At a place more than twenty miles away from Ice Rock City, a simple and orderly camp has been set up.
The camp was built in an open area by the small lake, and the ground was simply leveled.
The obstructing bushes have been cut down, but these bushes that have just been soaked by heavy snow are still too wet to be used as fuel directly, so they are sharpened and inserted in the ground to make a simple defensive fence.
A hundred or so heavily armed mercenaries were patrolling around the camp, and inside the camp were dozens of more well-equipped soldiers.
It can be seen from the banners they played that these soldiers are all private troops of the Uman family.
In the center of the camp, a knight in silver-gray armor was warming up by the campfire.
He didn't wear a helmet, showing a handsome and young face, blue eyes, black hair, thin lips tightly pressed together, appearing resolute and composed.
Light footsteps sounded, and when the knight turned his head, he saw his wife walking over.
"Walla, it's so late, aren't you still sleeping?" Caitlin came to the campfire with sleepy eyes open, and leaned on her husband's broad shoulders.
"I'll keep watch for a while, you go to bed first." Knight Valla rubbed his wife's hair with a doting smile.
"Well, let me accompany you, I'm actually not sleepy." Caitlin couldn't help yawning while saying that she wasn't sleepy.
Walra shook her head with a smile: "Go to sleep, we should be able to arrive at Ice Rock City tomorrow, don't put on a haggard face, otherwise Viscount Angelet will probably blame me for not taking good care of him sister."
The corners of Caitlin's mouth curled up slightly: "Colin is not that stingy."
Walra was about to persuade him again, but suddenly he seemed to have sensed something, and the muscles all over his body tensed instantly.
Caitlin also felt the change in her husband, and wondered, "What's wrong?"
"Someone is coming!" Valla helped his wife up, then quickly put on the helmet and matched the knight sword.
At this moment, the sound of the siren echoed in the camp, and the panicked shouts of the mercenaries: "The rebels, the rebels are coming!"
"The rebels?" Kaitlyn looked panic-stricken, holding her husband's arm tightly, and asked worriedly, "Is everything going to be okay?"
"Don't worry, it's just a group of slaves who don't have enough to eat. Kill the few who rushed to the front, and the rest will run away by themselves." Valla comforted with a relaxed face.
"Then you have to be careful!"
"OK."
After appeasing his wife, the Valla knight strode forward, hitting the shield with his sword, making a bang bang bang bang, and shouted loudly:
"Don't panic! Array! Meet the enemy!"
Under the call of the Valla knight, the guards of the Uman family quickly formed a battle formation, gathered around the knight, and looked calmly at the slaves rushing up outside the camp.
The performance of the mercenaries was a bit bad. Seeing the scene of the crowd of slaves swarming up, they were frightened and felt weak and at a loss.
"Archers, shoot!"
Knight Valla commanded calmly.
A burst of arrows shot out from the camp. Although it was not dense, it also caused a lot of casualties to the unprotected slaves.
After the three rounds of arrow rain, the slaves had already rushed to the fence, and the Valla knight erected his giant shield in front of him, shouting:
"Shield up! Forward!"
Led by Knight Valla, the Uman family guards were like a sharp knife, piercing deeply into the slave rebel army, and the slaves were almost completely unable to resist wherever they went.
The gap in equipment, martial skills, and fighting will is too great. These slaves who can't even eat enough to eat are no match for the Uman family's guards.
At this time, Knight Valla was bathed in the golden holy light, killing the slaves, crying and howling, and running away with their heads in their arms.
His bravery also made the mercenaries wake up from a dream, and joined the battle group with shouts.
The slave rebels, who had an advantage in numbers, were killed and retreated steadily.
…
Behind the rebels, the cripple looked at the vulnerable companions, a deep disdain flashed in his heart, but he respectfully said to the slave leader beside him:
"My lord, there are knights in this camp. I'm afraid we won't be able to take it down. Let's retreat. Ice Rock City is our destination."
The slave leader's face was uncertain, and he said angrily: "A group of trash, even a camp with such a small number of people can't take it down, how can they attack Ice Rock City!"
Lame quickly explained: "My lord, you don't have many troops right now. Only by going to Ice Rock City and joining other rebel forces can we have a chance to capture Ice Rock City."
The slave leader's expression changed drastically for a while, and when he looked up and saw the terrifying scene of the Valla knight killing all directions, he trembled all over, and ordered unwillingly: "Retreat!"
After receiving the order to retreat, the slave rebels were immediately pardoned, and all of them ran away in a blink of an eye.
Under the cover of night, many slaves lost their way and got separated from the main force while escaping.
The slave leader didn't bother to count the losses at all, and directly led the returning slaves to Bingyan City again.
The slave leader, who was immersed in the unwillingness of failure, did not realize that the lame slave had disappeared from the team at some point.
…
When the early morning sun dispelled the fog in the forest, the Uman family's team set off again.
After a battle last night, Valla Knight's reputation in the team has been greatly improved.
The person who had disdain for him because of his lowly status as an illegitimate child has now changed his respectful eyes again.
Although birth is important, strength is also a universal business card in this world.
The team was not moving fast, and it was not until the sun went down that the tall walls of Ice Rock City could be seen.
However, at this time, a bloody killing was going on under the walls of Ice Rock City.
Countless ant-like slave rebels gathered under the city walls, seemingly attacking the city.
They built more than a dozen extremely simple wooden ladders, and they were struggling to climb towards the city wall.
However, the Valla knight, who had been through battles for a long time, could tell at a glance that the defenders had obviously not done their best.
It seemed that he was worried that if he exerted too much force at once, he would scare away all the gathered slaves.
However, even if the defenders of the city had put in all their strength, the slaves' attack was still chaotic and completely unorganized. Their own people could fight to grab the wooden ladder, and more slaves just stood under the city wall with blank faces, howling a few times indiscriminately. Throat, I don't know what I should do at all.
More than a dozen slave leaders gathered together, seeing the messy situation in front of them, they were a little helpless.
They have never received military education, how could they know how to attack a city.
Just as the slave leaders became more and more anxious, the gate of Ice Rock City suddenly opened.
The slaves froze for more than ten seconds, then suddenly cheered, and all rushed towards the open city gate.
However, before they were excited, the ground suddenly began to tremble.
Accompanied by flying corpses and splashing blood, one after another black armored cavalry shot straight out of the city gate like sharp arrows, completely dispersing the slave army.
Seeing all this, Knight Valla shook his head with a smile, then turned his head and ordered: "Catelyn, you stay here with the mercenary group, and I will lead the family guard to help."
"good."
(end of this chapter)