Chapter 82: Goddess's Kiss
Of course Li Ang has to rescue Bailu Fort. Saving Bailu Fort means saving Maixiang Territory, and the lord does not want to lose his territory.
Originally, Li Ang's limited manpower could not play a big role in the battle of Bailubao. He had indeed planned to pack up his belongings and run away at any time...
But now that Leiman has brought the Lion Knight here, Leon feels that there might be a chance.
In fact, after knowing that the leading knight was Rainier, the lord had almost guessed the cause and effect.
In order to confirm his guess and to prevent the unconscious dead face from "suddenly waking up" again, Li Ang directly broke the dead face's leg bones.
——And in this situation, the dead face was still unconscious, but his breathing was still steady, and even his muscles did not contract, as if nothing had happened.
This is totally abnormal.
Considering that Lisadiran said that the dead face was very good at disguising himself as a fool, there were many men in black around him who looked like killers, and they successfully lured Godric to Crow Village.
Plus, the insider was Rainier...
So the lord rethought the matter.
Leon didn't think those men in black were killers - otherwise Dead Face wouldn't have hired Risa Dillan to kill him.
It is more likely that the identities of those men in black are somewhat similar to those of killers - they are more like professional spies, specializing in peeping, eavesdropping, tracking, and poisoning. They have some overlaps with the nature of the killer's work, but they are not good at killing.
The Noldor elves have always looked down on humans. Lisadilan probably cannot distinguish these subdivided jobs in human society. He can only judge from his temperament that those people are like killers.
Li Ang felt that this dead-faced man was most likely the spy chief of the Bacchus Empire, who had received professional training.
——Judging from Lisadiran’s experience and the fact that he could not be awakened no matter how much torture he was subjected to, this dead face would probably actively hypnotize himself so as not to be unable to withstand the torture and reveal confidential information.
This is a special skill that only professional spies can master, and they are very high-level spies.
This dead face may have started planning to capture White Hart Castle when Grand Duke Alma led the Jatu people into the country.
At first, he might have been trying to persuade Lord Rainier of Eldege to be an insider - Eldege was the only place where the beacon fire of White Hart Keep could be transmitted.
Once Eldege pretended that nothing had happened, White Hart Castle would become an isolated city, and it would be difficult to be discovered if it was attacked. Those who asked for help would be blocked by Eldege, and he could also block or deceive the reinforcements from going to reinforce White Hart Castle.
I don’t know whether Rainier agreed at that time, but it doesn’t matter, because the Jatu people came first...
As a result, Rainier burned down Elerdage - it is estimated that this Dead Face also played a role in fooling people, because turning Elerdage into a no-man's land actually played a partial role, at least the beacon fire of White Hart Castle was difficult to be seen.
Even when the Jatu people later pursued Rainier, this Dead Face might have been responsible - Rainier was useless after losing his territory, so the Jatu people could be used to silence him.
But Ralph saved Rainier, so the Dead Face must have sent a spy to follow Ralph - he was worried that Rainier would reveal his existence by mistake, and he was also worried that Ralph or Count Oden would discover this plan.
Perhaps his spies followed him all the way to the border camp and probably eavesdropped on the conversation between Ralph and himself, so Dead Face knew his whereabouts even in Changhe Town - Ralph asked the lord to go to Elerdage to establish a territory, and Dead Face's spies would definitely report to him as quickly as possible.
He then bought Risadiran to assassinate him, because he did not want any lord to rebuild Eladeg.
This is why he ordered the attack on Lisadilan when he saw Leon's noble emblem. It was not because he didn't want to pay the balance, but because Aledaig had been rebuilt into Maixiangling at that time, and it didn't matter whether the assassination was successful or not, and he wanted to kill Lisadilan to silence him.
As for Risadilan's escape, it was not important to Dead Face. The life or death of a third-party elf killer had no effect on his plan.
Maybe Dead Face was planning to bribe Li Ang at that time - but the lord was out fighting or doing business, and was never in Maixiang Territory.
But Dead Face still had to complete his mission to isolate White Hart Castle, so he had to find Rainier again.
This time, he put forward various more tempting conditions to persuade Rainier, who had lost his territory, to be an insider, intending to seize Maixiang Territory while Leon led his troops away during the war.
But the first time, they did not expect Amy to send a large number of archers, so they had to let Rainier recruit more people in this month and wait for this last opportunity when the war just ended.
As for how Rainier recruited thousands of bandits in a month, it is unknown, but perhaps it was precisely because he had such ability and was very confident of capturing the Maixiang Territory that the Bacchus Empire promised him the position of governor.
All of this was probably due to the fact that the spy chief was planning to cooperate with the Bacchus Empire to capture White Deer Castle.
The mission of this dead-faced spy chief might be to find a way to destroy or occupy the original Elerdag in order to temporarily isolate White Hart Castle and lure away Godric, the most experienced lord of White Hart Castle.
In this way, the Bacchus Empire had the possibility to quickly capture White Deer Castle.
White Hart Fort is the most solid barrier in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Fierce Lion. It is the stronghold that the Bacchus Empire has been trying to conquer for decades. By occupying White Hart Fort, the Bacchus Empire can march straight in.
In the previous war, when Count Oden was besieging Sava River Fort and fighting for reinforcements, the reinforcements from the Bacchus Empire arrived so slowly, which was probably related to this plan - at that time, part of the Bacchus Empire's army was probably gathering in the east, possibly in the Shield Wind Fort, which was quite far away from Sava River Fort.
So far, most of the Dead Face's mission has been completed, and the spy has done his best.
The only problem was the variable myself.
Now that he had come to such an analysis, the Lord naturally intended to take advantage of the situation.
He planned to make use of Rainier's identity as the Knight of Burning Village.
He also planned to make use of the unconscious Dead-Faced Spy.
"Risa Dilan, how is your injury?"
"My Lord , Anson has helped me deal with it. He can move now, but I'm afraid he can't fight at full strength yet... What do you need me to do?"
"No need to fight... Take this horn and hide in the forest near White Hart Castle. Blow the horn when White Hart Castle is in the most danger."
"The most dangerous time?"
"If you see the people of the Bacchus Empire breaking through the walls of White Hart Castle, blow the horn, and keep blowing it. You'd better hide deeper, so as not to be killed..."
"Understood, sir. I'll go right away."
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The siege of White Hart Keep had lasted all day.
Amy is very anxious now, and her originally clear eyes are now filled with melancholy and bloodshot.
It was unknown how many troops were outside the city, but she saw five or six general flags and two governor flags.
According to the system of the Bacchus Empire, the governor is equivalent to a regional boss like Alma, the general is equivalent to a county manager like Oden or Godric, and other lords are probably village cadres like Leon.
Two governor flags and five or six general flags can be seen, which means that perhaps half of the military forces of the Bacchus Empire are under the city!
Anyway, at a glance, it's packed with people.
There were only about 500 soldiers in the castle, nearly 400 of whom were good archers, and the other 100 or so were heavy infantry - all the cavalry had been taken to war by Godric before.
There are many skilled archers, which is very helpful for defending the city.
The walls of Bailu Fort are high and steep and extremely solid, and the city defenses have been continuously expanded into a layered multi-level defense system, which is very suitable for archers to defend.
But the problem is that if the enemy besieges the city, the archers can't rush out - so far, Amy can't even send out a messenger.
Moreover, there were also beacons going off in Maixiang Territory. It looked like they wouldn't be able to find reinforcements for a while. Given Maixiang Territory's weak military strength, I'm afraid the enemy might get reinforcements soon...
As there were too many enemies, the defenders were unable to leave the city. The watchtowers and arrow towers outside the castle were occupied in just a few hours. Now White Deer Castle is an isolated city.
The enemy's offensive that day was not too strong. They were just using crossbowmen to shoot at long distances, and the losses on both sides were not great.
But that's because they were building siege ladders.
Now, several siege ladders have appeared in the enemy's formation, and the crossbowmen have all been dispersed around the castle and hidden in the darkness.
Even at night, the enemy's camp was still brightly lit and there were braziers burning everywhere, so it seemed impossible to launch a surprise attack.
Perhaps tomorrow morning, the enemy will launch a full-scale attack.
In this situation, Amy could not think of many solutions. She could only hope that the craftsmen in the castle could make more arrows overnight. She hoped that she could hold out a little longer and wait until her father came back, where she might be saved.
What would his father do if he were here?
Young Amy racked her brains to recall the defensive battles that Godric had commanded a few years ago, but it seemed difficult to remember any useful tactics - Godric seemed to always say casually, "Hey, Amy, give me a goddess kiss."
Every time this happened, Amy would kiss her father's helmet and see him off.
Then, when Godric returned, the city was already celebrating another victory.
Amy thought about it, put on the stag knight armor over her swordsman uniform, then picked up a tasseled knight helmet, kissed it reverently, and put it on her head.
Picking up a female crossbow, Amy stood on the wall of White Deer Castle and looked at the enemy camp outside the city.
Goddess Eunomia, this time, please allow me to kiss myself on your behalf.
The goddess' kiss will surely bring victory.
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