I was beheaded in the Middle Ages for 20 years

Philippa stood up in panic, but the view from the camp was not wide. She could only see the smoke rising but not the situation in the town.

She really wanted to go and see the town to confirm whether Xu Siling had spared the people and saved their lives as she said.

But the surrounding wolf riders were staring at her, and leaving the camp was undoubtedly a joke.

She moved restlessly, but finally came to the carriage where Isabella was imprisoned and sat down.

Isabella naturally didn't look happy when she saw Philippa.

"Get out, you are not welcome here."

If it were the previous Philippa, facing this mother-in-law who made her both scared and terrified, after hearing this, she would immediately lower her head and run away without saying a word.

But things are no longer the same.

Philippa didn't know whether staying with Xu Siling was considered a betrayal of England.

But she felt that she couldn't just leave like this.

She wanted to do something.

But she was confused about whether to do it for Xu Siling, for England, or for her husband Edward.

But at least it is certain that Philippa did not feel that she had let England down.

"No one is welcome in England." Philippa smiled bitterly and shook her head. "Isabella, who has ever been welcomed in England?"

Philippa no longer addressed Isabella with respect, which made Isabella unhappy.

"At least disloyal people like you are not welcome."

"Loyal? No, I am loyal. I am loyal to my husband and I am equally loyal to my kingdom."

"Oh, is your kingdom England, or is it France?"

"Before you ask me, you might as well ask yourself. You have done a lot of things that were unfaithful to England."

"What do you know!"

"Yeah, what do you know?"

Isabella suddenly felt that her daughter-in-law in front of her became a stranger.

Be strong and determined.

This was something Isabella had never seen in Philippa. She hated weak and incompetent women, especially Philippa.

She hoped Philippa would take up the mantle of Queen of England.

But unexpectedly, Philippa had not changed until today.

The two were silent for a long time until Isabella asked.

"How much do you know about Knight Raya's plan?"

"If Xu didn't lie to me, then I know everything."

Isabella snorted coldly: "You two bastards."

If everything can be forgiven, then everything you have experienced is what you deserve.

So Philippa was not prepared to forgive herself, nor was she angry.

"Xu was canonized as a perfect knight of France by Philip VI. I can only say that he deserves this title."

"Ha, so you've changed your mind like that?"

"No. God once said that there is no perfect person in this world. Everyone will commit sins. But I think if there must be a perfect person in the world, then... I think it would be Xu."

Isabella frowned, not understanding the significance of what Philippa said.

Philippa continued, "You think Xu is disloyal, but he has never betrayed France, so how can he be disloyal? Has he ever sworn allegiance to England in front of you or my husband? Have you even heard with your own ears that he wants to veto the identity of Saint Raya and stand firmly on the side of England?"

"You are really confused!"

"Perhaps, but perhaps I see it clearly. Isabella, I am afraid."

"Are you still afraid?"

"I have never been so scared. I am afraid of you, Edward, the children, and Yinggui. I am even more afraid of making mistakes. But now I find that I am not afraid of anything. It is precisely because I am not afraid of anything that I feel truly scared." Philippa sighed, "Perhaps my husband is going to lose."

"Why? Just relying on these four hundred people? Just relying on Knight Raya? You are crazy!"

Philippa stopped talking, just closed her eyes and rested, not knowing what she was thinking.

After a long time, the wolf knights who went out on the looting mission came back with supplies, and Xu Siling who had just finished "strolling" also came back with them.

Philippa saw that the wolf riders did not capture anyone except for the supplies, and she couldn't help but ask worriedly.

"Where are the prisoners? Where are the people?"

The wolf knight was stunned and replied with a smile: "Of course I let him go."

"Let go?"

"Lord Si Ling has ordered that we will not harm the people. We did not do these things in France, and we have never done these things in England. I have not killed anyone except those who resisted."

Philippa heaved a sigh of relief at this assurance.

Isabella, however, did not believe it: "You are so hypocritical. You believe what I said? There is not a single prisoner, not a single woman. Do you think this is reasonable, Philippa?"

"If you don't believe Xu, then to me, everything is fake, so I will believe it."

"Crazy woman!"

Philippa said this, but she was still worried about the safety of the people in the town. Xu Siling was arranging the cleanup of supplies and preparing to leave for the next destination.

It was not until Xu Siling finished her work and found Philippa at Isabella's place that she approached.

"Philippa, why are you staying with the Queen? We are going to leave, and I will put you in another carriage."

"No, Xu. I'll stay here with Isabella."

"how?"

"Don't forget Xu, I am also your prisoner. Even if I am your friend, you should not treat me differently."

Xu Siling smiled and said, "I never wanted to capture you. Look, the prisoner is the old woman behind you." Then she pointed at Isabella.

Philippa shook her head and didn't continue: "How did you arrange for the civilians in the town? Did you really not harm them? I didn't see you take any prisoners, not even a single woman."

"Philippa, this is because you don't understand my troops well enough. Of course, not only you don't understand, but even the nobles don't understand."

"I did not get it."

"My troops will not harm people easily, and will not harm others for money. This is the victor's army, and I am the biggest winner! We will not harm women or children."

Philippa couldn't help but smile: "I'm sorry."

"What is there to apologize for?"

“But I saw such a thick smoke.”

"I only promise not to harm them, but I cannot promise not to rob them. You know my plan very well. I will not leave anything for your husband Edward."

"so.?"

"I had the town burned down, leaving them nothing."

Philippa stared. Isabella sneered from behind: "Not surprising, this is what a normal raiding team should do."

Philippa asked anxiously: "What about the people?"

Xu Siling shook her head: "Philippa, I'm not here to do good deeds. They are your people, not mine. I'm lucky enough to be able to save their lives."

Philippa thought about it again and again and felt that it was right. Xu Siling's plan was to burn, kill and loot along the way to share the attention of the English troops and thus reduce the pressure on France on the main battlefield.

In this regard, Xu Siling and the Black Prince who plundered in France had the same goal.

Philippa even dared to say that her son had done far more excessive things in France than Xu Siling!
She knew how her son fought, and the Black Prince would show no mercy when he met his enemies.

Her own son burned, killed and looted in France without mercy, so how could she blame Xu Siling for not being merciful enough in looting in England?

"sorry"

"Why are you apologizing again?" Xu Siling said helplessly, "Since you choose to stay with this old woman, I won't stop you. If you have any needs, tell the soldiers around you. Even if you want to leave, you can leave at any time."

Philippa smiled and nodded.

Just as Xu Siling was about to leave, he left a message.

"Don't worry too much. I specially left some rations for them to help them survive in the wild. This distance is enough for them to at least reach London."

Philippa thanked her again and watched Xu Siling leave.

Soon the camp had packed up everything and was heading towards the next destination at a fairly fast pace.

On the journey, Philippa was with Isabella, but Isabella was tied up while Philippa could do whatever she wanted.

Isabella couldn't help but sneer when she saw Philippa's grateful look.

"You are so stupid. Xu is just taking advantage of your kindness and making you grateful to him, but you don't even know it!"

Philippa raised an eyebrow in curiosity, "How come."

"You don't understand? Edward knows that I was robbed. He will arrange people to encircle and suppress the Raya Knights!"

"I know that my husband loves you very much. How does this directly relate to him using me?"

"He appeared to be kind and spared those people, but he burned down their houses and left only some food for them to escape. Don't you understand this?"

Philippa smiled and said, "I don't know."

Isabella looked at Philippa and laughed angrily: "If there are troops following and chasing Knight Raya, they will definitely encounter the fleeing people, and the fleeing people will hinder the pursuit troops. Even if he burns all the supplies in the town and waits for the fleeing people to flee to other places, his goal will be achieved! Other towns and castles will definitely take in refugees! At that time, the burden on various places will be increased, and England will be worried!"

Isabella cursed: "It would be better to kill all these people!"

Philippa's eyebrows jumped violently, not because she was shocked by Isabella's previous words, but because of her following harsh words.

"I know."

"Knowing that you are still so grateful to him?"

"Isabella, don't forget my son, your grandson. He is currently plundering in the south of France. How do you think he treats the French people? And how does Xu treat the English people? Even if he is taking advantage of my kindness and making me grateful to him, at least he did spare the lives of the English people."

"France has our territory, and we deserve it!"

"But it is also true that England was once a vassal of France."

"I don't want to have such a meaningless argument with you!"

Philippa smiled faintly and shook her head: "Isabella, have you ever thought about this? Xu's troops looted, killed the guards, and then gathered the people, and then burned the houses and supplies. Isn't this a waste of time? If you really want to quickly escape the pursuit of the troops, just set fire to kill everyone. This is the fastest way."

Philippa was right. Isabella only said that Xu Siling left the fleeing people behind and hindered the pursuit of the troops, but she did not mention a word about Xu Siling's kindness that delayed his escape.

Isabella snorted coldly and was unwilling to speak.

"So why shouldn't I be grateful to him? At least the people survived."

Philippa was just conservative and kind. Perhaps as the Queen of England, there was no such thing as a fool. She could certainly see the purpose behind Xu Siling's kindness.

You can judge by actions but not by the heart. If you judge by the heart, there is no gentleman.

This statement is equally applicable no matter what time period or place.

Isabella is a control freak, an egomaniac, and double standards are her basic operation.

But Philippa is different. She cannot have double standards, so her empathy is stronger than those around her.

After traveling for a whole day, when they encountered villages and manors on the road, Xu Siling ordered them to be looted and burned without hesitation.

All of them were the same as the previous operations, leaving behind the people's lives and a little food rations and allowing them to escape.

It's not that Xu Siling is really kind, he is indeed adding to the burden on towns and cities across England.

After the Black Death, not only France, but also England's production did not fully recover. Like France, all towns and castles had to prepare for national war and had no excess supplies to accommodate a large number of refugees.

Once this limit is exceeded and places can no longer take in refugees, people will starve to death or die of disease, and England will then face tremendous pressure.

Moreover, Xu Siling didn't want to kill too many people. Even though she knew that she could get a lot of points by burning them to death, she still felt a little upset inside, after all, they were not Jews.

We set up camp late into the night.

Xu Siling did not sleep. She was looking at a simple map in the tent and thinking about something.

At the soldier's reminder, Philippa walked into the tent.

"Why don't you rest yet? Are you uncomfortable staying with that old woman? I'll have someone set up a tent for you."

Philippa shook her head. "I couldn't sleep and wanted to go out for a walk. I saw that no soldier in the camp would stop me, so I came to see if you were asleep."

"What if I fall asleep?"

"Then I'll go to sleep."

Xu Siling looked at Philippa's dazed look and couldn't help laughing: "Well, I'm not asleep now, what do you want to see me for?"

"Curious about what you're doing."

"I'm looking at the map and preparing for the subsequent looting route."

Philippa stepped forward, looked at the simple map, couldn't help thinking, and then said.

"If you don't plan to attack towns or castles, you can come across many manor villages along this mountain road."

"Who says I don't attack towns and castles?"

Philippa was surprised: "You only have more than 400 people. How are you going to attack?"

"I can take down two cities with just 150 men. Do you think I can't do it with more than 400 men now?"

Although these more than 400 people were gathered because Ella relaxed the conditions without limits and took both the old and the young, their strength should not be underestimated with the support of weapons, armor and horses.

"I don't doubt your ability."

"Then tell me, among the towns and castles along this route, which one has the least troops?"

"There aren't many people in Avisburg." Philippa pretended to be stunned. "Do you believe me?"

"Why not?" Seeing Philippa's silence, Xu Siling chuckled, "I know what you are planning. You won't lie to me, but Philippa, you are not a fool. You are willing to tell me so simply, don't you just want me to choose to attack the castle and give up looting the village to waste time and manpower, so that I can be better surrounded by the English troops, right?"

Philippa remained silent, evidently assenting.

"Let's not talk about this for now. I haven't taken off my armor yet. If you are willing, come and help me." (End of this chapter)