Riding and Slashing

Chapter 85 The Dangerous Plan

late at night.

Li Ang and Lehman led more than 200 people in the direction of White Hart Castle.

These more than 200 people consisted of 150 lion knights, [-] knight retinues, and ten Mettenheim swordsmen.

They are all real elites.

They didn't go directly to the White Hart Castle, but stopped on a relatively gentle hillside between White Hart Castle and Maixiangling.

Beyond that, there is no flat road.

In fact, Li Ang and Lehman first went to the vicinity of White Hart Castle to take a look.

The surrounding area of ​​White Hart Castle is densely packed with troops, and the surrounding area is full of mountains. The terrain is really not suitable for cavalry to play.

In addition, there were only more than 200 people in hand, so Li Ang decided to let Lehman's Lion Knights intercept the enemy's scouts or small groups of troops at this place.

Nearby is a hilly grassland with a relatively small slope, which is relatively spacious, and there are no trees around it.

These more than 200 people are standing on the top of the gentle slope. If there is an enemy, they can be seen at a glance.

In fact, it was still thirty miles away from White Hart Castle—that is to say, they were now about thirty miles on the enemy's flank.

On the way here, they also encountered a few spies from the Bacchus Empire, probably sent by the Bacchus Empire to Maixiangling to check the situation, but they were all quickly killed by the Lion Knights.

Probably the people of the Bacchus Empire thought that this area belonged to mountain warfare, and most of the people they sent did not ride horses.

But Eric and John had already paved the road near Maixiangling relatively flat, so none of the spies who walked on two legs ran away after being discovered by the Lion Riders.

"Sir Lehman, this place is the most suitable place for cavalry. Your subordinates should clean up the scouts here. You have to ensure that the Bacchus Empire cannot detect the reality of Mai Xiangling, and you must ensure our retreat."

"Understood. However, Master Li Ang, your plan is very risky..."

Very risky indeed.

Li Ang planned to have someone pretend to be Rainier, go to the camp of the Bacchus army to claim credit, and then find an opportunity to hijack a big man, so as to delay more time.

For this crude plan, he brought the still unconscious Dead Face.

As for deliberately looking for a gentle slope in this piece of grass, on the one hand, it is so that if the plan fails, it will be convenient for the lion knights to protect him and escape...

On the other hand, it is necessary to use this spacious flat ground so that the lion knights can kill all the scouts, so as to prevent the situation of Mai Xiangling from being discovered by the enemy and leading to a scam.

In Li Ang's view, the upper echelons of the Bacchus Empire should know that Rainier exists—the dead face must have reported internal information to the Bacchus Empire.

After all, he said to Rainier, "You will become the governor of the empire."

To be able to offer this kind of temptation, even if it is a blank check, at least the permission of the upper-level figures of the Bacchus Empire must be obtained.

However, it is estimated that most of the top management of the Bacchus Empire don't know what Rainier looks like-there are no photos and videos in this era.

Then, find a warrior, bring a few elite knights dressed as retinues, and bring a group of miscellaneous troops who have never shown their faces in front of the Bacchus Empire—such as the great swordsmen. Rainier's situation.

It should be reasonable for such an elite team to put on that dead face and pretend to be Rainier to seek credit near the commander of the central army of the Bacchus Empire under the pretext of 'successfully capturing El Daigo'.

Then approach the leader of the Bacchus Empire, suddenly attack, and take one or two high-level hostages, there is still a good chance.

At least, from Sir Lehman's point of view, this plan does have a slight possibility of success, but it is really quite dangerous... This test is not only about martial skills, but also eloquence and acting skills.

"Which brother wants to be a hero? Now is a good opportunity to make a great contribution—I promise it's not too difficult and not too dangerous!"

Li Ang looked around at the lion knights, his eyes swept over Lehman.

The tin cans looked around, but no one responded...

The lion knights are not stupid, how could it not be so difficult to go into the enemy's army alone to cheat...

"Lord Li Ang, there are quite a few people in the Bacchus Empire who know me, so don't try to trick me, you should do it yourself—you are the best, and besides, none of my subordinates are good at deception..."

Lehman was taken aback, so he quickly expressed his opinion.

"How can this be a fraud... This is a great achievement that will be passed down through the ages! Forget it, I will go and I will go... Come ten brothers with the best skills to serve as my 'Rainier''s followers!"

Li Ang originally didn't intend to pretend to be Rainier himself, he wanted to pretend to be an inconspicuous follower - it was safe and easy to succeed.Moreover, it is only reasonable to have a follower 'supporting' the dead-face spy to follow 'Rainier'.

After all, Rainier is a nobleman, so he should have a few followers.

But after seeing the reactions of the group of tin cans, Li Ang could only do it by himself.

There are quite a few people who are willing to pretend to be retinues. Among the lion knights under Lehman, there are still many brave ones, but they generally don't have much confidence in their ability to fool...

The lion knights often competed, and they knew who was the best, and soon ten people stood up.

"Okay, I'm going to do the kidnapping job. Lehman, remember to guard the road..."

"Master Li Ang, please rest assured. Good luck!"

Lehman somewhat admired him. He felt that Li Ang's behavior of sacrificing his life and being loyal to the country could be set as an example of a knight.

But in fact, Li Ang was not at ease with the integrity of the Lion Knight.He took ten knights away because of Lehman's attitude of maintaining the lion knights - in order to ensure that Lehman would guard his back.

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early morning.

Bacchus Empire army camp.

On the top of the huge military tent, there is a black and purple gold eagle flag.

"Report! Your Excellency Governor, there is a team outside with a white flag... The leader claims to be Rainier, and says that he is a friendly army from Eldage, and wants to see you!"

"Rainier?"

Governor Justus stood up: "Is the beacon of Eredegol extinguished?"

"I can't see the beacon fire over there, my lord governor."

"Looks like they've got it...let them in."

Not long after, a knight was brought into Governor Justus's camp, with two squires behind him driving an unconscious bard.

These are Li Ang and the two lion knights—Mettenheim is too thick and has a rough manner.

So he was looking for a loan from the Lion Knights, and most of the lord's own men were uneducated.

The great swordsmen and several other 'squires' waited outside the camp, being watched by the enemy.

There were many imperial crossbowmen near Governor Justus's tent, and Li Ang also saw many glorious crusaders looking at them coldly.

Almost all of those Glorious Crusader Knights showed contempt in their eyes, and they obviously didn't like traitors like Rainier.

"My lord, the man has already been brought."

A knight stood at the door of the military tent to report.

Governor Justus stepped out of the military tent, looked at the dead-face bard being driven, and greeted him.

Seeing that he was unconscious with his head down, he turned to look at Li Ang with some doubts in his eyes.

"what happened?"

"You must be Governor Justus, right? Rainier. He was injured when he followed me to attack, and it has been like this... I had to bring him here first."

Seeing that Governor Justus seemed to be looking at this dead face, Li Ang explained.

There are many guards around Justus, unable to approach...

The two glorious cross knights next to him seemed to be muttering: "These poisonous snakes... as soon as they are injured..."

The voice was very low, but Li Angben was carefully observing and heard a little bit.

"Your Excellency Rainier, you should stop the reinforcements in Eldage now! What are you doing here?"

Governor Justus frowned, and his attitude seemed not very polite.

However, probably because he saw the spy, he didn't seem to doubt Li Ang's identity.

Just no doubt.

If Rainier did capture Maixiangling—that is, Alderge, then what he must do is to create the illusion that nothing happened at White Hart Castle as much as possible. If reinforcements come, he must also send them scam.

After all, if he occupies the Maixiang collar, other nobles in the kingdom will not find him treasonous.

In fact, even if Rainier was discovered by others during the attack, at most they thought it was due to a territorial dispute between him and Li Ang...

"Your Excellency, I have done everything I need to do! I even left all my subordinates in Alderge. They will naturally pretend that everything is normal and nothing happened-don't worry, even if the kingdom's reinforcements come, they will be killed by us." sent away by his men."

(End of this chapter)