Behind the castle of the Lord of Black Hawk, there is a large open field.

Next to the open lot, a large row of low houses was built, and there was a large stable.

This was originally the lord's private ranch, and after Sean's arrival at the beginning of the year, this ranch was transformed into a territorial training ground.

The houses around the training ground were the residences of Knight Captain Maurice and his ten cadet knights.

These eleven people belong to the standing armed forces of the Black Hawk Territory, and the lord needs to pay them every month.

As for the dozens of militiamen, they were all temporary serfs recruited from the territory, and they all had their own farmland and families, and they usually cultivated the farmland at home.

When I have nothing to do, I will come here to gather and train.

According to the regulations, these serfs worked for the lord three days a week, and since they were recruited as militiamen, they did not have to pay labor taxes, and other taxes were correspondingly reduced.

On the training ground, dozens of serfs lined up in a not-so-neat square, armed with wooden spears, practiced melee combat skills under the command of the knight chief Morris.

In front of them, a dozen dummies were erected.

These improvised serfs, armed with wooden spears, rushed to the dummy one by one, stabbing weakly.

The knight chief Morris saw it in his eyes, and his brows furrowed deeply.

The fanged thieves may invade the Black Eagle territory at any time, and the ten apprentice knights under him were sent by him to patrol around the territory.

These serfs in front of them said that they were coming to the training ground for training, but in fact, they were just going through the motions and making a show, a group of people who couldn't even eat enough on weekdays, and it was impossible to expect them to train hard and fight bravely to protect their territory.

If it weren't for the fact that they could reduce some taxes and build a defensive line by joining the militia group, it is estimated that these guys would not even be able to pretend.

Morris knows this better than anyone else.

But what can be done?

At present, there are not enough combatants in the Black Eagle Territory, and in addition to him, the chief knight, there are only ten probationary knights left in the standing armed personnel.

Once faced with the attack of the murderous bandit group, only eleven people are no match for the bandit group at all, and they can only train a group of serfs to help.

Morris didn't expect them to be trained to be so brave, he just wanted these life-hungry guys to be able to hold spears and keep their defenses in line when they were charged by the stragglers of the thieves.

This time in the face of the fanged thieves, there is no chance of victory, and Morris knows it very well in his heart.

But as the chief knight of the Black Hawk Territory, he is not qualified to escape.

Others can run away, but he can't.

As a bronze knight who has sworn allegiance to Baron Sean, as long as the lord does not surrender and give up, he will fight to the death, even if the disparity in strength is desperate!

This is the pride and loyalty of knights.

Thinking of this, Morris slowly pulled out the knight's longsword that had followed him for many years, looked at the serf militia like a rabble, and then looked at his own sword, with a hint of determination in his eyes.

The Knight Captain Maurice Stoll is not afraid of thieves.

Because of their Stoll family, there have never been cowards.

"Lord Morris!"

Suddenly, Maurice hears someone calling, turns his head and sees that it is Tom the castle's manservant.

Little Tom panted down the runway, "Lord Maurice, Lord Lord has an urgent matter to see you!"

Morris's heart moved, "I'll go right away!"

..................

Sean waited in the room for less than fifteen minutes when Morris arrived.

"Your Lord!"

"Sit!"

Sean waved his hand and motioned for Morris to find a place to sit down.

At this time, old John, who was waiting on the side, poured a glass of wine for the two of them.

Sean took a sip of wine lightly and said lightly: "Knight Commander Morris, I'm sorry to call you here in such a hurry, but I have a very important thing that you need to do." ”

Morris was stunned for a moment, "Lord Lord, if there is anything to order!"

Sean smiled, "Help me pick twenty people with smart minds and quick reactions." ”

Morris asked puzzled, "My lord, can I ask you why?"

"I want to train a group of crossbowmen as soon as possible to deal with the fanged bandits!"

"Training crossbowmen?"

Morris frowned and said: "Archers are not so easy to train, they need talent and time, under normal circumstances, it takes at least three months to train a junior archer, and they also need a good bow and arrow, at present, there are only five people in our territory who can be called qualified archers, and our bows and arrows are all inferior wooden bows, both lethality and range and rate of fire are limited, the most important thing is that we don't have so much time, and we don't have so many bows and arrows......"

Before he could finish speaking, Sean suddenly interrupted: "Under normal circumstances, it is indeed difficult. But I'm talking about the abnormal situation. ”

"Abnormal?"

Morris said with a suspicious expression: "Under abnormal circumstances, unless we can find twenty talented people with excellent arm strength, in that case, it is possible to train qualified archers in just a few days, but where to find them, there are no such people in our territory." ”

Sean shook his head and looked at him with a smile, "Knight Captain Morris, the bow I said is a repeater, not an archer, it seems that I didn't say it clearly enough just now?"

"Repeater?"

This time, Morris finally understood, and then shook his head again and again: "It is indeed easier to train a repeater, but only if you have a repeater. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Sean and said slowly: "Lord Lord, you should know that the repeater is different from other single-shot crossbows, it is a standard weapon strictly controlled by the Tulip Principality, not only is it scarce, but also expensive, in addition to the complex manufacturing process, at present, in the entire Tulip Principality, only a few elite knights have a small amount of equipment, where can we find so many Lianlian crossbows in a short period of time? Besides, the crossbow is an elite standard weapon, and money can't buy it." ”

Sean stood up with a smile, pointed to the corner of the wall not far away, and said, "I've prepared the repeater, you can take care of the selection for you." ”

Following the direction he was pointing, Morris looked down, and suddenly his body shook, and his pupils contracted sharply and became cold.

I saw that on the ground, there were twenty repeating crossbows neatly stacked, brand new and shiny, and a large bundle of crossbow arrows.

Seeing this, Morris stood up with rapid breath and walked uncontrollably to the corner, he picked up a repeater and tried to control it a few times.

Oh my God, repeaters, these are really repeaters.

Morris put down the repeater with trembling hands, looked at Sean with a deranged expression, and asked, "Lord Lord, can I test the shot?"

Sean shrugged, "Of course you can!"

"Thank you, Lord Lord!"

With that, Morris picked up a repeater, pulled the bowstring under Sean's guidance, and then aimed it at the door panel and gently pulled the trigger.

I could only hear the bowstring vibrating, a cold light flashed, and a crossbow arrow shot out, and with a muffled "bang", it shot the hard and solid door panel.

Airplanes......

The crossbow bolt pierced directly through the two-finger-thick door panel, and its tail was still trembling and buzzing because of its power.

This scene, not only Morris, but even Sean was shocked.

Before, he had only heard from Fei Ya that the dwarven clan's powerful crossbow was very powerful, but he never expected that it would be so powerful.

At this moment, Morris was shocked to the extreme, and it took a long time before he reluctantly put down the repeater.

"Lord Lord, this repeater is so powerful, almost comparable to the wolf's tooth repeater equipped by the Count of Lane's personal guard knights!"

Sean said lightly, "Knight Captain Morris, with these repeaters, do you think you can still resist the fanged thieves?"

Hearing this, a cold light flashed in Morris's eyes, and he sneered: "With these twenty repeating crossbows, if the fanged thieves dare to invade Black Eagle Town, there will definitely be an unexpected surprise!"

"That's the best!"

Sean laughed and said, "Then the rest of the matter will be left to you, select twenty crossbowmen, hurry up and train, the sooner the better." ”

"I'll do it right away!"

After leaving the castle, Maurice ran to get ready.