The Viking warship sailed south quickly along the river. This kind of warship, which was rowing with strong Vikings on both sides, could sail smoothly in the narrow river channel. Arod sat down with a wooden pillar on the ship, which was the position where the leader on the battlefield could sit down. The wooden pillar seemed to be the back of a wooden chair. He looked at the reeds that were moving back from both sides. The dense reeds were like green gauze tents, and the Viking warships shuttled through it.

"Sir, are our speed too fast? Should we wait for the infantry?" Sir Ron poured a glass of wine into the wine glass and handed it to Arod. The Viking warship was very fast. If it was at this speed, it would definitely arrive before the infantry. However, since Earl Lauziz dared to rebel, his troops must have reached thousands. With the cavalry on the ship alone, he might not be an opponent, and Arod would be in danger of his life.

"It doesn't matter. Let's first get there and rely on mobility to avoid the main force of the enemy. The range of activity is near the river bank. If the momentum is not right, board the ship and leave the shore immediately." Aruod made up his idea to harass tactics, and he would also inquire about the enemy's virtual and real situation. He would not be too far from the river bank, just like the Vikings, once he encountered a large enemy force, he would immediately board the ship and avoid it.

"Good idea, Count." Sir Ron agreed with Arod's tactics, listening to the sound of wood pulp hitting the water surface in his ears, watching the Vikings plucking the muscles on their arms, and they were silent for a moment.

The speed of the marching on the water was indeed fast. Within two days, the Viking warship led by Arod arrived at Mason. As soon as he landed, Arod immediately ordered the soldiers to cut down trees and dig trenches and build a stronghold on the bank of the river. On the one hand, it was to give the soldiers a place to rest, and on the other hand, it was to protect the precious Viking warships and war horses.

"Dodo.Do~~~." The Vikings who like to use axes were very skilled in cutting down trees. These Vikings who were able to row and cut down trees were part of the 200 Viking warriors dispatched by Arod from the island of Zeland. The Vikings themselves were good at camping from the rivers, and the horses were placed behind the trenches.

"Send a few javelin cavalry to find out the news." Aruod grabbed the cloak behind him and looked around on the soft river bank, one foot deep and one foot shallow, ensuring that there would be no place to be broken through by the enemy.

"Send it out now." Sir Ron quickly agreed. As a light cavalry, Arod brought 30 people, who could be used as reconnaissance and harassment, while the real heavy cavalry stayed for rest. The horses had to feed nutritious crops such as wheat. In order to ensure the physical strength of the war horses, Arod also brought dozens of baskets of eggs from Mecklenburg and stirred the eggs into the wheat to feed them.

Ten Javelin cavalry immediately rushed out and headed towards the Fort Lida. The remaining soldiers continued to strengthen their temporary strongholds and tried their best to deal with the fierce battles that followed. At this moment, it was drizzling in the sky. Aruod hurriedly directed the soldiers to build the tent. If they caught a cold, it would be a fatal disease in this era.

"Sir Earl, we just killed a hare there. I'll bake it and please try it." Harren and Sean carried a bow on their backs, and a hare dripping blood in their hands. There were little beasts everywhere in the forest. The little servants who could not stand the loneliness immediately chased them everywhere, killing these wild game to satisfy their cravings.

"Hmm. Hehe." Aruod looked at his servants and couldn't help but smile. He was sitting cross-legged on the carpet of the tent, holding a simple map drawn by Harvey based on the information provided by the Blood Drops. He looked at the map and was thinking about how to use Mason's terrain to defeat Count Lauziz's army.

"Sir Earl, a jave is back." At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from outside the gathering point. Harren looked up at the report to Arod. The horse hooves splashed on the muddy ground, making the soldiers on both sides unable to escape. It caused curses, but the javes did not care about their very anxious appearance.

"What's going on?" Arod unveiled the curtain of the tent and asked the rash person. He knew that if there were no special things, the Javelin Cavalry would not be like this.

"Sir, it's bad that Lida Fortress has been conquered." The Javelin Cavalry was Ted, the Slavs' captain of the Javelin Cavalry. The helmet he was wearing was dripping from the water droplets, and the water droplets dripped on his cheeks. His high nose was covered with rain, but he didn't have time to wipe it, so he rode on his horse and said to Aroud.

"What? How is it possible to be conquered? Although Lida Fort is a small fortress, it is also extremely strong and it is impossible to be conquered within a week." Aruod was shocked by the news and stood on the spot. He shook his head in disbelief, and his head was buzzing, as if ten thousand horses had passed by.

"Yes, Count, you'd better go and see it yourself. Earl Lauziz's men have been withdrawn." Ted rode on the horse with one hand holding the horse's reins, and pointed his hand behind him with no reins, saying to Arod again.

"Earl, horse." Harlen immediately brought Arud's war horse over. Arud turned over without saying a word. The young servants immediately rode on horses and followed closely behind Arud. Many people in the camp didn't know what was going on. Why did Arud ride out of the camp in such a hurry?

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and gradually a rain curtain formed in front of Arud. The war horse under his crotch ran faster and faster. The cold raindrops hit Arud's face and body, but he didn't care about this at all. He had a thought in his mind that Ted, the captain of the Javelin Cavalry, only saw that in fact, the Lida Fort was still held by the Wendell family.

"Cough~~Cough~~~." But when Aruod saw the scene in front of him, his heart became colder than the rain. The black and broken Lida Fort stood in the rain. The originally solid city gate broke a big hole, like the mouth of an old man growing up in a twilight age. On another wooden door, a sharp sword nailed a Lida Fort guard to death. The wooden door swayed with the wind and made a creaking sound. He walked inside along the broken city gate. You could see many corpses left after fighting. There were also many stones on the castle. It seemed that the enemy had used large siege weapons, and several arrow towers were hit by stones and collapsed half of them.

"Bang~~~~ Guji." Aruod jumped off the war horse and stepped on the mud and water. He took off his helmet and walked towards the cracked Lida Castle. Along the way, the dried blood mixed with rain and flowed. Many corpses had no shoes and armor. They knew it was a battlefield cleaned by the enemy at a glance. Aruod's eyes were looking for familiar faces among the pile of corpses, but he was worried that he would really see the corpses of his relatives. This uneasy mood was churning, almost causing his stomach to be broken.

"Crash~~~." A sudden sound alarmed Arude and others. Harlen and others immediately drew their swords to guard Arude. Although the enemy had retreated, they were not sure that there would be remaining soldiers from the enemy. However, when they raised their heads, they saw that it was the sound of a corpse hanging on the city wall being hit by the rain and falling out of balance.

"Sir, look here." Ted carried his scimitar and rushed into the building in Lida Castle. There were traces of resistance everywhere. Some of the bodies fell down were holding a torch. It seemed that they were attacked at night and caught off guard. This was really weird.

"They were attacked at night? How could this be possible?" Aruod also saw the reason and frowned. His father and brother were both people with rich military experience. How could they be attacked by someone under night attack? "Go and find them."

"It's the Count." Hearing Arod's order, Harlen and others immediately looked around. The Fort Lida was not very big, and the rooms were quickly searched. Outside the prayer room in the southwest corner, Sean found two white wolves shot to death. There were several soldiers of Earl Lauziz lying beside the wolf. In the prayer room, it was even more terrible. The women's dresses hidden inside were uncovered, revealing snow-white legs and lower bodies. There were obvious signs of being raped/dirty, but their throats were cut open. The fish white eyes stared at the roof, while the children beside them were lying on the ground with brain bursting, as if they were toy dolls, and it seemed that they were thrown to death by the soldiers.

"God." Harren walked over and saw the tragic scene. He couldn't help but stretched out his finger and scratched a cross, praying for the souls to rest for these people who died in the war.

"Is there my family here?" Arod stood behind Harem. His face was covered with sweat, rain or tears. He did not check it in person but asked Harem. Arod really didn't have the courage to face it. Although his soul was not the second son of Baron Wendell, he had long regarded himself as one of them after living in this era.

"No, there is no Count." Harren quickly turned around and said to Arod.

"Oh, it's great." Aruod breathed a sigh of relief, a trace of hope appeared in his heart, but a voice sounded and immediately extinguished his hope.

"Come on, come, I'll find Baron Wendell." Ted's voice sounded in the corridor. They hurried over and saw a corpse at the end of the corridor leaning against the gate, sitting on the ground with two legs V-shaped legs, wearing chain mail, holding a sharp sword in his right hand, but looking up, there was no head. A string of golden neck pendants were scattered around the corpse. It was the neck pendants of Mason Palace. Arod had worn it himself, so he knew it completely.

"Oh, no, no, no, this is not true." In an instant, tears filled Arod's eyes. His body shook a few times and fell to his knees. Baron Wendell died in battle, and even his head disappeared. (To be continued) r466
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