Chapter 286 [What a Big Black Cauldron]
The guards were stripped naked one by one, and the wicked people among the horse thieves seemed to have some bad taste, and only the poor guards were left with a pair of underpants to wear, and tied with ropes, and more than a dozen captives were tied together so neatly around several large trees.
The guys' gear was packed up by the horse thieves.
I have to say that as a guard of the Doge's Palace in Corsica, these equipment are still good things.
The worst of those armors were all black flat armor, which was even in the Imperial Central Army, and it was also a good thing that only elite cavalry would equip with. And some of the elite guards wear "tattooed armor", which is a good thing that can only be equipped by battalion-level officers in the Central Standing Army.
Although these horse thieves were incorporated into the official army, after all, in a small place like Denzel City, Char was just a local garrison, what good things could be equipped for them? It was nothing more than the ordnance of some ordinary local garrisons, and the cavalry was just some simple chests. The main body is leather, and only a few pieces of iron can be padded on the key parts.
Seeing that they had obtained such good things, the horse thieves immediately competed. The weapons used by the guards of the Governor's Palace of Corsican were also of good quality, especially the seven or eight exquisite short crossbows, which became the most sought-after goods for horse thieves. This short and capable weapon is light to carry on the body, and it is quick to pick up and fire, and the short-range penetration of this short crossbow is extremely strong, and within twenty steps, even the iron armor can shoot through.
The leader of several horse thieves unceremoniously wanted to get a handful of them.
But Char quickly stopped the guys' chaotic snatching.
"These sharp weapons, if they are scattered, they are useless at all, they are only concentrated in the hands of a team of people, and when they are about to fight, they are sharp enough, and a few of you who are officers are just showing off in their hands, and it is better to carry a burning stick!"
Char took the lead, selected a few who were better at archery in the past, issued a short crossbow to each person, and put on the armor of the original elite guards, and formed a separate team. The rest divided what was left.
After a lot of delay in the woods, many horse thieves changed their appearances, put on the outfits of the original Corsican governor's palace guards, and put on Char in a gorgeous costume.
It's a pity that the carriage was smashed by Char, and the carriage could not be repaired, but the two horses pulling the carriage were of the highest quality. Char himself chose a horse to be his mount, put the fire fork in his waist, hid it under his coat, stood in front of everyone and smiled: "How is it?"
A few horse thieves, you look at me, I look at you, some say yes, but some people can't help but say: "Needless to say, my uncle's appearance is naturally majestic enough." But no matter how you look at it, if you pretend to be the young master of this kind of rich family, it seems to be a disadvantage. β
Char is also helpless, his figure is burly and tall, heroic and extraordinary, if he wears armor?" is a fierce general, dressed up as such a noble child, but a little less noble.
After thinking about it for a long time, a horse thief suddenly patted his head, grabbed a handful of white powder from the pocket behind the **, and said with a smile: "Uncle, I see that those nobles are all snow-white like women, you might as well wipe some of this thing."
Char looked at the handful of white flowers in this guy's hand, glared and said, "What is it?"
"Lime. The horse thief laughed: "Just now I blocked the road and robbed the road, and I was going to withdraw from the charming eye, but then I didn't use it, and these guys were killed by us." It was not easy to burn this lime, and it was when the city walls of Mesta were being repaired, that I got such a small packet, and I never wanted to use it. This is a good thing, when you kill people and oversell goods, you suddenly withdraw like this, even if you are a powerful master, you will inevitably get into trouble if you are not careful!"
Xia Ya was furious when he heard this, looked carefully at the "cavalry" under his command, and couldn't help sighing in his heart, these guys, the thief nature is difficult to change, and the wild nature is difficult to get rid of, and when they talk about killing people and selling goods, they are elated......
Fuck, what kind of soldier is Lao Tzu here?
"Uncle, you can mix it with some oil and wipe it evenly on your face, you can only use oil, but don't use water. As soon as this lime gets wet, it will know!"
Char had no choice but to pinch his nose, get some barbecue oil, and this lime, and wipe a few handfuls on his face, one face turned white, and then the horse thief next to him looked at it, and grabbed two more handfuls and wiped them on Char's neck and arms.
A few horse thieves looked at it for a while, and then exclaimed, "It's done! β
Char tinkered with these people for a while before shaking his head and saying, "Okay, let's go quickly, I hope it doesn't rain this day, otherwise Lao Tzu will become a flower." β
Someone below asked, "Uncle, where are we going to do business?"
Char's eyes widened: "What are you doing! Let's go on a secret military mission!"
The horse thief was submissive, but obviously his expression was greatly disapproving.
Char was helpless, so he could only pretend not to see it, and said: "We are dressed like this, even if we sneak into Manninger's camp, it is possible." But the point is, that guy Manninger has seen Lao Tzu, and he can't hide it from him in person. But we don't have to go to Manninger's camp, just find a random team of Odin, go up and stir it up, and then take the opportunity to run away, and this black cauldron will be planted solidly. β
Immediately, a group of horse thieves changed their clothes, most of them pretending to be the guards of the former governor's palace of Signa, while others were pretending to be the drivers of the carts escorting the transports.
The things on the transport cart, Char and the others have seen them, most of them are some cattle, sheep and livestock, as well as more than ten barrels of fine wine, in addition to a few boxes of gold coins.
Unless things like cattle, sheep, livestock and wine were not moved, those gold coins, Char naturally intercepted them unceremoniously, and sent ten horse thieves to take them to Mesta City first.
Before leaving, Char looked at the captives in the forest and sighed: "I don't want to kill more people, but we can't leak the news about this time...... Alas, I can only be sorry"
The horse thieves who remained by the tree to guard the captives received Char's order and raised their knives one after another......
The group walked out of the forest with such a swagger, all the way to the lower reaches of the Luoluo River.
On this side of the Oro River, with the movement of the Odin army in the past two days, the Corsican army has also moved, and some troops have been stationed in several villages along the river to take precautions, and a lot of beacons have been erected, as for the main army, they are located in the second-tier city behind to respond.
Char and his party swaggered along the main road by the river, also passed through two villages, and met the Corsican defenders, Char did not come forward, so he hid in the transport car, and only let a horse thief leader pretend to be a guard of the governor's palace, and go with the captured gold badge of the Karos family.
Those small groups of troops along the coast, seeing that this group of people were wearing the equipment of the elite guards of their own governor's palace and showing their gold badges, how could they dare to stop them?
As for some of the troops, who were descendants of Gaia, the second son of the governor of Corsica, they did not dare to stop them, so they could only hurriedly send a message to report back.
I walked like this for a full day, passing three villages and four checkpoints along the way, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes saw that "the noble prince was ordered to go to the army of the Odin people on the other side to negotiate"0 Char wanted this result, and it was not until the next day that he crossed the river with people and entered the territory of the Odin.
There were a number of bridges along the course of the Lorro River, one of which was at the mouth of a village downstream, where two Corsican battalions were stationed.
Char and his party swaggered across the river and headed towards the place of the Odin on the other side.
The Odin did not have many troops on the other side of the river, except a force of less than 300 Odin warriors, but coincidentally, this group had a lot of origins and were descendants of Manninger's son Morka.
The structure of the army of the Odin people is crude, when the battle is formed, it is the patriarch who gives an order, and the following clan organizes its own warriors under the slope to answer the call, and under the legion, it is divided into how many "flags", and the concept of "flags" is also very complicated, large flags can have thousands of people, and small flags also have hundreds of people.
As Manninger's son, Morka led his own banner, and there were two or three thousand men. But at the moment, most of them have scattered and looted everywhere. There were only about 300 people left on the riverside, constantly monitoring the movements of the Corsican army on the other side.
Char and his party crossed the river, but they were quickly stopped. Although these Odin were fierce and domineering, they did not dare to slack off when they heard that it seemed that the son of the chief of Corsican had come to the peace talks in person, so they divided half of the men, half escort and half overseer, and led Char and his party towards the capital of Syltan County.
Originally, the Odin people were still a little vigilant, but these horse thieves all called them brothers, and every time they stopped to rest, they took the initiative to talk to these Odins and make love, anyway, there was a lot of wine and food on the transport car.
This time he came to the peace talks, the governor of Corsica also spent a lot of money, knowing that the Odin people are addicted to alcohol, and the dozen or so barrels of fine wine brought on the car are all the best wine stored in the cellar of the real governor's palace, so he took out a barrel and threw it on the market, I am afraid that it can be sold for 100 gold! Originally, these good ones!9, even if they were sent to the Odin army, were not something that ordinary soldiers could enjoy, but were distributed to Manninger and other leaders in the Odin army.
Char was generous to others, and opened these wine barrels at random on the way, and when he rested and ate, he scattered them for the enjoyment of these accompanying Odin warriors without money.
These Odin people are all from the northern country of bitter dreams, loss. Poor, where have you enjoyed this kind of wine!?This wine in the Doge's palace of Corsica, the wine tastes clear; ...γ , only drank so that all the Odin people crooked their noses one by one, only opened a barrel, and tasted a little ...... "Immediately caused a robbery!"
These Odin people quickly relaxed their vigilance, anyway, they all entered their own territory, surrounded by their own army stationed, the other party was just a team of about 100 people for peace talks, what is there to worry about?
Moreover, these horse thieves listened to Char's orders, and they all put their posture and pretended to be grandsons, and served these Odin people as uncles.
In less than half a day, the gang of horse thieves had been tied to the accompanying Odin people and called them brothers.
After walking for a full day, it seemed that he was almost at the first reward of Siltanshire, in which five or six thousand Odin defenders were stationed, and when it was still fifty miles away from the city, Char refused to go.
He knew that the road was at the end, and if he went further, he really entered the city, what tricks could he play?
He immediately instructed his horse thieves to consult with the leaders of the Odin warriors, and only said that they would stop and rest and wait until it was dark before entering the city.
These Odin people originally refused, and walked for a day and a night, although they felt that these Corsicans were weak and polite, but they also felt that these Corsicans were really pus, procrastinating, and the speed of the team was slow, and they despised a lot in their hearts. And after running so far, everyone wants to go to the city early to rest, live in a house, get hot water and take a good bath. Seeing that it was almost there, I stopped to rest and fart.
However, Char also had an idea, so he simply asked the leader of Odin's army to come and talk to him.
This Odin drank a lot of Char's wine all the way, and it was a lot more polite, Char said to stop and rest, and the other party was dissatisfied, but only politely refused.
Char sighed, then smiled bitterly: "This warrior, we also have some hardships.
After a pause, he pointed to the transport carts behind him and said with a wry smile: "These fine wines I brought were originally meant to be given to the Manninger patriarch. These wines are all of the finest treasures, and in our Byzantium, they are worth a thousand gold coins a barrel!", the shameless turtle had no scruples anyway, and doubled the value of the wine tenfold as soon as he opened his mouth.
When the Odin people heard this, they were shocked!
A barrel of 1,000 gold coins?!Where is the wine you drink, it's gold at all!!
However, when I think of the mellow taste of that wine, the aftertaste is endless, and it is really a good thing that I have never tasted in Shengfu, and I can't help but believe it.
Char continued: "Originally, this thing was meant to be given to Lord Manninger, but Song, seeing that everyone had worked hard to escort us all the way, I ordered two barrels to be opened to comfort the warriors. But I didn't expect everyone to drink it refreshingly, but I accidentally drank most of the wine as a gift...... Seeing that this is about to reach the place, but the gift for Lord Manninger has entered our own stomachs, and when we meet your patriarch, we will not be able to explain it. β
The Odin man who said this immediately turned red. Among the Odin people, the prestige of the patriarch is the most important, this is the tradition, Manninger has a very high prestige among the tribes, and everyone in the Bashak tribe respects him, but he didn't expect that he swallowed the patriarch's things......
This Odin leader is guilty and afraidβthe most important fairness among the Odins, the spoils of war in the tribe must be distributed fairly, and whoever embezzles other people's property is a felony!
Thinking of the majesty and ruthlessness of the Manninger patriarch, the face of the Odin leader suddenly turned white.
And Char said it politely, and it seems that he drank half of it...... In fact, there are more than ten barrels of wine, and there are no more than three or five barrels left.
This Odin man is simple-minded, but he didn't think of the key for a while: since it is a tribute, you opened it yourself and gave it to us to drink, how can you blame us?
Seeing that the other party was afraid, Xia Ya smiled bitterly: "I am also embarrassed, I originally gave this gift to please Lord Manninger, and the two families are harmonious." Now that the gifts are gone, tell me what to do...... I don't want to embarrass you, but I want to think about it and come up with a good solution. β
"What?!"
Seeing that the noble young master of Corsica had a way, the Odin leader immediately asked.
Char was embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Is there such a thing as giving gifts, if you give less, it is not beautiful." Anyway, I have other gifts in Fengli, so I'll make the decision and cross out these wines on the gift list. What about these buckets...... Just throw it away!
Anyway, this is your and my subordinates, and after the peace talks, I will naturally take my people back, and your subordinates, as long as you tell us, let everyone keep their mouths tight...... Who would know that these things don't exist in the first place? Just think that I have made you a friend! How? When you talk about peace, please give me a few kind words!"
When the Odin man heard this, he immediately burst out laughing, looked at Char twice, and said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad! You Byzantine are interesting! Originally, your face was as white as a dead man, and Lao Tzu still didn't like you a little." But you're a nice man!" the Odin man squinted at Fuya, and at this moment he just agreed...... As for the good words of peace talks, how can he, a small captain of hundreds, have the qualifications to interject? But you might as well agree to this noble young master of Corsica first!
But then the Odin man smiled again: "This ...... The barrels are all thrown away, and it's easy to do, but ...... Now there are a few barrels left, are they ......"
Char laughed: "It's still early, everyone rests on the spot, let's enjoy the rest of the wine, and then travel lightly! After entering the city, if you don't say it, I won't say it...... This one r one one r one hey hey eleven eleven eleven one"
Odin was overjoyed, and immediately agreed, turned back, and ordered his men to stop the team and rest on the side of the road.
Char sent the horse thieves out of the remaining barrels and distributed them for the enjoyment of Odin.
These Odin people have already eaten Char and the others several times, and this last one more meal is nothing. And at this moment, it is only a few dozen miles away from his important town, where is there anything to worry about?
More than a hundred Odin warriors could not share four and a half barrels of good wine, and with the pride of the Odin people's usual drinking, some of them could not be divided, and they almost fought for it.
When the wine was entered, Char also ordered to get some livestock meat from the car to drink, which made eating and drinking smoother.
The Odin people gathered together, eating and drinking happily, but some people were strange: when they were eating and drinking before, these Corsican people were still drinking with themselves, but now they did not come to grab something to eat, but they were all honestly watching from the sidelines.
Later, the food gradually ran out, and the wine barrel was almost bottoming out, but the Odin leader was a little embarrassed, and he ate and drank other people's things, so he personally brought a helmet with wine to Char, and said with a smile: "Just watching us eat and drink, I am also a little unhappy, this Corsican brother, let's also drink two sips together." β
Char stood there squinting his eyes and smiled: "How many meals have you had, it's okay to eat and drink together...
... But these last barrels...... But I added it a long time ago...... You can drink it, but we can't drink it......"
As soon as he finished speaking, the leader of Odin felt that something was wrong in his words, and was about to say something when a gust of wind blew, but he felt dizzy and his legs weakened, and he "sat down on the ground, and threw aside the helmet with the wine in his hand......
At this moment, the Odin people who were sitting there eating and drinking had already staggered, and some were ignorant, just at a loss, why did they drink so much this meal, and they became dizzy after a while.
Odin, who had a quick reaction, sensed that something was wrong, but when he tried to stand up, he fell down softly with a little force.
Only a few seven or eight who drank less and ate more meat, barely got up, and went to grab weapons: "Brothers, get to work." β
Char stood there with his arms crossed, chuckling softly.
The many horse thieves next to him all smiled fiercely, drew their swords and pounced......
There were no screams, almost no decent resistance. More than 100 Odin people had already softened to the ground, and they were killed as easily as slaughtering pigs and sheep. The remaining ones barely had the ability to resist, and under the attack of many horse thieves, a round of short crossbows was fired, and they died.
Char looked at the sky and immediately said, "Move faster!
Many horse thieves got busy, and in the woods on the side of the road, they rearranged the corpses of these Odin, and then unloaded the carts one after another, and in those carts, there were originally hidden the corpses of some Corsican governor's palace guards, one of the corpses, or the poor dead ghost boy left most of the corpses, but only brought the dead ghost boy's body in the car, Char took off his clothes again, and deliberately stained some blood on them, and sent a horse thief to pinch his nose, and put the clothes on the damaged dead ghost boy's body again......
In the end, they all worked on the horses, leaving all the wagons behind. Then the group lit a fire in the woods......
Char led the crowd and galloped towards the direction of the Rollo River......
The forest was lit on fire, and when the fire was burning, after a while, it was found in the distance by the heavy lock of the Odin man in the distance, and when the Odin warriors who had sent a parade came to check, Char and the others had already run away.
When the patrol warriors of the Odin saw the scene, there was a mess everywhere, there were half-burned wagons, corpses on the ground, some of them were their own people, and some were dressed in Corsican army attire......
This is not a small matter! The Odin people saw that more than 100 warriors of their own side had died in their own territory, and there were still Corsican corpses at the scene?
Soon thousands of reindeer and soldiers went out of the city, and chased after them along the horseshoe marks on the road, but said that Char took a group of horse thieves to gallop with all their might, and in less than a day, they returned to the bridge across the river on the banks of the Rollo River.
But Char led a large group of horse thieves and galloped from afar, rushing to the front, and Char suddenly shouted and shouted: "Revenge the eldest prince!!"
Hula, the cavalry rushed into the team of the Odin guarding the bridge, and the Odin people were originally less in number here, and most of the troops that had been divided were all killed to supervise and escort Char and others along the way.
At this moment, he hurriedly met the battle, but was easily broken through by Char and others, and then killed more than a dozen, rushed onto the bridge and crossed the river.
The Corsican army on the other side was already closely watching, and when they saw that their own army was killing on the opposite side, breaking through the defense line of the Odin and crossing the river, they couldn't help but be alarmed when they saw that the outfits were the guards who had escorted the eldest prince only a day ago.
Char led the team to kill the bridge, and after the chaos, the Odin people behind had already organized a team and were about to cross the river to chase and kill.
Char crossed the river and rushed into front of the Corsican army, opened his voice, and cried out: "The Odin people are cruel and greedy! Covet the gifts we send, and they want to make money! Kill the eldest prince halfway! Brothers, avenge the eldest prince! Kill these Odins!!"
These Corsican troops were all stunned by Fuya's shouting, and before they could react, Char had already led people to rush through their ranks, but stopped, threw the body of the dead ghost prince on the ground, and then without stopping, the horse galloped to the side.
The commander of the Corsican army was in a state of confusion, forgot to stop for a while, and hurriedly went up to let people move the corpse back, the corpse had already been unrecognizable, but the clothes and makeup on the body were terrifying!
I wanted to stop Char and the others to ask about the situation, but the Odin people had already killed the river.
can only stubbornly organize his subordinates to resist and block......
For a while, along this bridge, the two sides fought fiercely, swords and swords, and they were very happy, but Char had already rushed across the river defense with people and galloped along the path......
Rushing through several checkpoints and village feeds along the way, and encountering a small group of Corsican defenders, Char did not stop, only ran wildly with people, shouting and shouting all the way, only saying that the eldest prince was killed by the Odin people greedy for property, and he wanted to take people back to the governor's palace to report the news, and the troops on the road were stunned by the news, and saw the beacon fire burning on the beacon tower by the river in the distance, obviously the Odin people crossed the river and invaded, where did they dare to stop Char? Let Char and his group go far away......