Chapter 22: I Didn't Catch Alive
The busy day of the craftsmen began again, and since the Count gave them the drawings, they had been working day and night under the leadership of Crowne, and although the newcomers had no experience, they were able to complete the assigned tasks on their own after getting acquainted with them.
The place where the craftsmen are busy is in the back hill, not far from Sears Castle, where the trees have long been turned into various materials, and after a series of treatments, they finally become part of the crossbow.
"Carlo, there's not enough buckle grooves, get some more. ”
"Do you think I'm a magician and can conjure up out of thin air, even if I'm a magician?
Six apprentices are already doing it, you guys get the others first. ”
Not far from the clearing is a row of simple stone houses, and the interior of the stone houses was built according to the requirements of the blacksmith Carlo, where they usually work.
And the conversation between Cloune and Carlo just now has been a routine these days, since the production efficiency of the crossbow has increased, the parts on Carlo's side have not been able to keep up, and the troublesome Clouen has also made a portable winding handle, which has increased his workload again.
But fortunately, it was changed to a wooden one in the end, which also made him breathe a sigh of relief, he knew that the earl had given him another task, and that Mitsubishi thorn had only been made dozens of times until now, and it seemed that he couldn't sleep well these days, and let the newly recruited people try it out, and it would not be possible to just do it.
At this time, Luther was standing in the distance with the finished crossbow and Mitsubishi thorn in his hand, and he did not bother them, as long as he knew that they were all working hard, and the reward would be indispensable to them when the time came.
"Young Master, is this thing really powerful? And this spear tip. "When Canadian Solar came back, he was arranged to follow Luther, after all, the butler was too busy.
Therefore, his title to Luther was also corrected by Luther as a young master, because Lord Earl, Lord Count Luther listened really awkwardly.
Luther raised his eyebrows when he heard Canadian Solar's words, and said with a smile: "Do you want to try it?" I don't think you can carry it within 10 meters, if you resist the young master, I will reward you with a gold coin." ”
Canadian Solar hurriedly waved his hand and laughed twice before saying, "Young Master, in fact, with my strength, I can use my long sword to cut flying arrows."
But I don't dare to make your money. ”
After hearing this, Luther frowned slightly, but then relieved his heart, even if the knight can block one arrow, then ten, what about the white branch? At that time, all the civilians will be divided into three rows and shoot non-stop, although it will not last long, but they will not be able to shoot at the large army of the Minehir family, and they will not believe that they will not have a headache.
"This thing is called Mitsubishi stabbing fool, and the spear is pointed...... I'm still Mao Feng. Luther despised the other party, and said it three times, but he didn't remember it.
However, he looked at the Mitsubishi thorn and shook his head slightly, this thing is too useless, just now he casually stabbed wood and stone, and the sashimi was slightly deformed. And the spike tip has also flattened.
Then he thought that these things were also rushed out, and it was not good to be too demanding, as long as this thing could be taken by surprise.
The ground in the morning was a little wet, and stepping on the ground felt a bit like stepping on the sand and would sink down, thinking of this, Luther patted his head and remembered that he forgot to ask the housekeeper Plan A, which is a trap.
At that time, he was worried that the opponent would have too many cavalry, so Luther and the steward discussed making some traps and digging some holes, as long as the knights led the cavalry to ensure that they would fall strongly.
"Let's go to Canadian Solar, let's go to the west side. ”
"Okay young master. ”
The Sears Territory is only accessible on three sides, except for the hilltop castle to the east, while the Minehir family is to the northwest of the Sears family, so it is most likely to attack from the west or north.
The north side is full of forests and rocks, and it is estimated that the opponent is unlikely to let the cavalry attack from there, so the smooth road to the west is the best direction of attack.
Although the north and south sides are unlikely to be the main direction of attack, Luther has some arrangements, so he is not very worried.
How to fight this battle and how to fight it is up to him to calculate, and he will never order an attack and pursuit before seeing the opponent's full strength, and if the other party divides his troops, he will not be afraid, and there are several ways to deal with that situation.
If the opponent does not divide many soldiers, it is looking for death, and after eating it in one bite, then say that if it divides too much, the opponent's main force will be in trouble, he will definitely fight a decisive battle directly, and wait for the main force to divide the victory and defeat before dealing with the others.
In fact, he is still very envious of the Santos family, although the city is not good everywhere in his opinion, but at least there are city walls, unlike the poor Sears family, the only northern wall is a small broken city wall made of earth and stones, it is said that it was only made to mark the inner and outer parts of the territory.
Now the Sears Collar has long been forbidden to enter and exit, but presumably no fool has come to join in the fun at this time, and the market in the collar has obviously deserted.
Luther and Visual Arts made their way through the bazaar to the westernmost part of the territory, where in addition to the constant patrol of two ten-man teams, a few scouts were sent out, and a few scouts in the huge district were obviously not enough, but there were not too many of them.
The new 550 soldiers are still adapting, the militia is still training, and the people who can be drawn are all experienced guys, and these guys swear that there will be no problems.
However, in the past two days, Luther was ready to stop the training of the former Searsburg soldiers and began to enter war alert mode.
The patrol saw Luther in the distance, and the captain commanded the others to continue the patrol and ran towards the Count himself.
"Lord Earl. ”
The soldier was in his 50s and had a somewhat messy brown stubble, but he looked very energetic and stood up straight.
"How's it going, what's the situation?"
Luther glanced at the other man and asked as usual.
"Tell the Earl, this morning the other party also came as usual to spy on the situation, except for one who ran away, the other has already dealt with it. ”
Hearing this, Luther wondered, "Was he captured alive?" Didn't he ask the other party about the situation?"
"......"
Hearing that the other party was using an annoying honorific again, Luther waved his hand impatiently and said, "Just say something." ”
“...... He had already been hit by two arrows when he caught up, and your crossbow was so powerful that the man died before he could speak......
The other person ran away as soon as he was spotted before, and we were chasing each other separately, so the crossbow was not exposed.
This is the third time we've been here these days, but the first two times we didn't use crossbows because we weren't sure about being captured. ”
The patrol captain opened his mouth a few times before directly describing the situation just now, obviously not very comfortable without a title, and after finishing speaking, he looked at the earl in front of him with some apprehension.