How did Paul Binns come back at this time? Wasn't he with Josk to spy on Duke Lukins' army? Did something happen? Lorist rushed to the front with doubts.
"My lord, I don't know if this is good news or bad news. After the incident, Master Josk had no choice but to order me to come back and report to you immediately, waiting for you to make a decision." Paul Binns said with a pale face.
"What happened?" Lorist asked.
"It's like this. It was about seven o'clock last night. Beiye City was full of lights and festoons, and it was very lively. Many people wore new clothes and walked towards the camp of Duke Lukins' army. Master Josk sneaked into the vicinity of the barracks, After a while, I came back and said that there was a big banquet in the barracks tonight, as if to celebrate the four major families in Beiye Town being conferred the title of baron by the Grand Duke of Beidi. We were very angry, so we decided to go over and make trouble for them. They successfully completed the canonization ceremony... "
Paul Binns seemed to be recalling: "Master Josk led us to sneak into the barracks again. What surprised us was that the enemy's external vigilance seemed to be very lax, and even the sentries on the sentry tower turned to look inside the barracks. We touched the outside of the fence of the camp very smoothly. We wanted to shoot rockets inside and light the tent, but Master Josk stopped us. He said that something was wrong, let us wait for a while and see what happened …”
"Through the gap in the fence, I saw people from Beiye Town sitting in the central open space of the barracks. They were drinking and eating meat around piles of bonfires. Soon two knights in iron armor came over, Beiye Town Those who were headed by gorgeous dresses went to greet them. A knight with a goatee smiled and said a few words, so the people in Beiye Town all knelt down. Then the knight seemed to say something shocking, everyone Everyone in Beiye Town was stunned, but another knight next to him pulled out his sword and pierced into the chest of an old man headed by Beiye Town..."
"At that time, we were all dumbfounded from the outside. We only heard a burst of horns. A group of heavily armed soldiers rushed out of the tent near the center of the barracks and massacred the people in Beiye Town where they were gathered. It was a massacre. , the people in Beiye Town are unarmed, and they are powerless to resist at all. Even those who kneel down and beg for mercy will be killed. Lord Josk said that there are more than 2,000 people in Beiye Town in the barracks who came to the banquet, all of them are men, no matter if they are old people None of the children were spared, blood flowed like a river, and all flowed outside the camp. When there were only five or six hundred people left, they gathered together and held firewood on the fire to resist. They only lit a few tents and died. The silver knight who rode over was completely killed..."
"Then Duke Lukins' army divided half to attack Beiye Town. They quickly smashed open the city gate with rams and entered. There were killing sounds, crying, screams, and Several houses were on fire. We were all shocked and numb, we don’t know why it happened... Master Josk woke us up and took us out of the barracks. In the morning we saw soldiers in the barracks dug a large He threw all the corpses in the barracks into the camp and poured kerosene on fire, then packed up the camp and headed for Beiye Town. Soldiers from Beiye Town also came out and dug a big hole outside, and then transported a lot of corpses in a horse-drawn cart and threw them out. Burning in the pit, Master Josk has good eyesight, he said that almost all the corpses brought out of the city are old people and children... "
"My lord, now that the army sent by Duke Lukins has occupied Beiye Town, Lord Josk didn't know what to do next, so he sent me back to report to Your lord..." Paul Binns finally finished talking about what happened last night The accident, perhaps because he hadn't recovered from the massacre he witnessed last night, he was trembling all the time while reporting what he saw with his own eyes.
Lorist took off the cloak and put it on Paul Bins's shoulders. Paul Bins opened his mouth gratefully and wanted to say something but couldn't say anything. He just grabbed the cloak on his shoulders tightly.
He raised his head and looked in the direction of Beiye Town, and sure enough, he saw two faintly discernible columns of gray-white smoke winding upwards. Although Lorist was shocked to hear that the residents of Beiye Town had been massacred, there was a hint of joy in his heart. Betrayed the Norton family, raised troops to rebel, colluded with the Duke of Lukins, and led the enemy into the family territory. The actions of the four major families in Beiye Town have exceeded the tolerance of any noble in the territory. The massacre they suffered can only be said to be self-inflicted. Yes, not worthy of sympathy.
Lorist wanted to laugh out loud, but held back. He is happy that there is one less trouble piled up on his head. Although he hates the residents of Beiye Town from the bottom of his heart, he comes from another world after all. The education he received in his previous life makes it difficult for him to attack those old people and children. He is a relative of the enemy, so it is a bit embarrassing for him to raise the butcher's knife to those unarmed old and weak women and children.
These country bumpkins in Beiye Town are used to doing whatever they want in the family territory, do they think that the nobles in the territory outside are as kind and easy-talking as the ancestors of the Norton family? He colluded with Duke Lukins to crusade against his lord, and even wanted to be canonized by the duke, but he didn't know how difficult it would be for a commoner to become a territorial noble. They have never seen the world and do not know how high and earthly they would believe the duke's promise to them. They have no self-knowledge at all, and they don't know that their behavior of resisting their lord is a taboo in the eyes of all the nobles in the territory. Now they are suffering from the massacre. , as retribution for treason.
The massacre reported by Paul Binns was indeed good news for Lorist. Duke Lukins' army helped him solve this big cancer in the family territory. Otherwise, even if Lorist captured Beiye Town, he would have a headache about how to deal with these rebellious relatives. If he killed them all, he would have to worry about other people's opinions. After all, he had oblique kinship with many people in Fenglin Villa. It's not appropriate to let it go, these old people and children will pass on the hatred for the Norton family from generation to generation, and they will become landmines buried one after another in the family territory, and factors of future instability.
Lorist felt that the pressure on his body was more than half relieved, but he really didn't understand why Duke Lukins' army made such an unwise decision to massacre the residents of Beiye Town. This is not only a broken arm, but also a dangerous situation for this army that went deep into the territory of the Norton family. Lorist has already clearly sensed the opportunity to defeat the army that Duke Lukins sent to attack his family.
Could it be that the Duke of Lukins thought that everything would be fine and invincible if his army of 4,000 men entered the Norton family's territory? That's why they unscrupulously attacked Beiye Town, who led and colluded with them. If this is the case, Lorist will be very happy to give Duke Lukins a big slap and teach him a deep lesson.
From Lorist's point of view, the massacre brought countless benefits to the Norton family. If there had been no massacre, the rebellion in Beiye Town would have become a solid rear for the Duke's army, not only serving as a logistics base, but also guiding the Duke's army to attack the weak points of the Norton family. For example, many people in Fenglin Villa have connections with Beiye Town. Under the attack of the Duke's army, what Lorist is most worried about is that there will be riots inside, and the people in Beiye Town will instruct the people in Fenglin Villa to cooperate internally and externally. , captured the main castle of the family.
Now that the massacre happened, the people in Fenglin Villa would only fight against the enemy and resolutely resist instead of surrendering, because the example of Beiye Town was just ahead, and everyone knew that there was no other way but to resolutely resist can go. Under such circumstances, it is delusional for the Duke's army to want to conquer Fenglin Villa in a short time. And the longer the attack went badly, the more chance Lorist would have to win.
Even from the perspective of military strength, the massacre of Beiye Town by the Duke's army was a failure. This is what Lorist couldn't figure out the most. Why not temporarily appease Beiye Town? Among other things, Beiye Town can dispatch more than 1,000 troops to transport food, supplies and defend Beiye Town, so that the Duke's army can attack with 4,000 troops without any worries. Now that there is a massacre, well, the Duke's army has at least 1,000 people to defend Beiye Town, and the offensive force is only more than 3,000 people. If it is unfavorable to attack Fenglin Villa, people have to be sent back to Beiye Town to deliver supplies. At that time, Lorist would never let go of these home-delivered dishes.
The more Lorist thought about it, the more excited he became. At this moment, he felt that he was very sure of defeating the Duke's army. It wasn't the kind of idea that he had just walked in the morning and tried to find a chance to fight. He couldn't wait to think about it now. Arrived at Fenglin Villa.
"Wasinma, order the troops to speed up, and must arrive at Fenglin Villa before evening." Lorist said.
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Lorist waited anxiously in Maplewood Villa for three days, but he didn't wait for the news from Jost that the Duke's army occupying Beiye Town had sent troops to attack Maplewood Villa. Lorist really couldn't understand what the Duke's army was dawdling about. Could it be that the Duke's army wanted to gain a foothold in Beiye Town and wait for the follow-up troops to arrive? In that case, it would be bad for his family territory, and it would have to be caught in the flames of war for a long time.
I was about to go to Beiye Town to have a look, but saw the guards outside the door come in and report: "My lord, Hoski is back."
The dusty Husky had ragged clothes and a tired face. After coming in to salute, he took out an animal skin map from his pocket: "My lord, I have found the way for the enemy to come in..."
Unfolding the map, Lorist found that Hawski had drawn a crooked line on it with black charcoal.
"It's here..." Haoski pointed to the Blade's Edge Mountains: "We followed the traces left by the enemy's troops through the road, arrived at the Blade's Edge Mountains, and found a cave. After walking for a long time, there was another valley. The cave, this cave is very long and dark. We walked for almost a day before reaching the exit. The exit is a cliff, next to a cliff, and many vines hang down from the cliff. People in Beiye Town built a rope bridge with these vines. There are two It is more than 100 meters long and more than one meter wide. The cable bridge is very strong, even a fully loaded four-wheeled freight carriage can pass."
"After passing the cable bridge, there is also a cliff on the opposite side, but there is a mountain road leading down to the sea, which is a big beach. We were attacked when we were resting on the beach, and the other party was beaten away by us, and two prisoners were captured. After asking, I found out that it was a lord named Mylard who was on the opposite side, because Duke Lukins' army passed through his territory, he was curious and wanted to make a profit, so he sent more than 300 family members to follow, and was arrested It was their scouts that we beat away. These scouts became black-hearted when they saw that we were only two or three mercenaries. They didn't expect that there were more than 20 of us lying on the sand dunes resting. They didn't see them, and they suffered a big loss. "
Husky laughed when he said this: "But we didn't fall well. The scouts who went back soon attracted more than 300 people to take revenge, and there were three silver knights among them. We had to retreat, the enemy We chased very quickly, and we lost four people. When we got to the rope bridge, I told everyone to sprinkle all the kerosene they carried with them on the bridge and the vines hanging from the cliff, and wait for the enemy to catch up to the bridge. I set fire to the rope bridge and the vines hanging from the cliff. Fortunately for the enemies who came after them, half of them escaped, but only one of the three silver knights escaped, still burning , It’s enough not to die, who told them to chase at the front.”
Lorist was overjoyed: "You mean that the cable bridge has been burned down, and this road is no longer usable?"
Haosky thought for a while and replied: "It should be like this. This cable bridge is more than two hundred meters long. It is burned and surrounded by cliffs. It is impossible to pass it. Unless the vines on the cliffs are gone again in three or four years. Only when it grows out and hangs down can we use the vines to build a cable bridge to go over... "
"Great, Husky, you have done a great job for our Norton family. Now I don't have to worry about Duke Lukins sending troops into our family territory through this road. As for the Duke's army in Beiye Town, it has already become Haha." Lorist patted Husky on the shoulder very happily.
"By the way, Haoski, what reward do you want? If you want to become a knight of our Norton family, it is also possible. I will immediately promote you to be my knight." Lorist said.
Haoski smiled bitterly and said: "My lord, you should discount it. This is not due to me alone, but also my twenty-four partners, and four comrades who sacrificed for us. If I become your knight It feels like a betrayal to them. There is another reason, my lord, I am almost forty-five, and I am too old to be your knight. I have been a mercenary for more than 20 years. Tired, I don't want to continue. I used to have a dream to build a mercenary group, and then hand it over to Jim when I was fifty years old. But now Jim is going to follow the adults. I don't think there is any need to build What mercenary group, it's time to go home and retire."
Lorist nodded: "Okay, Husky, although I don't think you are old, I respect your wishes. The mercenaries who went this time each received ten Goldfords, and the mercenaries who died each received twenty Goldenfords." Pension, what do you think?"
"My lord, thank you for your kindness and generosity." Husky bowed and saluted.
"By the way, after this war is over, I will build several towns in the family territory. If you want, you can bring your family to settle in my territory, and I will leave you the position of captain of the garrison. As for you Those mercenary companions who are willing to join my family's armed forces, I believe they will have a good future." Lorist said.
"Okay, my lord, thank you for your kindness, I will pass it on to everyone." Halski replied.