Chapter 444: Busy and Annoying (1)

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves was endless, and in the dust, a black shadow on a horseback maintained an even speed, and a neat line rushed out of the dust and smoke, bringing a momentum like a mountain and a sea. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The only difference from the Flying Tiger Legion's lancer formation is that their ranks are not as dense, the distance between the two horses is about two meters, and the speed of the charge is also faster.

A sharp whistle sounded suddenly, and a storm of crossbow arrows shot out from the hands of these black shadows, and then continued to wind and fire, and countless crossbow shadows swept through the space more than a hundred meters away and pounced on the target......

With another whistle, the black shadows in the front suddenly separated left and right and galloped to both sides, while their rear columns continued to gallop forward, firing crossbow arrows, separating left and right, and repeating the cycle.

"Your Highness, this is the training I designed to shoot in the equestrian line. If the enemy were to encounter such an attack on the march, there was a high probability that they would be completely annihilated by such a continuous attack. Of course, if they are in a field battle, the effect of this attack may be somewhat different. After all, such a long-range attack during a horse charge can only do the most damage to an unsuspecting enemy. Joske proudly introduced his tactics to Lorlist.

Because the Cross Steel Crossbow needed to be kept secret and outsiders could not know that the Norton family forces were equipped with this kind of long-range shooting weapon for personal use, it didn't take two days for Lorist to go to the garrison of the Hunting Legion, which was undergoing closed training, to observe a training in shooting on horseback lines.

"How did you come up with that?" asked Lorlist.

"There's nothing surprising about that. Jost replied, "Your Highness, the most elite light cavalry are scout light cavalry, they spy on the enemy's whereabouts, monitor the enemy's path, and fight the enemy's scouts. Their method of fighting is to dismount and use long-range attacks, and get on their horses to fight in close combat. Only a few of them are gifted with ranged weapons on horses. Among them, axes and spears can only be regarded as short- and medium-range throwing weapons, and longbows are generally used to attack enemies from a long distance.

Even though the Fisabrun family's famous Frontier Ranger Regiment claimed to be the most elite light cavalry in the former Empire, their performance was no different from what I said. At that time, our cavalry hunting regiment was defeated in Makinohara Province, and the trick of the barbarian cavalry who attacked us was nothing more than to follow us, spy on us from outside the range of the chariot steel crossbow, and lure our light cavalry to rashly attack and break away from the protection of the steel crossbow. When we fell into the trap, they only had an extra shield to cover us, and they were able to defeat us with their numbers.

If we had this crossbow at that time, we wouldn't have experienced that defeat at all! We would have annihilated their scout light horsemen on the steppe, and in the middle of the chase we could have eliminated them with ranged attacks without dismounting. Even when besieged by an enemy, there is no need to dismount and line, and no enemy can withstand our ranged attacks on the march or during the charge. Then the mobility and flexibility of the light cavalry can be maximized......"

Joe Scrory rambled on a ton of useless stuff, but Lorist understood. The main task of the light cavalry at present is to scout and trap the enemy, because of the lack of long-range attack means, the most powerful long-range attack of the light cavalry is only to dismount in formation, with longbow hanging and direct fire to inflict damage on the enemy. However, the dismounting of the light cavalry meant the loss of mobility, and the threat to the enemy defending in the field was greatly reduced. And letting the light cavalry charge into the enemy position on horseback is even more than worth the loss, and the attack and defense of the light cavalry in hand-to-hand combat are not as good as the heavily armed enemy heavy infantry, unless the enemy is defeated and flees.

And with this crossbow that can be fired right away, it not only increases the attack power, but also does not affect the play of mobility and agility. Even if the enemy is well defended, the light cavalry can still move to the enemy's weak rear or attack in a split attack with mobile power, tearing through the weak points of the enemy's defenses, and taking down the enemy with a stormy long-range attack, avoiding a head-to-head encounter with the enemy. In this regard, the appearance of the cross steel crossbow gave the light cavalry a field foundation to defeat the enemy.

Lorist took a crossbow from Josk and examined it closely. To be exact, this should be a crossbow gun, and the shape of crossbows such as strong crossbows and stone crossbows in the Galinthia continent is very different, it seems that Master Sid borrowed some advantages of Lorist design musket when designing, the cross steel crossbow has a butt and a handle, which is convenient for the rider to aim and shoot on horseback, and at the same time, because of the existence of the butt handle, the cross steel crossbow has a place to borrow when winding after firing, which becomes easier and faster.

"Your Highness, this crossbow was finally finalized after we sent a hundred light cavalry to assist Master Sid in a year-and-a-half-long experiment. From the current point of view, this is the perfect weapon for the long-range attack of the light cavalry. Once on the battlefield, we in the Norton family will set off a storm of light cavalry on......" Josk said proudly.

"Isn't there anything wrong with this crossbow?" said Lorlist, raising the crossbow in his hand.

"Uh......" Josk paused, "There's only one drawback, Your Highness." That is, the crossbow steel crossbow cannot carry the fighting energy, and the power of the launch mainly depends on the power of the crossbow arm and the bracket. ”

When a longbowman's fighting spirit is cultivated to the silver stage, then when he shoots an arrow, he can input his fighting qi into a special feather arrow, making the feather arrow shoot faster, farther and more accurate, and it can also form a small sword in the arrow, breaking the shield and destroying the armor, and the edge is incomparable. Like Jost, he was such a golden archer, with a green bone bow in his hand, and even the great swordsman had to avoid his arrows.

However, a sharpshooter like Jost, who has the talent to shoot a bow left and right on a horse, is extremely rare, and can be said to be one in ten thousand. It was also impossible for Lorist to pick out such a group of soldiers to form a cavalry archery regiment. Judging from the current situation, the Cross Steel Crossbow is indeed the best choice for the light cavalry to carry out a long-range attack immediately. A small flaw like not being able to carry a vindictive spirit is not a big problem and can be completely ignored.

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"Are you ready? I'm going to attack. Lorist said with a smile to Schward, who was standing in front of him.

Schward nodded and assumed a defensive posture: "Your Highness, come on." ”

The long sword in Lorist's hand was like lightning, and it came in an instant with the sound of breaking wind. Schward did not show weakness, and the long sword turned into a net, blocking in front of him, and the water could not be splashed. The master and apprentice fought together.

Reddy and Jenorio stood by and watched, and Genorio had a look of envy on his face.

Reddy laughed: "Genolio, if you want to learn the sword, you have to endure hardship, Schward was taught a lot by me when he learned the sword." ”

Genolio nodded solemnly: "Senior brother, I have endured hardship, no matter how hard and tired I am, I will learn from you very seriously." ”

A strange smile appeared on the corner of Reddy's mouth: "Very good, I can find a time to intercede with His Highness." However, the basis of our faction's sword learning is the ability to see in motion, and if His Highness approves it, Schward and I will help you develop this ability. ”

"Really?" Genolio was very happy, "Thank you, brother." ”

"You're welcome, who called you my little junior brother. Reddy laughed wickedly, mentally thinking about who to find to watch the excitement this time, maybe he could take this opportunity to open a plate or something, and bet on how long Genorio could last on the big disc without falling unconscious......

"Zheng ......" Lorlist's long sword accurately picked up the sword in Schward's hand.

"Yes, I didn't expect you to be able to catch more than 20 moves. Lorist was a little surprised, worthy of being the son of Boderfinger. I think that when Bode Finger competed with himself in the ring, he defended very steadily and thoroughly, which left a deep impression on himself. Unexpectedly, now Schward is better than the basket with blue and blue, and he is really born with Bodefinger, which is better than Bodefinger at that time. Although Lorlist's subordinates showed mercy, after all, they were already close to the level of the Sword Master beyond the third-level Great Sword Master, and it was really surprising that Schward could take on twenty moves.

"No wonder Reddy said that he went to pick you up and fought with you for nearly a hundred moves to win, and he was not convinced for a while and you tried for a few days with the same result, so you two came back so late. Lorist handed the sword in his hand to Schward for him to put it away, and said in thought, "Your sword path is different from Reddy's. Reddy relied on his innate divine power, and took the road of strong and fierce attack, quick attack and quick victory over the sword to no return.

You are completely different from him, your sword path is very similar to your father, it can be said that you have inherited your father's talent, and you are so old in swordsmanship, waiting for opportunities to peek into the enemy's weaknesses in tight defenses and then counterattack, killing with one blow. So after Reddy got out, I asked him to travel and gain knowledge. You don't need to do this, if you want to practice swordsmanship, go to the guard camp, let the multiple people attack, and you can concentrate on defense. ”

"Yes, thank you for your advice. Schward said.

"Hehe......" Lorist rubbed his head, "But before that, I have to do your wedding to Caterina first, so that your husband doesn't have to complain." ”

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"Director Hansk, I'm disappointed in you. Lorist said to Director Haske, who was standing in front of him, that he didn't even ask Director Hask to sit down and talk to him as a sign of displeasure.

"Your Highness, I can't be blamed for this, it's mainly because those mountain barbarian laborers don't listen to their ......," Hansk Chief Tie argued with a blushing face. In his heart, he thought that he had done his best to get the project moving forward for the sake of his family's winds in the wilderness of the Northlands. However, those mountain barbarian laborers were really brutal, and they could not be killed, so that the progress of the entire project was delayed. Now that Lorist puts the blame on him, how can he be convinced?

"Director Hansk, it looks like you haven't recognized your mistake yet. As the person in charge of the renovation of the road traffic facilities in Northland, you are responsible for the overall management and ensure that the progress and planning of the project are implemented. Therefore, the project schedule of the budget plan is handed over to you, and you only need to implement it step by step according to the plan. Tell me, please, why did you extend the working hours of the barbarian laborers, and cut their welfare, so that all plans were disrupted and caused by the riots and mills of the barbarians......" Lorist was a little annoyed.

"Your Highness, please don't forget that the mountain barbarians are the enemies of our Norton family, and your father, as well as countless Norton family ancestors, died in the invasion of our family territory by the mountain barbarians. You should not treat these mountain barbarians as laborers, not only giving them wine but also meat. Are you entertaining these mountain barbarians as guests of our Norton family?" shouted Director Hansk.

"Hehe......" Lorist was amused, "So you deducted all their wine and meat? two fist-sized bread made of moldy grain every day? and then drove them to work day and night? Do you think this is loyalty to the family? This is revenge on my father and those Norton ancestors? stupid!"

Lorist slapped his palm on the desk, and the sound not only startled Director Hansk, but even Schward, who was outside the study, quietly opened the door and looked at the movement.

"In order to build the road from Jinling to Yuequan Town, a road was carved in the forest, and 30,000 mountain barbarian laborers who built the road were killed by us at least 7,000 to repair this road full of blood and death, and on both sides of the road were inserted the heads of the mountain barbarian captives who escaped and were pursued back. Killing so many people has allowed our family to find a way to drive the mountain barbarian laborers to work in peace, that is, to provide them with wine and meat, which they can get as a reward after twelve hours of hard work a day, which is why those mountain barbarian laborers are willing to work diligently, and they take the wine and meat we provide as a reward for a day's hard work......

Then you took these brute laborers who worked for our family as murderers and enemies of my father and the ancestors of the Norton family, and not only canceled the wine and meat provided to them, but also extended their working hours by four hours. You are really capable, do you think you have surrendered to these mountain brute laborers? They rioted, and you asked Bérunek to suppress them with the guard battalion, killing more than 10,000 mountain brute laborers at once. You think you're going to kill them, don't you, but what about the project? The project has almost completely stopped!

I regret entrusting you with such a renovation project of the Northland road traffic facilities, which is related to the fate of the Norton family for the next hundred years, and you have betrayed my trust. You want to say that the mountain barbarians are the enemies of our family, yes, that's true, but that doesn't mean that you have to kill them all. Do you know how much wealth these more than 70,000 mountain brute laborers will create for our family when they are relieved to serve hard labor in our family territory? Do you know how much the family lacks these young and strong laborers who don't have to pay wages? It's good now, because you have only less than 60,000 mountain brute laborers left, and the family will have to pay a greater price to appease them......

Lorist smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Director Hansk, you really disappointed me. Remembering the great achievements you have also made for the family, I don't want to pursue more mistakes you have made, there are some things you should know in your heart, have you exceeded the duty of a retainer and stretched your hand too long? Forget it, I can forgive you for once, go back to your own barony in the province of Demke, and reflect on it. ”

Director Hansk's face turned pale, his lips trembled, and he turned and walked towards the door of the study. He knew that this was exile, that his power in the Norton family had been gone, and that he was no longer qualified to call the wind and rain. However, Lorist still remembered his past feelings and did not deprive him of his territory and title.

Director Hansk, who walked to the door, stopped, was silent for a while, and then walked back to Lorist, looking very excited: "Your Highness, the minister can leave, but there is something Your Highness must think about." ”

"Say ......"

"Your Highness, please set up a young master as soon as possible, and take the heart of the millions of people of the An family. Director Hansk's face was tragic.

"Oh, then tell me, who should I appoint?" asked Lorlist, playfully.

"Of course, it's Young Master Lesket, he's thirteen years old and about to reach adulthood......"

Leskette is the first eldest son born to Lorist and Irina, and he is a little tyrannical by nature, mainly because he lived in Maple Grove Villa when he was a child, and was spoiled by Irene to become a little bully, and finally at the age of eight he was fostered by Lorist in Marek's house and was disciplined by Mrs. Malek, and just entered Nicol Academy last year.

"Do you think I'm going to be short-lived?" Lorist asked, a little strikingly.

"Your Highness, be prepared, your father thought the same way back then, and forcibly went out with illness to meet the invading mountain barbarian cavalry, and the result was ......" Director Hansk was still rambling.

"Get out!" Lorist was furious, grabbing the folder on the table and throwing it over.

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