Chapter 29 Attacked halfway
After a good night's rest at the northern guard post, the team, whose fatigue has been greatly relieved, embarked on the journey to Rinwinter Village again.
Going to Cold Winter Village this time is very different from David’s previous departure from Cold Winter Village to Iron Tree Fort. This team did not choose to go west along the northern edge of the Iron Tree Forest, and then turned north when they saw the river. .
Instead, they chose a faster route, leaving the northern guard post and heading straight northwest.
According to David's description, Lindong Village is located on the south side of a large forest in the northwest of the Northern Sentinel and on the east bank of the Lindong River. Whether it is a vast forest or the Lindong River, it is an easy reference point to determine, even When the distance is very far, you can use the forest to determine the direction.
So even if it is hard to tell the direction on the green grassland at a glance, you don't have to worry about not being able to find Lindong Village.
Because I chose the nearest route and because I had a mount, it would have taken about ten days to walk. If I hurry up, I can finish the journey in two days, and if I go slower, it will take three days.
David has no opinion on Maloney's choice. It is of course a good thing to be able to go back earlier. I didn't feel much when I was in Iron Tree Castle. Now that I am closer to Winter Village, I miss the one who left for less than a month. new home.
Of course, he didn't ignore the two inspector subordinates in the team who didn't know their identities. These two people have been recording something on the road, and when the team occasionally stops to eat and rest, they will get together to discuss something.
Maybe it was checked too often, and was quickly noticed by Maloney.
"Don't be surprised, they're just drawing a map."
David was stunned when he heard it. It turned out that he was making a map—since Cold Winter Village will become the territory of the Kingdom of Tilan, the Kingdom of Tilan must of course have a sufficient understanding of the areas under its jurisdiction. Mapping is only the most basic work.
"It turns out that the inspection work also includes these!" He guessed that these people not only drew maps, but also inspected the possible resources around Lindong Village.
"Yes, even the situation of potatoes will be recorded." There is no need to hide this kind of thing. Maloney introduced the work to be done by his subordinates: Is Lindong Village a real village? ? It is necessary to find out what specialties, minerals, surrounding terrain, etc. are there in Lindong Village and its vicinity.
Including choosing this straight route to Rinwinter Village, it is all related to these tasks—they have to determine the distance from the northern sentry to Rinwinter Village.
Even Maloney told David the route he was going to take on the return journey. Different from this time, when returning to Iron Tree Fort, Maloney will take the route that David took earlier with his men, by the way, check the situation of the river flowing out of the Iron Tree Forest, and check the situation of the abandoned village .
In general, Iron Tree Castle and the Kingdom of Tilan need to clarify the general situation of the northern plains, and then discuss how to manage such a large area of land.
Do you want to build more outposts to go deep into the entire northern plain? Should we build a fort? Do you want to mobilize more manpower to reclaim and transform this area and build a new city?
Of course, unless the area is rich in mineral resources and must be of high value, the possibility of Iron Tree Fort mobilizing a large number of manpower to station in the northern plains to build a new city is not high.
Just as Maloney was briefly introducing his work, a soldier on a horse in charge of security suddenly warned loudly: "There are 'people' approaching from the north."
The people who were resting immediately stopped what they were doing, and several soldiers rode on their horses immediately and looked north.
Laura's movements were lighter, she stood directly on the horse's back, and built a pergola with her hands to block the sun, so that she could see more clearly.
As a result, the tallest and best-sighted person at Laura's station was the first to see clearly who was coming: "There are four brown-yellow, sturdy creatures with simple protective gear and weapons in their hands. The mount is a giant wolf with long white hair..."
Following Laura's description, everyone realized what kind of 'people' were rushing towards them—the group of guys who destroyed the northeast development team.
David also rode on the horse at this time and held the hunting bow in his hand: "I didn't expect to meet these guys when I was about to get home. I thought this trip would be smooth and there would be no accidents."
Although these suspected orcs rushed over from the north, he wasn't worried about the situation in Rinwinter Village. With Fording in the village, a hundred more orcs would not be able to threaten Cold Winter Village.
When everyone got on their horses and prepared to fight, the distance between the two sides had become very close, and David could even clearly see a few fangs growing from the mouths of these guys.
"This looks like an orc at all, right?"
"These guys don't seem to be here to say hello to us." Maloney Mansfield, an aristocratic official, sat upright on the horse, without any nervousness or panic, and gave orders in a steady voice : "Knight Hackett, you will be in charge of this battle."
"Yes, my lord." A heavily armed knight drew out the long sword at his waist, raised it and pointed forward and shouted: "Charge!" After that, he rode his horse and rushed out first.
Several other heavily armed soldiers followed immediately, and drew out their weapons one after another—except for the knight named Hackett, the other soldiers had different weapons: two warhammers, a chain hammer, An epee.
Four vs. five, neither side has an advantage in terms of numbers. If you only look at the size, those on the opposite side are not only physically strong, they are a lot thicker than human soldiers, and even the mounts under their crotches are also giant wolves of amazing size.
But in terms of equipment, the 'orcs' who only have a few simple armors whose decorative effect is far greater than the defensive effect, and the weapons in their hands look rough and old, can't compare with the elite knights of Iron Tree Fort.
To put it simply, it is difficult to judge who will win before the two parties actually 'collide'.
Boom!
The moment the two groups of cavalry crossed past, there was an astonishing loud noise, and at the same time, the figure in armor and the thick brown and yellow giant fell to the ground one after another.
But one of the 'orcs' was not shot down, and he didn't turn back to support his companions caught in the melee on the ground, but rushed straight towards David and the others.
There was only one person left on the guard knight's side, and that was the commander, Knight Hackett. After finishing the charge, the knight immediately controlled the steering of the horse, and also did not care about his companions. Chased after.
His duty is to protect Maloney-Mansfield and his subordinates. If Maloney is not in danger, he will also protect David, Laura and others by the way.
In this case, his choice is to return aid.
Normally speaking, the giant wolf cavalry of these strange races, because they don't know how long they have been running, and they have launched a charge from a long distance. With the top horses under his crotch, he is completely confident that he will be able to attack Ma if the enemy threatens them. Master Loni caught up with the opponent and killed him.
But what he never expected was that when he turned his horse's head and was about to speed up the pursuit, several giant wolf mounts beside him actually rushed up from the side.
Although Hackett avoided the attack by virtue of his extraordinary reaction and martial arts, he took advantage of the opportunity to return the sword to the giant wolf that was attacking him, and swung his sword to force back another giant wolf.
But it was delayed for a while, the enemy had already rushed a long way, and was about to kill Maloney in front of him.
Just when he was regretting that he had underestimated the enemy and made such a big mistake, the enemy who rushed towards Mrs. Maloney Mansfield suddenly fell off his mount...
Maloney Mansfield saw a huge, ugly and fierce enemy rushing towards him. It would be an absolute lie to say that he was not afraid at all.
But he suppressed all these emotions, and stopped the attendant Huey who wanted to stand in front of him, and calmly drew out the long sword at his waist.
In Maloney Mansfield's view, among the few people left on the field, he is the only one who counts as a combat power... As for David and the others? Proud Lord Maloney Mansfield would not allow himself to hide behind a few commoners.
I just didn't expect that when the vicious guy was about to kill him, he was suddenly thrown off his mount and rolled on the ground for an unknown number of times.
After finally standing up, clutching his dizzy head and trying to regain consciousness, several sharp arrows were nailed to his face in the next second, two of which were shot directly into the head from the eye sockets, and shot straight back from this tall guy. Judging from the performance of falling down, he should be dead.
After taking a closer look, Maloney noticed that the giant wolf serving as a mount also had a few arrows nailed to its head. It seemed that it was because the mount was shot to death that this guy was thrown to the ground.
Turned his head and glanced at David beside him. At this time, David was still maintaining the posture of raising his bow and aiming, as if to remind everyone that everything that happened just now was done by him.
"Good archery!" After the crisis was over, Maloney, who regained his composure, admired David's archery skills. He was able to kill the enemy in an instant and save him from the crisis. Such archery skills cannot be overstated. .
What's more, David's archery skills are really good. In such a short period of time, David can shoot twice in a row, each time counting arrows, and all of them hit the target's vital points. This is not something that ordinary hunters can do. things.
Switching to Iron Tree Fort's elite archers may not be able to do better than David.
(end of this chapter)