"Lisanna." Alexander turned to look at his personal guard. He was not very surprised by the girl's sudden request.
Strictly speaking, Lisanna is not a female general who is good at commanding troops. She had done quite reluctantly when she was the captain of the second squadron of the Golden Eagle Knights. If Alexander hadn't often helped her, Lisanna would have been dismissed from the military due to poor command.
But Lisanna also has her own advantages: that is her individual combat ability that many men are naturally inferior to.
Unlike those warriors in the army who take a more aggressive approach, Lisanna's fighting style is more focused on agility and speed. Therefore, compared with other soldiers in the army, Lisanna's control of power is more delicate and gentle. In addition to being able to fight the enemy head-on, she can also do things like stealth assassination better than other men. . Because of this, when there is no help from intelligence agencies such as the Military Intelligence Agency, Lisanna will occasionally give up her duty as the personal guard of the legion commander and do things like infiltration and assassination.
So Alexander knew that in this situation, it might not be a bad idea to let Lisanna take a few people to give it a try. But this time, His Royal Highness the Second Prince was a little hesitant, because he had recently noticed that Lisanna seemed to be out of sorts.
Alexander didn't know whether Lisanna's recent abnormality was due to relatives or some other reason. But since Lisanna was not in very good condition, the second prince was not sure about releasing Lisanna to carry out such a dangerous mission.
Alexander turned to look at his guard, and then asked seriously: "Are you sure?"
Alexander did not immediately reject Lisanna's proposal. As an imperial prince with a good aristocratic education, he naturally understood what to do to respect women. He looked at Lisanna seriously, and then asked: "Are you sure?"
"Really, you are obviously my bodyguard, but you asked me to protect you instead. Next time something like this happens, I will not let you be my bodyguard again." Alexander's words at that time somehow came back. Lisanna's mind came to mind.
If it were in the past, Lisanna would definitely not do anything uncertain. She knew that the outcome of this war would affect many lives, so she would never try to do anything that she was not sure of. But today, for some reason, Lisanna just didn't want to deny that she couldn't do all this. It feels like... if you deny it, you will lose the whole world...
Lisanna drilled her little fist, raised her head and looked at Alexander: "I'm not sure of winning, but Lisanna is willing to give it a try!"
"..." Alexander looked at Lisanna silently. Unlike Regnar, the idiot who didn't understand the charm, although Alexander didn't have a wide harem like the scumbag Regnar, he did know how to get through women. Use the child's expression to interpret her inner thoughts. According to Alexander's experience, although Lisanna's words seem to be very certain literally, Alexander can hear a lot of uncertainty in Lisanna's tone. If Lisanna is allowed to go, there will undoubtedly be danger.
Alexander hesitated for another two seconds, but in the end, he nodded: "Okay, since you said so, I might as well let you try it."
"Thank you for your trust!" Lisanna was delighted, and at the same time she was determined to do this well no matter what. She wanted to prove to him that she was not a useless guard.
…
On the night of the second day, a commando team came to the edge of the Costa Fortress wall silently under the cover of darkness...
Lisanna squeezed the rake in her hand, looked up, and found helplessly that she was still nearly ten meters away from the finish line...
Several soldiers of the Golden Eagle Knights around them have begun to sweat on their foreheads. It's no wonder that under normal circumstances it is quite difficult for them to maintain their fighting spirit disguise to carry out stealth work. And now? Not only do these warriors have to maintain a camouflage of fighting spirit, but they also have to perform dangerous climbing maneuvers on steep walls that go straight up and down.
Humans are not geckos. Climbing on such a wall that is almost as sharp as a knife or an ax is not an easy task. Normally, almost no one except a pervert like Regnar can do this without tools. But now, even with the help of some simple tools, Lisanna and others are still struggling to climb on this bare wall. Quite a difficult thing.
Now, many soldiers of the Golden Eagle Knights had large beads of sweat on their foreheads. They moved their bodies with difficulty, trying to move forward a few meters.
In addition to climbing, the bigger problem lies behind. Because they not only have to use their own strength to fight gravity, but also try to control their own strength to make the smallest noise, so that the whereabouts of this group of people can be discovered as late as possible. Besides these, when all of them had climbed the walls, a fierce battle awaited them.
These soldiers who volunteered to participate in this raid are not mediocre soldiers - if they are not strong enough, they will not have the confidence to carry out such a difficult task.
And Lisanna is the commander-in-chief of these people. If nothing else, she should be the strongest among them. Although Lisanna's commanding ability is average, her superior individual combat ability also gives her the qualifications to control and command these elite warriors. And in some cases, absolute obedience that borders on stupidity is more useful than wise but ineffective command.
but…
Lisanna turned around and looked, and a surprising character appeared in the raiding team. That is Oliver, Captain of the 19th Corps of the Hawke Empire Cavalry Regiment.
According to Lisanna's knowledge, this Oliver should be a high-level warrior who has just entered the high-level field. In terms of personal strength, he is far inferior to Lisanna, but in terms of the strategy of leading troops in battle, he is much stronger than Lisanna.
But the problem is that although Oliver joined the team, his identity is just a commando. Oliver was not responsible for any command of the assault.
There is obviously a better commander, why should I come? Lisanna couldn't help but have such a question in her mind, but she didn't think much about it. The first priority now is to help Alexander and the army that is preparing to attack seize the city gate. We will consider other things later!
Lisanna stretched out her hand and carefully grabbed the edge of the city wall. She used her arms to expose her head from the city wall.
The Stoker Empire soldier who was in charge of standing guard was less than two meters to the left of Lisanna, but because he was too focused on the scene in the distance, he ignored Li Li who was almost right under his nose. Shanna's movement.
Lisanna adjusted the stability of her fighting spirit disguise, and used her arms to climb over the wall. Then he crouched down and slowly came behind the guard.
Many warriors also climbed to the edge of the city wall, but after all, they only had the strength of mid-level warriors, so they did not dare to climb over the city wall at this time. They just lay on the outside of the city wall, always waiting for Lisanna to give the signal to take action.
Lisanna squinted her eyes to carefully identify the movements of the others. After confirming that they could launch an attack at any time, Lisanna slowly moved behind the guard she was locked on, then stretched out her right hand holding the dagger and slashed down that ignorant guy's throat.
When blood spattered, all the warriors of the Hawke Empire's commando team moved. They also suddenly climbed up the city wall with force, and then used their weapons to slit the enemy's throat.
"Enemy..." A guard who reacted quickly managed to escape the attack of the Hawke Empire commando guard. He just opened his mouth and was about to alert his other companions. But a fighting spirit blade with golden light cut his neck directly. So this guy only made a pitiful noise of unknown meaning, and then became silent again.
Lisanna was a little surprised as she slashed down another enemy with her sword. Although this Oliver seems to be mediocre in strength, his ability to adapt to emergencies just now is really impressive.
"Kill these northerners!"
Just when Lisanna was about to observe whether something had gone wrong with her other teammates, a loud shout came from inside the city wall tower. Then a large number of heavily armed Stoker Empire soldiers rushed out from inside the tower. They actually set up an ambush!
"Oops! David may have guessed the threat of the barbarians, so he spent a lot of time guarding the city gate!" Oliver ran to Lisanna and whispered: "What should we do now, captain?"
"..." This was not the first time Lisanna had faced such a crisis. She simply observed the situation around her. Although retreating was the wisest decision at this time, Lisanna was not willing to leave just yet. She gritted her teeth and then said: "Continue to attack, we may be able to take control of the city gate through a storm..."
"Can… "
"Nothing but! Obey orders!"
"Li..." Oliver hesitated, he looked at Lisanna, and then nodded helplessly: "As you wish."
Lisanna couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when she saw Oliver's expression, because she always felt that this guy's expression just now was somewhat similar to Alexander's.
And the facts proved that her guess was not wrong, because when Oliver turned his head, the guy's originally reddish-brown hair began to turn golden under a burst of magical light. And his figure also grew a bit taller. A few seconds later, the golden, tall, handsome and rich man that Lisanna had seen countless times and had never tired of seeing appeared in front of Lisanna again.