Chapter 494: The Turtle in the Urn
"Hey, what are you doing here?"
After Arien had finished his breakfast, he had just walked out of the house when he saw William and they were waiting for him.
William and the others were thirty in all, all of them wearing chain mail, holding spears, swords hanging from their waists, and some even carrying longbows on their backs.
"Of course, it's to protect you, Mr. Aaron, Tita Manor, and swear to live and die with him. William said loudly.
The words were very touching, but Yalian didn't eat this at all, rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Talking about people." ”
Lao Tzu just went to see the viscount, not to go to hell, to live and die together.
Hearing this, William's impassioned expression suddenly disappeared, revealing a lewd smile, rubbing his hands and saying, "Mr. Aaron, aren't you going to see Viscount Albert? ”
"Keep making it up, I still need you, just release Fenrir and them, I see who dares to underestimate me, forget it, I'm too lazy to leave you, I want to follow." ”
After speaking, Aaron didn't wait for William and them to react, and directly released Fenrir and drove the wolf forward.
William and the others all smiled, turned over and got on their horses, uh, bears, and followed.
Just like what Aaron said, of course, what is strong is nonsense, their real purpose is to see the big city, they have never left the territory since they were young, they are very yearning for the big city, just like the children in the countryside like to catch the market, at this time, there is an opportunity, how can it not be firmly grasped.
Viscount Albert lived not far from the Tita Manor, to be exact, most of the nobles lived not far away, because the Straw Mushroom Plain was so barren, so unless the fief was deep in the Straw Mushroom Plain, most of the nobles would live close to the Lotters Mountains.
Although there is a beast in this way, it is safer than living in the plains, not to mention that on the other side of the Straw Mushroom Plains, there is another empire eyeing the tiger.
Of course, although the Straw Mushroom Plain is said to be the border of the Empire, it is not the real border, but the real border is the other side of the Lotters Mountains, which is the border that has been in operation for hundreds of years.
And the Straw Mushroom Plain is just a spoil that the Lion Empire snatched from the Silver Plate Empire on the opposite side decades ago.
According to records, decades ago, the Lotters Mountains were originally isolated from the natural danger of the two empires, so that although the two empires spied on each other, but because of the existence of this natural danger, both sides could only watch, but there was nothing they could do with the other.
But one day, decades ago, an earth-shattering bang rang through the two empires, and then a long canyon appeared in the otherwise coherent Trostes Mountains, connecting the two empires.
The two empires are like two fierce beasts in a cage, and when the cage door is opened, how can they endure the murder in their hearts.
A big war ensued.
In the end, the Lion Empire was superior in skill and won the war, but the strength of the two empires was almost the same after all, so they only drove the Yinpan Empire out of the Straw Mushroom Plain and got this chicken-like place, so they were unable to expand the results of the war.
And because one end of the passage exited, it was in the territory of Viscount Albert, who was still a baron at the time, and it happened that he had made a great contribution, so he took advantage of it and obtained the Straw Mushroom Plain, which was comparable in area to the county.
Of course, there was a cost, and Viscount Albert's castle was moved to the other end of the canyon to guard the frontier for the Lion Empire.
Fortunately, the Silver Plate Empire also abides by the agreement between the nobles and will not kill the nobles at will, otherwise Viscount Albert really doesn't know whether he has earned or lost.
With the help of Aaron's spell, the original two-day journey had reached their destination in just half a day.
Viscount Albert's place of residence is called Fort Fort, built from a gorge and made of stone and wood from the Lotters Mountains.
But it's enough in this world, after all, even if there is a real war, only those civilians will die, and there is no need to build so strongly.
"Here we are. ”
Aaron gradually slowed down.
Just a kilometer ahead, the stone walls built by the cliffs on both sides of the fort appeared in front of you.
"What do you think about building a fortress in the middle of a canyon?"
Aaron looked at the solid stone fort built in the canyon from afar, and shook his head, others are not fools, there is no way to pass through the canyon, just bypass it, as long as the front and back are blocked, and condescendingly, this solid stone fort is simply a turtle that has entered the urn by itself.
At this time, on the six-meter-high city wall, no patrol troops were found, and they looked up and swept over both sides of the closed city gate, and on the wooden arrow tower more than seven meters high, there was also no half of the people.
"This garrison is really lax to the extreme. ”
William's voice sounded behind Aaron, and I saw that the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, with a thick mocking color.
Even the Tita Manor usually sends militia to patrol the defense, but the Solid Stone Fort, a place where soldiers must fight, is so lax that it is simply looking for death.
Even if there is no war now, it can be seen that Viscount Albert, as a manager, is really not very good at management.
"My lord, do you want to knock on the door?"
Rick, who was behind William, immediately stepped forward and asked.
William didn't answer, but looked at Aaron.
Seeing the gaze cast by Aaron, he nodded: "Knock, knock louder." ”
Rick's eyes flashed with a gleam, he nodded, kicked the horse's belly slightly, rode quickly to the gate of the fort, dismounted and raised his right foot and kicked heavily on the wooden gate, one after another, making a loud 'dong dong' sound.
After a period of training and William's special training, Rick has already been reborn and is about to reach the so-called human limit in this world, so the knock on the door is so loud that the wooden door can't stop shaking.
"What's going on? Did the Silverplate attack?"
"This shock, is the beast about to rush in?"
"Alarm! Go pull the alarm! Don't let the beast rush in!"
The noisy sound immediately came from the other side of the door, but no matter how I heard it, I was a little flustered and caught off guard.
It took a long time.
Dozens of soldiers armed with spears and wearing leather armor appeared on top of the city walls.
The faces were full of fear and panic, and the leather armor on their bodies was extremely tattered and messy, and they couldn't play much of a defensive role at all.
"Is this the garrison of Fort Fort?"
William saw many young and immature faces among the soldiers on the city walls, and according to his estimates, they were only sixteen or seventeen years old at most.
"These are conscripted farmers, who, after three days of training at most, know how to wear leather armor and how to use the weapons in their hands, which are actually used as cannon fodder. "After all, Rick has been out on an adventurer for a while, so he is a little more knowledgeable than the others.
Looking at the down-and-out soldiers on the city wall, William couldn't help but say: "It's not right to use these recruited farmers as the key to guarding the city wall at such a critical pass, it's too careless." ”
"Those nobles are reluctant to put their elite soldiers who have spent a lot of money in such a dangerous place, but these conscripted farmers have little to do with them, and they will die when they die, not to mention that even if the city wall is broken, their lives will not be in danger. Rick said with a sneer.
"The ...... Damn, giant ...... Wait a minute...... People?!"
On the city walls, the soldiers nearly collapsed when they saw Fenrir.
However, they then found that there were people on the terrifying wolf-shaped beast, and there were other people around the beast, so they knew that this terrifying beast was just a mount, although they were still very afraid, but they still had some confidence in their hearts: "Know...... Did you know that this is Fort Fort, which belongs to Viscount Albert's domain?"
While the recruited peasants were talking, new troops marched up the walls.
These are all warriors wearing leather armor inlaid with iron sheets, and even wearing chain mail, they look much stronger, and the weapons in their hands are all military weapons of iron construction, spears and other standards.
And there were a dozen archers on the ramparts and towers, perhaps having been notified of the enlistment of the peasants, and the soldiers only flashed a trace of horror when they saw Fenrir, and then they calmed down and looked at them coldly.