Chapter 66: Arrival
Just after noon, the sun was still high, the spring breeze was slowly blowing, and Viscount Bender was sitting in a clearing in Bundaberg drinking sugar water.
The spring sun is not scorching, and it is a pleasant pleasure to drink slowly under the warm spring sun, but Baron Bender is not in a pleasant mood at this time.
Today, another villager who fled went to Banderberg to ask for shelter, and from them they learned that one of their villages had been horrified by ogres.
Baron Bender had clearly sensed that this time the ogres did not simply want to rob and leave, but wanted to drive them away and occupy the place completely.
In order to suppress the anxiety in his heart, Baron Bender made a tour of the city defenses, soaked a pot of thick sugar water alone and rested in the castle, and thought about the possibility of breaking the situation.
The Lancet family is strong, but it was newly defeated not long ago, and it is the main target of the ogre, so I am afraid that there will be no reinforcements.
The situation of several other war zones is comparable to that of the five war zones, and they are all difficult to protect themselves, let alone sending reinforcements, Baron Bender only symbolically sent a few heralds, and he did not have much hope at all.
The only thing to look forward to is the messenger sent to Hunter's house in the Six War Zones.
The originally unknown Hunter family defeated the Will family in the battle of Xiaolinghe and annexed the Will family in one fell swoop, which attracted the attention of many well-intentioned people.
In particular, after the Hunter family annexed the Will family, it did not attract the intervention of the Lancet family, but was acquiesced, which made Baron Bender even more shocked.
After that, I paid more and more attention to the intelligence of the Hunter family, and the more I paid attention, the more clearly I could perceive the strength of the Hunter family.
Some things can't stand the scrutiny of people with intentions, and Richard has no intention of hiding it.
And when Richard showed more than a dozen knight-level forces without scruples to win the position of commander of the six war zones,
Baron Bender's evaluation of Hunter's strength has risen to a higher level, in his eyes, the Hunter family is at least the strength of the great nobles at the earl level, or the stronger one at the earl's level.
I hope to invite reinforcements from the Hunter family, Baron Bender is not sure that the Hunter family will send troops,
If you want to talk about the price given by the Bender family and several other nobles around you, it's no problem to ask a few knights.
But at this moment, the situation is tense, and the knight-level combat power will naturally rise, and they will not even come to the aid easily.
"Lord Baron, reinforcements are out of the castle."
While Baron Bender was still pondering, a personal soldier hurried to Baron Bender to report to him?
"Ahem, you say it again."
Baron Bender, who was taking a sip of sugar water, was almost choked by the news before he could swallow.
"Reinforcements are out of the castle."
"Are you sure?"
Although he understands that as long as the pro-soldier is not crazy, he will not joke with such a big thing,
But the reinforcements came so quickly that Baron Bender had expected,
In his mind, the envoy only left the day before yesterday, and this time back and forth, no matter how fast it is, it is estimated that he will have to wait a week to see the shadow of reinforcements.
Now that he was told that not only reinforcements were coming, but also outside the city, Baron Bender was naturally extremely suspicious in his heart.
"Lord Baron, the reinforcements from the Hunter family are just outside the city."
"Pato?"
Looking at Pato in front of him, Baron Bender finally confirmed the authenticity of the news, after all, Pato was the messenger he had high hopes for,
Pato himself is also an important member of the Bander's family, and naturally more trustworthy
Before approaching Bundaberg, Pato broke away from the group and returned to Bundaberg in advance to say hello and prepare to avoid any unpleasant incidents.
After confirming the news, Baron Bender stood up almost as if he had bounced off a stool.
Beckoning Pato, he prepared to go out.
"Lord Baron"
"What's wrong?"
Baron Bender, who got up and wanted to leave, saw Patoli's expression hesitant and a little puzzled.
"It's a little different than expected."
"There are not more than ten knights in the Hunt family, but close to thirty, although there are not many pioneers, but they are absolutely elite, and there are a full twenty-five knights.
There should be fighters of half a flag regiment in the follow-up. ”
Later, Pato briefly told Baron Bender about his experience with the army, without exaggeration, but only to make Baron Bender understand the strength of this small army led by Richard.
"In other words, the ogres entrenched in Antlers Village have been eliminated?"
"Hmm"
Sometimes, some things are so magical, and the things that I was worried about in the morning have been solved quietly.
"What are the conditions for the Hunter family?"
Baron Bender is not a naïve stupid person, there is no good thing that pie from heaven falls, such a powerful reinforcement, I am afraid that it is not the conditions promised before that can be moved.
"Other conditions remain the same, but you have to add money, and Kinnar has to add it to 10,000."
Baron Bender frowned when he heard this, this increase is a bit too strong, even if there are several other families to share it, to come up with this money, it will almost cost the Bande family several years of accumulation,
"You promised?"
"It's up to the Barons to decide."
Pato didn't answer directly, but the meaning was obvious, of course the promise was a promise, but the specific implementation of the plan of course depends on the meaning of Baron Bender.
"10,000 is 10,000, send someone to notify several others, and if it's not enough now, we'll pay it first."
Baron Bender still knows which is more important,
Taking out such a large sum of money is of course painful, but compared to the life of the family, it is naturally more important than life.
"Let's go, come out with me to meet you."
Baron Bender walked ahead, and Pato followed closely behind him.
……
"Pull up the hanging door."
"Crunch, crunch"
With Baron Bender's order, the soldiers on both sides shook the noose with all their might, and the heavy iron gate was slowly opened.
"Let's go, let's go into town."
With Richard's order, the army, which had been standing still outside Bundaberg, rushed in from the city gates.
"Master Richard"
Baron Bender led the men to stand at the door to greet them,
Richard was only the eldest son of the Hunt family, but he did not have any title, but Baron Bender still kept his posture very low.
Baron Bender is very clear-headed, the title cannot represent everything, strength is the foundation of everything.
"Baron Bender doesn't have to be like this."
Richard didn't hold it up, and quickly got off the horse, after all, he didn't stretch out his hand to hit the smiling man.
After a few casual conversations, Baron Bender's gaze always glanced at the crusaders,
Baron Bender, who had already learned the strength of the Crusaders from Pato, could not help but pay attention to them.
Of course, Richard also noticed Baron Bender's wandering gaze, but he didn't care, the point was not there.
"Lord Baron, Hunter is bitterly cold, we have come all the way, and we have fought another battle with the ogre, and the warriors have not yet received a silver narr.
Do you see this ten thousand kinnars? ”
At this time, Ron had already pulled down his visor, there was no way, he was still too embarrassed.
It is true that the Hunter family's land is bitterly cold, but it is really shameful to say that the Hunter family is short of money, Richard has been running a small business in the past few years, and the Hunter family's annual income is higher than that of some counties.
"Ugh"
Baron Bender did not get used to Richard's direct way of talking for a while, and fell into a burst of embarrassment.
"Bring the box up."
"Bang Bang Bang"
Several large boxes were placed up the steps, and the boxes were opened, and inside were neatly stacked Kinnar.
"Does Lord Richard want to take an inventory?"
"No, you don't."
Richard then ordered a few people to carry away a few boxes of Kinnar, and he naturally did not need to count them himself, but after a while he went back and deposited all the Kinnar into the system to ensure that the score was correct.
"Look, when are the troops going to be sent?"
Baron Bender, who was on the side, saw that Richard's men had carried Kinnar away, and finally couldn't help but speak.
Next, it's time for the meat......