"No matter what, we have lost, what should we do next?" Earl Yom asked.

What should he do? Duke Eddie is also very distressed. It is obvious that the task assigned by White cannot be completed, and he does not know what kind of punishment awaits him.

Damn it! If Marquis Essen can be caught, he will be skinned alive!

At the moment, no matter how angry he was, it was in vain, and Duke Eddie had no choice but to force himself to calm down.

After thinking for a while, he raised his head and looked at everyone.

"We must return to the fortress as soon as possible. That is our home ground and there is a tall city wall for protection. If they dare to come, we will respond to them with magic, bows and arrows and trebuchets."

The first two long-range attack methods are no problem, but the trebuchet was a long-range weapon used by Dongsheng Fortress to deal with undead monsters. It has been stored idle for a long time, and I don't know if it can still be used.

"At the same time, the river is blocked so that Border Guard Town cannot obtain the goods it needs through trade and consumes them. It won't take long, and they will definitely collapse first."

"What about the tasks assigned to us by the new king?" Count Youm said with a frown.

"The new king will hold a coronation ceremony soon. I will go to the royal capital in person and explain to the king."

As for how to explain it? Duke Eddie is the best at this. He said that Marquis Eisen secretly develops powerful new weapons and may have rebellious intentions.

Although there is a hard need to fight against undead monsters in Bianzhu Town, if you want to accuse them, why bother?

In addition, rumors that Owen Eisen has royal blood are spreading more and more widely, and he refuses to go to the royal capital this time. White will definitely become more and more suspicious of him.

It would be even better if we could use this to obtain reinforcements from the royal capital.

It is true that Duke Eddie was defeated this time, but after returning, he was still actively suppressing the border towns. He had no credit for his efforts, but also hard work.

As long as White can be guaranteed that he will hand over new weapons as soon as possible after defeating Border Guard Town, he believes he will still have a chance to make up for his previous mistakes.

After listening to Duke Eddie's words, everyone nodded. As of now, this can only be the case.

"Go back and sleep. We will set off early tomorrow morning. The knights with horses will go with me, and the knights without horses will lead the mercenaries behind."

After speaking, Duke Eddie raised his fat hand and waved, signaling for everyone to disperse.

After everyone left the tent, he was alone and staring ahead, his expression gradually becoming gloomy.

Marquis Aisen should launch a pursuit early tomorrow morning, and no matter how useless the mercenaries following him are, they can at least play a certain delaying role.

According to Count Pearl, the big iron pipe has wheels underneath it, which means that the new weapon is inconvenient to carry for pursuit, so it can be a little more at ease.

The range of the short stick in the opponent's hand is obviously not as far as that of the large iron pipe, otherwise he would not attack until the knight rushes forward.

In other words, it shouldn't be a problem to urge the groom to drive the carriage faster and escape back to Dongsheng Fortress.

It doesn't matter if he gets a bump in the butt, as long as he can save his life and go back, Duke Eddie can endure anything.

…

Early the next morning, an agile lizard man who was sent to search for the location of the remaining army returned.

With their excellent sense of smell, they could detect the enemy earlier than the enemy, and they had the advantage of being able to move in the trees, so they quietly followed the remnants of the army.

The lizard man leading this search team was Xiron.

When Border Guard Town was about to fight Dongsheng Fortress, he was transferred by Lusha to support him.

He didn't expect to be able to come back and play for Border Guard Town so soon. He was very excited and worked extremely hard.

After listening to the report, the People's Army prepared to carry out encirclement and annihilation operations according to the plan.

The musketeers were quickly divided into two groups.

One group is a musketeer team using old muskets, operating together with the lizardman troops, led by Rusha.

They immediately set out from the border town to catch up and follow closely behind the remnants of the army.

With the help of the lizard man's keen sense of smell, Lusha's team cleverly kept a safe distance from the knights performing the reconnaissance mission, and were never discovered by the enemy.

Along the way, they also encountered and captured many stray mercenaries and farmers.

Now that there was no way to deal with these surrendered enemies, Lusha had no choice but to touch their weapons, tie his hands, and then hand them over to the soldiers at the back of the team for strict supervision, and continued to follow the remaining troops.

The other group was a musketry team using new muskets, led by Viscount Jarvis.

This team will not chase the remnants of the army, but will take a cement steamer.

They will be transported in batches to the south of the remnant army, and will work with Lusha's team to carry out front and rear pincer attacks.

Even Irving did not expect that after the cement ship was built, the first task would not be to transport raw materials back from a certain place, but to participate in the transportation task of this encirclement and annihilation operation.

Fortunately, after some days of sailing practice, Kenbert has become very proficient in cement boats, and the sailors can quickly cooperate with his command.

The location to be transported was determined through detailed deductions on the map, and Kenbert had also stepped on it, so there would be no problem.

The sniper team will also take a cement boat to the south of the remaining army.

After arriving, let them find a suitable sniper position, hide, and wait for the action to begin.

Oh, by the way, there's also the artillery team.

Because the artillery was too heavy to be carried in pursuit, the artillerymen could only transport the artillery to the dock in Bianzhu Town and wait there.

It would be the artillery team's turn to board the cement ship after Viscount Jarvis' team had been transported.

Owen will also ride on this last cement boat with the artillery team, along with Marpel, Theresa, Fanny and Yukina.

Mapel has the duty to protect Owen, needless to say.

Teresa was mainly worried about Owen's safety when she asked to follow him. However, the reason she gave was not so straightforward. She said that she knew how to use healing skills and it would definitely come in handy.

The church originally did not interfere in secular wars, but considering the cooperative relationship between Border Guard Town and the Holy Theocracy of Caleb, Bishop Flynn had no choice but to turn a blind eye to Teresa's behavior.

Fanny wanted to take this opportunity to return to Dongsheng Fortress to deal with some matters. Moreover, she has become more and more skilled in magic recently and can also play a certain role.

As for Fanny's sister Lilica, she was sent to the castle and was temporarily taken care of by Ryan.

Yuqina was brought by Owen, and she needs to use her ability to deal with some things.

For this reason, Owen has asked for several days of leave from school on behalf of Yukina.

Oh, and crazy Victor is also a noble after all, so give him some treatment that a noble deserves.

The sun was setting in the west, and it was already the end of the afternoon.

On the Weishui River, a cement boat is sailing steadily along the direction of the current.

Suddenly, Kenbert noticed a lizard man on the shore not far to the left, holding up and waving a red flag. He knew that his destination was ahead.

"Prepare to anchor, hurry up." Kenbert immediately ordered to the sailors.

"Understood, Captain."

The sailors quickly took action and got busy according to what they had been taught before.

Owen, Mapel and others were the first to get off the ship, while the artillerymen went to unload the artillery and shells.

"Lord Lord."

The lizard man who came to greet Owen was Shilon.

"How's it going?" Owen asked.

"It went very smoothly. The enemy has not discovered us yet. They have found a place to camp and are now making dinner."

"Very good." Owen nodded with satisfaction, "After the artillery is transported over, we will immediately launch an encirclement and annihilation operation."
Chapter completed!