In the afternoon, it is the time when the sun is the strongest of the day.
The bright sunshine shines on the horses running in the fields on the east bank of the Shilai River. The chaotic crowds and flying dust cast an unbearable mania on the world.
Fergus stood on a wooden platform in the hill car array, looking down with a steely expression.
As the bandits retreated, the battle temporarily came to an end.
There was a mess at the bottom of the hillside. Several carriages with cactus caravan logos and dozens of corpses were lying on the grass. There were scattered goods, broken axles and weapons all around. The grass was dyed red with blood, and two horses were missing.
The Lord's war horse wandered at small steps, stopping from time to time and looking around in horror.
Looking up into the distance, hundreds of meters away, the Black Skeleton Bandit Group has surrounded the entire mountain. These villains have dirty and long beards and hair, and wear rags full of oil stains, like a group of hungry wolves with deflated bellies.
He stared at this side with green eyes.
Some leaders were inciting loudly, some were howling, and they were slapping their shields with their swords, making all kinds of noises. From time to time, fast horses galloped through the chaotic bandit groups to convey instructions. Every time
Once, there was a huge roar and roar.
Even from hundreds of meters away, Fergus seemed to be able to see the greed and violence in the eyes of these villains.
The Black Skeleton Bandits are one of the most notorious bandit groups in Lullian Province. For many years, they have been rampant along various trade routes in Lullian. In addition to robbing caravans and passers-by, they also attacked some defense forces.
In weak villages, murders and arson are committed.
In the Lulian bandit group rankings assessed by Ignorance Hall, the Black Skeleton bandit group ranks far away in fifty in size, but ranks third in the brutality index. There are hundreds of robberies committed every year, and most of them are
They looted and then killed everyone. The method was extremely cruel.
In order to wipe out this bandit group, the major lords and Duke Adolf sent out their troops several times. At one time, they were scattered and disappeared. However, because they have never been able to catch the most cunning bandit leader "Scarface" Juan, they cannot pass.
How long will it take before this bandit group appears again?
The last siege was three years ago. Fergus still remembers the spectacular scene of rows of gangsters being executed collectively on the gallows in Munich. You can still vaguely hear the sound of people clapping their hands and smell the corpses being
The stench that hung on the hilltop east of Munni City for a few days.
That was the most severe blow the Black Skeleton Bandits suffered.
Among the more than 300 members of the regiment, more than 200 were killed by the army during the pursuit, and more than 80 were sent to the gallows. Among the remaining 50 or 60 people, more than 30 were under overwhelming pressure.
He was captured and executed under a wanted warrant. In the end, only Juan and a dozen of his confidants escaped.
Since then, the Black Skeleton Bandit Group ceased to exist. The bandit leader Juan disappeared and never appeared again. Until a year and a half ago, the war broke out. The Black Skeleton Bandit Group, which was revived by the disaster, not only reappeared on the trade routes,
Even stronger than before.
At this moment, there are at least five to six hundred gangsters gathered under the dirty black skull flag. And a quarter of them own horses!
Fergus's fingers gripped the wooden railing tightly and his brows furrowed.
This is a disaster.
He couldn't imagine what would happen if the caravan fell into the hands of the Black Skeleton Bandits, and he couldn't even imagine suffering such heavy losses at the critical moment when the family was fighting for control of the consortium. He, his parents, wife and children, and that
What will happen to the elder who supports me in the future?
When he thought of this, Fergus couldn't help but feel his heart tightening.
The more you fear something, the more likely it will come.
Even though he brought all the guards together, hired two trustworthy mercenary teams and two powerful knights with a lot of money, and strengthened the security work to an almost luxurious level, the thing he was most worried about still happened.
Moreover, it is the worst kind.
"Mr. Fergus." Alder's voice came to his ears. Fergus turned around and saw Alder, Musi and the guard captain climbing onto the platform together, and walked beside him with a heavy look on his face.
"The number of people in the cactus caravan has been counted," Alder said. "There are seventy-three people in total, twenty old, weak, women and children, eight injured. Among the remaining forty-five, there are twelve guards, coachmen and
Sixteen guys, plus."
Alder turned his head and signaled: "There are four more mercenaries and six students from the knight training camp."
"oh?"
Fergus followed Alder's gaze into the car formation in surprise.
On one side of the selected young group, six young men stood together. They all held weapons stained with blood, had multiple wounds all over their bodies, and their faces were pale.
Among them were a pair of twin sisters that Fergus had noticed in the previous battle. One of the other four was a magic apprentice and three were knights. Judging from their clothing, they seemed to be from the second and third training camps respectively.
At this moment, the magic apprentice and a knight student were vomiting. It was obviously their first time to kill someone, and they were mentally unbearable.
"Thankfully, these young people," said Musi, who is thin and calm, "I just asked the people in the caravan, and they said that if these students hadn't stepped forward immediately when they were attacked,
We worked hand in hand with the guards to fight a bloody path. I’m afraid everyone would have died a long time ago.”
As he spoke, Mu Xi pointed at the twins with his hand and said: "These twins, the elder sister is called Ling Shuang and the younger sister is Ling Xue. Although they look delicate and pretty, they are like two little peppers. They are not soft at all when they kill people."
The other four students combined didn't kill as many people as the two of them."
Fergus nodded. There were actually six students accompanying the cactus team. This was the best news he had heard in the past few prayers.
With their participation, the team's defense will be greatly improved!
His eyes stayed on the students for a while, and Fergus looked around. As the cactus caravan's carriages joined, the car formation was strengthened again. Nearly thirty carriages were connected one after another, and armor-piercing crossbows were set up on the carriages.
Baffles to defend against bows and arrows were nailed up. Bow and arrow towers were erected at three corners.
Although the arrow tower is not high, because the car formation itself is on a hillside, it is still quite threatening to the enemies below. Several mercenaries with the best archery skills carry full quivers on their backs and hold longbows in their hands.
On the tower, looking down like an eagle. Among them is the female elf archer Miki.
"How long can we hold out?" Fergus asked.
Alder and Musi looked at each other and said in a low voice: "We are not afraid of ground attacks. Although they are large in number, we have geographical and defensive advantages, and we will not be able to tell the result until tomorrow morning. But..."
"But what?" asked Fergus.
"We are afraid of two things." At this point, Alder did not want to say anything to comfort him, and said bluntly: "First, we are afraid of fire attack. There is no water here. If they have murderous intentions, they will fight to get rid of the property.
, shoot with rockets, then we will all be burned to death here!"
Fergus felt nervous. He knew that Alder was not an alarmist. If the other party could not break through the car formation, they would probably do this in the end! With just one rocket attack, they could turn this surrounded hilltop into a
Huge camping fire.
"The other one is the Viscount Wenger Guards!" Alder said: "They have killed our road scout and are on their way here. No matter from which point of view, I must admit that rather than expecting them to be
Those who came to rescue us might as well seriously consider the words of that boy named Roy."
After Alder finished speaking, the three of them fell silent.
Compared with these bandits who only have brute force and broken weapons, a well-equipped and well-trained professional army is much more terrifying. If the Wenger family is really the mastermind behind it as Roy guessed, then the caravan can
The chance of successful escape will not exceed 10%.
After a long time, Fergus sighed bitterly: "It seems that this time the situation is more dangerous than bad."
"We still have two chances, sir." Guard Captain Jin Sen comforted: "We can send people to break out immediately to report the message, or we can hold on until tomorrow morning. As you know, the Red Leaf Knights are stationed in the southeast of Wenger Viscounty.
They send people to this section every other day for routine patrols."
"Let me tell you these words, don't comfort me." Fergus waved his hand.
Jin Sen sighed and fell silent.
They all understand that these two options are unrealistic. First of all, this is the territory of the Viscounty of Wenger. There are many checkpoints set up, blocking all access. To avoid the checkpoints, the messenger not only has to go a long way around, but also needs to climb over the mountains.
Ling. I'm afraid two days are not enough. The caravan can't afford to wait.
Secondly, although the Red Leaf Knights stationed in the east of Wenger Viscounty conduct routine patrols every other day, the patrol team is only a small team. Even if the situation is discovered, they cannot immediately carry out rescue. Moreover, the enemy obviously will not give
The caravan waits for the chance to see the sun rise tomorrow morning.
When their attack is thwarted, they will give up looting property, burn the mountain to ashes, and then leave here.
No matter how you think about it, the current situation is actually a dead end.
Ta-ta-ta! There was a rapid sound of horse hooves. The four of them turned to look, and saw several fast horses speeding up the slope.
Seeing these fast horses, the hill suddenly became quiet. Whether they were the wounded groaning in pain, the mercenaries busy setting up defenses, or the civilians supporting the elderly and the young, they all looked neatly at these people headed by a black-haired man.
The young knights are the centerpiece. Watch them roll up the mountain like the wind.
How could it be him?
Seeing Roy speeding up the mountain, Ling Shuang and Ling Xue standing in the crowd bit their lips, feeling confused.
This time, the Ling family decided to move to Munich City. The family of five, except for Lingxuan who temporarily stayed in Meiding City due to work, the twin sisters and the two elders of the Ling family set off together, bringing a whole carriage to salute.
, embarked on a journey to the city of Munni.
When they left the gate of Meiding City, the two sisters felt like flying birds. They did not expect that this journey would turn into a disaster. They did not expect that it would be Roy who saved them at the critical moment.
Father.
From the first moment they saw Roy, this problem was like a vine with an undercut, entangled in their hearts, getting tighter and tighter, making them extremely uncomfortable.
Before that, if we were to choose the person the sisters hated the most, Roy would definitely not be in the top three, even if he wasn't ranked first.
But now, the two sisters lowered their heads, drooped their long eyelashes, and did not dare to look at Roy.
Among the five members of the Ling family, the gentle and henpecked father Ling, although not the head of the family, is definitely a national treasure in the eyes of mother Ling and the three sisters. Everyone who knows the Ling family knows that he offended Ling Xuan
It's nothing. If you offend the twins, it's just a naughty revenge from them. Even if you offend the most aggressive mother Ling, the worst is that she will block the door and scold you for three days at the top of her voice.
But if you offend Ling's father, who has always been a good man, you will stir up a hornet's nest for the four women in the Ling family. Whether it is the most aggressive mother Ling or the best-tempered Ling Xuan, they will transform into the most aggressive in an instant
The lioness will never give up until the other party apologizes and admits her mistake.
From the bottom of their hearts, the sisters' gratitude to Roy has overcome their previous conflicts.
But after all, they are young girls of seventeen or eighteen years old. They are young, energetic, and arrogant. They are also the most beautiful sisters in Meiding City. They are used to being loved and doted on by suitors and elders, so their faces immediately changed.
I rushed up to greet him with a smile and burst into tears of gratitude, but I felt a little embarrassed.
"What should I do?" Ling Shuang bit her lip, pulled her sister's clothes and pushed her with her hand.
Ling Xue also had a pitiful look on her face. She quickly glanced at Roy, who was speeding over, and shook her head timidly. She twisted her body and bumped into Ling Shuang, and said shamelessly: "You are the sister, you make the decision."
Ling Shuang pouted, stared at Ling Xue, and stabbed her smooth forehead with his finger: "It's worthless! Isn't it just an apology to admit your mistake?"
Ling Xue nodded quickly and opened her beautiful and innocent eyes wide: "So, this is not a problem for you, sister."
Ling Shuang was choked back before she could say the next words. She rolled her eyes and gritted her teeth for a long time. Then she was discouraged and said with a frown: "That guy was really annoying before! Last time about Sister Anna, he was there
I asked around and stopped talking, and when I went to the store to buy something, I still looked like shit and said, 'Why is it so cheap?'"
"Pfft!" Ling Xue saw Ling Shuang shaking her head and imitating Roy, and couldn't help laughing out loud, and pushed her: "How could anyone be as disgusting as you?"
"You didn't see what he was doing at that time." Ling Shuang sighed, raised her head and looked at Roy, her eyes suddenly froze, and then she exclaimed: "Oh my god, what does mom want to do?"
Ling Xue was startled, turned around suddenly, and saw her mother, Aunt Judy, known as the most beautiful and money-mad Aunt Judy in the southern district of Meiding City, running up to meet Roy with shining eyes and a smile on her face.
When he dismounted in front of the car formation, Roy didn't notice the middle-aged woman coming towards him. With his peripheral vision, he kept looking closely at a figure among the bandits in the distance who could be recognized by turning to ashes!
Matthew!
It didn't take much effort for Roy to find Matthew.
When he killed the first bandit with one shot, and with the cooperation of Mal Ya'er and the four Red Leaf Knights, he defeated the bandits' cavalry, he discovered that a group of bandits who were originally preparing to come to rescue saw Ivan and
The battle rings on the three heroes quickly stopped.
Then, Roy saw the figure in the center surrounded by many gangsters. Although Matthew was wearing a mask, he still recognized him at a glance.
The moment he saw Matthew, all the memories came to life in Roy's mind.
A year and a half ago, it was this man who agreed to Brian and Hugo's tactical plan at the military meeting in Borabel. On the condition that Brian and Hugo led their troops to a frontal assault on the Feili army camp, he would undertake the task of escorting the civilians to evacuate.
responsibility.
However, when Brian, Hugo and many royal cavalry bravely charged the enemy, he left the civilians and ran away.
His treachery exposed thousands of civilians to the slaughtering knife of Fei Lie's cavalry.
Old Maxim died, Aunt Mary died, Sister-in-Law, her children, and hundreds of civilians fell on the road leading from the Borabel Castle to the northern mountains.
The evil deeds don’t stop there.
Later, Matthew, who wanted to hug the thick legs of the Holy See, simply broke into tears.
At the pass, he sent his guards, Buck, Andrew and others who had taken refuge with them, to block the civilians, trying to delay the pursuit of the Phillies at the cost of many civilian lives.
On the cliff, he and the Holy See Knight George stopped Aleshia and became Alex's accomplice. In the end, he went into battle shirtless and personally led the people of the Wenger Viscounty to cooperate with the Holy See Knight to hunt him down.
Recalling the previous scenes, Roy had to use a lot of strength to calm down, instead of rushing over and chopping this bastard who had colluded with the Holy See and killed countless Bolabel people into a pulp.
Revenge must always be avenged.
From a guess that was not absolutely certain, to Matthew actually appearing in front of him, this result has surprised Roy.
What is needed now is a little patience!
Through observation, Roy discovered that Matthew did not seem to recognize him.
As a result, I have grown taller and stronger, and I have changed a lot compared to the skinny boy with a big head a year and a half ago.
Secondly, Matthew had only been in Borabel for just one day at that time. For a nobleman like him, whose nostrils turned upward when he looked at people, it was indeed very difficult to remember the appearance of a humble servant.
What's more, now he has focused all his attention on Ivan, who is a just knight. For this guy who is greedy for life and afraid of death, a just knight with four battle rings on his body and three other such as
The brave knight who resembles a wolf and a tiger is obviously more worthy of vigilance.
Handing the reins to Jesse, Roy led Oliver and was about to walk towards the platform where Fergus was. Suddenly, with a gust of fragrant wind, a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties quickly stood in front of him.
"Holy Father, I have finally longed for you to come back. I have been waiting for you for a full prayer time. I was just looking down at you from the carriage, waiting for you to come back, so that I can tell you personally. Oh.
, this damn mud floor, look at how dirty my shoes are, my God, my skirt is dirty too.”
The middle-aged woman pulled him, speaking quickly, the excited light in her eyes and the hands tightly grasping his sleeves, which made people suspect that a mother and son had been separated for many years and reunited in this messy place - if the woman
If you weren't so obsessed with her beautiful shoes and skirt.
"Madam, you." Roy was confused and tried to free his sleeve. But as soon as he moved his hand, the sleeve was grabbed tighter by the woman.
Seemingly realizing that she should put aside the matter of shoes and clothes now, the woman raised her head, patted the mud spots on her skirt hard, and said: "Look at me, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Judy
, you can call me Aunt Judy, you can also call me Mrs. Ling. You have to listen to me, it was you who saved my husband just now."
As soon as she said this, the woman's eyes immediately turned red, and she quickly took out her handkerchief to touch her tears: "If it weren't for you, my husband would be dead. If he died, our family would be ruined. We are orphans and widows."
Damn, they are all a group of women, how can we live in the future?"
As she spoke, the woman held back her tears and shouted angrily at the side: "Dead man, why don't you hurry up and say thank you? Where are you doing?"
The woman spoke hurriedly and quickly, and the expressions on her face changed and connected as fast as lightning, leaving Roy stunned.
Following the woman's repeated urging, a middle-aged man walked out of the crowd.
Seeing him, Roy suddenly understood. He smiled slightly, waved his hand to the middle-aged man and said, "Don't be so polite, it's just a small matter."
"That's not okay," Ling Zhuoli, a middle-aged man who is also the father of Lingxuan and three other sisters, said seriously, "A drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring, let alone a life-saving kindness." After saying this, he said respectfully.
He stroked his chest and bent down, bowed and thanked him. His serious and meticulous look showed that he was obviously a very serious person.
The little country bumpkin had no choice but to stand still and receive the gift. He also learned the etiquette taught by his former liar teacher, stiffened his back, bent down and held his jaw in his mouth to return the gift, and then left.
Watching Roy walking onto the platform, and then turning to look at his four "knights" and "elf maids", Ling's mother Judy suddenly grabbed Ling Zhuoli who was about to return to the crowd, her eyes bright.
"My dear, tell me, is this boy worthy of our baby?"
Ling Zhuoli was stunned and looked at his wife blankly.
"Wooden head!" Seeing her husband's appearance, Judy let go of him and muttered angrily. Then she looked at Roy happily on the platform and said to herself: "Look at this kid, he saved you."
Not to mention his life, he is also handsome. He makes people like him just by looking at him. Judging from the way he salutes and his entourage, he must be a child of a noble family. He is about the same age as our Shuang'er Xue'er. If Shuang'er were
If Xueer marries him, she will be blessed in the future."
Ling Zhuoli looked embarrassed, glanced around, pulled his wife's arm and said, "What do you do with this kind of thing?"
"Don't worry! Our Shuang'er Xue'er will be a knight in the future. In terms of status and appearance, how can she not be worthy of this boy?"
Judy glared at him, then turned to look at Roy. Her eyes seemed to be fixed on Roy. The more she looked at him, the more she liked him. She clapped her hands excitedly,