Throwing down Duke Lukins' army with gold coins is a heroic statement, but for Lorist, there is no way out. The difference in strength between the enemy and us is too great, not to mention that the army entering the family territory can also get Kitano. To suppress these rebellious aids, for the Norton family, this is almost like a catastrophe...
What Lorist can do now is to collect all available forces to fight against the army of Duke Lukins. For example, the purpose of hiring four mercenary regiments is to sneak attack and harass the enemy and eliminate the enemy's scouts. Involving part of the enemy's forces prevents the enemy from unscrupulously deploying forces to attack the family's manor castle.
What Lorist is most worried about at the moment is that the army of the Duke of Lukins has already begun to attack Maplewood Villa. Although there is a squadron of family soldiers defending, there are five or six hundred guards, and there are more than two hundred of them. The wounded, let them fight against thousands of enemies, or even ten times more troops, which inevitably makes people a little nervous. The only thing that can make Lorist feel lucky is that Josk is still in Maplewood Villa. With him, a golden-ranked archer, Maplewood Villa can persist for a while even if it is attacked...
The sky began to brighten, and Lorist woke up like a dream, because he slept too late last night.
"My lord, Paul Binns sent someone back..." Ovekis's voice sounded outside the door, he was on duty last night.
Lorist turned over and got out of bed: "Ovekis, ask someone to get me a basin of water, I'll wash my face..."
The one who came back to report was a guard who was born as a bandit. He was exhausted after riding a horse all night: "My lord, Captain Paul Binns asked me to report to you that the enemy did not move out yesterday and stayed in their camp for a day. We wiped out a whole day yesterday. There were a dozen or so enemies who came out to cut firewood, and some of them were captured. The prisoners said that they came this time with two brigades of more than 4,000 people, led by the golden knights Chevani and Henned, and served The order of the Duke came to conquer the rebellious Norton family... "
"Did those captives say where they entered the family territory from?" Lorist asked.
The guard nodded: "Master Josk asked, and he brought some people with us. The captives couldn't tell, there was a guide in front, and they also followed the big army. They said it was the seaside, and they passed a piece of white water. The beach. They also said that they passed through several caves. They walked for a day in the longest cave, and there was a long cableway. The road was difficult to walk, and they walked for almost four and a half days. They were exhausted. After setting up camp here The order received is to rest for two days... "
"Knight Josk is with you too?"
"Yes, my lord, when we arrived in Beiye Town, we met Master Josk leading some people to monitor the enemy's barracks, so we were with him." The guard replied.
"Alright, go down and rest first, you're doing well." Lorist happily patted the guard on the shoulder.
Lorist let out a long sigh of relief. What he lacked most now was time. Unexpectedly, Duke Lukins' army gave him two days, which was beyond his expectations. This was the best result.
"Ovekis, have you selected the personnel for the new squadron you were asked to form yesterday?" Lorist asked.
Ovekis nodded: "My lord, it has been set up, and all the weapons and equipment have been distributed to them. Yesterday afternoon, I asked them to build a training camp behind the commercial area, and the initial running-in can begin this morning. training."
"Very good, don't forget to teach them how to awaken their battle qi during training. Anyway, you came from the former imperial army like this. Changing the army's battle qi to the basic battle qi should make them awaken faster. I will hand over this squadron. Here you go."
"Yes, my lord." Ovekis stood at attention.
"Okay, you were on duty last night, you worked hard, let's go take a rest first." Lorist said.
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After breakfast, Sudkamp, Pat, Jim and Vasimma all went to Lorist's room.
"Jim, this morning you go to bring the four mercenary groups to the city in batches, and after receiving the weapons and equipment, go to camp outside the city. I will take them out tomorrow morning, understand? "
"Okay, my lord, I'll go to work now." Jim took a step first.
"Sedkamp, I will leave it to you to communicate with the Kenmes family and hold the knight tournament. I will ask Hanske to assist you. Are you clear about the aspects I want you to pay attention to?" Lorist asked.
Soderkamp replied: "My lord, don't worry, I will satisfy you."
"Pat, you go to the guards today to select a squad, and then go to the returned squadron to select two squads of family soldiers. The requirement is that they have awakened fighting spirit, can ride horses, and can shoot arrows. All the selected soldiers will be handed over to the Vasinma Knights Command."
"As you order, my lord."
"Also, after I took away the three squadrons, there are only two squadrons of guards and two squadrons of family soldiers left in the castle, and these people will be handed over to you to command. As for the squadron newly formed by Ovekis, you don't have to worry about it, they are now If it’s not useful yet, let Ovekis train for a while first. Four squads should be able to defend the Rock Castle. Even during the knight meeting, don’t be careless to prevent being attacked.” Lorist instructed pat.
"My lord, please don't worry, I will pay attention." Pat vowed.
Lorist patted him on the shoulder twice: "Okay, I'll leave it to you."
"Vasimma..."
"My lord, please tell me." Vasinma stepped forward.
Lorist turned to him: "I'm sorry Vasinma, you just came and wanted to go out with me..."
Vasimma interrupted Lorist's words: "My lord, the home of a knight is on the battlefield. It is the duty and honor of a knight to fight for the family. Please give me an order."
"Okay. Vasimma, after you go to select the soldiers for the expedition with Pat Knight, you are responsible for inspecting the equipment and preparations of all the soldiers for the expedition. Guards, double armor, spears, riding shields, and a shotgun. The short weapons they choose to carry. Family soldiers, iron mail armor, spears, log shields, training bows, a pot of arrows, long swords. All ride two horses, carry three days of dry food, and a blanket .Get everything ready today, and follow me tomorrow morning."
"Yes, my lord." Vasinma slammed her fist on the iron armor on her left chest, and saluted as a knight.
"Okay, you guys go to work, notify the guard at the door, and go find Steward Boris, Papa Barek and Steward Hanske..."
"Yes, my lord."
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"Locke, you, you are so hateful and shameless..." Miss Teresty blushed, angry and annoyed, mixed with embarrassment and anger.
Just now Lorist said goodbye, and as soon as he came in, he hugged Miss Teresty and gave a deep French kiss, which made Miss Teresty breathless and powerless.
"Dear Theresty, I will go to the battlefield soon. The enemy this time is very powerful. I really don't have the confidence to return to your side. So I come to say goodbye to you, and I hope your kiss can inspire me , defeat the ferocious enemy. When I return triumphantly, I will put the most precious spoils at your feet..." Lorist recited affectionately...
"Okay, okay, it's the messy plot in that knight novel again. I don't know about others, I'm sure you will appear alive and kicking in front of me in a short time. All I can do is pray for your enemies , It's bad luck for them to run into you." Miss Teresty interrupted Lorist's poetry recitation unceremoniously.
"It's still dear Teresty who understands me and has such great confidence in me. But this time it's really a bit dangerous. The troops sent by Duke Lukins are two or three times stronger than our family's armed forces. I have ordered Pat , if the situation is urgent, he will notify you to transfer as soon as possible." Lorist said seriously.
Miss Teresty was silent for a while, raised her head and said, "I believe that no one can defeat you, and you will come back triumphantly soon. You should go, you have already hugged, kissed and said goodbye. Having said that, what else do you want to do?"
Lorist smiled: "I'm wondering if I'll do it again..."
"You..." Miss Theresty lowered her head angrily, ready to find something to hit Lorist...
Lorist fled out the door in a hurry, and when he passed by little Winnie, he handed her a gold coin of the old man's head of the empire: "You did a good job, this is your reward."
Miss Tresty sat down on the chair weakly: "This scoundrel..."
Thinking of the long tongue kiss just now, his cheeks felt hot again, and his eyes blurred.
"Miss, look, the gold coins Lord Locke gave me..." Little Winnie was elated.
Looking at little Winnie, Miss Teresty couldn't get angry even if she wanted to: "Little Winnie, for a gold coin, you sold your lady?"
"No? Miss, aren't you here well?" Little Winnie expressed her innocence.
"Then why did you close the door just now?"
Little Winnie replied innocently: "Master Locke said that he wanted to surprise you, and he didn't want to be seen. I thought it made sense, so I closed the door. Lord Locke also said that I did a good job and gave me this gold coin." By the way, Miss, what is the surprise that Lord Locke gave you just now, can you show it to me?"
Miss Tresty leaned on the table covering her face, suffering from a headache: "It's nothing..."
"Oh, miss, you're so mean..." said little Winnie.
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"My lord, it's time for us to set off." Vasinma said in front of Lorist.
Pat brought a tall Northland steed, and Lorist stepped on the horse.
"My lord, are you like this?" Vasimma looked at the vest-like mail armor on Lorist's body in surprise.
"Uh, that Vasimma, although I am also a knight, my martial arts practice is different from yours, and wearing too heavy armor will affect my performance." Lorist explained.
Vasimma felt relieved, got on the horse and followed Lorist.
A small group of bodyguards and two small groups of family soldiers were already waiting in line. More than 360 people in iron armor and fully armed were lined up in three horizontal lines. There was an empty saddle beside them. Although it was only a small army, it gave people the feeling of being strong and strong, which was in stark contrast to the messy mercenaries gathered on the other side.
"Have the scouts been sent out?" Lorist asked.
"We have already sent out in the morning, a total of more than 30 people, in groups of three, three groups in front, and two groups on the left and right." Vasinma replied.
"Well, let's go, you lead the team."
"Yes, my lord."
"Jim, come here." Lorist said.
"Let's go now, go and tell the heads of the four mercenary groups to follow the soldiers of our family, arrange the order, and bring the heads of the four mercenary groups over after they leave, I will see you They." Lorist said.
"Okay, my lord, I will inform them now."
The night bat mercenary group was the one with the largest number of four hired mercenary groups. He was also the last mercenary group to sign a contract with Jim. A mercenary group took the same 100 gold Fussey's mercenary fee, and asked for it to be raised to two hundred or one hundred and fifty gold fords. In the end, Jim laughed at him. In terms of number of people, you are the most, and in terms of strength, you are ranked third among the four mercenary regiments. What qualifications do you have to ask for a price increase? Love to sign or not to sign, if you have more, you will not have more, if you have less, you will have a lot. In the end, the Night Bat Mercenary Group signed an employment agreement.
More than two hundred and sixty mercenaries from the Night Bat Mercenary Regiment gathered together and marched without any rules. There were more and more, and less and less, procrastinating. When Jim introduced the leader of the Night Bat Mercenary Group to Lorist, Lorist ordered him to organize their marching team right away. Do you have the nerve to pretend to be the guard of the Norton family? You can tell at a glance that this is a group of rabble.
The head of the Night Bat Mercenary Corps is a naughty old mercenary named Uleph Masin, with two silver stars. After being reprimanded by Lorist, he looked at his own marching team, and then at the ranks of the other three mercenary regiments. The soldiers walked a little more decently.
The Cromwell mercenary group is the strongest because of its head, Cromwell. Richard is a swordsman with one gold star. It is said that his grandfather was originally a knight, but because he angered the lord, he was deprived of his knight status and kicked out of the family and became a down-and-out mercenary. Then, during his mercenary career, he encountered adventures and got a lot of wealth, so he organized a mercenary group, and his favorite thing was to explore and search for ruins. His grandfather later left a legacy, requiring his descendants to inherit his mercenary regiment and not to be an official. As long as he is strong, even if he is a commoner, a mercenary can still be at ease.
Ranked second in strength is the Spear Mercenary Group, with more than 170 members. Lorist is most concerned about this mercenary group, because this mercenary group is composed of retired civilian officers and soldiers. At that time, there was the most military discipline and rules. Its leader is Sandro, a silver star. He was originally the garrison officer of a town. During the Civil War of the Empire, his city was destroyed. For the survival of his family and the survivors of his comrades-in-arms, he organized this mercenary group. oppression.
The last one is the Five Swords Mercenary Group. As the name suggests, this is a mercenary group headed by five silver swordsmen. The number is the smallest, only 132 people, but it seems that they are more powerful than the Night Bat Mercenary Group. Concentric, more united.
Lorist fell behind his family's soldiers, chatting and laughing with the leaders of the four mercenary regiments. He had been a mercenary in Morente City for five or six years, and he had a lot in common with these regiment leaders. What's more, Lorist doesn't have the superior face and airs of other territorial nobles, and sometimes he talks about the embarrassing things he did when he was a mercenary, which made everyone burst into laughter.
Just as he was talking vigorously, a horse from the front rushed over: "My lord, Lord Vasimma, please go ahead. Captain Paul Binns is back."
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