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"Sir Kazak, are we still chasing?" asked Bangeda, deputy commander of the first company of the Wells Legion, who followed Kazak to pursue the Kodors.

Kazak and others, who had been chasing the remaining Kodor army for two consecutive days, had arrived on the hillside five miles south of Diguan Town.

"You can't chase after you anymore. The gateway to the city of Kodor is Diguan Town. The enemy's situation is unknown. If you pursue it rashly, you may encounter ambush from the enemy."

"Then we let that Earl of Codor run away so easily."

"The order given to us by the Lord is to constantly interfere with the remnants of Kodor's army, find the right time to raid the garrison in Diguan Town, disrupt their deployment, and wait for the arrival of the subsequent army. Now our first phase of mission has been completed, and our main goal is the garrison in Diguan Town. As for the Count of Kodor, sooner or later, we will have the opportunity to deal with him!"

"It seems that this is the only way." Bangeda said helplessly.

"Send the order and set up camp here tonight. In addition, send a few sergeants to follow and touch the situation outside Diguan Town." Kazak ordered.

"yes!"

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Diguan Town is located in a plain area one day south of the city of Codor. It is also located on the western business road of Boguo, but compared with Fort Marci, it has a relatively inferior position. It does not have the important strategic position of Fort Marci, nor does it have the geographical advantage of Fort Marci connecting the north and south. But as the southern gateway of Fort Marci, it is naturally not comparable to ordinary towns.

The entire city is located in the plain area south of Kodor City. The surrounding terrain is flat and the land is fertile. It is an important grain-producing area in Kodor Province. The western business road in Boguo runs from the south gate of Diguan Town to the north gate, and then extends to the direction of Kodor City. To the east of the castle are large wheat fields, and hawkers often detour Diguansi from the wheat fields in the east to the wheat fields to the Kodor City. Due to the large number of people walking, a special platform was gradually set up on the eastern path, which was stationed by seven or eight Kodor soldiers to prevent the small vendors who secretly detour Diguan Town from here.

To the west of Diguan Town, a wide river extends from the west to the southwest corner of the Diguan Town wall, and then flows from south to north along the west wall. Therefore, this river becomes a natural barrier to the west of Diguan Town.

Looking at Diguan Town from a small hill in the distance, the city wall is fifty feet high, all of which are built of huge stones. The joints of the stones are almost impossible to climb in and are airtight. There is a watchtower at the southeast and southwest corners of the city wall, which is used to observe the surrounding situation. Below the watchtower is a concave platform built with stones for litting wolf smoke.

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At this time, the sky around Diguan Town had already darkened, and a hint of coolness gradually wandered on the soldiers on duty standing in the southeast corner of the watchtower...

"Ouch..." The soldier who was looking around on the watchtower was so excited that he was froze by the cool breeze.

"It's so cold tonight." Another soldier said when he saw this.

"Yes." The soldier who was trembling with the cold agreed.

"Hey, Dylan, look, it seems that someone is coming over there." A soldier pointed to the torch in the distance and said to the trembling soldier.

"It's true, how could there be someone so late? There seem to be quite a few. Go and notify Yuri Knight, I'll watch here."

"good!"

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"Open the city gate!"

"Open the city gate!"

...

In less than a moment, the group had arrived at the south gate of Diguan Town.

"Who are you?" Looking at the guys below, the clothes were torn and smelly, Yuri, who was standing on the city wall, asked the people below.

"In front of you is Lord Mormon, Earl of Kodor Province, Lord Fayek, quickly open the city gate and let us in." The person below shouted.

"You guys who look like beggars dare to have something to do with my Earl. I think you are spies sent by the south. If you want to sneak into the city, you don't even have any doors. Get away immediately, otherwise you will have to explain your lives here!" said the city guard knight.

"Yuri, do you still remember my voice?" At this time, a familiar voice came from under the city wall, and I looked up at the city wall.

"You, you are the Count!" With the familiar voice and torches under the city walls, the city guard knight stuttered on the face that Earl Kodor could barely recognize.

"Open the city gate quickly, open the city gate quickly..."

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"Sir, why did you become like this? If I hadn't heard your voice, I would have really..." Looking at Earl Kodor sitting on the large skinned chair in the castle in the hall of the Lord's Hall of Diguan Town without saying a word, the Knight of the City immediately took back the words that had already reached his mouth.

At this time, Earl Codol had a disgusting face, his dirty armor exuded a disgusting smell of sweat, and his boots on his feet were worn out, looking like an old beggar begging along the street.

Earl Kodor sat alone on a large skinned chair without saying a word. He would never have thought that he would be so depressed. A few days ago, he led an army of more than a thousand people to march southward, trying to take back the Fort Marci and drive out the army that was in deep. Unexpectedly, just a few days later, he was beaten to flee by a group of untouchables led by a down-and-out nobleman. In the end, only thirty personal guards and less than sixty remaining soldiers fled back to Diguan Town, looking embarrassed.

Looking back at that time, as one of the few lords in the state of Belarus who were good at trading trade and land, Ireyaf provided a large amount of money, food, weapons and other important materials in the process of breaking away from the rule of the principality, and he made great contributions. It is also because of this that, as the founding hero of the state of Belarus, Ireyaf gave Kodor Province to himself as a fief, and he became the earl of Kodor Province, which was a glorious moment. Kodor Province also had a prosperous population, rich granaries and prosperous trade under his management for many years. However, with the beginning of the Battle of the Successors, the wars broke out in the country, and in the end, Kodor Province was unable to survive and joined the Thorne court in Bernard. As both sides gradually fell into the quagmire of war, the manpower, financial resources and material resources were invested more and more. This directly led to the withering of commerce and the desolation of the land...

Thinking of this, Earl of Kodor couldn't help but shake his head. At this point, he was powerless and could only ask for help from the Thorne court to resist the Wells Legion's attack on Kodor City.

So, Count Kodor didn't bother to change his dirty clothes, and immediately walked to the side hall and picked up a quill and wrote quickly on a small piece of thin sheepskin...

"Come!" After the writing was completed, Count Kodor shouted to the guards at the door.

"Sir." The guards rushed in from outside the door.

"Transfer this secret letter to the court of Thorne by flying pigeons."

"Yes!" After saying that, the guard ran out of the door.

Earl Kodor only stayed in Diguan Town for half a day, leaving behind a baron leading the troops and more than fifty remaining soldiers to help defend Diguan and gathered the defeated soldiers who escaped from behind. He led his personal guards to run back to the city of Kodor to hide...

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At the Earl's Mansion in Bernard, Thorne, officers traveled back and forth. In the Earl's Office, an officer was reporting the situation of the front line to Bernard.

"...Sir Earl, the Restoration Army has launched a full-scale attack, and the front line has advanced thirty miles to Thorne Province. Two counties and six castles on the border have fallen into the hands of the enemy. Thorne's army has killed more than 300 people and captured more than 200 people, including three barons leading the army and one viscount responsible for assisting defense on the border. These are the battle reports sent back from the front line recently."

After listening to the report with a cold face, Bernard squeezed his eyebrows into a ball, and his hands rubbed back and forth on the armrests of the large skinned chair with both hands.

After the officer finished the report, he held his breath and did not dare to look up.

"Is there any news about the reinforcements from the Principal of Burgundy?" After a while, Bernard asked coldly.

The officer sweated coldly and looked up at the bachelor's consultant (suggestion) beside Bernard.

"Sir Earl, the reinforcements from the Principality have been in the western border, but they have no intention of cross-border support to us."

The bachelor's consultant beside Bernard hesitated for a moment and whispered to Bernard, "Sir, I received a letter from a friend in Paris yesterday from a flying pigeon. The letter stated that the Kingdom of France is probably going to attack the Principality~"

Bernard wiped his face, sighed, and leaned his head on the back of the high chair.

"Sir?" the officer asked in a low voice.

"Everything comes back." Bernard said with his eyes closed.

"Sir, do we have any support~" the officer wanted to ask again.

"Get out of here!" Bernard roared.

Seeing this, the officer and the bachelor's consultant hurriedly retreated in disappointment.

As soon as the two left the office, Bernard's guard officer rushed in with a note.

"Sir, the Earl of Codor has sent a secret letter."

Bernard suddenly opened his eyes and stood up, took the small cylinder with notes handed over by the officer, and said, "That old guy finally wrote a letter. Have you killed the barbarians from the south and led his army back to aid?"

Bernard took out the note and looked at the news from the note with joy: Kodor's army was defeated, and quickly send troops to aid the city of Kodor!

"Sir, has the city of Cordore taken over Fort Marsey?" the officer asked hurriedly.

With a plop, Bernard fell to the ground.

"Come here!" Seeing Bernard limp on the ground, the officer shouted to the soldiers outside the door.

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"Sir, are you getting better?" asked the doctor sitting beside the bed.

Bernard opened his eyes and said nothing. After a while, after the doctor left, Bernard called the officer waiting outside the door in.

"Is there any news about the people sent to Tinets?" Bernard asked with his lips pale and his eyes staring at the officer.

"Back to the Count, according to the time, there should be news in the past or two days..."
Chapter completed!