Alien Knights

The moonlight is hazy, and the stars are sparse.

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 tonight's action."

The voice 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 held his long sword, twisted his neck, swung his arms, and took a deep breath. His subordinates came 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 his 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: "At this time, how could I possibly be able to sleep."

"What's the matter, I used to rest my head on a dead body, my body was covered with broken limbs and blood, and my sleep was still not the same sweet!" Cumberland thumped the other person's chest lightly with his fist: "Young man! The most important thing is the mentality!"

"I'm back!"

On the street in the night, a figure ran.

Todd took a closer look, and it turned out that it was Edgar who volunteered to inquire about the enemy.

The Mengxin scout ran up to the two of them and took a breath: "I can see clearly that the cavalry outside the town are divided into three waves, with an interval of two hours, patrolling outside the town in rotation..."

Todd made a rough calculation in his mind, 25 "cavalry" 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. Since it is a harbor-type town, the perimeter of the surrounding land is about 16 kilometers (2×5×3.14÷2), which means that each cavalry is responsible for patrolling and intercepting the distance of 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, kid!"

Edgar, who was praised, felt his bones lighten, and suddenly became interested, like a gate that could not be closed after opening: "Of course! I am a scout! Oh, yes, right, their camp is 7 kilometers to the east from here, surrounded by simple trenches, and the tents are divided into three rows around the campfire. The horse hitches are placed on the west side. They even hold their weapons when they sleep...Ah! It hurts! Commander, why are you stepping on my feet?!"

Seeing Cumberland's mouth getting wider and wider, Todd had to use a special way to remind Edgar to shut up.

"He likes to talk nonsense sometimes, don't worry about it."

"I didn't...um..."

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

The old knight gave Todd a meaningful look, laughed, and said nothing.

Seven men in black cloaks led their 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 an affirmative answer, he nodded and just said three words lightly.

"lets go."

Seeing the seven cavalrymen who hid their figures in the cloaks, leaving in a hurry, Todd asked Cumberland puzzledly: "These seven people are..."

Looking at the far east, the old man said slowly: "They are the first "bait" I threw..."

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Outside Muxi Town, the camp of the Eastern Legion and Cavalry Company.

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

A middle-aged man hurried out of the tent, looked at the subordinates in front of him, and asked eagerly, "How many people? Where are they going? Have you confirmed their identities?"

"Seven people, they were very fast, rushed past the patrolling cavalry, and headed south! Since it was night, and they were all wearing black cloaks, they couldn't be identified!"

The commander of the cavalry frowned, and whispered to himself, "There are only seven people? They are all wearing cloaks... The opponent is Cumberland, who is well-known in the army. Could these seven people be bait?"

The subordinate reminded in a low voice: "Sir, if these seven people are not bait, what if there happens to be a fugitive we want to catch? Those people above have issued a death order. For the fugitive in the palace, they will see the body if they live or die."

The commander frowned, and asked, "How many people went after those seven people?"

"Three light cavalry, six archers."

"Except the fugitive from the palace among the seven people, if the remaining six are all knights, and if Cumberland is still there, then the nine people will not be enough! Then send some light cavalry and cavalry archers to meet them! Tell them, once they confirm that the other party is the bait, come back immediately, and don't want to fight!"

"yes!"

Twenty minutes later.

"Sir, someone has rushed out of town again!"

The cavalry commander, who had no intention of sleeping and waiting by the campfire, turned around suddenly: "I guessed right, the first batch of people were the bait! But why hasn't the person in charge of the pursuit come back? By the way, how many people came out this time?!"

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

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

The subordinate looked downcast: "Sir, what should we do?"

The commander who was furious heard this and shouted angrily: "What should I do?! There are so many people outside the town, you can't even stop seven people?!"

The subordinates were crying, and began to complain: "Sir, it's not that we don't want to intercept it! It's just that the outside of the town is too big, and the city walls and gates haven't been built yet, so we can only deploy a cavalry to patrol at intervals. When they rush out, we can only gather three or four people at most, and we can'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 made this town?! Don't you even understand the most basic principles?! It's outside the town, too lazy to even build a city wall!!!"

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Cumberland watched the seven of them ride away on horseback.

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

The old man suddenly mentioned an irrelevant thing: "I seem to have heard someone call you the head of the regiment just now?"

Todd glanced at him, neither acknowledging nor denying, and remained silent.

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

Todd put his hands into his sleeves: "Mr. Cumberland, you are very well informed."

Cumberland laughed: "As long as you are willing to collect things like details, you will always gain something. Take this small town as an example. When a mediocre commander enters here, for a ridiculous sense of security, the first thing he always thinks of is building a city wall, or blocking the streets with earth and rocks, and standing there for help. He never thought about this approach, which not only blocks the enemy, but also traps himself."

"My Lord Baron..."

A cold female voice attracted the attention of the two.

Queen Mary put on an ill-fitting leather armor, coiled her hair high, and stuffed 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, please stop calling me Baron."

The queen nodded slightly, and said calmly: "Then please don't call me Your Majesty the Queen anymore, I have nothing to do with the kingdom anymore."

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

Seeing his subordinates leading the horse, he walked up to Mary, intending 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, turned over 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...the chief..."

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"Commander! Commander!"

The commander of the cavalry company was circling around the bonfire, looking at the subordinates who were rushing over, and asked angrily, "Seven more? Did seven more bastards come out?!"

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

The commander was taken aback: "Five people?"

The cavalry subordinate swallowed: "And Cumberland and the fugitive are also among them!"

Hearing this, the commander trotted a few steps and grabbed the cavalry by the collar: "Those two people are there?! Did you read that right?!"

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

The commander laughed loudly: "This old bastard finally appeared! What about the troops we chased after the "bait" before? Why haven't they come back yet?!"

Seeing his subordinates looking at each other in blank dismay, there was silence. The commander waved his hand angrily: "Don't wait! Pass my order, everyone else, get on your horse and chase after it!"

The cavalry subordinate hesitated: "My lord, the remaining people are basically heavy cavalry..."

"What?!" After being surprised, the commander thought carefully for a moment, and finally came to his senses.

In order to chase the "decoys" of the first three batches, he had sent out most of the light cavalry and cavalry archers, and the rest, except for the heavy cavalry, were some mule soldiers with no combat effectiveness.

"Let the heavy cavalry take off their armor, put on their weapons, and go into battle lightly!"

Ten minutes later, the remaining 30 members of the cavalry company of the Eastern Legion finally caught up with Cumberland and his party of five.

The commander saw from a distance that these fugitives rode horses and entered a forest. Some of them hugged their chests and leaned on the horse's back in pain.

"There are wounded among those people! They can't go fast, the whole army catches up!"

Running on the trail in the forest, the commander looked at the impenetrable woods and grass around him, and a bad feeling became stronger and stronger. He wanted to order the troops to stop, but the target in front of him was only less than 50 meters away from him, and he couldn't be reconciled to giving up at this time.

The cavalry company drove their horses to chase for a certain distance, and suddenly several tripping ropes rose from the ground. The neighing of the horses and the screams of the cavalry continued, and the people running in the front were thrown to the ground heavily by the unbalanced horses below them.

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

Seeing the soldiers in the front team fall to the ground, the commander hurriedly stopped his horse. Just when he was about to issue an order in fear, a huge log fell to the rear of the team with a bang, blocking their retreat.

Countless soldiers in the grass stood up, stretched out their halberds and hooks and sickles, and pulled the cavalry off their horses. The knives and axes fell and blood splattered everywhere. The heavy cavalry without any armor lost most of them in just a few breaths.

The company commander raised his sword and was about to cut at a soldier who was close to 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.

"Hmm...how did the church army try to persuade you to surrender?" In the name of the Father, lay down your weapons! 』