Chapter 134: A Strategy! Traitor!

The Snow Fox Countess unfolded the map.

Now, Count Feihu, who provided her with information, seemed to be restricted. The people of Frost Moon Kingdom should have guessed this.

This was the last help that Count Feihu gave her.

A map and a description of the deployment of the Crescent Territory's defense line.

Maps are extremely valuable in this world, especially detailed maps of enemy countries.

This map records the hydrology and topography of the Crescent Territory, as well as the approximate locations of villages. It is detailed enough to be a strategic map.

In other words, this is a strategic map specifically for war.

That's enough.

Viscount Rand certainly had not expected that she would personally lead a small number of elite troops, pass through the weak points of the defense line under the cover of night, and prepare to attack the Crescent Territory.

She knew that the situation would develop into at least a small-scale conflict. At that time, although she would receive assistance from domestic nobles, she would not only face the troops of Viscount Rand.

According to the information provided by Earl Feihu, Viscount Rand is a newly promoted viscount, and he was not promoted from baron, but from an unknown outlaw.

In other words, no matter how many rewards Viscount Rand received in the civil war, only a small amount of them could be converted into strength in such a short period of time.

And according to what Count Feihu said, the villagers of this Crescent Territory do not obey the rule of the nobles. It is almost impossible for Rand to take control of this territory in a short time.

Now, all she had to do was destroy the villages.

As long as this Crescent Territory becomes a blank land, it will not provide any benefit to Viscount Rand.

A weak neighbor who allows her to have whatever she wants is very beneficial to her development.

The only pity was that Viscount Turtleshell named Rand had set up a defense line, so there was no way to plunder, or at least the plunder could not be transported back.

And now the elite troops around her are all infantry.

The knights were naturally more powerful than the serf conscripts when they dismounted and fought on foot, but without their mounts, these knights and their squires could not fully display their full fighting power.

In about ten days, Count Feihu's men created loopholes in some places in the defense line, such as filling up some trenches in some places, and described the weak points of the defense line to her.

She was asked to transport in more than a hundred people.

If it weren't for this map and the information about the defense line, she would never have taken such a dangerous tactical risk.

But now that we have the intelligence, we can use some clever tactics to greatly reduce the losses.

If we attack the tortoise shell defense line built by Viscount Turtle Shell by force, the losses will be huge. But now, as long as we destroy the village here, we can achieve the purpose of weakening it, and then this defense line will collapse on its own.

The only pity was that even with so many preparations and people secretly supporting her, she also specially selected knights who were not night blind to cross the defense line under the cover of night, which also caused her to lose many people. After she had gathered 110 people, she had to stop transporting troops.

I wonder who the commander of this defense line is. Is it Viscount Rand himself? When she led her men across the defense line, she realized how difficult this commander was. There were still patrols at night that she couldn't tell the regularity of, and there were many unexpected traps in the trenches of the defense line.

But at least there are 110 people, and she herself is a high-level professional, so it is more than enough to destroy the village.

He first arranged for his men to set up camp. The food they brought with them during this smuggling trip was only enough for each person to eat for three days on average. However, as long as they captured a village, they could easily get supplies, so there was nothing to worry about.

When it was almost dawn, the Snow Fox Countess realized something was wrong. There were garrisons behind the defense line?

The vision was limited at night, making it difficult to see distant scenery, so she did not realize that there was an army here at such a close distance.

And there are quite a few of them.

In her imagination, Rand's total military strength should be around three hundred, but there looked to be five hundred of them.

Are they mercenaries? Or did Rand recruit a lot of serfs, or other nobles to support him?

The Snow Fox Countess frowned. It seemed that they could only avoid them now, although she felt that this seemingly insignificant infantry regiment would probably collapse at the first blow when facing the knights.

But her priority now is to burn down the village. The elite troops she has now have no mounts, so there is no need to suffer losses in order to defeat the infantry regiment. She only needs to complete the strategic goal.

"Retreat!" ordered the Snow Fox Countess.

These horseless knights carried out the countess's orders with some impatience.

In their opinion, there was no need to take a viscount so seriously. If they came here now, not only would they lose many of their comrades, but they would also have to avoid a group of infantrymen who looked like they could be easily defeated.

The infantry in this world are garbage in the eyes of the knights. Although they are also in the infantry status now, it does not affect their discrimination against infantry.

However, the prestige of the Countess was still quite high. At least during this period of time, the Snow Fox Countess had not led them to any defeat. Therefore, even though their opinions did not agree with those of the Snow Fox Countess, no one resisted her orders.

At this time, several scouts from the Fenris Expedition discovered the situation here. A team of three scouts galloped over on horseback. When they got closer, they found that there were more than a hundred people. These scouts immediately reined in their horses and prepared to turn back.

But it was too late.

There were many powerful people among the people brought by the Snow Fox Countess, and the Snow Fox Countess herself was a superior. With simple but accurate archery skills, she shot three arrows. Even if these scouts tried to change direction and flee separately, they failed to escape.

The arrow easily penetrated the leather armor and hit the vital point.

The Snow Fox Countess withdrew her gaze, glanced at the map in her hand again, and then put the map away carefully. She had memorized the locations of all the villages.

"Let's go." The countess ordered in a hoarse voice.

After the elite troops of the Snow Fox Countess left, Fenris soon discovered that a team of scouts had not returned.

After some time, the bodies of the three scouts were found and brought back to the military camp where Fenris was.

Fenris took a look.

The shooting skills of each arrow were quite excellent, probably reaching the level of a superior profession, but other than that, nothing else could be judged.

Rand's task for him was to stay here and cut off communications, but the probability that the deaths of these scouts were caused by the enemy's messenger was not high.

In this world, there are high-level professionals and top-level professionals. If such people personally serve as messengers on the battlefield, it would be almost impossible to intercept them.

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In a sense, Fenris could be considered a top-level professional, but if the opponent wanted to avoid him and secretly send a message, it would be too easy.

But it is rare for such professionals to be assigned as messengers unless the situation is extremely critical.

Another possibility is that some scattered soldiers crossed the trenches and attempted to carry out military operations in the Crescent Territory or even the Crescent Territory.

After some analysis, Fenris felt that the latter was more likely, and if it was the former, he had no other way to deal with it except sending a military report to Rand.

However, it can be regarded as experience. In the future, when facing this kind of work that requires intercepting intelligence, it is necessary to arrange some more advanced professionals in the scout team. Otherwise, if we encounter the enemy's advanced professionals, it will be very easy to be wiped out.

Fenris returned to his tent table and wrote a report to Rand while separating a part of the troops to protect the surrounding villages.

By the way, a team of messengers was also arranged to borrow people from Taner at the defense line.

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At this time, Tanr put on his helmet inlaid with red gems.

The task Rand assigned to him was to hold the line of defense, and after Fenris and the mage adventurer were in place, they would set out to attack the territory of the Snow Fox Countess.

The mission of the first round of attacks is to weaken the Snow Fox Countess's military strength as much as possible.

But now, he had failed in his mission to hold the line. This was the first time he had failed to perfectly complete Rand's strategy, and it was not his fault, at least his fault was definitely not dominant.

But Taner still blamed himself. There was a traitor in the army on the defense line, and he, the king of traitors, failed to discover it in time. It was not until part of the defense line was destroyed and there were traces of many people passing through that he realized something was wrong.

We need to take this as a warning, but what is important right now is to eliminate internal troubles.

Taner walked at the speed of a dragon or a tiger in the corridor of the defense building, followed by a team of Taner's confidants.

He walked up to a soldier lying on a low earthen wall, grabbed his neck when he was caught off guard, and lifted the struggling man up: "Tell me, who is your accomplice?"

The man was whimpering a little, and it was obvious that it was difficult for him to speak because his neck was strangled.

Taner knocked the man to the ground and waited for him to speak.

Just as the man landed, a feather arrow shot over, targeting not Taner, but the soldier on the ground.

"You underestimate me." Taner's voice was as muffled as ever, but his hand was not slow. He suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the arrow.

Looking back, Taner's eyes under his helmet were almost invisible from the outside, so when Taner turned his head, it was as if the ruby ​​on his helmet was looking at him.

The attacker was stunned for a moment, and then he had no chance to react.

Although Taner's profession can be classified as a heavy-armored warrior, his speed is still much faster than those of non-top-level professionals.

In just a moment, a heavy punch hit the man's abdomen. Although Taner had deliberately controlled the strength, he still knocked the man unconscious. When Taner stopped, the man fell to the ground and twitched.

Taner ordered his subordinates to keep an eye on them to prevent them from committing suicide.

Then he turned around and glanced at the knights of the Marquis of Black and Brown and the Earl of Stag who had followed him out to see what was going on.

"Let's have a meeting first." Taner said lightly.

At this moment, he stood there, looking intimidating without even being angry.

(End of this chapter)