"Duke Otto led more than a dozen cavalrymen out of the siege?"

Ella didn't seem surprised when she received such a report. She had seen the power of the Duke of Otto's cavalry for a long time, and it was expected that the rabble composed of citizens and craftsmen could not stop them.

The twenty pirates around Ella looked a little angry and shouted: "King of Sweden, send us to chase them right away!"

"Do you want to compete with horses to run?"

"At the beginning, we couldn't catch up, but the horse could not run for about a day, and then we could catch up!"

“…Yes, is that right?”

Ella felt that she still couldn't understand the brain circuits of these pirates.

"...but there is no need. Let the news that Otto ran away and let the enemies who stayed in the city stop resisting. All the prisoners were handed over to the city of Hamburg to deal with them. We called all of us here to gather and discuss the next move."

After a short while, the riots in Hamburg City were settled.

The mayor of Hamburg walked towards Ella with a carriage of gifts.

"King of Sweden! Thanks to you! Otherwise we will all be deceived by Otto's hypocritical thing! This is a gift from Hamburg City, and I hope it will bring us long-term peace."

"Major, I heard that the Almani Federal Government has a rule that nobility cannot lead troops into the Free City." Ella stared at the mayor of Hamburg with suspicion. "Otto did such a thing in Hamburg, and you really didn't participate?"

The mayor of Hamburg was frightened and hurriedly defended: "No! How could I participate in it? I want to know that those three women were killed by Otto, who was worse than that beast. Even if I don't have a sword in my hand, I would rush up to smash Otto's head!"

"It's not necessary to pick up the bench. Duke Otto ran away. In order to eliminate this disaster, we will launch an attack on the Duke of Anglia next. Mayor, go and prepare the supplies and equipment."

The mayor of Hamburg suddenly froze: "Materials...Materials and equipment?"

"What? Isn't it okay?"

"Not that's not possible...but...I...but...you...but...by the way, King of Sweden, if you continue to attack, you may be regarded as an invader! Although we really want to maintain trade relations with the Kingdom of Heroes, if the King of Sweden becomes the common enemy of the Almani Federation, we have to regretfully interrupt the agreement under pressure! I think King of Sweden, you don't want to see such a thing..."

"So, I cannot be me, but you-the city of Hamburg is going to conquer the Duke of Otto, and I am just your mercenary, do you understand?"

"I...we? Why do we want...?"

"I don't have any objection to ask me to withdraw here." Ella shrugged, "But Anglia and Hamburg are close at hand. Are you sure Otto will not come back to take revenge after I withdraw?"

"But there is no precedent for the Lords of the Free City to send troops to attack Almani... and what reason do I have to attack them?"

"As long as you are willing to find it, you can always find a suitable reason. In contrast, because only the mercenaries of Hamburg City, the spoils they are all attributed to Hamburg City - I only want the life of Duke Otto. A noble like him is not qualified to rule the territory."

"I understand." The mayor of Hamburg took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his face. "I don't know that the Swedish king is going to go out... I don't know how many people we are going to hire?"

"I only have one thousand people on my hands, two hundred of whom need to defend Stad, and those who can be dispatched are around 800. The shortage of the part depends on the mayor, you find some other mercenaries to supplement it."

"Eight hundred people!???" The mayor of Hamburg was shocked by Ella's words for the third time. "Duke Otto controls the two dukes Frisia and Anglia, and can pull at least eight thousand people! Where did I find so many mercenaries at the moment?"

"Eight thousand people need time to gather. Just end the battle before that."

"Even so, there are more than 2,000 defenders in Minden, the capital of Duke Otto! How to attack the city with 800 people?"

"Minden has so many defenders, but Oldenburg may not be the case. I passed by when I returned from the Ile-de-France. There were only two or three hundred defenders there."

"Oldenburg? Starting from Hamburg, passing through Bremen, you can reach Minden immediately. Why did Otto take a long way to Oldenburg??"

"He will go to Oldenburg, you should go and prepare for the quest soon."

"When the Swedish king buried an ambush on the road?"

"I don't know how many soldiers and horses the Duke of Otto and other nobles would bring, so I brought my troops as much as possible to Hamburg City, and not many people sent to be ambushers. But I think it's okay to just change Otto to Oldenburg."

"How is this possible? To make sure Otto goes to Oldenburg instead of Minden, you have to interfere with the border between Bremen and the Duke of Anglia. But there is a large plain, and there is no place to ambush? There are many fortresses of Duke Otto! What kind of way do you have to force Duke Otto to change the way?"

"Probably...it is called the trick of a fox and a tiger?"

The confidence that Ella showed seemed to have already held the victory in her hand.

"By the way... I need a few horses, I'll need them soon."

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...

Duke Otto rushed out of Hamburg with more than a dozen cavalrymen, not daring to stop at all, and ran towards his capital overnight. His horse ran faster than the rumors. Before the Hamburg incident spread, he had successfully passed through Bremen and arrived at the border of the Duke of Anglia.

A big river is blocking ahead, and you can see a dark shadow on the river from afar. It is a small fortress specially built by Duke Otto to resist the plunder of pirates many years ago. There are several fortresses like this on the river, which can prevent pirates from entering and leaving the river at will, and successfully protect the Duke of Anglia from being plundered by pirates.

Just pass through this fortress, Duke Otto will soon be able to return to his capital.

There was a fire in front of him. At first, Duke Otto thought it was his soldiers who were making fire outside, but as he continued to approach, the flag of the Pirate Kingdom suddenly appeared in front!

"Oh no, this place has been captured by the Pirate Kingdom!" Duke Otto hurriedly stopped the troops.

These fortresses are not big. The purpose of the original establishment was to delay the passage of ships in the pirate kingdom, and to issue an alarm in advance to the inland. There were still heavy troops guarding the fortresses near the entrance of the sea, but there were few garrisons on the fortresses inside the river.

The Pirate Kingdom stationed troops in Stad, and it was easy to capture this fortress from land.

Only the sound was heard, there were not many soldiers in the pirate kingdom making fire outside. But behind them, there were countless enemy troops stationed inside.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Pirate Kingdom had not noticed their whereabouts. Duke Otto asked the soldiers under his command to turn their horses heads slightly. After walking carefully for a while with a stance, Duke Otto let the horses under his seat run wildly like flying.

"Well, was there any noise there just now?"

A pirate looked in the direction where Duke Otto was heading far away.

"Don't worry, cut the fish quickly!"

Another pirate grilled fish in circles on the bonfire.

"Brother above, don't you come down to eat a grilled fish?"

The third pirate shouted from afar to the defenders on the fortress.

The soldiers who were watching the fortress were so greedy that they drooled out, but they didn't dare to go down, so they had to shout, "Who wants to eat your grilled fish! Take your flag first!"

"How can that be! We are ordered to sell grilled fish shops here to pay military expenses! The Swedish king has told him to build more flags and make our reputation for grilled fish!"

"It's up to you!"

The sentry on the fort angrily gnawed a large piece of black bread and took another sip of white water.

The Almani coalition had just suffered a great defeat under the Pirate Kingdom and finally came to peace. They didn't want to provoke these pirates.

And if only three people are grilling fish, it doesn't seem like a big problem.
Chapter completed!