Earl Corbili flew into a rage in front of Gerdos City …
Ever since he sent a small team of lancers back to Gerdos City to deliver food and money two days ago, the Earl had been feeling uneasy, as if something bad was going to happen.
The current situation was not satisfactory. Over five hundred of the two thousand peasant soldiers gathered by the vassal lord had been killed, and almost a quarter of them had been consumed. On the other hand, the garrison battalion and the five squadrons of lancers had only lost a dozen soldiers in the past two days, and they were still able to fight.
In the past two days, they had only taken down three camps, and there were still five in front of them. As the main force of attacking the camps, the peasant soldiers were now half-openly disobeying orders. They had suffered great losses and could not see the rewards, so the peasant soldiers were complaining a lot. When he ordered them to attack the camps, they were always stalling. Every time, he had to send the lancers to suppress them to force them to take action.
Earl Corby knew that he could not go on like this. Even the knights sent by the vassal lord to lead the peasant soldiers were looking at him in a strange way, as if they believed the rumor that he was trying to consume the vassal lord's strength.
The food left in the camp was only enough for three days. What made Earl Corby uneasy was that he had not received any message from Gerdos City in the past two days. That was not right! Gerdos City was not far away from Mount Moz. The messenger could get there in seven or eight hours with two horses. In particular, he had sent a small team of lancers back to deliver the supplies, which meant that he should have received a reply from Gerdos City the next day, stating when the supplies would be set off. Now that there was no reply, something must have happened.
Earl Corby could not sit still anymore. After thinking for a long time, he decided to go back. He left all the food to the garrison battalion and summoned the knights sent by the vassal lord to lead the peasant soldiers. He asked them to help the garrison to defend the camp, and everything else could be discussed after he returned.
Earl Corby took five and a half squadrons of lancers to Gerdos City overnight. He was going to make up for the two squadrons of lancers when he returned. At the same time, Laurist, who was in William Mills Castle, had just finished cleaning up and was on his way back to Gerdos City with Terman's team of knights and Josk.
At dawn, Count Corbili came to the city gate of Gerdos with his cavalrymen. He was relieved to see that the flag of the Corbili family was still hanging on the city gate. Thus, he ordered someone to go and knock on the door. After running around for an entire night, everyone was exhausted and urgently needed a good rest.
Who would have thought that the Lancers who went to knock on the gate would loudly announce that the Count had returned to the city and that they should quickly lower the drawbridge and open the city gates to welcome him. The few soldiers guarding the city wall were indifferent. Instead, they pointed at the troops below and even nocked their arrows, preparing to defend themselves.
At first, Count Corbili was very happy. He thought that the guards were very vigilant and deserved to be rewarded. But after staying outside the city for half an hour, he felt that something was wrong. He saw a large group of people coming up the city, and the one leading them was the Gold-ranked mercenary, Freya, who had been imprisoned in the labor camp and refused to work for him.
When Freya stood on the city wall and announced to Count Corby and the cavalrymen that Gerdos City was under his control, Count Corby felt like he was in a dream. He could not imagine how a prisoner like Freya could take over Gerdos City. Furious, the Count pointed at the flag of the Corbili family hanging on the city wall and asked Freya, "Since Freya has taken over Gerdos City, why are the flags of the Corbili family still hanging?"
Freya smiled at the Count embarrassedly, saying that he had too many things to do and forgot to wipe his ass with the Corbili family's Corbili family's Corbili family's Corbili flag. As he spoke, he ordered his men to take down the flags and put them in the toilet.
Count Corbili was so angry that he almost vomited blood on the spot. Next to him, a Gold-ranked bastard scolded Freya, saying that Freya had taken advantage of the count's absence to seize Gerdos City despite the count's high regard and kindness. What an ungrateful and unscrupulous person …
Freya was furious. You killed my foster mother and imprisoned my family for more than a year. That's treating me well? That's treating me well? You're turning black into white shamelessly. Not wanting to waste any more time, Count Corby waved his hand and ordered his men to shoot. More than a hundred longbows shot at the Count, and he was caught off guard by three arrows. If not for the cavalrymen protecting him and Count Corby at the risk of their lives, he might have lost his life.
A dozen corpses of the cavalrymen were left in front of the city gate. Count Corby retreated a stone's throw away. He was so angry that he ordered his cavalrymen to cut wood to make ladders and prepare to attack the city.
Count Corby forgot one very important thing, which was that the squadron of cavalrymen who came back with him was newly formed. They were not the old cavalrymen who followed him to rob merchants and participate in the civil war. Those guys, who had been out of the hard labor camp for less than half a year, found that the people on the city wall were all their old friends that they had met in the hard labor camp. After calling each other's friends, they figured out the fact that Gerdous City had been occupied after a few words.
Count Corby angrily wanted to attack Gerdos City, and on the other side, the cavalrymen were overjoyed to know that their families were safe and sound. Therefore, the Count's order to attack the city was met with invisible resistance. The slow cavalrymen spent the whole morning to build three ladders.
Overwhelmed by anger, Count Corby whipped a few fellows who he thought were slackers, and then ordered a dozen disobedient cavalrymen to be the vanguard of the first wave of attack.
As a result, Count Corby was so angry that he actually vomited blood. The dozen cavalrymen ran to the city wall with a long ladder that had just been built. Surprisingly, no arrows were fired from the city wall. They were allowed to build the ladder and climb up. Therefore, when the cavalrymen were about to reach the top of the city wall, they threw away their weapons and climbed up with their bare hands. They hugged the guards on the city wall and made faces at Count Corby, cursing loudly.
In the blink of an eye, the dozen cavalrymen had joined the enemy in front of everyone. What was even more outrageous was that they joined the guards on the city wall and pulled the newly built ladder up. Seeing this, Count Corby's eyes widened in anger. His face turned red, and he vomited blood when he opened his mouth.
This time, Count Corby returned to the city with a Gold rank bastard. This bastard was much more reliable than the one who had cursed him so badly that he was seriously injured by three arrows. Seeing the Count vomiting blood and passing out, the Lancer Platoon seemed to be on the verge of collapsing. Corby hurriedly summoned a few of his Silver-tier bastard brothers. First, they killed the mounts of the cavalrymen who had defected to the enemy. After distributing the horse meat, they ordered them to bury the meat in a pot and cook it on the spot. After a whole night and a whole morning, everyone was hungry and exhausted.
On the other side, he was discussing with his brothers how to pacify the Lancer Platoon. It was a pity. Among the six hundred cavalrymen under his command, less than fifty were truly loyal to Count Corby, and most of them were old cavalrymen who had followed the Count for many years.
When Count Corbili woke up, there were only two paths in front of him. It was impossible to attack the city. Perhaps the Lancer Platoon would mutiny on the spot. They did not dare to take such a risk. Then there were only two choices left. One was to return to the camp and meet with the garrison, and then bring a large group of people back to attack the city. The biggest flaw of this plan was that the garrison was running out of food. When the garrison returned to Gerdos City, they would run out of food. Not to mention attacking the city, a large-scale mutiny might be triggered, which would be even worse.
The second choice was to go to William Mills Castle and use it as a shelter. However, it meant that they had to abandon the garrison in the Mordz Hill and the city of Gerdos in front of them. But as long as he could wait for or contact the mopping army heading to the west mountain area, Count Corby still had a chance to make a comeback.
When Count Corby was hesitating about which choice to make, he heard the rumbling of hooves from afar. A group of people was coming from the direction of William Mills Castle. It was Laurist who had returned with Terman's team of knights and Josk. They had blocked Count Corby at the foot of Gerdos City.
Josk spurred his horse forward. When he was thirty or forty meters away from the Lancer Platoon, he threw three heads at Count Corby. The heads rolled on the ground to Count Corby. Count Corby felt like he was struck by lightning. These three heads belonged to his three illegitimate children who were guarding William Mills Castle. So, William Mills Castle had fallen into the enemy's hands.
Seeing that Josk turned his horse around and stood behind Laurist, Count Corby straightened his body and stopped ten meters away from Laurist's horse. He stared at Josk viciously, then turned to Laurist and asked, "Who are you? Why are you against me? "
Laurist sat on his horse and looked down at the sturdy old man in his sixties. He was famous in the northwest region, Earl Corbili. He said coldly, "Should I call you Earl Corbili? Or Red Beard, the famous leader of the horse bandits in Porto Orgo Province? "
Count Corby trembled. Panic appeared in his eyes, but he soon calmed down. He did not deny Laurist's accusation. "Who are you? Is this all part of your plan? You caused our Cobili Family to fall into such a situation … "
The count pointed at the city of Gerdos and then at the three heads.
"Scheme against you? Who do you think you are? Don't tell me you have forgotten all the sins you have done. You pretended to be Red Beard and robbed merchants in Porto Orgo Province. You didn't even spare the women and children. You did all kinds of evil things. Do you think you can live freely for the rest of your life just because you are a count again? Do you think you can hide all the evil you have done for the rest of your life? Today, I am here. It means that your path has come to an end. I'm going to uproot the Corbilis, just like what you've done to the other lords. I'm going to kill all the men … "
Laurist's words were filled with deep hatred. He waved his hand and signaled Terman to ride forward. He pointed at the Angry Bear badge on Terman's chest and said, "Perhaps the Count has not forgotten about this badge. There are two mahogany boxes with this badge in your bedroom. It was a gift that my third uncle wanted to give to his beloved woman. However, the caravan led by my third uncle encountered Red Beard, and all of them died. For many years. Our family has been looking for Red Beard. I did not expect that when I was leading my family's caravan back to the north, we would encounter the Lancers who attacked our caravan … "
"Count, you did not expect this, did you? Your mopping-up team wanted to attack our caravan, but they were annihilated by us. Then the captive confessed how you pretended to be the Red-bearded Highwayman and robbed the province of Porto Georg many years ago. Most importantly, he saw the two chests in your room, with the insignia of our family engraved on them. That is why we have come to you … "
"You're from the Norton family in the North …" Count Corbili mumbled. Of course, he remembered which family the badge represented. It was the family that robbed the merchant group of the Norton family. He had lost a Gold-ranked and a Silver-ranked illegitimate son. Every member of the merchant group from the North had fought to the death and risked their lives, leaving a deep impression on Count Corbili. That was why he kept the two chests as souvenirs.
Count Corby was a hoodlum. Now that the victim had come to him, and the evidence was conclusive, he was caught red-handed. There was nothing he could deny. He stared at Laurist and smiled, "So what if I did it? I have robbed many caravans many years ago. Since you have come to me, I will give you an explanation. Let's see whose sword is stronger. "
The Count turned to leave, and Laurist did not stop him. He watched as Count Corby returned to the lancers and mounted his horse. He held a lance and turned his horse around, facing Laurist. Behind him, the Gold-ranked and Silver-ranked illegitimate children and the old lancers who were loyal to Count Corby also mounted their horses. They lined up behind the Count and prepared to charge.
Laurist waved his hand and calmly ordered, "Those below Silver-ranked, fall back. Those above Silver-ranked, follow behind me. Prepare to charge."
Joske and Terman rode out first and took their positions behind Lollister. Terman even handed Lollister a spear. The Silver-ranked knights took their positions behind Terman and Joske, preparing to charge as well.
Including Laurist, there were a total of twenty-seven knights. They formed a triangular formation with Laurist as the vanguard. Opposite them were the fifty-eight lancers, including Count Corby.
Above and below the city walls, everyone stopped their clamor and focused their attention on this final showdown. The atmosphere was extremely tense, and no one dared to make any unnecessary noise.
Almost at the same time, Laurist and Count Corby charged forward. The two groups quickly approached each other.
Laurist's lance did not move, while Joske's lance behind him glowed with a golden light. The lances of Terman and the other twenty-five Silver-ranked knights also glowed with a cold silver light …
Count Corby was overjoyed. He aimed his golden lance at Laurist. 'So this kid is just a spear with a silver tip and a wax handle. He looks good, but he's not even a Silver-ranked knight. As long as I can take him down, I still have a chance to turn the tables …'
In the blink of an eye, the two sides collided, and a huge mess ensued …
Count Corby fiercely thrust his golden lance at Laurist's left shoulder. He wanted to knock the kid off his horse first, then slowly teach him a lesson after he captured him …
Laurist's lance struck upwards, and the lance collided with Count Corby's lance. The lance was sent flying high into the air, and retracted a few times in front of Count Corby like lightning. The Count fell off his horse with a look of disbelief. Laurist's lance slashed across, and the Count, who had yet to land, was sent flying again. He flew over the chaotic crowd, and fell to the ground ten meters away. Both of his shoulders had been pierced by the lance. He could not get up, and could only scream in pain on the ground …
Laurist charged into the crowd, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten lancers fell to his lance …
Laurist charged back and forth three times, and there was not a single lancer left on the scene. However, out of the twenty-six men who had charged with him, only a dozen were still on their horses.
Terman waved his hand, and the Black Iron Knights not far away surged forward. They dismounted from their horses and started treating their men. As for the lancers who were still alive, they were mercifully stabbed with their swords, so that they could end their pain and leave this world as soon as possible.
Thanks to the excellent protection of their full-body armour, Terman reported after a while. Eight were heavily injured, and fourteen were lightly injured, including himself. Terman's left arm was cut, and he had just bandaged it. On Count Corby's side, the old lancers who had charged with him had been completely wiped out. His six Silver-ranked illegitimate children had also died. There was also a Gold-ranked who had fought with Jost until the end, but was eventually defeated and died. Count Corby was the only one left alive.
Looking at Count Corby, who was curled up on the ground, Laurist said, "Make a cross. I want to nail him to death on it …"
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