Mountain barbarians! The people in the convoy who found the mountain barbarian cavalry attacked screamed, and the convoy was in chaos...
"Sedkamp, you went to restore order to the convoy, but there are forty or fifty mountain barbarians, there is nothing to be afraid of. Guards, come forward with me!" Lorist shouted solemnly.
Just as the ten or twenty guards riding around the convoy were panicking and lined up behind Lorist, they saw a chestnut blue horse in front of the convoy lined up, heading towards the mountain barbarians who were galloping in the distance. The cavalry greeted them. The knight on the horse opened his big blue bow, and the mountain barbarian cavalry was about 150 meters away from him.
One by one, the mountain barbarian cavalrymen were shot down by blue lightning bolts. From a distance of 150 meters to 70 to 80 meters, there were more than 20 mountain barbarian cavalrymen who fell from their horses...
The remaining 20 or 30 mountain barbarian cavalry reined in their galloping mounts in horror, and suddenly let out a burst of yelling, turned their horses and ran towards the forest behind them...
Josk took a deep breath, lightly shook his numb arm due to the rapid shooting, and raised his big blue bow again with his grudge. It's just that he didn't shoot fast this time, and the three arrows shot down the three mountain barbarian cavalry who fell behind. Seeing that the mountain barbarian cavalry were about to enter the woods, Josk put away his bow and didn't want to make another move.
However, one of the mountain barbarians turned around, stopped at the edge of the woods, turned his head, pointed at Josk, and shouted and gestured for a while. Although he couldn't hear clearly, it was not a good thing to think. Josk got angry, and once again drew his bow and shot an arrow.
The mountain barbarian hurriedly dodged, and he dodged quickly. Josk's arrow flew away from his leather helmet with bird feathers inserted, and shot at a pine tree with the mouth of a bowl behind him. After shaking for a while, it broke from the arrow, and the upper half of the pine tree fell down.
Josk's arrow actually broke the pine tree, and the mountain barbarian cavalry who had survived the catastrophe raised his head, and without his helmet, his long golden hair fell down. It turned out to be a mountain barbarian female cavalry. Although the mountain barbarian female cavalry was lucky enough to avoid Josk's arrow, she was so frightened that the upper half of the pine tree fell down without realizing it. Instead, several mountain barbarian cavalry emerged from the woods, leading her horse into the forest to avoid the catastrophe.
The half of the falling pine tree hanging from the branches of the nearby trees finally fell to the ground, creating a big cloud of dust and smoke. When the dust and smoke cleared, the mountain barbarian cavalry disappeared in the woods.
If it weren't for the corpses of more than 20 mountain barbarian cavalry scattered on the ground and the horses wandering around without their riders, the scene of dozens of mountain barbarian cavalry rushing in just now would have seemed like a dream, as if it didn't exist.
Josk steered his horse and walked back, and the quiet motorcade suddenly burst into cheers: "God's Arrow! God's Arrow!..."
Lorist rode forward to meet him, patted Josk on the shoulder and said, "Good job!"
Then raised Josker's right hand and shouted towards the team: "Josker!..."
People in the team responded enthusiastically: "Josker! Josker! Magic Arrow Josker!..."
Josk touched his nose, and said a little embarrassedly: "My lord, it's too much."
Lorist said, "Joe, you deserve it."
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Because he encountered wandering mountain barbarian cavalry, in order to avoid those fleeing mountain barbarian cavalry from attracting more attackers, Lorist decided not to rest by the small lake in front and let the convoy continue on its way.
Sedkamp took a few guards to collect the mounts of the mountain barbarian cavalry, and searched the corpses to retrieve weapons. Lorist called Steward Hanske and Steward Kedan to come over, and asked them if it was normal for the mountain barbarians to appear here
Hansk shook his head: "My lord, I have never heard that the mountain barbarians will appear here, and there is no record in the family. Generally speaking, the mountain barbarians are active in the area close to the Demon Dragon Mountain Range on the other side of the family territory. But here is far away from the demon dragons." The Dragon Mountain Range, more precisely, it belongs to the Black Forest and the wilderness and hills. Although the family has no troops stationed in this area and does not know the daily situation, the family members have never encountered mountain barbarians in this area in the past hundred years. I believe that This is a group of mountain barbarian cavalry who occasionally wander here."
Sedkamp cleaned the battlefield after touching the corpses, and asked a few guards to lead more than twenty gathered horses behind. He rode his horse and galloped towards Lorist.
"My lord, look at this." Sedkamp handed over several small leather bags.
Lorist untied a leather bag and poured it into his left palm, a small pile of yellow sand appeared in the palm of his hand.
"Jinsha!" Steward Kedan and Steward Hansk yelled.
"My lord, those mountain barbarian cavalrymen who were shot to death by Lord Josk basically had such a leather bag containing gold sand, and I found this on one of them." Sedkamp held a piece of thumb in his hand. Big nuggets.
"Golden dog head!" Lorist's eyes lit up.
"My lord, I suspect that there may be gold mines in this mountain forest or hilly area. Those mountain barbarian cavalry may come here for the gold mines. I suggest that your lord should send someone to search this area. If you find If there is a gold mine, then the family will not have to worry about having no funds to develop the territory." Kedan manager said eagerly.
Lorist took the small piece of dog's head gold in Sedkamp's hand, weighed it, and looked at it carefully for a while, then looked up at the mountain ridge in the distance, and at the place where the fleeing mountain barbarian cavalry disappeared. In the end, he shook his head: "We don't have enough force or manpower to develop this area. Even if there are gold mines, it is difficult for us to guarantee smooth mining. It is more likely that we The family will be entangled with the mountain barbarians for the gold mine. Maybe the price we pay for the gold mine is far more than what we get from the gold mine.
For a while, when our northbound convoy arrives, we will have the strength to send troops to investigate this area. "
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The convoy finally arrived at the castle construction site around ten o'clock in the evening, because Miss Teresty had been informed in advance that she had ordered the slave laborers to prepare the campsite and arranged steaming meals for the people who had traveled all day.
Lorist bit a piece of bread and asked Reddy, who was standing by, "Where's Miss Teresty?"
"My lord, Miss Tresty went to bed at ten o'clock and entrusted me to manage the place. If you want to find her, I will wake her up?" Reddy said.
"Forget it, what I want to ask is how is the progress of the front city wall? Anyway, you can see it tomorrow morning, so don't disturb her if you have nothing to do. By the way, Reddy, I will call Boris over later. I have something to ask him." Lorist said.
The sad-faced Boris Butler soon appeared in front of Lorist.
"Oh, butler Boris, what's the matter with you, you look like you're about to cry, what's going on?" Lorist was very curious when he saw it.
Butler Boris knelt down in front of Lorist: "My lord, save my family. If Viscount Kenmes knows that I surrendered and I am still working for you, he will definitely not let my family go. .”
Lorist was taken aback: "Get up first, Boris Housekeeper. If you have something to say, tell me where your family is now, and I'll see if I can bring them over to reunite your family."
Butler Boris refused to get up, knelt on the ground and said: "My lord, my family is in the Red River Valley Manor Castle in the Viscount Kenmes territory. In two days, the Kenmes family will deliver supplies to the castle site again. As long as those When the convoy delivering supplies arrived, it was discovered that the castle site here had been occupied by the Norton family. My family in the Red River Valley Manor Castle would be finished after the news was sent back. He doesn't care whether I live or die, he will only think that the occupation of the castle site is the negligence of us responsible for the construction managers. He will definitely vent his anger on our family members, he is that temper, I know it well. These days I Those who are worried can't sleep. My lord, please..."
"Get up first, Steward Boris, I came here to ask you about the details of the transport convoy of the Kenmes family, how many vehicles they have, and how many escorts they have. Let me see if I can eat this transport The convoy. Also, tell me about the situation at the Red River Valley Manor, and I'll see if I can rescue your family." Lorist comforted.
It was a matter of life and death for the family, and Boris' butler introduced the situation in detail this time. He said that the convoy that arrived on the 10th consisted of more than 400 carts. According to the practice of previous shipments, 200 carts transported 3,000 barrels of gum cane juice, 15 barrels per cart. A bucket contains one hundred catties, and a cart with wooden barrels weighs two thousand catties. The remaining two hundred or so carts transported food, all kinds of bacon and wax meat, wine, cloth, construction tools and other materials.
The convoy was escorted by the Feather Mercenary Corps, a mercenary regiment that was very active in the Northwest during the Civil War. There were about two hundred of them, and the symbol was a white goose feather on the cap of the members. The head of the regiment is Adams, with three silver stars. He is an old fritter who has been in battle for a long time. There are more than ten silver-ranked masters in the Feiyu Mercenary Corps, and the rest are black iron and bronze ranks. In order to hire this flying feather mercenary group, the Kenmes family paid a lot of money. They are the most important force in the hands of Viscount Kenmes.
The Red River Valley Manor Castle in the Viscount Kenmes' territory is about a day's journey from the castle site here, and it takes about six or seven hours to reach it by horseback. It has now become a material transfer station, where countless grain and construction materials are piled up. It is managed by Pelado, the chief steward of the Viscount Kenmes, and guarded by more than a dozen guards from the Kenmes family.
Not far from the Red River Valley Manor Castle is the immigrant town established by the Kenmes family who spent a lot of money to recruit refugees. There are more than 2,000 people and a 100-man garrison team has been established. However, if the Kenmes family wants to transport 1,000 slave laborers to the castle construction site two days later, the garrison team of 100 people will accompany the team to escort them.
Lorist asked Steward Boris after he had finished introducing the situation, is it possible to lure the Kenmes family's transport convoy to the castle site, and use force to force the Flying Feather Mercenary Group to surrender, so that we can get a large number of them? supplies
Steward Boris replied that it was a bit difficult, that Adams, the leader of the Flying Feather Mercenary Group, was very cunning and suspicious. He knew many mercenaries who were stationed here before. If he didn't find the mercenaries he knew at the top of the city when the transport convoy arrived, he probably wouldn't have entered the castle site.
Lorist looked at Josk, who was sitting next to him, gnawing on a meaty bone, and asked, "How is it? Do you have the confidence to give them a chance?"
Josk put down his bones, picked up the linen napkin on the table, wiped his mouth and said, "My lord, don't bother to devise any schemes, give me a small team of guards, and I will be able to eliminate this flying feather mercenary group in the field, Grab the transport convoy."
Lorist laughed: "No, I'm worried that there will be too many casualties if we fight in the field. Think about it, our bodyguards are all bandits, and they haven't received formal military training at all. They still fight like bandits when they fight. It's okay to fight against the wind, but if you encounter a hard bone, you will definitely suffer a lot. They don't know what battle formation to cooperate with. Mercenaries who have been fighting battles like the Feiyu Mercenary Group, as long as we form a battle formation, our bodyguards It will be a big loss."
Ovekis, who was sitting on the lower head of Josk, protested dissatisfiedly: "My lord, we are now your family soldiers, not bandits."
Lorist waved his hand at Ovekis: "Okay, don't be hypocritical, I'm just making an analogy."
"If we lure the Feiyu mercenary group and the transport convoy into the castle construction site, it will be equivalent to closing the door and beating dogs. Not only can we reduce casualties, but we can also force them to surrender with the crossbows defending the city. The head of the mercenary group Don't you know the mercenaries who surrendered to us before? That's easy. Pat..." Lorist called.
Pat stood up.
"Go to Poplar Beach overnight and ask those mercenaries if they want to earn extra money. As long as they can help us lure the Flying Feather Mercenary Group into the castle construction site, that person will be rewarded with ten Gold Fords. I only want twenty. No matter what Whether they agree or not, you have to come back on the morning of the ninth. Do you understand?" Lorist ordered.
"Yes, my lord, I'm leaving now."
"Well, thank you for your hard work, be careful on the road, pay attention to safety..."
(It was broken three times before, and today I will make up a chapter.)