A looming bird streaks across the sky.

Under Doyle's order to force the march, more than one hundred and fifty captives were eventually killed, and only fifty remained.

The Beheader bandits also made it to the village of Knorr less than five kilometers by noon.

An excited bandit cavalry scout came galloping from afar, and Doyle waved his right hand, and the team stopped.

"How's it going?"

"Boss, there is no trace of us in Noor Village, at the moment the villagers are cooking on the fire, the whole village is very quiet, I have let the other brothers go around to the back of Noel Village, no one can escape from our hands!"

"Did you catch the people who came in and out of the village?"

"No? Now it's noon, and no one is running around. ”

"Not a single one?"

"No......"

"Boss? Why don't we just go up there and do it? ”

The big head scratched the back of his bare head, and a bloodthirsty smile appeared on his face.

Doyle shook his head, thought for a moment, and spoke to Zack beside him.

"Zach, you take two hundred people to the village to plunder, and I will ambush the rest of the people to the side, so as not to fall into the ambush."

"Ambush? Boss, the brothers have all seen it, how can there be an ambush? ”

The robber scout looked puzzled.

Doyle's face was extremely serious.

"I ask you, when we plundered the village of North Knor, did anyone come in and out of the village? Caught by us? ”

"Yes, it was close to evening, and we caught several woodcutters and hunters who had gone out of the mountains."

"So you can catch people coming in and out of the village this time?"

The robber scout shook his head.

"No, the brothers have been on guard for a while, and no one has entered or left the village."

Turning his head to look at the verdant Gorrell Mountains to the west, Doyle said in a deep voice.

"This is not normal, the villagers of the Gorrell Mountains have always returned day and night, ploughing the fields and hunting for a living, hunters like to bring their own dry food, go up the mountain to hunt some wild things on the spot to make a fire and roast food, but there is no sign of any human population on the mountain here,

It is a bit of a coincidence that hundreds of people live in the village, but no one walks in or out at noon. ”

"Boss Doyle, I think what you said makes a lot of sense, it is possible that the Noxians have received the news of our southward movement and have set up an ambush for us in the village of Noor."

"Huh? How can it be? Our side has been secretly operating all along, and we haven't let a single one go, and the Immortal Fortress is so far away from Noor Village, how can they come to support in such a short time? ”

The big head felt a little incredible.

"Maybe there is really an omission that we don't know, or maybe it is the barbarians of Mostak who leaked our news, in short, this matter must be guarded against, the matter is settled, Zack, you command the cavalry and two hundred people to enter the village first, remember to be careful, I will cover for you outside the village, if you fall into an ambush, you will quickly withdraw."

"Got it, boss."

Looking at Zach and the others who left first, Doyle frowned, as if he felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about it, he couldn't think of any mistakes in his speculation.

"Maybe I'm too careful, but be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years......"

On the other side, in the village of Knorr, Leicester is making the final battle deduction on the topographical map of the improvised village on the ground.

"Lord Lester, since you already know that banning people from entering and leaving will make the robbers vigilant, why don't you use the old and weak to confuse the enemy, and bring the enemy who has not yet discovered us into the village and then pit and kill?"

After hesitating for a moment, Meredith still couldn't hold back and asked.

Adding a line with a stick near the entrance to the village, Lester said without looking back.

"Lady Meredith, the Guillotine Bandit Regiment is at least four hundred in size, fully armed, and wearing armor, if you don't count the five of you and those old people, we who have integrated the young and middle-aged villagers only have more than two hundred armed villagers who have no combat experience and can barely afford to hold weapons, and we don't have enough equipment and weapons, do you know what this means?"

"Uh, this, means we can't win?"

After thinking for a few seconds, Meredith, with a bitter face, couldn't think of how to win if he let himself command this battle.

"This means that we are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers and overall strength."

Standing up, Lester straightened his collar.

"This is a gap that cannot be made up by any stratagem and ambush, even if we let people in to fight, after a small advantage, we will fall into a bitter battle, and finally be annihilated by the other side, even if we are brave, how can a group of sheep that have not even grown their horns defeat a group of tigers with sharp teeth and claws twice as many as themselves?"

"Then does this have anything to do with your deliberate flaws, my lord? Wouldn't it be that we simply can't defeat these ......?"

Before Meredith could finish speaking, Uzar's crystal ball glowed, and the mage closed her mouth.

Just a few seconds later, after the light of the crystal ball went out, Uzar opened his eyes.

"Lord Lester, Sernos said that his illusory crow saw that the robbers had divided their forces, and in addition to the cavalry that had already surrounded the village, nearly two hundred soldiers attacked the village first, and the remaining robbers were scattered and hidden in the north of the village."

"Tell Sernos to keep an eye on the robbers outside the village."

"Yes!"

Looking at Meredith, Lester smiled.

"Got it now?"

"I'm too stupid compared to adults."

Meredith respectfully performed a mage salute to Lester that had previously only been done to Lady Rose, and the female mage's eyes gleamed.

"The lord deliberately showed some abnormal signs, so that the cautious robber leader chose to divide his troops into the village to explore the way first, so that the absolute superiority of the opponent in numbers was broken, and we had the opportunity to directly kill the first batch of enemies entering the village by virtue of surprise and the ambush that had already been prepared, and get the opportunity to win this battle......

Your Excellency, you're amazing. ”

Hearing Meredith's explanation, behind Lester, the thirteen young men who had been given priority to armament came to their senses, and suddenly felt a little more admiration for their superiors.

Epsol, who had been half 'forced' to kill the 'innocent' villagers and had some small opinions about Leicester, had to admit at this moment that if he was to be loyal to the Noxian army, such a commander was the most suitable, much better than the Lockhee centurion who came up and charged.

"Worthy of Lord Lester."

The first position behind Lester was Margaret, and the girl with adoring eyes was appointed by Lester as the leader of the 'Noxus Black Iron Guard' squad, commanding the rest of the twelve young men.

Because of the cold girl's too cold methods, the rest of the people were also convinced.

"Margaret, you have to think more, if you have any questions, you can ask me directly, don't be restrained."

"Understood! Lord Leicester! ”

Seeing Lester talking to herself, the girl tightened her little face, and immediately stood with her feet together.

Touching the head of the somewhat restrained blonde girl, and looking at the rest of the Black Iron Guard youths, Lester's voice was a little softer.

"You are still young and should not be on the battlefield, so I am sorry for you, and I used that kind of drastic means to make you forcibly adapt to this cruel world,

If possible, I would like to create an era where children of your age can learn in the arms of their parents, rather than picking up heavy weapons and piercing the enemy's body......"

Looking at the man in front of him with complicated eyes, Epsol lowered his head.

He remembered his mother, who had not yet left the Immortal Fortress, crying to prevent him from going to battle.

Mother seems to have said that she shouldn't go to war.

Perhaps, I should ...... Help him......