Mountain Barbarian Tribe! The people in the caravan screamed when they saw the Mountain Barbarian cavalry attack, and the caravan fell into chaos …
"Sederkamp, go and restore order to the caravan. It's just forty to fifty Mountain Barbarians, what's there to be afraid of? Guards, follow me into formation! "Laurist yelled.
Just as the twenty guards around the caravan frantically spread out behind Lollister, a chestnut-colored steed charged out from the front of the caravan, galloping towards the Mountain Barbarian cavalry in the distance. The rider on the horse drew his green bow, and as the Mountain Barbarian cavalry was about a hundred and fifty meters away from him, the sound of the bowstring was like a thunderclap …
One by one, the Mountain Barbarian cavalrymen were shot down from their horses by bolts of green lightning. The distance between them ranged from a hundred and fifty meters to seventy to eighty meters, and the number of Mountain Barbarian cavalrymen who fell was actually more than twenty …
The remaining twenty to thirty Mountain Barbarian cavalrymen reined in their galloping mounts in fright, and suddenly let out a series of squeals as they turned their horses around and ran into the forest behind them …
Josk took in a deep breath, and lightly shook his arm that was a little numb from shooting arrows at such a high speed. He circulated his fighting aura and raised his green bow again. However, he wasn't fast this time, and three arrows shot down three Mountain Barbarian cavalrymen who were at the back. Seeing that the Mountain Barbarian cavalrymen were about to enter the forest, Josk put away his bow and didn't want to shoot anymore.
However, he saw one of the Mountain Barbarian cavalrymen turn around and stop at the edge of the forest, pointing at Josk and yelling. Although he couldn't hear them clearly, it couldn't be anything good. Josk was enraged, and once again shot out an arrow.
The Mountain Barbarian cavalryman immediately ducked and dodged. He dodged quickly, and Josk's arrow sent his feathered helmet flying. It struck a pine tree as thick as the mouth of a bowl behind him. The pine tree swayed for a moment, and then split apart at the point where the arrow struck it. The top half of the pine tree fell to the ground.
Josk's arrow actually broke the pine tree, and the Mountain Barbarian cavalryman who had just escaped looked up. Without her helmet, her long blonde hair fell down. It turned out that she was a Mountain Barbarian female cavalryman. Although the female cavalryman was lucky enough to dodge Josk's arrow, she was so scared out of her wits that she didn't even realize that half of the pine tree above her had fallen off. However, a few Mountain Barbarian cavalrymen came out of the forest and led her mount into the forest to avoid this disaster.
The half-fallen pine tree finally landed on the ground, kicking up a large cloud of dust. When the dust settled, there was no trace of the Mountain Barbarian cavalry in the forest.
If not for the twenty or so corpses of the Mountain Barbarian cavalrymen and the horses that had lost their riders, the scene of the dozens of Mountain Barbarian cavalrymen charging over would have been like a dream, as if it had never existed.
Josk spurred his horse back, and the carriage, which had already quietened down, suddenly burst into cheers. "Godly Arrow! Divine Arrow! … "
Laurist spurred his horse forward and patted Joss on the shoulder. "Well done! “
Then, he raised Joss' right hand and cheered loudly, "Joss! "…"
The motorcade responded enthusiastically, "Joske! Josk! Divine Archer Josk! … "
Joss rubbed his nose and said a bit embarrassedly, "Sir, that was a bit too much."
Laurist said, "Joss, you deserve it."
… …
Because they had encountered the wandering Mountain Barbarian cavalry, Laurist decided not to rest by the small lake in order to prevent the fleeing Mountain Barbarian cavalry from attracting more attacks. He had the carriages continue on their way.
Sadekamp took a few guards to collect the mounts of the Mountain Barbarian cavalry and searched the corpses for weapons. Laurist called Manager Hansk and Manager Cordan over and asked them if it was normal for the Mountain Barbarians to appear here.
Hansk shook his head. "Sir, I've never heard of the Mountain Barbarians appearing here, and there are no records of them in the family. Normally, the Mountain Barbarians are active in the area near the Demonic Dragon Mountain Range. However, this place is far from the Demonic Dragon Mountain Range. More accurately, this is the hilly area of the Black Forest and the wasteland. Although the family doesn't have troops stationed here and doesn't understand the daily situation, they have never encountered any Mountain Barbarians in the past hundred years. I believe that this is a group of Mountain Barbarian cavalry that occasionally wandered here. "
Sadekamp finished searching the corpses and cleaned up the battlefield. He had a few guards lead the twenty or so collected mounts behind him. He urged his horse to gallop towards Laurist.
"Sir, look at this." Sadekamp handed over a few small leather bags.
Laurist opened one of the bags and poured it into his left palm. A small pile of shiny yellow sand appeared in his palm.
"Gold sand!" Manager Cordan and Manager Hansk cried out.
"Sir, the Mountain Barbarian cavalrymen who were shot dead by Sir Josk all had a leather pouch filled with gold sand. I even found this on one of them." Sadkemp was holding a thumb-sized gold nugget in his hand.
"Nugget gold!" Laurist's eyes lit up.
"Sir, I suspect that there might be a gold mine in this forest or hilly area. Those Mountain Barbarian cavalry might have appeared here for the gold mine. I suggest that you send people to search this area. If you find a gold mine, then the family won't have to worry about not having enough funds to develop our territory. "Manager Cordan said fervently.
Laurist took the nugget gold from Sadekamp's hand and weighed it in his hand. He looked at it carefully for a while, then looked at the mountain ridge in the distance and the forest where the fleeing Mountain Barbarian cavalry had disappeared into. In the end, he shook his head: "We don't have enough military strength, nor do we have enough manpower to develop this area. Even if there is a gold mine, it's hard to guarantee that we can successfully mine it. It's more likely that our family will become entangled with the Mountain Barbarians over the gold mine. Perhaps the price we have to pay for the gold mine is far greater than what we gain from it. Let's give up for now. The gold mine doesn't have legs, it can't run. Wait a little longer.
After a period of time, when our northbound convoy arrives, we will have enough manpower to investigate this area. "
… …
The caravan finally arrived at the castle construction site at around ten o 'clock in the evening. Miss Tresti had already ordered the slave laborers to prepare a campsite and a steaming meal to entertain the people who had been on the road for the whole day.
Laurist bit into a piece of bread and asked Redi who was standing at the side: "Where's Miss Tresti?"
"My lord, Miss Tresti went to sleep at ten and left this place to me to manage. If you want to find her, I'll go and wake her up. "Redi said.
"Forget it, I only wanted to ask about the progress of the wall in front of us. Since we can see it tomorrow morning, don't disturb her if there's nothing important. Right, Redi, call Butler Boris over. I have something to ask him. "Laurist said.
Boris, the butler, soon appeared in front of Laurist with a worried expression.
"Ah, Butler Boris, what's wrong? You look like you're about to cry. What happened?" Laurist was curious.
Boris immediately knelt in front of Laurist, "My lord, please save my family. If Viscount Kenneth finds out that I've surrendered and am working for you, he will definitely not let my family off."
Laurist was shocked, "Get up first, Butler Boris. Tell me where your family is, and I'll see if I can bring them over to reunite with your family. "
Boris refused to get up. He knelt on the ground and said, "My lord, my family is in Viscount Kenneth's Red River Valley Manor castle. In two days, the Kenneth family will be sending supplies here again. Once the convoy arrives and finds out that the castle has been occupied by the Norton family, my family in the Red River Valley Manor castle will be finished. They will definitely be punished by Viscount Kenneth. The viscount won't care if I live or die. He will only think that the occupation of the castle is due to the negligence of those in charge of the construction. He would definitely vent his anger on our family. That was his temperament. I knew him very well. I've been so worried for the past few days that I can't sleep. My lord, I'm begging you … "
"Get up first, Butler Boris. I called you here to ask about the details of the transport caravan. How many carriages do they have, and how many escorts do they have? I'll see if I can take over this transport caravan. Also, tell me more about the situation in the Red River Valley Manor. I'll see if I can save your family, "Laurist comforted.
This concerned the life and death of his family, and Butler Boris gave a very detailed explanation. He said that the convoy that arrived ten days ago had more than four hundred large wagons. According to the previous few convoys, two hundred of the wagons were carrying three thousand barrels of gum vine juice. Each wagon contained fifteen barrels, and each barrel contained a hundred pounds. Including the wooden barrels, each wagon contained more than two thousand pounds. The remaining two hundred carts were transporting food, all kinds of smoked meat, wine, cloth, construction tools, and other supplies.
The ones escorting the convoy should be the Flying Feather Mercenary Group. This was a mercenary group that was very active in the northwest during the civil war. They had about two hundred people, and their symbol was a white goose feather on their cap. The leader was called Adams, a 3-star Silver rank. He was a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time. The Flying Feather Mercenary Group had more than ten Silver rank experts, and the rest were Iron and Bronze rank. In order to hire this Flying Feather Mercenary Group, the Kenneth family paid a huge price. They were the main force under the viscount's control.
The Red River Valley Manor Castle in the viscount's territory was about a day's journey away from the castle's construction site, and about six to seven hours on horseback. That place had now become a transfer point for supplies. There were countless food and construction materials piled up there, and it was managed by the viscount's butler, Perado. There were also more than ten guards from the Kenneth family guarding it.
Not far from the Red River Valley Manor Castle was the immigrant town that the Kenneth family had paid a huge price to gather the refugees. There were more than two thousand people, and they had established a small team of a hundred guards. However, if the Kenneth family still wanted to transport a thousand slaves to the castle's construction site in two days, the hundred guards would also accompany the convoy.
After Butler Boris explained the situation, Lorist asked him if it was possible to lure the Kenneth family's convoy to the castle's construction site and use force to force the Flying Feather Mercenary Group to surrender. That way, they would be able to obtain the large amount of supplies.
Butler Boris replied that it would be difficult. The leader of the Flying Feather Mercenary Group, Adams, was very cunning and suspicious. He knew many of the mercenaries that had been stationed here before. If he didn't see the mercenaries he knew at the top of the castle walls when the convoy arrived, it was very likely that he wouldn't enter the castle's construction site.
Lorist looked at Josk, who was sitting at the side and chewing on a piece of meat, and asked, "How about it? Do you have the confidence to trick them? "
Josk put down the bone and picked up the linen napkin from the table to wipe his mouth. "Sir, there's no need to bother with any schemes. Just give me a small team of guards, and I'll be able to wipe out this Flying Feather Mercenary Group in the field and snatch the convoy."
Lorist laughed. "No, I'm worried that there will be too many casualties in the field. Think about it, our guards are all mountain bandits. They haven't gone through any proper military training, and they still fight like bandits, swarming forward like a swarm of bees. It's fine if they fight with the wind, but if they run into a tough opponent, they'll definitely suffer. They don't know anything about battle formations. Mercenaries like the Flying Feather Mercenary Group, who have been on the battlefield for a long time, will be at a disadvantage if they form a battle formation. "
Sitting below Josk, Overkiss protested unhappily, "Sir, we're your family's soldiers now, not some mountain bandits."
Lorist waved his hand at Overkiss. "Alright, don't be so pretentious. I was just making an example."
"If we trick the Flying Feather Mercenary Group and the convoy into the castle's construction site, it'll be like closing the door and beating the dogs. Not only will we be able to reduce casualties, but we can also use those ballistae to force them to surrender. Doesn't the captain of that mercenary group know the mercenaries that surrendered to us? That'll make things easier. Pat … "Lorist called out.
Pat stood up.
"Head to Poplar Beach overnight and ask those mercenaries if they want to earn some extra money. As long as they can help us lure the Flying Feather Mercenary Group into the castle's construction site, each person will be rewarded with ten gold coins. I only need twenty people. Whether they agree or not, you have to return on the morning of the ninth. Do you understand? "Lorist ordered.
"Yes, sir. I'll set out immediately."
"Mm, thank you for your hard work. Be careful on the road, and pay attention to your safety …"
(I've missed three chapters in the past. Today, I'll fill in one chapter.)
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