Despite the fact that the barracks were built on platforms between the hillsides, the Battleflag Regiment had built improvised fences and watchtowers with all the materials they could find, and a solid wall behind them with baggage wagons with wheels removed—Allen, who was in charge of carrying out the order, almost stubbornly completed all of Edward's preparations, even to the disgruntle of many of the soldiers.

The young girl of the Kwyn family knew only one thing - Edward's arrangement definitely had a purpose, and it was certainly important. No matter how difficult it is, it must be carried out.

And it was these seemingly simple fences and wooden walls that became a barrier to protect the entire Banner Legion - when thousands of barbarian warriors attacked from the bottom of the hillside, the fence, which was less than two meters long, became an "iron wall" to block them.

No matter how angry the barbarian warriors roared, they launched round after round of attacks without fear of death, facing the devastating blows brought by the vertical walls and the arrows and stone cannons falling from the sky, the only wails and screams sounded again and again on the rugged and narrow mountain road, and the fierce battle of screaming and shouting with all their might, in the end it still evolved into an uncontrollable rout, and finally suffered many casualties, and was annihilated on the mountain road.

When Edward returned to the barracks with all the surviving cavalry, Iskar rushed out to meet them, still carrying a bloody Dominic scimitar in his hand, and the fence and mountain path were littered with dense corpses, and the broken barracks gate was covered with blood and severed arms.

Although the enemy's attack was defeated, Iska's face did not have the slightest look of excitement and excitement, and Edward, whose face sank into the water, did not ask much, led the cavalry into the barracks, and then turned over and dismounted and walked towards the Chinese army's tent.

Almost as soon as he stepped into the tent, a pair of eyes full of worry and helplessness immediately turned - Allen, who was sitting at the front, saw the blood on Edward's cloak almost immediately. The apprehensive blonde girl tried to speak several times, but finally put her hand down.

- Now Edward is the commander of the entire legion, and he can't let him show any weakness at such a time, although he is very worried, the "sensible" Alan still clasps his hands tightly and stands aside. She knew she couldn't open her mouth at such a time.

"Don't worry, I'm fine—the blood is someone else's. Seeing the worried look of his little wife that could not be concealed, Edward's heart warmed, but he still did not forget to laugh at himself: "I have been attacked for a long time, I am afraid that I have been targeted for a long time - I have escaped after the death of a few brothers, and now I can accept any bad news." ”

"So talk to me, and look at the way you look and know nothing good happened. As he sat down, his dark gaze swept over his generals one by one: "Tell me what happened." ”

"Since you've said so, we'll tell you the truth. Marco Tasker was the first to speak. There was also a somewhat mocking but helpless smile on his face: "We only have two pieces of news - very unfortunately, one is bad news and the other is even worse news. ”

"Shortly before you and the sentinels returned, we were attacked - the Iskar chief should have told you, but that wasn't really a problem. The silver-haired wizard raised his eyebrows: "Just as we were preparing to fight, there were about three barbarian soldiers in a hundred-man squad who suddenly rebelled, and they probably led five hundred people, if it weren't for Miss Hirell, who was in the blood of silver, reacted in time." Things can be in trouble. ”

"Thank you very much. Edward smiled and turned his gaze to the purple-haired mercenary: "This matter is considered an emergency, I will follow the previous contract." The additional reward given to the blood of silver is a gratitude. ”

"We just did what every mercenary does. Still in a cold tone, Shrell Lightlane, who snorted softly, turned his head away: "If you die, it will be a serious blow to the prestige of Silver Blood. ”

"But that's not the worst problem...... the silver-haired wizard swept the mercenary cheeks with a slightly playful smile, "These rebel soldiers have damaged a lot of important baggage, especially a ballista. If it was in the Twin Towers Fortress, these losses were nothing, but now they are very bad. We can't even fix it!"

"In addition, this incident is a very serious blow to the morale of the entire Banner Legion - after this premeditated rebellion, it is difficult for most soldiers to continue to trust the Hantu warriors who joined later, and what to do with them is also a problem. Marco Tasker's expression was extremely entangled: "No one dares to say that these people will never betray us again." But they are indeed very important combat effectiveness. ”

"How many barbarian warriors are there? I mean those who didn't rebel. ”

"Nearly two thousand people, distributed among the six banner regiments, but most of them are just ordinary soldiers and auxiliaries, and we dare not give them too high positions. Liberus opened his mouth and said that he was responsible for the matter: "After all, they are not ...... Our people can't build trust so quickly. ”

"Do you mean something?" Iska, the leader of the Black Eagle Clan, looked a little ugly, "Is it also necessary to find two Turin knights to lead our 'barbarian cavalry', so that you, a noble lord, can sleep peacefully?"

"Don't get excited, Iska, Lessinus is just making his point, not prejudiced. Edward immediately spoke: "As long as anyone who joins the Battle Banner Legion is our brethren - since the day I came, the entire Battle Banner Legion has not only had Turines, the Silver Blood of the West Coast, the Crows of Lund, and the cavalry of the Black Eagle Clan, but we are all fighting under one banner now, and we have both saved each other's lives before, more than once!"

"Two thousand Hantu soldiers are redistributed - in the name of using the gap of these five hundred soldiers, they will be reassigned to all the flag regiments, this time to each hundred team as much as possible, and a small number of elites can be considered to be transferred to the second flag regiment. Edward made the final decision: "As for the original leaders, promote them to be my guards, stand guard with the Lund Guard, and defend the Legion battle flag!"

“...... Understood, I'll go back and make arrangements. Although it was quite difficult to accept this decision, Repinus, who had nothing to do for a while, had to accept it - especially when he faced Iska, who was glaring at him in front of him.

"The enemy is already aware of our movements, and may even have sensed our intentions - even if the most important thing right now is to get to the intended target as soon as possible before they have time to react. Edward slapped his hand on the map behind him, "We still have two days to go to Iron Cliff, so we must reach our goal within a day." ”

"Iron Cliff Mountain?" Little Goodwin, who had always sat in the back and didn't speak, suddenly stood up, and the little squire's face had a stupid expression: "But." But aren't we going to the southeast corner, and the Iron Cliff Mountain is full of enemies!"

Although none of them spoke, Edward could tell that both Repinus and Alan, who had remained silent, were worried—only the silver-haired wizard with a strange smile similar to Edward's on the corner of his mouth.

"The plan has changed, and now our target is at the Iron Cliff Mountain—time does not allow us to make a detour to the southeast corner, not to mention that the enemy has probably guessed the direction of our advance, and if we continue with the original plan at this time, we can only run headlong into the enemy's ambush. Edward said, "And the place where this war will be fought can only be the Iron Cliff Mountain!"

"Dear little Goodwin, you don't have to worry at all, because when we arrive, there will be His Highness Anson's army to meet us. The black-haired knight had a smug smile on his face, "If I'm not mistaken, he should be marching in the same direction now!" )