Volume 2 Chapter 9 Defeated?

The last time Fan Ming thought of distilling liquor, he made a distilled wine vessel with the iron utensils of the furnace, and the alcohol produced was much higher than the current barley wine, like soju, so it was named shochu, and drunkards such as Lime, Green, and Bandas fell in love with it as soon as they drank it, so Fan Ming kept part of it as a reward for the soldiers' hard training, and let the rest be sold by the merchants of the Bandas Chamber of Commerce.

"My lord is glad that our soju is very profitable, and merchants have come to our castle to ask to sell our soju, and now, we can earn more than 3,000 dinars a month, which is enough to feed our army!

"Well, now the family is stable, everything is ready, only the east wind is missing, and the future is very good!" Fan Ming said confidently, Lem secretly leaned over to Bandas and said, "Boss, what kind of wind are you talking about?"

Bandas glared at him viciously and said, "Where did you say that your lord said that you have a convulsion!

Then Fan Ming instructed: "Lem, you and Green, go down the mountain to search for deserters, find it, bring it back if you want to come, remember to report my name!"

"Haha, don't worry, boss!"

"Bandas, you go and prepare three days' worth of food and military expenses, ready at any time. ”

"Understood, sir!"

Later, Fan Ming called Jamila again and asked about the harvest on Mount Solon, to which Jamila replied: "This year's harvest is very good, and the grain tax of a thousand families has been paid."

"Well, yes, for the peasants, take good care of them. They feed us, and they are our food and clothing parents!"

Hearing what Fan Ming said, Jamila was stunned. This was the only lord he heard who cared about the life and death of the peasants, and he couldn't help but be moved.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the castle. It seems that someone is arguing about something.

"Who is there?" asked the guard.

"Oh, my lord, I'm going to take a look," the guard hurriedly agreed, and ran to check.

After a while, the guard ran back: "My lord, there is a hunter outside the castle arguing with the soldiers. It seems to say that his horse was stolen by us. ”

"Ao? was stolen by us, is there such a thing?" Fan Ming asked a little angrily, for the civilians under his rule, Fan Ming stipulated that Qiu should not commit any crimes. Anyone who offends civilians is punished severely.

"A few days ago, a horse came to our castle, and our men saw that no one wanted it, so they took it. "Konoe said a little embarrassed.

"I don't blame you. Just give him back the horse, it's useless to keep it anyway" It's not that Fan Ming doesn't like horses, but it's really useless to keep them, and the thirty or so horses captured last time can only be idle there because no one can ride them, wasting hay in vain.

"The horse has been given to him, but he has to say that the horse is thin, and we will pay him two dinars," said the guard, a little helplessly.

"Oh!haha! Come and have a look!" Although Fan Ming had never raised a horse, he also knew that it would not be possible for the horse to lose weight in two or three days. I don't understand him!

When I came to the outside of the castle, I saw a big man standing at the gate of the castle. The huge man simply blocked the city gate tightly, and there was a horse beside him, with a brown and yellow body, shiny coat, and strong limbs, even those who did not understand horses could see that it was not a good horse!

Fan Ming approached the strong man and asked, "That's what you want me to do with you!"

The man turned around, saw Fan Ming, who was thin and tall, and scolded when he opened his mouth: "Where the hell did you get a cucumber!

"What! Who the hell are you talking about cucumbers!, you Samson!" Fan Ming was the most annoying in his previous life, and others compared it to a cucumber, and when he said this, Fan Ming was furious and punched him.

The strong man saw the fist coming, and hurriedly caught it with his hand, but even if the strong body was, how could it resist the divine power of the power of the bloodstone, and punched the strong man's chest, even if the strong man blocked it with his hand, he still flew out and fell to the ground The strong man looked at the 'cucumber' with this strange face stupidly, and showed fear for a while, as honest as a sheep.

"Haha! Not bad! It's not dead yet, if ordinary people would have seen the Lord a long time ago!Okay, don't make trouble with me, give you two dinars to go!" Fan Ming looked at the strong man who had become sluggish, a little funny, and his anger dissipated.

"No, no, no, I don't dare to ask for money, in fact, I'm actually here to find a horse, and I want to join the army by the way!" The strong man saw that Fan Ming was leaving, and immediately said: "I'm here, in fact, I just want to see you adults, or no one will know about me!" The strong man said a little embarrassed.

"Ao! join the army! Then tell me what kind of goods you are!" Fan Ming was even more amused when he heard the strong man's boasting.

"I once caught a nobleman by myself! I sent it to you! I know how to play horses! I can train any kind of horse!"

"Oh! you're the one who caught the Black Helmet Knight!" asked Fan Ming in surprise.

"Yes, just ask your lord!" said the strong man, proudly.

Fan Ming looked at it, it really took no effort to get one, and naturally there was no need to say thank you, it seems that this Samson is only afraid of being stronger than him, and he can take his own punch without vomiting blood, even if he has two blows, he is also a good hand on the battlefield. So I was happy to see the hunt.

"Yes, then, why do you have to see the lord?" Fan Ming asked after looking the strong man up and down, looking at his muscles, and praising him.

"Hehe, I heard that your lords are good, and I heard that you can get more money for him as a guard than ordinary soldiers, so I want to try it, hey! I see that you are also a good official!" said the strong man, touching his bare head.

"Haha, what an official! This is our lord! Saint Vanming Knight!" said the guard with a laugh.

"Ah, my lord, don't blame me for not deliberately making trouble here, just get out of here" When the strong man heard that this person who had just been called a cucumber by himself turned out to be a knight of Saint Fanming, he couldn't help but be afraid for a while, and knelt on the ground in fright and said. Get up, and I'll take you in! From now on you will be the captain of my guard, and you will train the horse, will you be able to ride it?

"Really, thank you, sir! I can ride a horse! Not bad!" the strong man hurriedly agreed, "Okay! You will call me to ride a horse in the future, hey, what is your name?" Fan Ming suddenly thought that he didn't know his name yet, so he asked.

"My name is Bush"

Fan Ming was dizzy

After fleeing back to Djerkala in August of the first year of the reign of the Lord, King Grives of Rhodok died on a rainy day, and Duke Mateas, after consulting with the people, appointed the unweaned prince Carmon Rigson as the new king, and he was the only son of King Grive.

On the day of the new king's accession to the throne, the Duke of Gothras, the lord of Veruga, united a group of free knights and self-reliant lords, and when Rhodok was defeated and there were no soldiers available in the whole country, he wanted to rebel against Rhodok, and led 3,000 troops to Aaron.

The Duke of Gothras, in the name of royal injustice and not enough to rule Rhodok, was arrogant and arrogant all the way.

In the city of Aaron, hearing that Gothras had sent troops to attack Aaron, and there were only more than 1,000 guards in Aaron, Duke Mateas escaped and returned to Djerkhara on the grounds that all the soldiers of the royal family were killed in battle, and I want to return to the city to lead troops to help", and there was no news again.

The surrounding lords were also reluctant to send troops to the king because their soldiers were all killed in battle.

The royal family is terrified, and the king's mother, Queen Tranna, is ready to escape with little King Rigson and escape from the continent of Cadia.

At this time, Fan Ming had already integrated his troops, recruited the scattered Rhodok soldiers, expanded the heavy armor to two hundred (using captured heavy armor) Scythe soldiers and leather armor, and expanded to two hundred, and recruited one hundred crossbowmen who were the most pleasing to Fan Ming, and the strength of the crossbowmen Fan Ming knew deeply.

He improved the crossbowman's old-fashioned bow and crossbow, and his speed was greatly increased, allowing him to shoot six arrows a minute.

Fifteen hundred men in all, lying in the village of Ziza, the place where the Duke of Goth'as must pass, where the Svadians had attacked the Rhodoks at night, prepared to eat the three thousand men here, and then take Viruga directly.

In fact, Fan Ming's first plan was to take advantage of the defeat of Rhodok and when the Rhodoks lost confidence in the royal family, stand up and recruit people to take up arms in the name of free Rhodok, rebel against the royal family, and then drive the Swadias out of Viruga.

I didn't expect the Nords to come too coincidentally, I thought that this was just to save dealing with the Svadians in the future, but what I didn't expect was that the little abacus of the Duke of Goth-as was louder than his own, and he actually struck first.

As a result, Duke Gothas, who ruined Fan Ming's overall plan, could only innocently bear Fan Ming's anger.

"My lord, they are out of the plains, and they will be in the ambush circle in two hours. Bush said in front of Fan Ming.

At this time, Bush was the captain of the guards beside Fan Ming, and all thirty members of the guard got on the horse with the help of Bush, and Fan Ming naturally rode the horse brought by Bush, which was originally Prince Starma's mount, and it was a well-deserved good horse, with a brown and yellow body, bright hair, and a head taller than ordinary horses, and much stronger!

Fan Ming's reason for snatching the horse from Bush is simple: 'I'm afraid his master doesn't want to ride the horse anymore', "Is it all arranged?" Fan Ming asked Bush.

"Do as you say!"

"Hmm"

Then he came to the top of the valley, looked at the soldiers lying in ambush, and said in a loud voice: "Warriors, do you know where this is?"

"Ziza!" "yes, I've been here a few times!" said the soldiers.

Then Fan Ming said: "No, warriors! This is not just Ziza! This is our home, the whole of Rhodok, it is our home! Here, in this land, there used to be our family, once our friends, once there were fragrant and charming wild flowers, and there were green and delightful crops. ”

Fan Ming's words sent the soldiers into a reverie. (To be continued......)