Chapter 145: Counterattack
I hurriedly tugged at the hem of his leather armor to warn the people around me to talk a lot and stop Khloe from saying anything more shocking.
You must know that in medieval Europe, although the authority of the Holy See at this time was not so deep-rooted in all corners of society and became the supreme ruling authority, the blasphemy was still enough to make him fall into the abyss of no return, and even I, the lord, could not cover it up, so I could only watch him be sent to the gallows.
Kohler understood what I meant, glanced at the stretcher-carrying attendant beside him, and lowered his head in a dejected manner.
A cart full of corpses passed by us, the wounded war horse looked gloomy and muffled to pull the cart, and in the pile of corpses thrown together, an arm on the outside jumped up and down with the bumps, as if it was still alive, but a drop of black blood condensed into beads on the fingertips, and finally could not bear the weight of the fall, and suddenly fell on my face, so frightened that I was so excited that I almost jumped up from the stretcher.
The bull came out of the tower in a hurry, holding a richly decorated sword in his hand, and handed it to me, saying, "My lord, this is the sword of the leading knight, who has repented for his deeds, handed over his ancestral sword, and promised God to submit to you. ”
I took the long sword inlaid with many small gems, put it in my hand and weighed it, and then drew the sword out of the sheath, visually measuring the sharpness of the blade, the sword body was chiseled in the middle of a deep blood groove, the ancient chopping traces show that it must have been a murderous weapon, the ancestors of the past horizontal knife could not think of the descendants were not filial, and actually gave up the family martial tradition, inlaid with gold and silver wrapped up a cold murderous aura, so that the blood-drinking artifact fell to the point of becoming an ornament, which is clearly a realistic portrayal of hatred and carelessness, and empty Mu Sanchunhui.
"Where is that knight being held now? Is it a nobleman with a knighthood? ”
I threw the sword to Kohler to hold, and leaned on the cushion on my back, and the knight who could afford to decorate a sword in this way must have been a hereditary aristocratic family, and the crusade had not yet begun, and there was no deep-rooted family lineage, and the myth of a small man getting rich overnight was basically difficult to happen.
The bull thought for a moment and then said to me: "He claims to be a vassal of His Majesty's uncle, Lord Count Ethel, and Wilhelm, Baron Nevbek, from the old Friedrich family of Saxony, and his father is Henry of Neslautern of Bellinneslautern. ”
"It's okay, you're doing a good job, you've made a lot of progress compared to before, you must know that I have high hopes for you, Kohler was trained as a miracle soldier, and maybe he will live forever in the darkness that ordinary people can't see, and you are the commander of the lord's power in my time, a talent who is in charge alone."
"You are very hardworking, you learn things quickly, some things need to be taken slowly, you can't be in a hurry, our efforts and justice God all see it, and you will never be mistaken, you should get it, stingy with giving."
I smiled and comforted the bull who had managed to recite it word for word, and who was annoyed that he hadn't finally figured it out.
"What are you going to do with him, forgive me for taking the liberty of thinking about the adult's mind, do you want to make something about this person? With the strength we have, retaking the castle is a fool's dream, and it will be difficult to protect ourselves, and if we anger the enemy, the consequences will be devastating! ”
Kohler touched his chin and vaguely guessed the approximately, which is what I admire most about him, he is smart and willing to use his brains, and never easily expresses his opinions, but once he speaks, it must be a well-thought-out formed opinion, which can often make up for the loopholes in my thoughts, and there is a faint style of general, so I take the bull as a leader in the future training, and Kohler is a handsome talent who has become a country.
"If we don't provoke the enemy, how can we exploit it? To know who God wants to perish, he must first make him mad, and the impulse to anger is the catalyst for twice the result with half the effort. ”
I spread out my hands, deliberately grimaced helplessly, and commanded the bull standing aside: "Gather as many men and strong women as you can hold weapons tonight, and then rush to make a large number of flags and life-size scarecrows overnight, and all must be prepared early tomorrow morning." As for all the captives today, cut off their right ears and collect them, the Baron William, who calls himself something, will find a clean place to behead him in a moment, his head is the key to knock on the castle gate, and it must be kept. ”
After listening to my order, the bull wrinkled his eyebrows in confusion, and Kohler nodded thoughtfully, and I watched everyone's performance, and lay down on the stretcher without saying a word, and told the squire that he could move on.
I was so noisy all night that I couldn't sleep because of the noise of people coming and going in the castle, and in fact the pain of the wound in my lower back was also everywhere, which made me worry about whether it hurt my kidneys, and I pity my young and promising Earl, who has never even touched a woman until now, and if it really breaks a kidney inexplicably, there is no place to reason if I want to cry.
After tossing and turning for a long time on the damp bed covered with animal skins, I poked my head out of the bed, looked at the light of the sun shining into the room, and saw the many fine dust flying up and down, and finally decided to get up, and the little attendant immediately prepared the basin and the towel, and served me to dress neatly.
Kohler and the bull were busy all night, and waited outside early, but from their eyes, they couldn't see the tension of the imminent war, maybe they had followed me for too long, and they had experienced too many dangerous scenes of birth and death, and they had a superstition about my ability, even if I told them to cut off their heads and grow them back, it was estimated that the two of them would chop off their heads without saying a word.
I took a sip of the pheasant soup that I had specially ordered the kitchen to prepare, and the taste was so clear that it was about to fade out of the bird, I frowned and smacked the taste in my mouth, and looked up to signal that the bull could report the situation, he was stunned, cleared his throat and said:
"All the men in the castle were mobilized last night, and now there are one hundred and twenty men, women, and children of all heights, standing outside, and it is almost enough to frighten the enemy when they take up their shields and look at them from a distance, but there are less than fifty warriors among them, and a dozen of them are slightly wounded, and the flags and scarecrows are ready, and as for the poor prisoners of war, they are now all covering their wounds and groaning, cursing the injustice of fate, and the bloody ears and the head of Baron William are contained here."
As he spoke, the bull smashed the cloth bag he had been carrying since he entered the door on the table, and there were blood stains oozing from many places, and I looked at it and the chicken soup on the plate, and immediately felt sick to my stomach, and threw it aside with great interest.
"Where's your side?"
I raised my chin at Koleyan, pushed the plate in front of me away, and said to the attendant who came to clean up: "Be careful not to let anyone eat, I will continue to enjoy it at night." ”
"The work was carried out overnight, and it was finally completed, the commando team has been concealed and ready to be on call at any time, they are all nightingale elites who have been ordered to rush back from all over the country, and they are fully capable of carrying out this mission, and their loyalty and reliability are beyond consideration."
Kohler succinctly explained the situation he was responsible for, then stood aside with his head down, quietly waiting for the next order.
"Then let's go, go to Herusbeck to meet those bastards who occupy the magpie's nest, let them see our methods, dare to occupy the castle without the permission of the master, and dare not leave, we really need to teach them a good lesson, give them a long memory, don't be so rude in the future."
I lay down on a stretcher, and hurried to rest my wounded back, which was still aching, before the battle, and when I reached the castle, I had to sit on my horse for a long time to deceive the enemy, and it was a great test for the wound that had just recovered.
When our group appeared in the sight of the castle, the enemy was obviously frightened, they did not think that we should be heavily injured we still have the strength to attack, hurriedly arranged the defense, a team of archers trotted on the city wall to draw their bows and ready to fire, the loud sound of military trumpets resounded in the sky.
With the careful support of the attendants, I mounted my war horse, tightened the wooden plank tied to my back as a support, and forced the horse to trot all the way to the castle, staring at the huge building in front of me, which was quite familiar with several entrances and exits, and beckoned the attendants to come forward and read the declaration of war, and said to myself in my heart:
"I don't know if I can make it, God old man, please......"
A few craftsmen were scrambling to assemble the trebuchet in the cleared clearing, a large lever machine, which seemed to me unskilled but the only long-range weapon that could pose a threat to the enemy in the overstretched siege troops, although after seeing five or six strong men who were responsible for pulling the trebuchet's ropes, I doubted that its range was up to par.
Riding on the horse and turning back with difficulty, I nodded at the scarecrow standing at the back of the line with a weapon shield, in order to achieve the most realistic deception effect, I will arrange the few soldiers with mixed good and bad, and the scarecrow at intervals, plus the bluffing banner, and the sword and halberd like a forest of weapons, from a distance there is really a little bit of a million army posture, in short, I believe that the enemy must have a very uncomfortable feeling when he sees the dense city under the city, far more than they imagined when the soldiers surrounded him as many as locusts.
(End of chapter)