Realm of Power

"Sir, look what I found. There are at least 300 gold coins here." Statunko excitedly dragged Du Yu into a black tent in the upper left corner of the middle of the camp.

Statunko, who had lived in the military camp for a long time, knew that the army usually stored supplies in the upper left corner of the middle tent, because this position was close to the middle, with tight defense and inconspicuous.

Especially when he was on the mountain just now, Statunko had carefully observed that this was the only tent in the middle that had no lights and was guarded by a sentry. All of this met the characteristics of a supply tent, so as soon as the battle was over, he immediately ran into this strange tent.

With the help of a torch In the light of the fire, Du Yu saw several opened red brown wooden boxes filled with all kinds of glittering things. Du Yu felt that these boxes should be filled with the property that Marquis Ketoka had looted from the village. He didn't expect that Marquis Ketoka had worked so hard for so long, but he, an "outsider", got it for nothing.

"Go out and call a few people to carry these boxes to the center of the camp." Du Yu closed the boxes, and the words he said made Statuenko, who was excited, stunned. He had no idea what this lord with a head full of strange ideas was crazy about. According to convention, these found spoils belonged to the lord.

The hunters were busy catching a dozen war horses that were frightened and fled, and the peasant soldiers were taking off the leather armor and picking up the enemy's weapons from the enemy's bodies. Although these were not worth much, they were at least their own spoils.

Although the raid easily defeated the enemy, three peasant soldiers were killed and eight people were injured to varying degrees, four of whom were stabbed by their own people in the crowded queue.

Seeing the dead companions and the wounded soldiers wailing, the whole team was filled with an unspeakable silence. Everyone suddenly saw their lord commanding several peasant soldiers to carry several large wooden boxes and stride to the center of the camp. They immediately stopped their work and gathered around.

Du Yu looked at the soldiers who gathered around him. Under everyone's puzzled gaze, Du Yu suddenly kicked the side of one of the large boxes, and the box immediately "banged" and was kicked into pieces.

The property loaded inside rolled and bounced on the ground, crowded together and made a series of "ding-ding" metal collision sounds. The glittering property that was splashed out made everyone's eyes stare straight.

"I am very satisfied with your performance today. As I promised, these properties belong to you real warriors! Everyone can receive a bounty of one gold coin, and those who died or were injured in battle can get an extra gold coin!"

Du Yu's words made the whole camp boil. One gold coin is a farmer's income for 20 years. Under the high exploitation of the lords and landlords, many farmers have never seen what a gold coin looks like in their entire lives. Seeing a silver coin is something worth boasting about in the village.

These peasant soldiers did not expect to get a gold coin bounty tonight. The originally low morale suddenly became extremely high. Everyone shouted excitedly, "Sir, you are the most generous person in the whole kingdom!"

A wounded soldier even covered his face and cried excitedly. This wounded soldier thought that he did not get a high bounty and had to return to the village with scars.

But now the generosity of the lord is enough for him to propose to the richest woman in the village, and even buy a large piece of land, become a leisurely small landlord, and live a comfortable life in the second half of his life.

"As long as you are willing to follow me, I promise that you will get much more than what you get tonight!"

Du Yu was very satisfied with the excitement of the peasant soldiers. The army was like a bloodthirsty wolf. It not only had sharp claws and teeth, but also had a desire for food. He wanted to train these ordinary peasants into real warriors who were eager to fight.

I believe that if an enemy appeared in front of these peasant soldiers now, these peasant soldiers would definitely pounce on the enemy viciously and bite it into pieces. Tomorrow, he would lead this army eager to fight to tear the Marquis of Ketoka apart. .

Lord Keslato's castle was not far from the camp of the Ketoka family. When the sky just brightened, Du Yu, who was on the march, could already see the low stone fortress belonging to Lord Keslato in the morning mist in the distant village.

The entire small castle was built on the low hills behind the village. The outer wall of the castle was randomly piled up with large and small pieces of broken stones picked up from the surrounding mountains to form a low half-moon-shaped stone wall about 30 meters wide and 2 meters high, with a half-moon-shaped gap in the middle.

The outer defense of the castle was so simple that there was not even a moat. There was only a circle of deep earth pits dug along the wall outside the castle. There was only a wooden watchtower at the gate around the castle, with a wide long wooden board hanging on it to be laid on the deep ditch as a suspension bridge. To Du Yu, it felt like a small artillery tower built by the Japanese.

A long swallowtail flag without a family emblem was flying on the top of the castle. This was because the lord was not among the ranks of the noble titles of the kingdom. It was just a title granted by the lord to his subordinates or relatives, so naturally he was not qualified to embroider a unique family emblem on the flag.

"Sir, those white tents on the right side of the castle should be the base of Marquis Ketoka. I heard that there is a large sheep farm in Marquis Ketoka's territory. These tents are made of sheepskin and will not leak even when it rains. They are good stuff and can be sold for 3 gold coins on the black market."

Hunter leader Krolisat excitedly pointed at the dozen white sheepskin leather tents that were surrounded by the small stone fort, and looked at those tents as if he saw a bulging money bag.

Last night's battle gave each hunter a gold coin. The hunters were excited to earn so much money so easily. They only hoped that their lords would fight a few more battles, so that they could return to their women and children with full bags of money and spend a comfortable winter.

Originally, hunter leader Krolisat was not optimistic about his employer's night attack, but he didn't expect his employer to be so amazing. He easily defeated the Marquis of Kaitoka's army, known as the war vultures, with only 200 farmers who had just trained for a month.

Especially when counting the spoils after the war, Du Yu not only announced that all the property looted from the village by Marquis Ketoka would be distributed to the soldiers, but also an additional compensation of 1 gold coin would be given to each of the three peasants killed and the eight injured. This made all the peasant soldiers cheer and privately called their lord "the most generous person in the kingdom".

The sound of the "woohoo" trombone came from the small castle in the distance. It seemed that Lord Keslato's wishful thinking of seeking peace was not satisfactory. From a distance, dozens of soldiers were seen running out of the white tent in front of the castle, gathering behind the tent with the eagle-beaked vulture flag flying on the top, and slowly moving out a pile of wood like ants moving house, and actually began to build things.

"It's a small siege catapult! I didn't expect they would bring this!" As the outline of the things being built gradually emerged, Statuenko, who had participated in the siege, whispered softly.

Statuenko's words beside him made Du Yu's doubts suddenly clear up. "After all this time, this cunning Marquis Kaitoka has no sincerity in negotiation. This time he brought a small siege catapult just to completely swallow up this restless "poor neighbor" next to him.

It's a pity that my "fence-sitter" father-in-law is just a lord, not even a formal noble title. If he is really occupied by this cunning Marquis Kaitoka, no one will come forward to take care of this trivial matter.

"Crack" With the sharp friction of the machine, a diamond-shaped stone found from the nearby earth slope was thrown into an arc by the small catapult that had just been built, and fell on the rubble outer wall of the castle, smashing a piece of rubble.