A one-sided battle, which ended quickly.

Of the hundreds of horse thieves who attacked the merchant group, only the last few dozen horsemen managed to escape, and disappeared into the reckless steppe under the cover of night.

The Thunderbeast Camp did not pursue under Leon's orders, and if they crossed the border into Collingworth's territory, they would fall for them.

There were floating corpses everywhere in the boundary river, and the blood turned the entire small river into a red river, and the bloody breath that diffused in the air could not be dispersed.

A few warhorses that had lost their owners wandered by the river, their mournful whispers reaching far into the depths of the grassland.

The warriors of the Thunderbeast Camp began to clean up the battlefield, collect the captives who surrendered, collect the intact horses and weapons, and salvage the bodies of the dead in battle.

The people in the merchant group who escaped death were undoubtedly the happiest, and more than a dozen merchants expressed their gratitude to Leon, if Leon had not led the thunder beast camp to appear in time, they would not only have to lose all their goods, but I am afraid that they might not even be able to save their lives.

"Lord Lord, it's still the warriors under your command who are brave!" a fox merchant exclaimed sincerely: "Collingworth led several rounds of encirclement and suppression, but it was unsuccessful, and Viscount Melle also sealed off the entire territory, and the horse thieves still came out to rob, it is really incompetent!"

"Collingworth is not incompetent..."Leon smiled slightly, "I'll show you something, and you'll understand!"

Leon ordered the corpses of all the ironclad cavalrymen to be brought over and stripped of their armor in front of all the merchants and mercenaries.

Under the light of the blazing torches, the emblem of the Collingworth family on these ironclad corners was impressively visible, and the people of the merchant group were suddenly in an uproar!

Some people may have had similar suspicions, but they are definitely not as shocking as the obvious evidence in front of them, and no one expected that Viscount Melle would actually let his territorial guards disguise themselves as horse thieves to plunder the passing merchants.

Several mercenaries who had been in Collingworth Castle before recognized the appearance of several corpses, and they were indeed members of Collingworth's guards!

At this moment, the scene exploded, and the merchants and mercenaries scolded the Collingworth family for their shamelessness, especially the dozens of mercenaries.

In the initial battle, more than a dozen mercenaries were killed by the "horse thieves", many of whom were friends or even relatives of the survivors.

"Everyone..."Leon raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down first, and he said in a deep voice: "This matter is very clear, Collingworth has adopted the most vicious and insidious means in order to blockade Salling, and I must repay this debt from the Collingworth family!"

"I'm here to ask you to be a witness, and if the Collingworth family doesn't have a word to say, I'll sue Tomond City or even Uglu, and I'll give you an explanation!"

"Good!" burst into cheers from the crowd.

Looking at these excited merchants and mercenary guards, Leon smiled coldly in his heart, he wanted to see how the Viscount Merle would clean up this mess.

If the other party is not completely crippled this time, Sal will still have trouble in the future, and if it is possible, Leon really hopes to be able to completely knock the Collingworth family to the ground.

Tonight's victory was the result of his careful planning, first spreading rumors of the Water Demon Clan's attack, and withdrawing all the thunder beast camps stationed on the border, creating an atmosphere of war coming.

The city of Sal panicked, and the merchants left in groups, which was exactly what Leon expected.

The warriors who claimed to have been sent to the west of the territory to defend against the invasion of the water demon clan were actually not far away, and followed the merchant group all the way under the leadership of Leon, until the so-called horse thief appeared, and then resolutely appeared to launch a thunderous blow.

It's actually a trap, a big trap for Collingworth.

If Viscount Melle wants to frame Salling, he must not let this joint merchant group leave safely and annihilate it in the territory of Salling, and he can pour a basin of dirty water on Leon that is difficult to wash, at least from now on, no merchant will dare to operate in Saarland again.

But now, the big hole that Viscount Melle dug for Sal Ling has instead put himself in the pit!

After announcing the truth, Leon immediately sent his men and soldiers to rush to the cities of Gray and Tormond with a few mercenaries and armor weapons and other physical evidence who were willing to testify.

While the Collingworth family has not yet woken up, he wants to make this incident completely bigger!

......... The siege of the merchant by horse thieves in the Saarland and Collingworth Territory River, like a boulder thrown into the lake, immediately caused a huge wave in the Glay region.

Although it is not uncommon for a local Dominion to disguise its territorial guard as a horse thief group to attack a merchant group, it is absolutely appalling to be caught and exposed.

Although those who know the inside story know that Viscount Mailer is not crazy to deal with Salling, in the eyes of ordinary people, they feel that Collinworth Collion is too crazy and dangerous.

This is like the behavior of nobles, and it is worse than that of robbers - at least they are robbing openly.

The first to react was the Glay Mercenary Guild, which suffered a lot of losses in Colling's blockade of Salling, especially many mercenaries who were attacked and killed by so-called horse thieves, which made the union feel like they had been slapped in the face.

Therefore, the Gray Mercenary Guild first issued a statement announcing the cancellation of the office in Collingworth Castle and demanding that Collingworth be compensated for all losses.

Later, several large merchant groups also expressed their dissatisfaction, believing that Collingworth had seriously violated the laws of the kingdom and that the Collingworth family had to pay the price.

On the contrary, the upper echelons of Gray and the garrison, who should have reacted the most, remained silent, and their statement was to wait for the decision of the provincial side, because Salling had already stabbed this incident directly into the city of Tormond, and believed that it would not be long before the result would be known.

Collingworth is a territory with a long history, and the Collingworth family's hundreds of years of operation can be said to be deeply rooted and well-connected in the Gray area, and it is difficult to shake it.

But this time the incident was too bad, and the direct consequence was that some of the people who originally supported the Collingworth family began to drift away, and the negative impact of the mercenary union and the major merchant groups was more extensive.

For a time, the castle of Collingworth Collar, where the core of Collingworth was located, was like a small ship in a storm, and it seemed that it could capsize at any time.

In the past few days, an invisible haze seemed to have shrouded the sky over the Lord's Mansion of Collingworth Castle, and the guards around the large villa had doubled, and everyone inside had lost their smiles on their faces.

The servants and maids were even more frightened, and they never dared to approach the study if they had nothing to do.

In the study, Viscount Mellor, who was sitting behind the desk, looked more than ten years old, his hair on both temples was gray, his face was wrinkled, and the frustration and depression in his eyes could not be concealed.

The pain of losing his eldest son not long ago has been inflicted on this lord exponentially in this moment of defeat.

The noose he had carefully woven for Sal was finally put around his neck, and although it was not enough to kill him, the Collingworth family must have paid a very heavy price.

Pain, remorse, anger... Like poisonous snakes gnawing at Viscount Merle's heart, he knew that he was too impatient, eager to put Salling and Leon to death, so he made one mistake after another.

It's not terrible to make mistakes, it's terrible to be caught by the other party!

Viscount Merle let out a long breath, his eyes regaining determination, he picked up the quill pen and dipped it in ink, and lay down on his desk to quickly write a letter.

Writing the letter, and stamping the family emblem with fire paint, the Viscount handed the letter to the young knight who had been sitting at his desk.

"You send this letter to Gray City at once, and you must hand it over to Count Astin yourself!"

A look of pain flashed in the viscount's eyes.

The young knight took the letter, and instead of getting up and leaving at once, he looked at the viscount, as if he wanted to say something but could not.

"Zok, ask whatever you want!" said the Viscount softly.

This handsome young man in his twenties was his second son, Zock Collingworth Wolfe, who was the only son of Viscount Merle and the first in line to the throne after Desel's death.

"Father, why do we have to fight to the death with Salling, they don't want to do anything to us!" Zoke hesitated for a moment, and said, "The rumors outside are not good for us right now..."

"Shut up!" Viscount's face suddenly became extremely ugly: "What do you know! Who do you think I am doing these things for? For you, for our whole family!"

Zoke lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything, his surname was very different from his dead brother, he didn't like to fight with people, and his surname was gentle and kind.

And in the eyes of Viscount Merle, kindness is equated with cowardice, which is why he puts all his hopes on Dessel, who is more like himself.

But now that Desel is dead, Viscount Melle can only pin his last hope on Zorke.

Seeing his son's sincere and frightened appearance, Viscount Melle's rising anger subsided a lot, and he said slowly: "You don't care what the outside says, the current Salling and Leon are our enemies, and you must never forget who your eldest brother died for!"

"We were unlucky to win this time, but don't think we've lost a lot, we have people who support us in Gle, in Tormond and even in Uglo. ”

"So we still have a chance, don't admit defeat easily, if we don't completely defeat the Sal Territory, our Collingworth family will always be trapped in the Collingworth Collar and slowly decline!"

Viscount Melle clenched his fists: "Next time, they won't be so lucky again!"

(To be continued)