they only have a team of 15,000 people, but the other party is a full 10,000 more than themselves. The disparity in data has already made some pessimistic people feel that the end of the world is coming.

There was a cacophony in the war room, and Shilinya listened to the noise and couldn't help but feel worried about tomorrow's battle. It hasn't even begun, and it's split into combatants, holdouts, and retreats, each with good reason to support their views.

The Rivalry faction is led by Laros, who has now taken over Cold Creek Castle in the name of the family heir, arguing that the enemy army is now short of supplies and demoralized.

The Diehards believe that we can rely on Cold Creek Castle to play a war of attrition with the enemy and force the other side to surrender to us or negotiate peace.

The most peculiar of these were the retreaters, who believed that we could retreat all the way to Domonides, either to drag them down and to attack the undefended Domonides after the victory in the future battle.

Shilinya listened to their various opinions, and didn't know how to judge which plan was more feasible. With no experience in war command, she now just stood silently and listened to the entire combat meeting. However, it can still be analyzed that the first two plans are reasonable, but the third plan is unreliable no matter how you think about it! The other party's supply of materials is tight, and now its own side is also seriously short of materials, so it is very likely that something will happen if you play like this.

The discussion has gradually subsided, and the three factions have elected their own leaders to be their spokesmen. Now the three of them were left arguing.

"Stop!" Seeing that the opinions of everyone present had been unified, Alan immediately shouted to stop the vassals who were still arguing, and it was time for him to come out and express his opinion.

"I think ......"

"My lord, we've captured an enemy scout. Alain's plans were interrupted by the sudden voice of a guard coming from outside, and Alain looked at the guard who had broken in and a man in tattered clothes who had been grabbed by the other side.

"The other man was hiding in the woods and peeking at our barracks, and he was counting us as we caught him. Realizing his lord's unpleasant gaze, the guards immediately reported what they knew to their lord, hoping to move their gaze to the scouts who were looking at them.

Obviously, the guards' careful thinking succeeded. Compared to a dutiful guard disturbing him, the scout in front of him attracted his attention more.

With a thin body, he didn't know how long he hadn't been groomed, and his face was almost like black charcoal. The clothes were in tatters, and in many places it was not difficult to see that they were cut by tree branches, etc., and the wrists of both hands were tied with thick hemp rope.

"Lord Duke, I'm ...... I'm not a scout. Perhaps because of the excessive pressure on him present, the other party now speaks incoherently.

"I'm an envoy sent by Duke Ian, and I'm ...... I'm here to send a letter of war to your army. The man who claimed to be an envoy struggled to dig out a formal document from his tattered clothes with his bound hands and handed it to the people around him, but no one paid any attention.

Smack!

The crowd who was watching the scout defend himself in front of them as if they were clowns was suddenly attracted by the loud sound of flipping the map. And the one who made such a noise was Shirinya, who had been beside her without any movement.

From the moment the self-proclaimed envoy man entered, Shilinya had been keeping an eye on the other party, only to find that he was constantly scanning the surroundings with his own eyes, and the battle map on the table was the focus of the other party's attention.

"Don't worry, he won't get out alive. As if laughing, one of the vassals explained to Shilinya why they had been slow to be vigilant.

Alain stole a glance at his daughter, wondering whether she was appreciative or critical of the behavior.

Bypassing the table where the battle map was placed, Alain forcefully pulled out the paperwork in his hand and read it with disdain.

Soon, the official document was gently tossed to the ground by Alain. The thick instrument spun a few times under the air resistance in the air before slowly hitting the ground.

"How many soldiers have you counted until you were captured?" Alain asked softly to the man in front of him who should have been executed.

"I ...... I ......" the other party did not understand what the duke's question meant, and he finally confessed frankly in Alain's increasingly cold gaze, "I...... I counted 15,000 people. ”

He didn't know if he had satisfied the duke, and when he saw the other man put his hand on the long sword at his waist, he closed his eyes and waited for the judgment that fate would give him.

The cold light flashed, and the sound of the rope breaking sounded.

The man watched incredulously as the hemp rope in his hand was cut off by the other party and fell to the ground.

"Tell your host. Alain slowly put my sword back into the sheath, his red eyes fixed on the other party, "Now standing in front of him are fifteen thousand men!"

"Uh......" The development of things is beyond his expectations, shouldn't his fate be to be sent to the interrogation room to squeeze out his surplus value, and finally be hanged on the city gate?

"Thank you, merciful Duke. The chance to live is not easy to fight, and he who has already walked through the ghost gate immediately praised the other party, and he couldn't wait to follow the guards out of such a place that could threaten his life at any time.

The enemy scouts or envoys are gone, but the vassals in the room are not satisfied.

"Lord Duke, are you going to let him go?" an older vassal immediately stepped forward to accuse Alain, "but he saw the deployment of our army!"

The old vassals accused, but Alain turned a deaf ear and simply walked back to his original position.

"My daughter has covered up the map for the first time. "The accusations of the old vassals, the vassals are dissatisfied, and Alain just gives the other party a crazy response" He didn't know anything about it at all. ”

"Tomorrow we will have a decisive battle with each other on the plains south of Cold Creek Castle!" finally Alain commanded arbitrarily.

But is this really good? Shilinya looked at the disgruntled vassals in the war room, feeling less confident about tomorrow's victory.