Chapter 211: Pursuing All the Way
In fact, the Duke of Ella estimated the speed of the Queen's guard of honour a little slower. The Queen's guard of honour had already crossed the southern fork of the road in the southern part of the town of White, but instead of heading in the direction of Entle, it turned east at the fork.
Walker and Wayne Landmark both rolled over and dismounted, inspecting the clear ruts and horseshoe marks on the ground.
"Your Highness, your estimation is indeed correct, these guards of honor have no intention of coming to our Entel at all. It seems that they are heading in the direction of the cliff mountain. Wayne pointed to the neat marks on the ground.
"There are more than we estimated, there are thirty knights of the King's army." The Duke of Ella fell to one knee on the ground, carefully distinguishing the horseshoe prints.
"So what do we do? Asking for help in the nearest town of White? Wayne Landmark shook his head, and through the marks on the ground, he couldn't help but think of thirty knights of the King's Army with thick vests attached to their horses.
"In fact, our charges were convicted when Her Highness passed through the town of Wight, and I still have Her Highness's little gilded hand axe in my hand." Duke Ella stood up from the ground and said with a serious expression, "A woman can't handle thirty knights no matter what, not to mention that those two people in the king's court have already made up their minds to kill. We're just here to save an unarmed woman. ”
"I don't think we'll be shot off by the crossbows of these knights before we get close to those guard of honor." Wayne Landmark scratched his head, ripped a long nose hair from his nostrils, and blew it away in one go.
"Unless you walk up and say hello Mr. Knight or something. Walk. That noble woman may not have much time! Hopefully it's still too late! Walker, the Duke of Ella, grabbed the reins of the horse, stepped on the horses' pedals with one foot, flipped sideways with his legs, sat firmly on the back of the horse with his buttocks, and clamped his legs sharply while pulling the reins, and the eyes flew along the ruts and hoof prints in the direction of the cliff mountain.
Although the prairie has not yet arrived, the trees are very scarce, and Wayne Landmark is not as impulsive as Walker, the Duke of Ella, but scans the surroundings vigilantly, and a chill is in his heart.
Duke Walker of Ella had his own reasons for his impulsiveness, and it was true, he was not at all worried that these knights of honor would set up an ambush in the wilderness, in his opinion, the ambush needed a reason, and they were only planting the blame on him, the Duke of Ella, in order to kill the queen secretly, and it was obvious that these knights did not care that such a poisonous plan would be easily discovered.
The shape of the cliff hill looks like Spitcot bowing his head. The two people who followed the trail followed, and when they reached the foot of the Falling Cliff Mountain, these traces turned into the forest next to the Falling Cliff Mountain.
Traces disappeared at a shallow beach at the foot of the mountain. In front of Ella Duke Walker and Wayne Landmark was the frame of a toppled carriage.
"There!" The Duke of Ella rode his horse and stopped beside the toppled carriage frame, this gorgeous carriage frame still exudes a rich fragrance inside and outside, the corners of the carriage frame shed are made of pure gold, and two white gauze curtains are hung in the hollow flower windows on both sides of the frame, and the coat of arms of the Saxon family of the Kingdom of Forestton is engraved behind the frame - the sky blue ground yellowstone pattern, "That's right, this is the frame of Her Royal Highness!" ”
"There are more scattered horseshoe prints around, and it seems that these 'honor guards' are surrounding Her Highness the Queen from behind the frame and in front of the detour." Wayne rode around the toppled carriage and found the body of a court maid behind a tree at the foot of the Fallen Cliff Mountain, "There is a corpse here!" Like a maid's. The corpse is not cold yet! ”
"They should have just arrived! The queen should still be alive. Yes, it must be. Lo and behold, there are some very faint women's footprints here. She took a few steps on her hind legs, well, must have tried to run across the shallows. These honor guards were like watching a good show of a woman running away in terror, and slowly chased after them. Duke Ella raised his whip and pointed across the shallows, "Wayne! We were very close to them. They must be somewhere on the other side of the shallows! ”
"These knights killed the maids-in-waiting, why did they tie up Her Royal Highness to the other side of the shoal?" Wayne Landmark pointed to the shoal in front of him, "I hope the queen's body isn't found downstream." ”
"No, if they don't secretly kill the queen in this inaccessible place, how can they achieve our purpose. The queen is the king's woman, how do you think these knights at the bottom of the nobility would treat a young woman of such status and status? After Duke Ella Walker finished speaking, the vague appearance of Queen Agnes, who he only had one side in his mind, seemed to finally become clearer, and he just prayed silently to the goddess Arcana, "Hopefully, the bestiality of these hateful knights has not yet begun." ”
"Arcana will punish these hypocrites." Wayne Landmaczema crossed the shallows with Walker, Duke of Ella.
"Then we will be the punishers sent by Arcana." Duke Ella motioned for Wayne Landmark to silence, and there seemed to be a soft sound of horses in the direction of the north in front of him, and then said softly, "It seems that we have found the foothold of this group of knights." ”
"I really hope we don't become the ones who are punished by the goddess, overconfidence comes at a price." Wayne Landmark muttered, casually reaching into his wrapped brown robes and slowly drawing his sword.
"Dismount." Duke Ella didn't say anything, but reached out and pointed to the ground, and then he and Wayne flipped off their horses.
Wayne nodded in response, and then the two led their horses to a relatively secluded bush, and tied them to a small tree at the foot of the cliff.
Even in winter, the spiky grass at the foot of the mountain has only two leaves on its stems that have faded. However, the top thorn is still covered with small spikes, and if you touch the bare skin casually, it will cause a red spot and produce a sharp sting, although it is not poisonous.
Duke Ella's arm was flushed with a red spot, but he resisted the sting, and walked more and more calmly to the place where he had first heard the sound of horses, where almost every tree had a splendid horse in full armor tethered.
"That's right, thirty horses in all." Wayne, who was beside Duke Ella, whispered.
"See that cave?" Duke Ella asked quietly.
"The light of the fire jumping inside couldn't be more obvious. Your Highness, are we just swaggering in? Wayne shrugged helplessly.
"What do you think?" Duke Ella inadvertently glanced at the horses of the honor guards who were tied to the trees, many of which still had the untaken weapons of the knights hanging from their saddle bags, "Wayne, put away your broken sword, it's not very useful, although the silver ornaments on the hilt are beautiful enough." ”
"So what tricks does Your Highness have? We are at an extreme disadvantage in numbers. Wayne put away his sword.
"In the same way, when the Red Boar of Entre invaded Yafen, some courtiers also said the same, but fortunately it was not you. Fortunately, I have always been favored and protected by Arcana. Duke Walker tapped his forehead with his fingers, and then pointed to the tethered horses of the knights of honor, "Go to the tethered horse and give us two crossbows, and by the way, don't forget to find enough crossbow arrows, there are 30 well-trained knights on the other side, although most of them only have a third foot." ”
"No problem. But apparently the situation is much worse now than it was back then, when we still had 1,000 dwarf reinforcements from Shanyanguan and Arno's hand cannons. Now behind us stands a goddess who can only be seen as her soul floats to the temple. After Wayne finished speaking, he quietly walked out from behind the tree, touched the knight's horse of honor, and after searching, he gently took out the fine crossbow and crossbow arrows from his saddle bag, and then rushed back to Duke Ella with the two crossbows and the quiver full of crossbow arrows that he had stolen.
"Don't forget. And Sidrion, the god of war. Duke Ella Walker pulled the crossbow string as he lifted the crossbow from Wayne's hand, held the crossbow arm and looked around, and then inserted the crossbow quiver into the belt around him, "The royal family of Linston - good." ”
"Even the trigger is a golden guy." Wayne added with a grin.
Ira Duke Walker and Wayne lowered their steps and slowly approached the fire-lit cave, and those cheerful laughter came from the cave.
"Yo, when Karan is done enjoying it, it's my turn."
"The Kakhander girls are still punching and kicking Callane. I just ran off and took a peek. ”
"How long will it take?"
"He's a queen after all, and he killed her on the orders of General Terry Rich."
"Wouldn't that be a pity?"
"Forget it, I'm going out to breathe, I'm a little afraid that doing so will bring bad luck."
"If you don't say it, I don't say it, who knows?"
"I'm only responsible for killing him, not for that."
"Leave him alone, he's a boy chicken."
"Hahahaha."
Duke Ella was furious, and he cursed these honor guard knights in his heart, and scolded softly, "Where are these honor guard knights, they are clearly a group of thugs who do beastly things!" ”
"Your Highness, someone is about to come out. What do we do now? Wayne looked at Duke Ella beside him, and he suddenly felt that time was running out, "This group of honor knights has not yet allowed Her Highness to succumb to their brutality. It can be seen that Her Royal Highness is violently resisting the aggression of these beasts. ”
"Shoot!" Duke Ella's eyes seemed to shoot a sharp cold light, it was a complete killing intent, in Wayne's eyes, he seemed to see the powerful earl who stood in front of the Pillar of Arcana in the Battle of Lucy's Glade and led the surprise team.