The Duke of Aquitaine returned to Monfore to station. He was a little scared by the poison displayed by Ella, so he wanted to further understand the enemy's background. At the same time, he also wanted the soldiers to adjust their minds and restore their morale - after discovering that the enemy had the means to kill them by passing the potion, their emotions were extremely depressed.

He chose a few warriors and asked them to shout to the soldiers in the barracks at the top of their voices. Some people analyzed rationally and said, "The mortality rate is not much higher than the normal warfare"; some people were comforted and said, "It may not be possible to get poisoned." Some people mocked the enemy, saying, "Maybe they will be poisoned by touching the poison on the other side"; some people were irritable, and they saw someone talking about this matter, so they rushed up and slapped them a few times.

In addition, he made an exception to allow soldiers who were not on duty to go out to drink before the cavalry returned. He hoped that in this way, the soldiers' emotions would be relieved.

But he did not expect that when the soldiers were allowed to go out, there were more and more rumors about the enemy's poison. For some reason, when soldiers went out to drink, they always "luckily" to find out some news about poison from other people in the tavern. Including but not limited to "seeing the enemy in a hundred large tanks of water that contained poison and soaked weapons inside", "I saw someone accidentally dipped a little on the armor when transporting these tanks, and died a few days later", "This poison will die when it touches it, and it will smell it slightly better, and it will only completely lose its fertility in the second half of my life", etc., and there are even saying that "the antidote is a rat, as long as the rat that has eaten the corpse can be prevented."

The Military Law Department arrested several people who were raising mice in the military camp in succession.

The Duke of Aquitaine felt that his head was getting bigger and bigger day by day.

A few days later, the pursuing cavalry returned. As the villagers pointed the wrong way, they returned later than the Duke of Aquitaine expected. The commander of the cavalry bowed his head and reported in vain that the enemy had entered the Duke of Normandy and they did not catch up.

The Duke of Aquitaine was so angry that he slapped the cavalry commander on the spot: "You are cavalry! You are chasing a group of barefoot peasants, but they can't catch up?"

The commander of the cavalry did not dare to defend himself at all, but touched his hot cheeks and continued to report: "Not only that, we also found that the Duke of Normandy had gathered troops on the border and defended the fortress, as if he was ready to resist us at any time.

"What did you say?"

The Duke of Aquitaine kicked the commander of the cavalry again angrily, and then he said angrily:

"I knew it was indeed the Duke of Normandy!"

With the support of the potion, he was not afraid at all, but now that the potion "has failed", he had to reconsider his strategy against the Duke of Normandy.

"Or, let's call all the lords of the Anglia front line over here?" After getting angry, he said to his knights who were sitting in the barracks with some helplessness. "They will definitely help me--it is more likely than someone responds to the call of the candidate to deal with me."

"Anglia is far away from here." A knight carefully reminded the Duke of Normandy. "When they come, I don't know when it will be."

"We are dealing with a group of prepared enemies now. I think it's always safer." said the Duke of Aquitaine. "If I'm not surprised, the Duke of Normandy is just one of them. The Count of Ile-de-Island should still be trying to find support from other princes. It depends on who is faster now."

"Then are we stationed here and waiting?"

"Since this enemy can no longer be solved quickly, it should be meaningless to station here, right? Is it safer for us to return to Paris?"

Just as the Duke of Aquitaine and the knights were discussing this matter seriously, the commander of the cavalry who was huddled in the corner fearing sin suddenly thought of something and interrupted: "By the way, Duke, on the way back, I successfully intercepted the letters from the enemy!"

The Duke of Aquitaine raised his head: "Where did the enemy's letters come from?"

"When I led my army back, I found someone hiding by the roadside and looking at us. When I asked, he was so scared that he ran away. I immediately asked the soldiers to chase me. Seeing that I was getting closer and closer, the other party was so scared that he threw away the package on his body. I picked up the package and saw that it was discovered!"

The cavalry commander took a while and finally took out a wrinkled letter. He excitedly handed the letter to the Duke of Aquitaine, hoping to use it to offset his mistake.

The Duke of Aquitaine took the letter, glanced at it and raised his head in surprise, asking the cavalry commander: "Where is that man now?"

The cavalry commander immediately shrank his head: "That... we didn't catch up, we got this package."

"What did you say???"

The Duke of Aquitaine kicked the cavalry commander again. This time, he used much more strength than the last time, and kicked the cavalry commander directly to the ground. He pointed at the cavalry commander angrily and asked, "I haven't chased the enemy, so you don't know where the enemy has gone. So what happened this time? You can even make someone run on foot when you are so close? Are you chasing him on your back?"

"I...I really don't know where the opposite side went." The commander of the cavalry replied in fear, "The place where the incident happened was close to a forest. Our people chased after him for a while, and somehow, the man disappeared, as if he had disappeared out of thin air..."

"I'm still looking for a reason! Drag it out and give me a hundred military sticks first!"

"Military stick? Duke, I...I am a nobleman!"

"You have the nerve to say that you are your nobles when you fight this way? Take off your pants and fight in front of everyone!"

Soon, the cavalry commander's wailing sound came from outside the military camp. But not long after, the wailing sound stopped. Then a knight came in and whispered: "Duke, he... cannot bear the humiliation and committed suicide."

For a nobleman, being punished in front of ordinary soldiers is indeed a great shame. For the Duke of Aquitaine, losing a knight and a cavalry commander before the war began is even more a shame.

"We won't go back to Paris." said the Duke of Aquitaine, "The whole army follows me to the north and attack the Duke of Normandy!"

"Duke! Don't act irritating..."

"It's not that I'm in a state of urgency. Do you know what is written in this letter?" Duke Aquitaine tightly held the paper in his hand. "The enemy's reinforcements are coming soon. It's the Principal of Brittany! That's not a small lord! If we wait any longer, we will turn from hunters into prey! Press all our troops! Before the Duke of Brittany's army arrives, defeat the Duke of Normandy first!"

"yes!"

"Wait..." Duke Aquitain suddenly raised his hand, "This is wrong, there may be a ghost here."

He grabbed the paper, walked several times in the barracks over and over again, and then raised his head:
Chapter completed!