On the way, Ed told Max the rough plan, "That's pretty much it, if we still have enough time to arrive, please ask your dad to inform the city guards of the possible enemy attack, so that they can be prepared." ”

After saying that, Ed looked ahead, and they rode for a moment, probably closer to Auvare, but the figure of the city became more and more blurred.

"I don't have a problem with what the Holy Maiden means, if my father doesn't work tonight, I also know the other uncles in charge, so it shouldn't be a problem to spread the news, but why doesn't the Holy Maiden send a special herald?" Max asked, thinking for a moment, while tightening his cloak.

"Who said that it was not sent, isn't what we are doing now is the work of heralding, but if it is an ordinary soldier, an emergency is likely to delay the fighter, and we are also responsible for listening to the enemy's situation, you must know that the movements of the Ingers are still a mystery, maybe it is not impossible for them to be in the city!"

Ed said to Max with a smile, and he noticed that the boy's face was a little pale and the clothes to protect him from the cold were already wet.

"Fogging?" Eddard retrieved the thin layer of psionic energy that had been unconsciously maintained on the surface of his body, and sure enough, he noticed that the humidity in the air had increased a lot.

"Well, in autumn and winter, there is a heavy fog near Ovalé, but fortunately the cloak issued by Archdeacon André can block it, otherwise it would have been even colder in this armor. "Max is not like Ed, after leaving the vicinity of Delia, he can also skillfully summon the spiritual energy protection evoked by the power of the star spirit, and small droplets of water have condensed on his eyebrows, and he wiped it with his cloak casually.

Ed looked thoughtfully at the city of Ovare, which was gradually shrouded in mist, and increased the speed of his mount, casually saying to Max, who was hurrying to follow.

"You say, did the people of Ingier expect this fog, and will they be delayed by the weather? ”

"Well, it's possible, but I've heard that Ingier is surrounded by the sea and the capital is often foggy, so they should be used to it!"

"Hmm!" Ed said no more, and through the mist, the city's huge and towering façade was gradually revealed, and even after seeing the castle of Hill's supposedly never-falling fortifications, he was amazed by the majesty of Ovare.

After all, this is a huge city with a population of hundreds of thousands, far from the military fortress that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sits on, it is the commercial center of the central part of the Roland Kingdom, and the travelers from the north and south contribute a lot of trade taxes to this city, and its successive lords can be regarded as relatively wise, in their hands, Auvaré completed the expansion of the new city in a few decades, and built an extremely strong city wall, which can already be regarded as a pearl of the country, and has a little reputation on the mainland.

Looking at the city wall that stretched into the fog in the distance with no end in sight, Ed didn't try to go around to the front to find the city gate, for for psykers, no matter how high the wall is, if there are no corresponding defenders, it is a fictitious thing.

He nodded to Max, left the war horse nearby, and induced his own spiritual energy, directly carrying Max and the two of them with their equipment, and leaped up.

The city wall that can be called a moat for ordinary people is just a high platform that can be crossed with a little more effort at his feet.

However, in wartime, even psionics could not take the enemy city by this method, and before Ed and his people landed, there was a strange noise on the city.

A group of five patrol knights rushed over from the other side of the city wall, and seeing that the other party was menacing, it was likely that they would attack Ed, who dared to enter the city without saying a word.

The young man hurriedly explained: "Wait, I'm Edwin, a knight under the commander of the reinforcement army Delia, and I'm here to report that there are only two of us here, and no one else." ”

As he spoke, Ed placed Max beside him and raised his hands in motion.

Hearing Ed's words, the five psionic knights slowed down their offensive for a moment, but they still scattered their positions, maintaining the encirclement of Ed and them, and one of the people near the wall stuck out his head to look under the city, and turned back to his companions to confirm that there were only these two people.

"Why did the reinforcements appear at this time and enter without going through the main entrance?" asked the other party, all wearing full-coverage helmets, in a sullen voice.

More stumbling footsteps were heard from the direction they had come, and a group of ordinary soldiers ran over.

Ed slowly lowered his outstretched arm away from the weapon, and explained: "Emergency, I have here a handwritten letter from Commander Delia and a token to prove his identity, this is the son of an officer of the city defense army by my side, you take me to the supreme knight commander at once, I have information about the raid of the Ingier army to tell him." ”

At this time, Max finally recovered from the whirlwind of the world, straightened up and stood firm, he did not wear a helmet like a knight, and someone in the city defense army who arrived immediately recognized him.

"Is that old Foster's son, Max?"

Seeing that his words were reasonable, and that the cries of his men proved that part of what he said was true, the patrolling psionic knights let down some of their vigilance, and the one who took the lead lifted his mask, revealing a face that had been through the vicissitudes of life.

"If you have anything to say to me directly, young knight, the supreme commander in charge of the defense of the city, the Great Knight Hoover, has been wounded in the battle during the day, and it is impossible to receive you now, if there is really the most important information, tell it now, I am the knight Tannison in charge of the defense of the city. ”

Ed frowned, "The knight I know is much younger than you, and he has another mission tonight, so he won't be here." ”

Hearing this, the knights, who were still a little nervous, were completely relieved, and Ed noticed that the direction of their weapons was no longer his own, but lowered.

"Ha, it seems that you are indeed a member of the reinforcements, reacquainted, my name is Stanley, Tennison is my brother, and if that kid fights the Inghirs on the walls day and night like me, he will be like me. The knight, who called himself Stanley, gestured to his face with his armour-covered hand, trying to prove that he wasn't really that old.

"Well, according to the prediction of our commander-in-chief, the enemy will launch a sneak attack on Ovalé in the early hours of this morning, please be prepared to deal with it, reinforcements have come nearby, if possible, please cooperate with us to annihilate the enemy here as much as possible, so that the rod will be easier to fight in the future." Ed didn't pay much attention to the dispute between the two brothers' appearances, but directly stated the purpose of the trip.

Because Delia boldly chose to take a shortcut, she was able to reach Ovarei before the enemy moved, and it should be said that the rescue operation was more than half successful, so Ed discussed with her and further expanded the goal of this battle, to see if he could leave more enemies behind.

It just so happened that Delia had already done this, otherwise she would not have sent Howard to lead the army to cut off the enemy's rear route, and boldly turn the enemy's attack on her into an opportunity for her own victory, which is what she wants to do.

"What, those fur seals are going to fight during the day, and they won't let us go at night. ”

"Well, this is the first night attack? I think they're trying to drag us down with a wheel war!"

Stanley didn't speak, but several of the young knights under him became lively, and looking at Ed's puzzled magic, the commander explained:

"During this time, Ingier not only tried to attack the city during the day, but also launched several overnight raids and harassment, so everyone did not dare to take it lightly, and these lads had not had a good rest for two days. ”

After speaking, he thought about it and added, "But it is impossible for the enemy to use this fatigue tactic to drag us down, none of our Roland knights have said that they are tired, even if they don't sleep for ten days, they can still be beaten back to the sea!"

Ed immediately understood, it seemed that the Ingirs had indeed launched several night attacks, but they were probably not of high intensity, so that the knights defending the city mistakenly thought that they were trying to fight fatigue.

It's actually right to think like this, although psionics cultivate their spirits, and their combat fatigue is much stronger than that of ordinary people, not as exaggerated as Stanley's ten days and ten nights, and it is still affordable to eat without rest for two or three days, and the number of knights who come to attack Ingier is much higher than that of defending the city, and they take turns to fight, and after a long time, they can indeed rely on this fatigue tactic to minimize their combat power, and finally take Ovalé City.

"But what if the people in front of the Ingirs just want to paralyze us and suddenly launch a general attack tonight? I think it is impossible for a few of the people present to stop the hundreds of knights from advancing at the same time, and to support the reinforcements that have arrived in the city!" Ed was a bystander, and a rhetorical question made several knights who were laughing and laughing quiet.

Stanley wanted to refute, it was not only his group of men and horses who patrolled the city, and the psionic knights who were ready to support were not far away, and the first few times they quickly repelled the enemy's attacks, but then his cold sweat came out of his back, and the enemy did not make a big move before, and it was two different groups of people who attacked the city day and night, plus the daily rotation, if everyone participated in the night attack at one time, could they block it?

"Everyone, immediately split up and inform all departments to strengthen their vigilance, the city defense army left and sent scouts to search for traces of the enemy, I went to the main control room, ready to activate the psionic defense array at any time, this knight, thank you for your warning, are you coming with me or do you have other plans?"

After figuring it out, Stanley didn't delay in the slightest, and immediately ordered the deployment to prepare for the worst, if it turned out that this qiē was just a false alarm, then it would be a big deal for him to be laughed at for a while, but if something really happened, this would at least buy him some time to react.

After receiving the order, some of them reacted quickly and left to carry it out, and some of them were pulled away by their companions before they turned the corner.

"Max, your father is patrolling in the West City, why don't you talk to this knight and go see him, the old guy still thinks that you are dead like your uncle's family, and I don't know how happy I will be to see you still alive. An old soldier of the city defense army who recognized Max secretly pulled him and whispered.

Ed had already heard clearly, but he didn't say anything, but responded directly to Stanley's inquiry, "I still have to go back to restore my life, please go and prepare for defense work first, but remember one thing, reinforcements are not far away, if the enemy is strong, you can consider temporarily avoiding its edge, or even let some enemies into the city, we will definitely arrive before dawn to clean up every mouse here." ”

Stanley nodded absentmindedly, and didn't take Ed's words to heart, he took the paperwork of Commander Delia from the other party, and left in a hurry, he had heard of the new female commander, it was said that he was a magician who did not belong to the church, and he was extremely trusted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but he didn't know if the prediction of the enemy's attack was accurate this time, but whether it was true or not, he really had to be prepared, and he had to find an opportunity for everyone to reflect on it, and he was still a little relaxed about the cunning of the Ingier Knight.

Max over there has been paying attention to the progress here, he and a group of ordinary soldiers do not dare to communicate loudly with each other, ordinary people do not have the status to speak loudly in front of the psykers, hearing Ed say that he wants to go back, he scratched his ears in embarrassment, and finally made up his mind.

"I will follow the knight to leave first, and in a moment I will come with the army, and if I have the opportunity, please tell my father that his son is still alive, and I will come to see him in a moment. After saying that he had said to the last few old city guards left, Max walked towards Eddard with a heart, and a sigh came from behind him, and he himself had words of suffering in his heart.

"Father, may the gods bless you to be safe, I will come to see you later, and now my son is going to fight for His Highness the Holy Maiden!"

Ed patted Max on the shoulder, and without saying anything more, he carried him over and jumped off the wall again, retrieving the horse.

Turning over his horse, Ed pointed to Max in the direction he came from and said, "Do you remember the way back? Go back immediately and report the whole story, let Delia wait for the whole army to rest before leaving, I will first go to the other side of the city to explore the way, where is likely to be the direction of the enemy's attack, you should be careful on the road." ”

"Yes, Lord Eddard, please be safe, I will definitely pass on the information. Max didn't expect to go back alone, and Ed actually had to go to find out about the enemy, and knowing that his task was not light, he said a word and immediately rode away.

Ed passed the information to the city guards as quickly as possible, and the process was even smoother than expected, if this was handed over to ordinary heralds, I am afraid that this would still be a waste of words at the city gate.

The task was easily completed, so he naturally didn't plan to go back like this, and was ready to take the opportunity to explore and understand the reality of the enemy.

He rode around the city, coming from the southeast of Auvare, and the enemy's starting point was presumably to the west, which was also the direction in which Howard led the attack.

The fog is even deeper at this time, and it is close to dawn at this time, which is the darkest time of the day, even if Ed's eyesight is far better than ordinary people, there is no way to take this situation, I heard that those magicians can bless people with a spell called dark vision, and do not rely on light to see, but unfortunately there is no one around, Ed has no choice, so he has to spend the psionic energy group reserves and open the skill of panoramic insight.

Recently, his own strength has risen sharply, and he has become more handy in the application of skills, and special skills have helped him greatly extend the range of perception, Ed does not seek precision, and puts the range to the maximum, and after walking for a while, he found something vaguely at the edge of the skill effect.