However, when the four cavalry passed by the foot of the hill, the gate of the castle opened, and a group of more than a hundred cavalry rushed out of it - the training and mobilization of cavalry between cities was not a problem, but this group did not seem to be.
Like, the momentum of the horse galloping down the mountain was particularly anxious.︽The dust and smoke stirred up, and the few people hiding aside were almost covered with natives. The female knight couldn't help but curse loudly in anger!
However, the dust and smoke in front of him cleared away, and the old knight's eyes immediately stopped at the person who was walking away for a while, and suddenly said: "Let's go and see what happened."
"Teacher! Teacher!"
"Forget it, it's meaningless. It's not the first day you've met him. When will he give up this opportunity?"
"When Master Shimu was holding that big pot and staring at him?"
"But now that Master Madam has been summoned to God's side, how can we stop him?"
"no way……"
"Does he often do this?"
"As long as it's a military operation, Teacher Oran will want to take a look and understand the combat effectiveness of soldiers in various places. Even if it's just a few straw knights killing bandits... why are you here?"
The female knight turned her head, and immediately her eyes widened, and her red lips opened wide... Apparently she forgot that she was on a galloping horse at the moment, so Chen Hui immediately gave her a lesson, which almost made her cough.
Fell from the horse.
The female knight's gaffe was actually not an isolated case. The other two knights also looked back and stared, watching the thin stallion follow their semi-purebred war horse easily, running with ease - the speed of the war horse and the horse was very good.
The difference should be more than half, which is determined by natural qualifications. Even if it is a weight-bearing
It is different and cannot be changed, as long as it does not exceed certain limits. The speed of the horse in the first few hourglass scales has nothing to do with the weight. But the horse that does not have much pedigree is pedaling shorter than the war horse.
The legs are one foot long, but they hold the figures of several knights tightly. Not a foot falls.
What kind of magic is this?
It was not easy for several knights to confirm the magic fluctuations on the horse, so the awkward silence lasted until they caught up with the old knight again, and they were generally sure that there was no magic on the horse. And
The doubts did not diminish, but became more numerous.
Is it the legendary mutant horse with a clumsy appearance but excellent talents? Or is it some kind of magic that is not perceived by others? Is this guy a lucky man who was blessed by the goddess Tymora, or is he a hidden nobleman?
?
It doesn’t seem right either…
Fortunately, after riding their horses for less than half an hour, the noise ahead made them temporarily put aside their hard-to-find answers... The old knight rode his horses and stood quietly on a small slope, staring at the messy battlefield below.
.
In fact, it can't be called a battlefield, although there have been many dead people.
In the center of the road, several carriages carrying goods formed a large circle. The horses had been unloaded. Surrounding a box carriage inside, more than a dozen ragged corpses were crawling around, with blood stains all over the ground.
In the formation, there were more than a dozen guys in groom's robes, each armed with weapons, guarding a group of bandits outside.
They are said to be bandits, but they actually don't pose much of a threat...the number of them is less than fifty anyway. The tatters they wear can barely be called 'armor', but they are essentially just linen tied with wooden boards and iron pieces. The weapons in their hands are also
Just pitchforks and flails, a few swords and axes
There are inevitably rust spots on the head, not to mention the mount. The body itself is dark and thin due to lack of food. It seems that it does not need a knife or an ax to chop. A strong wind can scrape the knife - naturally these are those businessmen.
This is an important reason why we can support the arrival of reinforcements.
"Spare your life, spare your life... I am not a robber, I was just captured by them..."
"My dear knights, spare your lives... We don't want to rob. But the two earls started a territorial war, and all our harvests were destroyed. There is no way..."
"We still have elderly people and children at home, waiting for dinner..."
More than a hundred cavalry swarmed in and surrounded the outermost layer of this mess. For the tattered tumblers of the 'bandits', the wooden lances were already powerful weapons, so these unlucky guys collapsed in the blink of an eye.
, dozens of people on the outermost side threw down the broken weapons in their hands and fell to their knees, crying and begging for mercy like hundreds of swarms of wasps.
The so-called territorial war is of course not a battle to capture the city, but a dispute between local nobles - the lords in the countryside are not as elegant as those big nobles. It is not enough to gather their knights and private soldiers for a large-scale private fight when they are angry.
It's a rare thing, and even the laws of the empire allow it - it just requires them to do it within a defined area and follow strict restrictions.
There is no doubt that this is a pretty good strategy. When there is no war that can add glory to knights and soldiers, they use another thing to satisfy their pursuit of glory. But for civilians, such an encounter is almost the same as
Natural disaster - nobles don't care about fields and farms
Even some unlucky villages were included in the battlefield. But at the turn of summer and autumn, replanting was simply impossible. Without the food that was about to be harvested, other than fighting to the death when bandits came, they had no choice but to fight to the death.
The only way out is collective suicide, so the choice is natural.
"A bunch of unlucky farmers? What a tragedy in the world." The gray-haired young man glanced at the situation in front of him and chuckled: "Where did this novice businessman come from? It's too embarrassing to ask for help when dealing with such a bastard.
Isn't it fast enough?" He took the horse's head and turned to a few knights: "I would like to advise everyone, we'd better leave here as soon as possible, so as not to provoke ghosts and gods or bring disaster."
"Coward!" the female knight sneered: "How scary are just a few dozen bandits? But there are..."
She paused mid-sentence, and suddenly understood what the other party meant... Of course, there was nothing scary about those robbers. They were no different from disarming themselves, but what this gray-haired guy said seemed to mean something else.
What's the danger?
"You mean, these city guards..."
"This group of city guards is not here to rescue, but to take advantage of the situation. Those farmers and robbers are just a 'cause' in the first place. What they want to do may be to kill these bandits and businessmen together. Otherwise, it is just
These bandits can be killed with a single charge, there is no need to encircle them. This is to catch them all in one fell swoop and leave no one behind..."
The old knight spoke slowly, stretched out his hand and pulled out the knight's sword: "I originally thought they were just blackmailing, but I didn't expect they were really going to take action. My kid, I'm really sorry for getting you involved."
The gray-haired young man smiled and said nothing, but did not move his horse away again.
Because it was already a little late to escape.
"What do you guys do? Why are you here? We suspect that you are related to this robbery. Immediately throw away your weapons, dismount and be bound. Come back to the city with us for interrogation!"
The dozen or so soldiers who were originally cruising outside the encirclement reacted quickly. Within a few words, they had already approached the ramp. After confirming that the four knights in front of them did not have any family emblems on them, they immediately became murderous. They treated them as paintings.
Before the series of questions ended, they all raised their crossbows. There is a ban on crossbows in the mainland.
It has been released for thousands of years. Even the light crossbow is a prohibited item in most places, and the regular city guards are no exception. Although this kind of weapon is lethal against enemies below mid-level knights, it is used in various large and medium-sized cities.
They will all be prepared. But unless there is a tense moment such as being besieged, they will not easily hand over equipment to soldiers.
It is precisely because of this that these guys who are obviously lacking in ability are so confident - the crossbows in their hands are not weak. Even if the opponent's ability exceeds theirs, they will not be able to do it under the threat of dozens of crossbows.
Don't give in obediently.
"Be honest, don't try to play any tricks, see clearly. This is a fine crossbow from the magic city of Burgundy, with a top-grade steel arm. Even if you are wearing armor, it can still penetrate...
..." The leading guy was very proud. Then he made a surprising discovery: "Hey, she is also a female knight? Now it's time to have fun..."
The end of the word turned into a hoarse sound, because the female knight waved her hand and nailed a small knife to his throat, making him dance and fall from the horse. The twitching corpse made the gray-haired
The young man raised his eyebrows.
This is the first time I have seen a knight who is good at using throwing knives.
In fact, it was not an ordinary flying knife. It was more realistic to say that it was some kind of deformed flying axe. The semicircular blade was about a palm wide, but after throwing it, when I drew back my hand, it pierced the enemy's throat.
The weapon returned to her hand, she raised her hand again, then put it away again... In an instant, two more unlucky guys who were at a loss what to do fell from their horses, blood flying everywhere.
At this time, the remaining ten unlucky guys finally understood what happened, but at this time, the three people on the other side had already clamped their horses' belly, with swords like rainbows in their hands. As the horses neighed, three more people were either stabbed through the heart or stabbed.
With their throats broken, and cleverly using dead bodies as shields, the crossbow arrows fired by several city guardsmen in a hurry missed their targets, either piercing the bodies of their unlucky companions, or just barely grazing the armors of several people and flying past. Except for
It has no effect other than piercing a knight's robe. Although heavy crossbows are powerful, loading the arrow is more troublesome. Once the arrow is fired, it becomes useless. When they want to draw the sword again, the enemy's
The horses had already darted among their companions, making it even harder to use the rat weapon. As a result, during this brief hesitation, only three of the dozen knights were left. By the time they screamed out of their wits and wanted to escape, it was already too late.
In an instant, life and death became clear.
The gray-haired young man was silent. The combat effectiveness of the knights in front of him was a bit beyond his expectation. Although the strength of the three young men was only at the level of mid-level knights, they could not deal with opponents with crossbows at this distance.
, In fact, experience in the battle is far more important than strength. The performance of these people before the battle
The reaction speed and control of horses are both top-notch, especially the attack method is clean and efficient. The blade is either at the throat or piercing the chest. It is obviously specially used for fighting on the battlefield. It is estimated that even if the female knight does not have a magic weapon to help her,
It is estimated that these dozen people cannot hurt the three of them.
It's not an exaggeration to say that such a knight is a member of the Jinjinhua Imperial Guard, right?
In the eyes of several knights, this kind of silence was obviously no different from being stunned. Several young people each let out a few sneers and paid no attention to this poor 'commoner'.
The enemies on the other side of the mountain did not respond. It was not that they were not alert, but that they had no time at all - their attack had already begun, and a group of unlucky 'robbers' had been basically slaughtered. More than eighty riders began to circle around.
Benzi attacked the car formation. Although the bodyguards and coachmen of the caravan also had many weapons, the opponents
The steel-armed crossbow was extremely powerful. The walls of the carriage were torn in pairs like sheepskin, and the people behind were almost unable to escape. However, the several longbows they used to deal with the bandits could hardly hit those
There were soldiers riding military horses, so within a few moments, only a few people were left in the convoy of about twenty people, still defending, and the situation was in a precarious position.
"Teacher, what should I do?"
"Of course we can't keep such bastards, but... we can only drive them away now."
The old knight hesitated a little, but his answer seemed as simple as "let's go".
It is indeed simple - because the female knight casually took out a wand from the package at her waist - a slender hand of ebony, with a bright ruby inlaid on it. With a finger, a little red light was enough.
Explode among those city guards!
The man turned his back on his horse.
What was originally a mighty gallop turned into a charge towards death. The dark red flames ignited everything within twenty feet. The few unlucky guys who took the lead in the charge instantly became the "Scarlet Knights" with their horses and men, while the two people around them...
A dozen or so poorly trained horses caused chaos in an instant! For low-level knights, magic is the same as gods.
No matter how many identical existences there are, it is in vain, so by the time the second and third fireballs exploded among them, all the riders had dispersed without hesitation and fled in all directions, leaving only
The next two dozen unlucky ones who were burned by the flames were thrown under the horse and struggled like headless flies. Finally, they turned into balls of charcoal.
The wind blew the burning stench across the hills, and the female knight couldn't help but frown and turned her head to one side. However, she happened to notice the sneaky figure of the gray-haired boy - that guy was using the crossbows of those unlucky people.
The cloak was wrapped into two big bags and hung on the back of the saddle. After thinking about it, I picked up several knights' swords and hung them all on my waist. The nondescript look made people laugh.
Seeing the female knight's gaze, he smiled slightly in return, looking strange, and immediately received two big white eyes. This behavior also made the old knight frown, and couldn't help but remind him, "Then
Although the things you grow are worth a few gold coins, you can't get into Kendemros."
But the young man smiled even more cheerfully: "With your help, it shouldn't be difficult at least?"
The old knight snorted and said no more. He just led a group of people down the ramp, met the caravan with only five or six people left, and moved forward.
The owner of the caravan was a middle-aged businessman. He was thinking about a certain death situation but escaped death. Naturally, he thanked these knights profusely. However, he took out a bag of dozens of gold coins as a thank-you gift, but the old knight calmly refused.
After that, he could only start taking action with his convoy. Fortunately, the horses left by the dozen or so city guards who were killed first were enough to replace the losses on his convoy. Several people drove one car each, so the progress was not too slow.
speed.
However, not long after they set out on the road, the female knight left her teacher, drove her horse aggressively to the gray-haired boy, and snorted coldly with a frosty look on her face: "When you get to Kendemros, get out of here as far as you can.
If you dare to follow us and sneak in, I will burn you into a roast pig, do you hear me?"
The young man blinked his eyes, with an expression that he didn't hear clearly at all, which made the anger in the female knight's heart twice as high! She simply urged her horse to leave and never looked at the face that was once interested!
But when they passed by on the wrong horse, the two young knights following the female knight looked at the gray-haired boy with less hostility... It's not that friendship was cultivated in the battle, it's just that this guy made it on his own.
Damn it, now neither the female knight nor the old knight has a good impression of this guy who appears halfway. Without the possibility of competition, they naturally have no interest in hostility.
So the journey was peaceful, but after more than two hourglasses, the group had entered the city of West Kendemros.
The buildings in the four Kendemros are almost identical. They are all three thick towers built on two mountains. The residential area of the city is just behind the three walls. After that, there are plain fields and hills. There are no other walls.
)——Behind the four high walls of Kendemros, which are full of traces of time, is the seat of Illyria, and the walls of Illyria are actually the inner city of the king.
The four knights separated from the caravan before passing through the city gate. Instead of waiting in line at the city gate, they entered the city directly through the corner gate reserved for soldiers, passed through the streets and alleys behind, and ended up at the end of a slightly deserted path.
There were already more than ten fully armed knights waiting on the roadside. When they saw their arrival, the leading knight in full armor bent down on his horse to greet them. When he raised his body, he just revealed the huge golden jade flower badge on his chest.
The petals are golden and have three layers of patterns on the outside. This is the style of the high-level Jinjin Flower Knight.
He raised his head, but there was a bit more confusion in his voice, "I heard that there are four people in the group?" he asked carefully, making the four of them slightly surprised?
Then when he turned his head, he happened to see a tame stallion walking slowly twenty or thirty paces behind a few people. There were two huge bundles hanging on the back of the saddle, and he was riding on it with a smile on his face.
Who is the one with a few knight swords if it's not the annoying gray-haired guy with a sly smile on his face? (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!