Chapter 774 Street Fight
When the bell above the attic rang again and again, it finally alerted the lord's mansion not far away.
At this time, the captain of the count's guard, who hurriedly climbed up to the observation tower on the top floor of the lord's mansion, looked in the direction of the bell and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"Quick, call everyone together immediately!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the captain of the guard quickly went downstairs and ran towards Count Dylan's bedroom——
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"Your Majesty the Earl!"
Not long after Count Dylan fell asleep, the knocks coming from outside the door woke him up instantly.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong~" The guard captain's anxious shout sounded outside the door again.
Dylan took a deep breath, rolled out of bed, walked to the door and took off the bolt.
As the door creaked open, the captain of the guard hurriedly spoke, "Your Majesty, what's bad, the mansion in the north where the property is hidden has been attacked!"
"What!" Dylan yelled, his voice trembling.
The property stored in that mansion accounts for more than half of his family property. If it is really stolen by this group of guys with unknown origins, the consequences will be disastrous.
"Quick! Send everyone out, we must not let those bastards escape!" Dylan ordered the guard captain with an almost hoarse roar.
"Yes! Lord Earl!" The captain of the guard turned around and left quickly.
Dylan immediately turned around and returned to the room, put on a full set of combat armor, put on a bucket helmet, took off the sword hanging on the wall, and ran downstairs angrily.
When Dylan arrived at the gate of the lord's mansion, most of the eighty private soldiers stationed here were already heading north under the leadership of the guard captain.
Torches emitting a faint yellow light illuminated the entire street, and noisy sounds came and went.
In order to capture this group of daring desperadoes, Dylan immediately ordered the soldiers around him, "Quick, immediately send people to notify the city gate guards everywhere, be sure to take strict precautions and never let anyone leave the city. If you encounter suspicious people, kill them immediately! In addition, notify the granary and armory and other soldiers stationed everywhere to come to help immediately. Make sure to catch these bastards!" "Yes, Lord Count!"
"The rest of you, follow me!" After saying that, Dylan got on his horse and hurried towards the mansion where the property was hidden with the remaining soldiers and dozens of servants.·
Dylan, who was riding on the horse, was already furious. He never expected that someone would be so bold and dare to blatantly rob what belonged to him.
While thinking, he whipped the war horse hard, wishing he had wings on his body and immediately flew to the mansion to have a closer look.
The mansion that was only four blocks away from him suddenly felt farther and farther away from him at this moment.
“Everyone behind me, follow me!” Unknowingly, Dylan sped up again”
When the reinforcements from the lord's mansion were speeding towards Angus and others, the deputy commander of the legion, who had searched the entire mansion but could not find a single silver coin, got angry rarely and turned over the wooden table in front of him with his kick~
At this time, Stanley, who was in the front yard severely interrogating a wounded soldier guarding the place, finally got the answer he wanted.
intces in Stanley's murderous eyes and the cold dagger against his neck.
Stanley put away the dagger and said coldly: "If you lied to me, I will cut off your meat piece by piece and feed it to the dogs!"
When Stanley led the people towards the backyard, a pool of liquid slowly flowed out from under the guard soldier and spread under his feet -
After a search, the two task forces found a stone slab under the haystack inside the horse.
After some attempts, several people worked together to pry open the stone slab.
"Captain, we found it."
Standing outside the horse, Stanley walked forward with a torch. Looking at the deep pit as high as a person under his feet, he jumped in without hesitation.
Touching the iron lock on the wooden door of the secret room in front of him, Stanley took the hammer handed by his subordinate, and with a "clink", the iron lock fell to the ground.
Stanley opened the wooden door with one kick and stretched the torch in his hand. Seeing that the huge space inside was filled with wooden boxes and large pieces of valuable jewelry, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Quick, tell Lord Angus, we found it!"
".. Hahaha! Now we are rich!" Looking at the pile of treasures in front of him, Angus swept away the haze of not being able to find the treasure a moment ago and laughed loudly.
However, at this moment, Jafar ran over panting and shouted to Angus in the secret room: "Lord Angus, the private soldiers of the lord of Tira City are here."
Angus, Stanley and others quickly climbed out of the cave after hearing the news. Immediately afterwards, Angus ordered people to guard the secret room and ran out of the gate with an ax in hand. More than 80 private soldiers of the lord of Tira City, led by a horse-riding officer, were already less than 300 steps away from here and were rushing towards the mansion.
Because of the thick fog and the urgency of the mission, he did not pay attention to the large number of cavalry ambushed in the alleys on both sides of the main street.
"..—.Everyone behind, follow me! Hurry!"
As the sound of footsteps came one after another, these soldiers carrying swords and shields unconsciously quickened their pace.
Five hundred steps behind them, Dylan, the well-dressed lord of Tira City, led the remaining troops and rushed towards them desperately. Except for a few soldiers guarding the city, this time Dylan mobilized all his troops, just to regain his belongings from the bandits who suddenly appeared.
Other garrisons in the west, east and north of the city left their stations one after another after receiving the emergency military information and rushed towards the mansion where the warning was issued.
But the Tila City defenders who attacked in batches undoubtedly posed a certain threat to Angus and others. This meant that the cavalry who were ambushing in the dark could take the initiative to attack after most of the city's defenders gathered near the mansion. If the timing is not grasped well, it will be difficult to catch all the defenders in one fell swoop.
Fortunately, the alleyway is narrow, and the other side is blocked by a high wall. The cavalry of the Welsh Legion that has captured the mansion only needs to defend against the enemy attacking from the front.
"Prepare the shield array!"
Angus, who had vaguely heard the enemy's footsteps, immediately ordered the soldiers to build shield arrays in the narrow alleys.
"Crossbowmen, listen to my orders!"
When the rapid sound of horse hooves appeared at the entrance of the alley, Angus slowly raised his right hand. The more than ten soldiers holding crossbows behind the shield were attentive and ready. The senior officers, including Lusignan and Stanley, were half-bowed, holding the long swords tightly with both hands, preparing to launch a fatal blow at the oncoming defenders.
The count's guard on horseback passed through layers of dense fog and got closer and closer to the gate of the mansion. He originally wanted to be the first to rush in and attack the group of "bandits" who captured this place, but he never expected that when he was less than fifty steps away from the gate of the mansion, he heard a roar from the other end of the alley, and several armor-piercing heavy arrows were already whizzing towards him~
In fear, he lowered his body and leaned tightly on the horse. Only then did he narrowly avoid the sharp arrows flying towards his eyebrows.
But a few screams suddenly came from the unsuspecting soldiers, which instantly caused a lot of panic.
"Don't mess up! Don't mess up!" The guard officer tightened the reins and shouted loudly to the soldiers following him: "Shield cover, advance alternately!"
The soldiers who received the order raised their shields one after another after getting over the initial panic.
The guard dismounted and used the cover of his shield to direct his men to move forward step by step. The arrows flying one after another made a clanging sound on the shield.
When the advancing defenders of Tira City appeared in front of the Welsh Legion cavalry guarding the door of the mansion, Angus shouted, "Kill me!"
This group of cavalry without horses is far inferior to those on horseback. The charge was so overwhelming, but years of battlefield killings had made them fearless. They picked up their swords, axes and hammers and charged forward. At this time, the Tira City soldiers who had seen the true face of these "bandits" at close range had never seen such a formation before. They all stopped moving forward, their legs weak from fear.
But the slightly brave guard captain was not willing to let go of this opportunity. He shouted at the top of his voice to the soldiers behind him: "Hold on, there are less than thirty of them. The Earl is right behind us, kill him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the guard captain was the first to rush out. The soldiers who were a little braver rushed forward one after another under the encouragement of the guard captain.
As soon as they made contact, these brave and skilled cavalry took advantage of their size and strength to immediately cut down five of the opponent's men and advance step by step, forcing these Tila City soldiers who had not been in battle for a long time to continuously retreat.
Although these soldiers kept swinging their swords, they did not cause much damage to the cavalry. Due to the narrow lane, dozens of people couldn't move through it.
With the ax and hammer flying from behind the shield, the Tira City soldiers began to fall one after another. In desperation, the guard captain who was squeezed on the shield and unable to use his sword skills took out the dagger at his waist and thrust it into the eye socket of the guy behind the shield~
As the other party screamed, he fell to the ground. Seizing the opportunity, the captain of the guard raised his sword and made a sweeping sweep. The sharp blade cut open the cheek of the cavalryman on his left.
After getting a breather, the soldiers from Tira City immediately started to counterattack, and they all raised their swords and rushed forward to fight their opponents.
But they seriously underestimated the strength of this group of "robbers"~
Seeing that the shield formation was broken, the cavalry at the front simply no longer defended passively, but chose to take the initiative.
The three cavalrymen glanced at each other, and at the same time raised their shields and slammed into the Tira City soldiers in front of them. A huge impact instantly knocked the five Tira City soldiers who were not dominant in size to the ground.
The cavalry who seized the opportunity did not hesitate at all. They raised their swords and chopped the soldiers on the ground into pieces that had not yet gotten up...—.