Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

　　 Chapter 149 Small Mountain Village

Van Nades City is the largest commercial and trading city in the Principality of Madras, as well as the largest distribution center for goods and goods. This is mainly due to the great location of Van Nades City, which is located in all directions. In the central area, heading south leads to the Kingdom of Andean, heading north to the north, heading east to the Duchy of Fakel and Sabaki, heading west to the capital of the Duchy of Madras, administrative Center of the city of Shalisko. With its convenient roads extending in all directions, the city of Vanades is known as the commercial flower of the Principality of Madras.

　　 Lorist took the archer squad for five days, day and night, and drove nearly a thousand miles without stopping, to the city of Van Nades.

Now I have to stay in Vanades City for two days. One is to find out the news, and the other is to rest the horsepower. I drove 200 miles a day for five consecutive days. These northern horses used as archers’ mounts have reached their limit. .

Rented a small caravan camp in the southern outskirts of Van Nades City to settle the archers. Pete was responsible for the trivial matters. Lorist brought Pat and five guards into the city. They needed to find A better hotel as a place to stay.

　　 The last time Lorist took Oviz and his team back to the North, he only took a day off outside the city of Vanades. Sodkamp entered the city to replenish some food and supplies and hurried on the road. This is the first time that Lorist has entered the city. Compared with the commercial city of Morente, where I have lived for ten years, Vanades City is not big, but its strong commercial atmosphere is comparable. The streets are narrow. , But the densely packed shops, the people rubbing shoulders, and the endless screams seemed to make Lorist return to the familiar city of Morente.

The Perfume Beauty Hotel is located on the South Street of Van Nades City. It is a well-known high-end hotel and a favorite place for aristocrats and businessmen to stay. Although it is expensive, it is still full of guests and friends. .

Lorist booked four suites in the wing. After taking a shower, he sent two guards to inform Pete of his residence in the city, then took Pat and four guards downstairs and occupied them in the hotel lobby. I ordered two tables and listened to the conversations of the surrounding diners while enjoying the dinner.

After listening for a long time, Lorist was disappointed. Although the businessmen who dine here had talks about the road to the Antinac kingdom being blocked, most of them complained and guessed when the blockade will be lifted, and the rest are talking about Regarding transfers and transactions of goods in hand, etc.

　　While eating and listening, occasionally raised his head and found that Pat, who was sitting opposite, was staring at a place behind him dreamily. Lorist was taken aback, looked back and smiled.

Behind 　　 is a small corridor-like living room filled with beautifully dressed women. From time to time, hotel guests enter, select the women of their choice, and after negotiating the price, they will take the women back to the hotel room to spend the spring evening together.

"Haha, have you moved your heart? You can choose one if you want. You can leave before 11 o'clock in the evening." Lorist looked at the huge hourglass placed on the hotel lobby counter and said, "It's only seven o'clock. If you are going to choose, there are still four hours, and there is plenty of time..."

　　 Pat's face blushed: "No, I just look at it, see and see..."

　　 "Really not?"

　　 "No, I want to guard the adult's side..." Pat shook his head firmly.

"It's very safe here. We are just a team of merchants, no one knows me. And as a merchant, it is even more eye-catching if you don't find women in the hotel. You look at the four of them and look at women with straight eyes like you. You If you don’t want to find a woman, then go out with me. I want to buy a few detailed maps of the road ahead. Each of the four of them will give a Kingford and let them find a woman on their own, so that our team People look normal," Lorist said.

　　 Pat turned around and gave the four guards on the other table a gold coin. This unexpected joy made the four guards flushed with excitement. Pat told them not to say anything, and to let the women leave before 11 o'clock in the evening. The four guards nodded vigorously, just because Lorist was still embarrassed to choose a woman right away.

　　 With Pat, the two went out of the hotel, visited two night markets, and bought two travel notes and some maps from the bookstore. To Lorist’s surprise, there was a map of the castle fortress of Lychtana for sale in the bookstore. The bookstore owner said disapprovingly that the Grand Duke Madras had ordered the border and roads to be sealed off some time ago, and the refugees were denied entry. Suddenly, the Fortress of Lychtana became a hot topic. Many people who like to talk about war on paper came to buy a copy and invite a few friends to talk about how to defend and how to conquer. This is normal.

　　 "This city defense map was reprinted directly from the archives room. It's sold very well now. Would you like a copy of it, sir?" the bookstore owner promoted.

　　 "Well, then give me a copy, and I will go back and figure out how to conquer this fortress." Lorist said.

"Actually, the fortress castle is dead, and the real defense depends on people. As long as the Iron Guards of our principality are there, this fortress castle cannot be conquered." The bookstore owner rolled up the map and handed it to Lorester. Very proud to say.

　　 Lorist nodded, thoughtfully.

After returning to the hotel, Lorester spent two days staying in his room and carefully figured out the topography of the fortress from Van Nades to Lychtana, and asked the hotel waiter to find a familiar diversion route to France. The guide of the route of the Principality of Kerr asked in detail about the conditions of the road to the Principality of Fakel. Here he ordered Pat and the guards to haunt all the taverns and hotels in the city, unobtrusively inquiring about the preparations for the border blockade and the armament of logistic materials.

　　 In the eyes of the hotel attendants and other businessmen, Lorist is just an ordinary nobleman from the Kingdom of Ridley, and he is worried about how he will return home.

　　 On the third day, Lorist retired and returned to the archer camp in the southern suburbs.

　　 At night, in the big tent, Lorist summoned Pete and Pat to arrange the next trip.

"...We will set off tomorrow morning and head east along the road leading to the Duchy of Fakel. This area is a small mountain area with complicated terrain. I heard that bandits and bandits used to be infested. But because of the border blockade, we turn here. There are many business travelers on the mountain road, and the Principality of Madras has also deployed a brigade of garrisons to be responsible for the security of this road. It is said that there has been no news of robbers and bandits in this month.

We should have a half-day journey to the small mountain village here. The information we heard is that there is a squadron of guards stationed in this small mountain village, because the small mountain village is not far from a fork road, and this trail runs south through a large forest. In the past, when we arrived at this hill, two paths were divided under the hill. One path was to the fortress of Lychtana, and the other path was to go over the hill to the side of Bailu Lake.

　　We have two choices. One is to cross Bailu Lake, and the other side is the Kingdom of Antinac, but I don’t know if I can find a ferry. After all, there are more than a hundred people and five carts. Fortunately, these small roads can pass on a carriage. There is also a road from the fortress of Lychtana.

As you can see, the fortress of Lychtana is built on the mountain, and the west is the Lydden mountain range to the sea. This road is not accessible. Under the eastern **** of the fortress of Lychtana, there is the traffic road connecting the two countries. About 500 meters are three small stone hills, which the locals call bread hills, on which are barely like three freshly baked round breads. Now I heard that a military camp was built on it, and a group of soldiers from the Iron Guard was stationed, and the Fortress of Lychtana controlled the middle road from left to right.

Below the bread post is the nearly hundred-mile-long Egret Lake. This Egret Lake is the natural dividing line between the Kingdom of Antinac and the Duchy of Madras, but except for the path that I mentioned just now to reach the lake through the hills, In the past, there were swamps and virgin forests along the coast, and we did not find out that there was a second path leading to the lake.

　　 Now there are guard towers and wooden fences on the 500-meter open space and avenue between the bread post and the column mountain, which has closed the border. The last time Pat heard about the situation was that ten garrison crossbows were arranged in the barracks on the bread post. Like the layout of the Lychtana Fortress, they are all formal guards with a range of two to three hundred meters. City cart crossbow. Even if the sentry tower and wooden fence in the middle are destroyed, the condescending cross shooting from both sides can also block the passage of this avenue.

　　 So we don’t have to break through here as a last resort, that means we have to pay a heavy cost of casualties. When we arrive at this small mountain village at noon tomorrow, we will carefully check the density of patrol guards to see how alert they are to the side road, and whether we can slip past unknown. If it doesn’t work, we’ll forcibly pass, arrive at the lake, abandon all the debris and vehicles, and swim through the lake with our mounts..."

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　　 At noon, Lorist arrived at the small mountain village with his men and horses, and after showing the garrison the badge of the Tebury family, he was allowed to enter the small mountain village for rest. There are already three commercial convoys resting in the open space in front of the small mountain village. They will embark on the journey after lunch.

Finding an open space, Pete commanded the archers to start cooking. The villagers in the small village brought home-brewed ale and food to sell in an endless stream. It seems that the Madras Principality’s blockade of the border gave this The small mountain village brought unexpected prosperity. The villagers in the small mountain village earned a lot of money from the caravans passing by by selling snacks, the mountain products they collected and hunted, and the prey, and everyone had a satisfied smile on their faces.

After lunch and rested for another hour, Lorist ordered to pack up and prepare to set off. This is a secret sign, which means that you can break through the front fork in the road while you have to forcibly break through the checkpoint guarded by a garrison team. Preparation for battle.

　　 While finishing the equipment, there was a bustling noise from the door of the small mountain village, and then a small group of arrogant guards walked in, escorting seven or eight bundled men dressed as strict mercenaries.

　　 Pat only glanced in the past, his face changed drastically, and turned back to Lorist's side: "My lord, it's not good, it was Reddy and Jim who caught..."

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Lorist was taken aback and looked back. It was Reddy and Jim who were bound by the crowd, who were really like rice dumplings. Jim's shoulders were still bleeding, it looked like It was captured after a fierce fight, and the rest of the mercenaries dressed up were all wounded.

The squadron leader of the garrison stationed in the small mountain village came out of a wooden house scoldingly. His clothes were disheveled. Two red hickeys could be seen on his open chest and neck. It was obvious that the arrival of these prisoners disturbed him. Good things in progress.

　　 The squadron leader squeezed through the crowd watching the lively crowd, said a few words with the **** captain, and ordered the prisoners, Reddy and Jim, to be locked in a stone house that was used as a cell.

　　 Lorist greeted him and asked curiously: "Hey, Captain, what's the matter with these prisoners? Are you still arresting slaves?"

　　 "Fart slave..." The squadron commander cursed, and then he remembered that the man in front was a nobleman. Although he was not a nobleman from the principality, he was a viscount anyway, and he was not comparable to his squadron leader. He quickly adjusted his clothes: "Salute to you, Master Viscount. These people were arrested when they illegally crossed Bailu Lake into the territory of the Principality and violated the Grand Duke's passage prohibition."

　　 "What do you do with them? Do you sell them to slave traders? I think they are all very strong men who can sell them for a good price." Lorist said.

"Damn nobleman, he also doubles as a slave trader." The squadron captain cursed secretly and replied, "We don't trade in slaves. Those who cross the border like this are caught and beheaded after the interrogation at night. Look, your lord, The trees on the east side of the small mountain village are all heads that were chopped off after stolen across the border..."

　　 Lorist discovered that there were no less than thirty heads hanging on a big tree on the east side of the small village...

　　 "It's a pity, I thought of a good price..." Lorist looked very sorry for the failure of the business.

　　 "Excuse me, Viscount Lord, this is the Grand Duke's order, and we can only follow it. Let me say goodbye first, and I wish you a good journey." The squadron leader bowed and left.

　　 Lorist walked back with a sullen face, and said to Pat and Pete: "Find a way, find an excuse to stay, find out the defenses of the small village in the afternoon, kill them at night, and rescue Reddy Jim and the others."

　　 Pete said, "My lord, why don't you do it now?"

Lorist shook his head: "There are too many people now, you see there are five or six commercial fleets around. We can't guarantee that we won't leak the news. If we do it, the surrounding defensive team will soon be alerted to surround us, UU reading www.uukanshu.com We only have a small team of men and horses, but there is a squadron of garrisons who are in charge of this road. I don't want to save a few people and trap you close to a hundred people.

If at night, there will be no commercial convoy here, because it is only half a day away from the city of Van Nades. No one will stay here for the night no matter whether they are going or coming. We can guarantee that we will not disturb the defensive team in other places. The enemies here are resolved. "

The house where the squadron leader went to live was the most beautiful woman in this small mountain village, a young widow. There were a lot of young people in the small mountain village who showed up in front of her, but the squadron leader didn't have any trouble with those young people.

　　I was disturbed by the mercenaries who were smuggling. This time I just entered the alley and heard the door of the room knocked "boom."

　　 "What's the matter again!" The squadron leader was furious, and the little brother, who had just faltered, shrank into a ball again.

"Captain, the Viscount-sama who just talked to you just got on the horse and accidentally fell off the horse when he was about to set off. It seemed that he had broken several bones and they could not go. The Viscount-sama passed out in pain, and his men had gone to Vanner. Des City has hired a pharmacist. Now they are going to set up a camp in the village." The men outside the door reported loudly.

"Haha, it's really good news. That **** slave trader also had such bad times." Squadron leader Dale: "Tell them to camp in the village to behave better. I will visit the Lord Viscount again at night, and don't disturb me if I have nothing to do! Get out!"

　　 lowered her head, and said to the little widow who was full of spring under her, "Honey, help me with your little mouth..."

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