Late at night.
Li Ang and Ryman headed towards White Deer Fortress with more than two hundred people covered in stars and moons.
The composition of these two hundred people is sixty Lion Knight, one hundred and fifty knight retinues, and ten Meitengheim Great Swordsman.
They are all truly elite.
They did not go directly to the city of White Deer Fortress, but stopped on a relatively gentle hillside between White Deer Fortress and Wheat Fragrance Territory.
If you go further, there will be no smooth road.
In fact, Li Ang and Ryman first went to visit the area near White Deer Fortress.
White Deer Fortress There are densely packed troops everywhere, and the surrounding areas are all mountainous. The terrain is really not suitable for cavalry.
In addition, there were only more than 200 people at hand, so Li Ang decided to let Ryman's Lion Knight Order intercept the enemy's scouts or small groups at this place.
There is a hilly grassland with a relatively small slope nearby, which is relatively spacious and there are not many woods around it.
More than two hundred people are standing on the top of the gentle slope. If an enemy appears, they can be seen at a glance.
In fact, this place is still thirty miles away from White Deer Fortress - that is to say, they are now about thirty miles away from the enemy.
On the way here, they also met a few Bacchus Empire spies, probably sent by the Bacchus Empire to Wheat Fragrance Territory to check the situation, but they were all quickly killed by the Lion Knight.
Probably people in the Bacchus Empire thought that this area was all for mountain warfare, and most of the people sent out did not ride horses.
But Eric and John had already paved the road near Wheat Fragrance Territory relatively flat, so none of the spies who walked on two legs ran away after being discovered by Lion Knight.
"Sir Rayman, this place is most suitable for cavalry. Your men should clean up the scouts here. You must ensure that Bacchus Empire cannot detect the true and false status of Wheat Fragrance Territory, and you must ensure our retreat."
"Understood. However, Lord Li Ang, your plan is very risky..."
Very adventurous indeed.
Li Ang planned to have someone pretend to be Renier, go to the Bacchus Army's Chinese army camp to claim credit, and then find an opportunity to kidnap a big shot, in order to delay some time.
For this crude plan, he brought along the dead face that was still unconscious.
As for deliberately finding the gentle slope of this grassland, on the one hand, it was so that if the plan failed, it would be easier for the Lion Knights to protect him and escape...
On the other hand, we need to make use of this spacious flat ground so that Lion Knight can kill all the scouts, so as to prevent Wheat Fragrance Territory's situation from being discovered by the enemy and causing the deception to be revealed.
In Li Ang's opinion, the senior management of the Bacchus Empire should know about the existence of Renier - that dead face must have reported the internal information to the Bacchus Empire.
After all, he said to Renier "You will become the governor of the empire."
To be able to offer this kind of temptation, even if you are writing a bad check, you must at least get permission from the upper echelons of the Bacchus Empire.
However, it is estimated that most of the senior executives of the Bacchus Empire do not know what Renier looks like - there are no photos or videos in this era.
So, find a warrior, bring along a few elite knights dressed as retinues, and then bring along a group of miscellaneous troops who have never appeared in front of the Bacchus Empire - such as the Great Swordsmans. This is very consistent with the situation of Renier in the minds of the Bacchus Empire executives.
It should be very reasonable for such an elite team to put on that dead face and pretend to be Renier to get credit for the Chinese commander Bacchus Empire on the pretext of "successfully capturing Ailedge".
Then there is a good chance that the leader of the Bacchus Empire will suddenly attack and take one or two high-level hostages.
At least, in Sir Rayman's view, this plan does have a slight possibility of success, but it is actually quite dangerous... This test will not only test martial arts, but also eloquence and acting skills.
"Which brother wants to be a hero? Now is a good opportunity to make great achievements - I guarantee that it is not difficult or dangerous!"
Li Ang looked around at Lion Knight, his eyes sweeping over Ryman.
The tin cans looked around, but no one responded...
Lion Knight people are not stupid. How can it be so easy to deceive someone by entering the enemy's army alone...
"Lord Li Ang, Bacchus Empire There are quite a few people who know me, so don't try to trick me, just do it yourself - you are the best, and my people are not good at defrauding..."
Ryman was a little embarrassed and quickly expressed his position.
"How can this be a fraud... This is a great achievement that will be passed down through the ages! Forget it, I'll just go... Let the ten most skilled brothers serve as my followers as 'Renier'!"
Li Ang originally did not intend to pretend to be Renier himself. He wanted to pretend to be an inconspicuous retinue - this is safe and easy to get. Moreover, it is only reasonable that there is a retinue 'supporting' the dead-faced spy following 'Renier'.
Renier is a noble after all, so he should have a few followers.
But after looking at the reactions of these tin cans, Li Ang still had no choice but to go on his own.
There are quite a few people who are willing to pretend to be followers. There are still many brave people among Lion Knight under Ryman, but they generally have little confidence in their ability to deceive...
Lion Knights often competed in martial arts, and they knew who was the best, and soon ten people stood up.
"Well, I'm going to do the kidnapping job. Ryman, remember to keep the road..."
"Lord Li Ang Please rest assured. I wish you good luck!"
Ryman is somewhat admired. He feels that Li Ang's behavior of sacrificing his own life and being loyal to his country can completely serve as an example for knights.
But in fact, Li Ang is not very confident about Lion Knight's moral integrity. He took away the ten knights out of Ryman's protective attitude towards Lion Knight - in order to ensure that Ryman would protect his retreat.
Early morning.
Bacchus Empire army camp.
On the top of the huge military tent, there is a Black-Purple Gold Eagle Flag.
"Report! Lord Governor, there is a team coming outside with a white flag... the leader calls himself Renier, saying he is a friendly force from Ailedge and wants to see you!"
"Renier?"
Governor Justus stood up. "Ailedge's beacon is extinguished?"
"You can no longer see the beacon fire over there, Lord Governor."
"Looks like they got it... let them in."
Not long after, a knight was brought into Governor Justus's camp, with two followers driving an unconscious bard behind him.
This is Li Ang and two Lion Knight--Meitengheim people. They are too thick in stature and have rude manners. At first glance, they are not followers and they are easy to betray.
So he wanted to find someone to borrow from Lion Knight Order. Most of the lord's own subordinates were uneducated.
Great Swordsman and several other 'servants' were waiting outside the camp, being monitored by the enemy.
There were many imperial crossbowmen near Governor Justus's military tent. Li Ang also saw many Radiant Cross Knight, who were looking at them coldly.
Almost all of those Radiant Cross Knight showed contempt in their eyes, obviously they had no good impression of traitors like Renier.
"Your Majesty the Governor, people have been brought here."
A knight stood at the door of the military tent and reported.
Governor Justus walked out of the military tent, looked at the dead-faced bard being driven, and walked towards him.
Seeing that he was unconscious with his head hanging down, he turned to look at Li Ang with some doubts in his eyes.
"What's going on?"
"You must be Master Governor Justus, right? I'm Renier. He was injured while attacking with me, and it has been like this ever since... I had to bring him here first."
Li Ang saw that Governor Justus seemed to be looking at the dead face and explained.
Justus is surrounded by many guards and cannot get close...
The two Radiant Cross Knights next to him seemed to be muttering, "These venomous snakes... will... as soon as they are injured..."
The sound was very low, but Li Ang was observing carefully and heard a little bit.
"Sir Renier, you should be blocking the reinforcements at Ailedge now! What are you doing here?"
Governor Justus frowned, his attitude seemed not very polite.
However, probably because he met the spy, he did not seem to doubt the identity of Li Ang.
Just have no doubts.
If Renier really captured Wheat Fragrance Territory, which is Ailedge, then what he must do is to try his best to create the illusion that nothing happened to White Deer Fortress. If reinforcements come, he will also have to trick them away.
After all, if he occupies Wheat Fragrance Territory, other nobles in the kingdom will not find out that he is treasonous.
In fact, even if Renier was discovered by others during the attack, they would at most think that it was due to a territorial dispute between him and Li Ang...
"Your Majesty the Governor, I have done everything I should do! I even left all my men behind Ailedge. They will naturally pretend that everything is normal and nothing happened - don't worry, even if the kingdom's reinforcements come, they will be sent away by my men."