Chapter Seventy-Seven On the Road

The sound of the wheels of the four-wheeled carriage was monotonous and repetitive, and it was difficult to march on the muddy mountain road.

Reddy, who was driving the carriage, shouted loudly, "My lord, we should find a place to rest, the road is too difficult to walk." People can't stand the horses, and the carriage needs to be taken care of, and I feel that the left wheel is a little slanted outward, and it is difficult to control ......"

Lorist rode his horse to the side of the carriage and said in a loud voice, "Hold on for another half an hour, and after this mountain road there will be a small mountain town, and we will rest there for two days." ”

It's been seven days, and Lorist and his party of five have been on a seven-day journey day and night. Twelve sturdy zinos, who were good at long-distance gallops and had excellent endurance, a long-distance four-wheeled carriage obtained from the city of Gerdos, rested for an hour every forty miles, changed horses and continued on their way. I ran like this for seven days, and I traveled almost 300 miles in one day, and the distance of nearly 2,000 miles made everyone feel a little tired.

With a "whoosh", a long, crudely made arrow fell to the ground grazing the carriage.

"...... Sun," Lorist scolded, flicked his stirrups off the saddle, and quickly climbed into the carriage, standing on the side of the driver's seat, and drew a throwing gun from the roof of the carriage to protect Reddy as he drove the car.

How many times have you encountered bandits in your way, sixteen, or seventeen? Lorist has lost count of two or three waves of robbers a day. At first, looking at the ragged and yellow-skinned robbers who blocked the road, Lorist and his party were very sympathetic, and they didn't want to hurt people's lives, but they just punished them a little and gave them some food, and then they began to be numb. More often than not, they rushed by, leaving the two-legged robbers far behind.

If there is a difference, it is that the robbers of the kingdom of Redlis are more destitute and outcast, and many of the people who stand in the way are old people and children with gray hair and sticks and farm tools, who want food more than money. In the Kingdom of Andinac, there are fewer robbers, but these robbers are more professional and better armed, they are real bandits, more ferocious and tyrannical. When encountering such robbers, Lorlist's men showed no mercy.

There were a few screams in the distance, which must have been the work of Joske, who was opening the way ahead. Sedercamp's head came out of the carriage: "Young master, what's going on again?"

Lorist shouted in a deep voice: "Go in, you have run into a bandit, you put your crossbow on guard." ”

With a wave of his hand, he threw his spear like lightning, flew into the mountain forest next to the road, and stabbed a thief with a bow and arrow aimed at the carriage.

A roar of rage erupted from the bushes beside the road, and more than thirty bandits rushed out with swords brandished......

The guns flew out one after another, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen thieves who rushed to the front were nailed to the road and howled in pain......

The remaining twenty or so bandits turned around in fright and tried to run, but Lorist's throwing gun was gone.

"Chop him!" a bearded bandit roared at Lorlist, and when he saw that Lorist had no spear, the thieves regained their courage and surrounded him again.

"Two hundred throwing guns! It's only been a few days. Lorist drew his sword and jumped out of the carriage, and said to Reddy, "Fight quickly, send them off early, and hit the road early." ”

A bandit fell headlong in front of Reddy with a bolt stuck in his forehead, which was fired by Sedercamp in the carriage.

Reddy yelled at the carriage dissatisfied, "Don't rob me of my business!"

Lorist's sword flickered, and the four thieves spouted blood from their throats and fell.

Only then did the bandits understand that they had kicked the iron plate, but only two of them looked at each other, and there were only five or six of the more than 20 bandits left. These five or six bandits were scattered and turned around to escape, but they were chased by Reddy and Lorlist, who had killed their temperament, and killed them.

"Ahh

The encounter ended with the annihilation of the bandits. Sedcamp jumped out of the carriage and began to grope for the loot on the dead bandits, Reddy came to the carriage to check the wheels, and Lorist was checking whether the guns he had brought back could be useful, but unfortunately these guns were disposable, and after being thrown by Lorlist, the tips of the guns were either blunt or the barrels were cracked, and they could not be recycled.

Pat rode back from the front and reported that the bandits had dug a large hole in the road ahead, making it impossible for the carriage to pass. Josk had just shot four bandits, and now he had himself come back and get a shovel to fill the hole.

"What's wrong with the wheels?" asked Lorlist, who came to Reddy's side.

"Look, my lord, there is a latch here, and it is strange that the wheels are tilting outward, and it is difficult to control the carriage when it turns. Now I'm going to cut a piece of wood and plug it in, and when I get to town, I'll have to find a blacksmith shop and make a new latch and weld it, and I'll be fine. Reddy said, pointing to a hole in the wheel.

"Well, let's do that first. Lorist turned around and saw Sedcamp smiling with a large load of things.

"Young master, you see, these bandits are so rich, such chain mail and chain mail are not equipped by some lords' garrisons, there are three sets here, and I also peeled off six sets over there and piled them on the ground. Moreover, these bandits still have two or three Imperial Old Man Head Gold Coins on them, and half of their weapons are standard. Young master, if we can find their den of thieves, then we will make a big deal, I am sure there are a lot of good things there......" Sedecamp said very happily.

Lorist looked at the chain mail and chain mail he brought, it was really good, the important thing was that when he fought with the bandits just now, Lorist used his sword to wipe his throat and cut off the lives of those bandits, so these armors were intact.

Seeing that Sedkamp was about to move the armor into the carriage, Lorist "coughed" a few times and said, "That, Sedkamp, we are traveling lightly this time." Are you sure you want to bring back these chainmail chains with you?"

Sedecamp said very aggrievedly: "My lord, our family territory is very short of good iron armor, and there is more iron armor in the northland. Besides, there are only a few pairs, and it won't affect our hurry. ”

Well, okay, if you want to move, you can move. Lorist stopped talking, he felt that Sedcamp had only been in charge of things next to Fat Shi for more than a month, and he had learned Fat Fat's stingy nature to the fullest. There is a shortage of iron armor in the Northland, and I don't want to think that when the family convoy returns to the Northland, the iron armor will not know where to go. Forget it, this little thing doesn't need to be taught a lesson, and it is also commendable to think about the family.

After re-entering the road, it was safe and sound, and in less than half an hour, the rocky walls of the small mountain town of Fonyata marked on the map appeared in front of the eyes of Lorist and his party.

Several of the garrisons guarding the gate of Von Yata Town stared at Lorist and his party curiously, five people, twelve horses, and a four-wheeled carriage, it was really rare to drive long distances like this. However, after Lorist showed the Norton family badge, the garrisons were happily allowed to leave, and the entrance fee was waived.

Lorist inquired from the garrison about the location of the best hotel in Fonyata Town and where the best blacksmith shop was, and then generously rewarded the garrisons with a gold coin from the head of an old man of the empire, and the garrisons were very grateful.

The town of Fonatta is not large, with only five or six hundred households and more than two thousand residents. A street that runs east and west divides the town into two halves, with neatly shaped stone houses and shops on the other, and residential areas made of wood and stone, somewhat resembling slums.

Lorist and his entourage stopped at the Wine and Tired Bird Hotel, where he had booked three rooms on the third floor. After a hearty meal, Reddy drove the carriage to the blacksmith's shop, and Pat went to the inn's stables to tell the servants how to take care of the dozen or so zinos he had brought. Sedkamp carried the nine suits to the guest room where he and Pat lived, and brought sand, rags, and butter, and prepared them for polishing and cleaning. Lorist and Joske returned to their respective rooms, and instructed the innkeeper to bring the bathing utensils and hot water, and after a bath, they went to bed early.

The next day Lorist was bedridden and told Pat to bring breakfast and put it on the table, ready to get another good night's sleep. Then I heard the bell ringing in the town......

"Day, I'm sick, but what bell to ring during the New Year's holiday. Lorist dug her head under the pillow, trying not to hear the bell.

"My lord, this seems to be a wake-up call...... Pat said.

Lorist was clever, turned over and got out of bed, came to the window to look outside, but saw that the pedestrians on the street were panicked and hurried, and many of them looked frightened.

"Hey, that's a wake-up call. I haven't heard of a war with anyone in the Kingdom of Antinac, could it be such a coincidence that we caught up with us?" Lorist chattered as he got dressed.

Looking at the map, the town of Vonata is still more than 500 miles away from the Duchy of Madras, could it be said that the Duchy of Madras and the Kingdom of Andinac declared war, and then fought all the way to this side? It seems unlikely, the Duchy of Madras is more than self-preservation, and not enterprising enough. Although it is nominally attached to the Iberian Kingdom, he has always ignored the orders of the second prince, could it be that he couldn't resist the pressure and finally sent troops to attack the third prince's Antinac Kingdom?

Lorist was eating breakfast while looking at the map, but he was guessing in his heart. There was a knock on the door, and Lorist looked at Pat and motioned for him to open the door.

Reddy came in: "My lord, the captain of the garrison in Phonata wants to see you. ”

"Oh. Lorist put down the map and thought for a moment: "Please let him in." ”

It just so happened that Lorist also wanted to ask what the alarm bell was.

The captain of the garrison in Feng Yata Town was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a bitter face. He was so nervous standing across from Lorist that he didn't even know where to put his hand. Lorist asked him to sit down, but he waved his hand again and again and said that he didn't need to, just stand.

Okay, you can stand if you want to, Lorist never wants to force others, he took a sip of tea slowly, and was about to ask the captain of the garrison what he was doing, but he heard this middle-aged man ask cautiously: "My lord, did you come from that mountain road yesterday?"

"Yes. Lorist nodded.

"Did you encounter bandits, my lord, and you killed them all?"

"yes, what's wrong?" Lorist wondered a little, what was so strange about killing a few bandits, why was it so mysterious.

"My lord, disaster is coming, in the morning the thieves blocked the city gate, and they said that if you don't hand it over before noon, you will attack the town and slaughter all the people in the town......" The middle-aged man's face was full of bitterness.

"Bandits, so the alarm bell rang because the bandits came?" asked Lorlist.

The captain of the garrison nodded.

"Tell me, what bandits are so arrogant that they dare to besiege the town of Vonyata, and even threaten to wash the town in blood, don't the local lords even ask?"

"My lord, the local lord doesn't care, but he can't control it. He had conquered the bandits twice, but both times he failed and suffered heavy casualties. The second lord himself was seriously injured, which is why these bandits were so arrogant. In the past few years, there were many deserters, homeless people and bandit gangs gathered in the mountains and forests near the winding mountain road. About three years ago, a golden swordsman who called himself Panshan Wolf came, led some people to subdue those bandit gangs, set up a stockade on the Black Stone Mountain near Panshan Road, and began to block the road and rob on Panshan Road, collecting road money. ”

"Oh, that bandit leader is still a golden swordsman? This is really interesting, this is the first time I have heard of a master of fighting spirit who can be promoted to the golden rank and be willing to degenerate into a bandit. Lorist laughed.

The captain of the garrison was anxious: "My lord, I really didn't lie to you. The lord has twice conquest and killed three silver-rank family knights, you can go out and ask casually about this, everyone knows it. This mountain wolf is ferocious and lustful. He slaughtered three villages near Panshan Road, and it was because of this that the lord sent troops to conquer, but unfortunately failed twice. ”

Lorist looked at the middle-aged man and asked him, "Since the bandits have blocked the city gates, what do you want to do as the captain of the garrison and come to tell us these things? Send us to the bandits, and let them not slaughter the city?"

"No, no, my lord, we didn't want to send you out......" said the middle-aged man with a bitter face, "My lord, I came to tell you about the wolf in the mountains, so that you should prepare early." There is only one garrison squad in this town, and the number is less than eighty, and only I, as the captain, am the silver rank. And there are four or five hundred thieves, in addition to the mountain wolf, which is a golden rank, they also have seventeen masters of the silver rank. The difference in strength is too great, we can't hold it for long, I just hope that the adults can see the opportunity to act, leave the town as soon as possible, and then go to inform the kingdom military and send troops to exterminate this bandit, then we will die. ”

"No, since there is such a big difference in the strength of your garrison and the bandits, then why didn't the bandits attack the city before, and they had to wait for us to kill a few bandits before coming to block the door?"

"Alas, my lord, I am not satisfied with you that our lord has an agreement with the bandits. The captain of the garrison looked a little ashamed: "After the failure of the two expeditions, our lord was worried that these bandits would attack the city, make a lot of trouble, and the impact would not be good, and maybe they would take the opportunity to deprive him of the position of lord, so he asked a large chamber of commerce to come forward and signed an agreement with the mountain wolf, that is, Feng Yata Town is open to bandits, and the bandits can purchase the materials they need here, and they can also sell the stolen goods they loot here to the Chamber of Commerce, as long as the convoy of those chambers of commerce pays the money to buy the road on the mountain road, it will be unimpeded." As for the pedestrians and vehicles crossing the winding mountain road, they can only consider themselves unlucky if they are robbed, and the local lords do not care. And those bandits can still enter the town to eat, drink and have fun if they don't bring weapons, and if they don't make trouble, our garrison shouldn't see it......"

"This time the bandits blocked the door because one of the thieves you killed yesterday was the younger brother of the Panshan wolf, so the Panshan wolf went crazy and came to slaughter the city regardless of the agreement. My lord, when the bandits break through the door and enter the town, they will surely plunder in all directions, and you will be able to break out of the siege by then. ”

"Hehe, four or five hundred bandits, the leader of the gold-level bandits, I really have to go and see the long knowledge. Lorist picked up the long sword placed on the table next to him, and said to Pat and Reddy, who were standing beside him, "Let's go meet these bandits, Reddy, let Joe bring a few more arrows, and it's better not to let one of the bandits escape today." ”

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