After cleaning up the battlefield, by the light of the afterglow, Aven marched all the way to the vicinity of Sika Castle. The defenders were shocked to see that a camp was being set up outside the city, and hurriedly sounded the alarm bell in the city.

Riding around the castle on horseback, Evan saw dozens of enemies, and to be on the safe side, he did not risk attacking the castle immediately, but ordered his troops to set up camp.

In the camp, Evan summoned the captains to give a pre-battle explanation. Before Evan could speak, he saw the second captain, Quake, step forward.

"My lord, in the previous battle, I had already killed the enemy leader, but I still let him escape. If I capture him, I can force the defenders to surrender right now, so I'm willing to accept your punishment."

Evan was stunned, smiled and waved his hand.

"Quake, you don't know what will happen until the end of anything. You're only seeing part of it, but you can't see the whole picture, so maybe it's a good thing to let him escape? Needless to say, I will not blame any soldier or officer for this."

Quake saluted gratefully and returned to his seat. Seeing that no one wanted to talk about the previous battle, Evan continued to explain his tactics.

"Baron Sika's main army was routed by us, and he fled, but as you can see, there are still a number of defenders in the castle. We didn't have any siege equipment except for some ladders, and forcing the castle to attack it would cause unbearable damage, and it would be too late to build a special siege machine, and it would not be worth the loss, so I decided to attack Sika Castle at night."

"The Skuk team stays behind, guarding and guarding the camp. The other squads joined me in taking advantage of the cover of night to attack the defenders of Sika Castle and break through the castle from within."

"My lord, wouldn't a night raid be too risky? We also see a little blurry at night, so it's not good if we accidentally hurt our own people."

Marcus raised his concerns. The other captains also nodded, and the vision was not good at night, so don't fight for a long time and find out that you are fighting with your teammates, it will become a joke in England.

"Tie it around everyone's neck with a white linen cloth so that you don't recognize the wrong person. Whoever does not have a white cloth is an enemy, and whoever has a white cloth is his own."

"My lord, I still have a doubt. Why did you choose Night Raid? If the enemy finds out, we will also suffer huge losses, right?"

The third captain, Snicky, asked something that had been held in his heart for a long time.

"Don't you notice that we're not the same at night as we were before we didn't join the army? If you don't, then why don't you let those levies participate in the night raid?"

Skuk asked, expressionless. Snitch scratched his hair, and after thinking for a long time, he didn't have a clue, so he had to look at Aven.

"Skuk is right, the Snapdragon Army is different from other armies. You can move at night, and even if the levies are brave during the day, they will be blind at night when they leave the light of the torch."

Snicky looked at Evan in surprise, he originally thought that the Snapdragon Army was just an elite army, but he didn't expect that there was such a difference.

"Don't think it's easy to build an army, there's a lot to think about. If you just combine some people, it's called bandits, not armies."

Ai Wen restrained his smile and said with a serious expression.

"Tonight's operation must be successful, and after the success of this battle, the Snapdragon Army's military merit will be upgraded by one level. May our Lord guide us."

The setting sun converged its last rays, and the moon was already hanging in the air at some point. The bright moonlight clothed everything in a layer of silver, and even Evan had seen such a bright moonlight for the first time, and if it wasn't for the imminent war, maybe he would have made a poem to commemorate it.

In order to successfully sneak attack, Evan and several captains did not wear chain mail, but borrowed leather armor from other Snapdragon soldiers and put it on their bodies, so as not to make too loud noises and attract the defenders when climbing the ladder.

Taking advantage of the passing of the torch on the city wall, Evan and the Snapdragon soldiers crept into the shadow of Sika Castle by moonlight and set up a ladder on the city wall.

As the commander of the Snapdragon Army, Ewen took the lead in climbing the ladder and climbed towards the city wall. Squeak, squeak, although Aven was cautious and slowed down as much as possible, the makeshift wooden ladder still made a sound.

Not only Ai Wen, but also the Snapdragon Army soldiers below have also raised their hearts. At this time, if the enemy finds out, it will really be all over. The person on the ladder can't go up or down, and is stuck in mid-air, which is a live target for the bow and crossbow.

Just as Evan was about to climb the wall, several patrolling East Anglolian soldiers approached in the distance.

Evan suddenly stopped, leaning on the ladder as much as he could, avoiding detection by the soldiers, and even keeping his breathing as low as possible. For a moment, he felt that his heartbeat was too loud to be heard by the defenders.

Watching the torch on the city wall slowly walk by, Evan breathed a long sigh of relief. At this time, he found that his right hand was holding a blunt hammer, his palm was full of sweat, and his close-fitting clothes were also half wet with cold sweat.

After waiting for a while, Ai Wenwei continued to climb up slowly, but fortunately everything went smoothly after that, and he quickly climbed up the city wall.

As soon as he climbed the wall, Evan realized a problem that he hadn't considered before. Except for some short walls, there is no shelter on the city wall. The moonlight will shine down, and the Snapdragon soldiers who attack at night will have nothing to hide.

Looking at the patrol in the distance, Evan immediately decided to use crossbow arrows to attack the patrol from a distance, so that the patrol could not sound the alarm as much as possible.

"Three teams of four, use crossbows to kill patrols in the distance. The first and second teams and I will attack this patrol in the vicinity, so that the enemy will not detect us as much as possible, and once we do, then we will leave nothing and kill them directly." Evan gave a low command.

Watching the three or four teams leave, Evan looked back at the patrol that was already not far away.

"Volley!"

The crossbow in Aven's hand shot angry arrows at the poor patrol.

More than two dozen Snapdragon soldiers pulled the trigger of the crossbow almost at the same time, and more than two dozen crossbow arrows whizzed through the air, and most of them hit three patrol soldiers, but one patrol soldier did not die immediately, but shouted out in the last time.

"Enemy attack! Enemy...... Attack!"

The patrol on the other side heard the alarm and immediately waved the torch in their hands, trying to see the situation clearly. Before they could find anything, the Snapdragon soldiers' crossbow arrows sent them to the Grim Reaper.

The night soldiers in the castle, although they did not know what was happening on the top of the castle, immediately shouted loudly to their resting companions when they heard the enemy attack.

Unable to hesitate any longer, Aven immediately raised his shield and loudly gave the order to attack the Snapdragon Army.

"Everyone, follow me and kill it!"

As soon as I reached the top of the staircase, I saw several defenders lining up against the wall, ready to come up to check the situation. When the soldiers saw the people coming down from above, they didn't seem to have woken up yet, so they opened their mouths and asked.

"Hey, what's going on up there, there's an enemy attacking?"

Whoosh, Marcus picked up the crossbow in his hand, raised his hand and fired, and the crossbow arrow immediately killed the enemy who fell last. Ai Wen was also unceremonious, shielding his body with a shield, and smashed the three-edged blunt head hammer in his right hand directly at the head of the enemy at the front.

Pop, a stream of fishy hot liquid splashed onto the wall. Evan didn't stop, jumping up and ramming into the second enemy soldier.

The latter hurriedly raised his shield to protect his upper body, wanting to rely on the shield to withstand the impact. There was a bang, and both sides fell backwards. Ai Wen was fine, but he fell on the stairs and was quickly helped by the Snapdragon soldiers behind him.

But the defender was not so lucky, and the force of the impact caused him to fall directly to his companions in the rear.

Because the staircase in the castle was very narrow, the defenders in the back did not hold up the fallen companions in front, and like dominoes, everyone fell.

Marcus and the soldiers of the first squad, who would not miss this good opportunity, immediately raised the reloaded crossbow, fired crossbow arrows, and put the military exploits of several defenders in their pockets.

Clearing the way of enemies, Evan stepped on the corpse and continued on his way. Along the way, defender soldiers rushed up to stop the Snapdragon Army.

However, the Snapdragon Army cooperates tacitly, and when encountering the enemy, often the person with the shield blunt hammer will step forward to withstand the enemy's attack, and the person behind will fire crossbow arrows at the enemy's head.

Many of the castle defenders were killed by crossbow arrows flying in all directions before they could get close. However, the further down he went, the more enemies he could feel, and the slower his advance became.

As he descended to the center, Evan was trapped in the castle corridor by the enemy, a one-man corridor that would not be pushed further unless the enemy in front of him was killed.

After suffering a few losses, the enemy army also became wise, and the soldiers at the front used shields to protect their bodies, and the soldiers behind raised their shields above their heads to prevent crossbow arrows falling from the sky.

This greatly reduces the lethality of the Snapdragon Army. However, in this night attack, considering that the interior of the castle is cramped, there is not enough space for axe guns, so he did not carry axe guns.

At this moment, the back of the enemy army was in chaos, as if they were attacked by the enemy in the back, and many of the defending soldiers fell to the ground, letting out painful wails. Evan looked intently, and it turned out to be the third and fourth team leader Ickert led by Snicky, who killed the enemy from the rear of the enemy.

Under the front and back, the defenders were slaughtered one after another, and the corpses were piled up in the corridors of the castle, with little place to stay. Seeing that Evan and the others were fine, Snich and Ickert were all relieved.

"My lord, we have eliminated all the enemies below. You're alright." Ikt asked with concern.

"I'm fine. How did you get out of the enemy's rear, but luckily you came, otherwise I don't know how long you would have been stuck." Evan said with a smile.

"My lord, the stairs on the other side lead to the floor below. We encountered few enemies along the way. Ikt said that they must have been attracted by the adults, so we hurried up and came to meet you." Snich said.

Evan nodded, this result is not bad, at least take Sika Castle, gnaw a difficult bone, I hope the results here can help King Charles and Count Morloll on the front.

"This battle has been hard for everyone, and the military merits will be added to one more level, and I will explain the situation to the Earl when I go back, and strive to give you more rewards. Now let's all pick a clean room and rest."

"Yes, thank you, sir!"