Jim came back in the morning, his whole body was shaking, he looked like he was hangover, his face was still unwashed, there were still a few red lip marks on his forehead, cheeks, and throat, and everyone looked sideways and snickered along the way. endlessly. Unconsciously, he happily rushed into Lorist's room without even knocking on the door, shouting loudly: "My lord, my lord, I found out the reason..."
When Pat saw Jim like that, he "thumped" with joy, and Lorist was also laughing: "You just crawled out from the crowd of women?"
Jim was stunned: "How do you know, my lord? Could it be that you went there to play last night?"
Lorist looked left and right to see if there was no silver piece as a mirror, so he simply pulled out a dagger and handed the blade to Jim as a mirror: "Look at your own face..."
Jim wiped his face with his hands in a hurry: "Sorry, I came out in a hurry, I forgot to wash my face..."
"Tell me, what did you find out?" Lorist asked.
"My lord, the reason why the Kenmes family is no longer attacking the city is because the soldiers below refused to obey the Viscount's order, and almost mutinied. Last night I went to the tavern of the battlefield merchant camp to invite the old friends of the mercenary group to drink. It just so happened that Viscount Kenmes sent someone to approach those four mercenary groups. He hoped to hire four mercenary groups to attack our castle, and he paid a high price. But the four group leaders are all old foxes. Think about it, and refuse to agree right away."
"At this time, a large group of armed soldiers from the Kenmes family came to drink, and when they found the person sent by the Viscount Kenmes to negotiate with the mercenary group, they began to insult, saying that the Viscount wanted to attack the city and let him do it alone. They went to die. If Lord Viscount hadn't insisted on going his own way, more than 200 of their colleagues would not have died, and now there are more than 200 wounded lying down and suffering. Originally thought that becoming the armed forces of the Kenmes family would be popular and drink spicy food Unexpectedly, the Kenmes family lied to them to come to the North to die or something, and said a lot of nasty things."
"The heads of the four mercenary regiments rejected Viscount Kenmes' employment after hearing what those soldiers said. I bought two rounds of wine for those soldiers. Those soldiers said that Viscount Kenmes wanted to attack the city the day before yesterday afternoon After killing a few soldiers who fled, all the soldiers quit, so the strong wall defense will kill whoever dies, so they confronted Viscount Kenmes. In the end, Viscount Kenmes had no choice but to let them camp and rest. It took a batch of bounties to appease these soldiers."
"These soldiers also said that the seven lords were invited by Viscount Kenmes to attack the city together, but they are still arguing. A soldier standing guard at the gate of Viscount Kenmes said that the seven lords asked Kenmes When the viscount attacked the city, they went first, and they followed. It was only because the family soldiers refused to obey his orders, that viscount Kenmes called on the four mercenary regiments. Those soldiers told the mercenaries not to be fooled and not to die. "Jim finally finished reporting what he had heard.
"Oh, if we knew this way, we wouldn't have to rush back. It wouldn't be too late to come back after cleaning up Beiye Town." Pat was very annoyed.
Lorist said: "When we received the emergency, we didn't know that things would develop like this. The situation was indeed urgent at the time. Three guard squads were lost by one and a half at once. Who can rest assured."
There was a humming of horns outside the castle...
"It seems that someone is coming to challenge you? Let's go and see..." Lorist walked out first and came to the top of the first city wall.
Three riders came up from the open space in front of the Rock Castle. The middle one was a knight with a black horned helmet and a black ring armor. There was a silver pegasus badge inlaid on his chest, and a chestnut blue horse was under his body. The Northland steed, holding a riding gun in his hand.
On the left side of the knight is a tall attendant, wearing gray and white leather armor, holding a blue and white swallowtail flag in one hand, which also has a flying horse pattern on it, and holding a horn in the other hand, it seems that the formation just now represents It was he who blew the trumpet of challenge.
On the right side of the knight is a middle-aged man wearing a gray-blue cloth robe, but he has a loud voice, yelling loudly, promoting the name of the knight and his previous achievements...
"My lord, Knight Lamberway, was a three-time winner of the Whiskey Cup, and was called the Knight of the Young Lion by the Duke of Puppadela. There have been more than a dozen famous knights... Today, he came to this magnificent, huge, and fortified castle to challenge the Norton family, the famous Roaring Bear in the Northland... Bear knights of the Norton family, you Dare to come out to fight? My master Lamberway Knight will let you see what is the heroism of a knight. He will dedicate the victory to Miss Stefanie from afar. All the glory belongs to the beautiful, pure and flawless Miss Stefanie... "
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, the attendant in leather armor raised the horn in his hand again, and blew the horn of challenge again...
"My lord, look..." Pat pointed into the distance.
Lorist looked up, but saw a lot of people pouring out of the camp armed by the seven lords and the Kenmes family in the distance, but these people didn't seem to come to fight, but to watch the fun. There were even some servants who quickly set up a cloth shed to block the sun, and waited attentively for several women dressed as noble ladies to sit down.
"Master, what are they doing?" Jim fainted.
"Siege, they are challenging us, the knight's challenge." Lorist said.
Now the loud servant at the bottom of the city began to yell a second time, and the content was the same as before.
The gates of the camps of the Battlefield Merchant Group were also opened, and many mercenaries and women rushed out to watch the knight who came to challenge. When there were more people, the attendant's voice became louder.
"Then why did that man say it a second time? Didn't he just say that?" Jim asked.
"The horn will be blown three times, and the introduction will be three times. If none of us go out to fight, then this knight will be able to declare to others in the future. I'm shivering." Lorist said.
"Then I'll give him an arrow to see if he dares to be arrogant down there..." Jim said, going to move the crossbow next to him.
"Are you crazy, do you want us to be the object of everyone's jokes and contempt? If you shoot one arrow, our Norton family's reputation of more than two hundred years will be wiped out. We will be regarded as cowards, and we will always be treated as cowards." The role of mocking." Pat grabbed Jim.
"Jim, this is the war of the nobles, an ancient and traditional way of fighting. All knights learn this lesson when they first embark on the path of knighthood. For a knight, this way of fighting is sacred and Honorable. If you destroy this challenge, you will become the enemy of all knights in Galintia." Lorist said.
"Ovekis, do you want to go out to fight?" Lorist turned and asked the silent Ovekis next to him.
"Ah, my lord, I, I am a commoner..." Ovekis lowered his head.
"Sorry, this should have been given to you a long time ago, but I keep forgetting." Lorist had an extra bear knight badge in his hand, which was handed over by Pat.
Seriously speaking, Ovekis must be regarded as Lorist's captive and spoils of war, without personal freedom, even the guards who were former bandits.
"After following me, your loyalty and hard work have won my trust, especially recently, your performance has been outstanding. Ovekis, are you willing to be my knight and fight under the banner of the angry bear?" Lorist asked with a serious face.
With tears in his eyes, Ovekis knelt down on one knee in front of Lorist, and stroked his chest with his right hand: "I, Sealan Ovekis, is willing to serve Lord Lorist, and let the God of War witness my loyalty forged with life and blood. I will follow the banner of the Norton family and fight bravely in the roar of the angry bear until the last moment of my life... "
Lorist drew out his sword, and patted Ovikis on both shoulders twice: "Get up, my knight."
Lorist pinned the badge of the Knight of the Raging Bear in the gap on the chest of the iron armor Ovekis was wearing. Pat and Ovekis embraced tightly: "Welcome to join, my brother."
As soon as the knight promotion ceremony was completed, Ovekis saluted Lorist and ran down the city. Lorist shouted, "Let Sedkamp accompany you, he knows how to negotiate."
When the third horn of the challenge sounded, the drawbridge of the Rock Castle was lowered, and the city gate was opened wide, and Ovekis rushed out with Sedkamp and another guard holding the Angry Bear banner. At this time, all the onlookers cheered and cheered, and finally there was something exciting to watch.
Papa Barek, Steward Boris, and Steward Hansk all came to the top of the tower, and everyone watched as Sedkamp approached and negotiated with the loud attendant, and the two turned back to talk to Ovi Jisi and the knight named Lamberwe talked for a while, and quickly reached an agreement. Sedkamp and the guard holding the flag began to back up, and the two guards of the Lamberwe knight on the other side also backed up.
"My lord, what are they doing?" Although Jim was silent when Ovekis was promoted to knight just now, he couldn't hide the envious look on his face. Ever since Lorist agreed to let him follow a few nights ago, he understood that as long as he performed well and made some contributions, then Ovekis would be his role model.
"They are negotiating what method to use for the challenge, horse fighting, foot fighting, what weapons to use, etc. If the knight who came to challenge did not specify what method to use, then we can ask for the fighting method we are good at now. For example, Josk If so, he can ask for a competition in archery. So when you go to challenge, you must first think about which aspect you have an advantage in, and make it clear first, so as not to let the opponent propose that you fight in a way you are not familiar with and end up in disgrace."
"Some powerful knights don't care what kind of fighting style they have. They are very confident in themselves. But the opponent of Ovekis below is obviously too arrogant and self-righteous. If Ovekis proposes to fight on foot, the kid will be dumbfounded. said Lorist.
It's a pity that Ovijis didn't choose to fight on foot. Perhaps because he was too excited to become Norton's family knight, he chose to fight on horseback. The two retreated 30 meters away. And Ovekis also set up a ride to grab. Both of them raised their left hands to indicate that they were ready, and now they only waited for the handkerchief in Soderkamp's hand to fall to the ground, and the two began to sprint for a duel.
There was a small episode, Sedkamp's handkerchief was thrown out, but when it was about to land, it was picked up by a gust of wind, turning and turning in mid-air, everyone stared at the handkerchief, watching it blow in the wind. dance in...
Lorist suppressed a laugh, his stomach was about to hurt. Jim didn't have such scruples, he hit his head on the city wall with a smile. Pat and the others were also laughing, but not as exaggeratedly as Jim. It was ridiculous to be messed up by this handkerchief for a sacred and serious challenge duel.
It wasn't until the handkerchief attracted enough attention that it slowly fell to the ground...
"Kill!" Ovekis growled, clamped his legs, and charged forward. He didn't allow himself to lose on the first day of becoming a knight, and he must defeat his opponent.
A sword glow emerged from the lance of that Lamberway knight. Like Ovekis, he is also a two-star silver knight...
Two cavaliers with flashing sword lights collided with each other, making an ear-shattering sound, the two mounts circled around, and the two knights were engaged in a fierce fight...
Unlike Lorist's memory, the medieval knights in the previous world had no grudges, and their duel consisted of charging each other with two long applewood rods, and the emphasis was on killing with one blow. But in this world, with fighting spirit, the duel between the two knights is more like the one-on-one duel between the generals in the storytelling "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that I heard when I was a child. The fight is more beautiful and exciting, and the crowd cheered and whoops...
In terms of skills, this knight named Lamberwe is more skilled and exquisite than Ovekis, obviously after a long period of hard training, but Ovekis is more battle-hardened than him, and his momentum is more fierce. Several times, he would rather exchange injuries with his opponent, and this posture of dying together soon put the Lamberwe knight at a disadvantage, tied his hands and feet in his moves, and fell into a passive parry situation.
Ovekis suddenly yelled violently, like a mad tiger, he used the lance as a long stick, and smashed his head and face. Five or six times in a row, the Lamberwe knight finally couldn't stand it anymore, fell off his horse, and lifted it up again. At the beginning, the tip of Ovekis's gleaming spear was aimed at his throat.
Knight Lamberway sat on the ground helplessly and waved his hands, and Ovekis withdrew his lance. The attendants of Knight Lamberway put the flag held high across the horse's back, picked up the horn and blew a low horn sound, which indicated that the challenged knight was about to leave after being defeated.
Sedkampze immediately went forward and chatted with the loud attendant in a low voice for a while, then saluted and left. And Knight Lamberwe also got up from the ground and gave a chest salute to Ovekis who was riding on the horse. Ovekis tapped his iron armor on his left chest lightly with his fist. Appreciate the other party's bravery, and at the same time show respect.
"My lord, is that the end? Why didn't Ovekis kill the other party?" Jim asked.
"Generally speaking, in this kind of noble wars, there are very few deaths, unless it is a miss or manslaughter. If you can keep your hands, try to keep your hands, and don't easily hurt the opponent's life, just because the opponent is also a heroic knight like us. However, the failed knight will pay a ransom worth his worth as the spoils of the victor. This kind of ransom allows the failed knight to think about how much he is worth? If he cannot pay the ransom, he will surrender his armor. Weapons and mounts. The conversation between Sodkamp and the other party’s attendant just now is to confirm the time of delivery of the ransom. If there is no accident, the knight’s attendant will send the ransom later.” Lorist patiently explained to Jim.
Jim scratched his head: "My lord, why do I always feel that this kind of noble war is just like a child playing house and wine?"
Lorist replied with a very philosophical sentence: "Because, life is a game..."
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