after 10 days james left the capital with 1.200 men , he was hated by most people so no one came to the road to send him off

las smiled when he heard the news in the meeting room and said "close the gates no letter to james must be delivered ,when a rider comes capture him and change him with our own and he must read the letter "

everyone understood then las gave the order "mobilize our forces we will act " "yes lord "

the army was prepared ,they had formed 6 blocks each had 50 men in every group one man was ahead from the others this man had a flag so 6 flags , in the back of the army were the cannons they were puled by horses and 15 knights were at the back to protect them and they too had a flag in the front were all the other knights with las william and leonard there

las screamed he raised his fist " all units advance " all the soldiers spoke in unity " yes lord"

the soldiers Started their march , the men had been training for 40 days so they had experience in marching they weren't perfect , the legs of the soldiers were hitting the ground at the same time las had brought with him some drums the sound of the soldiers marching was heard from a distance

the people saw the flag of the lord the red flag with the golden dragon and 2 griffins in each side everyone looked at the army no one dared to close the path

the commoners were whispering "why is the army of the lord out " " is the lord going to deal with the bandits " "no this bastard won't do a thing " "yes the nobles don't care about us " "he will too just raise the tax" the poverty of this land is huge there are many you can't afford clothes or a house some go without food for days, many could not feed their children

an old man spoke "don't talk he is a noble he can kill you in a heart beet" after that no one dared to speak

5 figures were at a corner they wore black cloaks 2 of them seem to be the leaders they were at the front a man at the back spoke "hmmm this army seem well trained i heard that the new lord is here for only 40days this soldiers will get even better "

a soft voice of a woman was heard "but what are those iron pipes ?"

the man looked at the cannons and spoke "i don't know but it's something important the same goes for this carriage they both are heavily guarded"

the other leader who was a woman too spoke "important its just a pipe nothing more lets leave " and they did left right away

after 4 days james reached the bandits village

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james spoke to his general " so this bastard ambushed you right , hmmm this is good in the start , i wanted to have the bandits kill him and then take the throne then i would have get rid of the bandits , of course the death of the lord would have overshadowed my victory but now i can gain the trust of the people and kill the bandits but , i would need to kill him myself it should be fine with the help of the first prince "

the general spoke back "my lord im really sorry about my failure "

james spoke back in a cold tone "its fine but make sure this will never happen again , understood " the general got scared and Replied "yess my lord "

james smiled again "good "

the bandits were waiting for james in a small forest he had taken with him 50 men in horses but they were not that competant in a forest

james was smart but he got too arrogant with his victory against the lord at the same time he knew the bandits were dangerous

the forest was small so james with no hesitation he put it on fire the bandits were forced to attack they tried to be close to the forest they knew that if they did not they would get hit from the right and left side by the horses

the bandits shot some arrows and they charged the army of james he did the same the two lines of soldiers broke they became triangles charging on each other

the lines broke swords were hitting each other clashing of spears screams for help "please i have a child " "don't kill me " "it hurts aaaaa" blood was at the air flags fell arrows were shot

the bandits leader was at the centre he was a huge man he could be mistaken as an orc he had a huge axe he killed people right and left the archers shot at him but no damage was done

james spoke "stop firing at him he has an artifact this artifact can stop arrows help the right wing they are losing there " the knights who were loyal to helstain were at the right wing only from there retreat could happen in the other sides was forest in fire "

james wore his helmet he was after all born in a knight house who was at the border his helmet had 2 wings in each side in his bosom was the golden dragon he then shouted to his knights "my men kill the enemy we are not cowards no fear with the blessing of the god of light we will win charge long live helstain "

the cavalry charged they surrounded the bandit leader the leader understood that we could not win the battle so he charged james he wanted to kill him before he die too

james saw through him he ran from him and at that moment the other knights were able to cut his head off the bandits saw the leader die either run or surrendered the knights were able to run away they were ordered to join the main army in the ambush

the soldiers won and thy cried out "long live lord james " "long live the lord " the flag of helstain was waving

at night james saw the casualties in the start he had 1.200 men he now had 700 and some prisoners

the general had a question "what now my lord "

"we are going to rest for today then we will march to the capital i need to be lord when my victory is fresh for the people to accept me make camp and stop the fire from going to the other forest and we will take the money of the bandit i hear he had a lot around 30.000 silver "

the general gave a salute " i will handle it "

the next day the soldiers had to march home with some prisoners and loot

it took him longer than expected

we was talking with the general " we must find a way to take back the fort in the north what do you thing general do you have an idea " both were at a horse in a forest area

the general spoke " my lord what if..... " the words of the general were cut by a roar like thunder

15 men knights got killed instantly everybody froze james spoke "what the hell was that?????"