Chapter 17: Passing the Message I
The war came sooner than expected, and before the sun came out, the castle bells rang.
The bell rang so continuously that it could be heard almost for ten miles around.
At this time, Fang Xin was eating porridge, and at this time, a month had passed, and he was already familiar with the situation in the territory, and as a free man, since his profession was to transmit letters, he began to be familiar with horsemanship, and practiced the swordsmanship of Yuemen, and also made some progress.
He had an income, but he ate it with brown bread and cereal.
For Hannett, this is already good food, but for Fang Xin, it is simply what pigs eat, and thinking of the fragrant roast duck and mellow wine enjoyed in that original world, he can't help but feel the difference between heaven and earth.
Hearing the bell, Fang Xin was suddenly stunned, and a stream of memories was read.
At that moment, he immediately threw away the half-eaten porridge, put on the leather armor directly, took the long sword, and looked out vigilantly—there was the sound of horses' hooves.
"Count Bremen's army is coming, and all the lords will withdraw to the castle by this evening!" A horse neighed, and a loud sound came from the mist.
After taking a few more steps, I noticed that with the sound, the nearby tenants were screaming, and they seemed to have been prepared to come out of the grass nest in a frenzy.
"Hannett, you're doing a good job, go to the castle, the baron has something to do with you." The knight saw Fang Xin, who was heavily armed, which was very conspicuous in the panicked crowd.
"Yes, Knight Jasmin, I'll go at once." Only then did Fang Xin recall.
The man who came was Knight Jasmin, one of the six knights of the baron, he was dressed in heavy armor, and he was followed by four knight squires, and he was not young, about forty years old.
The sky was very overcast, the fog was very heavy, according to the memory, Fang Xin quickly rushed towards the castle a little farther away, at this time, in the castle, there were already more than 20 soldiers, seeing Fang Xin, they all knew each other, and let him in directly.
The castle is all bluestone, and the morning mist seeps in through the high, narrow windows.
It costs a lot of money to build a stone castle and it takes years to complete, and this castle is no exception, the food stored in the castle is generally enough to feed a year, and a garrison of about 100 people is enough to resist ten times the enemy, and the baron's castle has been passed down for five hundred years.
The mist filled the stone walls, and footsteps sounded.
"Is it another war with the Earl of Bremen? Immortal and immortal? Who is it? ”
In this small territory, the evil legend of the Count of Bremen spreads, and it is said that he gained the power of the devil and gained immortality, and every ten years or so, it is he who rises up to invade and crusade in all directions, and the surrounding sides begin to resist.
Two generations of Hannett's family have been sacrificed for this, and Hannett's father died in the last ten years of battle.
But it's strange that there is such a legend, why didn't the rest of the region react and destroy it?
When Fang Xin walked into the inner fort, he still thought so.
He walked through the hall, but not in a straight line, for there were so many people in the hall that he walked through the tables and through the cracks.
"Lord Baron? Are you looking for me? ”
"Yes, the war has started again, and you go and report to Viscount Checkley Ray and inform Baron Hab Dabbs, Baron Columbourne Taverner, and Sir Ellie Richcock and Sir Avery Biddle, understand?" Baron Edie Derek looked up wearily as he handed over a stack of signed and stamped parchment.
Without explaining why, it seemed to be a matter of course, Fang Xin took the parchment and said in Hannett's deferential and serious tone: "I'll go ...... now"
"Go pick a horse!" Baron Edie Derek absentmindedly took out a small bag: "Here you go, this is for you to use on the road, go quickly!" ”
Fang Xin took the money bag and looked around.
Yu Ruyi gave him a very strong feeling, these people all carried a heavy and powerful aura, and it was these auras that made him not dare to have anything abnormal at all.
However, he still used jade ruyi to record their breaths, one of which was particularly eye-catching, that is, an old man in a priest's robe, this old man was also shrouded in black qi, but in his body, there was a light power circulating.
In the back, with the order of the baron, he obtained a horse, this is not a war horse, a war horse is a rare thing that only knights have, but it is enough to use it as a mount.
"The fog is so big!" At this time, the sun came out, but the fog had not yet lifted.
"Yes, there is a fog every day, and it will only disperse at noon, and it will only be completely dispersed after the defeat of the evil Earl Bremen!" The man who kept the horse was an old man, he giggled.
Fang Xin didn't say anything more, he gained some basic riding skills, and quickly led the horse out of the castle, out of the castle, he turned over on the horse, and then galloped towards the destination in his memory.
The fog was really very big, in the fog, rushing past the edge of the dead cornfield, in this kind of atmosphere, Fang Xin felt as if he was in a terrifying European film - on the distant horizon, there were only a few lonely branches, those maids pointed strangely to the sky, and combined with the cold, the atmosphere created was simply too similar.
At this moment, Yu Ruyi moved violently, Fang Xin subconsciously fell, and he heard a "poof", and after a few seconds, Fang Xin understood what had happened.
Even though he usually kills decisively, he has not really faced such an experience - an arrow is falling on a tree behind him, piercing three inches, and strangely, the tree is freezing at a speed that can be seen by the naked eye.
From Yu Ruyi's angle, it could be seen that there was a thick dark aura on this arrow, and Fang Xin's face suddenly turned white.
"Well, I even escaped him, go, kill him!" There was a terrible voice in the mist, a hoarse voice.
In the darkness, a group of figures appeared, in the middle was a dark knight riding a war horse and wearing armor, and around him were nine people with various weapons, one of whom was an archer.
As soon as he appeared, Fang Xin immediately rolled down from his horse and plunged straight into the deep mist of the jungle.
Jumping into the jungle, he had another feeling, and then he rolled on the ground again, and sure enough, with a "poof", another arrow grazed his back and shot into the air, falling on the trunk of a tree, but Fang Xin rolled in and disappeared.
The fog was too heavy, but Fang Xin didn't realize it at all, in Yu Ruyi's eyes, although the surroundings were shrouded in black qi, the weight of the black qi on the ten enemies was as heavy as a few candles, and the dark knight in the middle was almost the same as a torch.
The six men slowly entered, the knight did not enter, the archers also stayed outside, the knights' horses were not suitable for the jungle, and the archers were the same, as for the other two, they were the knights' squires and would not leave.