Abu spent only a few days in the city of Turnest, and at the time, he described Turnest as unusually wealthy, but the leader ...... Ahem, well, the appearance is not bad, if you castrate, you can sell it for a good price in the slave market in Karaman.

As for the abilities of this young and beautiful little bishop, hehe, the weather is really nice today.

It is true that he had a good reputation among the citizens and peasants of Tournest - but Abu thought that if he had had the devil to give him so much money that he could throw into the water, he would have received an equally good reputation among the citizens and peasants of Tournest!

Yes, this little bishop is casually throwing gold into the water!

Look what he's done!

Cultivating wasteland, doesn't he know that the land should be laid out to maintain fertility? Leveling the road, he didn't know that in this war-torn year, the leveling of the road would not only not bring the lord the additional benefit of overturned goods, on the contrary, would it also make the invasion easier?

There are so many stupid things that this young and beautiful little bishop has done, Abu really can't count them!

He made both the countryside and the city of the parish of Tournest rich and beautiful, but not in keeping with the times!

What made Abu most ridiculous was that the ruler lent a large number of precious iron tools to the foolish peasants in vain, and collected taxes so lightly that the peasants had not only surplus grain to make bread, but even money to make wine, and they were well clothed and fed, and their cattle and sheep were fat

But the armed forces of the people are incredibly weak!

While waiting for the envoy, Abu estimated the strength of the city's armed forces. To his surprise, the number of guards in the city was not even enough to maintain order (what he didn't know. In order to prevent the bishop from rebelling, the archdemon consciously restricted the armament of the city of Tournest).

True. The guards seemed to be eating quite well, and not only did they not observe the fast - Abu's ears were not as extraordinary as his eyesight, but they did not hesitate to say that "for the sake of the envoy these days must be fasting" and "this damn day of fasting will be a few days" - and they were able to get a lot of oil and water from the shops and traders along the street. Relying on the advantage of patrolling the city to be close to the water, they were the first customers of all the new restaurants, and then they would introduce them to the others, and the perceptive Abu found that these guards, who were much more gentle and polite than in other places, could easily introduce a large number of unfamiliar pilgrims to a certain restaurant for dinner, and then. Get rebates from store owners.

It's a good deal, Abu thought, but it's out of place, putting the cart before the horse.

What era is this?

This is a time when even kings are fleeing from all directions, and this is a time when neither the nobles nor the peasants know if they will be able to live on their land until the next year!

Without strong force, in this era it is just fat sheep and fish to be slaughtered!

This stupid and beautiful little bishop, who raised his guards fat and fat, was extremely decent, but only gave Abu half of the money. They can pull twice as many people, and they are more bloody, although they will not prosper the business in the city compared to these guards who are part-time tour guides. But they can not only defend themselves against foreign enemies, but also squeeze more oil and water out of merchants and farmers for their masters!

The ensuing riot that greeted the envoy only deepened Abu's assessment of the "stupidity" of the ruler of Turnest. He had only been suspicious before, but now he was sure of—oh. The little bishop, who had an empty face and an empty head—perhaps filled with many naïve thoughts. He can't even do it if he doesn't talk about defense, even if he maintains order!

So, despite the fact that the city's alliance with the devil was so obvious, Abu did not hesitate to betray her.

The devil who can choose such a stupid ruler as the electorate must not be much smarter! The devil's gold should not be wasted on farmers and merchants by its stupid electors, Abu's purse is the right place for them!

However, Turnest is a city left over from ancient times, and because of the special sandstone provided by the Red Mountain, it has a tall stone wall, and it is a strong fortress, which is very difficult to attack with Abu's personal strength. He must find reliable allies to break through Turnest's defenses, just as the honey guides look for honey badgers and humans.

He found the Rakkadians.

These semi-barbarians were ideal allies, they knew how to siege cities, they could sail long distances, they could draw bows and wield swords, they had a fanaticism for the wealth of the infidels, and most importantly, they did not believe in the religion of Turnest, they lived freely without any holy relics, and they were probably quite immune to the devils of Turnest.

Abu's first few predictions were correct.

As they rushed to the gate, Abu smiled at his judgment again. The Turnestites thought they had closed their gates in time, but in the eyes of Abu and the others, their failure to immediately send troops to rescue the warehouses along the river proved the weakness of the garrison in the city!

Next...... It's only a matter of time before they are ruined.

No matter how resolutely the city resisted, as long as the battering ram was erected, the only shelter of Tournest - the walls left behind by the ancient empire - could not protect them for a few days.

Of course, the task of slowly knocking on the city walls against the stones thrown by the defenders, the poured hot oil, and the arrows that fell should be left to the faithful believers of such truths as Faris - the most important thing is that Abu had checked the thickness of the walls beforehand and knew that he would not be able to knock out holes in a day - and he first scavenged the oil and water of the four towns.

When he has scavenged all the oil and water in Sixiang, it is estimated that the Rakkadian people should also discover the thickness of the city wall, and then let them go to Sixiang to gnaw on the villagers who have already prepared.

Abu's calculations were good, but the intensity of resistance in the city was somewhat unexpected.

The next counterattack encountered by Xiao Ram and others was even more unexpected to him.

Looking at the long line of torches that could not see the tail but was still moving towards it, Abu knew that his judgment had been wrong, and that the power of the devil was not in the city, but hidden somewhere on the four sides of the city of Tournest.

As a veteran mercenary who had fought many battles, Abu knew that anything could happen on the battlefield, and instead of wasting time on his own misjudgment, he immediately took the opportunity to load his share of the catch on the ship first.

The operation he was involved in was largely successful, they captured a large amount of goods and slaves, Abu did not make this trip in vain, and besides, he received praise from Ram and others - but he knew how much wealth there was in the city!

Oh, they could have used a ladder, and although they suffered heavy casualties, they might have taken the city before the devil's reinforcements!

Ay! It's a pity that they have gained so much in the warehouses along the river that they don't feel the need to venture into the city when the wealth is in hand—climbing the ladder to the city requires a big prize, and they have already grabbed enough of the possessions!

I don't know when I miss the opportunity like this!

As Abu thought so, in the north of Neustria, beyond the grey sea, and further north, between the mountains and the fjords that towered over the mountains that the Neustrians could not have imagined, the clouds that hung over the northern nations, and the warriors of the warlike northerners were listening to their chiefs discuss the Neustrians in their longhouses surrounded by firs.

"It has been years since we last plundered that country, and its warehouses and monasteries should be full of treasure again, like a cow's udder that is milking again." They clinked glasses and talked about it. Several slave girls walked back and forth, pouring wine for them.

"Indeed, it's time for another expedition south."

"What, what about your opinion?"

One of the people sitting at the long table did not participate in their discussion and did not drink. He pinched a chess piece, and although his opponent had long since lost the mind to play chess, he also participated in the inquiry.

Hearing this direct inquiry, the man paused for a moment, took his mind away from the game, and then nodded, for he had the same long golden hair as his kindred, but whose eyes were amber (for this and other reasons he was nicknamed "Viper"), and the crowd rejoiced when they saw him nod, for he was the most scheming of them all, and had used to use his stratagem to storm the geographically advantageous city of Tournest, and to obtain many treasures and valuable captives.

It was he who built them to attack the port city of Tourneste by land, and it was he who built them to plunder horses from Neustria for riding.

They were not skilled riders, and they were not as good at riding as Neustrians, who could not shoot their bows on their horses, but were very good at riding with spears, while the northerners preferred to dismount and fight on horseback rather than knight on horseback when they encountered an enemy, which was a tactic suitable for them, because an unskilled rider was likely to fall off his horse if he fought on horseback.

However, riding greatly enhanced their mobility, allowing them to rush into Tournest with lightning speed.

This was only one of the many victories he had won for them, and as a result, he was the most important leader among the samurai, though younger.

Now that he nodded, the warriors could once again conquer the rich city of Neustria, where the churches and monasteries contained countless treasures of gold and silver.

Many boats are parked in the fjord, many are being built, and when the weather warms up, they will paddle south again.

Plundering Neustria. (To be continued......)