Chapter Thirty-Three: The Cavalry Moves Out

  The next day, when the morning sun rose, the city gate of Xiniya slowly opened. The people who had been waiting outside the city for a long time saw it and rushed to the city gate.

  People coming and going through the city gate, plus the bustling shops next to it opening their doors one after another, making the street look extraordinarily lively.

  A thunderous sound erupted. The crowd turned their heads to look, only to see a team of cavalrymen clad in red leather armor galloping towards them, utterly disregarding the pedestrians on the road.

  Suddenly on the street, chickens flew and dogs jumped, people were frightened and dodged in a hurry, many even fell to the ground, rolling in dust.

  The cavalrymen galloped out like a whirlwind, without even a glance back, and sped past.

  A small vendor stuck his head out from the side of the road, watching their receding backs. Thinking about their strange attire, he muttered to himself in a low voice: "What kind of people are they?"

  Someone beside him snorted and got up from the ground, dusting himself off, saying: "Just arrived from afar? You don't even know the renowned Sinaea Cavalry Regiment."

  The merchant, hearing this, hastily put on a smiling face and approached to ask: "Oh! So this is the Sinaean Cavalry? I've heard that among them there's a knight who single-handedly fought off 4,000 pirates and emerged victorious?"

  "That's obvious," he said proudly. "Otherwise, how could Lord Ye be called the Dragon Rider? He's a man who can even defeat giant dragons."

  He glanced sideways at the burly merchant, tapped the instrument he was carrying and said, "I think you probably don't know the origin of this Mr. Ye, do you?"

  The merchant saw him and understood that he was a wandering poet, so he handed over a coin and said, "Since you have some free time, why don't you tell me a story?"

  The minstrel plucked the strings of his lyre, producing a melodious sound. The passersby on the street heard it and knew that someone was going to tell a story, so they gradually gathered around.

  That person saw that everyone had gathered, and only then did he cough twice, clear his throat, and say: "As for this Lord Ye, there's a lot to talk about. I heard that in the past, he single-handedly climbed Snow Heaven Peak and fought against the evil black dragon Merukerikabutarasnas for 3,000 rounds. In the end, he had a small universe explosion and used his ultimate forbidden spell - Thunderbolt Invincible Brain Fart."

  The giant dragon let out a terrified roar: "How is this possible, how can bronze defeat the golden warrior?" Then it let out a miserable cry and was sealed away. And so Lord Ye rescued Princess Arya from the dragon's lair...

  The boss of the shop next door brought a basin of foot-washing water and poured it onto the road with a gurgling sound. Seeing that a crowd had gathered in front of her own door, almost blocking the way, she was very displeased.

  She pointed at the man, put her hands on her hips and scolded: "Emes, you rascal, here again to swindle money, get out of my way, don't block me from doing business."

  The crowd suddenly dispersed with a loud noise. Only one tall and burly man with a thick beard was left standing alone there.

  The landlady saw the man's sturdy build and her eyes lit up, throwing a flirtatious glance his way. However, he seemed to have not noticed at all, remaining unmoved. Suddenly enraged, she picked up the foot basin and loudly shouted towards the room: "Dead ghost, stop sleeping, get up and do business..." As she spoke, she grumbled and scolded her way back into the house, followed by loud quarreling voices coming from inside the room.

  That person looked thoughtful and gazed at the drifting smoke in the distance, saying: "What's the hurry for them to go?"

  He thought for a moment, then walked along the main street for a while, found no one was following him, turned around and slipped into a small courtyard beside.

  The people in the house heard someone outside and came out of the room. Seeing that person, they hurried to the gate, took a few glances, then closed the gate, nodded and bowed with a smile, saying: "Why did you come yourself, Lord Tuls?"

  Niya galloped her horse wildly, feeling the cool wind blowing against her face, with a thousand worries in her heart.

  Yesterday night, Diana disappeared and Ye Feng went out to chase her but also lost contact. Everyone gathered their horses, but didn't know where to go to find people, fortunately, there were people from the Aphrodite dance troupe who came in to report the news. Otherwise, it's really hard to believe that a member of the noble Othys family would do such a despicable thing like those lowly scum.

  She looked at Leibida who was galloping alongside her with a worried expression.

  That majestic general is now no different from other fathers who have learned of their daughter's kidnapping, worrying about his daughter's safety and staying up all night, with eyes swollen red, constantly urging the war horse to gallop at full speed, as if he could fly to that manor immediately.

  Behind him were fifty warriors, handpicked from the elite cavalry of Xinya, the cream of the crop. In absolute secrecy, a heavy armored cavalry unit was formed (but since there's no money now, everyone can only wear light armor for the time being).

  Even so. Judging by Lei Bei's experienced eyes, the combat strength has increased by at least three times. From a harassing auxiliary unit to a key main force that determines the outcome of the battlefield.

  To prevent the leakage of this military technology, following Ye Feng's suggestion, both sides of all war horses' stirrups were covered with wide red cloths. This way, from the outside, one could not see the shape of the stirrups at all; on the contrary, it gave people the feeling that: the Xiyinian cavalrymen tied themselves to their horses like the northern barbarians.

  The swords and sabers hanging on the cavalrymen's bodies occasionally collided with the saddles, making a clanging sound. Niya had already made up her mind at the start of their journey that for Diana's sake, even if she knew the other side was stronger, she would still tear off her face and fight hard against that despicable old man, no matter what it took.

  They rushed all the way to Osiris' manor.

  At this time, the manor's gate had just opened and people were coming out of their rooms rubbing their eyes. Yesterday everyone didn't have a good day, the men went to fight, the women stayed at home listening to the house. As a result, each and every one of them was wearing a pair of sleepy cat eyes.

  The gatekeeper had also just gotten up early. He came out of the house, habitually turned to the corner of the wall, and urinated against a large tree that had been stored overnight.

  Just as he was feeling refreshed, he heard a rumbling sound like thunder in the distance. He turned around in confusion and saw a cloud of dust appearing on the horizon. The dust cloud moved quickly, and before long, Nia and the others' figures appeared in his line of sight.

  It was too late for him to want to close the door, at this time the cavalry had already rushed into the manor, and the people inside thought it was pirates who had broken in, scaring them into a chaotic panic.

  Not a few of the heroes who had been hiding under their beds since yesterday evening's conflict, did not emerge until they were certain that the cavalry were Sienese.

  Lei Bida gave a loud order, and the cavalrymen formed a neat queue behind him and Nia. With his left hand, he pulled out a torch from the saddle bag behind the horse and lit it with flint. In his right hand, he held a shining long knife. One by one, they drew their swords, strung their bows, and stood with furrowed brows, ready to start killing and burning at any moment.

  The steward of the manor saw Nia's ferocious appearance and was afraid in his heart. At the same time, he also knew that this kind of thing was not something that a small fry like himself could handle. He hastily sent someone to call for Aoxius.

  Oswald had just fallen asleep.

  He hadn't led troops in battle for a long time since his retirement, but last night he easily got an opportunity and accidentally played high, leading a group of younger brothers to charge and kill all night. When there were enemies, they fought against their enemies; when there were no enemies, they fought against their own people, almost fighting through the private armies of all the nobles in Xinya.

  It was for this reason that he did not hear the swan's nocturne, which had been echoing through his estate all night.

  At his age, it's not easy to fall asleep, so he was very displeased when woken up by the servant. First, he slapped the servant in the ear and scolded him severely.

  Then he listened to the servant's report with a bitter face, and only then did he feel that things were somewhat serious. He hastily put on the suit of clothes full of medals again under the service of his personal maid, and came to the door.

  As soon as he stepped out, he saw the cavalry standing in the middle of the yard, mounted on horses. The burning torches in their hands crackled and spluttered, with large drops of pine resin falling from them, carrying sparks that fell onto the lawn, sizzling loudly, setting the lawn ablaze.

  Oswald sneered: "What a mighty wind! I wonder if you all came here to kill someone or set fire?"

  Niya spurred her horse and came before him, saying: "Cut the nonsense, where is Diana?"

  Augustus raised an eyebrow and said, "Diana? Who is she?" The servant beside him hastily stepped forward and whispered a few words in his ear.

  Augustus then knew why the fight had been stopped halfway, and one of his favorite grandsons was nowhere to be found. He listened to the servant's introduction and waved his hand for him to withdraw.

  He thought to himself: better to seize the day than wait for it. He would take advantage of this opportunity to make Ray beat a retreat with his tail between his legs. Once they had become sworn enemies, Poseidon would naturally not want to have anything more to do with that violent woman either. Before long, he would cast her aside without a second thought. Young people are like that, always discarding the old for the new.

  He thought to himself, so he deliberately said: "Diana, that little girl is still quite capable. Last night, she sang a whole night of songs in Poseidon's room. Now she's probably too tired and has fallen asleep."

  He continued in a ambiguous tone: "What a pity, if you had come a little earlier, you would have also been blessed to hear her singing like a nightingale. It's truly one of life's greatest pleasures."

  Leibida was furious, his face turned bright red, his whiskers were all standing up, and his hair stood on end. He pointed at Osho and shouted loudly: "You fart! Hand over my daughter quickly! If she loses a single hair, I'll burn this broken manor to ashes!"

  Oswald's body straightened, his hands clasped behind his back, and he raised his head, narrowing his eyes as he gazed coldly at Leibida for half a day before saying, "Young people these days are getting more and more arrogant. When I was fighting wars, you were still running around naked playing with wooden swords."

  Lei Bida saw him still putting on airs at this time, and suddenly became so angry that he couldn't speak.

  Nia took a step forward and comfortingly patted Leida's arm lightly.

  She was also suppressing her anger, turned her head to Odysseus and said: "Your great achievements are known throughout Normandy, and every child can recite a few lines. However, we didn't come here today to talk about this. Since you also acknowledge that Diana is with you, why not let us take her away now?"

  Oswald was furious in his heart, he wasn't deaf to the sarcasm in Nia's tone. The sarcasm that what he called great achievements were nothing but tricks to deceive children. He said: "Good people have sharp teeth and a sharp tongue, little girl, it would be better if Poseidon liked you."

  But thinking that he could soon make the other lose face, he didn't get angry either, and said: "Diana is your person, since you want to take her away, I naturally have no right to stop you."

  He paused for a moment, then continued: "Please follow me. If you see Diana doing something that's not quite right, please don't be too surprised. After all, young people are like that - they're playful and sometimes get carried away. Haha, haha, haha..."

  He finished speaking and laughed loudly, taking a step forward, heading towards Poseidon's small building.

  Behind him, Reibado's eyes widened in anger and he reached for the hilt of his sword. Nia hastily grabbed hold of him and said, "Let's save Diana first!"

  Lei Bida's hand grasped the hilt of his sword, staring at his back, his eyes were so angry that they seemed to spit out fire, and he wished he could rush up immediately and cut Oshus in half.