Charles was stunned, then spat hatefully and walked away without looking back. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Nalco laughed silently, and beckoned to the old Charles with his back to him, and the other party seemed to have eyes behind his back, and spit on the ground with a mouthful of saliva.

After everything was ready, the three of them rode to the entrance of the village. The healthy horses under them seemed to feel the breath of iron and blood, and raised their hooves and neighed again and again.

"What's the matter, they seem to be a little excited?" Theseus asked Nalco with a smile. Nalco replied with a serious face: "They are war horses, just excited about the battle." Young master, only a trained war horse can remain calm in the brutal tearing and killing, and there will be no oolong incident that throws the master off the horse. ”

"Uh... Will the horse throw its master off the horse?" Hughes glanced at Ram and saw that the other party was also nodding, his face slightly gloomy.

His family knew his own affairs, although Hughes was better than ordinary people because he longed to be a dashing knight, and he was never thrown off a horse. But he understands that anything can happen in the midst of a war. In case the horse is frightened and really throws off its owner, the person who falls to the ground will probably not have any good results when facing the sword net and the horse's hooves.

"This doesn't usually happen to our horses, unless the other party attacks the horse directly, and the horse suffers from that kind of situation. Seeing that the young master became serious, Nalco breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "However, war horses are quite precious strategic materials, and it is very useful to pull people and goods, and they are expensive, a good horse is worth a hundred gold coins, and it is basically impossible for a thief to attack the horse from the beginning!"

As he spoke, Old Charles hurriedly led a large group of scattered men over. Everyone had weapons in their hands, but most of them were steel forks used to fork grass. The three of them carried rusty swords in their hands. Only four men had bows and arrows in their hands.

Xius was speechless for a while, and shook his head frequently, he didn't expect these peasants' equipment to be so poor.

Nalko's eyes lit up, and he laughed: "Old Charles, your village is quite rich, and the 40 men all have weapons in their hands, which is a very good team." ”

Hearing this, Xiusi pursed his lips and muttered disdainfully: "This is also called a good team?!A group of men who can't even stand in formation, plus twenty or thirty two-strand steel forks for forking grass?!Cut, if all of them take swords or bows and arrows, it would be a little interesting!"

When Ram heard the young master's complaints, he leaned over with a smile and whispered in his ear, "Young master, this is already good." I counted forty strong men, all of them armed. In the country, such a force is already very strong, and without horses, thieves with less than thirty people will not dare to come to the door. I've participated in two raids against thieves in the knightly realm, and one knight, plus twenty such men, can easily take out a gang of thieves of about twenty people. ”

"You have also participated in battles?" Theseus asked in surprise, "However, although you are telling the truth, I think that among the twenty-one people, that knight is the real main force, those peasants, at most picking up the spoils of war." A nobleman with the title of knight, his ability is at least the peak of a junior swordsman, a level 9 swordsman who is serious, what is the difficulty of killing twenty thieves!"

Ram blinked, used his pitiful wisdom to estimate it, and found that although he didn't feel right, the young master was really reasonable, so he had to quietly stop the conversation with a little unwillingness.

Old Charles led everyone to the three of them, and he saluted Xius, which is the etiquette that commoners need to practice when they meet nobles, and Xius nodded, which can be regarded as acceptable.

Old Charles smiled at this time, and said to Nalko: "Forty, all of them are the strong men of my Shire Village, and they are also the future of Shire Village, I hope you can make good use of them and try to bring them back alive, I am grateful to Old Charles." ”

Hughes heard the earnestness in his tone beside him, and he couldn't help but be moved, and after silently calculating it in his heart, he couldn't help but sigh on his face. However, Hughes didn't say anything after all.

Nalco nodded solemnly to his old friend, and then shouted to the forty people under the horse: "We have three swordsmen here, hear clearly, they are three real swordsmen! We will be vindictive, you should have heard the name of douqi, and know how powerful it is! So, don't be afraid, ten thieves are just a piece of cake for us!"

The reason for bringing you, I believe the village chief also told you, one is to defend your home, your own home, only you care the most, when defending her, you are the most motivated, the most daring warriors. Second, the thieves have horses, and if they can't beat them, they will definitely flee. I need you to form a circle, to press closer, to confine their horses to a small area. In that way, their horses could not pick up their speed, they could not rush, and they could not escape. We'll be able to kill them easily! There won't even be bloodshed! Do you understand? Shout, unleash your courage, and let me see!"

"Defend the homeland!" There was only a few breaths of silence, and the forty men who had been successfully aroused by Nalco raised all kinds of weapons in their hands and roared loudly, forty people, and there was an earth-shattering roar that no less than a hundred people could gather.

Suddenly, a strong aura of blood and courage rose in the small open space in front of the village entrance! The atmosphere was so warm that Hughes's white face turned red at this moment, and his heart seemed to be stuffed with a demon rabbit inside, and he was pounding! Impulsive blood also bubbled through the veins on his temples, and a burst of swelling stimulated Xius's brain!

And Ram next to him had a slightly red face, but his expression was quite calm. The middle-aged man Nalco was not unusual at all, he was high up and had a cold expression, like a powerful general, looking down on his bloody army.

Old Charles turned his head and sighed softly, then turned back, smiling reluctantly, and said to Nalco, "I'll leave it all to you!" and walked back to the village without looking back.

Hughes looked at all this, and suddenly, there was some admiration for the little old man who had begun to hunched his back and stagger. Proficient in arithmetic, he already understood what forty young men meant to a village with a population of just over 200——— and that was literally all the future.

"If I can't bring them back, then ...... No, I will definitely bring them back!, not one of them will be missing!" In an instant, Hughes gritted his teeth and made the most solemn promise in his heart to the old Charles and to the Charr village.

Hughes didn't see Nalco, next to him, staring at his clenched fists, flushed face, and resolute eyes. The old guard and coachman of Hughes smiled and nodded, very pleased.

"Let's go, Charles, lead the way!" roared Nalco. A young man, with a vague resemblance to Old Charles, hurriedly walked out, saluted respectfully, and then shouted a few words to the crowd behind him, and walked forward quickly.

On the way out of the village, the young Charles took the lead, with three swordsmen on horseback in the center, followed by a large group of men and horses, dragging them into a long procession. From a distance, this small march is still quite imposing.

Hughes lifted the reins slightly, and his horse stepped forward, reducing the distance between him and the leading Charr.

"Charles, how far away are those thieves from us, and where is the terrain?" asked Charles, after all, he was the young master of the Viscount family who had been trained for many years, and although he had never entered the swordsman academy, he still had a necessary understanding of the basic knowledge of marching.

Charles turned back as he walked, "On a mound about ten miles from the village, the terrain is slightly higher, but only a few meters, and the rest of the place is very gentle, and the horses run fast. So my grandfather never let us go out and kill them, but fortunately there are you, and the young people in the village are very grateful to you. ”

Hughes smiled, did not speak, and looked into the distance, silently pondering the information he had received.

Ram then asked, "Have you fought with them, and how good are they?"

"Well, we fought each other, and the first time we were unguarded, we didn't close the door, and let them rush in and grab some food and meat, and some gold coins and two women. Charles gritted his teeth, "The second time we closed the door in time, shot one of them behind the wooden fence, wounded two of them, and they didn't grab anything. Hmph, we're on guard, so they don't want to take anything. ”

Ram nodded, glanced at Nalco again, and when he saw that the other party didn't say anything, he stepped back.

At this time, Theseus spoke: "The situation is generally clear, we can still destroy them with our strength, the only concern is that the villagers will suffer too many casualties, Nalco, it is better for us to rush first and kill a few of them in the battle, and when they only care, it will be easier for the villagers to destroy them." ”

Nalco smiled and nodded, then shook his head with a smile. Xiu Siqi said, "What do you mean?"

"Your idea is very good, young master, you have a benevolent heart, and in the future, the lords of the Houghton Territory will be blessed, and they will have a lord who loves the people. Nalco smiled and leaned over to compliment the young master, and Thurston was a little embarrassed, his face slightly flushed.

"But your thoughts are a little naïve!" Who knows, the second sentence became an undisguised contempt, a change that Hughes could not get around for a while, his eyes stared straight at Nalco, and his mouth was open, but he could not say anything.

Ignoring the young master's feelings, Nalko's voice gradually turned cold, he glanced at the team behind him, and said in a low voice: "Young master, even if half of these people are dead, we must ensure that all the thieves are wiped out in the mound, and they must not be allowed to escape! ”

Hughes was stunned, and he looked at Nalco in confusion, and then at Ram.

Ram smiled bitterly and explained: "The thieves are cruel and vicious, and they will be revenged, and from the fact that they all have horses, it can be seen that this group of people is relatively rich, so when the thieves are badly injured but some escape, they will most likely not just give up, but will buy people and horses again and take revenge." At that time, we were already gone, and the destruction of the Shire village without the protection of the army ——— was the only outcome. ”

Nalco continued: "The useless old men will be killed, the women will be humiliated and tortured, or they will be sold to the Rayne Empire with the children and the remaining men! The belongings will be looted, the village will be burned!

Suddenly, he exhaled heavily, his face a little ashen, and muttered, "Could it be that our actions are causing disaster to the Shire Village?!"

Nalco continued to observe the young master's state, and when he heard this, he immediately denied it very simply: "Of course not, we are helping them." However, you must pay attention to the ways and means, young master, which will you choose between the big casualties in exchange for a one-for-one result, or the regret that a small casualty may cause?"

Xius was silent, he repeated the monotonous life of practicing swords every day, even though he had learned a lot of knowledge from books, but the real decisiveness did not come from books. That comes from the heart, from the coldness of feelings!

After a while, Hughes raised his head again, took a long breath, and slowly exhaled it, his eyes brightened again, his eyes were full of firmness and a trace of fleeting unbearability, he faced Nalco and thanked solemnly: "Thank you, my understanding of this continent has finally increased a little, which is a truth that cannot be learned from books." ”

Hughes turned his head to look at the team that was concentrating on the road, and when he turned around, the cold light in his eyes made even Nalco, a battle-hardened fellow, palpitate slightly.

"I'm afraid, killing all the thieves is the best option!" said Hughes to the two guards in a deep voice, "Also, Nalko, this battle is under your command, and I obey all your orders, sir. ”

"Very good!" Nalco laughed happily, "Young Master, do you know that you are growing, soon, soon!"

"Young Master, although we are attacking head-on with dignity, scout reconnaissance is still essential, which allows us to figure out the enemy's strength and disposition. Once we figured out the details of the enemy, we had already won half of the battle before it was fought. ”

Along the way, Nalco kept teaching his practical experience to Hughes little by little, and Hughes listened equally carefully. Like an absorbent sponge, he quickly absorbed Nalco's experience into his own memory, and sometimes asked questions, trying to turn them into his own understanding little by little.

Nalco was very satisfied with the young master's attitude, and there was no reservation between his words. If it weren't for the fact that the time was too short and there was too much content, Nalco might have sat down to discuss with the young master for a few days and nights. Ram was on the sidelines, receiving a teaching from Nalco with Hughes. Nodding in agreement or frowning in reflection from time to time indicates that he has gained a lot just as much.

Occasionally, in the process of listening, Xiusi sighed a little bit of thought: Sure enough, knowing how to absorb the wisdom of others is the shortcut to progress!

At this moment, Hughes saw that Charles, who was leading the way, stopped, and when he looked further, the road ahead was covered by a somewhat sparse forest.

Charles trotted a few steps. At this time, his forehead was already sweaty, and his face was red and simple, and he gasped slightly and reported to Nalco: "Lord Nalco, this place is still about three kilometers away from that hill, and after this forest, there is no terrain that can block the line of sight, so many of us will definitely be seen by the other party." ”

Nalco nodded, and then instructed Ram: "You go and check the situation, be careful, don't get too close, the other party has horses." Ram took the order, whipped lightly, and rushed down the road into the woods with one man and one horse.

Nalco observed the villagers again, and found that most of them were a little tired, so he simply ordered: "All go into the woods, divide into two teams and rest on both sides of the road, sit in a row, be vigilant, and four archers on the trees." Then choose two more clever fellows, one in front of the other and one behind, and go to the other side of the woods, and look in the direction of the mound, and if you find anything, report it immediately, and I'll wait here. ”