Sword Sorcery

Chapter 15
Da da da da
A sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded, breaking the originally silent night atmosphere.

Looking down from the sky, under the pale white moonlight, one can clearly see two figures galloping on horseback, galloping across the flat ground at an extremely fast speed.

"Aaron, how do you know that the castle is safe? If the castle is being attacked now, wouldn't we be in a trap by running there?"

Bruce asked Aaron suspiciously while galloping his horse.

Aaron did not answer directly, but asked instead: "Bruce, what do you think is the main purpose of Earl Bell's sudden attack on us this time, instigating against George and others?"

Bruce was stunned, and subconsciously replied: "In order to occupy these village strongholds, it will be convenient for the joint army to use it as a rest base for the next rest, and can invade the territory of the Kino Kingdom faster."

"No!"

Aaron shook his head and explained: "If it's just for the village, they don't need to use this method. They can use a large army to slowly suppress the border, so that other soldiers on the border will notice and report the news, forcing Viscount Steve Withdraw our garrison soldiers and gather in the castle to wait to meet them. In this way, Earl Bell can easily get all the village strongholds in Viscount Steve's territory except the castle!"

"However, they didn't do that because they targeted not only the village, but more importantly"

Speaking of this, Aaron's eyes began to narrow, and he spit out word by word: "Kill all of us living forces!"

Bruce seemed to realize something, and suddenly said: "Could it be?"

Aaron nodded and said affirmatively: "What is the most useful force for defending the castle? Could it be those thin farmers who can only wield a hoe? Such people, if they fight on flat ground, a team 20 regular soldiers can kill hundreds of people!"

"So, the main force guarding the castle is us soldiers—these regular soldiers who have enough food every day and have undergone breathing training are the most important defense force!"

"Every week, Viscount Steve will send at least half of his soldiers to various villages to guard the villages. This is also the best chance for Earl Bell to eliminate these soldiers!"

"Obviously, Earl Bell's goal is not just those villages, but to completely eat the entire territory including the castle, just like the Karas Empire wants to eat the entire Kino Kingdom alive. In this way, try to destroy us These vital forces for defending the city in the future will make it easier to swallow the entire castle, which is the main purpose, and those villages have become secondary goals!"

After hearing Aaron's deduction, Bruce realized: "That's why you say that the castle should be fine, because Earl Bell's men who instigated rebellion will definitely not be too many, and it will take a few days for the army to arrive. These traitors alone are definitely fine." A way to directly break through the castle of the Viscount, where the three official knights sit, including the Viscount!"

"That's why they chose to mobilize the traitors stationed in the village first, cooperate with some small-scale scout troops who came over the mountains in advance, and eat the regular soldiers stationed outside!"

"That's right~!"

Aaron nodded and said in a deep voice, "So we have to hurry back to the castle as soon as possible. If it's late, I'm afraid we won't even be able to go back to the castle!"

Fortunately, the village where Aaron and others are stationed is the nearest village to the castle, except for Duolong Town, which is only a dozen kilometers away. At the current speed of galloping at full speed, they can return to the castle in half an hour at most .

Borrowing the light of the moon, Bruce looked at the slightly thinner figure in front of him. Although Bruce was in his early 20s and Aaron was less than 15 years old, Bruce didn't dare to underestimate him, and his mind was full of thoughts:

"Obviously he is a young man much younger than me, but he has already reached the level of a quasi-knight. What's even more frightening is that his behavior seems exaggerated, but in fact he is mature and stable-before, he deliberately applauded to show his identity to intervene in us. The battle with George, but did not choose to make a surprise attack, is to relax the vigilance of George and others."

"If there is a surprise attack, George and the others will definitely be frightened collectively, and they will choose to besiege me or Aaron while maintaining vigilance! However, after Aaron clapped his hands to show his identity, because George saw Aaron's appearance clearly, he recognized Out of this 'trash' identity - in this way, George will only regard Aaron as a 'fool' with a burnt out brain, thus lowering his vigilance, only sending two soldiers to deal with Aaron, and focusing more on The wounded me was finally divided and killed by Aaron!"

"Really judge the situation and think carefully, including his subsequent judgment on the whole situation, he clearly deduced the main purpose of Earl Bell, and even I didn't see the key point."

"It's scary, it's really scary~!"

Bruce looked at Aaron's slightly undulating figure on the horseback, and decided in his heart: "This boy is young but deep in the city, and his thoughts are as meticulous as silk. In time, he will surely achieve great things! I will never provoke him again."

Aaron didn't know what was going on in Bruce's mind, and was galloping on horseback when Bruce's exclamation sounded—"Aaron, look over there!"

Aaron looked in the direction Bruce was pointing at, but saw a faint flame rising to the sky in the distant sky on the east side, which seemed to be a small town, as if it was in the midst of war.
"This is Duolong Town?"

With Aaron's composure, Rao couldn't help but lose his voice slightly.

"Yes, it should be Duolong Town!" Bruce affirmed, this town is the place he always wants to be stationed, of course he is no stranger.

Aaron's heart turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "It seems that Earl Bell's handwriting is very big."

Duolong Town is the only place in the Viscount's territory that can be called a "town" except for seven villages of different sizes. The resident population alone is over [-], accounting for nearly half of the entire territory's population.In terms of the number of people alone, there are more residents than the Viscount's castle - after all, one is just a castle, and the other is a small town.

Therefore, there are at least two brigades in Duolong Town, with a total of [-] soldiers stationed, including two brigade captains who are at least at the quasi-knight level-the quasi-knights with dozens of soldiers under their support, the strength displayed It's much higher than a single quasi-knight, and it won't be as embarrassing as Bruce was before.

To eat the entire town of Duolong, at least one official knight and dozens of soldiers would be required to make a surprise attack.
Bruce glanced at Aaron, and asked in a concentrated voice, "Aaron, do we want it?"

"No, let's go straight back to the castle."

Aaron said calmly: "If the two brigades can't defend Duolong Town, it's useless for us to go. The most important thing is to report back to the castle as soon as possible."

"Huh~!" Bruce nodded, agreeing to Aaron's decision without a trace of hesitation.

In fact, both of them are well aware of this. Even if one of the two quasi-knights is seriously injured, if they rush over in time, as long as the garrison in Duolong Town does not suffer too much loss, it may not be too late. There is no chance of 'turning over' - combined with two other quasi-knight-level captains, a total of four quasi-knights besieged, even a formal knight may not have no chance to force back!

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to kill them. After all, the gap between official knights and quasi-knights is too great, and even if the official knights can be forced back, Aaron and others must pay a heavy price, even Give up your life too.

So Aaron and Bruce chose to ignore it wisely, and retreated to the castle first. As for the specific life and death of the garrison in Doron Town——

What does it have to do with me?
Soon, the two rushed back to the Viscount's Castle in the dark,
Looking at the tall and majestic Viscount Castle in front of him, Aaron breathed a sigh of relief——

"Finally home."

(End of this chapter)