Chapter 162: Cavalry Army
The armies of the other three families, having plundered the pass, returned with a full load and set out first, while Stannis had to delay his departure by a day because of the large number of peasants to follow and the many things to be dealt with.
"Radish, stop flirting with the little girl over there, help them carry the food to the car!"
The lord Stannis took off his armor and helped the peasants carry their stowage of grain to the wagons, but fortunately his allies kept the caravans and horses for him so that he would not have to carry them back.
When it is necessary to use the strength, it reflects the talent of the dragon's blood, Stannis's amazing dragon power is really a good hand in the manual labor of moving bricks, and he carries twice as much food as others, so that those old farmers are envious, and constantly say that it is no wonder that the lord can be a lord, and such a great strength is a good hand at farming.
After a busy day, after finally loading and unloading all the things that were going to be taken away, Stannis prepared to make another round to make sure that no one was left behind.
However, when he came to the front of the forest behind the bandit camp, he found a half-grown boy looking cautiously, and when he saw him, he hurriedly hid back in the forest.
Stannis was curious, he was so popular now, why was anyone afraid of him? Could it be that this guy was hiding some secret?
He immediately took Robert into the forest, but the more he went, the more he felt that something was wrong, for the neighing of horses could be heard from the depths of the leaves!
But how can there be horses hidden in a good forest?
When he lifted the last leaf, he was surprised to find that more than a dozen tall horses appeared in front of him!
"What's the situation!" Stannis didn't think the forest was hiding this secret, but why would anyone hide these horses here?
Robert suddenly put his hand on the hilt of his sword and shouted, "What man, come out!"
After a while, the boy who had been hiding in the forest timidly stepped out of the herd.
"Please spare me, lord lord!" the little creature looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, and his two little hairy beards that had just grown had not yet faded and immature, and he looked frightened, and kept begging for mercy.
Stannis walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "Relax, I'm here to liberate you, you don't have to be afraid, but why are you hiding these horses here?"
Hearing him say that, the young man finally relaxed, "Lord Lord, my name is Xia Boyang, and I am raising and taking care of the horses of these robber lords with my father, which they stole from Lord Hoth last month. ”
"Oh, these horses were bred by your father and son?" Stannis was interested, there were no such skilled people in his territory.
Xia Boyang's face was full of pride, "Yes, my lord, there are a total of fourteen Heyuan horses, I heard my father say that these horses were originally going to be transported to Garcia's house in the west, but they were intercepted by the robbers and forced my father to take care of them. ”
Stannis's ears were full of this 'master', that 'master', but he still sorted out the context of the matter, and it seemed that these horses were stolen goods from robbery, and of course he would not return them.
There are still people who know the goods, such as Robert next to him, when he heard the 'Kawabara Horse', he showed surprise, and then was extremely ecstatic, "Boss, Boss, you have made it, these are the most famous Kawahara horses in the Hoth family! These thoroughbreds with strength, speed, and endurance can each sell for thousands of gold coins!"
What, a four-hoofed beast is worth more than a man!
But Xia Boyang looked far away, "Lord Lord, these are mixed-breed horses, I heard my father say that they are specially used as war horses......"
"That's worth a lot of money, too, these are heavy horses for mounted cavalry, no less than five hundred gold coins each!" robert, still cried.
Stannis finally understood why the most powerful nations in history could afford to play heavy cavalry, and it was not so incomprehensible to think that the Byzantine would go all out to support a heavy cavalry and lead to the bankruptcy of the final battle.
"These horses are mine!" Stannis unceremoniously announced the ownership of the herd.
"And you, boy, these horses will still be raised and taken care of by you in the future, if you hang one, hum...... Where's your daddy?"
Xia Boyang said honestly, "My father said a few days ago that it was going to be winter, and he would prepare some buckwheat and carrots for these horses to prevent them from losing fat. But it had been three days, and he had not returned, and I saw the lord calling, and in order to prevent the horses from being frightened, I had to lead the horses to the forest and hide. ”
Stannis snapped his fingers, "Then you can mess with me first, I'm sure that people who can't see you when your dad comes back will come looking for him." When the time comes, your father and son will be specially used as Bi Ma Wen for me, no, I should be called a stableman and a breeder. ”
Facing a lord, of course Xia Boyang didn't dare to resist, he had to nod his head like a chicken pecking rice.
The three of them led the horses out of the forest, and Korodov almost fainted with excitement when he saw so many horses suddenly appear.
"What's going on, big man, I said I'd help you find a horse after the battle, and my lord didn't break his promise!"
Korodov was too happy to have time to reply, he was now dancing like a child in the face of these horses, for the knights of the Western Continent, horses, swords, and armor were the three most important things, even more important than life.
Although he did not receive slaves or booty, Stannis was very pleased with the harvest of the trip, and fortunately he was able to get the herd of horses that no one had found because of the peasants, and the booty he had received was worth more than anyone else at market prices!
Fourteen high-quality war horses are enough to impress any lord.
Now he can finally meet what Korodov has been talking about, and what he has always expected.
Build a real cavalry army!
After three days of travel, Lady Romon sitting in the castle received a message from the border: a wandering party of more than 2,000 people had appeared in Zivierny's territory!
The old man thought that there was something wrong with his ears, and it was not until he saw the vast sea of people appear in the castle square that he believed it was true.
And Stannis, who was riding a tall horse, proudly boasted to him, "How is it, old man?