The men scrambled to clasp Lady Bella's hands, but Lady Bella struggled desperately.

Klose pinched her arm, but she didn't expect Lady Bella to be so strong that under the struggle, all the small wounds on her arm were peeled off by this drag, and the whole arm became the red flesh of the lake of blood.

But even so, she still laughed, not even the instinctive contraction reaction of the human body, still intending to pierce her chest, and pulling the wound that had just been stabbed with her hand.

"How could she have such power!"

Klose and Sammer couldn't control her anymore, and the muscleless withered arms were able to compete with two muscular men!

"Peng!"

Amy stood behind her, holding the hammer that the woman had dropped, and knocked the crazy Lady Bella unconscious with a single blow.

Fortunately, this crazy old woman would at least faint after being beaten.

But what now?

The ticket is considered a successful ticket binding.

But I really didn't expect this situation......

Although Leon and her had analyzed Alma's plot to seize the town of Long River, neither Amy nor Leon had expected this situation for Lady Bella.

This is clearly a believer in evil gods.

The female soldiers who died downstairs were obviously fanatical followers of heresy.

But how could Archduke Alma allow these heresies to exist?

None of his soldiers approached the main building, presumably because Duke Alma had not allowed them to approach the Nella Lady.

And the outside of Forsette did not chase in, he collected troops and closed the inner city gate, he should also know the situation inside.

But Forsette is a lion knight, isn't the lion knight on the hunt for heresy?

The food was not bought, and now it is sealed in the inner city and cannot get out.

The only purpose to be achieved was to be safe for the time being, but if nothing else, it might soon come to pass, for Lady Bella was dying

But Amy's mind is not clear now, and she really wishes the lord was here.

If the teacher was here, he would have been able to analyze the results quickly......

……

The lord has just arrived in Kwyn Village, and of course there is no way to save poor Amy.

In fact, the lord himself is now in a lawsuit—he has been anxious and has a big head ever since he changed the purchase of grain from wholesale to retail.

In order to negotiate business, he directly threw out 5,000 dinars and placed it in the center of the village, saying that no matter who it was, after the negotiation was completed, he could just take the money and leave, and the lord would buy the grain first and then the goods.

At market prices most of the time, five thousand dinars would be enough to buy half a million pounds of unprocessed wheat.

And the lord only intends to collect more than 200,000 pounds here, that is, he can buy it at least twice the price.

Of course, if you want a higher price, money is not an issue.

But the problem is that the estates of these big nobles don't buy it at all.

It's not that they don't want to make money, they don't want to make trouble......

There are more than twenty estates, each of which has a surplus of several thousand to 10,000 pounds of grain, but the market price of 10,000 pounds of wheat is only worth 100 dinars, and the purchase price of the lord is doubled, which is only 200 dinars—these estates are inhabited by the great nobles above the baron, and they really don't value this money.

In the past, they only had to ask the farmers and servants to collect the grain directly into the warehouse, and nothing was done.

But if they sell grain in advance, they have to calculate the harvest in advance, and when the harvest is over, they have to send people to load it by hand, and when it is loaded, they have to transport it, and they have to arrange all kinds of trivial affairs......

10,000 pounds of grain is only enough for a few dozen people to consume for half a year, which is not much.

But it would take ten wagons to load!

Most of these big aristocrats retire here, and a group of rich retired old men and old ladies just want to pass the time, and they feel that this little business is too troublesome.

The lord did not want to offer a higher price, but when he was about to multiply the price, the countess stopped him.

"Your Excellency Leon, I'm not trying to advise you to save money - if you raise the price of food too high, then a lot of people may starve to death here!"

Li Ang knows this truth, and if he charges twice the price, the price will not be outrageous, and it will not have much impact.

And if the price is raised tenfold, it may be possible to receive grain soon, but it will also cause the price of food in the vicinity to soar across the board within the year.

The real destitute or the craftsmen, those who have no land and can only survive on food, cannot afford it – they will really starve to death.

Leon misses his little apprentice very much now—if Amy was here, relying on her parents' face, how could these big nobles help......

Of course, it was not completely unreceived, and the countess still said that she had moved a few friends who were on good terms.

None of these people intended to let the lord break the bank extra, and only took the corresponding market price of the dinar.

But a total of 50,000 pounds was only negotiated, and I had to send a car to pull it in half a month......

It's okay, it's better than nothing at all, at least for next season's crops.

……

Two days later, the lord was going to say goodbye to the countess, and he had to hurry up and look elsewhere.

If it really doesn't work, he will have to go back to Mai Xiangling to mobilize the masses.

The Countess also offered to help him write a letter asking Madame Bella if she could get some of the food.

The lord knew that this was impossible, there were a lot of fields around Changhe Town, and it was not normal to buy food without a shortage of food.

And since the Duke of Alma purchased grain in the name of Lady Bella, he would definitely not give it to himself, and maybe the grain merchants in Changhe Town would have to run out of grain......

However, the countess had a good intention, and the lord still accepted it.

But just as the Countess was writing, a knight hurried in to report the situation to the Countess.

"Madam, there is a mess of people from the north side of the village, who look like a group of soldiers, but also like a group of robbers, and there are a lot of them."

The knight was presumably one of Baron Leofric's men, and was dressed in a griffon robe with a red background, and looked rather uneasy.

"Tell me clearly, are they soldiers or robbers, and how many are there?"

The Countess can be regarded as having seen the world, she did not panic at all, after all, the families in the village can gather at least hundreds of troops, and she is not afraid of small bandits.

But the knight was visibly panicked: "Madam, I didn't see all of them, but there were at least hundreds of people I saw!" It's all a mess, maybe a deserter, it's not a good person anyway! ”

If it is a deserter, it is equivalent to a robber.

The Countess was a little nervous at this time, and turned her head to look at the lord: "Your Excellency Leon, there is always some restlessness during the harvest season. If your troops can help, I think the lords of the manors here will be willing to feed you for free. ”

Well?

The lord was in good spirits at once.

It seems that the goddess has not forgotten herself......

I thought it was a trouble to meet a large number of gangsters here, but I didn't expect it to be a good thing!

That's right, if nothing happens, most of the many aristocratic manors in Kwyn Village will not bother to take care of themselves.

But the question is, with only thirty cavalry, can you save them?

"Do those people have flags? What kind of people are they? ”

Leon asked the panicked knight if he needed to know the information before he knew what to do.

"I saw a bull flag...... Most of them were soldiers, a dozen on horseback, and the rest seemed to be dressed everywhere! So I felt like a mess of bandits and deserters. ”

Looking at the calm lord, the knight seemed to be a little calmer, and walked out with Leon.

Thinkers

In the middle of the village of Kwyn, a clear trumpet sounded, followed by the trumpets of the various estates—the trumpets of the lords calling the militia to fight.

In fact, the first trumpet was heard from the north side of the village, the territory of Baron Leofric.

The knight who reported the news was originally there to arrange the taxes.

The village was so big that it stretched to the north to the Tongtian River, a dozen miles from the center of the village, and it was no longer known what was going on there.

And also because of the large range, it takes a long time for the nobles and knights to gather soldiers.

The knight who had told the news, with his lord and the cavalry, arrived twenty minutes later near the bridge on the north side of the village.

This bridge is the bridge north of Kewen to the Lion Lake City district, and it is also the only bridge in the upper reaches of the entire Tongtian River.

Moreover, it is a rope bridge made of iron chains, erected on the narrowest channel of the entire Tongtian River.

The river is only about 40 meters wide, the banks are flanked by cliffs, and the river channel is a very deep canyon.

The bridge was probably built with a crossbow to shoot a rope to the opposite side, and then a rope to pull the chain.

The overhanging height of the bridge is very frightening, and the river channel under the bridge is at least 100 meters deep.

Because it is a chain bridge, it is relatively high in the air, and the turbulent water under the bridge will bring strong winds, so the bridge deck has been shaking violently, and horses and other livestock may be reluctant to go up.

There was a big mess of people on the other side of the bridge, and this is probably the reason why they didn't cross the bridge......

There were some guys riding horses over there, and they were probably figuring out how to get the horses over.

And when he saw this group of people, the lord understood why the knight who reported the news could not tell whether it was an army or a robber......

It was a bull flag with a black picture on a yellow background, and there were at least eight hundred troops of various forces near the flag, with a variety of equipment and various sources......

There were militiamen from Fields Way, wearing the iconic spike-embellished leather coats;

There are also militiamen from the Raven Kingdom, wearing the iconic northern placket skirts;

There are also a lot of militia in the Lion Realm, and the red soft armor is very conspicuous;

It's more of a Lion Realm infantry, but it does look like a deserter - the overalls on the outside of the chain mail are worn backwards, obviously not wanting to show their original coat of arms.

There were twenty or so horseback riders 'leading' these chaotic troops, and judging by the appearance of those men, they were probably young rogue aristocrats.

They are the ones who are currently working on how to get the horse on the bridge.

Beneath the banner was a man in a bull's robe, wearing a light helmet with feathers and a huge mace-head on his back, who seemed to be the boss of this 'army'.

The man was quite tall and strong, and his figure was a bit like Klose's, and his yellow heraldic burqa stood out under the flag.

But this guy didn't ride a horse, probably because he was too big for a normal horse to be able to carry him.

The number of people was indeed large, more than eight hundred, but the lord was not very afraid.

Because, the combat effectiveness of this team does not seem to be too strong......

Just by looking at the composition of the troops on the opposite side and their current appearance, you can also know that this is a rabble.

A large number of militiamen and deserters from all over the country, one by one, were noisy and undisciplined, standing staggered, and some even sat on the ground and waited.

Looking at it like this, it won't be much better than the bandits that Rainier got in the first place......

But soon, the lord realized that something was wrong.

The big man on the opposite side stepped onto the bridge and walked a few steps, then turned around and began to lead the horse.

Or call it a towing horse.

It was obviously not his horse, and it did not listen to him, but the horse was still dragged up to the bridge by him on all fours, and he was still dragged up the bridge with a pestle......

Then, the horse's feet appeared to get stuck in the gaps in the planks of the bridge deck, and then the horse's legs leaked.

Then a terrible scene ensued......

This guy actually held the horse's belly with both hands and lifted the horse up!

Yes, he lifted a thousand-pound horse through the gap and placed it securely on the bridge!

This inhuman power made the lord's eyelids jump......

This power is too terrifying!

A proper world weightlifting champion!

The knight next to him who reported the news was trembling in both legs: "Lord Leon...... Otherwise, let's run......"

Seriously, Lord Lord, I'm feeling like running away a little now.

Regardless of whether this group of people is a rabble or not, this leader is quite powerful anyway......

But at this moment, a rough voice came from the other side: "Aha! Look, it's gone! That winery is just across the street! Brothers, soon there will be wine! ”

Then there was a sudden uproar of morale on the other side: "Uhaha! Hail to the new king! ”

A large rabble shouted in a mess, and chickens and dogs jumped into a fuss.

The lord sighed, he actually went to the countess's winery, so he couldn't run away without saying hello, the countess has been helping these days......

Let's take a look.

Maybe they didn't care about the more than thirty cavalry, or maybe they didn't notice, but anyway, the other side seemed to be ignoring the lord's group, and the group of noisy drunkards began to cross the bridge.

And the knight's legs and teeth were as shaky as the rope bridge on the other side.

"Big ...... My lord, what should we do? ”

The lord glanced at him: "Hit! What else can I do? ”

After speaking, he drew his sword: "Brothers, prepare for battle!" ”

Thirty cavalrymen dispersed and spontaneously formed six groups.

Charging in small groups of five in turn can avoid falling into a chaotic battle, and the cavalry must rush to be lethal.

This is the experience that the recruits themselves have gained during the two-month confrontation drill.

In fact, if the archers and infantry are also here, then the two lords will form a mixed combat unit with the archers as the core, because cooperative operations are much more reliable than arrays of the same class.

But at the moment only cavalry is brought, and only simpler tactics can be used.

In addition, these people have only been training for two months at the moment, and their tactical awareness has not been cultivated, so the simpler it is, the more effective it is.

The lord's order was simple: "Brothers, charge, block them on the bridge!" ”

"Hah!"

A chorus of shouts seemed to lift the spirits of the knight who was fighting with his legs, and he gritted his teeth and rushed out on horseback. Then he ran back in a circle...... Several of his henchmen followed.

"Lord Leon, I'm going to find reinforcements......"

The guy's voice could be heard in the distance behind him.

Lord Lord has a black line, especially in this case, you will definitely be able to fight the bridge, this is a rickety rope bridge, the enemy is almost unable to use it on it, run a fart!

How will the cavalry hold the bridgehead?

Of course, along the riverbank, at a 90-degree angle to the bridge, and then take turns cruising back and forth along the riverbank.

Yes, it is enough to sweep the river bank horizontally, especially this kind of rope bridge, which is not wide and does not wobbly quickly.

Coming down from the bridge, you can harvest one by one, and you don't have to be killed, just poke into the river. After stabbing a few times, the enemy will naturally not easily cross the bridge.

Don't be fooled by the games, the cavalry is not attacking directly in front, but in front of the side.

The target in front of you will only be knocked away by the horse - if you can't fly, you will be knocked away.

Lances and spears were stabbed to the side, and sabers and swords were cut to the side.

Cavalry moving back and forth along the river bank is one of the surest ways to block the river bank - unless there is a very clever marksman on the opposite side.

But apparently, there is no on the other side.

This is not the gentle river surface of the village of Fletcher, the cliffs and valleys are very windy, it is difficult to shoot accurately from a distance, and the arrows will drift wildly, which is very technically demanding.

And looking at the situation on the other side, they are probably drunkards, what can alcoholics shoot at?

The lord is now confident and bold to take the lead.

The cavalrymen followed in groups.

The first to cross the bridge was the horse that had been lifted up by the big man in the lead—and after seeing the cavalry rushing towards him, the horse ran with great cleverness......

The horse was followed by a few staggering fellows, as if it had consumed all their balance to walk across the rickety bridge.

The lord rushed over with his spear in hand, and with a single shot he stabbed the unlucky man who was at the forefront into the river.

Then the gruff voice was heard again, even in the sound of horses' hooves and the violent rush of the river under the bridge.

"What people! Bastard! Who has alcohol? With wine, I'll be able to pass smoothly......"

The big man was still in the middle of the bridge, slowly holding on to the thick iron chain on the side of the bridge and moving step by step—the middle of the bridge was the most powerful.

No one responded to him, and it seemed that the group of drunkards were all out of stock.

"The other side! Do you have alcohol? I won't kill you if you have wine......"

The big man was still shouting.

I'm afraid I haven't woken up from the last meal, right?

"Drink without riding, ride without drinking...... Don't come here, or you will all fall into the river, don't blame me! ”

The lord had already rushed around, turned his head and let Alice walk slowly for a few steps to rest, and heard the drunkard shout again, and responded.

But that warning doesn't seem to work for a bunch of drunken guys, who are still crossing the bridge.

And now, the lords on the banks of the river have actually smelled the rancid smell emanating from them.

In this windy environment, the smell of ale, beer, and overnight sour water still came to his face, rushing straight to his head, and the lord rolled his eyes.

Leon sneezed before he reacted, and his side seemed to be downwind......

So the lord made another lunge, stabbing the other unlucky man who had just crossed the bridge into the river. The cavalry behind him did the same, and cleared the riverbank.

"Don't come here, okay? It's no good for me to knock you out of the river, I can't even get the loot......"

The lord finally got the upper hand and began to shout.