The situation of the battle has developed to the point where it is basically possible to do without Isabel Walton again. She glanced at the two knights beside her and whispered, "All right, now you two rush up and grab Joseph." Remember, I'm going to live. ”

The knight with the long-haired version of the Mohican hairstyle said, "Ma'am, what about the two knights?" ”

Isabel hesitated, but said coldly: "I just want to live Joseph, understand?" ”

"Ma'am, I see." After saying that, the knight smiled and nodded to his companion beside him. Immediately, the two stood up in the darkness of the night, brandished their stabbing swords and short-handled battle axes, and galloped in the direction of the Josephs.

In just a few seconds, the two of them ran to the left side of the road and intercepted Joseph and the others, who had no time to escape. The knight of the "Head of Mohican" danced a beautiful "axe flower" with a short-handled battle axe in his right hand, laughed at Joseph Swift and said, "Hey, baby, where do you want to go?" ”

Victor stood in front of Joseph, grasped the hilt of the sword with his right hand, which was a third of the length of the blade, pointed the tip of the sword at his enemy, and said, "You thieves who see money are even more hateful than the Scots. ”

The companion of the "head of Mohican", who also carried a shield and a short-handled battle axe, sneered and said, "If you will lay down your arms, we will let you see your family with the dignity of a knight." ”

At this time, three more Ferguson brothers arrived from the battlefield. Five broken knights armed with spears, stabbing swords, battle axes, and shields surrounded Joseph and the other three in an arc. It seems unlikely that the two knights, Joseph and Victor, would have escaped from this life-and-death battle without going through a meat grinder-like scuffle.

Standing on one leg on the grass 40 yards away, Isabel remained in combat shape as Ferguson's five brothers surrounded Joseph and the others from a distance. Then, she quietly stood up and walked towards the middle and rear of the gratuity line.

At this moment, a glimmer of moonlight quietly appeared in the gloomy sky, and a bright moon emerged from behind the dark clouds that covered the sky. Isabel glanced casually at the grove on the north side of the road as she quickened her pace.

At this glance, she saw several men's figures suddenly flash in the autumn leaves. Immediately alerted, he thought as he walked, "What's going on?" Didn't Ferguson get rid of all the people in the honoraria army? ”

When she came to Ferguson, who was resting on the grass, she crouched down, lowered her longbow and said, "Sir, are you okay?" ”

Ferguson looked at her, grinned and said, "I'm fine, ma'am." Look, I didn't have any injuries on my body. ”

"Yes, it seems that Jazz is still so brave. By the way, when I came over just now, I noticed that there seemed to be people in the grove to the north. ”

"What? How is this possible? Unless, it's someone who escaped in a previous battle. ”

"No, if it's someone who runs away in battle, why stay near the battlefield? Didn't they want to go to Barnard Castle to seek refuge from the army? ”

"Ma'am, you're right. I reckon those people must be thieves too, trying to get some broth out of our hands. ”

Isabel looked again at the grove across the road, and whispered, "So, sir, are you willing to let these men take most of the treasure that you and your brothers have bought with their flesh and blood?" ”

Ferguson picked up a short-handled battle axe stained with blood, minced flesh and a little hair, which had been placed on the grass, and said viciously: "If you want to take my treasure and that of my brothers, you just have to leave your life behind." ”

"Sir, I think we can test the purpose of these people first. Assuming that they really want to steal the gratuity from us, we can get rid of them by the way. ”

"Good idea. Ma'am, do you see how many of them there are? ”

"I don't know how many of them there are, but we can lure them out of the woods."

"Well, how to lure?"

"Those two boxes full of gratuities."

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Richard walked up to the sleepy-eyed young man, kicked him in the ass, and scolded in a low voice, "Benjamin, you stupid pig, you can only sleep and eat. ”

The young man named Benjamin rubbed his buttocks and said aggrievedly, "Richard, the night is meant to sleep. I have never heard of a precedent for the kingdom's armies to fight at night. ”

"Even if you haven't heard of it, isn't there a battle that took place at night?"

"Well, you're right, what are you going me to do?"

"Go with the others to grab Lord Darlington's honorarium."

"No problem, where's the gratuity?"

Richard angrily kicked Benjamin in the ass again, shook the stabbing sword in his hand in front of his eyes, and said, "Stupid pig, take up your sword and bravely rush at your enemy, and the reward is in the chest lying on the road." ”

Four thieves, including Richard, had gathered in Francis's vicinity, and now they were just waiting for a golden opportunity to break out of the grove and claim the reward that wasn't theirs.

The cautious Francis, on the other hand, did not think things would be as simple as they thought. Since another group of thieves could kill all the people of the Reward Army, it would be easy to kill five of them.

He was going to wait a little longer and see what the other gang of thieves would do next. However, Richard, who was crouching to the side and holding a stabbing sword and shield, was anxious to keep tapping the shield with the blade. Francis turned around, grabbed his wrist and whispered, "What are you doing?" Do you want us to be discovered by that gang of thieves? ”

Richard shook off his hand and said disdainfully, "I'm just going to let them discover our people." This will tell them that they can't take away the gratuity so easily. ”

Francis shook his head and said, "Wait a minute, why don't you let Charles shoot a few arrows at them first." If they chase them into the grove, we can kill them all here. ”

"Francis, Lord Darlington's refusal to let you inherit the title and the realm seems to be the biggest mistake your Lord has made." Richard finished laughing, and then said to the man next to him with an arrow stuck diagonally in his back, "Charles, it's up to you now." ”

Charles picked up the longbow that was placed on the grass, and when he stood up, he pulled out a heavy arrow about a yard long (about 91.4 centimeters) from his waist, looked at him and said, "Who do you want me to shoot?" ”

Richard walked up to him and whispered, "Can you tell which of the thieves who fought with the army just now is their leader?" ”

Charles put the arrow on the bowstring, tried the bowstring again, and adjusted the longbow and his mental state to a ready state, recalled: "I thought the guy with a tomahawk in each hand was very strong, and no one seemed to be able to resist the tomahawk in his hand." Perhaps, this guy is their leader. ”

Then he added, "But the longbowman hiding in the distance looks like a ghost. I took a closer look at his archery skills, and I saw that he could shoot anyone he wanted with almost no aiming. ”