Blood Dragon

Section 35 Conspiracy

After Mayfair left, Ashuruffat turned to look at the darkness behind him.

"Leo, what are you doing here?" He asked softly.Ordinary people may not be able to see Leo hiding in the dark, but Ashuruffalt has dark vision.

"It was still discovered by you. Ashuruffat, you are really alert, no wonder you don't even need guards." Leo walked out and came to Ashuruffat. "But about Miss Mayfair, let's stop here."

Ashuruffat looked at Leo, but didn't speak.

"Our Miss Fei'er is not an ordinary prophetess, I just found out today that she is actually a candidate for the saint!" Leo shrugged. "In fairy tales, there are indeed some female prophets who married a certain brave knight. But the saint is another matter. The saint is the darling of the god of nature, and it is impossible to marry ordinary people."

"What are you talking about, it's impossible for Mayfair to fall in love with me." Ashuruffat replied. "She's just a little interested in me. I just... respond to her..."

"There is no reason to like someone." Leo replied. "Ashrufat, I'm getting more and more sure of one thing."

"whats the matter?"

"Although you are an earl, without me as your matchmaker, it must be very difficult for you to marry a wife." Leo walked past Ashuruffat and patted him on the back hard.

"When we're done fighting, my first thing is to find a good wife for myself, and the second thing is to introduce you to the most suitable one. We can let Thomas be the wedding host, and many people will definitely be envious .”

A few days later in the early morning, a small team appeared on the misty grassland.This is a very small team, only five or six people.All rode war horses, and the leading man even sat on a strange saddle.The saddle was oddly shaped, and the left and right stirrups were of different lengths. It was obviously specially made for people with disabled legs and feet.

The traces of the battlefield are still very clear.Although the corpses were generally cleaned up, there were still many fragments of weapons and armor on the battlefield, as well as some residual limbs that had not been cleaned up.All this clearly proves what happened here.

The bodies of the fallen were separated.The bodies of the Paro people were hastily buried in several large pits, and a stone tablet was placed next to it, recording the heroic martial arts of Thomas, the commander of the coalition forces, who defeated the enemy here.As for the fallen warriors of Cassilos and St. Jean, they were carefully buried one by one, and the names and origins of the deceased were engraved on each tombstone.

In this situation, anyone who is not a fool can know who will win this battle.

The small team stopped at the edge of a large pit where the bodies of the Paro people were buried.The leader got off his horse, and Luke's thin, pale face could be seen through the sunlight.Riding on horseback is obviously an extremely strenuous job for Luke.After he dismounted, he gasped for a long time.

"So, our Earl Ashruft really went straight to Wolf's Mouth Castle?" Luke pushed his glasses and asked his subordinates while reading the stele showing off his martial arts.

"That's right, it is estimated that we have already gone halfway. But as long as they don't march by force, then we will definitely be able to catch up with the army before they reach the Wolf's Mouth Castle. Our speed is much faster." A subordinate said.

"What's the point of marching now?" Luke muttered in a low voice.Indeed, it doesn't make any sense anymore.Since last winter, Thomas's army has successively wiped out nearly [-] Paro people after successive battles, and made the Paro army stationed in the border castle of Cassilos the turtles of Mengzhong.Not to mention killing two Paro generals on the battlefield in succession.

Now the Paro people no longer have any troops that can be used to reinforce the Wolf's Mouth Castle.Ashulfa can pass slowly, and have a siege without any worries.Of course, judging from the situation, Ashuruffat must be the kind of ambitious person who has a long way to go.He will not take the castle with a long-term siege strategy.

Time is running out, and in two or three months, the Paro people on the border between Cassilos and San Jean will lose their fighting spirit due to the lack of food and grass.They had no other way out but to surrender to the army of Saint-Jean below the city.

It doesn't even have to be this much trouble.Now the news of Thomas' victory had spread far and wide, and no one in the land of Cassilos knew it.Maybe those Paro people are already starting to prepare to surrender.In any case, at that time, St. Jean's main force will cross the border without loss, sweep up all the way, and finally join the coalition forces led by Thomas under the Castle of Wolf's Mouth.

If that happens, then Ryan's position becomes extremely dangerous.If he stops the St. Jean army, then he will have to fight Princess Irina as an enemy, and it is absolutely impossible to beat the St. Jean army with his troops, he is doomed to fail.If he doesn't stop him, then his weak nature will be seen through, and the Duke's status will be in danger at that time, let alone marrying the princess.

The most ideal situation is to be able to take over the army under the command of Ashrufat.If Ryan can get this force, then he will not only greatly increase his strength, but more importantly, he will have a solid rear, and he can sit down and negotiate with Princess Irina.

That fellow Ashurfat must disappear.

Luke didn't stay in this battlefield for a long time. He inspected the battlefield a little bit, analyzed the situation in his heart, and then hurriedly embarked on the journey.

What his subordinate said was not wrong at all, and at dusk the next day, he had already caught up with the army.Two batches of equestrian retinues in charge of investigation came up to meet him, but Luke had the identity certificate jointly issued by Princess Irina and Thomas, proving that he was the military clerk, so he didn't encounter any unnecessary troubles.

When it got dark, the camp of the coalition forces was already not far ahead.Judging from the size of the camp, regardless of the logistics troops, the coalition forces have about 4 to [-] troops.This is also consistent with Luke's previous estimation.

"My lord, are you still not going in?" The subordinate next to him asked in a low voice, and Luke realized that he had been waiting here for too long.He tried to keep his face calm, and when he realized that his foot was shaking violently, he suppressed it.

No, he shouldn't be afraid.Except for Ashurfat, Leo, and William Daly, no one in the entire army will know about the betrayal!What's more, William Daly has been killed, and now there are only two people.And he has an identity certificate issued by Thomas himself...

Luke mustered up his courage.It won't be so unlucky, it's getting dark, Ashuruffat and Leo must be resting now, or dealing with some incidents.And even if he was discovered by Ashurfat or Leo, it wouldn't be a big deal.They focused on Ryan, not a little clerk like him.They didn't know that he was Ryan's uncle, let alone know that he was behind it.

"You wait here. If there is no problem, I will naturally come out to find you."

Luke's guess was not wrong at all. Inside the camp, Ashuruffat and Leo were discussing the next step.

"According to the information in our hands, the Paro people used long-term siege tactics to capture Langkou Castle, so the castle itself remained basically intact. However, the Paro people acted too hastily and did not have time to improve the defense of the castle. The heavy city defense cannons only There are only a few. Using our detachable siege towers, a surprise attack in the blind spot of the cannon does have a good chance of success."

"But even if there are siege towers, we don't have an advantage in terms of strength." This is Leo's judgment.Although it looks like the coalition army has [-] people (after the battle, many scattered Casillas knights and militiamen joined the army one after another, making the coalition army strength increase instead of decrease), but the defenders of Wolf's Mouth Castle Army, it is conservatively estimated that it will not be less than [-].After the Battle of the Misty Grassland, almost all of the defeated Paro army retreated into the castle.For siege warfare, this advantage is simply not enough.

According to military common sense, the army guarding the castle will inevitably resist desperately, and the will to fight is much higher than under normal circumstances, because they have no way to retreat.Therefore, during siege warfare, one must rely on overwhelming superior force to crush the enemy's resistance.In addition, on the city walls, shooting weapons like muskets, bows and arrows naturally have a good shooting angle and a longer shooting range, which will inevitably cause far greater casualties than normal.With 3 troops attacking a castle guarded by more than 2 people, even with sufficient siege equipment, it is still a battle with little chance of winning.

The normal approach is to dig trenches, build fortifications, build forts, trap castles, and then rely on long-term siege, using hunger as a weapon, and finally forcing the defenders to choose between starvation and surrender.In fact, on the border defenses of Cassilos and San Jean, the main force of San Jean did just that.

It's just that neither Ashrufat nor Leo considered this much safer approach at all, and Thomas' injury was already very critical.In fact, even if "myrrh" can be obtained now, there is no guarantee that it will be saved.

"At noon in three days' time, we will be able to arrive under the Wolf's Mouth Castle, and then we will arrange a camp and secretly assemble the siege tower at night. We will launch an attack at dawn the next day. There is no other way." Ai Shurufat said anxiously.There was no time. Thomas's brief awakening a few days ago was not a sign of his recovery. On the contrary, he fell into a coma and high fever again afterwards, and his situation was far worse than before.

Mayfair previously estimated that it was 20 days, but in fact, I am afraid that there is no such time.

"We wasted too much time on the road! If we marched forcefully, we might have captured the castle by now!" Aishuruffat hammered hard on the corner of the table, denting the corner completely.The strength of the punch made Leo speechless.Of course, Leo knew that Ashuruffat was just complaining about it.Both of them knew very well that a forced march was not a good idea.

"We should arrange a specific plan for the siege. If possible, it's best to attract some of the enemies out of the city... If we don't set up a strong camp, maybe we can save time and make a hammer vehicle." Leo thought . "At that time, we should be able to contain the enemy a little bit and share the pressure on the siege tower."

"I don't know if the time is too late... and the siege tower has not been assembled for a long time, and it may need to be repaired by then..."

"By the way, Ashurfat, I have received news from the rear, about that kid Ryan." Leo said suddenly.

"When the news came last time, he occupied Derek City, which was abandoned by us, and he seemed to call himself the Duke... What kind of tricks did he play this time?" Ashuruffat asked coldly.Whenever Ryan was mentioned, his voice was as cold as a block of ice.

"It's not what's wrong, but I got some more specific news." Leo replied. "That kid not only claimed to be a duke, but also raised the banner of the Riri sword that can only be owned by the Casillas royal family. He didn't let the knights serve Princess Irina as Thomas planned, but let Cassillas His knights pledged their personal allegiance to him. It was a clear betrayal."