Chapter 354: Golden Eagle

"Your Highness, we have arrived, and this is already the swampy area of Egret Lake. www.biquge.info The guide pulled down the wool cloth covering his face and said while exhaling white air.

Today is December 11th, and winter has arrived. It had just snowed lightly, and the endless low-lying field was covered with a thin layer of white snow, with a hint of green and black-brown, the evergreen plants that grew in the Egret Lake swamps, the raised slopes of dirt, and large rocky rocks.

"Your Highness, I just received a message from the letter eagle arranged on the dark line of the Principality of Sabaji on the road, and so far the pursuers who went to the swampy area of Egret Lake have not caught Lord Reddy, but have brought a carriage of wounded people. The Dark Line got word from the wounded that Lord Reddy was still talking to them. In the mouths of those wounded, Lord Reddy had become a very terrifying demon, and no one except the three great swordsmen could stop his surprise attack. Grand Duke Sabaji sent a large group of soldiers to the swampy area of Egret Lake, and also escorted nearly a hundred wagons of supplies, presumably winter equipment for those who pursued them......"

In his hand he held a small bamboo tube and a thin silk scarf, which he read as the information written on the scarf. Beside him was a bearded man on horseback, and on his left shoulder was a steaming eagle, devouring strips of beef......

After another glance at the endless field, Lorist slid off his horse and pulled down his masked black scarf: "Map ......"

This time, Lorist brought 1,500 people from the three brigades of the guard battalion to the Egret Lake swamp basin, but now there were only about 30 people around him. This was because Lorist was anxious about Reddy's safety, and the group was still behind, about three hours away.

Wearing a bearskin coat, Schward hurriedly dismounted, took out a map of the Egret Lake swamp from a shoulder bag he was carrying, called a guard to come and pull it away, and hung it in front of Lorlist.

The guide took a small copper kettle and poured a sip of wine into his mouth, muttered about the hellish weather, and then walked to Lorlist's side, carefully looked at the map, and then pointed: "Your Highness, we are here now, and if we walk for half a day, we will reach the Mangrove Fortress, which is the only checkpoint in the middle of this road." Mangrove Fortress is surrounded by swamps on both sides, and the level is built on the only mound in the middle of the two swamps, and there is no way around the mangrove fortress except for a muddy path that leads to the level with only one carriage. Unless we dismount from here and start a detour......"

"You mean you can get around Mangrove Fortress?" Lorist asked.

"Yes, Your Highness. My old Jisan is famous in the swampy area of Egret Lake, and it is clear where to go and where to detour. To tell you the truth, in winter like this, you let someone else show you the way, and you guarantee that he will be blind, and I know that in winter, the Egret Lake swamp can freeze hard and there will be impassable. That's more than 30 years of experience. I've been eating with my father in this neighborhood since I was a child, and if I didn't have it, I'd have died here. Old Jisan poured two sips of spirits, and his voice became thick.

"Hehe, old Jisan, it is precisely because you know the Egret Lake swamp best that we are looking for you, and I only hope that you can be worthy of the high remuneration we have paid you. You know all the way, we're going to find someone in the area......" said Tagger to old Gisan.

"Find someone......," Old Jisan remembered, and he shouted at Tagger, "My lord, if you want to find someone, then you should tell me where this person is in the Egret Lake Marsh, where he entered the Egret Lake Marsh, and whether he left secret marks and signs along the way. The Egret Lake swamp is so big, I don't have a place to help you find someone just by saying that you are looking for someone......"

"Well, that Uncle Jisan, the person we are looking for has entered the Egret Lake swamp from the Principality of Sabaji, and it is estimated that he should be walking in the direction of Egret Lake. The Principality of Sabaji is a friend or foe with us, and they have sent people to hunt down the people we are looking for, so we entered the Egret Lake swamp from this side. He shouldn't have done the secret mark or something, or it would have been destroyed. If there is a secret mark, it should be carved into the lower right side of a tree or rock with a circular cross or a bear. But we know how to find someone, and what we can ask you to do is to take care of it, and see where you can go and where you need to ......get around," Lorist said, looking up at old Gisan.

"Ah, Your Highness, you don't have to be so polite, just call me by name. Old Gisan will be more than happy to help you. "Being called an uncle by Lorist flattered the guide old Gisan.

"Targer ......"

"Yes, Your Highness. Targer turned, "Daddy Mobingham, I'm sorry for you." ”

The old man who was called Maubin Hood was an old man with gray hair and beard who looked a little old but very energetic, and he was wearing a hunting suit made of animal skins, and when he heard Tagger's greeting, he cracked his mouth and laughed: "Your Highness, it's up to me." ”

After saying that, he turned around and lifted a large cage surrounded by thick skin from the horse behind him, lifted the thick skin and opened the cage door, and a large falcon jumped onto the arm of Daddy Mobinham. A cold wind swept by, and the falcon shook its wings and turned its head to look around.

"What a golden eagle!" exclaimed the guide, Old Gisan.

"Have you seen the Golden Eagle?" asked Daddy Mobingham as he stroked the feathers on the falcon's back with his hand, and the falcon showed a very humane expression of attachment, gently rubbing the hunting suit on Daddy Mobingham's chest with its sharp eagle beak.

"Little Moyu has been with me for seventeen years, when I picked it up at the bottom of the cliff, it didn't grow feathers, it should have just been born, I don't know how to fall off the nest, fortunately it didn't fall to death. I took it home and treated it as my third son, and we have been with it for so many years......"

"Daddy, Daddy, my Daddy Mabinham, Okay, don't reminisce about it, put the eagle up and let it find someone! When we find it, we will find a warmer place to roast on the fire and drink a little wine, and listen to you slowly tell you the things you and the eagle have to say, okay?" We promise to listen to you, even if we are tired of listening......" Tagger was anxious.

Daddy Mobinham came back to his senses and glared at Tagle dissatisfied: "What's the hurry, if you don't let the eagle get used to the cold wind first, you will fly up directly, that is looking for death, wait a while......"

The guide, Old Jisan, asked curiously, "Are you going to let this golden eagle fly up to find someone? Is this possible? Does it know the person it is looking for?"

"I don't know. Lorist replied, "It is difficult to find an eagle in heaven to find a man." But it's easy to spot a crowd, especially in such an empty swamp. The person we are looking for is being hunted by a group of people, and if this eagle finds those who are being pursued, it will be equivalent to finding the person we are looking for...... At the very least, we know that the person we are looking for is nearby. By the way, Daddy Mabinham, you'll have your eagle search around Egret Lake to see if there's a crowd there. In such cold weather, the pursuers should have a campsite......"

"Your Highness, I will let Xiao Moyu go to the direction of Egret Lake to look for it, please rest assured, we will definitely find Lord Reddy. Daddy Mobingham replied respectfully.

Daddy Mobingham is currently a special advisor to the Norton family's Warlybell Intelligence Investigation Bureau, and it is he who has used his years of experience in falconry training to cultivate a mature letter eagle communication system for the Norton family. His eldest son has become a knight of the Norton family, and he is in charge of the Eagle Department, and the second son is still a bronze rank, and once the fighting rank is promoted to silver, he will also become a knight of the Norton family. And Daddy Mobinham's current treatment is the same as that of Master Yu Lian, and he also hopes to make new contributions to his family and make his family further become a territorial nobleman......

After a few more moments, Daddy Mobingham finally released his falcon into the sky. The falcon hovered above for a moment, then flew westward, in the direction of Egret Lake.

"All right, Uncle Gisan, let's set out west, and you must tell us where to go and where not to go. Lorist withdrew his gaze from the sky, turned to his guide, Guisan the Elder.

"This ...... Your Highness, we have to abandon our horses and walk on foot. Old Jisan hesitated and said: "There are some places in the swamp area where people can walk but horses can't pass, it's no problem to take horses, but people can't ride up, otherwise they won't even have time to rescue if they encounter a pit or a quagmire......

"It's okay, you're the guide, you know here, then it's up to you. Lorist smiled: "El, send two people here to guard the horses and wait for the arrival of the followers." The rest of the men dismounted to check their equipment and bags, and brought a few pack horses and necessary equipment and supplies, and we waited first. Order Parker and Hughes Archswordsmen, and set up camp here after the arrival of the follow-up men and horses, and prepare for logistics. ”

"Yes, Your Highness. Ellizheng replied.

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Reddy: This is going to be the end of the road.

Seven days ago, he disappeared into the Magic Grass Swamp, rested for two days, recovered from his physical exhaustion, used the dry food in the bags carried by the soldiers he killed to replenish his physical strength and nutrition, and the wounds began to scar, and everything was developing in a good direction. But he didn't expect that the Immortal Great Sword Master actually ordered his pursuers to really bring the oil and start setting fire to it, preparing to burn all the aquatic plants on this magic grass swamp......

The aquatic plants on the muddy lake of the Magic Grass Swamp are evergreen in winter because they are full of water, but Reddy, who is familiar with the muddy lake, knows very well, don't look at these aquatic plants are slender and full of juice, but as soon as the fire oil is poured on the fire, they will be roasted and burned quickly, and if the wind helps the fire during the day, the aquatic plants of the entire Magic Grass Swamp will be burned dry, and he must leave this muddy lake immediately......

If the Magic Grass Swamp looked like a spindle, Reddy's little raft was a third of the way to the opposite shore from the center of the spindle, and he still had some time to row the little raft to the other side. The only thing that would help him escape was that the aquatic plants were sapy and smoky, and smelled so bad that Reddy might be able to avoid the eyes and ears of the sentry and the hounds.

It's just that the wind is too strong, the fire burns quickly, and the smoke bills out. Reddy wanted to be fast but couldn't, and from time to time the rhizomes of aquatic plants in the lake hooked the small raft, so that Reddy had to use a long sword to clean up and cut off these obstacles. When the fire was about to burn to the back, the small raft was still four or five meters away from the opposite bank, and the front was full of dense aquatic plants, and there was no way for the small raft to move forward......

Reddy grabbed the pole of the rowing boat, tied it tightly to the spear, and saw that it was about three meters long, picked it up and threw it with all his strength into the water and grass in front of him, and the spear entered the water and stuck it in the silt at the bottom of the lake, leaving only the tail a foot long on the surface of the water. Reddy grabbed the sword, took a deep breath, jumped hard, and stepped on the tip of the spear with the tip of his right foot, the spear slid down, and Reddy's whole body fell. But just as his foot was about to enter the water, Reddy had borrowed a little strength from his spear, jumped up again, and lay down in the mud on the shore with a "plop".

The upper body was lying on the shore, but the two feet fell to the edge of the lake, stepping on a mass of aquatic grass rhizomes. Here you can borrow strength, but Reddy didn't dare to stand up, because of the direction of the wind, the smoke was rising straight to the shore, and the sentry posts that the people who were chasing them had long since disappeared, Reddy first used a long sword to clean up the rhizomes of aquatic plants wrapped around his feet, and then forced himself to lie on the ground and crawl forward step by step with the unpleasant smell.

The fire on the Demon Grass Swamp burned for a day, and finally revealed the true face of the entire muddy lake. Reddy broke away from the encirclement with the help of the night, and dodged and ran in the direction of Egret Lake. The pursuers don't know if Reddy is hiding in the Magic Grass Swamp or not, which gives Reddy a night's time. But at dawn the next day, the pursuers will soon spot the small raft on the opposite bank that is half-submerged in water, and will immediately be able to determine the direction of Reddy's escape......

Reddy's hunch was right, and his pursuers had followed the trail he had left last night. Because of the unfamiliar geography and the large number of swamps, Reddy's escape in one night was half the effort, turning an unknown number of turns and bypassing many swamps, but he did not escape far. It only took three hours for the pursuers to see Reddy's back.

However, at this time, Reddy and the pursuer were still separated by a large swamp, and Reddy pointed down his middle finger at the pursuer, which was also a move he learned from Lorist that he thought was contempt, and then saw that the great swordsman of Xiandi did not chase after him, so he sat down and rested for a while.

The pursuers didn't look for a path to get through the swamp, Reddy had somehow crossed the swamp last night with a long branch poking and poking a little bit. Seeing that the distance was not far away, the chasing soldiers began to gather their longbowmen and shoot arrows at Reddy, which made Reddy miss the longbow he had abandoned on the raft very much, and now he had no ability to fight back.

After a few curses, Reddy had to continue running. The pursuers were in hot pursuit, and after two days the dry food was gone, if it hadn't been for the snow that had fallen for half a day to cover Reddy's tracks, and found a nest of water rats for Reddy, which allowed Reddy to sleep for a night and fill his stomach, otherwise Reddy, who was tired and hungry, would have been unable to run and collapsed.

But yesterday the snow was still too light, and the next day the sun came out, and the pursuit party with the hounds soon discovered Reddy's whereabouts, and Reddy had no choice but to continue to flee. When he was finally about to approach Egret Lake, Reddy suddenly found in despair that a team of outflanks had appeared in front of him, and more than a dozen knights were rushing towards him, looking back at the enemy chasing behind, Reddy smiled bitterly and drew his long sword. When it comes to the end, you can only work hard, just like the teacher once said, killing one is enough, killing two to earn one, now see how many you can earn......

...... (To be continued.) )