While Ella and the others were slowly heading towards Ditmarshen, the Alemanni Federation was already in a state of turmoil.
The first was Amy and her group. When they discovered that Ella was missing, they were furious and immediately started fighting with Duke Otto's men in the village of Brizania.
Valhalla brought a thousand people, but most of them were lying in ambush near the castle where the Count of Île-de-France was hoarding supplies. They were just waiting for the castle defenders to come out of the city to rescue the village of Brizania to launch a surprise attack.
Less than half of the people in Zhania Village pretended to be robbers, and the small half were accustomed to playing caravans with Valhalla, and their combat capabilities were not high. On the other hand, Amy and his group, although they only had five hundred,
However, the morale and individual combat capabilities of this group of barbarians were extremely impressive. Valhalla quickly became unable to withstand this confrontation and obediently raised his hands and became a prisoner.
The remaining troops of Valhalla, who came back from afar for support, were vulnerable to the pirates' offensive. The pirates, red-eyed after being killed, chased them all the way, and finally had to run to the castle of the Count of Île-de-France.
, Knocked on the city gate and asked the garrison to take him in, and he was saved from death.
However, the village of Brizania has indeed disappeared from its place.
Amy and her team searched nearby for three days, plowing the entire land ready for sowing but found no trace. Finally, they had to return to Stade in despair.
Amy had no experience in interrogating prisoners. Looking at the captured Valhalla group, she just told the pirates to do whatever they wanted, so that day a dozen people's heads were cut off and made into bowls.
The remaining people endured unimaginable torture for several days. One unlucky soldier was tied into a ball with a rope by the pirates because he shook his head one more time, and was put on a trebuchet and shot out.
An unlucky soldier became the target of a scorpion crossbow because he missed one nod of his head. One soldier had his teeth pulled out one by one with a clip by pirates, but he suffered the envious looks from his colleagues - because he
The criminal law is the lightest.
The way the pirates tortured them was so rough that Amy once wondered whether they were interrogating or simply trying to kill people. However, even after undergoing such torture, Valhalla's confession never changed: "Triumph
The "Victor" and the village of Brizania disappeared inexplicably. At that time, there were only two middle-aged people standing next to the "Triumph", one was dirty and the other had tattered clothes.
Although they couldn't figure out what happened, the news that Ella was not dead still made everyone feel a little relieved.
Amy was the only one who kept her brows furrowed from beginning to end. She was the only one in the group who knew that Ella didn't know magic, and she was the only one who knew the consequences of kidnapping Valhalla. She asked some of the pirates to disperse and go and pry around.
Aila's news made the remaining people race against time to strengthen the city of Stade to guard against the attack of the Alemanni Federation.
In addition, Amy also sent a group of people back to the Pirate Kingdom to report the news.
"You guys, mobilize all the horses in the King of Sweden's territory! Ask Glahid to take command. He is the general we can most rely on at the moment!"
"It's not just Glahid. You guys! Go and send a message to all the vassals of the King of Sweden, asking them to bring all their troops to Stade immediately! Those who refuse to come will be punished as traitors in the future!"
"And you guys! Go find the other lords of the Pirate Kingdom! Although most of them went to sea with Hestein, there are some who stayed! Harald or Larha, bring gifts,
Ask them to send troops to help and have a better attitude! Tell them that the King of Sweden will never forget their kindness in the future!"
"Remember, even if the Alemannic Federation is turned upside down, we will still get the King of Sweden back!"
Amy and her group are not the only ones who are anxious about what happened in Brizania Village.
Late at night, Duke Otto's gorgeous carriage rushed back from a "gathering" as usual. However, Duke Otto's face was not very good today.
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There was a group of plainly dressed civilians standing in the middle of the road, blocking the road. The driver stopped suddenly, waved his whip in the air, and cursed: "You will die if you block Duke Otto's way!"
However, the man standing at the front laughed and said, "Duke Otto, don't you recognize me?"
Duke Otto felt that the voice seemed familiar, so he stuck his head out of the car window. He recognized the man at a glance: "Fray Aveney? Why are you wearing such clothes?"
Freavenet replied calmly: "That group of pirates hang out near Hamburg and the Duchy of Anglia. If I didn't dress like this, I might not be able to get here."
He is the number one wealthy businessman in Hamburg, mainly engaged in the spice trade.
Not long ago, one of his subordinates named Freeman came to him crying and reported that the group of bandits wearing togas ignored his bid of one hundred fen each and forcibly took away all the gold coins from the caravan. This
This made Fray Avenet very angry. With his power, how dare that group of bandits nearby not give him a face?
But when he made many inquiries and discovered that the leader of the group of robbers was probably the "Triumpher" of the Pirate Kingdom, he felt a little powerless.
That's why Fray Avine is here today.
As a noble nobleman, Duke Otto has never looked down upon businessmen. Even though it was Freiavine standing in front of him, there was a hint of frivolity in his tone: "Fraevine, don't you think so?"
Why do you come to me when you have time to tinker with your spices?"
"I'm here on behalf of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. This is not the place to talk," Freiavine said in a low voice, "Let's talk somewhere else."
Hearing that Freiavine represented the Chamber of Commerce in Hamburg, Duke Otto's attitude changed slightly.
The Chamber of Commerce is an organization established by merchants in some commercially developed cities in the Alemannic Federation. In addition to bringing caravans together to run businesses to avoid bandit attacks, some powerful chambers of commerce also agree that each merchant should
The quantity of goods purchased and sold is used to control prices and achieve the purpose of making money together. Cities such as Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen are free cities completely controlled by businessmen.
They are neutral most of the time. However, once they decide to take sides, it will directly affect material preparations for war.
Out of this consideration, Duke Otto put down his posture and invited Freyavernet to sit in the carriage. The carriage arrived at Duke Otto's residence, and Duke Otto got out of the car first and invited Freyavernet to enter.
The reception hall.
Duke Otto spent a lot of money to decorate this hall, and it is said that it is even more gorgeous than the court of the Count of Île-de-France. But Frei Avenet looked at the appearance of the hall, but kept shaking his head, looking disgusted.
Duke Otto was a little unhappy, and he sat down on the chair without paying any attention to Freiavine, and asked: "Okay, Freiavine, can you tell me your purpose now?"
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"Duke Otto, I heard that you just attended a 'meeting' to discuss dealing with the 'Triumphers'? What was the result?"
"Fray Avnet, do you want to fund our operation? If so, we will welcome it."
Unexpectedly, Freiavine shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, no, no, Duke Otto, please tell me the results of the rally first. We have to calculate the cost before we can decide whether to be the enemy of the Triumphant."
