Who taught him to restore the country like this

Chapter 118 Where is My White Lion Heart?

After doing all this, Ron returned to the City Lord's Mansion to rest with peace of mind.

The army of Silver City will not arrive in White Wood City until the afternoon at the earliest. During this period, White Wood City is absolutely safe.

……

On the road from Baifeng City to Baiyan City, the army of Baiyin City, which had been rushing all night, stopped to rest.

The guards set up a tent for Ian to keep warm and brought him breakfast.

Ian sat in the tent, looking at the food on the table, but he had no appetite.

Because more than half an hour ago, he received news from Silver City that the rats in Silver City ran out of Silver City shortly after they left last night.

This made him very unhappy.

He didn't know where these rats were hiding. He had been searching the city for more than ten days but couldn't find any trace of them. Now, as soon as he left, these rats ran out.

"Damn Leo, wouldn't it be better if I could just kill him earlier?"

Ian cursed under his breath.

If it weren't for Leo, he would have pacified the Thorn Territory long ago and led it onto a more glorious path.

But now, the Thorn Territory is in civil strife, the glory he sought for the Thorn Territory has gone down the drain, and his situation has become a dilemma.

The person he hated most now was not the rebels of the Tiantu Mercenary Group, nor the two dukes who put pressure on him, but Leo.

"Humph, what's the point of running out now?"

Ian snorted in his heart.

Now the Thorn Territory only has Whitewood City at its disposal, and Leo cannot reach Whitewood City faster than him.

Even if Leo entered Baimu City before him, he could catch them all in one fell swoop.

With the heart of the white lion, he was not afraid of the strong men around Leo.

Without the Heart of the White Lion, Leo will never be able to turn things around.

Ian's mouth corners slowly rose, and his hand reached for the source of his confidence in the leather bag at his waist.

Ok?
Ian's expression froze, and his hands repeatedly fumbled in the briefcase. Then he took the briefcase off and turned it over, trying to pour out the contents.

However, nothing fell out of the small leather bag.

how come……

How about me, who has such a big heart of a white lion?

Ian was stunned.

He remembered that he had put the Heart of the White Lion into this special leather bag before setting off last night and had not taken it out during the journey.

But why did it disappear?
Was it stolen?

impossible.

He had been traveling on horseback last night, and no one could get close to him.

Could it be that he left it in the lord's mansion and forgot to bring it out?
Ian carefully recalled what happened last night before he sent it out. However, after thinking for a long time and racking his brains, he clearly remembered that he had brought out the Heart of the White Lion.

Where did the Heart of the White Lion go?
It couldn't possibly have run away on its own.

Ian frowned and paced back and forth in the tent, his expression gradually becoming panicked.

The Heart of the White Lion mysteriously disappeared.

He began to suspect that it was Leo's doing.

It was too much of a coincidence that the Heart of the White Lion disappeared as soon as Leo escaped.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Leo had used some method he didn't know about to steal the Heart of the White Lion.

After all, he didn't know much about the Heart of the White Lion, as the old man taught it directly to his eldest brother.

"Damn it Leo!"

Ian cursed in his heart.

This incident instantly disrupted his plans.

Without the Heart of the White Lion, he would not be able to crush Baimu City in terms of strength when attacking it.

Should we give up attacking Shiraki Castle?
Ian hesitated for a moment whether to return to defend Silver City.

After pondering for a long time, he decided to attack Baimu City.

After all, it wasn't certain whether the Heart of the White Lion had fallen into Leo's hands. If he had truly forgotten to bring it, or left it somewhere, the back-and-forth trip would have wasted too much time. The longer it dragged on, the more things could go wrong; they couldn't give Whitewood City a chance to catch its breath, especially now that Leo had escaped.

"Set off."

Not in the mood to eat breakfast, Ian walked out of the tent, mounted his warhorse, and ordered the troops to continue their advance.

At noon, Ian led the Silver City army to Baihe City, the closest city to Baimu City.

The original guards of Baihe City were wiped out by the army led by Krag. Now Baihe City has been taken over by guards from several other cities.

"How many soldiers are there in the city?"

Ian asked immediately after being welcomed into the city.

"Master Ian, most of the soldiers were defeated in the battle last night and have not returned. Now there are only two thousand soldiers left in the city." The sheriff of Baiyan City replied.

Ian frowned.

The soldiers in Baihe City, plus the soldiers he brought with him, total only about 4,000 people. Can they take over Baimu City?
I don’t care about that anymore. I’ll only know if I can get it after trying it first.

"Take all the soldiers and attack Baimu City immediately."

"Yes."

An hour later, the soldiers in Baihe City gathered together and rested, and the soldiers in Baiyin City marched towards Baimu City in a mighty force.

When they arrived two miles outside Baimu City, the sky had already turned dark.

"Master Ian, there's something strange about Baimu City."

The soldier who arrived early to investigate the situation came closer and reported to Ian.

"Why is it weird?"

"The gates of Baimu City have been open since this morning, and there are few guards on the city walls. Looking inside through the open gates, the streets are deserted, with no one walking around. It's like... an empty city," the soldier reported.

Empty city?

Ian looked up at the gate of Baimu City.

I saw that the city gate was indeed open, and there were indeed few people on the city wall.

"Master Ian, Baimu City won a victory last night. They certainly didn't expect that I would attack today and neglected to guard against it. This is a good opportunity for you to take over Baimu City." A team leader said with a happy face.

"Master Ian is wise."

Several captains began to compliment him.

"Shut up, you idiots!"

When Ian heard these people's praise, he became annoyed and cursed.

Even if Baimu City was arrogant and complacent, and neglected its defenses, it would not open the city gates, but would only arrange a few guards on the city walls to defend it.
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Baimu City has shown the weakness of the city's defenses so obviously, there must be a trick.

This group of brainless idiots encouraged him to fall into the trap. If he was not in urgent need of manpower, he really wanted to deal with these idiots for last night's rout.

"withdraw!"

Ian pondered for a long time and ordered a retreat.

They were not far from Baimu City at this time, and Baimu City must have discovered the enemy attack.

But after waiting for so long, Baimucheng didn't respond at all.

The trap couldn't be more obvious.

He expected that there must be many traps set up in Baimu City at this time. With the 4,000 people he led, if he attacked rashly, he would probably repeat the defeat of last night.

Without the heart of a white lion, he chose to retreat for the sake of caution.

Too many strange things happened today, and he had to be on guard.

Ian reined in his horse and turned back to White River City.

He did not give up attacking Baimu City, but planned to go back and recruit more manpower to deal with Baimu City.

……

On Baimu City.

The several mercenaries from the Tiantu Mercenary Group who were on guard were sweating profusely at this moment.

They discovered very early that a large number of enemy troops were approaching. The reason they remained calm was because Ron had instructed them in advance that if they saw enemy troops attacking, they should not panic or do anything, just stand on the city wall and watch.

(End of this chapter)