Iron Powder and Spellcaster

[Kings' Castle]

Major Fritz rushed down from the old castle and went straight to the Dayan Bridge, only being delayed for a while at the old water gate.

Because the gendarmes responsible for guarding the old Watergate were so nervous that they started asking the Director of Munitions for passes - this was not a good sign.

Although the main battlefield was not in the King's Castle, even the dullest soldiers and civilians in the city could vaguely feel that the siege had reached an important juncture.

The Dayan Bridge is brightly lit, and engineers are urgently demolishing the only passage between the new city and the old city.

Fritz found the heavily armed Brigadier General Cornelis at the bridgehead.

This was the first time that Fritz saw Jason Cornelius put on armor. The latter was holding a simple sword and staring at Margit Island in the distance.

"Your Excellency, Commander," Fritz hurriedly raised his hand in salute.

Seeing Fritz coming over, Cornelius withdrew his gaze and nodded slightly, "Major."

"Teams of seven, eight, and nine hundred men are ready and can land on the island now," Fritz reported quickly. "Captain Leyden is waiting for your order."

Cornelius did not reply immediately, but sighed, "What a pity."

"What a pity...what do you mean?" Fritz asked cautiously.

"There is a lot of movement on the island, and it seems that the rebels are also moving stones to the city wall." Cornelis was pleased and regretful. "Let me test you, Major. At this time, if you still have a thousand dollars to spare, Where will you use it?"

"Students are stupid," Fritz didn't want to waste time, so he gave up the answer directly, "Please give me some advice."

"If there are still 1,000 soldiers available, we should attack the rebel trenches outside the city; if there are still 2,000 soldiers available, we should attack the rebel camp." Cornelis shook his head, "Unfortunately, we did not "

Cornelis changed the topic and said thoughtfully, "But even if we do, we may not be able to break through the rebel defense line. The rebel commander who presided over the siege is very stable. He would rather waste manpower and time than surround the new city first. He doesn't want to Leave us any chance, take advantage of our lack of troops, and insist on dragging us into a war of attrition... This style is quite unfamiliar..."

Fritz said nothing.

Cornelius put aside his doubts, held on to the sword that once hung on Ned Smith's waist, and ordered calmly, "Let Captain Lydon set off, and let him warn the rebels in Bishop's Castle that they are desperate. Assault on the Monastery of Domoncos."

Fritz pressed the heels of his boots together to show that he had taken note of it, "Are there any other orders to give to the two lieutenant colonels?"

"What else can there be?" Cornelis understood what the students meant, but he just smiled, "Are we going to tell them that we are demolishing the bridge and let them hold on until dawn no matter what?"

Fritz hesitated to speak.

"No need to say such nonsense, I trust the abilities and integrity of Lieutenant Colonel Lodewijk and Lieutenant Colonel Montecuccoli."

Fritz raised his hand in salute, but did not leave. "What about the Platoans who took over the defense line of New City? Are they also trustworthy?"

"No matter what, we cannot waste our precious troops on sit-ins," Cornelis said openly, "So we can only hope that Grove Magnus did not make a mistake."

Fritz frowned and said in a deep voice: "That guy kept trying to escape. If we hadn't detained him, he would have gone to Guitu City long ago. I don't trust him, nor his people."

Cornelis patted the young man's shoulder lightly: "At this moment, the ones who want to escape are our people."

…

At the same time, outside the new city of Kings Castle, in a stronghold, the reserve officers stationed at the stronghold were lying on the wall, looking longingly in the direction of Margit Island.

The three Hodels were among them. They did not crowd with others, but found a seat to the side. Although the view was not good, there were few people and they could whisper.

In fact, no matter how good the view is, it is meaningless.

Due to the obstruction of the river embankment, it was impossible for the reserve officers to see Margit Island.

But everyone couldn't help but poke their heads out of the fortress wall, looking for every flash of light on the horizon and listening to the sounds coming from the distance.

Until the thunder and lightning fell silent.

"Is there no movement?" Little Ma Jiya was a little anxious, biting her ears and asking, "Is the beating over?"

"How can it be so fast?" Claude sneered, "That federal provincial guy is too inexperienced."

"Then what's going on? Why is there no movement?"

"Who knows?" Claude shrugged, "There are a lot of weird things happening on the battlefield. It's normal to take a break before fighting again when you're tired."

"Anyway," Hodel interjected unhappily, "a fight started, and it has nothing to do with us."

"Then why did you bring us here? Give us weapons?" Little Ma Jiya was very confused, "You still don't let us sleep?"

"If you don't tell me, who knows?" Hodel snorted.

"Didn't you ask too?"

The sudden magnetic sound in their ears scared the three of them into a cold sweat.

At some point, Babyface had walked behind them.

The three Hodels immediately fell silent.

"Disrespectful to the teacher," the baby-faced smile was still bright, "I will deduct one point from you."

"Yes," Hodel said. He had too many lice to bite him, "but can you tell us why you asked us to stay here tonight?"

"No," Babyface simply refused, "It's a very important matter, and you're not qualified to know."

The three students seemed to have been poured with a bucket of cold water, and immediately became listless.

However, the baby-faced man who had extinguished the fire of hope still let out a little, "Shouldn't you know Richard Mason better than me? The major never wastes anything. He must have his intention to put you here."

The baby-faced man glanced at the Castle of the Kings in the night, and said faintly, "Maybe, I can use your light to become the first group of people to enter the Castle of the Kings."

"Ah?" Little Majiya didn't know whether he didn't understand or didn't hear clearly, and subconsciously widened his eyes, "Enter the Castle of the Kings?"

This attracted the attention of the students next to him.

"Loud noise," the baby-faced man said with a smile, "deduct one point from you."

Little Majiya had no choice but to shut up and saluted.

"What do you mean?" Claude tried his best to lower his voice, but still couldn't hide his excitement, "Maybe we can take the Castle of the Kings tonight?"

"I didn't say that," the baby-faced man chuckled.

"That is..." Claude thought about it and asked again, "Go into the city?"

"Who knows?" Babyface replied lightly, "If you are lucky, maybe you can."

Claude heard the answer he wanted, and suddenly put his arm around Houdel's shoulders and shook him hard, "Did you hear that, Monkey?"

But Houdel was not excited at all, like a pillar, no matter how Claude shook him, he did not move at all, because he remembered what Babyface said when he first met him.

"District Captain," Houdel asked cautiously, "Is your home... in the Castle of Kings?"

Babyface raised his eyebrows and looked Houdel up and down. After a moment, he sighed softly, "Thanks to you, maybe I can go home soon..."

Accustomed to Babyface's iconic evil smile, the other party rarely showed his true feelings, but Houdel and the other two were a little at a loss.

"That's great," Claude scratched his head, "You still have a home, unlike Monkey and I, we both have no home."

"That's right, that's right," Little Madia echoed beside him.

Houdel immediately gave each of the two sides an elbow.

The baby-faced man laughed dryly a few times, nodded at the three people, and turned to leave.

But just after taking a step, he turned around again and said to the three people - especially Houdel - earnestly:

"Don't waste your energy fighting with certain people. If the battle is over, then go to school with peace of mind. After going to school, your life will become completely different. As for those people, ignore them, they will be screened out sooner or later."

Claude and Little Madia nodded in confusion.

Houdel's attention was focused on other places, "Screened out? You mean, not everyone can graduate?"

"Who told you that everyone can graduate?" The baby-faced man showed his signature smile again, "Otherwise why should I deduct your points?"

...

At the same time, on the "King's Castle", Groni Misha saw a little light on the opposite side of the trench.

The light then began to flash regularly.

That was the agreed signal.

[I still can’t set a flag, (T_T)]

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