The servants walked into the dining room first, and carefully took out valuable beeswax candles from the cabinet next to the wall of the dining room. After inserting a candlestick in a corner of the dining room, they lit up to welcome everyone to talk.
After several people entered the dining room, Mr. Plant waved the servants away, and then he closed the door himself, and introduced himself, his brother and brother-in-law to Knight Crowe and Kiel.
"I am Plant Gurov, the youngest son of the family. I am in charge of dealing with foreign caravans. This is my third brother. He is responsible for coordinating the personnel of various families in the town to maintain the safety of the town. This is my second Sister-in-law’s husband, he runs a chamber of commerce, and he has been in charge of the management of the village previously occupied by the Ska chamber of commerce.”
Knight Crowe nodded: "I am Knight Doddle-Crow. This is my apprentice knight squire, Joe Keel. I already know what the three asked for."
"Just now I also asked His Excellency the Baron and Knight Gurov about the matter. Knight Gurov gave me a token, and Lord Baron gave permission to send troops."
The three members of Gurov's family looked at each other with excited expressions on their faces.
They had to be excited. After all, their own strength was insufficient. There were quite a few thugs and obedient farmers, but they were only at the level of fighting.
Whether it is quantity, spirit, weapons, equipment, or training, nothing will work.
So when they heard that Knight Crowe had been supported by the dominating soldiers at this time, the three of them couldn't help being unhappy.
"Then please, my lord."
"It would be great to drive those members of the Scar Chamber of Commerce out of Pine Needle Town!"
But I didn't expect Knight Crowe to wave his hand: "You guys wait a moment. Wait."
The three of them were taken aback.
"What's the matter? Is there any problem? Do you need a fee for the soldiers to start? No problem! Money must be indispensable to you Kendals. Soldiers who are dispatched will be rewarded with at least five silver coins."
Mr. Plant said immediately.
He is the one who is most anxious about this matter. After all, compared with other members of the family who enjoy themselves all day, he has to greet the business travelers because of his position. After the actions of the Scar Chamber of Commerce in the past two years, he can clearly feel the eagerness of other businessmen.
The outsiders who dare to challenge the power of the Gurov family in Pine Needle Town must be defeated!
And it must be destroyed before the second foreign chamber of commerce strikes, otherwise it will be like hunting, and other 'hunting dogs' will swarm to them smelling the smell of 'interest'.
But Knight Crowe just sat on the creaky and overwhelmed delicate chair and waved his hands casually.
"You are mistaken. The Gurov knight and the baron have special orders. This time, tonight, everyone in the Scar Chamber of Commerce will be eradicated."
He paused: "Not one."
"Do you understand?"
Keir swallowed, but he didn't expect these two to mean that. It seems that the old Gurov knight is not ignorant of what happened outside when he was old, and he is probably suffering from the situation.
He is old, and it is difficult to make another shot without a safe chance. After all, if he didn't take action, it would be difficult for outsiders to see his reality. Those foreign forces who were most afraid of him would not really take action for a day before his death.
And Lord Kendall, Keel guessed, was really just guessing. It may be to make friends with the local knight lord. After all, Pine Needle Town is not far from Kendall County, and it is also on the main road communicating with Kendall County. The location is very important.
It is estimated that it will be good for him and the Kendall County he represents to make a good deal here.
"Tonight?"
"Kill them all?"
"Does eradication mean to kill them all?"
Knight Crowe nodded: "Yes. After the banquet is over, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, who is familiar with the terrain and orientation of the occupied village, and you, Plante, will set off together."
"Let's take people to Pine Needle Town first. After blocking the entrance and exit of the town, we will directly take down the stronghold of the Ska Chamber of Commerce in the town. Then we will set off one step earlier to the village occupied by them. We will set off at night and destroy them at night. Tomorrow morning , just in time for the army to set off."
Knight Crowe used the candlesticks and blue dinner plates on the table next to him as various places, and gestured to tell this simple plan.
"Is there any problem in the whole process? If there is any problem, bring it up now, and we will find a way to deal with it."
The three middle-aged men from the Gurov family on the opposite side swallowed. They didn't expect that what they thought was extremely troublesome would be over for Knight Crowe in just a few words.
And with such a brutal ending.
"Will killing them all cause panic?"
Plant's third brother expressed his opinion cautiously.
But Knight Crowe just shook his head: "First of all, this is what your father meant, understand? Secondly, people don't panic because of killing, they just look around curiously, and then stand before the killing doesn't fall on them. Judging from a little further away."
"It's a warning, but also a manifesto."
"Of course, if your family will take the initiative to say where the people who did it come from, it will be a declaration that we Kendalls stand with the ruling family of Pine Needle Town. Offending the Gurov family is offending us. But If you don’t take the initiative to say that it was our soldiers who wiped out the Ska Chamber of Commerce, then this is a warning to all the guys hiding in the dark.”
Knight Crowe pointed at the three people obediently listening to him in front of him: "Warning them, put away their greedy thoughts. Otherwise, I don't know if they will be destroyed suddenly like the Scar Chamber of Commerce."
Knight Crow's words made the faces of the three members of Gurov's family flush. They didn't know whether they were nervous or excited.
Standing aside, Keir felt that Knight Crowe was right. Sure enough, when the killing didn't happen to him, people would only be excited about it. This may be the original memory buried deep in human instinct.
Ms. Apolfina has seen human beings thousands of years ago. What did human beings look like at that time?
And how did it gradually develop into the current situation with the existence of a first-mover advantage civilization like elves?
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An hour later, Keel was leading three small squads of elite militiamen on their way to Pine Needles with torches.
This team is a relatively elite group of people selected by Crow Knights. Not only did they perform well in militia military training, but the team leaders are all young men with good skills.
And it is very important that everyone in their team has the experience of killing bandits with their own hands. When these teams were formed, the Rumi Knights and Crow Knights used their brains to build them into vanguards who could be used immediately after participating in the battle.
Calling these people at this moment can be regarded as a small training on the march.
Knight Crow and two members of the Gurov family led the way on horseback, while Kiel followed behind on horseback. According to the knight's explanation, he gave a general explanation of the incident to the militiamen.
To prevent some people from being unable to deal with those members of the Scar Chamber of Commerce after a while, or from feeling war-weary.
But the knights were too worried. These talents didn't care where they went to kill anyone. The boring emotions produced by the march for many days had already made them a little impatient for the battle they were waiting for. Not to mention that there is still money to get after the fight, that would be even better.
It's just a pity that this time the battle can't take the things of the Scar Chamber of Commerce as their own. Kiel and Knight Crowe are watching. They can only hide some money from the enemy, and they can't take away the extra things. .
Led by the familiar Mr. Plant and others, they quickly rushed to the outside of Pine Needle Town.
Although Pine Needle Town does not have a large-scale local militia group as a protector, there are still some combat-capable people who are responsible for security and opening and closing the town's gate.
The small number of people on the gate like the Sheriff and the Sheriff were terrified to see these people coming out of the town gate.
"Who are you? This is Pine Needle Town, the territory of Knight Gurov! Any attack here is a provocation to Master Gurov! Go back!"
As they said that, those people closed the gate of the town tightly, and rang a small copper bell to gather people from the nearby chamber of commerce.
However, Mr. Plant at the front of the team walked into the light and shadow illuminated by the fire, revealing his figure and face: "You can see clearly, it's me! Plant-Gurov himself!"
The security captain above took a closer look, and it turned out to be him.
But he was still a little cautious and refused to open the door.
Knight Crowe rolled his eyes and folded his arms to watch the two men talk. He wasn't worried. After all, it was something no one would have expected to lead troops to destroy the Ska Chamber of Commerce, which the Gurov family had been afraid of for a long time.
On one side of the gate of the town are some people's houses living outside the town, and on the other side is an open space for business travelers to camp and repair.
The residents just turned on the lights in the house, but soon saw dozens of soldiers armed to the teeth lined up outside with torches, and immediately blew out their own oil lamps, only dared to open the windows slightly, Hiding behind the dark wooden window, he secretly looked at the militiamen.
It's an unknown soldier.
Fear.
The caravan camped were surprised, but they were not worried. They immediately recognized that this was the Kendal County militia team they had been following, and the leader was the Crowe they saw every day. knight.
The bold businessman even approached and asked if someone in Pine Needle Town had angered the knight himself, so he led an angry army to deal with someone.
Knight Crowe was too lazy to talk nonsense with these people, so he just told them not to interfere, and stayed quietly in the camp outside the town tonight, and set off normally tomorrow, so don't fall behind.
The merchants were puzzled, but at least they knew that this matter had nothing to do with them, so they calmed down externally, while internally told all the caravan guys to get ready, don't go to sleep, at least be prepared to escape here at any time.
Mr. Plant finally opened the gate of the town with the token given by the old knight Gurov.
The token was his own aristocratic knight insignia.
There is a majestic image of a war dog printed on it, which is the knight's coat of arms of the Gurov knight.
Not only that, the badge retains his life energy, and it also glows slightly at night.
Although he was worried, the security captain of Pine Needle Town stopped his men from ringing the bell, and then opened the gate of the town.
The knight waved his hand, and Kiel yelled for the militiamen to line up.
"Brother-in-law, you are here to quietly explain our affairs to the chief of security and tell him to keep an eye on the gate. Except for these soldiers, no one can leave the town!"
Mr. Plant explained to his brother-in-law, and then immediately followed the team and took the lead to lead the way for these soldiers.
At the gate of the town, some of the nearby chamber of commerce employees and thugs were urgently called out, and they were hesitatingly blocking the road at the moment, not knowing whether to block this group of soldiers they had never seen before, or to step back to make way for these people.
After all, they all screamed out of bed urgently, and some of them were disheveled, let alone holding weapons capable of fighting. Most of the thugs are fairly dedicated, and most of them bring their food guys - iron-clad short sticks.
But this thing is also far from the meter-long spears and sword shields and crossbow machines in the hands of the soldiers in front of them.
Under the scrutiny of these strong young men with unkind eyes, most of these thugs backed away cowardly, out of the way.
It’s okay for these thugs to beat and intimidate some thieves with dirty hands and feet, or it’s okay to intimidate weak prostitution girls, but they really don’t have the ability to risk their lives, and they will definitely die to block the militiamen.
Mr. Plant yelled at the stewards of the caravan led by these thugs, telling them to go back and stay well, and not to wander around tonight. Feeling something was wrong, the managers of the chamber of commerce immediately became alert and quickly disappeared with the people.
But some sneaky figures still emerged from the dark place beside the road, closely watching the actions of Keel and his group.
The originally peaceful night in Pine Needle Town has become tense at this moment.
Those who are well-informed have long since lost their sleepiness, while those who have not felt it are still sleeping soundly. They probably won't know what happened last night until they wake up the next day.
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Pine Needle Town has a large area, but its buildings are not densely populated. After all, it is a prosperous town on a plain without a strong manager. The architectural planning here is very loose, and each big chamber of commerce basically controls the gate of the chamber of commerce. that street.
Mr. Plant pointed to a brightly lit street near the river in the distance and explained to Crow Knight and Kiel: "That street is the place managed by the Ska Chamber of Commerce. All the adjacent houses on the street have been occupied, and a lot of places to play at night have been opened. Be careful, although it is not as good as the village they control, but there are at least the same thugs and businessmen on that street as the ones we brought this time There."
Knight Crowe didn't pay attention to this, he just asked Plant curiously: "You know it so well, do you often go there to play?"
Plant was a little embarrassed: "It's all men, all men. And it's not that I want to go, but some chamber of commerce managers or presidents who have a good relationship insist on taking me there. Otherwise, our Gurov family will not give The people from the Scar Chamber of Commerce have a good face!"
Keel grinned silently, almost laughing out loud.
What a weak family. Although the other party is not bullying, they are gradually eroding the power in the town.
I don't know how the old Gurov knight, a ruthless man with such a mighty experience, raised these children.
Fortunately, I heard that his eldest son is already a knight, and has a property in a more prosperous place in the east of the kingdom. It is estimated that even if Pine Needle Town is really lost, these people will have a place to seek refuge after the death of the old knight.
The orderly footsteps of the militiamen resounded through the stone road in Pine Needle Town, and no one in the team spoke, only Keel was loudly conveying some orders of Knight Crowe.
"The knight has an order! Everyone stop."
"One team strings the crossbows, strings them, and prepares them for shooting."
"The second team strings the bows and crossbows, the spears are handed over to one person, and the rest prepare daggers and shields."
"The three teams stringed the bows and crossbows, prepared their spears, and formed a dense formation!"
After Kiel yelled in accordance with the order of the Crowe knight riding on the side, the team behind him immediately began to change.
And without him saying anything, the three teams immediately knew what they should do in the battle formation.
The first team immediately retreated to the back of the entire team. They took out the crossbow bolts from the crossbow arrow bags at their waists and put them in the chute of the crossbow, ready to fight at any time.
The second team immediately stepped forward, and in groups of three or two, they were ready for close combat. They are all young people who have been wielding knives and guns at home for more than ten years. They are full of excitement for the close combat, but they are not timid.
The third team stood in the middle of the team, with ten people divided into combat groups of five on the left and right. The spears several meters long were raised obliquely, ready to charge forward at any time to pierce the enemies on the road on the spear points.
Knight Crowe nodded and waved his hand.
Then Kiel yelled, "Forward!"
Mr. Plant stood together on horseback with Kiel and Knight Crow, and watched the thirty men quickly form a battle formation under simple orders. He opened his mouth wide in excitement, but no sound came out of his mouth. .
The militiamen seemed to be relaxed, but in fact they were already preparing for the battle. Their tense footsteps sounded in unison. They walked forward, turned an intersection, and walked directly into the street occupied by the Scar Chamber of Commerce.
At this time, it was already around eleven o'clock in the evening, and the second moon was hanging high in the sky. His elder sister had already fallen towards the horizon early, but his younger sister only quietly revealed half of her head on the other side of the horizon. , shyly do not want to rise to work.
At this time, on the not-so-spacious street, there were only a few carriages of the presidents of the chamber of commerce still parked in the road. The drivers driving the carts were either drinking cheap drinks, or were angrily cleaning up the excrement of the horses or mules pulling the carts.
The gravel road on the ground was paved on this road by the Scar Chamber of Commerce at a cost of a lot of money. The rules of Pine Needle Town, the streets managed by each family, each family is responsible for it. Not just the cost of laying the pavement, but also maintenance and cleanup.
The drivers were cursing, because if they didn't clean up the feces discharged by the livestock, they would definitely have to pay for it after being seen by those very vicious guys from the Scar Chamber of Commerce.
This money will definitely not be asked from these poor coachmen~www.mtlnovel.com~, only from their respective leaders.
Due to face and strength, no one would refuse to pay this small fee, but it was necessary to severely whip the tired driver afterwards.
But just when these coachmen thought it was another ordinary night, following a few loud shouts from the other side of the street, there was the sound of orderly and menacing footsteps, and they walked quickly here.
They looked up curiously, and saw dozens of armed soldiers striding forward with fierce eyes.
"Ah!!" Someone was taken aback. Although he didn't understand what was going on, his intuition told him that staying where he was would end badly.
The driver didn't want a car, and ran straight down the street to the other side.
His screams also aroused the curiosity of the people inside the shops that were still lit on both sides of the street.
"Haha, among the signboards on this street, as long as there is a signboard with the image of a bull's head with golden horns, it is the direct property of the Scar Chamber of Commerce."
Mr. Plant explained directly pointing to the signs hanging on the shops on both sides of the street.
Knight Crowe said directly to Kiel: "Go down and take the melee team into the store to clean up the other party's hands. Don't kill innocent people indiscriminately, but whoever attacks you, kill the other party. The corpses and living people are all dragged to the street. I Get someone to watch the street, you go out now, Keel."
"It's my lord."
Keel jumped off his horse, let Mr. Plant look at his horse, and then shouted: "Team Two, come with me, enter the house and fight."
He put down the visor on the armored helmet, then took out the shield from behind and equipped it on his left arm, and drew out the long sword with his right hand to hunt.
A clang signaled the beginning of the killing.