By the time the first light dawned on Auston, almost all the fleeing enemy forces had been cleared, and the battle, which lasted for half the night, ended with a narrow victory for Raymond's side.

However, they also paid a big price. Of the 300 people brought by Raymond, the 200 soldiers who directly participated in the battle suffered nearly 50 casualties. And Auston's garrison suffered heavy casualties, a full 120 casualties, and the number of casualties reached a terrible one-third.

In terms of a perfectly planned raid battle, such a record is really a bit unmatched, and it also highlights the gap between them and the enemy in terms of combat effectiveness.

If it weren't for the 50 reserve cavalry left behind by Raymond, it would be hard to say who would have won and who would have lost in the end.

However, there is also good news, in addition to the total annihilation of the 500 defenders in the city, they also found a large number of supplies in the barracks where the enemy troops are stationed, from a full set of weapons and armor to various armaments, medical supplies, etc., and even a small number of magic items such as magic crystal cores.

And the most surprising thing is the large boxes of gold coins piled up in the warehouse, which are the most real good things.

Through interrogation of the captives, they learned that the gold coins were the "huge aid" that Depero had received from the big businessmen of the Lavelle Federation, and after hiring these mercenaries, he kept the rest.

Originally, he planned to use these gold coins as a reward after capturing Headington, but the reward was not sent out, but it was cheaper for Raymond.

And those materials are even more interesting, according to the convention, mercenaries always bring their own equipment, so each mercenary group has its own small material warehouse, and always has some weapons and equipment and battlefield medical supplies for just in case.

Originally, these things were always with me with the actions of the mercenary group. But apparently no one took Headington seriously this time, so those guys who had the idea of "it's better to take a country town casually, or travel lightly", left their own money in Auston, and as a result, it was naturally cheaper for Raymond.

If those mercenaries who fought bloodily in front knew that not only were the rewards after the war gone, but even the little bit at the bottom of their own pressing box had been copied from the back road, I am afraid that they would all be mad with anger.

"Young master, I just found out now that every time we fight, you will earn a lot. These were the exact words of Baste after seeing the loot.

However, Raymond had no time to appreciate his loot. Time was running out, and he had to immediately organize his men to reinforce Rubens according to the plan.

Leaving behind a few lightly wounded and soldiers who were not good at riding horses to clean up the battlefield, Raymond selected more than 100 people from those who could still fight, and prepared them for action.

Just as everyone was arranging their horses and preparing to set off, they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, but it was Hillnis who led dozens of cavalry and walked over this side.

Seeing that the other party was also well-equipped and looked like he could enter the battle at any time, Raymond said in surprise: "You guys are?"

"I can only find these horses for a short time. Hilness patted the horse's neck on the crotch: "I guess it can help some." ”

Hearing what he meant, he actually wanted to go with him for reinforcements, Raymond couldn't help but say: "Auston's enemy has been annihilated, and you don't need to fight anymore..."

Hilnis spat viciously on the ground: "Do you think I'll just leave it at that? Phew, 500 people is enough, I'm going to let the rest of the dog mongrels know the fate of invading our homeland." ”

Raymond couldn't help but wipe his sweat, what a violent elf.

"yes, these guys are taking over our town and locking up the mayor, so we can't just leave it at that. ”

"We died so many of our companions last night, how can we let them go so easily. ”

At this time, Hirnis's men also shouted.

"Mayor Direk sent you?" Raymond asked.

Sylnis waved his hand: "The mayor of the town is too busy to reassure the residents at this moment, too lazy to disturb him, this is our own decision." ”

Sean glanced at Raymond and said worriedly: "Then, it's best to report to him, after all, you are the garrison of Auston..."

Hilness said impatiently, "Don't worry, I'll explain it to Mayor Mare after I kill those bastards." Hey, do you want to go? ”

Sean was about to say another when he heard a voice next to him: "Hehe, it's okay, I gave permission." ”

"Mayor Mare?" Hilness turned his head in surprise, and sure enough, he saw a chubby, smiling Direk walking towards him.

He said to Raymond gratefully, "If it weren't for you this time, Auston would still be occupied. Now that Headington is still under threat from the enemy, how can we, as loyal friends, stand idly by?"

Sean said abruptly, "That being said, if it weren't for us, how would Auston be..."

Direk waved his hand: "Rawitt is too arrogant and domineering, even if we dodge this time, sooner or later we will still suffer." So there's no question of who is involved with whom, we're just dealing with a common enemy. ”

So saying, he said to Sylnis, "Sylnis, you can mount my horse and show the enemy the courage of our city of Auston." ”

"What, you have horses too?" said Raymond incredulously.

The horse that Direk had brought with him, though tall, was nothing special, and how could he possibly bear his exaggerated weight.

As if seeing Raymond's question, Direk said with regret on his face: "Yes, 'Lightning' is my favorite horse, and we had a lot of good times before I gained weight, until one day, I accidentally crushed it... And then I never rode him again. ”

As he spoke, he reached out to the horse and said, "Lightning, I miss you so much." ”

Then the horse shuddered, and retreated again and again with a frightened face.

Diric's hand froze, and after a while, he covered his mouth, turned his head and whimpered, "Go, Hilnis." From today onwards, Lightning will be yours, take good care of her for me. ”

Facing the stunned gazes of Raymond and the others, the elf helplessly spread his hands: "The mayor of the town is good at everything, but sometimes there is some inexplicable sadness." ”

"Alright, ignore him, let's go. ”

Raymond nodded, followed with a clamp of his feet, and galloped out first: "Let's go!"

The crowd responded with a bang, and then rode their horses to follow, and the group galloped in the direction of Headington.

"Drink!"

With a shout, Rubens' tomahawk swept in front of him, and the three stunned enemy soldiers watched as their weapons snapped and were broken into six pieces in a splattered stream of blood.

Then he heard a sharp sound, and the enemy soldiers around him were knocked down by the arrows that flew from behind, and the rest of the people were frightened and hurriedly retreated.

After all the enemies had retreated, Rubens, who had always been as strong as a lion, suddenly shifted his body, and he hurriedly put his axe on the ground to stabilize his body, and his other hand touched his waist.

There was a circle of bandages wrapped in it, and a large area of blood oozed from it, and the injury was not light.

Although they repel the enemy, if you look at the entire camp, you will see that their situation is really not good.

The camp had been renovated and intact, but it was now in dilapidation, and the outer walls made of thick logs were badly damaged, and they were nailed with arrows, and in some places they were still burning with flames.

The camp was even more miserable, with corpses everywhere, overlapping the enemy and us, and the blackened blood stains splashed everywhere like mold growing arbitrarily, showing the extreme tragedy of the battle.

Of the 600-person Green Wolf Mercenary Group, less than half of them can still stand at this time. Except for the dozens of archers who remained in the rear, the others were all covered in blood, and some of the seriously wounded had their arms cut off by Zigan, still clutching the weapons in their hands, and that kind of strong fighting spirit was indeed different from the garrisons that had not experienced much wind and waves in Headington.

However, there is one exception...

"Whew, I finally escaped again... Ah no, it's survived another wave. ”

With a happy voice, I saw a head slowly emerge from behind several corpses stacked on top of each other, and when it rose to the position of the eye, it first looked around, like a mouse about to come out of its hole, and only then did it come out after making sure that there was no danger.

If you look closely, it's Harlot.

At this moment, he, like everyone else, is also covered with blood, and with his already majestic appearance, he really has the taste of a warrior of a hundred battles. However, his thief's expression always made people suspect that the blood was not splashed in battle, but deliberately smeared to facilitate the implementation of some life-saving "techniques".

Cautiously walking to Rubens' side, Harlot looked out of the camp: "They shouldn't have attacked so quickly now, right?"

"Nope. Rubens pointed to the enemy troops under the hillside and said, "See, they have begun to assemble again." The short interval between the two strong attacks shows that the enemy has been unable to attack for a long time and is already restless. ”

Looking out through the completely open gate of the camp, in front of the enemy position at the foot of the hill, another group of enemy troops began to gather, and an officer was shouting something at them.

And on the short road from the front of the enemy formation to the camp, there are also corpses everywhere.

"Can we fight back against them again, as we did last night?" asked Harlot.

Rubens shook his head: "This trick can only be used once, and I don't have enough manpower right now. Remember, when there is a disparity in strength, being lucky will only make you die faster. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Harlot: "By the way, where did you go when you were fighting just now?"

"Huh?" said Harlot.

Rubens's wrist flicked, and the great axe reached Harlot's throat as if it had no weight: "Didn't I say that if you are afraid of death or battle again, I will cut off your head with my own hands." ”

"Wait... Wait a minute. Harlot hurriedly said, "Who said I was afraid of death? I had killed several enemies just now, and although they were all successful by pretending to be dead, at least I was not so frightened that I ran away again." ”

"Pretending to be dead and sneak attacking, it's a shame that you can say it so confidently..."Rubens shook his head angrily and funny: "I thought you were just cowardly, but I didn't expect that what surprised me even more was your shamelessness." ”

"No kidding. Harrot pointed to a corpse and said, "I'm not as fierce as you, if I'm stupid enough to fight hard, then I don't have to play dead, I really have to be with those guys." ”

As he spoke, he said proudly: "Hmph, when it comes to the ability to save my life, I don't lose to anyone." ”

"So, as long as you can save your life, you will surrender a long time ago?"

"Of course, if I wasn't afraid that you would chop me with an axe, Lao Tzu would have been... Ahh

Rubens sighed and retracted his tomahawk: "Forget it, everyone has their own way of fighting, as long as you don't desert, whatever you do"

"I said, how long are we going to last? If we continue to fight, everybody's going to be finished. Harlott touched his neck with trepidation.

Rubens snorted: "It's not if, if reinforcements don't arrive, I'm afraid we won't want to survive this attack." Hopefully, your feigned death will still be useful by then. ”

"What!?" Harlot said incredulously, "You... Are you kidding?"

"In this kind of thing, Lao Tzu never jokes. Rubens spat out: "Damn, this business is really not worth it, I would have known that I wouldn't sell Reed's kid's face." ”

"Wait, in that case, what are you doing here, run for your life. Harlot instinctively turned around and made a slip-off gesture.

Rubens grabbed him by the collar and pulled him in front of him: "Boy, I'll teach you one more thing, we are mercenaries, we take money and sell our lives, no matter how dangerous the task is, as long as we take it, we will do it no matter what." If anyone dares to run away and ruin the mercenary's reputation, I will be the first to spare him. ”

"I'm touched by what you said, but I'm not a mercenary..."

"But you're from Headington, aren't you? don't forget what will happen to the innocent inhabitants of the town when these irrational enemies rush into town once you escape. ”

"But I'm not from Beddington, listen to me, I'm just..."

"Shut up!" exclaimed Rubens, "you remember for me, I don't care how shameless you are, but as a man, you must not be treacherous." The former is a moral issue, the latter is a matter of principle, without morality it is a big deal to be a bad person, but if even the most basic principles are gone, then even human beings are not counted. ”

"Do you understand?"

"I... I understand. Harlot felt the other party's pincer-like hand tighten more and more, and knew that if it was not good, he would die without waiting for the enemy to hit, so he was not satisfied with it.

"Alright, let's pray that Raymond boy arrives in time. ”

Rubens smiled and let him go.

"There's one thing I don't understand, why do you keep staring at me?" said Harlott with a strange look on his face, "We've never met before, have we?"

"Would you believe me if you reminded me of my dead son?" said Rubens.

“...... At this time, don't take advantage of me anymore..."

"It's good to know. ”

At the same time, at the bottom of the hillside, the enemy troops, who had gathered again, poured up in this direction.

"Wow wow, no... No, I don't want to die yet!"

"I saw it, they were right in front. ”

Baste, standing steadily on the back of a galloping horse, looked into the distance.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's get on it!" Hilneth couldn't wait to clamp the horse's belly, and wanted to rush forward.

"Young Master, do you have any other orders?" asked Luz with his usual calmness.

Raymond shook his head and then drew his sword: "Just kill me." ”

Then he slapped the horse's buttocks with the blade of his sword, and the horse neighed, and immediately galloped out.

With a vengeful rage, the group rushed to the bottom of the hillside where the camp was located. The battle there was also in its final stages, and the enemy army, which had spent a whole day here, had finally lost the last patience.

They gathered all the last men they could muster and threw themselves into battle, vowing to bring the stubborn stronghold to rest in the shortest possible time.

When Raymond and the others arrived, it happened to be the time when the main force of the enemy army rushed up the hill and entangled with the Blue Wolf Mercenary Group. And the enemy base camp under the hillside, except for a small number of mercenaries, only the wounded remained.

"Depero!" Raymond saw the terrified man in the crowd at a glance.

With a roar, Raymond rode his horse straight over without hesitation. Behind him, the crowd also shouted, like a flood of floodgates, with a momentum of no return, straight into the enemy's main position.

At this time, Depero also recognized Raymond and the others in the lead, he couldn't believe his eyes, shouldn't these guys be in Headington?

Could it be that Auston has been... No, it's simply not possible!

However, at this moment, he was not allowed to think too much, more than 100 cavalry entered in an instant, and the fatal thing was that at this time, most of their combat power was invested in the battle in front, and at this time, there was almost no defense at all.

Sure enough, the cavalry encountered almost no resistance, and fought their way through the enemy group as effortlessly as if they were in a no-man's land. With the rapid charge of their horses, they raised their swords and mercilessly slashed at every enemy beside them.

For a moment, the screams were heard one after another, and the unprepared enemy troops immediately fell into a hell of panic. Raymond's side didn't even need to make a second charge, because the enemy army was almost crushed at the first touch, a large number of wounded soldiers ran in all directions crying and screaming, but those who tried to resist did not even have time to raise their weapons, they were knocked down by the cavalry who rushed by them like a whirlwind, and the scene was full of murder.

"How so... How so..."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Depero couldn't stop muttering. He was only a small merchant with a little wealth in Headington, not even a nobleman, who had experienced such a scene, and what was happening at this moment was completely beyond the scope of his disposal.

At this time, there was only one thought echoing in his heart: Could I have failed?

Depero couldn't be more clear about the situation in Headington, how could a garrison of a few hundred people resist the 2,000 troops he brought, and it should be foolproof to recapture his own town from the little girl who didn't know how to lift it.

However, since yesterday, everything has been terrible. He was first blocked by an unusually powerful mysterious army here for a day and a night, and then he was suddenly attacked by this sudden cavalry, and now the scene in front of him is as terrible as a nightmare.

"Depero!"

Suddenly, a roar woke Depero up, and when he looked up, he saw Raymond, Shaun, and an angry Beddington garrison, riding their horses through the crowd and charging straight at him.

"Come... Someone, stop those guys!" Depero shouted uncontrollably in terror.

"Don't worry, Mr. Depero, we haven't failed yet. At that moment, a pale hand gently pressed on Depero's shoulder, and a feminine voice said.

"Mr. Edward. De Pero turned his head in surprise.

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