Chapter 442

Gambis has more mountains in the north and less land, and more mountains in the south of dodo.

The Marquis de wemik in the southeast of Dodo kingdom is surrounded by mountains, dense forests, complex geographical environment and uneven population distribution. The central area with abundant water and fertile soil is densely populated, while the surrounding deep valleys and dense forests are sparsely populated, often haunted by beasts and monsters.

Due to the war, the people in the north of Dodo were reduced to refugees under the ravage of Satan's iron hoof. They took their families, left their homes and moved to the middle and south of the kingdom. In response to the call of the king and the church, the dwemik family resettled some people, but many refugees remained in the wild. They rely on streams and mountain streams, build villages to protect themselves, and make a living by planting vegetables, collecting medicine, hunting and logging. Under the pressure of both inside and outside, the Lords in the southeast adopted a appeasement policy of non recognition and non expulsion against these refugees who occupied the mountains and forests, and controlled them by means of trade and the influence of the church.

Many free private villages, large and small, have gradually appeared in the remote areas led by the Marquis de Wemmick. There are only two or three hundred people in the small-scale camp, while there are nearly a thousand people in the large-scale camp. Although the Lord firmly refused to recognize the legitimacy of the refugee camp, the free people in the camp always kept in touch with the outside world, and even helped the Lord's army eliminate the monster community in the wild and crack down on cross-border caravans and mine thieves. For a long time, refugee camps and local villages have been in peace, forming a symbiotic cooperative relationship.

In the last year, relations between the two sides have suddenly taken a sharp turn for the worse. The legal villagers in the territory began to hate the refugees living in the wild. They exploited the wealth accumulated in the refugee camp by raising the price of food and daily necessities. If refugee hunters expand their hunting range, they will also be pursued by the militia. The Lord's garrison also abandoned patrol routes in remote areas and no longer provided arms supplies to refugee camps. The life of the refugees is becoming more and more difficult, and there are more and more conflicts with the local villagers. The voice of eliminating bandits in the territory is rising.

Through the marriage relationship with the local people, the refugee camp learned that the local villagers had mastered the technology of building stream reservoirs and terraces, as well as raising wild boars. They took a fancy to the land occupied by the refugees and wanted to drive all the outsiders away. The priest in charge of the territory also told the refugee representatives that the war in the north had ended and the church would organize them to return to their hometown and rebuild their homes in batches.

The refugees led by dwemik have lived on this land for nearly a hundred years and have long forgotten their hometown in the north. Although a hundred of them were unwilling, they could only silently accept the arrangement of the Lord and the church.

However, the village leaders were not patient enough. They couldn't wait to compete for land. Dengshi city public security office and garrison broke five refugee camps in the name of eliminating bandits within half a year. The Lord's army's anti bandit action terrified the refugees. The leaders of more than a dozen camps took the initiative to get along with the nearby village heads, led their families and confidants to help the militia dissolve the refugee camps.

More than 4000 refugees are homeless. Most of them poured into the shantytowns of Dengshi City, and some fugitives with blood debts fled to more remote mountain camps in an attempt to sneak into other camps to avoid the pursuit of the militia.

The Marquis led a small camp in a hidden valley in the north to welcome a group of uninvited evil guests. At first, there were only dozens of people. They broke the gate of the camp and subdued the refugee leader by force. In the next few decades, hundreds of outsiders entered the camp again and again.

The camp residents were horrified to find that these people were not refugees and bandits, but a group of elite soldiers. They are all tough men with sharp eyes, vigorous actions and excellent armor. Almost everyone is equipped with strong bow and crossbow, spear and sword, leather armor and boots. Some are even equipped with lock armour, kite shield and one handed halberd, dressed as heavy infantry.

No matter how slow a person is, he knows that these soldiers are not good at coming. Fortunately, they didn't let go of the killing. They just controlled the camp residents and provided food for daily needs. But those who tried to escape were all killed on the spot and hung their heads in public. Under the threat of death, the camp residents chose obedience.

A new wooden building was erected in the middle of the camp, where the leader of the soldiers was discussing a raid plan.

"According to our information, sheriff vammon of Dengshi city led four trainee knights, 80 cavalry and 100 infantry to escort count Hora's motorcade. Count Hora's total strength now includes four knights, eight trainee knights and 280 elite soldiers. In addition, they can temporarily arm 80 servants to act as light archers. If nothing happens, this team will be in one Enter our attack range within days. After five days, we must catch up and launch a raid. Our food supply can only last for three days. " Barrett, commander of the Randall family bear regiment, said.

"The opponent has more than 300 soldiers, more than expected, including 180 cavalry... I don't think Lord Randall's mountain Hunter alone can deal with them. Can the saber toothed tiger business group transfer some more elite?" It was Auror, the secret Knight of Rose Manor.

In Oro's view, although the mountain mercenaries of Randall family are numerous and of good quality, they lack experience in cooperating with knights and are easily defeated by the other knight team. If they escape in battle, they will not become the help of the knight, but will endanger the safety of the knight. Oro hopes that the saber toothed tiger business group can call more guards to participate in this operation. Seeing that the raid was about to begin, the saber toothed tiger business group only mobilized 97 armed guards. Such a few people are not enough to stabilize the ranks of 400 mountain mercenaries, let alone provide cover for the rose knight. Auror is very dissatisfied with this.

Nicolai, the saber toothed tiger knight, smiled bitterly and said in embarrassment, "we have tried our best... The elite of saber toothed tiger are mainly concentrated around our master. Marquis de Wemmick's men keep a close eye on the master's caravan. They can't get through at all. Now we can only rely on Lord Nelson's mountain mercenaries to implement the raid plan."

Auror shook his head and said coldly: "If the knight doesn't fall down, the knight team won't collapse. If the knight team doesn't collapse, even if the soldiers retreat temporarily, they can quickly regroup and attack again. If the knight doesn't have the cooperation of elite guards, there is no chance of winning against the enemy's knight team. Saber toothed tiger has three riders and six trainee knights, and those 97 guards are your personal attendants. If no one covers rose Knight, we can only act as the entourage of Lord trisley and carry out beheading tactics. "

"It should be." Nikolai nodded, pointed to the map on the table and said: "This is a medium-sized sentry post of the dewemik family. It has four arrow towers and a 15 meter high stone wall. 40 soldiers are stationed here. Count Hora's car must rest here overnight, but the medium-sized sentry post can't accommodate more than 400 people. Count Hora's motorcade and ordinary soldiers can only camp outside the sentry post. At this time, their knight team and ordinary soldiers are separated by the sentry. We can We will attack count Hora's motorcade at night. Once their Knights go out to support, we will kill them. With Lord trisley, count Hora can't escape! "

Barrett frowned and asked, "my Lord, what should we do if count Hora and they can't hold out?"

Nicolai said disapprovingly, "this sentry has only two hanging doors, and the fifteen meter high stone wall can't hold the knight. If count Hora can't hold out, when we defeat their soldiers, you will block the door. We saber toothed tiger Knight follow Lord trisley and rose knight to break through the city wall, and then open the door from the inside, and you can kill in."

Barrett shook his head, pointed to the map and said, "there is a village of more than 2000 people 15 kilometers away from the sentry. If count Hora lights the beacon tower of the sentry, he only needs to hold on to two hourglasses for at least 600 militia support. Moreover, the sentry is located on one side of the road, which is very suitable for cavalry raids." Then he raised his head, stared at Nikolai, and asked in a deep voice, "even if we kill count Hora, how can my people escape the pursuit of dwemik cavalry in this open area?"

Nikolai coughed and said slightly embarrassed, "my master, er... I mean Lord Randall will comfort those sacrificed soldiers."

"No! My master ordered me to lead the bear group, but he didn't let me take them as victims!" Barrett went back hard.

Nicolai asked unhappily, "what's your idea?"

"The noble motorcade is huge, bloated and slow. It can walk up to 40 kilometers a day. Now it is the rainy season. Count Hora's motorcade moves forward in the rain. It is inevitable to choose a high-lying location to camp for the night." Barrett smiled: "the mountain limits the mobility of cavalry, the letter crows can't fly at night, and the campfire is not a beacon. They are isolated and suitable for our raid."

"They are still condescending and wait for work. They can block your people with bows and crossbows... Fight like this? Hehe, it's very convenient to retreat."

With a sneer, Nikolay turned to Nelson and asked, "Lord, what do you say?"

Nelson laughed and said in a low voice, "if you want me to say it, just look around!"

Nicolai and Oro worried that the mountain mercenaries would be defeated by count Hora's army in the battle, and the secret warriors of the korandel family might be destroyed, but they would not collapse. At least, Nelson believed that the secret warriors of the family were fearless.

How strong is an army that will not collapse? We can refer to the performance of ant man.

Nelson once asked turnans: can the Golden Knight kill all 1000 ants on his own?

Turnans replied: the Golden Knight makes full use of the exchange of time and space. Let alone 1000 ant people, even 10000 ant people, he can kill them slowly. The problem is that the ant man leader will not let the Golden Knight do whatever he wants. If the Golden Knight is besieged by an ant army, 1000 ant people will be enough to drown him.

For Lord Randall's task, Barrett mobilized 400 bear regiment mercenaries, including 200 secret law warriors and 50 elite guards. Although the secret law warriors trained by Randall family have only the same personal strength as ordinary elite soldiers, the combat effectiveness of elite guards is comparable to that of senior trainee knights.

If this doesn't win count Hora's escort, Nelson might as well be killed.

Nelson's almost blind confidence stunned Nikolay and Auror. Nikolay pondered for a moment, stood up, bowed to trisley and asked, "Sir, we listen to you."

Wearing a lady's Secret silver armor, trisley leaned against the window and was looking at the bear mercenaries outside the window with great interest. After a moment, she asked softly without looking back: "did Victor spend a lot of effort for the bear?"

Nelson looked at Barrett and said: "The backbone of the bear group are mountain people hunters who initially followed their masters. They have experienced the ant man war led by Randall. They have cultivated my monkey secret for four and a half years and take three expensive body strengthening potions every month. We have selected more than 200 Best hunters from more than 40 mountain strongholds and nearly 10000 mountain people in Gambis, so we have today's bear group."

Trisley was startled when she saw the bear mercenaries for the first time. If they didn't have the obvious characteristics of mountain hunter, she thought these people were elite soldiers trained by a large family. For example, they have thick calluses on the soles of their feet, keep quiet and silent, and are used to communicating with gestures. Only the leader can talk to outsiders. They are good at using bows and arrows and traps, proficient in field survival skills, and generally have no faith. The most terrible thing is that they can build fortifications and use wild animal and plant resources to make poisons, hemostatics, crossbows, javelins, and even excellent long bows and rattan beetles.

Bear regiment is an army that can cross mountains, be self-sufficient and constantly replenish its troops!

Not to mention the actual combat ability of mountain mercenaries, Victor has a bear regiment, which means he can attack or support any Lord through the mountain path!

In the past, trisley must have doubted Victor's intentions. Now... Isn't my man's army my army?

Trisley was really reluctant to let the bear regiment fight a war of consumption, but on second thought, she found that the golden regiment and the bear regiment complement each other. Where the golden regiment goes is the place where the bear regiment established a mountain stronghold. When Victor handed over the golden group, the bear group lost its financial resources and external support. Victor can only order the bear group to help Sophia fight a hard battle. Only in this way, Sophia is willing to continue to support the bear group.

Nelson's statement confirmed trisley's guess. She turned her back to the crowd, smiled and thought, "this guy has so many ideas."

Seeing trisley's silence, Nelson waited for a while and took the initiative to say, "my Lord, my master told me that I'd better not ask you... So as not to bring you unnecessary trouble and danger."

Nelson's original intention was not to want the knight of the raging waves to participate in the raid, so that she could not see the clues of elite guards and secret warriors in the battle. Trisley heard Victor's care for herself. Her smile was more gentle, and her big light blue eyes were bent into crescent moon.

Trisley looked up at the dark sky and said faintly, "it's raining."

As soon as the voice fell, a drop of rain hit the window frame. Then, there was a intermittent sound outside the window. Trisley turned and asked calmly, "the rain will not be small, at least until night. Count Hora's motorcade must camp out from the rain. Let's start now. When can we meet them?"

Barrett replied without hesitation: "we need at least half a day to get on the road, and then rest until the second midnight, we can launch a raid!"

Trisley nodded and said, "from now on, the saber toothed tiger and the rose Knight obey Lord Nelson's orders. I only take two rose knights and 10 family secret warriors to move around the periphery of the battlefield. If count Hora takes people away from the battlefield from other directions, I will take his life. But if he breaks through from the front of the battlefield..."

Nelson's eyes were burning and his voice said coldly, "give it to me."

"Then let's go."

Barrett went out of the house and blew a strangely shaped whistle. With the howl of wild wolves ringing through the forest, the whole camp came alive.

Nicolai chased Nelson in the rain and asked, "Lord, what about the refugees in the camp?"

"My adults don't like killing innocent people..."

Nelson grinned and said, "that's why the mountain people and refugees in the bear group are willing to work for our adults."

"Leave dozens of people to watch them until after midnight and let them run for their lives."

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Todd walked along the muddy road in the refugee shanty town of Dengshi city. The rain gradually increased, but he didn't mean to take shelter from the rain. He just pulled up the hood behind his cloak and covered his hair.

Lord vammond kept saying that he was responsible for the security of Dengshi city for the time being, but the soldiers of the security office didn't listen to him at all. All Todd could do was rely on the reputation of the ghost faced knight to walk around the shantytowns of Dengshi city from time to time to intimidate the restless refugees and bandits. If there is a riot among the refugees, of course, he must bear the responsibility.

A raven in the sky seemed unable to withstand the power of the freezing rain. It circled several times and landed on the top of a shed. Ron took back his eyes from the Raven and whispered to Todd, "our people are coming."

Todd's heart moved, pretending to take shelter from the rain, walked quickly to the shed and dodged in. A butter candle was lit in the cramped and damp shed. With the help of the dim yellow candle light, Todd saw five men. There is also an acquaintance, Round faced killer Fitch.

Fitch smiled at Todd, and then rolled out of the shed with two other middle-aged men, like being kicked out by a ghost faced knight.

In the shed, a gray haired middle-aged man with a hooked nose whispered, "I'm barrol."

Todd thought, bowed slightly and said, "what instructions do you have?"

"To catch the shadow of the masked brotherhood, of course."

Barrol smiled, "in fact, this underground war is coming to an end. The master may have to cooperate with the Borui people. However, the master wants to know the secrets of the masked brotherhood. So we have to catch the key people before they disappear."

Todd frowned and said, "it's a little difficult... Although I have delineated several targets, I'm not sure who is the shadow of mastering the method of masked summons. The most suspected person lives in a house near the noble District, which is the key patrol area of security soldiers. I can't mobilize the soldiers of the security office to create conditions for you to catch."

Barol nodded and said, "the vassals of the deweimick family are eager to drive away the refugees and bandits, compete for land, and cause turbulence and chaos in the territory. The alternation of the old and the new order is inevitable, but it gives us a chance to wade through the muddy water... You may have guessed that the deweimick leader is about to have a great event."

Todd shook his head with regret and said, "unfortunately, I didn't participate in this event myself."

"You are a mercury man. Mercury has a mercury mission."

Barol said, "without the help of mercury, it's hard for the adult to hide from the dweimick family and sneak hundreds of people in. Of course, it's mainly your credit. The information you provided has helped a lot. Now, I also want to help you a lot."

"Help me?"

"Yes." Barol nodded and said, "the master values you very much, and I value you very much. You have done what I can't do. Mercury needs a noble knight leader, otherwise we can't keep up with the family. Mercury should be led by you. That's why I took the risk to see you."

Todd said almost to himself, "this is what I need..." he raised his head and asked in a deep voice, "how are you going to help me?"

"Tomorrow evening, the Marquis de Wemmick will entertain our mistress. I can guarantee that they won't receive the bad news until tomorrow night. Then I will encourage the refugees and bandits who sneak into the shanty town to have a big fight. In that case, the security office and the thieves' Union will be busy."

Tao de jaw first said, "I see... How many people have you prepared for me?"

Rolle looked at Ron as like as two peas and more than 60 of the 30 soldiers who had been sent to him. "I have more than 60 soldiers who are also ready to be sent to you. They are almost the same as the refugees."

"Enough."

Todd touched the corners of his lips and smiled like a ghost.