After nightfall, the four of Lin Yang came to Ximu Town at a gallop.

The stars are shining in the sky, the town is small, with a permanent population of about 10,000, at the moment, many homes are flashing lights, and a few lively streets, the night market is also very busy.

In an empty flat land outside the town, there stood a brown castle, which was the castle of the old lord, and in the barracks near the castle, the lights were dim, and about a hundred soldiers were responsible for the security and maintenance of the town, and it was also the maximum number of troops that a lord could lead. However, there were more than a hundred real retinues under the old lord, some personal guards, servants, servants, etc., plus a few wives and concubines, and a few children, there were about two hundred people in total.

For this point of strength, the territory managed by the old lord is quite vast, a radius of one hundred miles in length and width, all of which are under his jurisdiction, such a large territory, it is obviously impractical for the old lord to rely on this amount of troops alone to maintain, so year after year, the knights are constantly divided, and the territory he really holds is less than fifty miles, and the wealth has accumulated a lot.

And the knight of Xiaoshi Village led this land, which was tantamount to a hot potato for the old lord, he knew very well the power of those horse bandits, and if he wanted to clean them up, he would also be greatly injured, and he wanted to sell them, but he was suffering from the lack of a real capable person.

Walking into Ximu Town, Lin Yang first found a pawnshop, and along the way, many enemies and opponents were defeated by him, and there were more and more equipment and props in his package, almost full.

After selling away some equipment, weapons, scrolls, potions, materials, etc., which had never been used, Lin Yang's wallet swelled again, and he probably recovered nearly 100,000 gold coins. As for the owner of the pawnshop, although the liquidity was all exhausted, he smiled, such a large number of materials, all of them were all discounted, I am afraid that he would have to make a lot of money.

"That's 50,000 gold coins." Distributing half of the money to the three girls, Lin Yang said: "Give you a task, take this money to wholesale a hundred sets of equipment, including armor, weapons, and shields, choose above the fine grade, don't buy ordinary products." ”

"What about you?" Accepting the money, Anna asked.

"I'll go to the castle alone to find the old lord." As he spoke, Lin Yang rushed out of the city, and the echo came from afar: "Wait for my good news." ”

……

The fireplace reflected a red fire, and at the end of the long table, a dozen meters long, the old lord with white hair, dressed in a rich silk robe, with a napkin around his neck, and a knife and fork in hand, was slowly dividing a bloody steak on the plate.

On the candlestick made of pure gold, several candles flicker on and off.

The two maids stood on the left and right, holding fans in their hands, waving them lightly, and a cool breeze blew in.

On the left and right sides of the long table, several wives and concubines and children were also eating, and the dinner was quite sumptuous, but the atmosphere was a little boring, and no one spoke.

On the wall of the hall, there is a huge picture scroll depicting the Temple Mountain, the Temple of Time, and the scene of the arrival of the god of time, Naru, of course, no one has ever seen Naru himself, and the image of the goddess is just a fiction made up by a well-known painter, with a little bit of ** ingredients.

A warrior pushed open the heavy door and walked in, half-kneeling and said, "Master, someone asks to see you!" ”

"What's the matter?" The old lord put a piece of beef from the fork into his mouth, poured another sip of red wine, and said.

"It seems to be here for the knight's collar in Little Rock Village."

"Oh? It's been a long time since anyone has come to apply for that knight collar. The old lord smiled, "Let him in." ”

……

Walking into the castle along the long corridor and seeing all kinds of gorgeous and extravagant decorations, Lin Yang sighed in his heart, this old lord, the money he got from the knights for so many years seemed to be used for enjoyment. But it's right to think about it, this old man is old, and he knows that he doesn't have many days to live, and if he doesn't enjoy it, will he go to the ground with a lot of wealth?

Walking into the castle hall, the necessary etiquette was still inevitable, Lin Yang half-knelt down and said, "Meet the Lord." ”

"Those courtesies will be waived." The old lord smiled: "I prefer the practical, it's not interesting to beat around the bush, tell me directly, if you want that knight's collar, how much can you pay?" ”

"Fifty thousand." Lin Yang blurted out that he had already inquired clearly, and the price offered by the first few guys who applied was roughly around 50,000.

"Deal." The old lord smiled and said: "After paying the money, taking the knight's medal and the paperwork, then you can leave, as for those horse bandits, you can figure out your own way, whether you live or die, it will have nothing to do with me in the future." ”

After a polite two sentences, Lin Yang said goodbye and prepared to leave, even he didn't expect that it would be negotiated so quickly, it seems that this old lord has only money left in his eyes now.

Just as he wanted to turn around, Lin Yang suddenly caught a glimpse of a big boy about seventeen or eighteen years old at the dining table, secretly glancing at him, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"Haken! Those who come are guests, and they must have the least courtesy to people! The old lord scolded.

Stunned in his heart, Lin Yang didn't say much, took a knight's medal made of metal, and a signed and signed envelope document, and turned to leave.

……

A moment later, Lin Yang and the three girls gathered again in Ximu Town.

"It's all done, right?" Looking at the several carriages full of armor and weapons in front of him, Lin Yang asked.

"It's all fine-level equipment, full body chain mail, silver light sword, oak shield, three pieces as a set, a total of one hundred sets, the original market price is 600 gold coins, because we purchased it in large quantities, so 50,000 gold coins were won." Anna said slowly.

"Then let's go, I hope we can get to Xiaoshi Village before dawn."

With that, the four of them drove the carriage and walked out of the town.

In the night wind, on the field, Huo'er suddenly asked, "Why are you so troublesome?" With the strength of the four of us, are we still afraid of those horse bandits? ”

"You still don't understand." Shaking his head, Lin Yang sighed and said: "That hundred horse bandits, of course the four of us can handle it at once, Huo'er, I'm afraid you alone will be enough, but what if we encounter not a hundred horse bandits, but a hundred totem knights?" Then I'm afraid we'll only have to run for our lives, and don't forget the legendary old man who was killed by the Spider Knight in the Dusk plane. My goal is not to be a hero, nor to fight alone, but to learn to war. ”

"I agree with Lin Yang." Lily nodded and said: "Faeron's position is intricately intricate, and the sixteen giants are even more emperor-like existences, no matter how powerful a person is, he can't compete with those behemoths, so I suggest that this time to encircle and suppress horse bandits, we don't use hole cards, but just rely on our real strength to do a big job, how about it?" ”

"Very good." Lin Yang said with a smile.

"I'm in favor of it too." Anna brushed a strand of hair on her forehead.

"But with so much equipment, who are you going to use it for?" Huo'er said angrily, "There are only four of us! ”

"Don't forget, the villagers of Xiaoshi Village will also be our people in the future." Lin Yang is colorful.

"You're going to arm those buns?" Huo'er's eyes widened, and he said incredulously: "Crazy! It's really crazy! You actually count on a group of peasants to fight for you! And Anna and Lily, both of you are crazy too, and you are making do with this crazy person! ”

Several people erupted in laughter.

……

After a night of sleep, when the sun rose, the four of them came to Xiaoshi Village.

Soaring flames, collapsed houses, charred soil, ruined farms, scattered carcasses of cattle and sheep, that's all they saw.

The villagers fell to their knees, wailing and crying.

Due to the timely discovery, last night, at dusk, the horse bandits patronized, and the villagers had already taken refuge in advance, except for a few poor fellows who were killed, most of them were unharmed. However, the destruction of Xiaoshi Village, on which they depended at the moment, was even more painful than death for these people.

The village chief of Barton picked up a hoe and rushed into a rage, wanting to go to the horse bandits to settle accounts single-handedly, but fortunately he was pulled by several people.

"We ...... What should we do now? ”

"With no home gone, do we really want to leave this village where we have lived for generations?"

"Those horse bandits are really out of conscience! I can't wait to fight with them! ”

Lin Yang walked into Xiaoshi Village, this was a great opportunity for him to win people's hearts, sorted out the wording in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Everyone! You saw me yesterday, my name is Lin Yang, and I'm from afar! This land, I value it very much, last night, I went to Ximu Town, and I have negotiated with the old lord, this is the knight's medal, this is the sub-seal document, and now I am the new lord of this knight's lord! ”

"What's the use of the lord's!" Someone suddenly began to curse: "Are there still many lords over the years, haven't they all been killed by horse bandits in the end!" Or just scare away! Lords who can't even protect their own territory, we don't need them at all! ”

Lin Yang was stunned for a moment, but still said: "You are wrong, I am different from those previous lords!" Seeing the destruction of the village, I was also very heartbroken, those horse bandits will have to be cleaned up sooner or later! These carriages are some of the armaments I procured, and they are also the greatest sincerity I have taken out, and I am ready to enter the mountains and forests to encircle and suppress the horse bandits! Warriors who are willing to follow me, I will give everyone a set of equipment, and we will kill the bandit lair together! I won't blame you for not following me, but you must leave this place! ”

As he spoke, Lin Yang kicked the carriage violently, and the carriage fell apart, and the shiny chain mail, silver light long sword, and oak shield were scattered all over the ground.

Seeing these equipment, all the villagers were stunned.

Barton was the first to rush up, put on a set of gear, and shouted, "I'll participate!" ”

"I'll participate too!" A small, timid young man continued.

"We'll participate too!" A few middle-aged men walked over.

"Me too!" This time it's a dark-skinned farm girl.

Seeing the village chief taking the lead, the rest of the villagers also surrounded one by one, regardless of men, women, old and children, and armed themselves one after another, so it was not lively.

After a while, all the equipment was looted, and the villagers of about 100 people lined up in a phalanx and stood in front of Lin Yang, although the team was a little scattered, and their postures were not very standard, at least they had the initial prototype of an army.

"Good!" Walking back and forth a few times, glancing at everyone, Lin Yang shouted loudly.

Patton stood at the front of the phalanx, swung his long sword, and blocked the shield in a gesture, which was very handy.

Lin Yang's heart moved, Patton's posture was very standard, and he couldn't help asking, "Patton, you seem to be familiar with these weapons. ”

"When I was younger, I was a soldier in the Union Army and fought a few battles." Barton said with a smile.

"Yes, then you will lead this army!" After saying that, Lin Yang turned over and got on his horse and shouted, "Let's go!" ”

The morning sun had risen high, and this temporarily armed infantry unit, led by Lin Yang's four horsemen, walked towards the western mountains in the distance.