For a while I felt a wave of ecstasy, thinking that I was about to be saved, until I saw a group of captives trampled under the hooves of the cavalry, and I realized that I was not safe

The attacking soldiers didn't even look at who was in front of them, their fanatical charge, dozens of people in groups of slaughterers and lone people, after being targeted by these soldiers, there was little chance of surviving a few escaped captives ran towards the Valan soldiers for protection, but the Valan soldiers thought they were counterattacking defenders, so they killed two of them in a commotion, and the rest knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but they were knocked unconscious with wooden sticks by the Varan soldiers' retinue

There is no need for the captives, even the ransom Valans, to be good people and release the captives in vain

Joey and I cowered under the stump, trying to keep ourselves as unobtrusive as possible

A whole army rushed out of the forest one after another, and this group of barbarian soldiers was going to suffer a big loss this time, and they were still celebrating lively last night, and at this time they were taken care of

After the first elite soldiers rushed forward, the soldiers behind chose to march in a cautious formation, which made my hanging heart relax a little, these soldiers pointed their spears to the sky, and marched steadily towards the center of the village, their banners hunted and hunted, although the armor was not glamorous, but it gave people a solid and reliable feeling, I looked at these soldiers hard, and wanted to see my familiar figure, although I don't have much affection for the Earl now, but the Valans can be considered my allies after all, and I will not be tied up in the Valans

Valan's knights wore helmets, which was a good thing in normal times, but now, it was a tricky question for me, and I had no idea which knight was Yuri or something else, and Smar's freecavalry drew his saber, slung it over his shoulder, and trotted all the way around the village to search for possible escaped barbarian soldiers

In the middle of the village, there seemed to be a fight, and I heard the roar of the earth-shattering for a while, the Vekia soldiers' Ula's roar made me almost think they had won, but soon after, the roar of the barbarian soldiers overshadowed the Vecchians, and I don't think it would be wise to start a war with the barbarians in the village, because in this narrow terrain, the barbarian soldiers are inferior and poorly disciplined, and they can't be exposed without formation, but their individual combat superiority is fully displayed If it is on flat ground, I believe that the Vecchians with crossbowmen, all kinds of infantry, and excellent cavalry can easily exterminate those barbarians

But this is a surprise attack after all, and it is also a good choice to kill a hundred people before the enemy organizes a counteroffensive, which is very likely to cause the rout of the entire barbarian army, and those soldiers will not fight to the death, and when the time comes, those barbarian soldiers will scatter and flee into the forest, and the sabers of Vikia's fierce freelancers will be full of blood again

The drums of war continued to beat, and after half an hour, there was a brief silence, and after a brief lull, a loud cheer rang out over the village

At this time, we were still crouching under the stump and hiding

Time is getting hard

Convinced that there would be no fighting, we slowly stood up

The entrance to the village was different from last night, there were dozens of corpses on the ground, the ground was trampled in disarray, the camp was in shambles, a few dead horses were struggling, a broken spear was inserted into the chest of a horse, and at this time, it was raising its neck to stand up, its owner was standing in front of it, and as soon as it looked up, the cavalryman fed it a handful of beans, and the horse chewed the beans and chewed out a mouthful of red foam, and finally, its master cut its throat with a dagger

Some wounded soldiers took off their helmets and walked down from the battlefield with each other's arms, shouting and scolding one after another, a group of surrendered barbarian soldiers squatted on the ground, the Wikiians would beat them when they passed by, snatched their hats and peed inside, several barbarian soldiers who killed the Wikiians were gathered together, these barbarian soldiers seemed to know that they were going to die, so they struggled desperately, and the Wikibians cut off their ankles with daggers first, making them crawl on the ground like bugs, And only then did he cut off their necks

The Vickyan soldiers began to burn the village to fire, and the rest began to count the loot

By this time, we were still tied together

At this moment, a cavalryman walked up in front of me

I stopped him, "Your Excellency."

He saw a few of us and seemed surprised, he didn't expect a handful of captives to be here

"Your Excellency," I shouted to him, "help us, good Wikibians"

After he was not in danger now, he lifted his mask, I have no impression of this man Judging by his attire, he was a Vecchian conscription cavalryman, he should have come from some wealthy family, either a member of a family in the city, or a young master in a manor somewhere outside the city, he had no title, but he was eager for military success

"Captive," he muttered, his voice a little astringent, "whose captives are you?" ”

He is in his twenties, with a strong physique, but his eyebrows are very thin, probably inheriting the characteristics of his mother, he has a typical Vekian expression, fierce and unpretentious

"We are not captives," I said to him, "we are the messengers of the Count of Kalinin, but the barbarians have captured the kind Excellency, and you will be rewarded for your rescue of us"

"The Courier?" He frowned, "I don't know of any messengers, everyone wants to have a relationship with us, who knows if you are Burkes"

The logic of this cavalry was really shocking to me, and I looked back at Joey, who stared at me, and I immediately understood, and then looked away

"Your Excellency," I said to him again, "these barbarians are in league with the Burkes, how can we be Berks, can you contact your superiors?" Smar, Alexey, Yuri, Konstantin, anyone, you can even go to Count Kalinin"

"You know us well," he hesitated, "I'll help you get the word here, but now, you're my captive boys, and if you're real, then it's easy to say; If you dare to lie to me, then you have your good looks and come with me"

He motioned for us to follow

"Can you untie the rope?" The rope on my feet was loosened not long after I was captured, and a large piece of wood was tied in the middle, and I walked with great anticipation, and only let go of my hand while I was working, and now my hand has been numb for a long time, and even if I let go, I will not be able to resist him with my sword, nor can I escape

The young man was cautious, "No, you're still captives."

We had to follow them all the way to the village

The dead bodies on the side of the road were in disarray, and the soldiers who were executing the captives looked at us with grim faces when we walked past, and there were more than a dozen heads at their feet, and the barbarians were very strangely decorated, dyed in various colors, and they still had tattoos on their faces, and they were wearing bone rings on their ears, the village was not very large, and after entering the village, I did not see the scene of the corpses piling up as I imagined, and there were even more corpses outside the village than in the center of the village

There was a stone cross underneath, and below it was a dry well, and the Vykian soldiers who had just finished the battle were walking around the village, counting the houses that had not been burned, and pushing the captives aside, tying them up with ropes, I was a little gloating, these people were our masters yesterday, but by this time, they were already the same as me, and I will soon be released

At least more than 300 Vekian soldiers were burying their heads in counting the baggage and goods left behind by the barbarian soldiers, and on the south side of the village, there were a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, and every soldier seemed very excited, and I saw a few Vikia soldiers pry open a barrel of looted wine, scooped it up with their helmets, and poured it on their heads, and the whole box of cloth and linen rolled into a sought-after thing, and a group of soldiers quarreled over it, not so long ago, it was a battlefield of life and death, but now it seems to have become a market

No, I feel a little hairy in my heart, there are too few dead people here, there are only more than a hundred dead people in total, plus there are less than two hundred people who have been captured, there should be six or seven hundred barbarians, plus the bandits and bandits who join the barbarians along the road, their number should only be more

Most of the soldiers killed here were barbarian tribal soldiers, some of them were badly equipped scum, but the powerful tribal warriors did not show too many of the forest warriors in bearskin hats, who painted their faces in two colors, armed with broad-bladed swords or double-edged axes, and let out a terrible roar in battle, and threw javelins and axes as dense as dust flying in pillars of light

"Have all the barbarians fled?" I asked the cavalry who led us away, "They must have seven or eight hundred people, and yesterday the forest was densely packed with their soldiers."

He looked back in astonishment and said, "Nonsense that there are less than three hundred of them, and they have been completely defeated by us"

"Who told you," I said to him, "can more than three hundred people grab so many things?" Four or five hundred Vekian soldiers to divide these things seem rich, and three hundred barbarians have such great ability? Who is your commander, report him, there must be barbarians around to hell, don't you send scouts? ”

The young cavalryman snorted, "We're only in the morning," he hesitated, as if hesitating to tell me the deployment, "why should I trust you?" The barbarians have been routed, I know that"

Hearing this, Joey finally spoke, "Brother, listen to me, this kid didn't lie We quietly looked when we were captured, there are more than five hundred barbarians just seen, don't rush to refute me, I don't mean anything else, just remind you You know better than me, how well you fought in the morning These people who stayed in the village are all people who have no combat effectiveness, the real elite must have quietly left the village last night, even we don't know" Joey's voice is not as urging as I am, But it sounded much more convincing than I was, "I said, you didn't divide your troops?" If the barbarians are ambushed on the road, wait"

Usually the general will command the whole situation from a slightly farther away from the battlefield, and the count will probably be in the forest somewhere with a small group of soldiers, keeping a close eye on the battle in the village, and the count will not show up until the danger is completely removed

But if the barbarian had been lying dormant somewhere in the first place, waiting for the army to leave the Count, he would be in great danger

The young horseman's expression turned to fear, and he let us stay here, and then ran to a clearing, where there was a general, but it was a little far away, and I couldn't see who damned him or if he didn't let us go

The soldiers around me were still laughing excitedly, and I looked into the depths of the forest with some concern

Meanwhile, a few miles out of the village, inside a logging camp

Tom began to tremble

Barbarians in bearskin hats had suddenly surrounded the place a quarter of an hour earlier, roaring like a tidal wave, bows, javelins, and throwing axes slashing at each other, and after the initial blows of throwing weapons, the Vecchian soldiers quickly formed a dense line to meet the barbarians' oncoming charge

The Count stood in the center of the defensive circle, his face gloomy, and there were less than a hundred Vecchian soldiers here, and the Vicchian soldiers began to form a circle, stretching out their spears like hedgehogs

Father Heck crossed and shrank beside the Earl in a panicTom looked at Heck, as if thinking of something, "Let all the people see you, you won't die"

Tom thought for a moment, then hunched over, pulled a shield from the arm of a dead soldier, and put it over his head, and he bravely touched it towards the cart

An arrow hit the shield on Tom's head, causing Tom's legs to weaken, but he gritted his teeth and continued to walk forward

The barbarian soldiers were violently attacking the Vikia soldiers at this time, the two sides tested each other, competing for strength and courage, short spears and long axes were waving in the air, every few seconds, someone was injured or even killed A barbarian slinger appeared Tom, so he threw a few stones at him, but either bounced on the shield or did not hit, the barbarian soldier shook his head in annoyance, and turned his head to attack the dense line of Vikia soldiers

Tom touched what he wanted, carried it on his shoulder, and then flew towards the soldiers, and several soldiers saw Tom coming back, so they left a gap, and Tom carried back something to the surprise of the soldiers

To the shock of the soldiers, half a minute later, a huge war cross was lifted, and under the cross, the holy light seemed to shine on Tom alone

Father Tom looked majestic, like a saint ready to be martyred

"God is here," cried Tom, "be with me"

"Be with me"

The soldiers shouted in response.