Chapter 135: The End of the Road

Lorist gently pushed open the door, and saw a large wooden box stacked neatly, with a seal on the wooden box, on which were written the words Imperial Silver Coins, 30,000 or Imperial Gold Coins, 50,000 and so on. At a rough count, there were about fifteen or sixteen large wooden boxes in the room.

Exiting the room and closing the door, Lorist sighed very much, the savings of the residents of Beiye Town for more than two hundred years and the wealth they created were concentrated in the four rooms in front of him. In order to keep their wealth and fight against their lords, they would rather collude with the Grand Duke of the Northland, and as a result, they pushed themselves into the abyss......

"Seal this place, and you're responsible for arranging for the guards to guard it. Lorist said to Reddy.

Reddy nodded, "Yes, my lord." ”

"Wasima, how are you doing over there?" asked Lorlist.

Vasima replied: "It's counted, and the people who are locked up in the courtyard next door are all little girls and virgins, a total of six hundred and thirty-one people. I asked the silver knight who had surrendered, and he said that it was an order from the Duke to be taken back and sold to the slave traders at a high price. And there were seven or eight hundred young women in the barracks, well, they were in a bit of a miserable situation, all of them were ruined by the soldiers of the Northland Legion......"

"And the silver knights and the little leaders of the army, we have found a lot of possessions and women in their possession, what should we do with them?" asked Vasima.

Lorist stroked his forehead: "Bring those young women back, let them be with those girls next door, Beiye Town is so big, many of them are related, they can comfort each other when they get together, divide an area to give them food, clothing and water, and let them take care of themselves." Wait until the war is over before taking them away. There are so many young and strong people in the rock castle, and it is women who are lacking. In the future, when these women become families again, they may forget the nightmare of Kitano Town and start a new life......"

"Yes, sir, but there are also four women in the back room, they serve the golden knight, and they are very beautiful, ...... do you think of them?"

"Take it all, I don't have that mind. As for the belongings you find, they will be brought over to Reddy first, and we will deal with them after the battle. By the way, the area where those women are, be on guard, don't let those mercenaries hurt them again......" Lorist commanded.

"Yes, my lord, I'll take notice. Vasima replied.

"My lord, Jim is back. Paul Binns came in to report.

Lorist was stunned: "Why didn't he come in? Usually he rushed in......"

Paul Binns laughed: "Jim said that he has learned knightly etiquette from the Wassima Knight, and he will act like a knight in the future......"

Lorist also laughed: "Let him in, it's really rare that this bastard will learn knightly etiquette, I originally wanted to find him a teacher after this battle, it seems that I don't need it now." ”

Although he still carried the dust of the road, Jim standing in front of him still made Lorliste's eyes shine, this standing posture is very tall and standard, not as loose as before.

"My lord, I'm sure that the secret route has been abolished and impassable. Here's a detailed topographic map of the perimeter of that trail that we've surveyed. Jim handed over a roll of vellum.

Jim was bored in the woods for a few days, and kept thinking about attacking the enemy's camp again. Lorist gave him the task of surveying the passage that Hawsky found into the family territory, carefully checking whether the rope bridge was really impassable after Hawsky burned it, and by the way, also surveying the surrounding terrain and whether there were any paths that could be detoured, and drawing a topographic map.

Jim had been with a few guards for six days, and now he was back.

"Your Majesty, you're moving too fast, don't wait for us to come back. Seeing our family's angry bear banner floating on the city wall, I only knew that you took down this Kitano town. Jim grumbled.

"Hehe, the opportunity must not be lost, the time will not come again, and of course the fighter must be moved. Who told you to say that you were so bored in the woods the other day. But it's a credit that you've made sure that the passage is impassable. The next thing we have to deal with is the army that is besieging us at Maple Grove Villa, and I'm going to keep them all here. It's easy to get in, but it's not that easy to get out. Jim, you go and rest for a while, and then you go back to Maple Grove in the evening. Tell the Knight Chosk and Knight Pachko that when they find the enemy out of camp, take two small groups of family soldiers and Hawski and follow behind. If the enemy comes to attack Kitano, let them attack their camp behind, understand?" asked Lorlist.

Jim stood up: "Understood, sir." ”

"Paul Binns, go and bring the surrendered Silver Knight, there's something I need to ask him. Lorist said.

The surrendered Silver Knight was honest and answered all questions, and even the dispute between Knight Chevani and Knight Hennedr was told as it was.

"No, you said that the Duke ordered Giovanni and Henned to bring two squadrons, so why are there only four thousand men, and where are the other two squadrons?" asked Lorlist.

The Silver Knight replied, "My lord, each brigade has left a squadron to garrison their large battalion, and this time there are more than 4,000 people. ”

"I see. Loris nodded: "Why did you massacre the inhabitants of Kitano Town, didn't they lead you in?"

"Your Excellency, this is the Duke's order. The Silver Knight said, "The Duke thinks they are unreliable and ungrateful, but he still kills them cleanly." And I heard that they relied on that secret passage for smuggling for a hundred years, so the Duke took a fancy to their wealth again. Originally, the two lords Chervaney and Henned didn't want to do it so quickly, and they wanted them to send troops to help us attack your family castle. But who knew that they had come up with a lot of excuses, saying that they had just been attacked by your lordship and suffered heavy losses, and they resolutely refused to send troops to help, so Lord Chevani felt that they could not be trusted, and the sooner they were resolved, the better, so he used the method of canonizing them to the barracks and swept them all ......"

Alas, these residents of Kitano Town are purely self-defeating, Lorist sighed slightly: "Okay, you go back first, I will order the guards to treat you well." ”

"Wait, wait. My lord, can I pay the ransom and be free?I still have some money in my family, and I have some savings of my own......" The Silver Knight asked anxiously.

Lorist pondered for a moment: "Let's wait until this battle is over, I will consider your proposal." ”

"Well, thank you, sir......"

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It had been two days since the Knights of Cavalli received the news of the fall of Kitano. This is still a team of leather cavalry who went out on patrol and wanted to lazily run to Kitano Town to find women to hang out for a long time and then go back, but they found that the angry bear banner was fluttering on the wall of Kitano Town, only to find that Kitano Town had been captured by the Norton family, so they hurriedly came back to report the news.

The Chevani knight was drinking water at the time, and when he heard the news, the silver cup in his hand fell to the ground. He immediately figured out the reason why the soldiers who had left the camp in the past two days had not been attacked, and the mercenaries who were wandering outside waiting for an opportunity to attack them had already taken down Kitano Town and had all gone back there.

What happened to the Knight Hennend guarding Kitano Knight Chevani didn't care anymore, all he could think of was that if Kitano Town was not taken back, then the huge wealth looted by the massacre of the inhabitants would say goodbye to the Duke. If you can't take the main castle of the Norton family, you will only be scolded, but if the Duke knows that so much wealth has been taken away, he will not only be scolded, maybe the angry Duke will deprive himself of his knighthood and drive himself out of the Lukins family, which will be a shame for himself that he will never let go......

"Pull out the camp and immediately counterattack Kitano Town. The Chevani knight gave the order.

After packing up the camp, the whole army returned to Beiye Town, and it was almost evening when they arrived. The anxious Chevani knights ignored the repeated complaints of the soldiers, and immediately after setting up camp, he ordered two squadrons to be sent to cut down trees, make ladders to climb the city overnight, and launch an attack on Kitano early tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, the Chevani knight urged his soldiers to line up, carrying more than twenty ladders and long planks to the town of Kitano. In the eyes of the Chevani Knights, even if the mercenaries hired by the Norton family captured Kitano Town, it would definitely be a lot of casualties, after all, there were seven hundred soldiers of the Northland Legion defending Kitano Town, as well as a golden knight and a dozen silver knights. Whether it is a sneak attack or what method is used to capture Kitano Town, there are definitely not many enemies who can defend now, and more than 2,000 soldiers on their side will press with all their might, and more flowers will bloom, and the defending enemy will lose one or the other, so it is possible for him to recapture Kitano Town in the first wave of attacks.

Lorist stood on the city wall and watched coldly as the enemy approached in the distance, and a curling green smoke rose into the sky on the small mound in the distance, which was a signal that Josk and the others had arrived near the enemy's camp and were ready to attack at any time.

"Hehe, I still want to capture Beiye Town in one fell swoop, just this little force, more than 2,000 people, I really don't know where this Chewani got his confidence......" Lorist turned back to the four mercenary regiment leaders around him and said: "Pull all of your people up, now we don't need to hide anymore." When we captured Kitano, it meant that we had won the war. Tell your members to hold this wave of offense, one person and one Kingford. ”

The leaders of the four mercenary groups were very satisfied, and this time accepting the Norton family's employment could be regarded as a fortune. Not to mention anything else, the spoils alone made their members smile, and the soldiers of these duke's Northland legions were all veritable small coffers in the eyes of the mercenaries, and the money bags around them more or less added up to four or five golden fords, and for these knife-headed mercenaries, this money was almost their total income for a year or two.

Although it is known that the money and wealth of these soldiers were all looted by the slaughter of the residents of Kitano Town, the conventions and customs are like this, whoever kills is whose spoils. Therefore, these mercenaries are not afraid of the number of enemies who come to attack, on the contrary, in their eyes, it is not the enemy who is attacking below, but the money bags with gold coins......

Seeing more and more guards wearing gray leather armor appear on the city wall, the Chevani knight's heart sank, and he realized that things had changed beyond his expectations, could these gray leather armor be all mercenaries hired by the Norton family? Impossible, the Norton family's territory is so remote, where can they find so many mercenaries? It's almost a thousand. If these are the armed forces of the Norton family, then it is obvious that the Duke has made a big mistake by underestimating the strength of the Norton family......

"Stop!" "Stop advanizing!" the Chevani knight waved his hand: "The longbowmen step forward and suppress the enemies on the walls, and the sword and shield guards take care to protect ......"

As the longbowmen hoisted arrows onto the city wall, the guards on the city wall also raised their shields, and nearly a hundred guards held their longbows and fired at the enemies under the city.

After the longbowmen suppressed the defenders on the wall, the soldiers with the ladder and the planks quickly approached the wall. When they laid the planks on the trench and set up the ladder at the top of the city, the longbowmen behind them stopped their hanging and fired, and rushed up with the sword and shield men. Next, the longbowmen will use direct fire from under the walls to support the sword, shield and spearmen who are climbing the ladder to attack the city......

Without the cover of the sword and shield soldiers, the casualties of the longbowmen under the city increased greatly for a while, but this casualty was well worth it in the eyes of the Chevani knights, because there were more than twenty ladders to climb the city, and more than a dozen soldiers on it had climbed the city walls.

Contrary to the expectations of the Chevani knights, the defenders would desperately prevent the attackers from going up the city wall during the siege, but at this time, their own soldiers rushed up the city wall and heard the excited cheers of the defenders, which made the Chevani knights inexplicable.

Well, there is a clear division of labor on the city wall now, four mercenary groups occupy four sections of the city wall, each section of the city wall has five or six ladders to climb the city, every time a soldier of the Northland Legion climbs the city wall, there are always four or five mercenaries waiting for him, whether it is personal skills or mutual cooperation, these mercenaries are stronger than the soldiers of the Northland Legion, swords and spears together, the soldiers in the upper city often die in only two rounds, and then these mercenaries drag the corpses back, put them together first, and then slowly pack up the spoils after the end of the battle......

"Oh my god, is this the legendary monster farming?" Lorist was dumbfounded, now he and Vasimma, Jim, and dozens of guards behind him had nothing to do......

The Chevani knights became more and more confused, why so many soldiers attacked the city and there was no movement, and even the few silver knights he had just sent went to the city and quickly disappeared......

The Chevani knight became more and more anxious, and the sense of foreboding in his heart became stronger and stronger, just as he was losing what he was gaining, the battalion behind him came shouting to kill, and when he looked back, it was a group of men and horses who rushed into the camp to kill people and set fire, and a small group of spearmen who remained behind were killed and scurried, and a large area of tents had become a sea of fire......

"Blow the trumpet, retreat, retreat, come with me to rescue the battalion......" Chevani Knight was furious.

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The losses were very large, very large, and there were only about 1,700 people left in the expedition of nearly 2,300 people, and more than 500 people were lost in the siege alone, and there were no dead or dead people. There are less than ten silver knights left.

“...... Most of the grain and grass in the camp were burned, and the rescued ones were only enough for the current team to consume for four or five days, and it could only be two meals a day. My lord, if we can't conquer Kitano Town, we will be wiped out......" The official in charge of logistics reported.

The Chevani knight let out a long sigh: "You go down first, I'll think about it later......"

After sitting in silence for a long time, the Chevani knight took out the blank vellum paper and began to write. He wrote everything after the expedition in great detail, whether it was how to massacre the residents of Kitano Town, how much property was looted, or the encounter under the Maple Forest Villa and the fall of Kitano Town, he wrote everything in great detail, and wrote several pieces of animal skin paper. He then rolled up the paper, put it in a silver cylinder, sealed it with wax, and called two of his attendants with him.

"I'll take the troops back tomorrow, you two hide first, and when the troops leave, no one will watch here, and then I'll cross over the Morgen Hills and hand over the letter in this silver cylinder to the Duke, understand?"

One of the attendants asked curiously, "My lord, why did you do this?"

The Chevani knight sighed deeply: "I suspect we can't go back, the Norton family has forced us into a difficult situation, and they will never allow us to leave so easily." I don't know what to expect on the way back now, so I let you two go over the Morgen Hills just in case. Be careful on your way, and be sure to give this letter to the Duke, so that you will understand how strong the Norton family is......"

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Lorist was overjoyed when he found out that the enemy had pulled out of camp and was heading for that hidden passage, and he was killing himself. It seemed that the enemy had no idea that the passage had been abandoned, so he and Josk joined up, led four mercenary groups and two teams of family soldiers and began to follow the pursuit, and just hung behind the enemy and followed far away.

When the enemy entered the long cave, Lorist stopped following him, and he had people encircle the cave and build a fortification, waiting for the enemy to return.

Two days passed, and a fierce battle seemed to break out in the cave, and at noon a white knight with a white flag walked towards Lorlist......

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