"Your Excellency Li Ang, since a person like you is willing to contribute to the empire, shouldn't he have no desires?"

Livius was much more relaxed now, and asked about Leon's motives for defecting to the Empire.

"I just want White Hart Castle! I've put a lot of effort into this...... You have to send a message to Emperor Marius and tell His Majesty that White Hart Fort must become my domain!" I don't dare to hope for the 'General of Changhe Town', but it is the right thing for me to become the 'General of White Deer Fort'!" ”

Leon's expression was quite serious, and he seemed to be a little obsessed.

Livius can understand this obsession, White Deer Fort and Mai Xiangling seem to have become quite wealthy recently, and there are quite a lot of grain farmland, and Leon must have put in a lot of effort.

However, the border territory of Livius was not interested, he knew that Emperor Marius finally planned to completely reform the feudal system to the dispatch system, but this reform was too resistant to be officially promoted...... If Li Ang wants to, then he wants it, and this kind of request should still be cooperated.

"That's no problem, as long as you can capture White Deer Castle, I can guarantee that Your Majesty will definitely make you the lord of White Deer Castle. But...... The way your men delivered the letter was a bit abrupt...... Almost shot me! ”

Levius was still disillusioned with the arrow that flew under his crotch.

"Isn't that in a hurry...... I've already openly rebelled, and I don't care if it will be exposed, if I send an envoy to visit normally, I may miss the opportunity! ”

The lord had heard from Risadillan about the way he sent the letter, and in fact he appreciated the elven slayer for doing so—it was just the right indication of the truth.

It doesn't matter if this matter is leaked, anyway, there have been a lot of rumors recently that he is a traitor, and the Bacchus Empire itself has spread it......

However, he didn't expect to almost shoot Livius.

"There will be troops coming over there soon, so you have to hurry! I also have some men in ambush in White Hart Fort, and once your troops get close to White Hart Fort, they will move to help you open the gates! But White Deer Fort is definitely stepping up its investigation, and I'm worried that my people will be discovered at any time, Lord Governor, let's speed up! ”

The lord has indeed done enough to defect to the Bacchus Empire, and Livius must naturally seize such a good opportunity.

Since he could not afford to delay the arrival of the Lion Kingdom's army to support Mai Xiangling and White Deer Castle, the governor made up his mind on the spot, and the soldiers of the Shield Wind Fortress poured out of their nests and began to march north.

But because of the slight injuries in some parts, Livius himself did not travel with the army for long - the wound under the crotch was really difficult to hold onto, and it was difficult to endure walking and riding.

So he took his troops to the position of the previous 'Second Imperial Army', and had to stop and rest.

He intended to leave the Shadowmen under the leadership of his son Febius, and he would stay in the camp and wait for the results.

Li Ang had just come from White Deer Fort, of course, he knew that such a militia army existed—it was only after discovering this 'legion' that he decided on this plan to surrender.

In fact, the first person to detect this group of men was Sir Roland.

Roland had been cleaning up the scouts with his cavalry, and a few days ago he chased farther and found the militia regiment.

At that time, he saw that the large army was under the banner of the 'Second Imperial Legion', and thought that the Bacchus Empire was attacking in a big way.

But when he got closer, Roland easily judged that it wasn't an army - the legion was not only unequipped, unloaded, but listless, looking like a group of prisoners.

If it were someone else, it might not be as easy to judge as Roland.

On the one hand, there are not many warriors who dare to approach the reconnaissance in the face of the 'army' like Roland.

On the other hand, Sir Roland had just personally organised the relocation of a large number of people a few days ago, and now the difference between the army and the people was really too easy for him to distinguish......

The paladin immediately returned to White Hart Castle after making his decision, just in time when the lord had returned, and was discussing with Amy how to deal with the Bacchus Empire.

So, the lord asked Amy to take Godric's guards and his own troops to have an 'infighting' in White Hart Castle.

The fight was fierce, and the shouting of killing shook the sky.

As the battle began, many troops came from the direction of Mai Xiangling and entered White Deer Fort to 'join the battle', which looked like a civil war between two camps.

As a result, many people who did not know the truth fled from White Deer Castle.

Then, Leon's troops were 'expelled' from White Hart Fort in disarray, and then asked Risardiran to bring the letter to Livius, and by the way, to reconnoiter the situation at Shield Wind Fortress.

Leon knew very well that the secret spies of the Bacchus Empire would definitely send back these information, and the news brought back by their own people would naturally appear to be quite reliable this surrender.

The lord's plan was to take Livius's troops to the direction of Mai Xiangling to block the intersection to the west, showing that his 'surrender' was indeed real and credible, and even the back road of White Hart Fort was cut off.

Then he played under the castle of White Hart, and asked Amy to lead a large number of troops to the south to 'pursue' him, and then wait for Levius's troops to attack the 'empty city' of Fort White Hart.

Good-looking romance

Of course, White Hart Fort will not be an empty city, the dart masters and the Owl Knights of Long River Town have already settled in, and they will defend White Hart Fort under the leadership of Sir Roland.

And Amy will take the opportunity of Livius's entire army to complete the most important task - to lead the troops to destroy the shield fortress that has truly become an empty city.

Yes, just burn this fortress, there is no need to occupy it, because there will be no reinforcements to reinforce for a while and a half, and it is likely that it will not be able to hold it if it is occupied.

Once the Shield Wind Fort is destroyed, it will be quite difficult for the Bacchus Empire to attack White Deer Fort in the future, and without this outpost, the supply will not be able to keep up.

And Livius's troops attacking White Hart Fort will also lose all their backups, and Leon himself will launch a surprise attack at this time, so that Livius has no way to retreat.

After Amy burns the Shield Wind Fortress, she can return to Whitedet with her troops, so that Livius's troops attacking Whitewind Fortress will most likely be wiped out.

This is actually an offensive and defensive plan, not only to destroy the enemy's living forces, but also to uproot the shield wind fortress, so that Bailu Fort will have no worries for a long time and can farm with peace of mind.

And this trick is not too complicated, it's just that with Emperor Marius's scheme, the plan will be calculated.

In order to avoid the excessive number of enemies, which would cause the pressure on Fort Whitewind, or quickly retreat to the Fortress of Shieldwind after discovering that something was wrong, causing Amy to be in danger, Leon would lead his troops to expel the 2,000 people to the direction of Fort Whitewind, which in turn would become an obstacle to prevent Livius's troops from retreating to Fortress Shieldwind.

There is nothing dangerous about this plan, the only risk is whether Leon can be trusted when he goes to see Livius.

Of course, combined with what happened before, the lord felt that Livius should be able to take the bait.

He intended to take the governor and the men of the Bacchus empire prisoner again, and then extort a large sum of money to pay for the hundred thousand dinars demanded by King Ulrique......

Yes, Lord Lords wants to use one plan to solve all the problems facing White Hart Castle!

The matter was done by the Bacchus Empire first, and without the strategy of Emperor Marius, the lord would not have been blackmailed by King Ulrik, so of course the Bacchus empire would have to pay - the lord is very fair.

But now there was a small accident......

Due to the unexpected effect of the small wound between his legs, Livius had planned to stay in the camp......

Moreover, for his own safety, he actually left hundreds of Shadow Infantry soldiers in the camp, and only let Febius bring more than 700 Shadow Infantry soldiers to dispatch.

This is likely to affect the lord's plan, and Leon will 'lure Amy's troops south', and the soldiers left in the camp by Livius will get in the way.

And if this operation can't catch Levius, it will be very boring......

"Lord Governor, you still have so many troops here, don't you act together?"

Leon was in that camp, pointing to the banner of the 'Second Legion'.

"They are not fit for war now, and their ...... will not be needed for siege"

Livius shook his head, he wasn't a good thing, but he wasn't bad enough to let civilians be used as siege cannon fodder.

The Dexia sometimes coerced the civilians of the hostile country to be used as cannon fodder to attack the city, consuming the supplies of the defending troops.

However, this method of warfare is quite bad, and it will be considered an evil deed against humanity, and the Bacchus Empire, which prides itself on being a civilized state, will not do this.

Besides, even the Dexia people couldn't do such a thing with the civilians of their own country, and the Serpent Cult would......

These people were already very angry, and they were not very willing to cooperate with things like building camps, so let them attack White Deer Fort?

I'm afraid that if you escape every minute, you might rebel.

"My Lord, I can see that they can't take part in the siege, but they can at least defend it. I can make sure that White Deer Fort becomes an empty city, but after the capture of White Deer Fort, the Lion Kingdom will definitely send a large army to pursue it. The civilians of Fort White Hart are loyal to Godric, and after we take Fort Whitedeer, the civilians of Fort Whitedeer will not help us defend the city, and may even attack us - I was able to capture Fort Whitedeer because of the attack on the civilians before. If the Empire's reinforcements come slowly, maybe White Deer Fort won't be able to hold it after it is defeated! ”

Leon seemed to be thinking about Levius: "But if you take this legion, it seems that at least there will be more than 2,000 people defending the city, and the Lion Kingdom will definitely not dare to counterattack for a while, so you will have enough time to fully arrange and gather reinforcements......"

This is indeed a reasonable approach, and Livius thinks it makes sense.

However, both the siege force and the militia must have someone to lead the army, and if the governor and his son are not in the ranks, once the siege begins, then these civilians will not be suppressed and controlled, but it will be bad.

So Levius held back the pain in his crotch and personally began to march north with everyone.

In fact, if Levius had paid more attention to these low-level people, he would have found that these people had become very active after knowing that Leon was preparing to surrender......

The Bacchus Empire touted Leon as the most formidable general, with three heads and six arms, spitting fire and eating eight children in one meal.

Now this terrible general seems to have become his own, and these people are naturally stable in their hearts......

They even have a strange sense of identification with Leon - this is the notoriety given to Leon by the Bacchus Empire itself, but if this kind of notoriety is his own, it means a high sense of security......

So these folks were actually more willing to listen to Leon, but Livius didn't find out......

When they reached a position a few dozen miles away from White Deer Castle, the lord asked Livius to station the men at the edge of the forest.

"I'm going to lure the enemy in a moment, and I can't let White Deer Fort see your army. You start by sending your troops in the direction of McCarn, and Sarah will lead the way away from Fort White Hart's scouts. Let them wait at the junction between White Hart Fort and Mai Xiangling, and attack as soon as I lure the troops of White Hart Fort out. These people can't participate in the siege, so they can only stay here first, if you see yellow smoke rising from White Deer Fort, it means that White Deer Fort has been conquered, and you can take the people into the city. ”

The lord took out the map and began to explain.

The goal of the large army of several thousand people is too large, in order to avoid being discovered by Bailubao when luring the enemy, the Bailubao army will not go out of the city, so this arrangement is reliable.

Livius nodded, and asked Fibius to follow Sarah northwest with the Shadowmen.

And he himself rode a horse with an injury for two days, and he couldn't walk very well, so he stayed in the Minfu army and waited for Li Ang to lure the enemy successfully.

Livius felt that Leon's plan and plan seemed to be fine, and the eight hundred Shadowfoot soldiers stood between McXiangling and White Hart Castle, enough to ensure that there would be no reinforcements or ambushes in the Lion Kingdom.

Besides, if Leon wanted to ambush himself, how could he specifically let himself bring more troops?

When Leon drew out the troops of White Deer Castle, let Febius take the Shadow Infantry to capture the empty city, and then bring the people into White Deer Castle, it would basically be considered very stable, and it should be no problem to defend it for a few months.

This battle will probably make his son famous all over the world, right?

Levius thought with joy.

At the age of twenty-two, he was able to lead his troops to capture the unfallen White Hart Castle, and Fibius estimated that he could become a famous general of the empire!

Emperor Marius has always been willing to promote young people, and he will definitely pay attention to and support him, so even if he loses power, Febius will definitely become the commander of the Shadowfoot soldiers!

Livius felt that his position was obviously secure, and even if Emperor Marius didn't like him, at least he wouldn't deprive a young man with great military exploits of the power to lead the army......

Fibius also felt that his own time seemed to have come, and getting such a good opportunity was almost destined by God to make him the star of the empire......

This is a fortified city that has not been defeated for hundreds of years, and half a year ago, the White Deer Fort, which the two governors with 6,000 troops failed to manage, seems to be easily conquered by themselves!

Being able to take down White Deer Fort means that the Lion Kingdom has lost its largest barrier in the east, and the Empire's army will easily drive straight in, at least swallowing all the areas east of Long River Town......

To receive such credit at such a young age is destined for an incomparably bright future......

Soon, the lord took a force of more than 100 people to the city of White Deer Castle.

The excited Lord of Febius personally led the team to watch the movements of White Deer Fort at the intersection.

And White Deer Fort did send a team of about 400 people to start the pursuit—this is almost all the troops of White Deer Fort.

The two sides chased and fled, and gradually went south.

Subsequently, Febius led more than 700 Shadowfoot soldiers and began a rapid attack on White Hart Castle.

White Deer Fort looked almost defenseless, and there seemed to be sounds of fighting and killing in the city, so it seemed that Leon did have men left in the city.

As Febius and his troops approached, the gates of Fort White Deer suddenly opened, and there were people beckoning to him at the gates.

Leon's stay in the city has indeed succeeded!

Febius was overjoyed and took the lead with his troops and began to charge quickly.

More than 700 Shadow Infantry soldiers swarmed up and rushed into White Deer Castle.

At this moment, the heavy city gate gate fell......

The White Deer Fort was built on a hill without a moat, and the gates were made of sluice gates, the kind of solid wood gates inlaid with iron sheets that were hung up by huge winches.

It would take several strong men to push the big winch above the gate to open the door, even if it was a pulley that could save effort.

The gate was thick and heavy, weighing thousands of pounds, and was hung by several thick ropes and chains, and when hoisted, the winch was jammed by a large latch half a foot thick.

When you want to close the door, you just need to use a sledgehammer to knock the latch off the winch, and the door will fall into gravitational free fall into a huge door frame with a row of holes half a foot thick - this is to prevent water accumulation, and also to allow the front teeth at the bottom of the gate to be embedded in the ground, making the gate stronger and more difficult to break open.

This kind of gate, the speed of closing is quite fast.

And now, when Febius had just entered the city with half of his troops, the gate was in free fall......

Febius and about 300 men were imprisoned inside the city, while 400 Shadowfoot soldiers remained outside the city and did not enter the city.

Beneath the huge gate, there were two other Shadowfoot soldiers who had been killed by the fall of the gate, and they had basically been cut in half - the incisors at the bottom of the gate were sharp teeth formed by wrapping giant trees in iron sheets, which was the norm for gate gates in this era.

Young Febius stopped and looked around with some panic.

His Shadowfoot soldiers stopped charging either, all of them a little overwhelmed.

The air was suddenly quiet.

They were located in the opening of the gate and in a small unsheltered open space within the gates, and in the city, high on all sides, stood a large number of archers and crossbowmen......

Then, a flurry of arrows was fired, and the missed arrows quickly obscured their eyes.

At the same time, Lord Lord and Amy's troops had already arrived dozens of miles south of White Hart Castle, which was the location of the Folk Legion where Livius was located.