Chapter 59: Night Battle 1

On the way, Ed asks the name of the young man, he is the first personal soldier to follow Delia's side, he is extremely loyal, and he seems to be quite clever.

"Back to Lord Eddard, I, my name is Max, I am nineteen years old, my family lives in Auvare City, my father is the captain of the guard, and my mother is ......" Max, a soldier, followed Ed, and said thoughtlessly as he quickly caught up with the knight's footsteps.

"Hey, don't be nervous, speaking of which, you're older than me, don't be so frizzy when you go to the battlefield, if you don't protect Di Liya, I can ask you. Ed couldn't stop the other party's series of answers, and it was clear that Max also had a premonition that something big would happen, and the nervousness before going to the battlefield made him speechless.

"Yes, yes, I will protect the Holy Maiden with my life, and I will not let the enemy hurt her in death!" Eddard's words obviously had the opposite effect, and Max suddenly stopped, put his hand to his heart with a solemn face, and swore an oath.

Ed felt that he really didn't have the talent to lead soldiers, so he grabbed this stupid boy with his backhand, and dared to go forward without saying a word.

After a while, he dragged his soldiers to Deria's residence, which was more luxurious than the residence that Ed had arranged, and should be the home of the original mayor, who had been requisitioned by the knights of Murray Town, and Howard did not move in after his death, and it was not until Delia arrived that he had a new owner.

Before he had time to take a closer look at the structure of this ornate building, Ed left Max behind and was led in to meet Deria by the people who had been waiting for him.

There was no one else around the girl except for a few pro-soldiers, obviously Ed was the first to be found, Ed didn't have much joy in his heart, he had no doubt about his status in the hearts of his peers.

"Ed, you are here, I just fell asleep and had a dream, it is a foreshadowing of God, the Inghirs will sneak attack Ovalé at dawn tomorrow, this is a tentative general attack before the arrival of our reinforcements, once successful, we can only throw ourselves into the net if we arrive in two days, and I have a hunch that this enemy's operation is likely to be successful, we must respond immediately, otherwise it will be too late!"

Delia pulled Ed to the place closest to him and sat down, and said the matter in a few words, his tone was hurried, and he no longer had the calmness and calmness of being a commander during the day.

"I see, what are you going to let me do?" Ed asked, nodding and standing up as soon as he sat down.

The boy didn't ask much else, if this dream happened to someone else, it might just be caused by excessive anxiety before going to war, but Delia was different, although she said that she had rarely received clear instructions from God recently, but God had never left her, which was obviously a sign that Ed only wanted to know what he could do to help.

Deria's frown loosened slightly, apparently Ed's unconditional trust had eased some of her anxiety a little, she stood up and reached out to gently press the other party back to her seat.

"I just asked someone, and Master Tongguò could have contacted Ovaré to warn him, but after the last attack, this communication was cut off, so we had to send troops to help immediately, Ed, I'm going to put you in the first batch of people and go with me!"

"No! Before Ed could say anything, a big man walked in from outside and said what he wanted to say in his place.

"Lord Howard, you should know that this is the only way, we can't sit idly by and watch Ovaray be captured, and it will be impossible to recapture it with the power in our hands!"

Howard walked over, his muscular figure looking even more oppressive in the flickering lights.

"I don't know how you can conclude that the enemy has a plan to attack, but you can't risk going into battle yourself, let alone lead the way as the first support. ”

The other party said and waved his big hand, he couldn't let his commander take risks, the leader he was loyal to before had been killed in battle, and he was still alive, if this happened again, he would completely lose his reputation among the knights, and he was said to be a coward, which is why he was very much in favor of Delia handing over the leadership of the knights, so that he could charge instead of her, and let this magician stay in the safe rear.

With the confrontation between Delia and Howard, the two sides refused to give in to each other, and knights arrived one after another, inquired about each other, and learned the whole story.

Ed spotted Andre in the crowd, and when the other party approached, he saw two dark circles on the archdeacon's face, perhaps used to cover it during the day, and now it was exposed to everyone's eyes after receiving a sudden summons.

You must know that although Andre did not have an enlightenment ceremony and could not stimulate his spiritual energy, the spiritual power that he had cultivated since he was a child and the subsequent increase in strength were real, which allowed him to stay up late to show the symptoms of exhaustion, and it is conceivable that Andre must have rarely rested during this period and spent all his time on army building.

Ed sighed in his heart, and at the same time told his companion about the matter, perhaps because he had a premonition that his hard work was finally about to be tested, Andre's face was sickly flushed, and he whispered in a hurried tone:

"Then what are you waiting for, leave these people alone, I will order my soldiers to prepare for departure. ”

Ed has faith in Deria, and while the commander is still in a-for-tat with Howard, he knows that no one can stop the girl from making up her mind to do something, and rescue is imperative.

He thought about it for a while, and discussed it with Andre in the corner, at this time most of the soldiers had already rested, and it was too procrastinating to shout all the people in labor, and it was necessary to rush to support overnight, and the army was inconvenient to move, so it was better to select an elite team, led by Ed and accompany Delia to support.

Andrei also thought so in his heart, the two hit it off, and without waiting for the leader here to reach an opinion, he privately issued the order and made preparations.

Here, Delia really did not disappoint the two companions who knew her well, she did not choose to compromise this time, but showed the most stubborn side, and forcibly suppressed the opinion of the Silver Knight Howard with the power of the commander.

"That's it, I and Ed Knight will lead a part of the elite to support overnight, just like the agreement we reached during the day, I will not interfere on the side of the Psionic Knight, Lord Howard, you are free to choose whether to attack or not, I don't ask you to set off overnight like me, I will bear the responsibility of whether Auvaray City can hold or not!"

Delia pressed her hands down and straightened up to make a final decision, her voice was not loud, but the determination in it could be felt even by the knight who was still outside the door.

Howard took two steps back, not because Delia had sent out some magic to suppress him, but because he was really overwhelmed by the decisive momentum of the little girl.

He really couldn't understand how the commander who knew how to make good use of people and was humble and cautious suddenly became so belligerent, like a real psionic knight who was not afraid of the enemy, and was bent on the battlefield as his home.

"I, I'm willing to follow the commander to help, even if it is to set off overnight, saving Ovaré is our mission on this trip, do you want me to watch here?" It was Tennison who spoke, he was very violent at the banquet, and he was not less drunk, and when he arrived, Deria's room was full, so he had to huddle outside and prick up his ears to listen, which would not care if he would offend Howard, the nominal leader of these knights, and shouted loudly to express his opinion outside the crowd.

"Yes, I will go too, no matter how many people come to Ingier at that time, they will be buried under the gates of Auare!"

"Count me in, there's no way we'll be afraid of that group of shameful attackers, it's the same if we go early or late!"

Many knights are vying to speak at this time to express their opinions, under normal circumstances, since Howard has been publicly appointed to lead these knights, as subordinates, they should not take a stand when their boss has not made a decision, and they are still on the opposite side, but this time is different, except for all the knights brought by Delia herself to speak out in support of her, many local Howard's direct knights also stood up.

The silver knight Howard staggered, and couldn't help but take a few steps back in the face of the surging crowd of people, and the deputy next to him hurriedly prepared to step forward to help.

The stout knight did not accept the deputy's kindness this time, and opened his outstretched hand, and stood firm again, and this was by no means the time to show weakness as before.

He had already realized at this time that he had lost a lot as the local leader in the confrontation with the trusted commander, on the surface the other party did give up the command power of all the knights, but in fact this little girl had won the hearts of these young knights, no matter where she went in the future, these psionic knights would follow, because they had identified with Di Lia as a person, then the decision she made would not be wrong, she was both selfless and selfless, not greedy for power, but also brave to face strong enemies, resist power and do the right thing.

And he is unfortunate to become the opposition force in the story, stubborn and short-sighted.

Howard sighed inwardly, collected his mood, and was ready to pay the price for his previous conceit, this little-known little girl could become the commander of the whole army, how could he still ignore her in his heart and look down on her?

The Silver Knight half-knelt down, bowed his proud head to Delia, raised his palms and swore an oath.

"As I said before, I, the Tiger Knight Howard, promise to protect the life of Your Excellency Di Lia in a single situation, I will follow wherever your steps go, and never let the enemy hurt you, and I hereby give up the right to rule over my subordinate knights, and I hope that those who are as wise as you can personally lead them to find the highest glory on the battlefield!"

The noisy knights fell silent, they waited for the decision of the girl, and with a word or a gesture, they would be ready to follow her and rush to the enemy in front of them through the night.

"No, I will not retract my previous decision, and swear in the name of the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Howard, that you will remain the commander of all the knights except Eddard, and I believe that your courage and experience will lead them to a vital role in the next battle, and you. ”

The girl picked up Howard, and instead of stripping him of his power as he had expected, she turned to face the rest of the waiting knights.

"All the knights who are willing to fight with me, prepare your horses and weapons, we will have a fierce battle to fight, follow your commander Lord Howard, I believe he will lead you to the glory that you deserve from the enemy, now, all move, go to the entrance of the town, Lord Howard will then join you and convey my battle plan to you, quick!"

Delia waved her arms, smiled on her face, but coaxed a room of knights out like a duck, no one was dissatisfied, the enthusiastic knights finally got their wish, they were happy to see themselves under the command of the familiar commander Howard to attack the enemy, of course, all of them were still under the command of the wise commander Deria.

Howard stood up and touched his head, a look of confusion was evident on his giant-like face, wasn't this qiē carefully arranged by Di Lia, why didn't she take the opportunity to seize power from herself, and what was her plan?

He was so devoid of his temper by Delia's actions that he didn't dare to be careless, and stood aside humbly and waited for the girl's orders.

And Delia turned to Ed and Andre, the latter didn't say much, and poured out the preparations they had just made, and sure enough, it coincided with what Delia thought, and the girl asked Andre to leave first, first to organize the elite soldiers and prepare the needs on the road, and also rushed to wait outside the town.

She then pulled out a detailed topographical map of the vicinity of Ovareh and consulted with Howard.

"Your Excellency, the situation is urgent, we can't delay any longer, and in a moment I will lead the troops with Ed to support Ovare, and you have another mission. Di Liya paused for a moment, and seeing that the other party did not raise any more objections this time, she nodded with satisfaction and continued.

"On the way here, I studied the information from the front, but after all, I don't know as much as you, according to Your Excellency, where might the Ingiers attack Ovareh start this time?"

Howard didn't dare to underestimate the woman in front of him anymore, looked down at the military map marked with simple information on both sides, pondered for a while, and said cautiously: "According to common sense, if you want to attack at night, the origin of the troops must not be too far away so as not to be unable to support, and you must also consider that the route of travel must avoid our reconnaissance, the best location is naturally this bridgehead in the west, the distance is appropriate, and on the back of the few remaining defensive fortresses in Ovare City, I guess the probability of attacking from this is the largest." ”

Delia looked down for a moment, nodded, and instead of rushing to affirm, she turned to Ed and asked, "Ed, what do you think?"

The young man was stunned, this was the first time that the other party had discussed the military situation with him, and he had asked Andre before, he knew more about this, but he still tried to apply it based on what he knew from the engraving, and expressed his opinion.

"The art of war pays attention to winning by coincidence, from the intelligence point of view, it is true that His Excellency Howard's analysis is very correct, if the enemy does not want to do more fearless things to increase the chance of exposure, he should choose here, of course, no one can completely guess the enemy's mind. ”

Delia thought carefully about the theory proposed by Ed, and indeed in the castle of Hill, the knowledge imparted to her by the military strategist invited by the crown prince that there is not much trick in the battle between the two armies, perfect collection of intelligence, don't be hot-headed, make a plan that best suits the situation at the time, plus a little luck, you can become a qualified general.

The girl closed her eyes and folded her hands in prayer, this time she did not get a response from the gods, but Delia was not flustered, she trusted her judgment and plan.

The girl turned to Howard to say what she had thought of alone, and the other party was obviously shocked by her bold idea.