Two West Slavic hunters carried bows and arrows through the forest, Mecklenburg is mainly plain, so there is basically no prey in the plains, only some hares hiding in the fields, but for these two West Slavic hunters, the hare is a small animal can not satisfy them at all, they are eager to be able to hunt enough male elk for the whole family to eat for a week, this animal with horns like a crown only haunts the border forests of Mecklenburg County, Hunting in the forests of Mecklenburg County requires more than half a year of military service for the chieftain before he is permitted.

The two West Slavic hunters were father and son, they were allowed to hunt after serving as archers for the chieftain for half a year, this forest belonged to the jurisdiction of the West Slavic city of Visma, after obtaining the permit, they showed it to the mayor of the city before they were allowed to enter the forest, along the way the animals in this forest surprised them, but most of them were birds and small beasts, the male elk did not see one, at this time the experienced father took out a horn, this horn blew like the sound of a doe in heat, Male elk are attracted to the sound and fall into the trap of death.

"Father, where do you look?" Just as they were walking and blowing the horn, finally the head of a male elk appeared from the dense bushes, licking the leaves in the bushes with his tender tongue, the two hunters leaned down excitedly, and slowly approached the elk, but at this moment the slightly inexperienced son stepped on a piece of dead wood, the dead wood made a crisp crackling sound, and the elk immediately raised its head alertly and turned to run deeper into the forest.

"Chase." My father knew that if a frightened elk could not be caught, he would probably have nothing to gain today. He bowed behind his back and beckoned his son to chase after him, and the two followed the elk in the direction of the elk's escape to the depths of the forest, and gradually they heard the sound of the river, and the father stopped and took a breath, he didn't expect that he was chasing so far, the river was adjacent to the southern county of Altmark, the county of Altmark was the territory of the Catholics, and he thought that if he continued to pursue, he might enter the territory of the Catholics, which might cause border disputes, but if he couldn't hunt the elk. Half a year of military service for himself and his son was wasted. Just as he hesitated, his son stood on a high cliff and shouted to him holding on to a tree that stretched outward.

"Father, come and see."

"What?" The hunter father and son stand on a high cliff with a rushing river beneath it. On an alluvial delta formed by the river to the east. There is a castle. The castle gate is home to a drawbridge, and many people are coming and going on it, bringing the felled trees into the castle. Archers with bows in their hands on the arrow towers of the city walls were on guard, and several soldiers with spears at the gates kept a close eye on the passers-by, and a flag hung above the gates.

"Father, whose castle is this, how come I have never heard of you." In the eyes of the young Slavic hunter, his father was well-informed enough to know which chief belonged to this castle in the delta.

"No, I've never heard of a new castle here, the Grand Chief of Mecklenburg has lost interest in developing the territory since he fell ill, and we must report it to the chief, it must be an intruder, look at that banner, it's clearly the coat of arms of the Catholic nobility." Because the father and son were very careful to hide, and the dense branches of trees concealed their whereabouts, Arold's soldiers did not know that they had been discovered by the West Slavs, but by this time the castle had already been built, and if the Slavs were to attack, they would have to send a lot of manpower.

The news brought by the two hunters surprised the mayor who ran the town of Wismar, who was extremely uncomfortable to know that there was an enemy castle in his precinct, but he was a little suspicious of the hunters' words, maybe they were just using the temporary stronghold of some wandering Catholic knights as a castle, and these lowly people always exaggerated and would talk about the dragons in the forest when they were drunk.

"What should I do?" The mayor of Jakes paced his room with a sad face, content with his fiefdom, the fur trading point of the town, which sold the furs of northern Europe to the south, and the fur trade that made the town prosperous, although it had fewer than a thousand inhabitants, but was responsible for one-third of the taxes of Mecklenburgshire. He and his family lived here contentedly, and would continue to do so from generation to generation, but he was never tired of being harassed by the damned Christian knights who had always encroached on the lawful fiefdoms he had received from the Grand Chief of Mecklenburg.

"What's wrong? Father. Then the son of the mayor of Jakesh strode in, wearing a fur hat on his head, a bearskin coat, and a sword at his waist that only nobles deserved.

"An intruder has been spotted on our border, just near the county with Altmark." Mayor Jakesh told his son that he was getting older, so there were many things left to his son to do.

"Could it be Count Altmark's man?"

"No, according to my men, Count Artmark has recently been in a dispute with his feudal lord, and he should not have this spare and manpower." Mayor Jakesh shook his head and denied his son's speculation, if it was Count Altmark's invasion, it would be an invasion of the entire Great Emirate of Mecklenburg, and Count Artmark should not have the strength to dare to provoke.

"Where, I'll take some people to see." The son of the mayor of Jakesh held the hilt of his sword and said to his father.

"Well, take some archers and spearmen." The mayor of Jakes assigned his son 10 archers and 50 spearmen, as the mayor of the town he had no cavalry troops, but the infantry was abundant, and in the forest the cavalry would get in the way.

The son of the mayor of Jakesh led a group of Slavic warriors, following the hunter father and son into the forest, and after walking for a while, they found a castle in the delta of the river, and they looked in amazement from the forest at this fortress that suddenly appeared like magic, strong and tall walls, and a naturally formed moat, all of which made them feel that it was impossible for them to take down this building comparable to the castle of the capital of Mecklenburg, and at this moment from the castle's arrow tower came the sound of rapid metal beating, With the sound of metal pounding, the people outside the castle hurried into the castle, the wooden drawbridge was quickly hoisted, the guards on the city wall were running on guard, the archers shot arrows in the direction of the forest where the Slavs were, the arrows fell into the river and splashed, and occasionally a few shot into the forest, blocked by the shields of the Slavs.

"Go back, I've seen enough, this matter must be reported to Kang Tuoyi." The son of the mayor of Jakesh frowned and swung his sword to knock out an arrow, he knew that it was impossible to deal with the castle with the strength of the town of Visma, and he needed to report the matter to the son of the high chief, Kang Tuoyi.

"Lord Count Arrod, we have found traces of the West Slavs, who are wandering around our castle." At about the same time, John Berg reported the Slavs' actions to Arold, and Arold hurriedly put on his chain mail with the help of Julian, and strode out of the Saxon house with the Terminator on his waist, and the people in the castle looked a little panicked, which made Arold a little dissatisfied, and it seemed that he should do some maneuvers when the enemy came to attack in the future, and when Arold climbed the city wall, the son of the mayor of Jacosh had already led his men away, and the alarm made of iron hanging from the arrow tower worked, The Slavs were not given a break to take advantage of the chaos to attack.

"It seems that we are running out of time, and our warehouse is fully stocked, right? I must have asked the craftsmen to make three bed crossbows. Arod watched the figure of the Slavs disappear into the forest, he turned his head and said to Julian, the bed crossbow is another new weapon that Arod ordered the monks to make, this kind of wooden planks in the right proportions are squeezed against each other, glued with fish rafting, and then tied and bent with flax rope to form a huge bow, and then the bow is fixed on a large wooden stool, when used, the wooden stool is placed, and the special crossbow bolt is placed on the bow and shot, which is very powerful and is a good helper for the Song Dynasty people to defend the city wall, However, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the rate of fire is very slow.

"Yes, two have already been completed, but our wheat seeds have just been planted, and if the enemy attacks, it will probably not be able to take care of them." Julian said with some regret that since Arold had the bakers add alkaline grass and wood ash water to the baking flour, the people of the Angry Lion Castle have fallen in love with fluffy barley or wheat bread, so Arad asked the merchants to bring some seeds to sow on the fertile land outside the territory, and prepare to build a water-powered mill, but now that the Slavs have discovered the existence of the Angry Lion Castle, the war will soon befall them, and these things may have to be postponed.

"There's no way around it, so let the craftsmen stop all their work and start making the tornado." In order to make up for the problem of the rate of fire of the bed crossbow, Arold is going to build some more whirlwind cannons, although the power of the whirlwind cannon is not as far as the penetration and range of the bed crossbow, but the fast rate of fire is used by pebbles that can be found everywhere, but Arold is still racking his brains to think of more defensive methods, and now his entire net worth is in this castle. (To be continued......)

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