Todd glanced at the closed door of the church: "Are they still sleeping?"
Huggins nodded.
Todd touched the bridge of his nose: "Maybe they gave up their operation tonight."
The words just fell.
With a creak, the door was pushed open, and Cumberland appeared at the door of the church.
The old knight, who put on his armor and picked up his sword, twisted his neck, swung his arms, and took a deep breath. His subordinates filed out one by one, some with bandages on their heads, and some with their arms
Still hanging on his chest.
Cumberland walked up to Todd, looked at the sleepy look on his face, and said, "Sleep is the most precious enjoyment at any time."
The latter glanced at the old man and shook his head helplessly: "How could I possibly sleep at this time?"
"What's the matter? I once rested my head on a corpse, and my body was covered with broken limbs and blood. My sleep was not as sweet as before!" Cumberland gently hit the other party's chest with his fist: "Young man! The most important thing is
It’s the mentality!”
"I'm back!"
On the street in the night, a figure ran up.
Todd took a closer look and saw that it was Edgar who volunteered to find out about the enemy.
Scout Mengxin ran up to the two of them and took a breath: "I saw it clearly. The cavalry outside the town was divided into three waves. They patrolled outside the town in rotation every two hours..."
Todd made a rough calculation in his mind. 25 "Lancers" and 100 cavalrymen were divided into three waves, which is about 30 people per batch. The depth radius of Muxi Town is about 5 kilometers. Since it is a seaport-type town, the surrounding land
The circumference is about 16 kilometers (2×5×3.14÷2), which means that each cavalryman is responsible for patrolling and blocking the distance of about 500 meters. If a three-person team is adopted, it means patrolling
The distance increased to 1500 meters.
Cumberland stroked his beard happily: "Good job, kid!"
Edgar's bones lightened up after being praised, and he suddenly became interested, as if he had opened a conversation gate that could never be closed: "Of course! I'm a scout! Oh, that's right, their camp is here.
Seven kilometers to the east, there were simple trenches all around. The tents were divided into three rows around the bonfire, and the horse racks were placed in the west. They even held their weapons while sleeping... Ah! It hurts! The head of the regiment
, why are you stepping on my feet?!"
Seeing Cumberland's mouth opening wider and wider, Todd had to use a special way to remind Edgar that it was time to shut up.
"He likes to talk nonsense sometimes, so don't pay attention."
"I didn't...well..."
Edgar's resistance was quickly stamped into the ground by Todd.
The old knight glanced at Todd meaningfully and laughed without saying anything.
Seven men in black cloaks led the horse to Cumberland and said to him: "Sir, the first team is ready."
The old man asked: "Have everything been arranged?"
After receiving a positive answer, he nodded and just said three words softly.
"lets go."
Watching the seven cavalrymen hiding in their cloaks disappear, Todd asked Cumberland in confusion: "These seven people are..."
The old man looked at the distant east and said slowly: "They are the first 'bait' I threw out..."
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Outside Muxi Town, the Eastern Legion and Cavalry Company camp.
"Commander! Someone is riding out of the town!"
A middle-aged man hurriedly walked out of the camp, looked at the subordinates in front of him, and asked eagerly: "How many people are there? Where are they going? Have you confirmed their identities?"
"Seven people, they were very fast. They rushed past the patrolling cavalry and went south! Since it was night and they were all wearing black cloaks, they could not be identified!"
The commander of the cavalry frowned and whispered to himself: "Only seven people? All wearing cloaks... The opponent is Cumberland, which is well-known in the army. Could these seven people be bait?"
The subordinate reminded in a low voice: "Sir, what if these seven people are not bait, but there happens to be a fugitive we want to catch? Those people above have issued a death order, and they will see the fugitive in the palace until they die.
corpse."
The commander rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "How many people went after those seven people?"
"Three light cavalry, six horse archers."
"Out of the seven, excluding the fugitive from the palace, if the remaining six are all knights, and Cumberland is there, the nine will not be enough! Send some more light cavalry and horse archers to meet them! Tell them
, once you confirm that the other party is a bait, come back immediately, no fighting is allowed!"
"yes!"
Twenty minutes later.
"Sir, someone rushed out of the town again!"
Unable to sleep, the cavalry commander who was waiting by the campfire suddenly turned around and said, "I guessed it right, those first batch of people were the decoys! But why haven't the people in charge of the pursuit come back yet? By the way, they came out this time.
how many people?!"
The cavalryman who came to report hesitated for a moment and raised seven fingers.
The commander opened his eyes wide and shouted: "Seven more?!"
The subordinate looked dejected: "Sir, what should we do?"
When the angry commander heard this, he shouted angrily: "What should I do?! There are so many people outside the town, and you can't even stop seven of them?!"
The subordinates looked sad and began to complain: "Sir, it's not that we don't want to intercept! It's just that the outside of the town is too big, and the city walls and gates haven't been built yet. We can only deploy a cavalry to patrol at intervals. Wait.
When they rushed out, we could only gather three or four people at most, and we couldn't stop them at all."
Hearing this, the commander paused for a moment. Later, he threw the helmet in his hand heavily on the ground, pointed at Muxi Town in the distance, and cursed loudly: "Which bastard created this town?! Even the most basic
Don’t you understand the truth?! You are so lazy outside the town that you don’t even want to repair a city wall!!!”
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Cumberland watched the seven men ride away.
Todd stood beside him and reminded: "This is already the third batch."
The old man suddenly mentioned an unrelated matter: "I thought I heard someone calling you the head of the regiment just now?"
Todd glanced at him, neither admitting nor denying, and remained silent.
"I also heard that two months ago, the envoy of the Papal State, accompanied by the bishop, visited Muxi Town."
Todd put his hands into his sleeves: "Mr. Cumberland, you are really well informed."
Cumberland laughed: "Details, as long as you are willing to collect them, will always bring you rewards. Take this small town as an example. The mediocre commanders stationed here, for the sake of a ridiculous sense of security, the first thing
We always think of building a city wall, or blocking the streets with earth and rocks, and wait for reinforcements, but we never think that this approach will not only block the enemy, but also trap ourselves."
"Lord Baron..."
A cold female voice attracted their attention.
Queen Mary put on a leather armor that didn't fit her well, tied her hair up high, and stuffed it into her helmet.
The old knight lowered his head and looked at the "Silver Crown" badge on his chest armor, and said to the woman: "Your Majesty, please don't call me Baron again."
The queen nodded slightly and said calmly: "Then please don't call me your majesty the queen. I have nothing to do with the kingdom anymore."
Cumberland was a little surprised, and then laughed: "That's right!"
Watching his subordinate lead the horse, he walked to Mary and wanted to help her get on the horse.
Unexpectedly, the woman politely declined the old man's kindness. She grabbed the edge of the saddle with both hands, got on the horse's back, and took the reins.
Cumberland raised his eyebrows and walked towards his horse. After getting on the horse's back, he said to Todd: "It won't take more than two hours. Just wait for my good news...the head of the regiment..."
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"Commander! Commander!"
The commander of the cavalry company was circling around the campfire, looking at his subordinates who were running over in a hurry, and asked angrily: "Seven more? Are there seven more bastards?!"
"No, no, no, there are only five people this time!"
The commander was stunned: "Five people?"
The cavalry subordinate swallowed: "And Cumberland and the fugitive are also among them!"
Hearing this, the commander jogged a few steps and grabbed the cavalryman by the collar: "Are those two people here?! Did you read that right?!"
"It's absolutely true! Someone saw their faces as they passed by! It's absolutely true!"
The commander burst out laughing: "This old bastard finally showed up! Where were our troops who were chasing the 'bait'? Why haven't they come back yet?!"
Seeing his subordinates looking at each other in silence, the commander waved his hand in annoyance: "No wait! Pass my order, and everyone left behind will mount their horses and pursue us!"
The cavalry subordinates hesitated: "Sir, the remaining people are basically heavy cavalry..."
"What?!" The commander was surprised, thought carefully for a moment, and finally came to his senses.
In order to pursue the first three batches of "baits", he had sent out most of the light cavalry and horse archers, and the rest, in addition to the heavy cavalry, were some heavy-duty mule soldiers with little combat effectiveness.
"Let the heavy cavalry take off their armor, put on their weapons, and go into battle lightly!"
Ten minutes later, the remaining thirty men of the Eastern Army's cavalry company finally caught up with Cumberland's five men.
The commander saw from a distance that these escapees entered a forest on horseback. Some of them hugged their chests and leaned on the horses in pain.
"There are wounded among those people! They can't walk fast, the whole army is chasing them!"
Running on the forest path, the commander looked at the airtight woods and grass around him, and a bad premonition became stronger and stronger. He deliberately ordered the troops to stop, but the target in front was only less than fifty meters away from him.
He couldn't bear to give up at this time.
The cavalry company chased the horses for some distance, and suddenly several stumbling ropes rose from the ground. The horses neighed and the cavalry screamed continuously. Those running at the front were thrown heavily by the unbalanced horses underneath them.
land.
"There's an ambush! There's an ambush!"
Seeing the soldiers in the front team falling to the ground, the commander hurriedly stopped his horse. Just as he was about to issue an order in fear, there was a roar and a huge log fell at the rear of the team, blocking their retreat.
.
Countless soldiers in the grass stood up, stretched out their halberds and hooks, and pulled the cavalry off their horses. Their swords and axes fell, and blood spattered everywhere. The heavy cavalry, who did not wear any armor, in just a few breaths,
I lost most of it.
The company commander raised his sword and was about to slash at a soldier who was approaching him, but was shot down by a cold arrow from the side.
A pair of steel-wrapped combat boots stopped in front of him, and a deep voice sounded above his head.
"Well...how did the church army persuade them to surrender? In the name of Heavenly Father, put down your weapons!"