Chapter 195

Old ham came out of the shed. As soon as he opened the door, a dozen thin teats immediately gathered around his master and wagged their tails affectionately. Reaching out and touching the dog's head, he checked his equipment again, and old ham began his day's work.

Five months ago, old ham and Butz, on the order of Victor, trudged for more than 50 days with more than 400 people into the northern territory of the Randall family and established settlements.

Victor's territory in the north is only 300 square kilometers. The jockeys of the York family only visit the North once a year, just to declare their sovereignty. There is no castle, no village, no gathering place for free people, only rampant beasts and monsters. It is a real wilderness.

Before departure, old ham and boots were prepared for hard work, but they didn't expect Victor's support.

Victor recruited more than 300 followers, 10 guards, 60 alchemical militia and 10 alchemical auxiliary soldiers. Among these followers, there are many fierce mountain people who are good at shooting. Victor equipped each young and strong with sophisticated rattan armor, bow and arrow, spear and other weapons. These equipment can arm more than 200 young hunters at any time. Together with the guards and alchemy militia, this is a strong army.

Victor prepared 40 carts of supplies for the migration and gave Butz 3000 kinsol. When the motorcade passed through Heibao Town, boutz bought a large number of cows and goats as a food source for the settlement. In addition, victor will send a convoy to supply the settlements every six months.

These are just plain support. Victor secretly built two small cottages in the mountains and forests of Northern Territory, with 50 alchemical militia, 10 alchemical auxiliary soldiers, 20 war mastiffs and 80 alchemical crows.

Victor has invested huge human, material and financial resources in Northern Territory. If all these inputs are converted into currency, it is equivalent to 200000 gold sols.

In the eyes of other lords, 300 square kilometers of northern territory is worthless. It is absolutely crazy to spend a lot of money here. But this territory has important strategic significance for victor.

The northern territory is at the northernmost end of the Renma hills. Further north is the sphere of influence of the Dodo kingdom. Victor plans to build a small town here. The name has been set, which is called Raven town. It will become the starting point for the free civil and commercial corps to go north, and its role is similar to that of Songlin town.

In addition, the northern territory is close to the mountains on the west side of Renma hills. Sentries and source collection points are built in the nearby mountain forests, which can not only monitor the movement of ant people, but also exploit mountain forest resources. Raven town can be used as a resource storage, processing and transfer center. Therefore, raven town is a border town integrating trade, military and resource distribution functions.

In Victor's plan, the construction of Raven town can wait until three years later. But Soren had begun to build his territory, and Victor had to explore the north in advance to avoid the territory being occupied by Soren's men. Victor appointed Butz as the village head and old ham as the militia captain. The requirements for them are also very simple: to gain a foothold in the north.

Obviously, boots and old ham did a good job.

Before entering the north, old ham thought he would fight with monsters first, but he found that there were no monsters here. That's because the alchemists cleaned up this area in advance, and six alchemical war mastiffs formed a wolf pack to occupy a large area outside the territory, forming a barrier.

Without the intrusion of monsters, Butz built a village in only three months, covering an area of 60000 square meters. The village has ditches, iron oak fences and arrow towers, which are enough to resist the invasion of wild animals and monsters.

After the village was built, Butz and old ham decided to raise cattle and sheep, free up people to hunt wild boars and collect wild vegetables and sweet potatoes. It took another month to fill the warehouse in the village. Even if the supply convoy did not come, the more than 400 people could survive the water season.

Old ham is in charge of the security of the territory. He has formed three militia teams. Each team is composed of three to four escorts, seven alchemy militias and 10 mountain hunters. These militia teams are responsible for patrolling the border, guarding and guarding the villages. Old Ham will join different militia teams every day. Today he will be responsible for the guard team to protect the villagers.

Old ham took the militia team to the entrance of the village and just ran into Butz. Go forward with great strength and vigour, behind the big shovel and hoe, and pulled out 20 oxcart.

"What are you doing today?" Old ham asked curiously.

"I'm going to dig a stream reservoir." Booz laughed.

"With more than 200 people, you still want to dig a stream reservoir? If it rains heavily, you have to stop work! I think you can forget it. How about letting the big guys practice archery? It's OK to catch wild boars."

"Why can't we dig? If there are fewer people, dig smaller! I'm going to dig a reservoir the size of 20 mu. After a few rains, we don't have to run to the mountains to carry water." Boots glared.

"20 mu? Is that a reservoir?" Old ham bluntly broke through booth.

Butz, with a red face, shouted at the neck, "the cistern is the cistern, at least you can order dishes."

"Why grow vegetables? Just herd sheep." Old ham curled his lips disapprovingly.

Just as the leader of the grassland people's army and the farmer village head were arguing about whether to herd sheep or grow vegetables, an alchemy militia ran over and said, "Captain ham, a team of people and horses are coming towards us!"

"What's the situation?" Old ham asked seriously.

"According to the information transmitted by the dust falcon, there are 27 people coming from the northeast, 40 kilometers away from the village. It is very likely to be a knight team, and they are coming for us." The alchemist replied.

Old ham and boots looked at each other in horror, and the villagers stirred up. Victor once told them that the greatest threat to the northern territory is not monsters and beasts, but Knights of hostile families. Today, Victor's worry finally happened.

"Are you sure it's a knight?" Old ham took the alchemy militia aside and asked in a low voice. He didn't believe that the dust Falcon had the ability to identify knights.

Of course, the dust Falcon can't distinguish the difference between knights and ordinary people, but this team ignores the threat of the alchemical war mastiff and directly passes through the territory of the war mastiff, which must be the knight team. Instead of hunting the alchemical war mastiff like a fierce wolf, they did not return, but continued to move forward. Their purpose is self-evident.

The alchemy militia would not explain the specific reason to old ham, but nodded.

Old ham didn't ask, so he turned and left. These powerful soldiers have many secret means, but they are trustworthy, which is enough.

"Follow the rules. I'll take people out to intercept. You organize the villagers and prepare to retreat. If we can't stop it, you go into the mountain immediately. I'll leave you 10 elite militia and 7 guards. They know where the stronghold built by the adult is." Old ham said to boots.

In view of the current situation, Victor designed a set of plans. Old ham led the alchemy militia to annihilate the knight team of the hostile family in the wild, while Butz led the villagers to prepare for evacuation into the mountains. The fence of the village can't stop the impact of the knight. Intercepting the knight team in the wild can provide the villagers with time to escape. However, these elite soldiers and old ham may be more or less dangerous.

At the thought of this, Butz could not bear it. He said to old ham, "Viscount Sauron's territory is in the East. These people come from the northeast. They are not necessarily the Knights of the Sauron family!"

"Don't put your life in the hands of strangers. There are no priests in the village. No matter they are knights of that family, no one will know if they kill us all." Old ham said hoarsely, "as long as they are willing to turn back, it will be all right. If they don't listen to advice, I can't shame the Randall family!"

"That's right! You... Be careful." Booz said softly.

The alarm bell is sounded. The unknown enemy is less than 40 kilometers away from here. If you press the marching speed of the knight team, you can appear at the entrance of the village in up to 3 hours. Time is running out.

The villagers acted quickly. Young and strong put on thick rattan armor, picked up a spear and a hard bow, and women and children packed up what they could take away. Old ham stepped on the horse and roared out of the village gate with three guards and 50 alchemical militia.

More than an hour later, old ham finally saw the team.

These more than twenty cavalry are well-equipped and vigorous. The first cavalry was dressed in exquisite armor, and he was surrounded by five cavalry dressed in scale armor. Old Ham's heart sank. There were 1 knight, 5 trainee knights and 21 elite cavalry. This is really a standard knight team.

"This is the territory of Randall family. We are the escort of viscount Randall. The knight opposite, please explain your intention!" Old ham shouted.

The knight ignored old ham. He shouted to the left and right, "dismount! Raise your shield! Kill all these bandits!"

"Shoot!" Old ham roared and responded, "destroy them!"

The battle broke out less than ten breaths after the two sides contacted each other.

Two Funiu militia rushed towards the knight. The charging distance of more than ten meters made their strength climb to the peak. Two heavy long knives made of fine iron cut straight down with great momentum.

"EH."

The knight was a little surprised. He just didn't find that there was an equal opponent among the enemies, and the two soldiers didn't have coordinated physical characteristics, but showed enough strength to rival him. This sign shows that they are all fierce soldiers. Although the ferocious soldiers are far more powerful than ordinary people, they are not the opponent of knights. The knight was just surprised that he met two fierce soldiers at once.

Facing two fierce soldiers, the knight was not confused. The refined gold long sword was changed from blocking to lifting. The body of the sword was pasted on the side of the blade of the long sword, which led the opponent's weapons backward. As soon as the body turned and slid forward, the shield of the left hand was raised up, which was just placed on the long handle of another large long sword. The power suddenly exploded and swung the long sword away. In a flash, the knight dissolved the opponent's attack and cut into the inner circle.

The knight used a standard spike, and the sharp gold sword pierced the chest of the fierce soldier. He was about to pull out his long sword to kill another fierce soldier, but he saw a pair of indifferent and ruthless eyes. The fierce soldier ignored the chest sword, took a step forward and clamped the knight's arm tightly.

The stagnation of this moment determines the fate of the knight. In the bushes on the hillside, a streamer was emitted. The crossbow arrow made of refined iron penetrated from the knight's side shoulder, with a blood flower, and came out from his armpit.

"Military crossbow! Randall's Knight is shooting a hidden arrow! Despicable!"

The idea just came into the knight's mind. Another fierce soldier's fine iron long knife stabbed him in the chest. The blade directly pierced the breastplate and stabbed into the chest and abdomen. The great power also lifted the knight into the air.

"Ah!"

The knight let out a loud roar, and his fighting spirit ran rapidly. He kicked away the fierce soldier wrapped around him. The long sword was pulled out of his chest and turned into a competition to cut off the head of another fierce soldier, and the blood was sprayed from his neck like a fountain. Then another crossbow shot penetrated the knight's head.

"Despicable..."

The knight's consciousness gradually fell into darkness. He didn't understand what he was facing until he died?

The silver crossbow can penetrate 30 stamina ant man leaders, but it can't effectively kill knights. A penetrating wound has little impact on the knight. Unless shot in the heart and head, the knight will quickly leave the battlefield with crossbow arrows, and they will recover soon. If you want to hit the key of the knight face to face, only victor or the wind knight can do it.

In fact, the Funiu militia wearing silver ant armor can entangle with the knight. Funiu militia deliberately sacrificed themselves to create opportunities for the monkey militia. If the knight had seen the monkey militia with a heavy crossbow, the situation would be different.

Before the battle, the alchemical crow had exposed the whereabouts of the knight team. This was an ambush. Four monkey militia sneaked into the bushes in advance. They shot the knight like a ferocious bear.

Old ham was a little excited and more sad. The battle proved that the knight was not invincible, but the price was the sacrifice of two companions. Old ham has experienced many battles and witnessed many sacrifices, but the meaning is completely different. In the past, the sacrifice was to make more people run for their lives, but this time the sacrifice was to win.

The battle is over, the enemy is completely annihilated, only one person is captured, while two people on old Ham's side are injured and three people are killed.

Old ham came to the prisoner, a trainee knight, who was firmly pressed to the ground by several militias. If it weren't for catching him alive, another monkey militia wouldn't have died.

"I ask for treatment that suits my identity." The trainee Knight struggled.

"What's your identity? Why attack us?"

"I'm a trainee Knight of the Eriksson family. I'm ordered by the Duke to wipe out the free settlements here."

Old ham was stunned. Duke Eriksson was the Lord of the northern dodo Kingdom, and his sphere of influence bordered on the Northern Territory. However, Victor has made a note to the surrounding lords through the church. Duke Eriksson could not have known that they were villagers of the Randall family.

"Why did Duke Eriksson attack our Randall family territory?"

"I don't know." The trainee Knight shook his head.

Old ham sighed and ordered, "you can't keep alive, kill!" The alchemist militia killed the trainee Knight without hesitation.

"Clean the battlefield, bury the corpses, inform the village head to move the cattle, sheep, women and children to the mountain area to prevent Duke Eriksson's revenge! Report the situation here to the adult with a dust falcon."