Riding and Slashing

Chapter 35
Sarah was very disturbed, because after she informed Leon of Ralph's request, Leon just nodded flatly, and said a word to the ranger: "Okay! I will stay here forever."

Afterwards, Li Ang pulled the reverent Ranger aside and whispered something.

After the ranger gave a military salute and left, Li Ang already had an extra bow on his body, which looked very good.

It seems that Li Ang really wants to stay here...

Otherwise, the ranger would never have given his bow to Li Ang.

"My lord, do we really want to stick to the Tongtian River here..."

Sarah doesn't want Leon to die here, this is the most different nobleman she has ever met.

"Sarah, since this is the transaction I initiated, of course I will stay here until the transaction is completed..."

In Li Ang's eyes, there is no longer the greed of a philistine, and he looks more like a simple soldier, but he still talks about the principles of doing business.

Sarah was even more confused. A few days ago, when she met the Jatu Centuries, she was so scared that she went into the woods... How did this guy become a hero now?

Even the Jiatu army dared to challenge it?

It doesn't look like that, two days ago, I was cheating and abducting...

Stimulated?
"Sarah, this battle may be dangerous... Do you want to go away for a while?"

Li Ang's voice became gentle and low.

"No, my lord, there is no need..."

Sarah refused without hesitation, but a strange feeling filled her heart. She heard different concerns and worries from Li Ang's words.

"So...Sarah...are we friends?"

Li Ang's expression became more and more serious, and the heroic silhouette stared into the distance, as if hesitating or making some decision.

Sarah's heart beat twice, almost arrhythmia: "Of course, my lord..."

"Then, can you..."

Li Ang's eyes turned to Sarah's tight face, his eyes were full of sincerity.

"Ok?"

Sarah was sure that her heartbeat was out of order. Even that winter, when she killed a dozen men alone, she had never been so nervous.

She didn't even notice that the fighting in the camp had stopped, and a group of men stuck their heads out from behind the wall and lined up, eavesdropping furtively while holding their breath.

"Can you lend me some money... I'm broke now..."

Li Ang opened his empty pockets.

The sound of the long sword being unsheathed sounded.

"Sarah... ah, don't do it..."

"roll!!"

On the viewing platform, Summer, who had been watching the live version of the silent film from a distance, sighed and shook his head: "I knew... how could I be so impatient to suspect a lady..."

But Li Ang, who was running around with his head in his arms, was looking at the skill panel with a wide smile on his face.

- Your 'Domination' skill level has increased.

……

In the refreshing afternoon, it is clear and cloudless, and the blue sky and grass describe the vitality and beauty.

But there was a hint of gunpowder in the air.

Huge warning smoke rose from the sky above Yongshield Fort.

Even though it was tens of miles away, one could clearly see the black plume of smoke rolling straight up into the sky.

The whole village of Fletcher Village next door has been evacuated to the south. The villagers have lived on the border for a long time, so they naturally know what to do when they see wolf smoke.

The wooden bridge has been repaired and seems to have a complete look.

Li Ang took a few people from Mettenheim up to try it out. The wooden planks on the bridge deck seemed a bit thin, but they should be barely usable.

It's just that the wooden pile piers under the bridge that were originally connected together by supporting wood seem to be all separated now.

Dozens of wooden piles have become independent columns, and the structure looks much simpler.

One end of the bridge, of course, is on the opposite side of the river.

And the other end, right in the camp.

So, this camp is an authentic bridgehead.

On the side of the camp facing the bridge deck, a wooden wall had already been erected. It was randomly put together with wooden piles and planks that had been removed from the original bridge piles, and it looked quite crude.

The wall is not high, only more than two meters.

Even with the wooden arrow shield nailed obliquely on the wall, it is only about three meters.

But the wall was thick enough for two people to walk side by side.

Rather than a wall, it was more like a fortress. This fortress completely blocked the exit of the bridge, but it looked like a part of the bridge deck from a distance, as if the bridge deck extended to both sides of the camp.

After all, the bridge deck and walls are unpainted log boards, and there is not much difference from a distance.

But the fort blocked the bridge so badly that even if Li Ang and the others wanted to leave the bridge, they had to be pulled up by the people on the wall.

Seeing this visual effect, the soldiers present gained some confidence.

Perhaps they could indeed hold the bridgehead until Ralph's reinforcements arrived.

Afterwards, Li Ang summoned all his subordinates and began to assign tasks.

Everyone, including the carpenters, has their own tasks, except Anson, who is covered in bruises, and Sarah, who is restless.

After finishing the arrangement, Li Ang felt that he seemed to have overlooked something when he looked at his subordinates who were working separately.

"My lord, what about those prisoners?"

Anson asked.

By the way, those captives!
He looked at the two people beside him, a weak chicken with a kind heart and a woman with a bad expression.

Forget it, come by yourself.

"...It's too late to transfer them now, I have to make sure they are completely incapacitated, lest they cause any accidents!"

Li Ang took out the mace from his waist and planned to do the work himself.

Ansen opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything after all. There was a cloud of smoke in the northeast, and a strong enemy was imminent. No matter how soft-hearted he was, he knew how to measure it.

But Sarah grabbed the hammer and stared at Li Ang with a piercing coldness in her eyes.

He weighed the hammer in his hand...

"Sarah, I was just joking last night... Everyone was cheated penniless the day before yesterday, and today they are about to face a strong enemy, maybe there will be resentment - I have to act like I am so poor that I borrow money everywhere, they Only the heart will be balanced. This is for the morale of the army...don't mind...give me the hammer."

Li Ang explained with an apologetic smile that he had just figured out the reason for the upgrade of the commanding skill.

"Well, just kidding, I don't mind... But you are the lord, you shouldn't do such dirty things with your own hands..."

Sarah's cold eyes did not change at all, she gritted her molars and spit out a few words, then raised the hammer and entered the barracks where the prisoners were held.

Then, there were bursts of screams in the barracks.

"You're kidding! You're kidding! . . . my friend! Huh... don't run away! Stretch your legs! You're just kidding! . . . "

Sarah's voice was also mixed in with the screams, appearing particularly harmonious.

Li Ang and Anson looked at each other.

Anson murmured, "Scary woman... My lord, haven't you studied the book I gave you?"

"Shut up! Anson... wait, are you shaking?"

Li Ang's feeling was right, the bridge deck had indeed started to vibrate.

A few seconds later, even on the ground, the trembling sound could be clearly felt.

From light to heavy, from far to near.

Summer on the watchtower shouted: "Enemy attack! North!"

The Jatus are coming!
It was a cavalry force of about 300 men, divided into three centuries.

The horseshoe rumbled towards it and stopped abruptly on the north bank of the Tongtian River.

The collision of the quiver with the body of the horse, the piercing sound of the saber being unsheathed, and the neighing of the horse were all intertwined.

The feeling of chill came oncoming.

The Jiatu cavalry on the opposite side began to send people to patrol along the river bank, and several cavalrymen holding spears quickly went back and forth by the river.

And the big troops gathered across the river, at the other end of the bridge.

"Shut up! Everyone prepare for battle!"

(End of this chapter)