The obese Duke Lukins ran rampant in the study like a mad boar, leaving the ground in a mess. This is the Duke who was furious just now and threw away all the objects that could be dropped. What survived in the study room were the furniture and bookcases that he could not move...
"Send troops, let the Northland Legion send troops immediately! I will wipe out the Norton family, I will make that Norton family kid kneel in front of me like a reptile and beg for my forgiveness, and then I will hang him in the square, let everyone All the nobles of the Northland will see, this will be the end for anyone who dares to disobey me!" Grand Duke Lukins growled viciously while panting heavily with red eyes.
Baron Camorra, who had returned from his envoy, reported that the Norton family was unwilling to hand over the 100,000 Goldfords, and the Duke became angry. When Baron Camorra said that the new head of the Norton family abolished the golden knight Tabek, he killed seven members of the Northland Legion who accompanied him. After the Silver Knight robbed everyone's purses and even detained everyone's mounts in the name of compensation, the Duke went completely mad.
His Excellency raised his chair and slammed the desk in front of him, and kept muttering: "How dare they do this...why do they dare to resist my order..."
There are three people standing against the wall next to the door of the study. This position is better. First, it is not easy to be hit by objects flying across the study. Second, it has a good line of sight. The disaster of the fish in the pond.
Except for the expressionless Baron Camorra, the other two are tall and burly knights in armor. The one with the beard is Wesson Chevani, the chief family knight of Lord Lukins, one of the five golden knights. He is also the head of the Northland Legion. The younger one beside him is also the Duke's golden knight Henned.
Henned's eyes shone with excitement as he watched Duke Lukins, who had smashed the chair and sat slumped on the ground on top of a pile of messy books, gasping for breath, and murmured enviously, "I really want to smash a room like this too. The study room must be very enjoyable... "
"What nonsense..." Cavalier Chivani snorted, and turned to Baron Camorra, "My lord seems to be getting angry more and more easily these days. This is not a good sign."
Baron Camorra replied in a low voice, not surprised: "It's like this after the meeting with the second prince last time. I heard that during the meeting, I was provoked and insulted by a great swordsman next to the second prince. It's okay, my lord. Once the fire comes out, it will return to normal... "
Chevani sighed bitterly, lowered his head and blamed himself: "It is our incompetence, unable to grasp the key to being promoted to the great sword master, so that the Lord is always ridiculed and ridiculed in front of the second prince..."
"It's no wonder you guys, you've tried your best, and you've done a good job. If the second prince doesn't have the support of two great sword masters, he'll turn around and beg your lord..." Baron Camorra comforted the Chivani knight.
When Duke Lukins raised his head again, his eyes had regained clarity. He glanced at the study that he had made like a tornado swept away, and laughed at himself: "As I get older, my temper is getting worse and worse." It's hard to control. Let's go, let's go to the small meeting room, Camorra, please tell me what happened in detail, and let us discuss how to deal with the Norton family."
Baron Camorra's memory is extraordinary, he recounted the details of the mission to the Norton family, and even imitated Lorist's tone of voice and expression.
"How is Tabek's injury?" Duke Lukins asked.
"It's nothing serious. The main reason is that the two arms were seriously injured and sprained. The pharmacist said that it will take about a year to adjust and recover slowly." Chevani Knight replied.
"Then do you think the new head of the Norton family is powerful? What rank is he? Why does Tabek have no room for resistance in his hands?" the Duke asked.
The two knights looked at each other, and Chevani knight bowed and replied: "My lord, after I received the notice from the guard last night, I went to visit Tabek overnight. According to him, the head of the Norton family should be Hei Tie He couldn't hide this from him, so he decided to capture that kid at that time. But what he didn't expect was that the kid was very good at fighting with his bare hands. He was too contemptuous of the opponent and didn't have any defenses, so he caught him as soon as he fought. Dao, being countered by the opponent, it was too late for him to react, that's why he suffered such a serious injury."
"It's all nonsense, Tabek has not been honest until now, is it possible for a black iron rank to inflict such heavy injuries on the Golden Knight? If you lose, you lose, don't make so many excuses..." Duke Lukins shook his fist angrily Tapping the small tea table beside him.
"No, my lord, this is possible. Legend has it that in the era of magic civilization, there was a profession called monks. They were all monks who worshiped gods. They were proficient in unarmed fighting skills and their physical strength was comparable to that of a dragon. The gods were all killed after the war. Hundreds of years ago, some monks’ cultivation skills were found in some excavated ruins, which were regarded as treasures by various temples. Now some ascetic monks in some temples practice these improved martial arts. I heard that their hand-to-hand combat skills are very powerful, and they can often beat their opponents by leaps and bounds. So I suspect that the head of the Norton family has received the inheritance of ascetic monks, and he is practicing this kind of hand-to-hand combat skills. It’s no surprise that Buick stumbled,” Chevaney said.
"But don't worry, my lord. This kind of unarmed combat skill is only effective one-on-one. If it is on the battlefield, that Norton family boy is no match for Tabek who is fully armed and galloping on horseback." Knight Henned on the side added explain.
"So that's it, that's okay, let's teach Tabek a lesson this time. Recently, I heard that he is getting more and more arrogant. This time he suffered a big loss. I hope he can change his nature and stop easily offending people and causing trouble everywhere. .” His Excellency the Duke hummed twice through his nose.
"Chevany, can you take down the Norton family with a brigade?" His Excellency the Duke asked.
The Chivani knight shook his head: "I can't take it, my lord. I checked the map and heard from Lord Camorra that the Norton family built a new castle level in the Morgan Hills. According to the city defense facilities described by Lord Camorra, I It is believed that a brigade of 2,000 men cannot capture this city wall."
Baron Camorra took out a pair of animal skin maps from a bag beside him: "My lord, please look, this is here. This is an excellent location to isolate the only passage between the Norton family's territory and the outside world. I kept thinking about it on the way back. This is probably the reason why the Norton family is not afraid to turn against the adults. They think that as long as they defend this castle level, even if the army of the Northland Army comes to the city, they will have nothing to do. Here are a few more pictures of the castle level wall that I drew Mr. Chevani has also seen the situation. He thinks that at least the entire Northland Legion must go over and take turns to attack and exhaust the strength and number of guards before it is possible to occupy this city wall. However, the casualties will be huge. It is estimated that Around five or six thousand people."
`Duke Lukins carefully checked the drawings handed over by Baron Camorra, and finally had to admit that the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Indeed, as Chevani said, a large group of soldiers with a size of 2,000 people cannot capture The walls of this castle level.
"Then can't we let the Norton family go like this?" The Duke is very unwilling. If the resistance of the Norton family becomes a model for the nobles of the Northland, it will be very detrimental to the Duke's control of the Northland. The Norton family must pay the price. The fate of the Norton family is to warn those northern nobles who are dissatisfied with the Duke, and make them obey the Duke's rule as always.
"My lord, there is actually another road leading to the interior of the Norton family's territory, which can bypass this castle barrier." Baron Cavani said.
"Oh, where is that road?" His Excellency the Duke searched carefully on the map again, but he couldn't find it. He could only say that the location of the Norton family's territory is very good. The north is the black mud swamp, this road is impassable, and the west is the blade. The mountains and the sea, the Morgen Hills and the Black Forest to the south, and the Dragon Mountains to the east. Except for the castle checkpoint built by the Norton family, which locked the only external traffic artery, His Excellency the Duke could not find any place where the large group of people could pass.
"To be honest, I don't know where that road is." Baron Camorra said, "However, the night before I left Maplewood Villa, the main castle of the Norton family, I received a few visitors. They are Norton Several elders and garrison captains from Beiye Town, the only town in the family territory. The reason for their visit was to accuse the new head of the Norton family of changing the rules passed down from his ancestors without authorization and treating Beiye Town unfairly, so they I came here to ask for help, and I am willing to stand on the side of the adults when the adults punish the Norton family, and help the adults defeat the Norton family."
"They said that the new Norton boy was very cruel and vicious at a young age. He even pushed his seven-year-old brother into a well and almost drowned. In the end, everyone couldn't bear it anymore and was exiled by the family for ten years He just returned to the territory and became the lord until a few months ago. After becoming the head of the Norton family, he intensified, provoked wars everywhere, and treated the residents of Beiye Town even more brutally. All the residents of Beiye Town couldn't stand him If the Duke is willing to send troops to punish the Norton family for disrespecting him, but is blocked by the new castle checkpoint, then the residents of Beiye Town are willing to take the Duke into the Norton family territory through a secret route , caught the Norton family by surprise..."
"Oh, that's how it is." Lord Lukins let out a long breath: "Then did they say how that Norton family boy changed the rules passed down from his ancestors to oppress those residents?"
His Excellency the Duke has always been very interested in the methods used by these territorial nobles to plunder the citizens. He thought that this would broaden his horizons, enlighten his thinking, and enable him to find a better way to take the last copper coin from the citizens.
Baron Camorra's face suddenly twisted, looking very strange: "It's like this..."
Baron Camorra is a shrewd person. He has seen a lot of intrigue among the nobles, and he is also handy in using it himself. That night he received a few visitors from Beiye Town who came to visit. His hospitable attitude, amiable smile, and patient and considerate echo made several visitors from Beiye Town feel like a spring breeze. The insinuation quickly made a few bumpkins in Beiye Town forget about it, and confide everything they knew.
After Baron Camorra finished introducing the relationship between the Norton family and Kitano Town, he was faced with three dumbfounded faces...
"Is there such a thing? There is such a lord..." This is the muttering of Knight Henned.
The Chivani knight slapped his palm on the table: "It's unreasonable, you ungrateful person, you really deserve to die! Are the ancestors of the Norton family fools? They should have been exterminated a long time ago, why did they drag on until now?" Now… "
"It turns out that the taxes paid by the Norton family in the past few years have been paid by themselves. They didn't search for the residents of that town. It seems that the Norton family is very rich. After all, it has been passed down for two or three hundred years, and the heritage is very rich. ..." His Excellency the Duke pays attention to another aspect. For him, moral matters are all trivial matters, and what he cares about is income.
"The person from what town in the north said that there is any request for leading us?" His Excellency Duke asked indifferently.
"This, this..." Baron Camorra began to hesitate.
"Come on, let's hear what these wolf-hearted people want." His Excellency the Duke urged.
"They, they say that the Norton family has a large territory, and they are not greedy. I hope that after the Norton family is wiped out, the Lord can use a small half of the Norton family's land and divide it into four barons to give them to them..." Camorra said of Beiye Town I felt a little blush when those people asked for it, it was really whimsical.
"It's just leading the way, why would they dare to make such a request?" The knight Henned next to him quit.
"They said that there are more than 600 members of their four families who have awakened their fighting spirit, and there are a dozen or so silver-ranked people, and there are two thousand young adults. If they join the Norton family, then the Lord will never think of punishing the Norton family. Yes. In addition, that secret route is a secret kept by all the families in Beiye Town for hundreds of years, and it is also a secret channel for them to smuggle to the outside world. After telling the adults, this route will be abolished, so they demand compensation..." Camorra the Baron explained.
"Hehe, the century-long smuggling has only handed over 10% of the grain to the Norton family. It seems that Beiye Town is very rich. Promise them, after entering the territory of the Norton family, let those shitty families in Beiye Town go Attack the main castle of the Norton family, and agree to their request as long as they are captured. Let them rush to the front and reduce the loss of our Northland Army." His Excellency the Duke made a decision.
"But my lord, will they really make them baronets after capturing the main castle of the Norton family?" Knight Henned asked angrily.
"Is there such a cheap thing? We are not the Norton family. When they capture the main castle, it will be our turn to do it..." Duke Lukins showed a sinister smile on his face.
"What if they refuse to attack the main castle of the Norton family?" Chevani Knight asked.
"Reject? Hehe, then let them all come to the barracks, say that I canonize them to hold a ceremony for the baron, and then do it, and bring me back the wealth of Beiye Town by the way. As for the people, all the young and old are killed , Keeping it is also a disaster. Young women stay with me, virgins, don’t move, the price of female slaves has risen during this period, and they can be sold for a high price.” His Excellency the Duke said.
"Then how many people should we send? And should we send troops to contain the front of the city wall?" Chevani Knight asked again.
Duke Lukins thought for a while: "Let's dispatch two teams, 4,000 people should be enough, led by you and Henned, pay attention to the golden-ranked sharpshooter of the Norton family, if he is willing to join me If so, bring him back. As for the castle checkpoint in front, we don’t need to worry about it. Yesterday Viscount Kenmes hurriedly set off with his family’s two thousand armed soldiers, and he wanted to rush to get back his gold coins .Hehe, let's just wait and see them smash their heads under that castle level."
"By the way, Camorra, you go to contact the contact person from Beiye Town and ask them to provide food and grass for our army. If we don't bargain, they can't believe that we will agree to their request so readily."
"Of course, my lord." Baron Camorra bowed deeply.