Ald Fried has been relieved of his position as Knight Captain of the Lion Knights, and is now just an ordinary Lion Knight; Leofwan also lost his position in the royal guards.

Brenus would not have used the Lion Knights in a siege battle with the King's Guards, which were the King's direct army...... He relieved the two barons of their duties, leaving them to earn a new lease with their own levies.

But after the Duke of Brenus had forced them to take the city and announced their dismissal, he never mentioned anything else, not even a word of reprimand, as if nothing had happened......

However, Aldfried and Leofoine were both in their good hands, and they knew that this meant that Duke Brenus was giving them a chance - their old leader did what the king wanted, but also gave them a chance to get back on their feet.

So the two of them worked very hard to attack the city, and it looked like they had a deep grudge against Kedren.

They also knew that after crippling their own troops, of course, they would no longer be able to pose any threat to the king, so the king would definitely let them go, at least the territory and their lives could be saved.

They are all aristocrats who know the rules of the game.

Brenus really didn't embarrass them anymore, and after taking control of Lion Lake City, he gave them another chance - let them take the remnants of their own soldiers to get all the property of Lion Lake City, including Kedren's property......

Of course, the Duke has to make sure that his hands are clean, and of course he has to let people who are not clean do such things as privateling......

Brenus then led a group of lion knights into the hall of the lords.

Kedren saw Brennus come in and planned to save himself at this time......

"Lord Brenus, my brother-in-law, we are all vassals of the kingdom! I even left my territory behind and reclaimed Lion Lake City for the kingdom! And I've already raised my flag and surrendered, why do you have to attack......"

Kedren did look like a loyal servant now, though his hands were shaky.

"Come on Kedron, Lady Ursula has sold you, and no one can save you......"

Brenus casually found a chair and sat down, looking kind, but with a sword in his hand.

"My cooperation with Ursula is only a stopgap measure, just to allow the traitor Fusset to fend off the army of the Raven Realm...... I can do my best to fight off the Ravens as a way to prove my loyalty! ”

Kedren struggled to explain, intending to portray himself as an undercover agent who sacrificed his territory to save his homeland.

But Brenus shook his head lightly and smiled: "Kedren, these are not important, I will only ask you one question...... You've slept with Lady Ursula, haven't you? ”

Duke Brennus clearly knew his brother-in-law well......

Kedren froze, and after a few seconds, a stiff grinch appeared on his face: "Ha...... Ha ha...... That's right, I slept with her...... Slept many times...... I see......"

"I knew that...... Now His Majesty is engaged to Lady Ursula - of course, this is only part of the agreement, and the marriage contract will not be counted until the agreement is reached. But even so, Your Majesty can't tolerate you......"

Brenus waved his hand, "You should be glad that it's me here, Kedren." I will give you an honorable death...... I promise, your family will be fine......"

Several lion knights walked over and left the hall with Kedren.

The direction Kedren was taken was Fort Talon.

Brennus's legion didn't stay in Lionlake City for long, and he had to fight off the Ravens.

However, he took all the valuable gold and silver from the storehouses in Lionlake City, and had his own private troops bring them back to his territory, Crag Bay.

It's not for nothing that Rock Bay can be so rich......

In order to increase the harvest, the two barons, Eldfried and Leofovan, also led the remnants of the army to plunder the civilians of Lion Lake - but the two barons also put all the proceeds of the loot into the carriages of Duke Brenus back to Crag Bay.

Anyway, there will always be some scum with bad military discipline when the army enters the city, and these scum are not under Duke Brenus anyway......

The troops that Brenus brought to Talon Fort were the Lion Knights, the Intracity Guards, and the remnants of Kedron's men......

Kedren was not mistreated in any way, and no one even stared at him.

He led his troops to the front, with about 400 men around him, including levies, rogue knights, and underworlds.

Kedren was no longer trembling now, and in three hours, if nothing else, he would have struck the enemy in the most heroic way......

People are always afraid of the unknown future, but when they know what will happen in the future, many people are no longer afraid.

Kedren wasn't too scared right now, even if he was about to die as cannon fodder.

Because this is the only way to keep his family.

He was only silently missing his son, Lord Montvoir, for now.

Kedren knew he was going to die, and he trembled because he feared that he would die in the name of rebellion, and that his whole family would be doomed.

However, Brenus gave him a chance to die an honorable death as a vassal of the kingdom - leaving his life behind to fight his enemies to the death, which was enough to prove that his actions such as taking Lionlake City, retrieving Forsette, and contacting Ursula were 'expedient'.

His only mistake was to put Ursula to sleep.

In this way, he remained a vassal of the kingdom, and with the testimony of Duke Brenus, no one would say that a man who died heroically in battle was a traitor.

Then his son will inherit his position, his family will not be affected, and he may even be rewarded by the kingdom......

Brennus is Kedren's cousin-in-law, and he did give him face.

However, when they arrived near Fort Talon three hours later, they saw a scene that they could not understand......

The forces of the Raven Kingdom lined up north of Talon Fort;

The Cato cavalry, which was slightly larger than the Raven Kingdom's troops, was east of Talon Fort;

And the castle of Eagle Claw was flying with the banner of Forsette.

The three parties have strangely formed a full momentum.

Seeing this kind of scene, Brenus naturally did not dare to act rashly, and he also stopped at the west side of Eagle Talon Fort.

As a result, the battle situation here has become four camps in the shape of a 'pin', and in the middle of the character is Fort Eagleclaw.

Now Eagle Talon Castle really looks a bit like Eagle Claw......

In fact, the lord is also near Talon Fort at the moment, and he probably makes up the little finger of Talon......

It's just that the four forces probably don't know that he is here, because he is now hiding in the woods several miles away with his team.

These Cato people were naturally led by Leon.

Whatever Zakar's intentions, he drove Judah's tribe to the south or west of the steppe—not a good thing for Leon or the entire Lion Kingdom.

Judah's tribe may seem like they are helpless to be driven away, but they are a pack of hungrier wolves, and the lord certainly doesn't sympathize with them......

On the contrary, he also intends to kill them.

Why were Judah's tribes banished by Zakar to the southwestern part of the Gatu steppe?

This is, of course, because they don't act in the same logic as Zakar - compared to Zakhar, Judah's tribe is more pure saboteurs and raiders, they never thought of establishing any order, and Judah is called 'saboteurs'.

Perhaps Judah's clan really doesn't want to fight the Lion Kingdom now, but if they are allowed to settle in the grasslands between Eagle Talon and Fletcher Village, it will be a disaster for everyone in the entire kingdom - they will only be able to raid the Lion Kingdom in the future, and the frequency and intensity of the raids will definitely be much more frequent and fierce than before!

If we don't take advantage of the fact that we don't take advantage of the fact that the Juda tribe has been expelled to the south, Leon's Fletcher Village will probably be uninhabited in the future, and the entire eastern and northern kingdoms will probably have to face constant war for a long time.

Therefore, Leon planned to take advantage of the fact that the army of the Raven Kingdom was still in Eagle Claw Fort, and use the troops of the Raven and Forsette to kill Juda's tribe.

Anyway, it's all enemies, and letting the enemy deal with the enemy is the best deal.

This will not only relieve the crisis of the kingdom, but also allow the Noldor elves to willingly accept his dispatch, and also absorb more benefits - Leon is a rebel, and he has the right to occupy the territory of the rebels he conquered alone!

The information provided by the captives brought by Dumbledore was very important, Judah's tribe was deported here, and they were waiting for the war to end in the west, and they did not want to fight a big battle easily.

In other words, they actually brought a large amount of household goods, cattle and sheep.

This kind of situation with a family and possessions is indeed not suitable for large-scale battles, even if the Cato seem to be outnumbered and have a large army.

Therefore, the Cato would not easily attack a force of a certain size, let alone attack at this time - the Cato were not wealthy, and they would certainly not abandon their possessions, and they would not attack until the settlement was determined.

This meant that the Lord could allow his troops to be deployed without fear of a sudden attack on Fletcher or Shield Fortress by the Cato.

For example, several cavalry teams of more than 200 men each were sent to the outskirts of the Cato camp to set fire to and plunder.

Yes, as the Cato did to the people of other nations.......

August is the most suitable time to set fires to the grasslands.

The fire was well lit, because it was not to kill the enemy, but only to burn part of the steppe and drive these Catubs westward.

The Gatu must protect their tents and cattle and sheep, and the defenders have no right to choose whether to fight or not, and they have to fight if they don't want to!

The elite of the troops in hand is high enough to have such benefits, even if they are divided into several teams to fight separately, they still have enough combat effectiveness and execution efficiency.

In addition, whether it is the Noldor or the Ranger Regiment, including the Griffon's Sword Mercenary Regiment, all of them are cavalry, and there are enough reliable leaders.

In addition, Leon also contacted Fort Yong to participate in this large-scale arson operation.

When Baron Leofrick received the lord's plan, he looked at the letter Leon had given him, his face full of exclamation points.

"You actually asked me to set a fire every time...... Looks like he's really experienced in this kind of thing...... Robbing the Gatu? It's so fresh......"

But after all, he still quickly organized a cavalry team to participate in it.

As a result, several cavalry detachments set out from Fletcher and Fort Shield to the outskirts of the Cato camp area.

These cavalry detachments, numbering more than two hundred men, went in all directions to the Cato camps, including the west.

The lord himself is on the west side of the Catu, in the female unit of the Griffon's Sword Mercenary Regiment.

At first, the Cato did not pay attention to the few cavalry units on the periphery, but cautiously gathered their forces in the middle of the camp to prepare for a surprise attack.

Soon after, however, the Cato discovered that smoke was rising in the south, north, and east directions at the same time, and that the fireworks were becoming more and more numerous......

The tents of the Cato people are relatively open, which is the characteristic of the nomadic people, they do not gather the tents together, they will be separated from each other at a certain distance, more than 1,000 tents cover a large area.

Therefore it was impossible to set fire to their tents, and the Gato people would not have thought that the fire was meant to burn them.

But when they saw such a series of fireworks, they must have to avoid them first-once the fires on the grassland have become large-scale, it is difficult to extinguish them manually, after all, the place where they camped was not on the bank of the river, thirty miles away from the Tongtian River.

In addition, the wind on the grassland is not accurate, and it may blow anywhere......

In order to avoid the loss of their cattle, sheep and horses, they had to run away first.

Of course, the grassland is no better than the forest, and the fire line will be slowly extinguished after all, and the grassland will not be burned down.

And even in the burned area, new grass will grow in the spring, and it will grow even better than before.

So this fire was not a threat to life or death, but only to get the Gatu to move westward away from the village of Fletcher, lest after a while the hearts of the Cato would start attacking the village of Fletcher......

The Gatu men moved their forces to the perimeter and dragged their tents westward.

Although they knew that the fire had been set by the people of the Lion Kingdom, it seemed to the Cato that it was just forcing them to leave - in fact, the Cato could understand that they were too close to the Shield Fortress and the Fletcher, and it was normal for them to set fire to them for fear of attack.

With their scale, they didn't think that the lords of the Lion Kingdom would actually attack them.

But after a few hours of walking to the west, the Cato realized that the cavalry was not just for setting fires......

By this time, the eastern line of fire had been connected and had not been extinguished, and there were always fires burning on the north and south sides of the Cato migration procession—the cavalry on three sides had been setting fire all the way!

It wasn't long before a loud roar rang out from the west—Amy was giving orders with the sound of muskets, and they had brought the Gato to where they had hoped.

Later, the flanking Noldor cavalry and rangers began to harass the Catu, not only trying to slow down the movement of the Cato camp, but also wreaking havoc - such as throwing torches to drive out the sheep, cutting the ropes of the wagons, setting fire to some of the tents, and killing a few people along the way.

On the west side, in front of the Gatu, Lord Lord and Amy led their troops to block the front, apparently to keep the Gatu from being able to get out of the line of incrimination.

So, the Cato gathered their warriors and divided their forces into hundreds, dozens of which began to drive out the surrounding cavalry and use their horns to call for support......

They want to protect their property.

The Cato seem to have become the Horn Summoning Ranger at this moment, and the Horn Summoning Ranger and the Noldor Elves are now doing the work that the Cato used to do......

Murder, arson, robbery, plunder.

It also includes the abduction of women—in fact, it is not called abduction, but rescue, because the women locked by the tent are all women from the realm of the lion or the realm of the crow.

It's just that the long-term life of slavery has caused them to lose all sparkle in their eyes, and most of the women are not even responsive to the rescue of the cavalry.

But there were still many women standing by the tent with the belts that bound them, and greeted the slashes of the Noldor or the Ranger Bands.

Soon after, women fled everywhere, cattle, sheep and horses with their ropes cut off, and gradually some of the tents were set on fire.

The Cato finally understood that if they didn't kill these teams, all their possessions might be ruined......

Moreover, they have discovered that most of the people who have harassed and dealt with them along the way are their long-time enemies, the Noldor Elves and the Horn Summoning Rangers.

They also saw a large number of Noldor maidens, as well as a lot of women.

So they no longer do any horn summoning in the way of a hundred...... Anyway, the property damage is big enough, so it's better to have a good fight, catch these Noldor girls and women, and maybe make up for the loss.

So the Cato began to disperse, intending to gather the enemy together and start a siege with their specialty of 'driving the siege'.

But just as the Cato were determined to kill the cavalry, another musket roared, and all the cavalry suddenly scattered and quickly gathered to the west.

At this time, the eastern line of fire was still spreading - Baron Leofric had been chasing after him and setting fires, no matter which way the wind was blowing, anyway, he had been making sure that there was always a line of fire burning in the east of the Gatu, which was the task given to him by Leon.

This was mainly to ensure that the Cato would not turn back to attack Fletcher and Fort Brave.

And Leon's forces were gathered to the west, which was exactly what the Gatu wanted to bring together and annihilate.

Thus began a chase that was bound to go westward, and the Gatu of the Juda tribe sent most of their fighting forces.

But after the pursuit was still forty or fifty miles from Talon Fort, the Gatu lost track of Leon's force......

This is actually the result of Raphael.

Raphael was well acquainted with the terrain of the area, for he had pretended to be a Gatu raider in the area according to Leon's plan, and he had wandered around the area for a long time, and he knew where to hide.

To plunder, of course, you need to have a hideout......

Raphael and his party hid in an inaccessible woods south of Talon Fort, where he had been hiding with the hundred Rangers.

The Gatu chased frantically for a day and a night, but they were lost, and they were in a hurry with little supplies, and now they were far away from the tribe, but they were very close to Talon Fort - so they had to go to Fort Talon.

As a result, the battlefield situation of Eagle Claw Fort has become what it is now......