Just because you see the spire doesn't mean you're about to reach the castle.
Based on the traffic conditions in the medieval world—especially the areas near the forest—to reach the castle, which can already be seen from a distance, the straight-line distance will not exceed one thousand meters, and at least three kilometers of detours will be needed in the middle.
The team walked forward for another ten minutes, rounded a big bend, and a long upward gentle slope appeared in front of everyone.
"Master..." The messenger who led the way turned around and said, "This is the place. Going forward, you will find the 'Smoky Mountain' of Fort Ackerford in this direction."
The village of Akeli will set up observation points at key positions in and out of the forest. As the center of the entire barony, the core area of Fort Akford is of course even more heavily guarded.
Compared with the village of Akeli, which is weak and has few floating population, as soon as "outsiders" are found—no matter how many—they will immediately light up at least one line of black smoke; Fort Ackford is well armed and often visited In the past, the threshold for warning was undoubtedly much higher.
But no matter how high the threshold is, when a team led by knights, the overall number of people reaches double digits, half of the members carry iron weapons, and obviously have logistics and livestock to accompany them, no matter how weak the village of Akeli is, the armed forces will be strong. Fort Ackford, or Fort Colin in Fishgard Parish, which itself is a military fortress, guards the watchtower on the highest mountain in the surrounding area, and will ignite all the fuel at the first time, raising three four five six seven Eight streaks of black smoke issued the most urgent alerts to villages, castles, and military fortresses, in order to obtain an early warning time of about half an hour.
This is not to say that a strong castle is afraid of being breached by a team of 18 people, but that if such a team is suddenly killed near the castle, outsiders will not need to attack the castle at all. Taking a dozen or so livestock, cutting off the buckwheat in the field, and lighting a fire is enough to wipe out more than ten years of hard work in any territory.
With an early warning, the castle has time to react.
The so-called reaction time is not used most of the time to call soldiers out to fight. —The armed group of more than a dozen people touched the vicinity, who knows if there are more ambushes behind, the precious combat power, of course, must be used to defend the castle.
The reaction time gained by the early warning was to allow the serfs, free people, and most importantly the livestock to escape back to the castle, and to send out a few skilled scouts in time to find out the real strength of the invaders.
If the intruder is weak, it would be best if the knights who go out will try to expel them directly; Refined salt, honey, precious metals and other common high-value items are used to trade and compromise with the other party; if the compromise fails, or if the other party is too powerful, the scouting knights can also perform the last task: simply burn the land by themselves food so as not to be used by invaders.
In other words, as long as the black smoke representing the highest warning level rises, unless it is a purely military fortress like Fishgard Parish Fort Collin, most of the other castles and most of the villages mean at least paying All the mobilization, the fleeing of the farmers, the running of the livestock, the trampling of the allotment, the fall of the knights, the burning of the allotment... etc. A series of unexpected risks that will definitely make the lord feel uneasy, or a heavy price of bleeding.
With the information collected some time ago, Wu Qingchen certainly wouldn't offend the entire Akford Territory as soon as he arrived in the field.
Stopping the team, Wu Qingchen followed the messenger forward to observe. After confirming the lookout point, according to the plan drawn up by the staff group, Wu Qingchen asked the entourage to retreat another two to three hundred meters from the original position. The next two kilometers will be the first visit. At Fort Ackerford, Wu Qingchen would only take the messenger with him to ensure that there would be no oolong.
However, if there is no oolong, there will be no oolong. In order to ensure their own safety, smooth operation, and future interests, before departure, they need to implement another plan of the staff group:
"Brother Grace, Brother Runcorn..." Closing his long ears, Wu Qingchen looked around, calling names one by one: "Uncle Pamela, Uncle Antoine, Uncle Abbeville, Dean, York, Harry... Weval, Ann … let's start."
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an hour later.
Fort Ackford.
When Garu came to find him, Basser was in a daze in the stable.
Since the last time I followed the agricultural officer to the village of Akeli temporarily to deal with the accident of the collective injury of the cattle, and accompanied Ross/Moore to pick herbs, and participated in part of the treatment process of the cattle, I returned to Fort Akford. Whenever there was something wrong with the big livestock, everyone's first reaction was to come to Basser immediately.
There was a strong smell in the stables. ——Of course, compared to cleaning up the dirty corners of the castle, or risking his life to suppress the tax-resisting villages, no matter how bad the taste is, Busther would rather stay with the big animals.
But…
The body is scratched by a branch, should the wound be washed first or should the dirt be cleaned first
After the wound has healed, should I take it out to bask in the sun or apply herbs to rest
Busser looked anxiously at the thatch of the barn above him.
"Basser!" Just as Busser started to pull his hair, Da Zhuangtou's eldest son, the shabby Garucha rushed in: "Basser, your teacher is here!"
"Huh?" Busther turned his head sharply.
"Loss is here!" Garrucha repeated loudly: "Loss/Mole, the new cowherd in Akeli village."
"Really? Rose...Master Rose is here?" Busser's eyes lit up, then he frowned, and glared at Garucha: "What cowboy, Master Rose is now the priest of Akeli Village!"
"Ha! Yes, yes..." Garruza replied with a smile, "Yes, priest, your master priest is here!"
"Where is Master Ross?" Busser got up quickly, and then stopped suddenly: "No...Master Rose is here...how do you know?"
"Of course I know." At the door of the stables, Garrucha gave a hand to his companion, "Today it's Tornio's turn to guard the tower... The messenger from Akeli village is here, and next to him is your Lord Ross. Get up and deliver the letter."
"Where are you now?" While speaking, Busther had already walked out of the stable.
"Outside the castle."
"Huh? Why?" Busther paused slightly: "Why didn't you let Master Rose in? Is there any problem? Something is wrong with the messenger in Akeli village?"
"No, Ba Le and Xiao Zhuangtou are by my side."
"Then... you don't know Master Ross?"
"I know..." Garrucha replied, "Your companion last time, Makur who went to the village of Akeli happened to be in the tower too."
"That?" Busther was even more surprised.
"Your master priest said that there are still many people in the places that can't be seen in Dianyan Mountain. In order not to cause trouble for the leader of Akford, I hope we can go and have a look first."
"Huh?" Busser was slightly taken aback: "There are a lot of people."
"Let's go, let's go..." Grabbing Busser, Garruza quickened his pace: "Your lord priest said that in order to solve the problems of treating cattle, moving honeycombs, and some good things that were discovered recently, your lord priest specially brought A lot of experienced hands who are good at these jobs come over."
"Uh?"
"What else?" Garucha grabbed Busther's arm firmly: "Let's go! Cure the cows, move the nests... what a great opportunity! The low-class people brought by Ross will definitely not be able to enter the castle, so hurry up and snatch them away." !"
"Stealing people?" Busser stumbled out of the barn after being forcibly pulled back, "Don't mess around... Ross/Moore is already a priest!"
"What priest?" Garruza said, squinting his eyes. "Student! Priest's student!"
"Soon to be a priest, sure to be a priest!"
"Okay, okay, I got it! Hurry up." Garruza didn't bother to continue arguing, grabbed Busser, and moved quickly: "Whether it's a student or a priest... we won't disturb him, we just need to A few low-class people will help for a few days... Don't worry, everyone still expects those low-class people to help take care of the livestock and help with a few beehives, who will make things difficult for them?"
"Everyone?"
"Well... Tornio, Makur, you, I... Hurry up, if others find out, we won't be able to get it..."
"Don't be fooled! Didn't you just say that? Master Ross is here to deliver the letter... How long can the letter stay?"
"Yes, send a letter! Your master Ross needs to deliver a letter, and the inferior people he brought should not deliver a letter, right? What does it matter if you stay in Ackford for a few days? Of course, if the freeman master is willing to join If you stay here to help everyone look after the livestock and move the beehives... I will deliver the rest of the letters for him! Don't talk about delivering the letters... I will help him send all the letters back to the village of Akeli!"
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Ten minutes later.
"Loss... sir."
Walking out of the castle along the suspension bridge, Garucha quickly jumped off his horse, bowed deeply and greeted Wu Qingchen more than ten meters away.
The nonsense that was spoken a moment ago has been thrown out of the blue by Garrucha.
Fudge Wu Qingchen/Loss? Loot Wu Qingchen/Loth's entourage
are you crazy
The whole body is pure and white, with a priest's robe without a trace of wrinkles; Yue Zhiyuan's puffy, calm and noble demeanor; his complexion is solemn, and he has a real gentleman's temperament without anger...
Looking at Wu Qingchen/Loss who was a dozen steps away, Garruza instantly forgot what the so-called "Master Liberty" said a few minutes ago, and honestly showed his most obedient posture.
Garruza must be grateful for his choice.
half an hour later.
Following the path, leaving the castle, crossing the land, stepping onto the hills, winding into the mountain path, climbing up the long gentle slope, looking at the team in front of him, Garrucha's jaw almost fell off.
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