On this day, there was nothing wrong on the road. The order was stopped at dusk. The Ostland army relied on the Ostland River to set up camps and cook. During this period, many merchants and vendors accompanied the army to sell goods, and some accompanying women negotiated prices with the soldiers and went to the camp to **.

Not to mention these, just talk about the lights in Duke Caster's tent, at this moment. The 16 magic lamps lit up shine the entire tent as if it were daytime. The Duke was in high position, and two of his assistants stood on both sides, one of the tall warriors who claimed to be a Ranger Knight, and the other was a mysterious figure who claimed to be a staff officer and chief of staff, and completely covered himself with a green robe.

As the Duke attacked, the Osterland generals were divided into two rows and sat on the left and right sides. The front of the left hand was Rudendolf, the commander of the Bulls Knights. The seat at the front of the right hand was empty - he should have belonged to the battle priest of the Sigma Church, which was the principality. This guy who had many differences with Duke Custer disappeared shortly after the Duke ascended the throne. There was a rumor that the Duke sent a killer to kill him. But things seemed not that simple.

After that, Rudendolf looked at the second seat opposite, which was the Royal Master of the National Academy of Magic. Similarly, that position was also vacant.

"I always feel something is wrong." Chief Ludendolf thought uneasily. He originally thought that without the help of the combat priest and the royal mage, the battle in the Northern Free City would be very difficult. However, unexpectedly, after the battle on this day, the other party suffered a great loss. The lack of these two items, which should have been said to be crucial, did not cause any damage to the Osterland army.

There are more people who call themselves Wanderer Knights and Ranger Knights who replace the combat priests. They give speeches, promote glory and will, and solve problems for the soldiers. When the magician needs to appear, there are also many people who call themselves Wanderer Warlocks to help... They do very well, even better than genuine products... and even, the good ones are a bit too good.

Thinking of this, the Grand Commander looked at the two people next to Duke Custer, "The Ranger Knight" and "Staff Attendant". He felt that they might be sitting in two positions opposite him.

At this moment, another speech from the Duke came to an end. The other generals couldn't help but cheer. The commander of the group clapped his hands absent-mindedly. However, he felt a little impatient with this "novel" way of governing.

"When the old duke was there, he relied on his courage to lead the way and dared to govern his army. He was not just as verbal as this guy." Ludendolf couldn't help thinking this way. At the same time, the dissatisfaction in his eyes was quickly captured by Duke Custer.

"Immortal," Duke Custer cursed secretly. At the same time, his face was filled with smiles, he nodded at the Grand Commander Ludendolf, and then turned around and faced everyone: "Then, I will ask you all for the future battle!"

At this moment, a messenger ran in and ran to Duke Caster in three or two steps, muttering something to the Duke's ear. At the same time, he took out a letter and handed it over. Then he withdrew.

When Duke Caster heard this, his smile disappeared without a trace. Looking at the letter again, his face turned pale with an anxious expression. He said, "I am tired, please give me your own care." He walked out of the camp. At the same time, his Ranger Knight and the Staff also followed him out. This made the generals feel a little uncomfortable. Because from the Duke's performance, he obviously did not regard these generals as his own. Instead, he formed a small circle of trio with his staff.

Of course, Duke Caster could not be unclear about these things. And his two staff members and knights, or the two believers of Xinliezhi, could not be unclear about the cunning and insidious demons. Therefore, after returning to their camp and ordering the disguised Chaos Warriors to guard the camp and confirm that it is correct, Tsengchi's divine servant, the Weaver, said:

"You shouldn't do this, Lord Duke. It will make those generals feel the distance between you and them. It will be bad for our future plans."

The mysterious man who claimed to be a counselor said to Duke Caster in this way. His voice was ethereal and with incredible tremolo and echo. It sounded more like a dream or a hypnotic sound.

"I know, but this matter is so important that I am so out of control." Duke Carlos shook his head and said.

"So, what news did our spy bring that made you so lose your composure?" asked the knight next to him.

"Our identity, even our plan, we can please the great Sinrij—all!" After hearing his question, Duke Caster blushed and said, "The damn vampire threatened me to make my faith and our plan public if I do not give him the position of Governor Scarton and fully secure his interests, and canonize him as commander of the Navy of Osterland!"

Although his tone was very excited, when the Duke said these words, he still lowered his tone and lowered it to a level that was almost inaudible. Then he took out the letter and handed it to his "supervisor". The life weaver, who was covered in his robe, stretched out his thin and narrow hand like a dry bone, took the letter. Then he began to check it quickly. After reading it, he handed the letter to another believer of Xin Liezhi - his God-Choose Champion.

"It's actually like this!" The knight exclaimed, and then a light blue flame appeared in his hand, burning the letter to ashes in an instant.

"So what should we do?" he asked the Weaver.

"I think we can agree to the proposal of the greedy vampire." The lifeweaver sounded like a dreamy voice again: "We will give him whatever he wants. Satisfy his **. Let him not cause trouble for us. Anyway, he is just a rootless duckweed. Sylvania is far away from here. He cannot get any assistance."

"Yes, although this greedy guy is abominable, it does not seem to have any effect on our plan - the premise is that we feed him." The champion of the Sinlieji God nodded and agreed to the plan of the Weaver: "Just wait until we have transported enough warriors of the true gods come over and start our great plan. Then we can let him spit out with all his money and interests!"

"That will take a long time..." Duke Custer frowned and said, "It may take two to three years, or even more, before we can transform the entire Osterland into what we expect, and that the faith of the true God can be spread throughout the principality."

"Then, let's be patient before that. Duke." The Weaver said to Duke Caster in an unquestionable tone.

The sound seemed to be the boss of Duke Custer.

In this way, the next day, a letter of commission written in southern common language was sent to Scarten by Duke Caster's spy, the light horse of the Duke of Caster. After the letter of commission was sent, the Snake Law Siren Club was immediately empty. Governor Scarten, who had received the news only an hour later, immediately sent a large number of soldiers to the dock. However, it was still one step too late.

"Goodbye! Governor! I wish you a happy old age!" Felix, who was standing at the stern of the boat, shouted loudly at Governor Scarten on the dock. In return for the other party's swearing and a round of useless shore defense cannons.

After witnessing the whole process, Ostran's side... or Tsengchi's spy nodded with satisfaction, left quietly, and reported the situation to his master, the Duke of Ostran.

Then, the Duke of Ostland received further news. In Norden and Enl Grande, the shops and strongholds of the Felix Pirates were empty. The reinforcements originally promised to Governor Scarten did not reach the shore.

"What a cunning bastard." Duke Custer muttered to himself, and ordered his army to move forward after breakfast.

"If possible, we should first surround Scarten before the opponent's troops gathered, and then wipe out reinforcements from Norden and Enl Grande under Scarten's walls. Finally, we force Scarten to surrender and gradually erode the other two cities."

Duke Cast set such a tactic. At the same time, his tactics also seemed to be very effective. Without the attacks of the scattered free mercenaries and robbers, his army was able to march at the fastest speed. After repeatedly calculating the journey and even adding the worst weather factors such as wind and rain, Duke Cast still concluded that "we will arrive first before the reinforcements of the other two cities."

"But to be on the safe side, I think we should speed up the marching again. Put our artillery troops behind us. Then we will send cavalry and light infantry forward first to gain an advantage." In the early morning, Duke Caster said to his generals.

"But what if an encounter occurs in this case?" asked the Grand Commander of the Ludendolf. "Without the support of artillery and heavy units, it is almost unimaginable to use light infantry and light cavalry alone to fight."

"I don't think they have this courage, my mentor." The Duke said: "Their harassment has proven to be invalid. Before I get reinforcements from the other two cities, I am sure that with the power of Scarton alone, they dare not take the initiative to challenge us." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to (this site) and reward, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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