The battle was concentrated around the front gate. In the beginning, there were only two or three guards or patrolling soldiers who came to the front gate to kill the mercenaries. However, fifteen minutes after the warning horn was blown, a small group of soldiers from the Northland Legion came to the front gate to provide support. However, compared to the mercenaries who were good at fighting in the middle of the night, a small group of a hundred soldiers could not hold out for long. Before they could figure out what was going on, they were suddenly ambushed by the mercenaries. They were surrounded and could only desperately defend themselves while begging for reinforcements.
War cries, screams, and the clashing of swords could be heard from the top of the city wall. It was Vasimir who led the guards and the family soldiers to wipe out the enemies on the city wall. The mission that Laurist gave him was to eliminate the enemies on the city wall and control both the front and back gates. Not a single enemy would be able to escape. As long as no one escaped from Northern Field Town and reported to the Maple Forest Manor, Buckingham would have the time to take care of these people.
After half an hour, the sound of orderly footsteps could be heard. It was three small groups of soldiers from the Northland Legion. They were fully armed, and they were rushing to the city gate in three square formations. The few Silver-tier knights at the front saw the city gate wide open from afar. Two wooden houses beside the gate were burning fiercely. Two to three hundred enemies in gray leather armor were besieging more than thirty soldiers of the Northland Legion who had gathered together to defend themselves. Noticing the arrival of the Silver-tier knights, the enemies in gray armor split up and rushed towards them.
The Silver-tier knights were relieved. There were not many enemies. They had three small groups on their side. It was enough to eliminate the enemies in front of them and take back the city gate to defend Northern Field Town. The Silver-tier knights reined in their horses and dodged to the side. One of the Silver-tier knights raised his lance and ordered the enemies that were charging at them, "Longbowmen, get ready … Ugh …"
A javelin nailed him to the ground along with his horse.
"Release!" A voice came from above them. Suddenly, the houses on both sides of the road were filled with soldiers with bows and arrows. Arrows rained down like rain, mixed with dozens of javelins. The soldiers of the Northland Legion, who were arranged in three phalanxes, were utterly defeated, especially the phalanx of longbowmen, who were attacked the most fiercely. Half of the arrows and javelins were aimed at them, and the longbowmen were caught unprepared. Soon, most of the longbowmen fell to the ground, and those who were lucky enough to survive the attack covered their heads and scurried away like rats.
A total of three rounds of arrows and spears were released, followed by a shout of "Kill!" Nearly a hundred figures leaped down from the sky and joined the mercenaries who had rushed over from the city gate to slaughter the remaining soldiers of the Northland Legion.
It was indeed a massacre. The surviving soldiers of the Northland Legion had no will to fight. First of all, they were not organized, because the Silver-tier knights who were leading them had died under Laurist's javelins. Second of all, they were scared out of their wits by the ambush. Other than defending themselves instinctively, they ran around like headless flies, trying to escape as fast as possible.
The mercenaries who had leaped down from the roofs blocked the way. Together with the mercenaries who had rushed over from the city gate, they attacked the trapped soldiers from the front and back. It did not matter if the soldiers begged for mercy or resisted. The mercenaries who had been stimulated by the massacre and the benefits they could reap from the slaughter excitedly chopped down these moving treasuries one by one, turning them into their spoils of war …
Torches lit up on the city walls. The battle cries stopped, and a few torches began to spin in the air. This meant that the city walls and gates had been taken down, and the number of enemy guards had been eliminated.
Laurist stared at the torches spinning on the city walls and counted in his heart. More than a hundred guards on the city walls had been eliminated. Including the twenty guards he had killed when he went up the city walls, he had killed about a hundred and fifty guards at the city gate. Then there were the scattered soldiers who had rushed over and a small group of mercenaries who had been surrounded and killed. The massacre on the streets was coming to an end. There were three small groups of three hundred people. That meant that there were only about a hundred enemies left in Northern Field Town, and the Gold-tier knight who was guarding the town. Strange. Why hasn't the Gold-tier knight appeared yet? What's going on?
"Redi, let's go." Laurist lightly jumped down from the second floor of the building and landed on the ground like a falling leaf.
Redi, who was called by Laurist, did not have an easy time. He carried two empty javelins on his back and jumped down from the roof of the building. He was covered in blood and mud.
Paul Binns brought a dozen horses over and rode on one of them. "My lord, I found a stable …"
Laurist stepped on the stirrups and got on his horse. Redi also did not hesitate to jump on his horse. He even ordered a few guards with double layers of armor to get on their horses and follow behind Laurist.
"Paul Binns, send a message to Vasinma. Order two small groups of family soldiers to guard the two gates. Also, ask Vasinma to bring the guards and meet up with me. You are in charge of the two small groups of family soldiers. Gather weapons and give our family soldiers proper longbows. "Laurist said.
"Yes, my lord."
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The Knight of Henned felt a splitting headache. He had drunk too much wine tonight.
The past ten days in Northern Field Town were the happiest and most enjoyable days of Knight Henned's life. He had never imagined that in such a desolate corner of the Northern Lands, there would be such a heavenly town. The residents here were so wealthy. Every family had meat and wine. Even their houses and household utensils were so tidy. Knight Henned noticed that his soldiers found silk clothes from the homes of the people they massacred. Even the lords of the poorer regions did not have the privilege to enjoy such luxuries. Not to mention the wealth and gold that the soldiers found from the homes of the residents.
They were too rich. Just from the Potion Master's secret room, they found three chests filled with the gold coins of the elderly of the empire. Each chest contained fifty thousand gold coins. Just the wealth from the so-called four noble families added up to more than two hundred thousand gold coins. There were also countless gold and silver utensils. There were more than ten sets of gold and silver cutlery. Needless to say, there were even more jewellery items. The chests of all these items filled up three large rooms.
The Duke of Henned was really rich this time. This was what Henned often said during this period of time. But he did not do it for nothing. Other than the stubborn old Chevani, Knight Henned and the Silver Knights had a tacit understanding to divide some of the wealth that was not registered. He had about thirty thousand gold coins in his pocket, and the Silver Knights had about ten thousand gold coins each. All of this was hidden from their commander, Chevani, because Chevani insisted that all the wealth should be handed over to the Duke. When the time came, the Duke would naturally reward everyone.
Tsk, who didn't know that the Duke would take out the money to reward everyone after it went into his pocket? Giving him 1% of the money was already considered very generous. So the Knight of Henned turned a blind eye to it. He didn't even ask the soldiers to hand over the hidden valuables they found in the empty houses. As long as the soldiers were willing to give him and the Silver-tier knights, he would be fine. After all, it was better to share the happiness with everyone. Only then would the soldiers be more obedient to his orders.
Sometimes when he thought about it, Knight Henned felt that the Norton family was really stupid. The Grizzly Bear family, with a bear as the family emblem, they were all stupid barbarians. He really did not understand how they allowed their people to be in such an unbelievable situation. Other lords had to pay a firewood tax even if their people picked up a fallen branch and used it as firewood, but the Norton family only needed to pay a tenth of the output of their land. It did not matter if these people hunted, fished, traded, or did anything else in their territory. This was really shocking.
The people who were even more stupid than the Norton family were the people of Northern Field Town. With a lord who treated them so well, as the people of Northern Field Town, not only did they not pledge their lives to serve him, but they also tried to steal from their lord. They refused to listen to the lord's orders, not only did they rebel, but they also seduced outsiders to get a title. From Knight Henned's point of view, even if the Norton family was the enemy of the Duke, these ungrateful people of Northern Field Town who betrayed their lord was even more disgusting. Therefore, he had no qualms about killing these people. Instead, he felt that as a Gold Knight, killing all these women and children was an extremely righteous thing to do, and it did not violate the knight's honor.
After killing all the people of Northern Field Town, there were only three types of women left in the five to six thousand residents. The first type was girls between the ages of ten to fifteen. These were very popular goods in the market. Some nobles who liked to train these girls would pay a high price to buy these girls and train them to be their personal maids or something. The second type was virgins between the ages of fifteen to twenty. These could be sold for a high price, so it was needless to say. The third type was young women. These were the most popular among the soldiers. They could let the soldiers relax and vent their desires. They could do whatever they wanted with them, and if they died, they would only be fined a few coins. Although they could not be sold for a good price when they were brought back, it was still a big profit for the Duke.
After conquering Northern Field Town and harvesting a large amount of wealth, Knight Henned and Knight Chevany had a dispute. Knight Henned thought that it was best to first escort the wealth back to make the Duke happy. As for the Norton family, they could slowly clean it up. However, Knight Chevany strongly disagreed. He thought that the Duke's order was to punish the Norton family. As for the wealth in Northern Field Town, it was just along the way. Only by destroying the Norton family first and then bringing the wealth back would the Duke be even happier.
Well, Knight Chevany was the main commander of this expedition. Knight Henned had no choice but to agree to let Knight Chevany lead three thousand troops to attack the Norton family. He stayed behind in the name of guarding Northern Field Town and looking after the wealth. He did not care about the result of the battle in front of Knight Chevany. From his point of view, everything would be fine if he won, and he would also be credited for it. If he lost, Chevalier Chevalier would remember his advice and return to Northern Field Town to escort the treasure to the Duke according to his own ideas. At that time, the one who would be scolded would only be Chevalier that old fogey, and he would be credited for watching over the treasure.
Yesterday, Chevalier Chevani came back and recounted the battle that did not go well and the ambush of the team that escorted the wounded. He warned Chevalier Henned to be careful in defending Northern Field Town. Henned nodded on the surface, but he did not think much of it. The Norton family was already defending. There were only two to three hundred mercenaries outside. What was there to be surprised about? As long as they carefully surrounded the main castle of the Norton family and did not give the mercenaries outside a chance to sneak attack, in less than two to three months, the mercenaries outside would definitely not be able to hold on. Without the support of the mercenaries, how could the Norton Family stir up a storm? As for the construction of the castle on the Morgen Hills, it was even easier to solve. If they attacked the main castle of the Norton family here, they could only obediently surrender. There was no need to send any troops to attack.
The strategy that Knight Chevany had arranged yesterday to use the transportation of food to attract the mercenaries outside to attack and then capture them all in one fell swoop was a joke in Knight Henned's eyes. If you went to ambush, would you be more familiar with the terrain than the mercenaries? Maybe your ambush would be discovered by the mercenaries. If they did not attack, it would only be a waste of effort. Knight Henned did not care about the three hundred longbowmen who helped with the transportation of food. Whether it was a thousand or seven hundred soldiers guarding Northern Field Town, a few hundred mercenaries would definitely not come to attack Northern Field Town.
Knight Henned lived in the most luxurious and magnificent mansion in Northern Field Town. It was said that this was the residence of the old head of the Morin family. Ridiculous. A few commoners also learned from the aristocratic families and talked about family. They did not even care about whether they had the qualifications or not. After killing all the people inside, Knight Henned did not hesitate to occupy this house. He did not need the original servants in this house. As a Gold Knight, he had the right to bring his own attendants and servants in the army. In addition to these people, there were also four great beauties selected from the young women.
The oldest of these four great beauties was originally a maid that the captain of the garrison bought from outside with a large amount of money. The other three were the granddaughters-in-law of the four big families. With the four beauties as his companions, Henned lived a life of debauchery and debauchery in Beiye Town. He was extremely happy. Tonight, he was drunk again and rolled around with the four great beauties with their naked butts.
The knocking on the door became louder and more urgent. The shouting also became louder and louder, "Sir! Sir! Hurry up and get up … "
The Knight of Henned had finally woken up from his stupor. Surrounding him were four beautiful women who had been startled awake by the sound of knocking on the door. The Knight of Henned reached out his hand and groped the naked body of one of the beauties. "What are you doing? Why are you screaming? What happened? "
The knocking on the door finally stopped, "Sir, the enemy is attacking! The enemy has broken into the town … "
"What did you say?" Knight Henned, who still had a headache from the hangover, suddenly woke up. He pushed away the four great beauties and rolled off the bed. He did not care about his naked body and strode to open the door, "You said the enemy has entered the town?"
… …
This was the place where the last enemy was. Looking at the big house in front of him, Lollister knew this was the place where the old man from the Morin family lived. Steward Cordan had told him about it before. Back then, he had thought of sneaking into Northern Field Town to kill the old man. It had only been a few months, but things had changed. Even the old man from the Morin family did not expect his family to suffer such a terrible retribution …
The door of the big house opened, and a knight in iron armor led a group of people out. The long sword in the knight's hand flashed with a golden light, and the long swords of the silver knights behind him flashed with a white light …
"I am Knight Henned. Who wants to fight with me!"
Lollister dismounted from his horse and pulled out the long sword on his back.
"Sir …" It was Vasimir's voice. He did not know about Lollister's previous battles, and he was very worried.
"Don't worry, sir, killing him is like slaughtering a chicken." Redi grabbed Vasimir who was about to volunteer to fight for Lollister.
"He's the new young lord of the Norton Family," said a Silver-tier knight who had met Lollister during his last visit to Maple Grove Manor to Knight Henned.
"Oh …" Knight Henned's spirit was lifted. If he could capture this new lord of the Norton family, then there was still a chance to turn the situation around. Looking at the armed soldiers of the Norton family surrounding them, this was probably the only way out …
"Kill!" Knight Henned took the initiative. With a shake of his hand, three crescent-shaped light blades slashed towards Lollister, and then he rushed forward.
The long sword in Lollister's hand flicked, slashed, and slashed, and the three light blades were destroyed. In Lollister's eyes, the Knight of Henned who was rushing towards him was full of openings. His steps were staggering, and it was obvious that he had drunk too much. Although his mind was clear, he could not control his body's center of gravity.
Lollister easily dodged Knight Henned's slash and kneed him in the abdomen …
"Blargh!" Knight Henned immediately vomited. He knelt on the ground and vomited until he couldn't catch his breath. His sword was also thrown away, and his whole body was stiff like a prawn.
"Tie him up." Lollister said as he looked at the people who followed Knight Henned out.
"Clang!" The silver knight who saw Lollister threw his sword on the ground and said bitterly, "I surrender …"
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