"Hurry up and open the door for me. If we let us storm in by ourselves, we will definitely chop down all of you bastards. No one will be left alive." The gangster carrying a nail-headed stick beside Redoan shouted at the four or five manor guards on the circular inner fortress of Lane Manor.
A manor guard who looked like a little leader timidly stretched out his head from the crenellated wall at the top of the dome, glanced at the second bandit leader downstairs, and exclaimed: "Aren't you a guest from the mountains a few days ago? You don't recognize me? I even poured you wine."
The little leader of the guard recognized the shouting bandit and quickly established an old friendship with him.
The second leader of the bandits glanced at Redoan, who nodded.
“Man, since you know me, open the door quickly. I will promise to keep your life for a while. If you are willing to join our team, your share of money and materials will be indispensable.” The second leader replied loudly towards the top of the round castle.
"No, sir, the butler has not come back, we dare not open the castle gate to welcome the brothers without authorization~"
Redoan became a little impatient and shouted: "You don't have to wait for your fat butler, I've already sent him to him. Go to God and repent, and open the door if you want to survive. "
There was silence at the top of the dome. Redoan thought that the manor guards were about to give up resistance and go downstairs to open the door and surrender, but unexpectedly, a crossbow arrow suddenly shot from behind the wall and almost hit Redoan who was standing in front of the castle door.
Ledoan took half a step back in shock, hid his figure behind a shield-wielding minion, and shouted loudly: "Guys, lift the heavy wood, break open the castle door for me, and kill no one in there!!!"
As he spoke, several bandit soldiers, under the cover of several shields, carried a huge wooden beam that was "forcibly commandeered" from the farmer's house in the manor. They braved the constant arrows and falling logs from the roundhouse and tried their best to hit the roundhouse gate.
There is a reason why the manor guards dared to fight to the death. The gate of the manor's circular inner fort was indeed very strong. Seven or eight gangsters carried heavy logs and bumped against it for more than half an hour without seeing any sign of the gate being shaken. However, several of Redoan's bandit soldiers were shot down and injured.
Seeing that his men suffered heavy losses, Redoan felt a little distressed and ordered the attack to be stopped.
Redoan thought for a while, then pointed to a few henchmen and gangsters around him and said: "You guys, go and capture the farmers in the manor and let them carry heavy logs to knock down the door for me. You can watch me with swords and axes around the area and force them to do it for me." …
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An hour later, in the circular inner fort in the center of Lane Manor, the second bandit leader led a few bandit soldiers and dragged the manor guard who was beaten to death into the circular fort. Then he followed the stone stairs to the second floor and found the bandit leader. He stepped forward and asked, "Big Chief, those bastards injured five of our brothers when we broke down the door just now. Are they all going to be chopped down now, leaving no one alive?"
The bandit leader held a silver dinner plate and looked at a small square window for a long time, then turned to the second leader and asked: "Did you get anything from the torture? After questioning, kill them all."
"One of the manor guards has been killed, and the remaining people confessed that there is indeed only this little money and precious goods left in the Lane Manor, and there is no other place to hide the property in the manor. A lot of food has been seized, and it has been filled with two carriages."
Redoan threw the silver plate back to the small table on the table. In the wooden box, he grabbed a handful of small silver coins and large copper coins in the box, and cursed: "They hacked so many pedestrians and business travelers, it's impossible to get just such a small amount of money. Damn, we're late, the valuable things must have just been taken away by that old bastard Bazel."
"Big leader, how about we go to the farmers' houses in the manor to plunder it again?"
Redoan turned around and reprimanded the second leader, saying: "Can you use your brain? Those poor bastards have been drained by these bastards in the manor. What can you find? We are not ordinary thieves now, how can we plunder the broken dishes and pots of those untouchables all day long? If we want to rob, we must also rob those rich squires."
The second leader nodded repeatedly, "Then let's forget it?"
“That’s it? Use your brain! Can’t we plunder this dome again? Ask the guys to give me everything that is slightly valuable, easy to take away, and everything that the family members in the mountains need, and take the six ox carts and donkeys. I loaded the cart and took it all away with the cattle and farm tools and iron tools."
The second leader asked, "What are we going to do with the cattle and farm tools and iron tools? We have no place to grow food in the mountains."
“It’s useless for us to take it, but it’s useful to the people in the south. This time we got less than three thousand pfennigs. What will you leave for the people behind you later?”
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It was almost dark, and dozens of bandits in Lane Manor had already slaughtered a fat pig and had enough to eat and drink. Several ox carts and donkey carts in the manor were fully loaded, and everything was ready, waiting for the bandit leader to give the order to return home with full loads.
One of the bandit soldiers pulled out a piece of minced meat stuck between his teeth, threw it into his mouth, chewed it twice and swallowed it. He asked the little leader next to him: "Brother Rigg, why hasn't the big leader ordered a retreat? The army from the county will be here to fight after a while."
The little leader raised his head and glanced at the bandit leader Redoan who was looking up at the south from the tower of the round castle, and shouted to the minions: "You can wait with peace of mind. The leaders have their own arrangements."
On the tower of the round castle in the center of the manor, the bandit leader Redoan stared at the south.
The second leader beside him was already a little impatient and said, "Big leader, why haven't they arrived yet? If we wait any longer, the surrounding lords will bring troops to rescue us, and we won't be able to escape."
Redoan did not return to the words of the second leader and asked: "Have you dealt with all the selected strong serfs?"
"I first asked people to give them food. After they ate our food, I announced to the remaining serfs that they had joined us, and then said that they would be kidnapped and taken back to the mountains. In this way, they would become bandits, and the people in the south could capture them openly."
"Okay, well done."
After a while, an army of more than a dozen carriages and dozens of soldiers finally appeared in the south.
"Coming, hurry up, let the guys pack up their supplies and retreat to the southwest." Redoan ordered the second leader.
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One mile southwest of Lane Manor, a chase between the black-robed army and the bandits in the mountains shook the mountains.
The black-robed army sent more than thirty soldiers to chase the bandits who were "on the verge of collapse" southward for nearly five miles until the bandits left seventeen or eight new "bandit soldiers" who had not yet had time to get weapons to rear up and abandoned a large number of cattle. After collecting mules and horses, farm tools, ironware, cloth and other goods, they took three donkey carts "lightly" and fled into the dense forests of the hills... "Sergeant major, the bandits have all run away, leaving a group of unarmed men behind. We captured them all."
“We have suppressed so many bandits. This is the first time I have seen them, using unarmed minions to defend the rear, and leaving behind so many cattle, carriages, farm tools and supplies...” The pursuit was over, and the inexplicable third squadron leader Tuba came to Angus with an expression of disbelief on his face.
Angus smiled lightly as he looked at the bandits who had escaped into the dense forest without a trace, and then asked Tuba: "Are there any injured soldiers?"
"There were no injuries, not even the shadow of the robbers. Sergeant Major, why don't you let the soldiers go after them?"
"This is an order from my lord, don't ask why."
"But~" Batu still felt very puzzled.
Angus felt that it was still necessary to ventilate such important matters to the confidant officers around Art like Tuba, and whispered: "There are some things you know, just don't tell them."
Tuba looked at Angus quietly, waiting for the answer.
Angus nodded and said softly: "Now our place is bigger, there are more people, and we face more enemies and opponents. It is not easy for adults. We, as subordinates, should always think about him. You have to learn from Kazak in this regard. He has long seen that there is something wrong with this group of bandits, but he doesn't ask a single word."
"Sergeant Major, I~"
h "Okay, take all the ox cart supplies and "bandit men" with you, and we will continue south along the trade road to pursue the group of bandits who attacked Lane Manor. "
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On the northern commercial road in the birch forest, a sentinel on a flying horse rushed back to the caravan camp stationed outside Lane Manor.
The horse's speed slowed down a little, and Ron jumped off his horse and ran to Art and whispered softly: "Master, everything went well. The bandits left a lot of supplies and minions behind, and then escaped into the dense forest. The sergeant major is leading the army to continue the pursuit south."
"Okay, Ron, go to Lane Manor and tell the farmers in the manor that the bandits who attacked them have been driven away by the Inspector, and Lane Manor is safe."
Ron got on the horse again and ran towards Lane Manor...
Felix saw Ron leaving, and handed a bowl of minced meat and wheat porridge to Art, and asked: "Brother-in-law, why don't you let the caravan enter Lane Manor to rest and repair?"
Art smiled and said: "I have already gone. After passing, they stopped going in.
Felix didn't understand what Art said, "Aren't you always following the convoy? When did you go in?"
"Why do you have so many questions? I will tell you later. Does the knife wound on your leg no longer hurt?" Art changed Felix's topic.
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On the second night after the robbery of the Lane Manor, the Tyniec County Sheriff's Office received an emergency report of the robbery. The person who sent the news was not someone from Lane Manor, but two cavalrymen under the patrol officer.
"You're saying that Sir Art happened to lead his troops and drove away the bandits who occupied the manor?" Viscount Pierre didn't really believe that there were so many coincidences in the world.
"Yes, three days ago my master was transporting a batch of goods for Baron Galvin and passed by Lane Manor when he encountered a group of bandits who captured the manor. It happened that our bandit-suppressing army was also around, so we and the caravan guards drove away the bandits. However, because we wanted to protect the safety of the goods, we did not continue the pursuit. However, my master sent an army to continue the pursuit." Ron answered neither condescendingly nor condescendingly.
“Humph, the banditry in the south was not eliminated. He did not perform his duties as a patrol officer but became a coachman. What kind of goods is worthy of a knight personally transporting it?” Viscount Pierre learned that there was banditry in Lane Manor and was somewhat dissatisfied with Art's dishonest behavior.
Pierre did not want to say more in front of this young soldier, "Go back and tell Art to come to my place when he passes by Tyniec."
"Yes, Lord Viscount." Ron bowed and exited the office.
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