Chapter 432: The Hunting Flag
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"Kill! Kill these English dogs! ”
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
"Let's go together! Come on! ”
"For the sake of the tribe, for the sake of the family, everyone!"
"Whew-"
Next to the battlements of a fortress, young soldiers couldn't help but look up, and the sparse crowd with all kinds of weapons, men, women, children, old people, about a few hundred, shouting unintelligible languages in their mouths, rushed towards the castle one by one.
Looking at the layers of corpses under the fortress, and then quietly surrounding his other grizzled companions, the young soldier sighed softly, not knowing whether to be scared or happy.
"Hey! Don't be afraid, man, the castle we built is thirty feet high, the tallest and strongest castle in the whole of southern Ireland, and those Kate barbarians can't attack it! ”
On the side, the veteran with blood on his arm licked his chapped lips and said with a smile.
The young soldier couldn't help but turn his head and saw a young soldier with flaxen curly hair, sitting on the city wall, cracking his mouth and laughing softly.
Seeing his calm appearance, the young soldier couldn't help but straighten his chest and said in a loud voice:
"Who is scared, I'm just curious how those Kate barbarians don't feel afraid, have we killed so many people, the city walls are covered with corpses, there is no fear at all, and they are still rushing forward without knowing whether they are alive or dead!"
As soon as the young soldier finished speaking, he immediately felt that there were several pairs of eyes staring at him sternly, as if they were about to eat him.
He shrunk his neck and sat still, and after a moment he felt his gaze leave him.
And he looked up and saw that the veteran in front of him was looking at him with playful eyes, which couldn't help but make him a little angry and glared at him fiercely.
Who knows, not only did he not care, but he laughed, holding his stomach and laughing.
Seeing this, the young soldier turned his head angrily and looked at the scene under the city wall, being wantonly shot by the archers.
"Hey, man, do you know why you were being treated with hostility just now?" The veteran looked at the sulking recruit, stopped smiling, moved his buttocks, and said to him.
When the young soldier, who had not yet paid attention to him, heard this, he could no longer care about being angry, turned his head, his eyes widened, and asked curiously:
"Why?"
"Huh!" The veteran smiled, pressed the young soldier's head over, and said with his lips to his ear:
"Because, it is the Kate who are hostile to you!"
"What?" The young soldier looked incredulous, and although he was gray-faced, his eyes were wide open, and he could clearly see his blue eyes, like stars in the sky, very beautiful.
"This must be a handsome guy!" The veteran thought silently in his heart.
"Be quiet!" The veteran hurriedly showed a cautious look and reminded, "These Kates are different from the Kates under the city walls!" ”
"They are all from the Kate tribe in the northern province of Art, and they have taken refuge in us, so they were sent here to defend the city for us!"
"So, be careful in the future, don't curse casually, especially don't implicate them, these people are very powerful characters in fights!"
The veteran said with palpitations, his voice trembling slightly, and his eyes glanced around, for fear of being heard.
"Oh! I know! The young soldier glanced at the man beside him and replied cautiously.
"By the way, little one, where are you from?" The veteran glanced at the young man and asked.
"I'm from Scotland, but in the Lowlands, and I speak English!" The young soldier said with some wistfulness.
"You're Scottish, why did you come to Ireland?" The veteran asked curiously.
"Alas! Isn't this the founding of the United Kingdom? His Majesty the King set up the United Kingdom Army, and I wandered around the streets, and I was caught! The young soldier said angrily, "My brother and parents must still be at home waiting for me to go back?" Damn the Army! I'm only 16 years old, and I'm not married yet! ”
"I wasn't caught, but drunk, lying on the side of the road, being pulled directly by the army, waking up in a daze, and going to the barracks!" The veteran waved his hand helplessly and said.
"Alas!" The two sighed heavily.
Recruiting people to serve as soldiers, this is a tradition both in China and abroad, especially in Europe, where there have been continuous wars for many years, coupled with the extremely bad medical environment, the mortality rate of soldiers remains high, and there is no pension, so people are afraid of being soldiers.
No way, even if Edward increased the pay of the soldiers and added pensions, but due to the influence of traditional beliefs, no one wanted to be a professional soldier unless the king recruited the militia.
The army is a little better, the navy can really be said to have added more money, and not many people are willing to join.
The weather at sea, pirates, disease, and the harsh environment are the threshold for the young lads to stop.
Even later, when Britain became the era of the empire on which the sun never set, most of the sailors did not join voluntarily.
So, let's travel back in time to that era, just be careful.
"Rush! Kill! As the two of them spoke, a louder voice suddenly came from their ears.
"Everyone, get ready, a large number of enemy forces are coming!" The commander on the rampart shouted loudly.
The young soldiers and veterans hurriedly got up and looked down, all their previously calm faces gone.
I saw a crowd of people like ants rushing towards the castle, like the waves of the sea, running unstoppably, majestic.
Several siege vehicles were pushed forward slowly by hundreds of people, and there were thousands of cavalry in the front row, majestic, and the remaining Kate infantry, wielding various weapons, although the expression on their faces was not clear, but there was no need to think about it, it must be extremely hideous.
Looking from the front and back, the endless human heads make people's scalps numb, and even the light of the sun in the sky is obscured a lot.
There are more than 10,000 people, and there is no boundary.
"No way, this can't be!" The veteran muttered incessantly, a look of disbelief on his face.
"What's wrong?" The young soldier asked busily.
"You just came here, I'm afraid you don't know, here in Ireland, there are almost no tribes with a population of more than 10,000, and this time, in my experience, there are at least tens of thousands of people, and this time we are afraid that we are in danger!"
The veteran's face was full of sorrow and sighed.
"Coupled with the tribes that attacked the city a few days ago, there is not such a big tribal alliance on the island of Ireland, I'm afraid, this is the remaining tribe in Ireland!"
Sure enough, the veteran was right, this group of tribal coalition troops did not immediately attack the city, but set up camp tents quite methodically.
I saw that dozens of various tribal flags were fluttering in the wind, hunting sounds, and it looked extremely spectacular.