There were only two light cavalrymen guarding the gates of the military camp. They saw a rider galloping towards them from afar, but they did not pay much attention at first. The military camp was already occupied, and the people inside were all on their side. They were just curious as to what order someone was going out on. When they got closer, they realized that something was wrong. The rider was not one of their comrades. They quickly picked up two spears from the ground and went forward to stop the rider, but their tips were cut off by the Silver-tier rider. If the Silver-tier rider had not been in a hurry to escape, the two light cavalrymen guarding the gates might have been even more unlucky.
The Silver-tier rider on the light cavalryman's mount swept past the two fallen cavalrymen and went out of the military camp's gates. The two disheveled cavalrymen cursed as they got up from the ground. One leaped towards his mount to retrieve a crossbow, while the other grabbed a spear from the side. However, he could not throw it because of the distance …
Laurist urged his horse to catch up. He snatched the spear from the cavalryman's hand and continued his pursuit. He was about thirty to forty meters away from the Silver-tier rider. He did not have the confidence to hit his target at such a distance. Seeing that the rider in front of him was getting faster and faster, Laurist gritted his teeth and raised the spear in his hand to try his luck.
His galloping steed suddenly stumbled and stumbled forward a dozen steps before falling to the ground. Laurist was startled, and he hurriedly left his saddle and swung his stirrup. He somersaulted twice in the air before landing on the ground, avoiding being crushed by his steed. Looking at his fallen mount, Laurist threw his spear on the ground in anger. How could he be so unlucky? The mount that he casually grabbed and rode on was actually the mount of the two cavalrymen who had escaped from the attack on the caravan. Their horsepower had long been exhausted. No wonder the distance between him and the rider in front of him grew longer and longer.
It seemed that the Silver-tier rider in front of him was about to escape. Laurist was furious. The rider in front of him had already run a hundred meters away, and his figure had become a small black dot. The sound of hooves could be heard behind him. It was the light cavalrymen who had reacted and mounted their horses to give chase, but it was too late.
At this moment, Loriste could vaguely hear the sound of a bowstring vibrating. A streak of green light flashed from the wilderness a hundred meters away from the military camp. As fast as lightning, it lifted the fleeing Silver-tier expert from the back of his horse and sent him flying five to six meters into the air before crashing heavily onto the ground. Without the rider's urging, the light cavalry's mount continued to gallop forward for a distance before it stopped and turned around to gallop back to the barracks.
Laurist stopped the few light cavalrymen beside him from searching the wilderness. He pointed at the location of the Silver-tier elite. "You guys go take a look and bring him back. Be careful. Don't be fooled by this son of a bitch pretending to be dead. One of our brothers has already died in his hands."
Laurist continued to look at the place where the green rainbow flashed in the wilderness. There stood a person disguised in branches and grass, holding a large green bow in his hand. Lollister could feel that he was watching his every move.
Lollister beckoned to the man with a gesture of invitation. However, the man did not respond. After a while, he slowly retreated and slowly disappeared into the wilderness.
Laurist also heaved a sigh of relief. That person's bow was very powerful. To be able to hit a galloping rider from 70 to 80 meters away and even send the rider flying five to six meters away, it was clear that the strength of the arrow was very powerful. Moreover, the arrow was extremely fast. Even with dynamic vision, he could only vaguely see the trajectory of the arrow.
If that man attacked the barracks, Laurist would not be afraid. However, he did not know how many of the light cavalrymen behind him would suffer. Perhaps that man was the Gold Knight Josk that Knight Soria had mentioned a few days ago. Only he would have such amazing archery skills. Unfortunately, that man did not accept Laurist's invitation to come to the barracks and let Laurist know who he was.
A few light cavalrymen had already placed the corpse of the fleeing Silver-tier elite on the back of the horse that was running back. Laurist did not know whether to laugh or cry. He was about to become a target for arrows. Why did they bring the corpse back? After hearing Laurist's words, the light cavalrymen were obviously being overly cautious. When they arrived, they first fired two volleys at the Silver-tier elite on the ground, turning him into a hedgehog. Only then did they approach and bring the corpse back.
The cause of death of the Silver-tier elite was very obvious. A long green arrow had pierced through his right rib and came out of his left chest. Laurist pulled out the arrow and tore off a large piece of clothing from the corpse. He wiped off the blood on the arrow and found a crooked "Josk" carved on the end of the arrow. As expected, the man with the green bow was the Gold-tier Archer Josk.
Looking at the crossbow bolts all over the corpses, Laurist was infuriated. "Are you guys blind? This person was already dead, yet they had wasted so many crossbow bolts, ruining the chainmail on his body. Go, chop off his head and plant it on the side of the road in front of the camp gate. Strip him naked and throw him outside. He'll burn it with the corpses in the camp later. "
Yuri came to report to them when they returned to the main tent. He had already led his men to clear out the camp and found three hidden enemies. They had captured two of them alive and killed one. The light cavalrymen had only suffered light injuries. Here in the main tent, one was dead and one was seriously injured. In addition to the casualties from the attack on the camp, the light cavalrymen had suffered a total of three dead, seven seriously injured, and a dozen or so with light injuries.
However, Yuri hesitated for a moment before saying that in the process of clearing out the camp, they had found many women who were on the verge of death. There were more than thirty of them. The Silver-tier elite had just escaped from a tent and found two naked women with their necks broken.
Laurist pointed at the main tent behind him and said, "There are two more inside. Go to the people locked up in the middle of the camp and ask about these women and their origins. Gather the thirty or so women together and send the two in the main tent over. Find some people from the people locked up to take care of them. When Fatty Shi's caravan arrives, get the Herbalists to treat them. Try to save as many as you can, but if you can't, give them a quick death. "
"Also, chop off the heads of the cavalrymen and plant them outside the camp. Strip the corpses and burn them outside. Count how many we killed. There are four more in the main tent. Bring the captives that are still alive here. I want to interrogate them personally. "Laurist said to Yuri.
Laurist's method of interrogating the captives was very simple. He first brought the captives over and stripped them naked. He then ordered Redi to find a hammer and smash the toes of those who refused to speak. As the first stubborn captive became a demonstration specimen, the remaining five captives were scared out of their wits. They answered all the questions and very quickly spilled everything they knew.
As Laurist expected, the ones who ambushed his caravan were Count Corbili's men, and they were his most elite spearmen. This time, Count Corbili had sent out two platoons of spearmen and a battalion of garrison soldiers. This was about a third of his army, and their goal was to wipe out the resistance in this region. They wanted to capture at least two thousand young men to be used as slaves or laborers. Eleven of his illegitimate children were leading this army. Three of them were Gold-rankers and eight were Silver-rankers. However, three of them had already died in Laurist's hands.
The captives were talking about the brown-haired man and the middle-aged man in chain mail that Laurist had killed in the main tent. There was also the Silver-ranker who escaped on a horse. The captives attributed their deaths to Laurist.
As for this military camp, the captives said that it was a bridgehead that Count Corbili had set up in this region. It was usually guarded by a platoon of garrison soldiers. The rations and fodder of the main army were all gathered here. Because the area they were going to sweep was the mountain range in the west, and they had to cross the mountain ridges, they left a platoon of lancers here to guard the area, and the platoon of garrison soldiers that were originally stationed here was also brought to sweep the area.
The armies of the various kingdoms in the Galinthia Continent were mainly formed by armies. These armies were further divided into divisions, such as heavy armor divisions, heavy cavalry divisions, pike divisions, and so on. Divisions were further divided into battalions, platoons, and squads. Generally speaking, a squad had around eighty to one hundred and twenty people. Four to five squads formed a platoon, four to five platoons formed a battalion, and four to five battalions formed a division. For example, the White Lion Legion that Boardfinger had been in was one of the three main legions of the former Crisen Empire. It had around eighty thousand men at full strength.
Count Corbili had used the spearmen as the backbone of his family's armed forces, greatly expanding them. Now, there were five platoons of spearmen. Each platoon had four squads, and each squad had a full strength of one hundred and twenty people. Sending out two platoons of spearmen for this operation was a huge investment.
The captive said that the main army that had gone to the west would most likely return within two days. They had only brought fifteen days' worth of supplies with them, and thirteen days had already passed. This morning, the brown-haired man who had been guarding the camp had sent a squad of spearmen to the west to welcome them. Only three squads of spearmen were left in the camp. In the afternoon, two more squads of spearmen had been bored in the camp and had gone out to hunt. The so-called hunting was to roam around the area and capture the citizens of these territories who had wandered outside. The four hundred or so people locked in the cages in the center of the camp were the results of the spearmen's hunting.
However, they had not expected that the result of taking the cavalrymen out to hunt would be to provoke Lollister. The squad of spearmen that had attacked the caravan and the squad that had been guarding the camp had been completely annihilated, and even the camp had been occupied.
Lollister's questions were very detailed. In the end, he asked the captive, 'Why did the squad of spearmen attack the caravan indiscriminately and without even knowing the details of the caravan?'
Only then did the captives understand why Lollister had led his men into the camp and started a massacre. All of them cursed the team of spearmen for causing trouble for them. However, a captive in his thirties looked at the family's insignia on Yuri's chest armor thoughtfully.
Lollister noticed the captive's abnormality and called him over, "You've seen this insignia before?"
The captive shook his head, "I've never seen this insignia before. However, when I went to report something to the count, I saw two chests in the count's room. The insignia on the chests were very similar to this insignia. Also … "
The captive wanted to say something but stopped.
Lollister asked, "Also what? Just tell me, I promise to spare your life. As for the others … "
Lollister gestured for the captives to be dragged away and given a quick death.
The captive who was kneeling in front of him trembled in fear when he heard the pleas of his comrades stop abruptly. He said that he had joined the spearmen rather late. At that time, he was still a mercenary. He had met a friend who had become a spearman on the way back to Count Corbili's territory, and was persuaded to become a spearman.
The captive said that he had heard the story of Count Corbili's rise when he was drinking with his friend and a few other spearmen. Before the first prince's rebellion was apparent, the count had already colluded with the first prince. Rumor had it that Count Corbili stayed in his manor and focused on teaching his illegitimate children. In fact, the Count had already brought his adult illegitimate children to disguise themselves as horse bandits and rob passing merchants in the province of Podorgur. They provided the eldest prince with the funds for his rebellion. He had also used this opportunity to make a huge fortune. At that time, the first prince had even written a letter to the sickly old emperor, requesting for the defense of Podoorg Province to be strengthened to prevent attacks from the red-bearded bandits. This red-bearded bandit referred to Count Corbili. Every time he brought his men to rob, he would wear a fake red beard to prevent others from discovering his true identity. The two groups of spearmen that went out to hunt today were led by veteran cavalrymen who had followed Count Corbili to rob merchants in Podoorg Province. They must have thought of the old days when they saw the caravan and thought it was just a normal caravan. That was why they attacked without a care in the world.
Laurist then asked the captive about the size and design of the two chests he saw in Count Corbili's room. He then drew a picture of the two chests and asked the captive. The captive nodded and said that it looked like this.
Laurist ordered the captive to be locked up, and then he paced back and forth in the tent. The more he walked, the angrier he became. In the end, he pulled out his sword and hacked the original bed in the tent into pieces.
Yuri and Redi were shocked by Laurist's actions. They waited for Laurist to calm down before asking him what happened to make him so angry.
Laurist was silent for a while before saying, "Those two chests were custom-made by my third uncle in Moronte City. He originally wanted to use them as a betrothal gift to marry a girl he liked. He promised to bring her back to the family's territory when he returned, but who knew that it would be forever! I can't forget the look in my third uncle's eyes when he brought me to retrieve the chests. He really loved that girl, and his eyes were filled with love and longing when he looked at the chests. That's why I remember the design of the chests. Very good, Count Corbili. Just you wait … "
Lollister's voice was filled with venom, causing Yuri and Redi who were standing at the side to shudder.
Although Laurist only met his third uncle once a year after he transmigrated to this body, his third uncle's care and love for him made him feel warm. He didn't expect to hear the grievous news of his third uncle seven years later. Now that he knew who the culprit was, how could he ignore it? Laurist had already thrown the carriages and returning to his territory to the back of his mind. He would settle the score with Count Corbili first.
At this moment, a light cavalry came to report that the carriages led by Knight Shredder were about to arrive. The flags of the carriages could be seen from the camp.
Yuri and Redi heaved a sigh of relief and hurried out of the tent with Laurist. They mounted their horses and rushed towards the camp gates.
Fatty Shi brought another piece of bad news to Laurist. As Yuri's light cavalry scouts had followed Laurist to attack the camp, the lancers at the front of the camp were ambushed by a small group of lancers. Fortunately, the veteran cadet leading the team knew that they couldn't compete with the lancers in terms of mobility, so he used the carriages to form a camp and waited for reinforcements. When Terman's knights arrived, they were ambushed by Malek's crossbowmen. The lancers suffered heavy losses, and only thirty of them managed to escape. The lancers at the front of the camp lost twenty-two men in battle, and a hundred were injured.
The arrival of the carriages caused the entire camp to be filled with noise, and people were shouting and horses neighing. Laurist left all the trivial matters to Fatty Shi, and ordered Redi and Padt to boil some hot water for him. He wanted to take a bath in the tent. The blood on his body had already coagulated, and it made him feel very uncomfortable.
After dinner, the tent was brightly lit, and everyone was gathered.
"… Forty-seven dependents of the army were killed, and more than 130 were injured. Twenty-one spearmen who were responsible for guarding that part of the caravan were all killed, and Cheavos …" Fatty Shi's voice was very low. Cheavos was the veteran cadet who was attacked by the Lancers, but he was pulled off his horse and trampled into meat paste.
"Including the second attack, a total of forty-three lancers died in battle, and fifty-eight were heavily injured. Seven were crippled, and eighty-six were lightly injured. Yuri reported that three light cavalry died, seven were heavily injured, and thirteen were lightly injured. Six of Terman's knights suffered light injuries, and no casualties. This is the total number of casualties. "
Laurist also introduced the captives to everyone, and he also mentioned that Count Corbili was most likely the culprit behind the destruction of the Norton Family's caravan.
"Everyone should be clear now. Our original plan to pass through this area without any harm is not going to work. Based on Count Corbili's character and the style of his family's lancers, this is an army of beasts and no humanity. They are unreasonable, and they have no mercy in their hearts. Other than killing, there is nothing in their minds. What happened to Chiworth is proof of this. For Chiworth, for those innocent soldiers who were killed, and for those brave family soldiers who died in battle, I want to avenge them. Either our chariots run over the Corbili family's flag, or we are blocked here by Count Corbili's family army, unable to advance or retreat, "Laurist said resolutely.
The tent was silent at first, and then it was filled with murmurs. Some people agreed with Laurist's decision, while others were hesitant. After all, from the captives' testimony, Count Corbili's family army was far stronger than the armed forces of the carriages. Could they win this battle?
Just as everyone was discussing among themselves, a cavalryman arrived outside the tent. He reported to Laurist that a knight named Josk was outside the camp, asking for an audience. He said that he had been invited by the new master of the camp to pay a visit. Did Laurist know about this?
Laurist slapped his thigh and said, "Please, wait, I'll go greet him outside the gate …"
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