Chapter 273: Ice and Snow Country
On a snowy night, the north wind is as cold as a knife. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Snow covered the road, and more than a dozen heavily armed riders walked on the road, and the wind and snow lapped on them, and Uncle Sauron, the leader, looked worried.
The snow is falling so heavily, I hope to cover up the traces and let the pursuers lose their tracks.
I opened my mouth and asked Uncle Sauron, "What is the boundary ahead?"
"It's Aydin!"
Uncle Sauron looked at me and said, "The purpose of our trip is to board a ship from the port of Aydin to the port of Bigren in the Kingdom of Sarion, and completely shake off the pursuers behind us.
As for why there are pursuers behind me?
My name is Rainer Walden, and I've been in this world for ten years, and Rainer is my name in this world, well, in fact, I still have a name in the 21st century, and it doesn't matter what it's called, you know I'm a time-traveler who hasn't found any gold fingers in ten years.
Walden is a surname, and I am the rightful heir to the town of Walden under the Kingdom of Livingston, and I will become the next respected Baron Walden!
Unfortunately, accidents always come unexpectedly.
My father's brother, my dear uncle, Mr. Harengers Walden, had not been prying into the barony for a day or two, and almost all the townspeople, including the dogs, knew of his ambitions.
This winter, my able-bodied father was killed by a snowy bandit while hunting, and to be honest I suspect that my uncle sent the snowy bandits.
This is because my uncle sent someone to assassinate me on the same day, after all, he will inherit the title and fief as soon as I die.
Unfortunately, his plan was in vain, and Uncle Sauron, a middle-aged knight loyal to my father, and fourteen of my father's personal guards and knights protected me from the castle, and we had planned to report this to Count Otto of Ryan.
Unexpectedly, my uncle Harengus framed me for colluding with the Snow Robbers, and he bribed the officials of Ryan City and Count Otto with a lot of money, and Count Otto issued a wanted notice for me!
And the doglegs who betrayed my father and went to my uncle, and the real snow bandits began a desperate pursuit.
Doesn't the kingdom law care?
Unfortunately, within a hundred miles of Ryan City, Count Otto's words are decrees.
He really deserves the title of the scoundrel of the north.
Desperate, I pinned my hopes for survival on one of my father's close friends, Mr. Lumir, who now lives in the town of Biglen in the Kingdom of Saarion, a prominent local merchant.
"Speed up!"
With that, our group urged the horses to trot, and the horses' hooves stepped on the road, raising a snowflake.
The outline of the town of Aydin has already appeared, the town of Aydin is small, a town of only a hundred households built near the port, and it is not a fifth the size of the prosperous town of Walden.
When we approached the town of Adin, we found that the harbor was closed, and although the water was not frozen, not a single ship could be seen.
"How so, how can we get out of port without a ship?" said Uncle Sauron, trying to enter the town.
Wrong!
When he reached the entrance of the town, Uncle Sauron stopped his horse in a wary manner, and shouted:
"Hurry up, it smells of blood here!"
"Whoosh!"
A steel bolt pierced Uncle Sauron's neck! Uncle Sauron fell straight from his horse!
"Uncle Sauron!" tears welled up in my eyes, my father, the old baron of Walden, had also been killed by a steel bolt!
The silent town of Aydin suddenly became noisy, and dozens of fierce snow robbers rushed out with a scream!
Uncle Sauron's killer appeared from the rooftop, and I took a deep look and remembered what he looked like.
"Let's go!"
I turned my horse's head and galloped my horse, facing dozens of fierce snow bandits, it was difficult to defeat with only the fourteen knights who followed me, and even if I was victorious, I would inevitably be caught up by the pursuers behind me!
But since the enemy has already laid a trap, how can he let me go so easily?
In the woods next to the road leaving the town of Aydin, dozens of fierce snow robbers rushed out again!
I do a rough calculation, the snow robbers in the front and back are only afraid of no less than 100 people!
Uncle Sauron smelled the smell of blood that the snow couldn't hide, and he was afraid that these snow bandits had slaughtered the town of Adin!
Such a large bandit group, damn it, what are the Kingdom Security Forces doing?
I didn't have time to complain, so I pulled out the cross-sword that my father had handed me down, and I had been a falcon knight for three years!
"Kill!" the knights speed up their horses and lay down their light rifles!
The snowy bandits threw a flurry of javelins, and the inaccurate javelin hit a warhorse, which neighed and landed on the ground, throwing the knight out!
I'll lead the remaining thirteen horsemen into the snowy bandits ahead!
The shock power of the cavalry is even more terrifying!
Ten snowfield bandits were stabbed by their spears in a single shot, and the spears easily pierced through the leather armor and through their bodies!
The knights drew their swords and kite-shaped shields to protect me and fight to the death, and although the snow bandits were superior in numbers, their weapons and equipment were far behind us!
In a few breaths, the snowfield bandits in our way were scattered by us!
Dozens of snowfield bandits behind him chased after him!
"Peter, take Reina first!"
It was Uncle Joy who shouted, and he led ten knights to break the rear, while Uncle Peter led two other knights to escort me and galloped in the direction of Fort Evasod!
There was no other way, and when the water was blocked, I had to leave the territory of the Kingdom of Livingston from Fort Awasod and cross the Great Wasteland into the Kingdom of Saarion.
Running all the way, leaving the shouts of killing behind, I strengthened my determination to take revenge.
My dear uncle Harengus, you wait for me!
Two days later, we entered Fort Evasod, after all, this is already the domain of Viscount Alaric, and the wanted warrant of Count Otto is like waste paper, but I did see the wanted warrant for the snowfield bandit who killed Uncle Sauron, the evil Danny.
Fortunately, I had brought with me a lot of savings to cover the expenses of the journey, a total of fourteen gold coins and twenty-eight silver coins, which I called Jinnar and Yinnar. On the mainland, the ratio of kinnar to gold nar is very fixed, one gold nar is equal to ten imperial silver narls or twelve sarian silver narls or fifteen Winston silver narls.
This is due to the fact that the metallurgical technology varies from country to country, and unfortunately, the smelting technology of my hometown of Livingston is not very good, but it is still better than one gold narr for twenty Fields Silver.
One silver dinar can be exchanged for ten large dinars, which are copper coins divided into two types, large and small, and the large dinar is equal to ten small dinars.
Uncle Peter and I looked for an inn, fed the horses, bought some travel essentials, and bought two horses to pull things.
The Great Wasteland is full of vicious people, I learned the lesson of not having long-range weapons, and bought four hard crossbows, although they are not military goods, but the lethality is still not to be underestimated.
Fearing that my uncle would continue to assassinate him, after a day's rest, we hurried out and boarded a caravan with us to the kingdom of Sarion, who welcomed us four knights and offered to provide free food, for it was always right to be strong in the wilderness.
Little did I know that this would be the beginning of my adventure. Covered in silver, a vast white patch on the great wilderness.
It's just that I'm not in the mood to enjoy the scenery, the snow, all snow, in the kingdom of Winston, from the end of autumn until the middle of spring of the following year, is covered with heavy snow.
The caravan marched along the coastline of the North Sea, never going deep into the heart of the Great Heath, which the caravan leader Adams said was a relatively safe trade route.
Relative security means less security.
Especially after a group of rogue knights appeared behind him and followed the caravan forward.
The caravan was not of great size, with the caravan guards plus the coachmen and us numbering only forty men, and the rogue knights twelve men, all on thin horses and wearing old and tattered armor.
They are knights who can't get along, who have reneged on their oaths and begun to rob houses, such knights are often called rogue knights.
The rogue knight was followed by more than forty poorer bandits, and looking at the weapons in their hands, most of them were notched knives or wooden spears with spear heads.
The distance between the two sides was always about a hundred paces, and at last, the rogue knights sped up their horses to bypass the caravan and block the front, and more than forty bandits on foot also blocked the retreat.
The two sides began to confront each other, but neither intended to attack immediately.
Whichever side attacks, it is bound to pay heavy casualties.
After a few minutes of confrontation, the rogue knights on the opposite side discussed for a while, and sent a rogue knight to walk twenty steps forward to negotiate conditions.
The rogue knights demanded that Adams pay a hundred kinnars for the toll, but Adams naturally refused, joking, the entire caravan together was not worth a hundred jinnars.
"Don't waste any time, Mr. Knight!"
Adams said a maximum of fifteen Winston silvertails.
The rogue knight on the opposite side didn't really intend to get a hundred jinnars, and he naturally knew that this caravan would not be able to come up with such a large sum of money.
Adams and the rogue knight talked for ten minutes before raising the price to five jinnars, and the rogue knight insisted on twenty jinnars and offered to escort the caravan through the Great Heath.
If you believe these rogue knights, there are ghosts!
Adams naturally smiled and didn't take it seriously, to be honest, five gold narls is not a small amount!
Hire a seasoned caravan guard for a week's salary of only seven Winston Silverars!
"Something is wrong! these rogue knights seem to be dragging their feet!" Peter realized something, and took out his crossbow and began to reload it.
Seeing him do this, I and two other knights also began to load their crossbows, and there was a squad of ten hired crossbowmen in the caravan, who also had ready-to-load crossbows.
Sure enough, after a few more minutes, hundreds of bandits and more than thirty rogue knights appeared on both sides!
The rogue knight who came to negotiate quickly turned his horse's head and tried to withdraw, I had already aimed at him, I shot at the same time as Uncle Peter and the others, and two of the four crossbow bolts missed, one hit the rogue knight's left shoulder, and the other shot through the back and through the heart!
With the rogue knight falling from his horse and dying, needless to say, the rogue knights and bandits attack from four directions!
Fortunately, the caravan had already formed a circle with six wagons, and the caravan guards and coachmen were armed with swords and were ready to fight!
The hired crossbowmen, though small in number, were much more accurate than the four of us, and when the rogue knights rushed forward, they had already fired three rounds of crossbow arrows, and with the two rounds we fired, the thirty-eight rounds of crossbow bolts directly knocked down eight of the eleven rogue knights rushing on the left! The remaining three rogue knights sped up their horses and tried to cross the carriage, but they were hindered by the spears that kept sticking out, and a total of twenty-seven rogue knights on the right and in front also rushed over!
"Don't be afraid! They won't rush in!"
Armed with a one-handed axe and a round shield, Adams slashed down a bandit dressed in cloth!
These bandits are at best farmers who take up arms!
Uncle Peter, the other two knights, and me, a total of four people, blocked the attack of the forty bandits behind!
Of course, this is also due to the fact that I relied on the carriage to block it, and I fought hard to kill the two robbers who were approaching, and after the initial nervousness, I inexplicably felt the excitement of killing!
What's the use of having a lot of people, these bandits who have not undergone military training, are they just here to kill as many as they want?
Uncle Peter had abandoned his shield and stood on the roof of the carriage with his sword in both hands, and the wooden spears stabbed by the robbers were easily cut off by him, while the long sword he swung could effortlessly slay the bandits!
This is the power of the knights!
However, the situation is not optimistic, the back is the only place where there is no rogue knight attack, and after paying a certain price for the rogue knights attacking on the right and in front, they have broken through the carriage barrier and fought with the caravan guards!
"Reina!
Uncle Peter stood tall and looked far away, judging that Adams' caravan was almost finished.
With a ruthless heart, I swung my sword and slashed the bandits in front of me, and turned over on my horse!
The four of us broke through from behind, and the forty bandits were less than thirty left, and they didn't dare to stop us at all, and only after letting us leave did they enter the carriage formation, their goal was the caravan!
"No!" Adams cried out miserably, painfully aware that there were less than ten caravan guards left, and that the crossbowmen had been forced to drop their bows and crossbows, and draw their short swords for hand-to-hand combat.
I glanced back, and there were at least forty corpses of bandits and rogue knights near the carriage array!
There were only eighteen rogue knights left, and the bandits were still more than sixty!
I stopped Uncle Peter, and we stopped fifty paces away.
"You can't just go like this!" I said, turning my horse's head.
"This caravan is finished!" said Uncle Peter.
I shook my head and said, "We don't have any dry food, and we don't know the way, so if we don't starve to death, we will be lost in the great wilderness!"
"What then?" Uncle Peter didn't think much about it just now.
"Kill all these rogue knights so we can live!"
With that, I urged the war horse and rushed over!
Seeing that the four of us had come back, the morale of Adams and the others had risen slightly.
We rode into the rear crowd of bandits, and our horses knocked over the bandits who stood in our way, and we killed ten bandits in a single charge!
The bandits in cloth or rotten leather armor lost the courage to fight, and quickly retreated to both sides, and the rogue knights who were besieging Adams divided seven rogue knights and rushed towards us!
We pulled out our crossbows, and after a round of close-range shooting, the two rogue knights in front of us were killed by two crossbow arrows each!
The rogue knights rushing from behind were blocked by the corpses of their companions and the horses that had lost control, and they collided together, and we took advantage of this opportunity to rush forward!
I swung my sword into the breastplate of a rogue knight and pierced his chest, and before he died, he grabbed the sword and pulled me off my horse!
I fell to the ground, not hurt, but not well!
A rogue knight took the opportunity to swing his sword at me! I picked up a round shield to block it, and with great force it split the shield of the skin!
Uncle Peter swings his sword and knocks the rogue knight off his horse!
We slaughtered all seven rogue knights who attacked, and we only paid the price of a knight named Ryker who was wounded in the left arm.
Another knight named Bill stayed by his side to protect him.
The rogue knights were already red-eyed, and the bandits surrounded the carriage from afar, but they did not dare to come forward and die.
I took a break to see the situation, Adams' left arm had been severed, and blood was constantly flowing, and there were eleven rogue knights left, besieging the caravan guards.
Uncle Peter and I looked at each other and killed them side by side!
After a period of fighting, the rogue knights finally lost the courage to fight, and seven rogue knights got on their horses and rushed out, three of the hired crossbowmen remained, and eight caravan guards remained, almost all of whom were wounded!
Although the rogue knights escaped from the carriage formation, they did not leave, but urged the bandits to launch a final charge!
More than sixty bandits rushed from both sides!
The shouting was quite loud, but after a round of crossbow arrows knocked down four people, the more than twenty bandits on the left collapsed!
They ran into the distance, and the rogue knights did not chase them, but urged the more than thirty bandits on the right to rush into the carriage formation!
I'm a little tired, but I'm still in high spirits, the bandit's wooden spear piercing my armor won't hurt me in any way, I just need to be careful with a single slash!
Seemingly at the end of his life, Adams screamed with all his might, stabbed a robber with his sword in his right hand, and rolled to the ground with him!