Cyrus was still somewhat puzzled, "What if..."

"To put it another way, Donic still recognizes Duke Sald, while the Lunlang family has sided with the royal family."

Cyrus suddenly realized, and Yun Zhe looked at him and smiled slightly, "If they hadn't attacked, we would have been in a bit of a bad position, but now that they've made the first move, we don't need to be polite."

Norton stared in astonishment at the guards on the city wall, who were drawing their bows and shooting arrows. They were Arurumen in armor! If it weren't for the yellow banner reminding him, he would have mistaken them for elves who had defected to the Donic family.

"What a great opportunity!" Norton thought to himself with a touch of smug satisfaction.

"Tell the entire army that elven mercenaries have come to take over the defenses. They're flying the Donic flag to mislead us and try to use the time to strengthen the city's defenses. We can't let them succeed!" After saying this, Norton glanced at the messenger beside him. "Tell Lviv what I just said. Tell him that this place is still occupied by the elves, and have him come to our aid immediately!"

"But sir, it's possible that these Aruru people are also mercenaries of the Donic family..." the messenger said cautiously.

Norton looked at the messenger with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot. "There won't be any Aruruans as mercenaries for humans, you..." Norton thought for a moment, realizing that these servants might indeed be unaware of the interesting history of humans hiring Aruruans. So he stopped talking.

The messenger nodded repeatedly, filled with trepidation, and dashed off to relay Norton's orders.

Norton sneered inwardly, "A cunning elf. Luckily, I cautiously came over to take a look."