The whip sounded, the Ragon's horse raised its front hooves and neighed, and the horses carried their riders straight to the blue-black walls at the end of the street.

The city of Famedos has a history of more than 800 years, and the walls have been raised and thickened again and again in the past 800 years, and now it is 33 meters high.

The stone bricks of different shades due to wind and rain erosion, the mottled moss and weeds on the walls, and the ancient poems carved on the bricks by people hundreds of years ago are like the marks of the rings left by the ruthless knife of time, all of which tell everyone who sees the city walls about the antiquity of the city.

Ma Lu reined in the horses, stopped under the corner of the wall and looked up, the tall wall was like the body of a dragon, majestic and impregnable.

If someone asks what the soul of Farmedos is, it is not the fertile plain of Victor, not the granary of the north of St. George, but the walls of this city, and if the walls are lost, everyone here will face destruction, so the lord of the manor here spontaneously raises funds every year to repair and strengthen the city walls, which is why it is now majestic.

"Let's go, I'll take you up and have a look. Paul dismounted, handed the reins to the groom waiting under the wall, straightened his helmet, took off his armor, and stepped up the stairs to the wall.

Climbing the city wall, everyone's vision suddenly opened up, and the Victor Plain in the distance was vast, and the farmland that had been harvested was scattered on the ground and countless.

Paul asked proudly, "What do you think, my brother?"

"It is worthy of being known as the land of fish and rice, and it is indeed extremely rich. Marlowe sighed.

"Haha, that's how I felt when I first saw this scene, after all, this province feeds half of St. George's population. ”

While the two were talking, a middle-aged general with a few adjutants came running quickly.

Several people ran up to Paul and saluted, "Your Royal Highness, Prince." ”

"Good morning, General Montgomery, several colleagues, good morning. Paul's warm greetings in return.

"Your Highness, why haven't you been in Fameldos these days? As the first commander of the city, how can you leave your post without permission? You are blatantly taking the lead in violating military discipline, and I have already reported what you have done to His Majesty the King. ”

It was not what Marlowe expected, and the Montgomery General scolded Paul as soon as he saw him, and the beard on his lips turned up angrily.

The general was an extremely conscientious but difficult man to get along with. Marlowe thought to himself.

Paul obviously expected this to happen, he was not angry at all, but he was not afraid, he just puffed out his chest, and replied with a serious face: "Well, I have gone on a top-secret mission, and I will tell you what has happened in the past few days when I return from the royal city." ”

"You are still leaving, you are the crown prince of St. George, and the first commander of the city guard appointed by His Majesty the King, and you have the responsibility and obligation to stick to your post. The battle of the cold winter is about to begin, and you have to run around, this is not good, this is absolutely not good!" Montgomery shook his head angrily. "If you continue to neglect your duties like this, I will report it to His Majesty again. ”

Montgomery has been guarding Famedos for twenty-seven years since he joined the army at the age of sixteen.

He is not beyond the wisdom of ordinary people, and his personal combat strength is not as good as those high-level paladins, but he has been able to grow from an ordinary soldier to an imperial general, all thanks to his loyalty and courage.

Eight years ago, in the cold winter battle, Famedos was almost broken by the orc legion, when the commander of the defense of the city was all killed, and the soldiers at the bottom fled, and died, at this precarious time, he was seriously wounded and took dozens of comrades to reorganize the defense army, and successfully mobilized the people in the city to participate in the battle, and then was wounded and stuck on the city wall until reinforcements arrived.

His Majesty Barbarossa rewarded him for his loyalty and bravery by promoting him from captain to general of the garrison. At this time, several adjutants around him were the comrades who survived that year.

It can be seen from this that Montgomery has no other great merit, that is, six words - loyalty, dedication to duty.

However, this year's Winter Battle has changed.

The supreme commander of Farmedos was changed from Montgomery to Paul, who was responsible for directing the battle to defend Farmós, and Montgomery was responsible for assisting the latter, and incidentally had the task of supervising Paul.

This was Barbarossa's test for the two of them, and Montgomery was not dissatisfied with his sudden change in second-in-command, and he did his job every day. Paul often played disappearing, and some time ago he quietly went north with a few hundred men to fight the vanguard of the orcs, which made Montgomery half angry.

In the past few days, Paul has disappeared again, and there are only a few people with him, and Montgomery is about to be driven crazy by this prince. However, Paul had his own longer-term plans and intentions, so he could only endure being beaten by a conscientious general.

"Hehe, general, don't be angry, didn't I say it, I'm going on a secret mission. Seeing General Montgomery pull out the rope from behind, Paul quickly explained with a smile that he didn't want to be tied up.

"I'm sorry, but I didn't hear His Majesty order you to go on any secret mission. Montgomery shook off the ropes and prepared to move, intending to keep his commander in command until the orc legions attacked Farmedos.

Gandalf hurriedly stopped between the two and said, "General Montgomery, His Royal Highness the Prince has indeed gone on a secret mission. ”

Montgomery's beard curled up and asked, "How do you prove it?"

"Why, don't you even believe me?" Gandalf feigned anger, reached out and gently snatched the other party's rope, and then quietly shoved Paul with something while the other party was not looking.

"You must bring out His Majesty's decree. "The other party is a highly respected imperial white-robed ** division, and the middle-aged general has given up the idea of taking the rope back.

"Here, here!"

Paul held up what he had just gotten and handed it to Montgomery, and when the other party opened the copper tube sealed in wax oil and examined the contents of the letter, Paul quietly glanced at the words on the letter with some trepidation, and then gratefully showed a mouthful of white teeth to Gandalf, who had a smug expression on his face.

Marlowe shook his head helplessly, this white-robed ** master is really ...... In his impression, the white-robed ** master is an extremely old-fashioned existence.

"Well, there is no problem with the letter, it is indeed a secret decree of His Majesty. Montgomery put the letter back into the brass pipe and returned it to Paul.

"Haha, that's good, you go get busy, I'll go see the layout of the city defense. ”

Paul turned to hurry away, but heard Montgomery say, "Your Royal Highness, please stay." ”

"How?"

"Who is this?"

Seeing the middle-aged general looking at his brother, Paul hurriedly explained: "This is the brother I met in Shuangquan Fort, and this time I carried out a secret mission to bring him over to meet my father. ”

The letter only said that Paul was asked to go on a secret mission, but the specifics were not written, so Paul managed to get away with it.

Seeing Montgomery leave in a hurry, Paul gave Gandalf a thumbs up: "Your old man is really my savior!"

"Just invite me to the midnight bar for a starry night. Gandalf smiled again when he saw Paul's bitter face. "Let's go, let's quickly inspect the city defense and go to the royal city, I can't wait to slaughter you." ”