Chapter 261: Raiding along the River
Yo! It's quite reasonable to say, this kind of frivolous and bad behavior is tantamount to stretching out your foot to trip you and then pretending to come over and ask about the pain? I was suddenly angry, and said to her through gritted teeth:
"Don't worry, the boys around me, but I haven't touched meat for a long time, and there is such a suitable opportunity, I don't mind letting them take turns to try it, as a reward for accompanying me from birth to death."
Before I could finish my sentence, a soldier ran over and reported: "My lord, the enemy of the fortress on the right flank has rushed over to reinforce it, and I am afraid that we will not be able to resist the large number of people, and the brothers who occupy the granary have already taken control of the gate of the castle, and have sent someone to urge us to hurry over." ”
Speaking of which, I just woke up from a dream, and was almost put on a swing by Figura, deliberately provoking me to delay time, thinking carefully and viciously, and sure enough, I was a femme fatale!
I ran to the half-blown window to look, the left wing fortress had been lost in the billowing smoke and fierce fire, the corridor connecting the castle tower had not yet been affected, but I could clearly see the figures running by, the right wing fortress was brightly lit and noisy, presumably the explosion here alarmed the enemy, they were reinforcing the tower, the whole city of Gniezno was in flames, the red elves danced excitedly in the wind, jumping from house to house, hand in hand to turn this place into a paradise of flames, I couldn't see exactly where the enemy was and where I was, but I could only vaguely identify the direction of the gate by the illuminated sky.
"Let's go!" The situation was urgent, and I didn't have time to say more, so I waved my hand and ordered my men.
"Add fire to the corridor leading to the fortress on the right flank, and let's retreat." As I spoke, I untied the bag full of oil from my back, handed it into the hands of the warrior, and plunged myself into the acrid smoke.
We staggered and ran for a long distance, a few warriors screamed and fell down the steps under their feet, the sound came far away in the darkness, and the reflection through the walls became more and more frightening, and we walked more cautiously, until we reached the bottom of the tower.
The soldiers who had been waiting here for a long time hurriedly came to meet them, and they built a simple fortress out of sacks and cracked wood by the castle gates, ready to hold on.
"My lord, we have made contact with our own people outside the city, the rescuers sent by the castle are entangled by the swordfish's men, and they will not be able to get out for a while, please leave quickly, the boat is already on standby by the river." The soldiers at the head threw the crossbow in their hands to their comrades and came up to help escort Figura down.
"Very well, let's go together." The air at the city gate was a little fresher, and I breathed heavily, and it took me a long time to catch the breath in my chest.
"The corridor is full of fire, the enemy needs some time to rush over, there is no need to defend this barricade, all light it for me!"
The soldiers threw all the remaining fire oil onto the sacks, and when everyone had passed, a few torches were thrown far away, and a little flame instantly burned into a monstrous flame, blocking the entire gate, tirelessly greedy **** The castle built with logs and sand and stones, the lookout standing above the city gate has been hollowed out of the base, and is crumbling in the wind, and the cracked bracket emits a painful wail.
Until you sail a long way on the boat, you can see the billowing black smoke rising from Mount Lech, the sky is already bright, the sun is blocked by the smoke and dust in the sky, and there is no excess heat to spread on the world.
Most of the soldiers on the ship were wounded, their faces were blue and purple, they held their respective weapons and their eyes were dull, and the battle in the early morning consumed too much physical strength, and many of them fell asleep on the side of the ship.
Swordfish's subordinates suffered heavy losses, because when they robbed in the outer city, they happened to meet Shelov who rushed to the rescue with great momentum, the other party was all skilled knights, and the number was overwhelming, Swordfish's gang would only bully the soft and afraid of the hard subordinates in the countryside, which was the opponent of the fierce and vicious regular army, and the morale collapsed and defeated in minutes, and the old pirates who had been crisscrossing the North Sea for many years ran away without their lives, so they picked up a life, but the best right-hand man had been killed and wounded, and only a dozen people fled back to the ship with him, So that there was not enough people to row the boat, but fortunately, we took advantage of the water to go downstream, and everyone was almost able to take a hand.
I did not find a guide in the crowd to lead the way, presumably he had died tragically under the sword of the enemy, and had already been reduced to a pile of burnt dirt.
"Where are we going next?"
The swordfish may have been in a daze, or maybe the sun has finally shown its face, and he can't get used to the scorching light, anyway, when the river turns a gentle bend and he can no longer see the smoke on Mount Lech, he has been leaning against the bow of the boat like a dead man, and he muttered a sigh.
"It's really nerve-wracking to accompany you to do this big ticket......"
The little one is going to turn my intestines with me here! I lost a few people, and it really hurt him to not catch anything, so I moved my ass and sat down, patted him on the shoulder and comforted:
"Don't worry, there is a letter of nomination this time, the benefits will be indispensable to you in the future, the next work is not heavy, let your men loot the villages along the way, plow all the big and small for me, and the spoils are all yours, and it will be used as a pension for the fallen brothers."
"Really?"
Hearing the good news, the swordfish's eyes lit up, and he jumped up, and his strength almost overturned the boat, and the soldiers turned their heads to stare at him in surprise.
"We've already done this when we came, so why do we have to do it again?"
"It's called beating dogs with sticks, and it makes the rotten flesh of the enemy's body itch."
I raised my eyebrows with a colorful face, and instantly felt that my image had become Zhou Gongjin who was in ashes between the lupine scarf and laughter, but unfortunately the people who cheered were all stinky pirates, not at all comparable to Zhou Tai, who was also born in the green forest, which made the atmosphere a lot embarrassing.
So, as the chickens and dogs along the river drifted and black smoke began to ignite, I stood on the shore with my hands in my hands, and watched coldly as the pirates carried bags of valuable gadgets to the boats, and the waterline did not go down a little.
Even the wounded pirates were pirates, not something that ordinary people could resist, and anyone who dared to resist was cut into a bloody mess, and the skinned skeletons were laid out outside the village to guard the peasants who were still struggling to survive.
The weeping child was held tightly in his mother's arms and trembled, the old man who had lost his home looked at his house without tears and scorched in the fire, but all the women of some appearance were dragged into the grass by the lustful laughter of the hungry pirates, no matter how much they struggled, to no avail, after the passion was stabbed in the throat, and the corpses were exposed to the wilderness.
"Are they going too far, sir?" The soldiers of Nijmegen, who were also from acres of land, could not bear to witness this human tragedy, and all of them crouched by the river with their backs to the village, and one of the soldiers who was close to me asked weakly, and his voice was as small as a mosquito's humming.
"If it were the Polish invasion of Nijmegen, would anyone spare your parents, wives and children these brothers and grandchildren who are groaning and screaming at the people? Tell me, will you? ”
After coming to the Middle Ages for so long, I finally learned to turn my heart into a super machine made of steel and concrete, which will never be manipulated by any human emotion and six desires, and the compassion, pity, sympathy, and fraternity given by the growth of my previous life have been swept out of the sulcus of the brain in one go, and then formatted and deleted.
In this era, there is no absolute hatred between people, but there is no relative love, the other party may be a poor person who is subservient in front of the lord one moment, and the next moment he will tear off the mask of humility and raise a fork at the lonely traveler, maybe just coveting a moldy bread lump in his pocket, the truth is so cruel, but alive.
"My lord, what about these crying mud legs? They will expose our numbers and lines of action to the enemy. ”
The swordfish also walked over with his hands behind his back like me, slowly holding the fight, as a pirate king with a head and a face, he has not participated in such a low-level robbery for many years, not only will he fall but also make chickens and dogs jump into a commotion, anyway, there is a little brother to do things.
"A few more Jingguan shouldn't delay a lot of time, right?" In the past, I absolutely couldn't believe that such words would come out of my mouth, and I was sentenced to death by the hundred and tenth people lightly, I don't know if I was too cowardly in my previous life, or I have become a demon in this life?
"It's okay, there's definitely enough time."
The swordfish has become insensitive to killing, and how many heads are cut off in his cognition, just a difference in numbers, has no practical meaning, if there is still a trace of humanity, the pirate king who is now calling for wind and rain would have died at the hands of others.
During the five-day voyage we sacked seven villages and a small town, leaving behind a trail of bones and scorched earth, and the terrifying aura spread along the river to more places, and as we went, there were no more people on either side of the river, and the villages we had managed to meet were long since empty.
"It seems that my plan has worked, and the enemy may be on their way."
Our fleet passed another empty village, and the swordfish, who had not sailed for two days, crouched in the bow of the ship in frustration, and although there was no room to load the spoils on the ship, as a pirate he would never be disgusted with the fact that he had gained too much, and he would rather jump into the water and swim himself if necessary, and make room for it.
"What do you mean by that?" Swordfish asked suspiciously.
"I mean, it's time for us to abandon ship and find another way home."
I smiled and stared at the swordfish's fuchsia face, his men had suffered heavy casualties, and they had fallen behind in numbers.
Swordfish understands that abandoning ship and landing on shore means losing most of the spoils, and although he is a pirate king who roams the North Sea, he doesn't care about the little wealth of a fly's legs, but letting a miser choose whether he wants to die or money is tantamount to forcing him to commit suicide.
"If there is such a big movement, a fool can see that we are moving along the river, maybe we have already laid a net in front of us, just waiting for us to plunge into it ourselves."
"You have the ...... your lordship," the swordfish stroked the loot piled at his feet with a dejected head, his eyes revealing infinite sadness.
(End of chapter)