Chapter Sixty-Six: Joske's Wish

When they met again, Lorist found that Joske's face was a little haggard and seemed to be a little discouraged. Looking at the large group of people standing behind him, it is estimated that there are three or four hundred people, including many old men in their fifties and teenagers in their fifties and fourteen or fifteen years old. Many of them were carrying scythes, pitchforks and other farm tools.

Joske was ashamed and saluted Lorlist: "My lord, I have disappointed you, and I have failed your trust......"

Lorist laughed: "It's okay, the war changes quickly, and some unexpected situations are inevitable." What's more, you are also affected by us when you go back and forth. There is no need to say kind words, come on, come on, please go to camp first, eat some hot and we will talk slowly. ”

The camp was filled with a strong smell of meat, which was Shi Fatzi ordered people to skin the hundreds of horses of the lancer who died yesterday, and the meat was boiled in a large pot.

Hearing Lorist say this, and smelling the smell of meat, the hundreds of people brought by Josk immediately burst into cheers, along with the rumbling sound of their stomachs.

Josk was embarrassed: "My lord, to be honest, we have been out of food for a day, and everyone is hungry......"

Three or four hundred men settled down quickly, and thirty or so more tents were added to the northwest of the barracks, and then Sedkamp had several large pots of boiled chunks of horse meat and mashed potato batter sufficiency, enough for these people to fill their stomachs.

In the tent, Josk gobbled up a dozen buns and a large bowl of horse meat that Reddy had sent him. After eating, Josk took tea and talked about his experience after he returned.

Among the forces that rebelled against Count Corbilly, Josque was also a very large force, with six or seven hundred men under his command, plus nearly two thousand or so family members. It's just that Josk did not have the idea of setting up another cottage and becoming the owner of the village, but entrusted his family to the largest cottage in the western mountains, Funiuling Cottage, and he led his men and horses to find trouble with Count Corbilly, and became the most active team of all the resistance forces.

This time, Joske's men suffered almost half of the casualties of the Mob Ridge Cottage against the sweep troops of Count Corbilly, which made Joske have the idea of going to the barracks to burn grain and grass to force the mopping troops to retreat, and thus met Lorliste and them. At the time of his departure, Joske was still full of ambition, believing that it would be easy to persuade the rebels to unite with the camp of the sweeping forces, and that the rebels would respond enthusiastically.

Many people thought that the departure of the sweeping troops from the western mountainous areas was a great victory, and they could live in peace and stability again, and there was no need to provoke the sweeping troops again. What if the mopping force wins and comes back again, it is better to sit back and watch the mopping force fight to the death with the convoy that Joske mentioned.

Some also questioned whether Josk had reached some ulterior agreement with the convoy, otherwise how he could have been so zealous to agitate the group to attack the camp of the mopping force. Everyone was beaten by the sweeping troops in the western mountains, and now they have to attack the well-guarded enemy camp, isn't this smashing eggs and stones?

Others even have the idea of a battle between the best convoy and Count Corbilly's sweeping forces, so that they can take advantage of the opportunity. Since Josk said that the convoy was very large, with hundreds of carts, then there must be a lot of supplies, and when the time came, he would take advantage of the situation and get more than 100 carts.

After three days in the mountains of the west, Joske fought with the leaders of the rebels, and was disappointed that none of the rebels were willing to send troops to help the convoy attack the camp. The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the owner of the Funiuling cottage sent someone to invite Josk to go, saying bluntly that because of the heavy losses of the anti-sweeping troops, the Funiuling cottage was no longer able to maintain the food supply of nearly 2,000 people under Joske's team and his family. Either Josk and these people join the Funiuling cottage, and everyone will stay hungry until the beginning of spring, and then pick wild vegetables and hunt to live, or they will take people out of the cottage to find another way to live.

Josk was so angry that he was angry, which clearly showed that the Funiuling Cottage wanted to annex his team to make up for the losses, and he didn't care at all about how much sacrifice his team had made to help the Funiuling Cottage resist the sweeping troops. At the end of last year, he led his team to attack a granary of Earl Cobilly, and two-thirds of the grain he got was sent to the granary of Funiuling Cottage. It is said that the ghost believes that the food is gone.

The haughty Josk disdained to expose the lies of the owner of the Funiuling cottage, and without saying a word, he took everyone out overnight, and then re-established himself in a cottage that had been broken and abandoned by the sweeping forces. Looking at the weeping women, children, old and young, and the more than 100 injured members, Joske had a gut feeling like a splitting headache. When he thought of the leaders of the rebel forces in the western mountains, he gritted his teeth with hatred. With this group of unambitious people, who only dare to play tricks on their own acres and three parts of their own land, it is impossible to help them achieve their wish to eliminate Count Corbilly to avenge their revenge, and they only want to be satisfied with staying in their own cottage and making a fortune.

Thinking of the promise he had made to Lorlist, and the faces of the leaders of the resistance, Joske had the idea for the first time that it would be better to die in battle. So he left all the food for the women and children, and he brought more than 300 of his men who could still move. He thought very simply, as long as the convoy and the mopping force were still fighting on the side of the barracks, then he would attack the camp of the mopping force regardless of life or death, so as to show Lorist that he had fulfilled his promise.

It's just that by the time Josk arrived hungry with his men and horses, the war had already ended for two days. Joske told Lorist that he regretted it, and that he had known that he would not be in the western mountains to fight with the leaders of the rebel forces, and that after they refused, he would be able to come directly with his men and horses to catch up with the battle.

Lorist gave a brief overview of the big battle that took place last night, and because of the coincidence caused by various factors, and a little luck, the team won completely. Next, Lorist made a suggestion that the convoy should continue to depart in two days, and that Josk might as well move the families of the troops who were still in the western mountains to this barracks. The terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the nearby terrain is open and flat, which is suitable for land farming. As long as this barracks is occupied, Chosk will have a better life in the future, and there is no need to stay under the fence in the western mountains. If Joske wished, Lorist could send a wagon to assist in the transfer, and he would leave Joost with enough weapons and supplies when the convoy headed north.

Josk frowned and thought for a long time, then shook his head and declined Lorlist's kindness. On the contrary, what he said startled Lorlist: "My lord, I want to take them with you to join your convoy and follow your convoy north." It's just that when I get to your family's territory in the Northlands, I'll return here when they're settled, until I've killed Count Kobilly and his bastards, and then I'll go back to serve you. ”

Lorist wondered how Josk could think that, and wondered why he was so obsessed with Count Corbilly's hatred.

Josk sighed: "My lord, I'm tired, really, I'm tired. You don't know, I've thought a lot along the way, I'm not a good leader, I'm obsessed with hatred with Count Corbilly, but I ignore the feelings of my subordinates. They have followed me to fight until now, but I can't even take care of their families. It wasn't until I led everyone out of Funiuling Cottage this time that I realized that I had done a lot of things wrong, I am sorry for the soldiers who died on the battlefield, I can't give their families a stable living environment, I can't do it......"

"My lord, I am grateful that you gave us the barracks. But I know that even if I settle down here for a while, I will inevitably be affected by the war. That's why I want to simply entrust my men and families to the adults, so that they can follow them to the Northland to live a stable life. I believe that if you say and do what you say, you will have a happy and peaceful life for those who follow your companion to the Northlands. ”

Josque then talks about his hatred for Count Corbilly, which in Lorlist's opinion is both a fairy tale and a tale of revenge.

Joske's father, a knight of the Golden Rank, responded to the Empire's call more than twenty years ago to bid farewell to his newlywed wife and participated in the last invasion of the Krisson Empire against the Fort Business Alliance, and fell to the battlefield. Joske, on the other hand, was a posthumous son, and soon after giving birth to him, his mother died of depression and longing for his father. Joske has been a wild child since he was a child, without a father or mother, and has grown up slowly with the care of his kind neighbors. Until the age of twelve, Joske, who was hunting in the woods, accidentally rescued Baron Umado, who was being chased by a wild boar, and was taken back to the castle by the grateful baron.

Among the territorial nobles of this region, Baron Umado is an outlier. First of all, the baron was a very devoted man, he had no illegitimate children, and he had no entanglements with his maids, and since the death of his wife, he had been dependent on his precious daughter. Secondly, the baron was very good to the people, did not punish easily, laughed at some small mistakes, and even gave food and clothing to the people during the New Year's holidays. Among the territorial nobles of this region, Baron Umado has the title of the most benevolent lord.

After learning about Joske's family history, the Baron adopted Josque and demanded that he become the same Golden Knight as his father. Joske worked hard, and at the age of twenty-four, under the guidance of the baron, he became a knight and sharpshooter of the Golden Star.

Joske lived happily for fourteen years in the castle of the baron's estate. And during this time, the baron's precious daughter also grew up. The two young people get along day and night, and they fall in love with each other unexpectedly. The Baron was pleased to see this, and announced that his daughter was betrothed to him on the day Josque became the Golden Knight, and that in two years' time when his daughter turned twenty years old, the two young men who loved each other would become husband and wife.

It was supposed to be a beautiful fairy tale, but on the very day that Josque married his lover, the Earl of Corbilly sent someone to propose to the baron's daughter for one of his illegitimate sons, and the baron was so angry that he drove the messenger away. As soon as the messenger was driven away, the army of the Count of Corbilly invaded the baron's territory and besieged the manor castle, under the pretext that the baron had disrespected him by driving out his messenger, and he declared war on the baron.

The manor castle, which was preparing for the wedding ceremony, was the opponent of the army that Count Corbilly had planned for a long time, and the gate was breached in less than two hours. Josk, who had been resisting at the front, was besieged by several of Earl Corbilly's illegitimate sons of the Golden Order, and was mortally wounded, and would have died had it not been for the desperate efforts of his soldiers to rescue him from the manor. On the way to escape, Joske was sober for a moment and saw a scene he will never forget: the manor castle where he had stayed for fourteen years was ablaze, and black smoke rose into the sky. And his most beloved person jumped from the top of the manor castle in a white wedding dress......

Josk screamed and passed out, half a year after recovering from his injuries, he infiltrated the territory of Count Corbilly, tried to assassinate the Count and his illegitimate son to avenge the Baron and his lover, but unfortunately he fell short, he shot three arrows, shot the Count's two bastards, but only wounded the shoulder of Count Corbilly, and then was chased by the lancers and fled. Because of this hatred, Joskra has been busy making trouble with Earl Corbilly since he raised a rebellious team.

Josk cried as he spoke, tears streaming down his face, and suddenly, he fell to his knees in front of Lorist. He said that if Lorist was willing to avenge him, he swore that he would be the master of Lorlist, and that he would eventually take effect on the Norton family.

It took a lot of effort for Lorist to pull Josque off the ground, saying that he had always admired Josque and would be pleasantly surprised if he was willing to play for him. It's just that he is currently leading a huge family convoy north, and he has a lot of responsibility, so he can't easily promise Josk. However, Lorist assured that the current direction of the convoy is undecided, and he needs to plan carefully, and if he has the opportunity to achieve Joske's wish, he will not let it go, because this is not only to avenge Josque's lover and Baron Umador, but also to avenge the former captive Norton family caravan.

It's good to say that Lorist made Josk regain his composure and follow Reddy to the tent next to him to rest, after all, he didn't eat or close his eyes after a day's journey, and even the Golden Knight was tired and panicked.

Lorist touched his chin and thought, he really admired Joske and wanted to include him in his command. But in this way, it is necessary to fulfill his wish and destroy the family of Count Corbilly. This seems to have become a game guide, and I took on the task myself, and the task requirement is to eliminate Count Corbilly and his family, and the reward for the task is to get the Golden Knight and Archer Joske to follow.

Okay, so I'll take a look at how to accomplish this task. Lorist sat down at his desk and flipped through the map