After a sleepless night, Bol decided to take people to see Marcus as soon as possible...
Also this night, Marcus was in his manor, preparing for a "counterattack."
More than twenty days have passed since the last fierce battle. His body is getting better, and it can even be said that he has recovered quickly.
But he can only walk independently at a "slow" speed, but he still can't hold a sword.
A well-trained doctor in the area told him, "Within 100 days, it is impossible to recover more than 60%."
There may even be permanent damage!
One hundred days was too long, and Marcus couldn't wait any longer. He used thinned pieces of wood to stick to the damaged parts of the bones on his body, and then tied ropes and soft cloth to fix them.
As a result, it will be very painful when moving, but if you can hold it back, you can barely walk like a normal person.
His subordinates persuaded him to surrender, and he replied calmly, "My father taught me many things, but he never taught me to change my master."
The Milo family actually has an old family motto.
Brave, sacrificial, loyal to one's lord and keep one's word.
Recently, Marcus dreamed about his father. When he had the idea of surrendering to Oran, he woke up in the middle of the night and suddenly saw his father holding a sword to protect the lord and fight against the Vikings.
He is not religious to the "Lord", but "Father" is his faith.
Marcus decided to hold the sword for the lord again.
If he dies in battle, it will be a fate that has been arranged by the "Lord" a long time ago.
If he can survive, then he will go to a wider world to find a stronger opponent and loyal to a more powerful master, instead of a mistress who only hangs out with male pets and a child who is still nursing.
"The Seven Kingdoms are so big, he wants to see them."
The life and death battle with Alger inspired him with new fighting spirit.
Not everyone wanted to die, and soon there were reports of residents and soldiers escaping from the border.
County Durham doesn't just have one Border Rider, there are two of them.
Another border knight returned to the castle early when King Oran's army pressed the border, and worked with others to advise Mrs. Rowling.
At the same time, close associates were also sent to contact Olan immediately and strive to become the "leading party."
Oran became the new master and still would not change the dominance of these knights, so they just changed people to kiss the ring and kneel at their feet. They even thought that only those with bad minds would choose to fight to the death.
Marcus gathered people from surrounding villages a few days ago, went to villages further away to ask for manpower, and quickly sent people to the castle for help.
But today, the people sent to the castle were like nothing, and they didn't receive any information back.
At noon on April 16, 865 AD, the undercover soldier who had been released by Oran and returned to the post volunteered again - after going to the border to investigate news about Oran and returning.
Marcus suddenly grabbed him, ignored his pleas for mercy and told him,
"I have always had doubts about your ability to come back safely, and you often patrol alone. I have sent people to follow you twice recently, and I have seen you meet with strangers and then disappear. Without exception, they are all Coming from the direction of Oran, if you are not careful, you will be considered unlucky!"
"grown ups!"
Marcus had someone kill the traitor with a sword. On that day, in the name of the Border Knights, he summoned all the men who could fight, distributed all the equipment, and encouraged them, saying, "I have killed the spy sent by Oran, and I will let him go in advance." Give false news to the traitors and ask them to report that our team will launch an attack from the east at midnight.
I also asked that Oran is now divided into three areas. I am near the forest in the south. We will move there tonight.
If Oran listens to my false information and sends many troops to defend the east, then the main force will definitely be weakened, and our chances will be greater. If we can successfully capture him, we may eliminate the danger in the territory. "
Everyone has inertia. Last time, Marcus used a surprise attack at night to repel Alger.
This time he was too familiar with the surrounding terrain. He knew there were many ways to avoid the scouts, and he could secretly enter the forest to ambush, and he wanted to repeat the same trick.
"Sir, how many people are there in Oran?"
"Not many, only about a hundred people at most, and they are not familiar with the terrain. My injuries have healed a lot. As long as we can get close, we will definitely win."
Marcus deliberately made the opponent weak to make the soldiers want to fight.
That night, Marcus personally led the team, lightly dressed in simple clothes, and endured the pain across the border grassland and into the forest.
He prepared in advance and could only gather fifty people, ten of whom stayed at the outpost and fortress.
Not all of the people taken out had weapons.
Only ten people possess such precious materials as swords, not to mention armors, only mixed armors such as leather and animal armors.
Chain mail is expensive and difficult for others to own. Only Marcus has a set.
But with his body like this, it was difficult for him to carry such a heavy armor, so he just put on a simple half-body leather armor.
When you are on the road, if you don't stabilize your body in advance, all the bones in your body will fall apart.
After just walking out for a while, Marcus was sweating profusely.
"My lord, are you okay?" a subordinate asked with concern.
"It's just too hot." Marcus responded to the escort with an ugly smile that had all the features squeezed together.
Relying on his willpower, he was able to practice swordsmanship so quickly at the age of twenty. This time, he believed that he could still create miracles.
As a hunter who had been here since childhood, he instinctively knew exactly where he was based on the faint moon shadow, the height of the tree, and the darkness.
Before dawn, Marcus's team walked to the ambush location, but they waited and waited. When the sun came out in the morning, they still didn't see anyone.
He had no choice but to go back along the original route. When he returned to the post, he was exhausted.
And also felt an unusual atmosphere.
As he walked through a weed field, he smelled blood.
Just like a hunter discovering a wounded beast in the distance, his heart becomes alert!
He raised his hand and made the communication gestures often used in border areas, asking everyone to be careful, and slowly followed the smell...
Finally, it was discovered that he was a border citizen from a nearby grassland, and he was shot by a flying arrow and died of excessive blood loss.
There is a line of small words on the arrow - "The white eagle shows its glory".
"Asshole...Olan!" Marcus clenched his sword, feeling confused.
Why did the outpost suddenly fall?
As for this forty-man commando team, there were too many of them, and they would inevitably make noise when moving. In addition, they were too close to the outpost and fortress. When they were discovered by Oran soldiers who had already captured the outpost, they shouted, "The enemy is invading!"
Then, soldiers filed out of a row of military buildings at the outpost in the distance - with the white eagle flag flying.
This border outpost fortress is the proud masterpiece of "Father Marcus". It is hidden among the forests and weeds and was redeveloped.
Except for the open space where the soldiers move, the surrounding weeds are not trimmed on weekdays and are allowed to grow wildly. These weeds and trees hide the outpost and fortress.
Form a fortress in the forest.
There are also a large number of wooden thorns to resist horses, as well as dug trap notches around the area.
If Marcus had not brought the team out, given the concealment of the fortress, Oran would have to spend at least three times the number of casualties in order to capture it quickly.
The Oran soldiers who rushed out were divided into three groups. The first group was armed with square shields and spears with iron tops, the middle group were elite infantry with armor and swords, and the last group were archers holding longbows.
Bows and arrows are low-cost to manufacture and have good lethality. Oran cannot equip so many of his subordinates with weapons. Recently, he has specially trained a team of archers so that he can bring effective blows to the Vikings when defending the city in the future.
Today is the time for military training.
The archers began to shoot randomly at the weeds in the distance. As long as one of them hit the arrow and made a sound, Marcus' team would be completely exposed.
"Hide quickly!"
As soon as Marcus finished speaking, a soldier was hit by an arrow shot into the grass, and then there were shouts.
He didn't know how many people were there, but it was obvious that he was surrounded at this moment. He had to either run away or fight!
"Is this the Sword of Dawn?"
At this moment, the only owner of County Durham is Oran Vijay.
Wearing silver soft armor, he slowly walked out of the military shed behind the post, with Ladd and Nanding standing beside him.
Both of them were defeated by Marcus last time, especially Ladd, who was extremely jealous when enemies met.
