The moonlight is dim, and the stars are sparse.

　　 Todd glanced at the closed door of the church: "Are they still sleeping?"

　　 Hudgens nodded.

　　 Todd touched the bridge of his nose: "Perhaps they gave up their action tonight."

　　 The voice just fell.

With a creak, the door was pushed open, and Cumberland appeared at the door of the church.

　　 The old knight put on his armor and carried a long sword, twisted his neck, stretched 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 hanging on their chests.

　　 Cumberland walked up to Todd, looked at each other's tired 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 be able to sleep at this time."

"What's the matter? I used to have a corpse with my head resting on my head, and my body was covered with broken limbs and blood, and I didn't sleep the same sweetly!" Cumberland gently punched the opponent's chest with his fist: "Young man! The most important thing is! It's the mentality!"

"I am back!"

　　 On the street in the night, a figure ran up.

　　 Todd took a closer look. It turned out that it was Edgar who volunteered to probe the enemy's situation.

　　 Mengxin scout ran up to the two of them and took a breath: "I can see clearly, the cavalry outside the town is divided into three waves, two hours apart, and they are patrolling outside the town in turn..."

　　 Todd roughly calculated the account in his mind, 25 "riding lances" and 100 cavalry were divided into three waves, that is, about 30 people in each batch. The depth radius of Muxi Town is about 5 kilometers. Because it is a harbor-type town, the outer land circumference is about 16 kilometers (2×5×3.14÷2), which means that every cavalry is responsible for patrolling and The interception distance is about 500 meters. If a three-person team is adopted, it means that the patrol distance has increased to 1,500 meters.

　　 Cumberland stroked his beard happily: "Good job, boy!"

Edgar, who was praised, lightened his bones, and suddenly became interested, as if a gate could not be closed after opening: "Of course! I am a scout! Oh, by the way, their camp is here. 7 kilometers to the east, there are simple trenches all around, the camp tents are divided into three columns around the bonfire, and the horses are placed on the west side. They even hug their weapons when they sleep... Ah! Pain! Chief Commander , What are you doing on my foot?!"

　　 Watching Cumberland's mouth widen, Todd had to use a special way to remind Edgar that it was time to shut up.

　　 "He likes to talk nonsense sometimes, don't mind."

　　 "I don't have... uh..."

　　 Edgar's resistance was quickly stepped into the ground by Todd.

　　 The old knight glanced at Todd meaningfully, then laughed, without saying a word.

　　 Seven people in black cloaks led the horses to Cumberland’s side and said to him: "My lord, the first team is ready."

　　 The old man asked, "Is everything arranged?"

　　 After getting the affirmative answer, he nodded, only uttered three words softly.

"lets go."

　　 Looking at the seven cavalry soldiers hiding their figures in their cloaks, they walked away from the dust. Todd asked Cumberland incomprehensibly: "These seven people are..."

　　 The old man looked at the far east and slowly said, "They are the first bait I threw..."

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　　 Outside Muxi Town, Eastern Legion, Cavalry Company camp.

　　 "Commander! Someone rushed out of town on horseback!"

　　 A middle-aged man hurriedly walked out of the camp, looked at the subordinates in front of him, and asked urgently: "How many people? Where are you going? Have you confirmed your identity?"

　　 "Seven people, they are very fast, rushed past the patrolling cavalry, and headed south! Because it was night, and they were all wearing black cloaks, they could not be identified!"

　　 The cavalry commander frowned, and whispered to himself: "Only seven people? All in cloaks... The other party is Cumberland, who is well-known in the army. Could these seven people be decoys?"

The subordinates reminded in a low voice: "Sir, if these seven people are not bait, what happens to the fugitives we want to catch? Those above, but ordered to die. For the fugitives in the palace, they have to see people and die. corpse."

　　 The commander rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "How many people have gone after the seven?"

　　 "Three light cavalry, six archers."

"Remove the fugitive from the palace among the seven. If all the remaining six are knights, and if Cumberland is there, then those nine are not enough! Send some more light cavalry and archer to respond! Tell them , Once it is confirmed that the other party is the bait, come back immediately, no love war is allowed!"

"Yes!"

　　 Twenty minutes later.

　　 "Sir, someone rushed out of town again!"

The cavalry commander, who didn’t want to sleep and waited by the campfire, turned around suddenly: "I guess it’s correct. The first group of people were bait! But why haven’t the people who pursued them come back? By the way, this time they’re out. how many people?!"

　　 The cavalry who came to report hesitated and raised seven fingers.

　　 The commander opened his eyes and exclaimed, "Seven more?!"

　　 The subordinates were full of depression: "Sir, what should we do?"

　　 The angry commander heard this and shouted angrily: "What do you do?! There are so many people outside the town, you can't stop even seven of them?!"

The subordinates were crying and began to call injustice: "Sir, it's not that we don't want to intercept it! It's that the outskirts of the town are too big, and the walls and gates have not been built. We can only patrol with a cavalry at intervals. When they rushed out, we could only gather three or four people at most, 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 **** is this town?! Don’t even understand the most basic principles?! Actually in the town. Outside, I was too lazy to even repair a wall!!!"

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　　 Cumberland watched the seven ride away.

　　 Todd stood beside him and reminded: "This is already the third batch."

　　 The old man suddenly said something irrelevant: "I seemed to hear someone call you the head of the regiment?"

　　 Todd glanced at him, did not admit or deny, and remained silent.

　　 "I also heard that two months ago, the special envoy of the Papal State, accompanied by the bishop, visited Muxi Town."

　　 Todd put both hands into his sleeves: "Mr. Cumberland, your news is really well-informed."

Cumberland laughed: "As long as you collect details, you will always be rewarded. Take this small town as an example. The mediocre commanders stationed here, for the ridiculous sense of security, the first thing. Things always think about building a circle of city walls, or blocking the streets with earth and rocks, and standing by for help, but they never thought about this approach, not only blocking the enemy, but also trapping themselves."

　　 "The Baron Sir..."

　　 A cold female voice attracted the attention of the two.

　　 Queen Mary put on a leather armor that didn't fit well, curled her hair high and tucked it into the helmet.

　　 The old knight looked down at the "Silver Crown" badge on his chest armor, and said to the woman: "Your Majesty Queen, please stop calling me baron."

　　 The queen nodded lightly, and said calmly: "Then please stop calling me your Majesty the Queen. I have no connection with the kingdom anymore."

　　 Cumberland was a little surprised, and then laughed: "That's right!"

　　 Seeing his subordinates lead the horse, he walked to Mary and wanted to help the latter to mount.

　　 Unexpectedly, the woman politely declined the old man’s kindness, and saw her clasping the edge of the saddle with her hands, one turned 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's only two hours at most. Wait for my good news... Headmaster..."

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　　 "Commander! Commander!"

The chief of the cavalry company circulated around the campfire, looked at the subordinates who rushed in, and asked grumpily: "Seven more? Are there seven more **** coming out?!"

　　 "No, no, there are only five people this time!"

　　 The commander was taken aback: "Five people?"

　　 The cavalrymen swallowed: "And Cumberland and the fugitive are among them!"

　　 Hearing this, the commander trot a few steps and grabbed the cavalry's neckline: "Are those two people here?! Are you right?!"

　　 "It's true! Someone saw their faces when they passed by! It can't be wrong!"

　　 The commander laughed loudly: "This old **** finally appeared! Did we chase the "bait" troops before? Why haven't we come back yet?!"

　　 Seeing the subordinates staring at each other, there was silence. The commander waved his hand in irritation: "No longer! Pass my order, everyone else, get up and chase!"

　　 The cavalry subordinates hesitated: "My lord, the rest are basically heavy cavalry..."

　　 "What?!" After the commander was surprised, he thought about it for a moment and finally reacted.

In order to pursue the "bait" of the first three batches, he has sent out most of the light cavalry and archer. The rest, except for the heavy cavalry, are the heavy-bearing mules who have little combat effectiveness~lightnovelpub.net~let The heavy cavalry took off their armor, put on their weapons, and went into battle lightly! "

　　 Ten minutes later, the remaining thirty people of the Eastern Army Cavalry Company finally caught up with the five people in Cumberland.

　　 The commander saw from a distance that these runaways were riding horses and entering a forest. Some of them hugged their chests and leaned on their horses in pain.

　　 "There are wounded among those people! They can't walk fast, the whole army will catch up!"

　　 ran on the path of the forest, the commander looked at the airtight woods and grasses around him, and his bad premonition became stronger and stronger. He deliberately ordered the troops to stop, but the target ahead was only less than 50 meters away from him. At this time, giving up really made him unable to reconcile.

　　 The cavalry company drove the horse for a certain distance, and suddenly several horse slings rose on the ground. The neighing of horses and the screams of cavalry continued to sound, and the people running in the front were thrown to the ground by the unbalanced horses under them.

　　 "There is an ambush! There is an ambush!"

Seeing the soldiers in the front team fell to the ground, the commander stopped the horse anxiously. When he was frightened, he just wanted to give an order. With a bang, a huge wood fell behind the team, blocking their way of retreat. .

　　 Countless soldiers in the grass stood up, stretched out their halberds and hooks to pull the cavalry off the horse, and the swords and axes fell and blood was splashed. The heavy cavalry without any armor lost most of it in just a few breaths.

The 　　 company commander raised the sword in his hand, just about to slash at a soldier close to him, but was shot down by a cold arrow next to his horse.

　　 A pair of steel-wrapped boots stopped in front of him, and a low voice rang above his head.

　　『Um...how did the church army persuade to surrender? In the name of Heavenly Father, put down your weapons! 』