Chapter 1696: Rise (6)
Looking at the assembled soldiers, Zhao Hu said loudly: "Brothers, we are about to face a grim choice, the damned Kazakhs know that it was our Falcon family who ambushed their army, and now they declare that they will exterminate all the people in our Falcon Territory, your old people and children will be nailed to the stakes by the Kazakhs on the side of the road, your beautiful and gentle wives will be driven to their territory by the Kazakhs like livestock, and your heads will be piled up into a mountain of skulls that flaunt bravery, according to the latest news, The vengeful Kazakhs will enter Satdo from the Central Tower region early tomorrow morning, and now we have a day to make a choice. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
The soldiers below found that the hoarse and angry voice of their lord was getting higher and higher, and then it was lower, as if talking to themselves, but every sentence reached the ears of every soldier very clearly, and finally there was a sudden pause, and then a thunderous roar erupted, like a thunderclap sounding in everyone's ears: "First, our wives and children will be slaughtered by the Kazakhs, and second, we will immediately return to the Falcon Territory and lead our families to be driven like dogs by other lords like refugees going south." ”
The sudden announcement of the lord's news exploded in the entire army, confused, hesitant, these expressions were written all over the faces of all the soldiers, only Meng Da, who was watching the excitement next to him, looked at Zhao Hu's performance, completely stupid, which one of his lords was playing, most of the army composed of peasant soldiers were honest peasants, and they were so frightened that maybe they were really scared away.
"The third is that I will lead the bravest of you to meet these Kazakhs who are going to slaughter our wives and children, I will lead them to give these arrogant Kazakhs a head-on blow, I will let them know that there are no cowards in our falcon territory, there are only swords and blood to meet the enemy, and all those who participate will be given a gold coin in advance to settle in, and if we can come back alive from this battle, all of them will get a piece of land that belongs to him."
Zhao Hu glanced at the indignant soldiers below, from their faces, Zhao Hu could see the determination to fight the enemy to the death, especially when he heard the land, the eyes that were eager to shine, the heart that was hanging just now couldn't help but let go, it seemed that there was hope for this long-distance attack.
Zhao Hu pointed to Meng Da Zhengse, who had a strange face and forced a snicker, and said, "We will set off in two breaths, and all those who are willing to go can go to Captain Meng Da!" Remember, I only have three hundred horses here this time, so only the bravest of you are qualified to go with me. ”
"Your Excellency, you can't 、、、、、" Munda didn't expect that he would suddenly be pushed to the cusp, and before he could react, he was already surrounded by a swarm of soldiers.
Three hundred sturdy soldiers were quickly chosen, and in addition to the fifty bravest mountain hunters under Munda's command, sixty-eight even claimed to have been knights of the Northern Realm's guards.
"These people are knights?"
Zhao Hu's eyes swirled in surprise on the sixty-eight knights who were obviously different from ordinary soldiers in terms of momentum, the kind of oppression and arrogance unique to professional soldiers made this group of people look very different from those nearby peasant soldiers.
It's like putting a wolf in a flock, when the wolf lowers its head, it may be no different from a sheep, but when the wolf raises its head and shows its bloodthirsty fangs, no matter how many sheep there are around, it can't hide that natural threat and wildness.
"Yes, according to the badges they carry, most of them are subordinates of some regional lords in the north who have been invaded by the Kazakhs, and they have been forced into exile because their territories have been looted, and there is one more among them!"
Meng Da, who was in charge of selecting the soldiers, was speechless, and suddenly spread out his palm in front of Zhao Hu's eyes with a mysterious face, and a silver-white pentagram coat of arms appeared in Meng Da's palm.
"Silver Knight"
Zhao Hu's eyes contracted irritatingly, the pentagram in the palm of Munda was an identity certificate issued by the Imperial Knights Guild for senior knights.
This silver glittering pentagram signifies that its owner is a high-ranking silver knight, a figure that is remarkable not only in the barren south, but also in the rich north.
Zhao Hu didn't expect that when he suddenly selected troops this time, there would be a Silver Glowing Knight who would mix in with these newly recruited soldiers.
"What's your name, it's your thing?"
Zhao Hu weighed the silver badge in his hand with his hand, it was indeed heavy and scary, but it was only half the size of a palm, but he could feel the heavy pressure of cold silver, not like a fake made of ordinary silver, and couldn't help but look curiously at the middle-aged man standing at the top of the queue.
The middle-aged man held a simple spear in his hand, and there was a terrible scar on his face, from his ears to his mouth, although he was only wearing a tattered linen coat, and he stood there calmly, but it was like a towering lone peak in the mountains, and there was an indescribable coercion radiating all around his body.
From the moment the middle-aged man with a scarred face took out this silver pentagram coat of arms, no one among the other soldiers who claimed to be a guard knight dared to stand side by side with this middle-aged man, but tacitly led the war horse to take a step back, which was a way for low-level knights to express their respect to the senior commander.
"My name is Iron Dragon, and I'm a falcon spearman, I don't know what the Lord is talking about, it's just what I picked up from the corpse of a knight on the side of the road."
Zhao Hu heard the name of the middle-aged man on his horse, his eyebrows furrowed, there is no name Iron Dragon in the wealthy family of the empire, it seems that this silver knight is not willing to reveal his true identity,
"Spearman Iron Dragon, I don't care if you picked it up or if it's your own, I just want to know if you can ride a horse?"
Now that the north of the empire is in chaos by the Kazakhs, it is not uncommon for a senior knight of Silver Radiance to run to his territory to take refuge, and Zhao Hu is not in the mood to know about the intentions of this Silver Knight, and he is facing the middle-aged man.
"Yes!"
The spearman Tielong replied very simply, and with a neat turn, he rode on the war horse that had been prepared by his side, and the familiar posture and the state of unity of men and horses subconsciously revealed at a glance were an old rider.
"Well, well, I don't care why you knights joined my army, I only know that my enemies are Kazakhs, and I will lead you to drive out the Kazakhs who burned your territory and killed your relatives, so that the sword in your hand has a chance to wash away the shame you have received!"
Zhao Hu grabbed the war horse under his crotch, took the falcon battle flag with the mark of the Falcon family from the hand of the flag officer beside him, and said: "Let's go, before sunset today, we will cross the entire Saterdo County to the central tower area, we will use the sword in our hands to teach those arrogant Kazakhs a good lesson, let them see what is the bravery of our Roman imperial warriors." ”
Passing through the winding mountain road of the Sodalai hills, the scene of the hills in front of you suddenly changed, and the dry brown loess slopes on both sides of the mountain road were replaced by dense dark green vegetation on both sides of the road, and the humid feeling in the south suddenly became hot and dry.
The loess swirled in the dry wind and dust, and the dry air currents from the northern seas, like the invading Kazakhs, blew the dry yellow sand from the loess of the western desert of the Kazakh steppe to the Sodalai Hills in the middle of the empire.
The yellow dust particles that came to his face only poured into the cracks of Zhao Hu's clothes, and the choked Zhao Hu coughed, a fat face shaved tears, a fat mouth spit out sand, and the gray face was embarrassed, if it wasn't for the northern cavalry in front of him who claimed to be knights, he used the linen clothes on his body to wrap his head with only two eyes, and the fat man would have fallen off the horse a long time ago.
"Huhu, I'm going to suffocate me!"
Zhao Hu bent on the horse's back with a painful face and exhaled heavily, his mouth occasionally spit sand from the inside out like a small fish spitting bubbles, and the gallop all the way just now made Zhao Hu, who was only walking a horse outside his castle, almost didn't go away, and a large amount of yellow sand poured in from the gap in his clothes made Zhao Hu's already fat body appear more swollen.
"What's going on? Why did the front stop, they don't know how to hurry now! ”
Fortunately, the dust and sand section this time was not large, and after running for more than an hour, he finally saw the yellow and green ground in front of him.
"My lord, there's a local lord's sentry ahead."
Munda next to him gasped for breath, pointed his finger at the entrance of the trade road in front of him and responded, his face was as pale as a blank piece of paper, Munda who was born as a mountain hunter was not much better than a fat man's equestrian skills, if it weren't for his agile skills, Munda was almost not shocked down by the galloping war horse under his crotch.
"My lord, this should be the tax card set up by the local lords of Saterdo County on the trade road, and we need to pay taxes to pass it."
Zhao Hu stretched out his head curiously to see that two thigh-thick cypress trees were stretched across the business road that must be passed in front, a row of simple fences built with broken wooden planks, blocking the road ahead, and behind the fence there were more than a dozen people wearing tattered leather armor and looking like peasant soldiers, where to look at this team of cavalry who suddenly galloped out of the yellow sand.