Chapter 143 Delivering the Letter
At noon on April 19, Royce, an old knight of the Roth family, rushed to the military camp in Ansbach and told the news that the castle had fallen and his son had died in battle, as well as what Frederick had said in the early morning. Everything he said was told to Count Lot.
Earl Roth was silent for a long time, and then said to the old knight: "You and I will go to see the prince and Ansbach later. Don't say that the lady and the lady were sent away, just say that they were imprisoned by Wesson. Get up and demand a ransom of two thousand florins."
Royce was silent for a moment, and then agreed.
Then Rudolf saw Count Ansbach jump up from his chair and shouted: "Two thousand florins! Why didn't he grab it?!"
The prince didn't know why he cared about this matter in the first place. Count Fürth and Count Eichstadt were next to them, but they had good backgrounds, but now was not the time for gossip.
Earl Ansbach was surprised, but he immediately calmed down. He did not talk about ransoming people or taking back the castle as Count Lot wanted to do. Instead, he turned to Rudolf and said: "His Royal Highness. , I suggest that the army led by Eichstadt and Count Reese set out tomorrow, and we attack Hausen the day after tomorrow."
But Rudolf asked: "Why don't we help Count Roth take back the castle first?"
Count Ansbach replied: "Wesson captured the castle in one night, which means that he took away a lot of troops. There must be very few people in Hausen and other cities now."
Rudolf felt that what he said made sense, and the old knight also said that the number of Wesson Lord's troops outside the castle was similar to the total number in the intelligence. The cavalry company and the magician company were all there, and Wesson Castle and Lin The city defense troops from Gencheng also entered the city. As a result, there were no main troops in other cities, only some temporarily recruited militiamen.
Moreover, Wesson's army had just experienced a big battle, so they had to rest there for a day. If they went to Fort Roth tomorrow, they would have had enough rest, and they would be very tired when they arrived.
So Rudolf agreed to Count Ansbach's battle plan and immediately sent out messengers.
Of course everyone present did not know that these were all things that Frederick deliberately saw and let them know. In addition, what Frederick said in the early morning made them really think that Frederick Lie was really using the fight to promote conversation.
No one could have imagined that Wesenland's army was equipped with a large number of horse-drawn carriages for transportation, and the territory had been mobilized. Sufficient logistical support allowed the troops to carry out high-intensity continuous operations.
As soon as the morning broadcast ended, in the area south of Langnar City in the southern Wesenland, peasant women from dozens of surrounding villages began to be busy in the drying field outside the village under the leadership of the village.
Some people set up stoves, some fetched water, some made noodles, some started washing vegetables and cutting meat, and some were preparing horse feed.
The materials were all shipped last night, and all villages must prepare meat-wrapped steam bread and vegetable soup before noon.
Thomas and his friends were also assigned tasks in Hongniba Songshu Village. The drying ground here is not big, but the place where materials are stored next to the wood processing factory is quite large, and there is a direct road there. They prepare food and arrange people here. Eating is very convenient.
"Hozenplots!" Thomas said to someone who was lighting a fire. "When the fire is ready, go to the intersection and wait. Don't let them go the wrong way."
"Why let me go?" Huo Zhenplozi was a little unhappy.
Thomas didn't care whether he liked it or not, and said with a smile: "You are a hero now. Maybe the principal will give you a medal and let your photo be published in the newspaper."
Huo Zhenplozi's face It suddenly became dark. It would be terrible if it happened. What if the story of being a thief in the past was found out?
"Let Liher go." He said, "She also worked hard yesterday."
Who knew Thomas said: "No, no, Liher is so powerful. If the girl is married off, our village will suffer. We have to keep her in the village... Sigh... I have something to say... Don't use the knife!"
Liher is cutting the meat, take it now. Chasing the village chief with a knife, the surroundings were suddenly filled with laughter.
Just when Thomas was about to become stuffed buns, a messenger arrived on horseback.
When Thomas heard the news he brought, he was surprised at first, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
He went back and said to everyone: "Don't be so anxious, they have to take a nap first and come here at almost dusk in the afternoon."
Then he said seriously to Huo Zhenploz Said: "You'd better go pick them up, and lead the way when they leave. You also know that we have many mountains and trails here, and you will go the wrong way if you are not careful."
Huozhenpuluo Zi had no choice but to agree. He often went to the surrounding villages to do small business, and he would go astray at the beginning. Once, he went to the south of Lisi by mistake.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, a man and a horse came to the outside of the village from the mountain path. When they saw the aroma of food wafting from the lumber factory, they rushed over.
"Here's something to eat." After he jumped off his horse, he walked to the long table in the open space and sat down, throwing a few coins on the table.
Then he asked: "Are you celebrating the holidays here today?"
Thomas just wanted to go over, but was immediately pulled by Huozhenplotz and Liher at the same time. He winked and told the other village girls not to move.
Liher took two buns from the steamer, sat next to the man, and said delicately: "Master, you came at the right time. Our village is celebrating the start of rosin picking today. Well, dinner won’t be served until dusk.”
Thomas and the surrounding village girls were immediately shocked. They had never seen her speak like this before. The man picked up the buns and compared them, and replied: "Where are you and how can I get to Eichstadt?"
Liher immediately replied: "We are the territory of Mr. Reese. You have to go further east."
On the other side, Thomas followed Huo Zhenploz to his home and saw him taking out a box from the box. clay pot.
Thomas asked him strangely: "What are you doing?"
Huo Zhenplozi replied: "That man is a soldier. Seeing that there is a mailbox in his horse bag, he should be delivering letters, but he is not from our side. It seems that he took the wrong road in the mountains."
He said, taking out a smaller clay bottle from the clay pot.
Thomas took a breath and said: "Then we have to catch him."
Huo Zhenploz walked out with the bottle and said at the same time: "I am the same way. I thought about it."
Back at the lumber mill, Huo Zhenplozi poured a little powder into his hand, clenched it in his fist, and brought another bowl of vegetable soup over.
The messenger was flirting with Liheer and didn't notice someone bringing something over.
Just when he was breathing normally, exhaling a breath, and preparing to inhale, Huo Zhenplozi loosened his fist slightly, blew a breath from one end, and blew the powder onto his face.
The man was shocked at first, but he still inhaled a lot of powder, and his eyes suddenly became blurred.
When Thomas saw Huo Zhenploz gesture to him, he immediately came to the newly built village hall and turned on the communicator.
More than an hour later, dawn fell from the sky, and Frederick rushed over after receiving various notifications.
The messenger was lying on the table snoring, and he still smelled of alcohol.
"What's going on?" He asked Thomas when he delivered the seat belt, "Are you sure it's the messenger?"
This is the first time Thomas and the others have seen a winged unicorn. After Frederick jumped down, he came back to his senses and replied: "It was sent from the Ansbach military camp to the mountain mercenaries led by Eichstadt, asking them to dispatch according to the time in the mailbox. The specific time was determined by him. I don’t know.”
Frederick asked: “Is the news true?”
Thomas pointed at Huo Zhenplozi and said: “He gave people drugs. Ask what you say.”
"I asked, this man is Count Ansbach's messenger."
Over there, Hozenplotz and Liher had already opened the mailbox and taken out the letter inside.
Frederick looked at it again and curled his lips. He still used paper produced in his own territory.
The letter stated that Lotland had been breached and asked them to set out to attack Langnar City early tomorrow morning.
Frederick thought for a while, then turned to Thomas and asked: "I remember you studied painting. Can you forge a letter?"
Thomas immediately replied: "No problem, I also have this kind of paper, I can forge one."
Frederick nodded and said: "Then write one right away, don't change anything. , just let them go out overnight and be sure to surround the city of Langner by early tomorrow morning."
Thomas immediately went back to get paper and pen, and after practicing a few times, he wrote a letter according to Frederick's wishes. Finally, he traced the signature and signed the names of Rudolf and Count Ansbach, then used a hot iron sheet to remove the wax seal and glue it on. After putting the chimney back in, he used the same method to restore the wax seal to prevent it from opening.
Not long after Frederick left, Liher slapped the messenger awake: "Master, wake up!"
The messenger jumped up and said in surprise: " Why did I fall asleep just now?”
Liher pointed to the empty wine bottle on the table and replied: "Hey, didn't you just say you wanted to drink some wine and then take a nap after drinking it?"
The orderer scratched his head and couldn't remember. It’s clear, it seems that is probably the case.
He looked up and saw that it was getting late. He hurriedly mounted his horse and rushed towards the Eichstadt territory in the east.
(End of this chapter)