Ride and Cut

The summer in the wilderness is far less severe than Pompeii. It is only hot at noon on a sunny day, and it is cool at other times.

The shadow of war had little impact on Alpine Fort.

The guard soldiers followed Gunther and Hurt to sweat on the training ground all day long, and in the evening they slipped into the river in groups to take a bath. The barbarians used to be tribal hunters, and the centaurs used to be grassland herdsmen. Although they were both naturally powerful races, they also needed a lot of training to become true professional fighters.

There was no need for Li Cha to worry about these things, but he was free all of a sudden, squatting by the river all day watching General Heng Ha happily fish pebbles from the river.

When he was in a good mood, he would give more jerky, and the two giants lay on the ground and kissed his boots gratefully, and then became more enthusiastic.

This abnormal behavior aroused Annie's idea, and she finally couldn't help asking: "Master Richard, why do you need so many pebbles?"

"I'm going to pave the bottom of the brook on the hill. It must be beautiful when the water flows over the colorful pebbles. Then we will plant bitter thorns on both sides. When you have nothing to do, you can sit next to it and drink tea."

This answer was far beyond Annie's expectations, she never expected that there would be such a delicate side to the crude embryo in front of her. The elven blood flowing in their veins makes half-elfs naturally admire exquisite and beautiful things, and even Li Cha is pleasing to the eye.

"My lord, among the pioneering nobles I have seen, there are many who are obsessed with military affairs or business, but you are the first one who manages gardens in leisure."

Just as Li Cha was about to speak, a sound of hooves from far to near broke the tranquility of the afternoon.

The flat terrain will not block the line of sight, and when you look up, you can see two human cavalrymen running wildly towards the Alpine Fort.

Li Cha's eyesight was far better than that of ordinary people. He could clearly see that one cavalryman's face and chest were covered with blood, and the other had a spear stuck in his back, lying on the saddle, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

He stuffed two fingers into his mouth and whistled loudly. Echt, who was training, immediately rushed up with a few centaurs, took out arrows from his quiver and put them on the bowstring while running.

Now the distance between the two sides is about 500 yards, and they are approaching each other quickly. After a few breaths, they will enter a suitable firing distance. With the archery skills of a centaur, two cavalrymen will turn into hedgehogs in an instant.

"Wait a minute!" Annie's face suddenly became very pale - the half-elf's eyesight is also very good, and she can see clearly what Richard can see.

"This is the mercenary cavalry of our Voya Trading Company!"

There was another whistle, and the centaur put away its bow and arrow and stopped abruptly, making a big circle and returning to the foot of the hill with the two cavalrymen.

The horseshoes hadn't stopped yet, and Anne's mercenaries had already lifted the wounded cavalry down to take care of them. The other one was obviously dead and left alone for the time being, so Li Cha went over to have a look.

He should have been a ranger like a scout before he was alive, only equipped with chain armor and a single-barreled crossbow.

There were several minor wounds on his body, but the fatal wound was the spear stuck in his back. Judging from his bluish-purple face and lips, all the blood in his body had drained from this wound.

Li Cha pulled up the chain armor on his body and took a closer look, and couldn't help being a little surprised at how rich this cavalryman was. The chain armor is not a low-end product that is simply threaded through the iron rings, but on this basis, the two ends of each iron ring are hammered flat and drilled, riveted with thin rivets and then turned flat on both sides.

Thousands of iron rings are processed one by one, making this process extremely time-consuming and expensive. The advantage is that it can effectively enhance the stab resistance of the chain armor. It's a pity that even so, the throwing spear on the back forcibly shot through several armor rings, and the point of the spear pierced through the entire chest, protruded from the front, and was nailed to the saddle again.

He held the wooden pole and pulled out the throwing spear, carefully looked at it twice from beginning to end, his face became a little dignified.

He saw some not-so-optimistic things from above, and there were vaguely unformed thoughts in his mind.

When he looked up, Li Cha's eyes accidentally met Annie's, and he unexpectedly found that the half-elf girl's face was also terribly gloomy.

"Li Cha..."

"Annie..."

"Forget it, you go first." Li Cha handed the spear in his hand to a passing barbarian.

"The guards reinforced by the firm encountered a large group of wolf men on the way, and the entire army has been wiped out." Annie smiled sadly, her thin body trembling slightly, like crabapple flowers that had been knocked down by raindrops and turned into mud.

"Are these gnolls well-equipped, just like the ones we encountered last time?" Li Cha was asking, but his expression was clearly very positive.

Before Annie could answer, he continued, "Alpine Fortress is not safe right now. I personally suggest that you lead the mercenaries back with light clothes. You only bring basic rations and horses. Even if you encounter jackals, you can easily get rid of them."

"No." Annie's tone was calm, calm and firm, like a hard reef hidden under the lake, "I can't leave those wounded mercenaries behind. They once fought desperately to protect me."

"But you can temporarily foster them in Alpine Fort." Li Cha winked with a smile, "Of course, the cost must not be low."

"Sorry, I can't do this." Annie took a deep breath, "Master Richard, thank you for your kindness, but I don't want to be haunted by guilt forever and lose my sleep every night for the rest of my life."

She understands that Richard's proposal is out of goodwill, and out of reason, she also agrees that this is the best solution at present, but she still cannot abandon her companions with peace of mind. The elf's stubborn and almost paranoid morality is vividly displayed in her body.

Li Cha nodded. Since they were unwilling to withdraw, it was an inevitable choice for the caravan mercenaries to temporarily merge into the Alpine Fort for military considerations.

The addition of more than a dozen Pompeii warriors was not a big deal, but the abundant supply of supplies that came with them made the arrogant soldiers who originally looked down on them quickly suffer from pink eye disease. The war is approaching, but the atmosphere in the big restaurant is like a festival.

"They eat really well." Gunther and Hurt sat together, dug out a large pick of honey with a table knife, and spread it thickly on the bread, and after thinking about it, they added a fifth sausage.

"It's not bad." Hurt was even more exaggerated, and there was a piece of thick beef bigger than the plate in front of him.

"I found something very interesting." Li Cha kicked open the door and strode into the big restaurant. The barbarians and centaurs who were eating hazel suddenly stood up to greet him, turning over a piece of chairs and benches.

"sit."

Before the mercenaries could react, the Gaoshanbao troops started to eat Hesse with laughter and laughter again.

With a "bang", the spear pulled from the back of the dead cavalry was thrown on the table by Li Cha. The dirt and blood stains attached to it were washed clean, revealing its original appearance.

Li Cha sat down opposite Annie, "There's honey! Gunther, you bastard, why don't you hurry up and give me some!"

Let me talk about the updated thing: I am completely handicapped in coding, and I am also particularly entangled in word order and word usage. Basically, I have to read several times for every sentence and then adjust it again and again. So my coding speed is completely scumbag, and now I can only code one chapter a day, so I can only continue my life with one update...

I am also working hard to improve the speed. If you have any good suggestions, you can tell me in the comment area. If two chapters can be coded in one day, it will definitely be double-updated.

In addition, the status of this book has changed!