Riding and Slashing

Chapter 197 The Raider Was Robbed

Alfred has been relieved of his position as the Knight Commander of the Lion Knights, and is now just an ordinary Lion Knight; Leo Fuwan has also lost his position in the Royal City Guard.

Brennus would not use the Lion Knights to fight a siege battle with the Royal City Guard, which is the army directly under the king... He relieved the two barons from their posts, so that they could only bring their own conscripts to earn money again. which performed.

However, after Duke Brennus forced them to attack the city and announced their dismissal, he never mentioned anything else, not even a word of reprimand, as if nothing had happened...

However, Alderfried and Leo Vwan are both smart enough to know that this actually means that the Duke of Brennus is giving them a chance—their old leader did as the king wanted. What should be done, but it also gives them a chance to regroup.

So these two people worked extremely hard when attacking the city, and it seemed that they had some deep hatred with Kedron.

They also knew that after destroying their own troops, of course they would no longer be able to pose any threat to the king, so the king would definitely let them go, at least the territory and their lives would be preserved.

They are nobles who understand the rules of the game.

Brennus did not embarrass them any more, and after taking control of Lion Lake City, he gave them another chance-let them take their remnant soldiers to get all the properties of Lion Lake City, including Kedron the property of……

Of course, the Duke must ensure that his hands are clean. Such things as privately plundering property must be done by people who are not clean...

Then Brennus entered the Lord's Hall with a troop of Lion Riders.

When Kedron saw Brennus coming in, he planned to do a wave of extreme self-help at this time...

"Lord Brennus, my brother-in-law, we are all vassals of the kingdom! I even abandoned my territory and took back Lion Lake City for the kingdom! And I have already raised the flag to surrender, why do you insist on attacking..."

Kedron looks like a loyal minister now, although his hands are shaking a little.

"Come on Cadron, Lady Ursula has sold you, and no one can save you..."

Brennus found a random chair and sat down, looking amiable, but with a sword in his hand.

"My cooperation with Ursula is only an expedient measure, just to allow the traitor Fawcett to resist the army of Ravenclaw... I can do my best to repel the Ravencrow people to prove my loyalty!"

Kedron tried his best to explain, intending to describe himself as an undercover agent who sacrificed his territory to save the country.

But Brennus shook his head lightly and smiled: "Kedron, these are actually not important, I just ask you a question... You have slept with Mrs. Ursula, right?"

Duke Brennus obviously knows his brother-in-law well...

Kedron was stunned, and after a few seconds, there was a stiff and miserable smile on his face: "Ha...haha...yes, I slept with her...slept many times...I understand..."

"I knew it... His Majesty is now engaged to Lady Ursula—of course, this is only part of the agreement, and the engagement will only count after the agreement is reached. But even so, His Majesty cannot tolerate you..."

After finishing speaking, Brennus waved his hand: "You should be glad that I came here, Kedren. I will give you the honor of dying in battle...I promise, your family will be fine..."

Several lion knights walked over and led Kedron out of the lord's hall.

The direction Kedron was taken to was Eagle Claw Fort.

Brennus's legion did not stay too long in Lion Lake City, and he had to repel the Ravens.

However, he took all the valuable gold and silver from the warehouses in Lion Lake City, and sent his own private army to take it back to his domain, Cliff Bay.

There is a reason why Cliff Bay is so rich...

In order to increase the harvest, the two barons Alfred and Leo Fwan also robbed the civilians of Lion Lake City with their remnants - but these two barons also put all the looted proceeds into Brennus On the carriages of the Duke's men returning to Cliff Bay.

Anyway, when the army enters the city, there will always be some scum with bad military discipline. Anyway, these scum are not under the Duke of Brennus...

The troops that Brennus brought to Eagle Claw Fort were the Knights of the Lions, the Guards of the Royal City, and the remnants of Caedron's men...

Kedron wasn't being abused, not even stared at.

He led his troops at the forefront, and there were about four hundred people around him, including levies, rogue knights, and underworld.

Kedron is no longer trembling now, and if there is no accident, in three hours, he will use the most heroic way to attack the enemy...

People are always afraid of the unknown future, but when they know what will happen in the future, many people will no longer be afraid.

Kedron is not very afraid now, even if he is about to die as cannon fodder.

Because only in this way can he keep his family.

He is just silently missing his son, Lord Monteverde.

Kedron knew that he was bound to die. He was trembling before because he was afraid that he would die in the name of rebellion, so that his whole family would be finished.

However, Brennus gave him a chance to die in honor as a vassal of the kingdom - throwing down his life to fight the enemy to the death, such an act is enough to prove that he captured Lion Lake City and brought back Fosser Special, and contact with Ursula, etc. are 'expedient measures'.

His only mistake was putting Ursula to sleep.

In this way, he is still a vassal of the kingdom. With the testimony of the Duke of Brennus, no one will say that a person who heroically killed the enemy and died on the battlefield is a traitor.

Then his son will be able to inherit his position, his family will not be affected, and he may even be rewarded by the kingdom...

After all, Brennus was Kedron's cousin-in-law, and he really gave him face.

However, three hours later, when they arrived near Eagle Claw Fort, what they saw was an incomprehensible scene...

The troops of the Kingdom of Ravendrow lined up north of Eagle Talon;
The Jatu Cavalry, which is slightly larger than the Ravencrow Kingdom's army, is east of Eagle Claw Fort;

And Fawcett's flag was flying over Eagle Claw Castle.

The three parties strangely formed a tripartite force.

Seeing this scene, Brennus naturally did not dare to act rashly, and he also stopped to the west of Fort Eagle Claw.

So the battle situation here has become four camps arrayed in the shape of "Pin", and the middle of the "Pin" is Eagle Claw Fort.

Now Eagle Claw Fort really looks like an Eagle Claw...

In fact, the lord is also near Eagle Claw Castle at this moment, probably the little finger that makes up the Eagle Claw...

It's just that the four forces probably don't know he's here, because he's hiding in the woods several miles away with his team.

These Jatu people were naturally led by Li Ang.

No matter what Zakar's plan was, anyway, he drove Juda's tribe to the south or west of the grassland-this was not a good thing for Leon or even the entire Sarleon Kingdom.

Zhu Da's tribe seems to be driven away helplessly, but they are a group of hungrier wolves, of course the lord will not sympathize with them...

Instead, he intends to kill them.

Why was Juda's tribe expelled by Zhakar to the southwest of the Jiatu Grassland?
This is of course because their behavior logic is different from that of Zakar - compared to Zakar, Juda's tribe is more pure destroyers and looters, they never thought of establishing any order, Juda's name Can be called 'destroyer'.

Perhaps Judah's tribe really doesn't want to fight the Sarleon Kingdom now, but if they are allowed to settle in the grassland between Eagle Claw Fort and Fletcher Village, it will be a disaster for everyone in the entire kingdom—— From now on, they will only be able to plunder the Sarleon Kingdom, and the frequency and intensity of plundering will definitely be far greater than before!

If the Juda tribe that was expelled to the south is not killed now, Leon's Fletcher Village will probably be uninhabitable in the future, and the entire east and north of the kingdom will probably have to face constant wars for a long time.

Therefore, Li Ang planned to use the troops of Ravencrow and Fawcett to kill Juda's tribe while the army of Ravencrow Kingdom was still in Fort Eagle Claw.

Anyway, they are all enemies, let the enemy deal with the enemy, this is the most cost-effective deal.

This can not only relieve the crisis of the kingdom, but also allow the Noldor elves to be dispatched by him willingly, and can also gain more benefits through this - Li Ang is a rebel, he has the right to occupy the rebel territory he captured alone !

The information provided by the captives brought by Dumbledore is very important. Juda's tribe was expelled here. They are waiting for the end of the war in the west, and they don't want to fight any big battle easily.

In other words, they actually brought a lot of belongings and cattle and sheep.

It is really not suitable for large-scale battles in such a situation where the family is dragged along with the family property, even though the Jatu people seem to have a large number of troops.

Therefore, the Jatu people will not easily attack troops that reach a certain size, let alone attack at this time - the Jatu people are not rich in the first place, and they will definitely not leave their property behind. Before, they would not attack.

This means that the lord can arrange his troops calmly without worrying that the Jatus will suddenly attack Fletcher or Fort Yongshield.

For example, let several cavalry teams with more than 200 people each penetrate the periphery of the Jatu tents to set fire and plunder.

Yes, as the Jatus did to the people of other nations....

The grasslands in August are lush and lush, which is the most suitable season for setting fires.

The fire was lit very well, because it was not intended to kill the enemy, but to burn part of the grassland and drive the Jatu people westward.

The Jatu people must protect their tents and cattle and sheep. The defender has no right to choose whether to fight or not. They have to fight if they don't want to!

There is such an advantage in that the troops in hand are sharp enough. Even if they are divided into several teams to fight on their own, they still have enough combat effectiveness and execution efficiency.

In addition, both Noldo and the Ranger Group, including the Griffin Sword Mercenary Group, are all cavalry, and there are enough reliable leaders.

And Li Ang also contacted Yongdunbao to participate in this large-scale arson operation.

When Baron Leofric received the lord's plan, he looked at the letter from Li Ang with exclamation marks all over his face.

"He actually asks me to set fire every time... It seems that he has a lot of experience in doing this kind of thing... Robbing the Jatu people? It's really new..."

But after all, he still quickly organized a cavalry team to participate.

As a result, several cavalry teams set off from Fletcher and Fort Yonshield separately, heading towards the outside of the Jatu camp area.

These several cavalry teams had a size of more than 200 people, and they went to all directions of the Jatu tents, including the west.

The lord himself is on the west side of the Jatu people, in the female soldier unit of the Griffin Sword Mercenary Regiment.

These Jatu people didn't pay attention to the cavalry troops on the outside at first, but gathered their troops in the middle of the camp more cautiously to prevent surprise attacks.

But not long after, the Jatu people discovered that there was smoke rising from the south, north and east directions at the same time, and more and more fireworks, gradually connecting together...

The camps of the Jatu people are relatively spread out, which is a characteristic of nomadic peoples. They don't gather their tents together, but keep a certain distance between them. More than 1000 tents cover a large area.

Therefore, it is impossible to burn down their tents with a single fire, and the Jatu people will not think that the fire is to burn them to death.

But when they saw such a continuous stretch of fireworks, they had to avoid it first—once the fire on the grassland became large-scale, it would be difficult to extinguish it manually. After all, the place where they camped was not on the bank of the river, and it was thirty miles away from Tongtian River.

In addition, the wind on the grassland is not accurate, it may blow anywhere...

In order to avoid the loss of their property such as cattle, sheep and horses, they could only run away first.

Of course, the grassland is no better than the forest, and the line of fire will eventually be extinguished slowly, and the grassland will not be completely burned.

And even if it is a burned place, new grass will grow in the spring, and it will even grow better than before.

So this fire is not a life-and-death threat, it is just to make the Jatu people move westward, away from Fletcher Village--in case Jatu will start attacking Fletcher Village after a while...

These Jatu people deployed their forces to the periphery, and then dragged their tents and began to move westward.

Although they knew that the fire was set by the people of the Sarleon Kingdom, in the eyes of the Jatu people, it was just forcing them to leave-in fact, these Jatu people could also understand that they were far away from the Fort of Valor and Fletcher. If it's too close, people worry about them attacking, so it's normal to set fire to drive them away.

Given their size, they didn't think the Lord of Sarleon would actually attack them.

But after walking west for a few hours, these Jatu people discovered that those cavalry teams were not just for setting fire...

At this time, the line of fire on the east side had been connected and was still not extinguished, and fires were always burning on the north and south sides of the Jiatu migration team-the cavalry on three sides had been setting fire all the way!
It didn't take long before there was a huge roar from the west - Amy was using the sound of muskets to send an order, and they had let the Jatu people reach the expected position.

Afterwards, the flanking Noldor cavalry and rangers began to harass the Jatus, not only trying to slow down the movement of Jatu camps, but also wreaking havoc—such as throwing torches to drive away the flocks and cutting the ropes of the carriages. , set fire to part of the tents, and killed a few people along the way.

On the west side, which is the front of the Jatu people, the lord and Amy led troops to block the front, it seems that they want the Jatu people to be unable to escape the coverage of the burning line.

Therefore, the Jatu gathered their warriors and divided the army into centurions. Dozens of centurions began to drive out the surrounding cavalry separately, and used their horns to communicate with each other to call for support...

They want to protect their property.

At this moment, the Jatu people seem to have become the Rangers of the Horn Call, and the Rangers of the Horn Call and the Noldor are now happily doing what the Jatu people used to do...

Murder, set fire, rob, plunder.

It also includes abducting women—in fact, it is not called abducting, but rescue, because the women locked at the tent are all women from Sarleon or Ravencrow.

It's just that the long-term life of slaves has made them lose all the luster in their eyes, and most of the women have no response even when faced with the cavalry's rescue.

But there were still many women who stood by the tent holding up the belts that bound them, and met the knife of the Noldor or the members of the ranger group who cut the belts.

So not long after, women ran away everywhere, cattle, sheep and horses whose ropes had been cut were running everywhere, and gradually, some tents were also set on fire.

The Jiatu people finally understood now that if these teams are not killed, all their property may be ruined...

Moreover, the Jatu people had discovered that most of those who harassed and robbed them along the way were their greatest enemies for a long time-the Noldor and the Horn Caller Rangers.

They also saw many Noldor girls, and many women.

It has always been the Jatu people who robbed these people, but this time the looters were actually robbed...

So the Jatu people no longer used the centurion to call for horns...Anyway, the property loss was already big enough, so they might as well fight a good fight and capture these Nudo girls and women, maybe they could make up for the loss.

All the Jatu people began to disperse, intending to gather the enemies together with their specialty of 'siege', and then launched a siege.

But just when the Jiatu people made up their minds to kill these cavalry, there was another roar of muskets, and all the cavalry suddenly dispersed and quickly gathered in the west.

At this time, the eastern fire line is still spreading——Baron Leofric has been chasing after him to set fire, no matter which way the wind blows, anyway, he has been ensuring that there is always a fire line burning to the east of the Jatu people, which was given to him by Leon Task.

This is mostly to make sure the Jatu don't turn back and attack Fletcher and Yonshield.

And Li Ang's troops gathered in the west, which was exactly what the Jatu people wanted - they wanted to gather these troubles together and wipe them out.

So began a pursuit that was bound to go west, and the Jatus of the Juda tribe sent most of their fighting strength.

Li Ang's troops fled to the west, and the Jatu people pursued them all the way, while Baron Leofric, who set fire behind him, received the fleeing women, cattle and sheep all the way, and really reaped a lot of benefits.

But after chasing for forty or fifty miles away from Eagle Claw Fort, the Jatu people lost track of Li Ang's troops...

This is actually the result of Raphael.

Raphael is very familiar with the terrain in this area, because he pretended to be a Jatu to plunder in this area according to Li Ang's plan, and wandered around here for a long time, so he knew where to hide.

To plunder, of course, there must be a hiding place...

Raphael took the team and hid in an inaccessible woods south of Fort Eagle Claw, which was where he hid with the hundred rangers.

The Jatu people chased them frantically for a day and night, but they lost them. They basically didn't bring any supplies in a hurry. They are far away from the tribe now, but Eagle Claw Castle is very close—so they can only go to Eagle Claw fort.

As a result, the battlefield situation in Fort Eagle Claw became like this...

(End of this chapter)