Chapter 124: The War of the Nobles

Jim came back in the morning, the whole person was staggering, looking like he was hangover and didn't wake up, his face had not been washed, his forehead, cheeks, and throat were still covered with a few red lip prints, and everyone looked sideways and snickered along the way. Unconsciously, he happily rushed into Lorlist's room without even knocking on the door, shouting loudly: "My lord, my lord, I have found out the reason......

Pat was amused when he saw Jim like that, and Lorist was laughing: "Just crawled out of the pile of women?"

Jim was stunned: "How do you know, my lord? Did you go there last night?"

Lorist looked left and right to see if there was no silver piece as a mirror, and simply pulled out a dagger, and handed the blade of the knife as a mirror to Jim: "Look at your own face......"

Jim hurriedly wiped his face with his hands: "I'm sorry, I came out in a hurry, I forgot to wash my face......"

"Tell me, what did you hear?" asked Lorlist.

"My lord, the Kenmas family forces no longer attack the city because the soldiers below refused to obey the Viscount's orders and almost mutinied. Last night I went to the tavern in the camp of the Battlefield Merchant Group to invite some of my old friends from the mercenary group for a drink, and I was approaching the four mercenary groups sent by Viscount Kenmeth to hire four mercenary groups to attack our castle, and he paid a lot of money. However, the four regiment commanders were all old foxes, and they only said that they would think about it first, and they refused to agree immediately. ”

At this time, a large group of soldiers armed with the Kenmax family came to drink, and when they found that the person sent by the Viscount Kenmath to negotiate with the mercenary group began to insult, saying that the Viscount wanted to attack the city and let him attack it alone, and did not let them die. If it weren't for the Viscount's insistence, their colleagues would not have died more than two hundred, and there are still more than two hundred wounded lying down. originally thought that they could eat and drink spicy food by becoming the armed forces of the Kenmath family, but they didn't expect that the Kenmath family tricked them into coming to the Northland to die or something, and said a lot of ugly things. ”

"The commanders of the four mercenary regiments refused the employment of Viscount Kenmath after listening to the words of those soldiers, and I asked those soldiers for two rounds of wine, and those soldiers said that Viscount Kenmath still wanted to attack the city the afternoon before yesterday, and wanted to kill a few soldiers who escaped, but all the soldiers were gone, and the strong walls defended whoever went and who died, so they confronted Viscount Kenmath. In the end, Viscount Kenmax had no choice but to let them camp and rest. A bounty was given to appease the soldiers. ”

The soldiers also said that the seven lords had been invited by Viscount Kenmax to join in the siege, but they were still in the process of arguing. A soldier standing guard at the gate of Viscount Kenmeth's tent said that the seven lords asked Viscount Kenmath to go up first when he attacked the city, and they would follow. It's just that Viscount Kenmax has the idea of fighting four mercenary groups because the family soldiers refuse to obey his orders. The soldiers told the mercenaries not to be fooled and sent to their deaths. Jim finally finished reporting what he had heard.

"Alas, I knew that we wouldn't have to rush back in this way, and it wouldn't be too late to come back after cleaning up Kitano Town first. Pat was annoyed.

"We didn't know it was going to be like this when we got the call, it was really urgent," Lorist said. The three guard squads are one and a half short, who can put their minds at ease. ”

There was a whining horn outside the castle......

"Looks like someone has come to challenge, let's go see ......" Lorist was the first to walk out and come to the top of the first wall.

Three horsemen came out of the open space in front of the rock castle, and in the middle was a knight, with a black horned helmet, black iron ring armor, a silver pegasus badge inlaid on his chest, and a chestnut blue northland steed under him, holding a horse in his hand.

To the left of the knight is a tall squire, dressed in gray-white leather armor, holding a blue and white swallowtail flag in one hand, also with a pegasus motif, and a horn in the other.

To the right of the knight was a middle-aged man in a gray-blue robe, but he had a loud voice and was shouting loudly, proclaiming the knight's name and his previous achievements......

"My master, Knight Lambwee, has won three Knights of the Whisk Cup, is called a Lion Cub by the Duke of Pupadera, and he has also fought in the Battle of Minashevik, and has fallen in front of his horse's hooves, a dozen famous knights...... Today, he comes to the glorious, huge, fortified castle to challenge the roaring bears of the Northland, the Norton family...... Do you dare to come out to fight, Knights of the Bears of the House of Norton, and my master, Knight Lambwee, will show you what it means to be a knight, and he will give victory to Miss Stephanie in the distance, and all glory belongs to the beautiful, pure and immaculate Miss Stephanie......"

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, the squire in leather armor raised the horn in his hand again and blew the horn of challenge again......

"Your Excellency, look......" Pat pointed into the distance.

Lorist looked up, but saw a lot of people pouring out of the camp of the Seven Lords and the Kenmas family in the distance, but these people didn't seem to be here to fight, but to see the excitement. There were even some servants who quickly set up a cloth shed to block the sun, and diligently served several women dressed as noble ladies to sit down.

"Great, what are they doing here?" Jim fainted.

"Siege, they are challenging us, the knights. Lorist said.

Now the loud squire under the city began a second shout, the same as before.

The gates of the camp of the war merchant group were also opened, and many mercenaries and women poured out to watch the knight who had come to challenge. There were many people, and the squire's voice was a little higher.

"So, why did that guy say it a second time, didn't he just say it?" asked Jim.

"The trumpet will blow three times, and the introduction will be three times, and if we have no one to go out to fight, then the knight will be able to declare to people that his great name has terrified the Norton family, and they dare not confront his valor, but can only shrink down in the castle and tremble. Lorist said.

"Then I'll give him an arrow, and see if he dares to be arrogant down there......," Jim said, moving the crossbow of the garrison next to him.

"Are you crazy and want us to be the object of everyone's ridicule and contempt? We will be treated like cowards and will always be ridiculed. Pat grabbed Jim.

"Jim, this is the war of the nobility, an ancient and traditional way of fighting. All knights learn this lesson when they first embark on the path of knighthood, and for a knight, this style of fighting is sacred and honorable. If you sabotage this challenge, you will become an enemy of all the knights of Gelinthia. Lorist said.

"Ovicis, do you want to go out and fight?" Lorist turned to ask Ovikis, who was silent next to him.

"Ah, my lord, I, I'm a civilian......" Ovicis bowed his head.

"I'm sorry, this should have been given to you a long time ago, but I always forget. "Lorist has an extra Bear Knight badge in his hand, which Pat has handed over.

Seriously, Ovikis must be regarded as a prisoner and trophy of Lorist, with no personal freedom, not even those former bandit-turned-guards.

"After following me, your loyalty and diligence have earned me trust, especially recently, you have performed very well. Ovekis, will you be my knight and fight under the banner of the Angry Bear?" asked Lorlist, with a serious face.

With tears in his eyes, Ovikis knelt down on one knee in front of Lorlist, and put his right hand on his chest: "I, Sealand Ovikis, am willing to be loyal to Lord Lorlist, and let the god of war witness the loyalty I have forged with my life and blood." I will follow the banner of the Norton family and fight to the roar of the angry bear until the last moment of my life......"

Lorist drew his sword and slapped Ovicis twice on each shoulder: "Get up, my knight. ”

Lorist pinned the Bear Knight emblem in the gap in the chest of the iron armor worn by Ovikis. Pat and Ovikis hugged each other tightly: "Welcome to you, my brother. ”

As soon as the knight's promotion ceremony was completed, Ovickis saluted Lorist and ran down the city, Lorist shouted, "Let Sedcamp accompany you, he knows how to negotiate." ”

When the third horn of the challenge sounded, the drawbridge of the Rock Castle was lowered, the gates were wide open, and Ovicis rushed out with Sedcamp and another guard with the Angry Bear banner. At this time, all the onlookers were thunderous with joy, and there was finally a lively look.

Papa Balek, the steward of Boris, and the steward of Hansk all came to the castle tower, and they all watched as Sedekamp stepped forward to negotiate with the loud squire, and the two of them went back to talk to Ovijis and the knight named Lambwee for a moment, and soon came to an agreement. Sedcamp and the flag-wielding squire began to retreat, as did the two squires of the Lambberway knight on the other side.

"My lord, what are they doing?" Although Jim was silent when Ovicis was promoted to knight just now, the envious look on his face could not be concealed. Ever since Lorist had agreed to let him follow him the other night, he had known that as long as he did well and took some credit, Ovicis would be his role model.

"They are negotiating about the way to challenge, horse fighting, foot combat, what weapons to use, etc., and if the knights who come to challenge them do not know what method to use, then we can now ask for the way we are good at fighting. For example, if Joske is there, he can ask for an archery test. Therefore, when you go to challenge, you must first think about which aspects you have more advantages and make it clear first, so that your opponent will not propose to fight in a way that you are not familiar with and end up in disgrace. ”

"There are powerful knights who don't care what kind of fight they have, they have a lot of confidence in themselves. However, the opponent of Ovicis below is obviously too big and self-righteous. If Ovicis proposes foot combat, the kid is guaranteed to be dumbfounded. Lorist said.

It's a pity that Ovikis didn't choose to fight on foot, maybe because he was too excited to become a knight of the Norton family, he chose horse fighting, and the two retreated thirty meters apart, and the opponent Lambwee knight put down his armor, and Ovikis also set up to ride. Both raised their left hands to signal that they were ready, and now they only had to wait for the handkerchief in Sederkamp's hand to hit the ground, and the two began to sprint for a duel.

There was a little episode, and the handkerchief was thrown out, but when it was about to hit the ground, it was picked up by a light wind, and it spun and around in mid-air, and everyone stared at the handkerchief and watched it dance in the wind......

Lorist forced a laugh, and his stomach was about to ache. Jim didn't have any scruples, and slammed his head against the wall with a smile. Pat and the others were laughing too, but not as exaggerated as Jim. It was originally a very sacred and serious challenge duel, but it was ridiculous to be messed up by this handkerchief.

It wasn't until the handkerchief had attracted enough eyeballs that it slowly fell to the ground......

"Kill!" Ovekis let out a low roar, clamped his legs, and rode forward, he did not allow himself to be defeated on his first day as a knight, and he must defeat his opponent.

A sword gleamed from the Lambwee knight's spear, and like Ovikis, he was also a knight of the silver star......

The two swords-glittering horsemen struck each other with a deafening sound, and the two mounts circled around, and the two knights were engaged in a fierce fight......

Unlike Lorlist's memory, the medieval knights of the world in the previous life had no fighting spirit, and their duel was to sprint each other with two long horsemen made of applewood, and the emphasis was on killing with one hit. And in this world, with a fighting spirit, the duel between the two knights is more like the heads-up of the generals in the commentary "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that I heard when I was a child......

In terms of technique, this knight named Lambwee is more skilled and exquisite than Owikis, obviously after a long period of hard training, but Owikis is more experienced than him, more fierce in momentum, and several times he would rather exchange injuries with his opponents, and this kind of posture of ending up and ending soon made the Lamberway knight fall into a disadvantage, restraining his hands and feet in his moves, and falling into a passive parry.

Ovicis suddenly let out a loud cry, like a mad tiger, and used the riding spear as a long club, and smashed it down with five or six blows in a row, and the Lamberway knight finally couldn't parry, and fell off his horse, and when he looked up again, the tip of Ovikis's sword was aimed at his throat.

The knight sat helplessly on the ground and waved his hand, and Ovicis withdrew his rifle. The knight's squire placed the banner on his horse, picked up the trumpet and blew a low horn, indicating that the challenged knight was about to leave the field in defeat.

Sedkampzer immediately stepped forward and whispered to the loud squire for a moment, then saluted and parted. The knight also got up from the ground and gave a chest salute to Ovicis, who was riding on his horse, and Ovicis gently tapped the iron armor on his left chest with his fist, which was a knightly salute, showing his appreciation for the bravery of the other party, and at the same time showing respect.

"My lord, is it over, why didn't Ovicis kill the other man?" asked Jim.

"Generally speaking, wars of the nobility of this kind rarely kill people, except by misconduct and manslaughter. Those who can keep their hands try to keep their hands as much as possible, and do not easily harm the opponent's life, just because the opponent is also a heroic knight like us. However, the defeated knight would pay a ransom worth his worth as the victor's spoils, and such ransoms would leave the losing knight to think for himself how much he was worth, and if he could not pay the ransom, he would have to surrender his armor, weapons, and mounts. The conversation between Sedcamp and the other side's attendant just now was to confirm the time for the ransom to be paid. If nothing else, the knight's squire will deliver the ransom. Lorist patiently explained to Jim.

Jim scratched his head: "My lord, why do I always think that such an aristocratic war is a child playing a game of family drinking?"

Lorist replied with a philosophical sentence: "Because, life is a game......"

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