Chapter 188: Reach out and chop
Hook Ellis, who used to be the lord of a royal trial lord in Mason County, unlike other lords of the royal trial lords, was the only trial lord who did not try to resist when the Black Rock Orcs were ravaging Mason County, and when the army of the Black Rock Orcs was separated from his territory by another trial lord, he abandoned his territory and ran to the rear of Arte.
If Mason County had not been recovered by Viscount Golden Rose, Hook's behavior of abandoning the territory and fleeing directly would not have been a "big deal", but when Rodman Ellis took back most of the management of Mason County from Viscount Golden Rose and suppressed the other rebellions, his previous clumsy performance was very eye-catching.
If the other lords who lost the royal trial territory, they still have a glimmer of hope to regain the trial territory after the war, after all, they have also resisted and sacrificed before, but they are not able to do it and did not keep the territory;
However, Hook was very unwilling to accept this result, and when he was planning how to change his situation, the news that Viscount Golden Rose had taken the Black Rock Territory reached his ears.
So, under the "allocation" of well-intentioned people, he scattered all his family wealth (as a model of running away in advance, he looted the wealth of the territory and packed it away), ran around and organized the "Mason Revenge Army" and became the commander of this army as he wished.
"War merit, yes, the way to change my current situation is to get a lot of war merit!" Hook secretly thought to himself, "That damn Rodman, when he recovered Mason County, he actually excluded me from the 'Synergy Army' and didn't give me a chance to make meritorious service. ”
"Fortunately, this lucky Viscount Golden Rose, he actually conquered the Black Rock Territory with only his private army! Hmph, this is really God help me, as long as I lead the 'Mason Avenger Army' to the Black Rock Territory to kill some orcs casually, and then encircle a small territory inside, well, this is also the work of 'expanding the territory', enough for me to get through this difficult situation in front of me." ”
"Even, maybe, I can go further!hehe~~hehe. "Hook, who was secretly happy in his heart, he never thought that the Viscount of the Golden Rose, who had already occupied the Black Rock Territory, would allow him to do this, in his heart, well, "I am a royal family, and I have the blood of the noble Ellis family flowing in my body, the little nobles in that place, hmph, I am giving him a chance to tie up the royal family!"
It's just that after entering the Black Rock Valley, they dragged their feet for seven or eight days, and Hook's more than 10,000 "Mason Avengers" walked to the original "Wolf Castle", the current Night Castle. To Hook's surprise, they were stopped and could not move any further.
When Hook and his so-called "Mason Avengers" stepped into the Black Rock Valley, Shore's spies found out their whereabouts and purpose and reported them to Lin Feng, who was sitting in the Nims Pass, "There is still such a strange thing in the Ellis family?
Tyranya also smiled and said, "Then what are you going to do? Stop them directly in the Night Castle and prevent them from stepping into the Black Rock Collar?"
Lin Feng thought for a moment, and then said: "Don't, aren't there more than 10,000 people in their 'Mason Avenger Army', well, they may not be good at fighting, but they will always do some physical work, right?" hehe, we are here," he pointed to the busy Niems Pass, where a magnificent castle was being built, "But there is a shortage of manpower, well, this Hook is also a 'good man', and he is in a hurry to send us labor!"
Hook and his "Mason's Avengers" waited in front of the Night Castle for seven or eight days, and although he sent people every day to urge the defenders of the castle to let them in, each time the defenders said "I have gone to ask the Viscount, please wait patiently for a few days, as soon as the Viscount's order arrives, they will be allowed to enter." ”
What Hook didn't know was that while Lin Feng was dragging them here, he was transferring Kivika's cavalry legion back, well, in order to disarm the "Mason Revenge Army" with as little blood as possible, Lin Feng was ready to crush them with an absolutely strong heavy cavalry legion, and the battlefield was set on the small plain not far from the Night Castle.
Finally, on the tenth day, the men who went to inquire about the defenders as usual brought back good news to Hook, "The main gate of the Nightcastle has been opened, and they say that they have received an order from the Viscount of the Golden Rose to allow us to enter, but they also say that we are not allowed to stay in the Nightcastle, and we must pass through the Nightcastle today." ”
Carried away by the surprise, Hook automatically ignored the last words of his subordinates, and in the days of anxious waiting, he once thought that the Viscount of the Golden Rose had seen through his plan and was not ready to let him enter. Well, Hook Ellis, as the best of the "idiots", always insisted on one thought in his heart, "I must be the smartest person!"
Under the watchful eye of the heavy shield infantry in the Night Castle, Hook honestly led the "Mason Avengers" through the designated streets, crossed the Night Castle and drove to a suitable place for them to camp at dusk, not far from the Night Castle.
"Originally, I wanted to take the opportunity to take over that castle, but unfortunately, they seem to have taken precautions, well, that Viscount Golden Rose is really rich, and that set of equipment for heavy shield warriors is worth a lot of big gold coins, right?" Thinking of this, Hook couldn't help but look at his own army, with messy banners, dilapidated equipment, and a camp that was also chaotic, "What a gap!"
At this moment, he also had a little worry in his heart, "With these people, can I achieve my goal? That Viscount of the Golden Rose sat on that kind of strong army, was it really to 'slap in' me and let me enter?"
Suddenly, a long horn sounded in the distance, and although Hook was an idiot, he also knew the meaning of the horn, which was only blown when the Imperial army was about to attack and charge, and before he could react, behind the hill on the left, with the sound of horses' hooves, a heavily armored cavalry charged from there towards the place where they had camped.
Kivica was very depressed to find that before they could rush in front of the so-called "Mason's revenge army", the ragtag army was like a tiger suddenly jumping into a quiet herd of goats, panicking and scattering.
There were not many people still holding weapons and preparing to resist, in order to complete Lin Feng's order to capture him alive as much as possible, Kivica had to let his reserves unload their heavy armor, and then made a big circle around the periphery to drive these routs back, well, almost let some of the faster runners escape.
"It's like catching a chick! Except for the horsepower it takes, it's really not difficult at all!" Kivica said in return to Lin Feng.
・(To be continued.) )