In a makeshift cell at the Knight Academy. Donner dragged a chair and sat down, leaning forward slightly.

"General Klee, yes? Meet, I'm Dona Wayne. ”

Klee was sitting on the ground with his back against the wall, his hands and feet firmly tied, and he didn't even lift his eyelids when he heard Donner's voice.

"A month ago, I also had a captive, as stubborn as you...... By the way, her hair color is the same as yours. ”

Klee suddenly raised his head and stared into Donner's eyes, "What's the name of that captive you're talking about?"

"Corey. ”

"What did you do to her?" Klee asked sharply as he raised his voice.

"You know her?"

Donner vaguely felt that Ke Lei was a little similar to the general in front of him, but he didn't know what the relationship between them was.

"She's my daughter!You, you're the Blue Bird Mage?!Where is Ke Lei now?!"

"I didn't expect the fate of your father and daughter to be so similar. Donner paused deliberately for a moment and said in a calm tone, "Your questions are a bit too much. ”

Klee stopped talking and glared at Donner.

"General Klee, your eyes can't kill people, and you stare at me like this, which can only make me feel ridiculous. However, I still want to tell you that your daughter is still alive, and maybe you will be able to see her after the war is over. I also said the following sentence to her......"

Donner said this, paused slightly, leaned forward again, leaned in front of Klee, stared firmly into his eyes, and said slowly, "You better pray that you don't live that day." ”

With that, Donner stood up and turned to leave. From the door of the cell came his order to the two black-armored knights: "Watch closely. ”

In the cell behind him, Klee realized that his back was covered in cold sweat.

......

After coming out of the cell, Donner came to the training ground, where Sarah was training with the youth soldiers.

Donner looked at it from afar for a while, and always felt that something was wrong with Sarah, and it seemed that she was no longer as enthusiastic as she had been the other day. Donner somewhat regretted that he had given her this errand. If you change to Wesley - unfortunately he is not a knight, and his temperament is not suitable to lead this team.

Donner thought as he walked over to Sarah.

"Regiment Commander! Regiment Commander!" the young army soldiers who were training saw Donner coming over, and they all stood up, and every face showed an expression of adoration.

Donner nodded slightly to them, then turned to Sarah and said, "Captain Katz will bring a lot of new people in a few days, now, can you lend me Minoan and Wesley first?"

"Commander, you have the final say. Sarah's answer was a bit underwhelming.

Before Donner left with Wesley and the others, he said loudly: "Sarah, the war is not over yet, and the training cannot be relaxed. ”

Sarah understood what he meant and immediately replied loudly, "Yes!"

......

Donner takes Wesley and the others to the battle hall of the Knight Academy.

An hour later, they came out, all with different faces.

That night, they left the city of Dorne, and no one knew where they were going.

Five days later, on August 23, Kaz brought back 3,000 recruits, most of them students from the Knight and Magic Academies of Tris and the surrounding provinces.

The number of soldiers under Sarah increased to four thousand, and the training task suddenly increased, and the training ground of the Knight Academy was suddenly crowded with people.

The new soldiers had learned the power of the Ballista in Dorne from Kaz, but on the training grounds, there was only one reload shooting performance per day, and the rest of the time, the soldiers were just boring training on winding and aiming.

However, no one complained, in the words of the regimental commander Donner, every crossbow arrow that was made should be used to kill the enemy, not waste it on the training ground.

On August 26, after three days of hasty training, the 4,000-strong force, under the protection of a hundred black-armored knights, left the city of Dorne.

By this time, there were already a full one hundred and fifty ballistas in the ranks.

General Klee and Gilfrey, who were sitting in the prisoner cart, turned pale at the sight of such a large team of ballistas.

On 3 September, the party came to the vicinity of the Gonta Grassland, where it joined up with more than 20,000 soldiers under Dean Kane.

After a night's stay, the army set out for camp.

On the evening of 10 September, just three days away from the city of Coennas, the careless guards destroyed the prison car in which Klee and Gilfrey were being held, and by the time they were found, they were nowhere to be found.

Commander Kaz was furious about this.

Dean Kane and Deves suggested that in order to prevent the two of them from escaping back to the army of thorns and leaking the military information, they should march quickly overnight to reach Cohenas before they and take the enemy by surprise.

Downer rejected their proposal after "much deliberation", on the grounds that the ballista was structurally sophisticated and that a thousand-mile attack might cause damage.

Kane and the others had no choice but to accompany Donner to continue the slow march.

On the evening of the 12th of September, with only a day's journey to Cohenas, Donner called Enriquez, and after a few words, the latter left the group with two of his knights.

Downer then ordered the entire army to rest in place.

In the face of doubts, he said that the army was too tired after a long march and should be restored to its best condition before engaging the enemy.

Kane and the others, of course, disagreed with him, but no one spoke out against it.

......

On the morning of the 13th of September, under the city of Coennas, inside the command camp of the Thorn Army.

"General Mandel! The herald reported.

"Okay, you go down first. General Mandel waved his hand, staring at the chess game in front of him without even raising his head.

General Mandel looks to be about fifty years old, with broad shoulders and a broad face, typical of a military general.

"General Mandel, fortunately, the game of war chess may not reflect the level of commanding the army, otherwise, I must warn His Majesty Edward and deprive you of your command. Mage Clark said with a grimace.

General Mandel suddenly stretched out his hand to disrupt the chess game and said with a smile: "Master Clark, you see, I didn't lose. ”

Mage Clark smiled indifferently, and continued, "General Klee has not heard from him, so aren't you worried about accidents?"

"What can be an accident? He has an opinion about me as the general of this expedition. Now, we are playing chess here, and the credit for breaking the city is in hand, but he is going to sweep up those southern peasants, and his resentment must be even greater. I don't expect him to be honest with me. General Mandel said with a sneer.

"Auston has a good temper. ”

"We can make a bet that I bet he will last up to five days. General Mandel stretched out a palm and shook it triumphantly.

"Haha, I'm not betting with you. Clark said with a smile. General Mandel's family is a wealthy family of the Thorn Empire, sitting on a province and operating for thousands of years, and he himself only returned from the Magic Continent seven years ago, although he is deeply appreciated by Edward, but in terms of financial resources, it cannot be compared with General Mandel.

While the two were chatting hotly, there was a sudden chaos outside the tent.

"General Klee, you!" the guard's voice was a little flustered.