Rise of the Lord of Mount and Blade

“Mother, we are gone.”

Looking at the old mother standing in front of the manor with the help of a servant, Richard and Brazil riding on horseback Ao waved his hand to bid her farewell, and then drove the horses together and left along the road.

After receiving the promise of four friendly families, Richard was rushed by his mother to go to Touraine, the capital city, because Richard had never been there. In order to prevent him from getting lost, Basilio also Only a few days in advance, take Richard with him.

In the evening before leaving, Mrs. Richard’s mother, Mrs. Margaret, specially called him to her bedroom and said earnestly: “After arriving in Touraine, you have to get to know some noble children. Broaden your network, whether it’s at a meeting of the Noble House or other things that need help, more connections will always be good for you.”

“I understand, mother , But how can I get to know them?” Richard asked.

In this World, the best way for nobles to get to know each other is through banquets, followed by taking the initiative to visit. The former Richard has no real estate in Touraine Kingdom and lacks venues for banquets, and the latter… Richard at Touraine No one of the nobles in the city knew him, so how could it be that he suddenly visited him.

Mrs. Margaret had long known that Richard would ask such a question. She smiled lightly and said: “I will give you the names and addresses of a few nobles I know. After arriving in Touraine, You go visit them-oh yes, they are all members of our noble faction, and getting to know the noble faction is good for your future.”

“Noble faction…”

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Richard, who was walking on the road, whispered in his mouth. Basilio next to him heard it accidentally, but did not hear clearly, so he asked: “Richard what are you talking about?”

“Nothing.” Richard shook the head, and he changed the subject. Asked: “Basilio, where do we want to live when we arrive in Touraine?”

“You don’t have to worry about this. The Noble House will arrange a residence for every nobleman who goes to the meeting. If nothing else, it will be the Royal Hotel next to the Noble House.”

“The Royal Hotel?” Richard was a little puzzled. It was the first time he heard about the Royal Hotel, “is it possible that yes.” A hotel funded by the royal family?”

“You are right. It is indeed a hotel funded by the royal family. It usually receives tourists from other places. During the meeting of the aristocratic house, it arranges for foreign aristocrats to stay. Of course, In order to protect the safety of the nobles, all the civilians in the hotel will be emptied.”

Is this the evil feudalism? Richard murmured, but he didn’t object at all, because he was one of the people who benefited.

……

While the Richard brothers were talking, they didn’t know that in a snow forest in front of them, a group of robbers in fur coats for protection from the cold had already been eyeing Up them.

This group of robbers did not dare to attack the nobles, but last year it was unfavorable, and the harvest was even impossible to support them through this cold winter, and there were very few people in the winter. If they will go out, they can only wait here in vain, waiting for someone to throw themselves into the trap.

Speaking of which, they were originally active at the junction of Eval and Holt, but I don’t know which damn person reported their movements to Earl Holt, and there was a team of cavalry running. Came to track them, in order to avoid being encircled by the army, they could only avoid the cavalry and move towards the richer and more dangerous Barthace leader.

Coincidentally, they happened to meet Earl Holt who was going south to Touraine.

The enemy is extremely jealous when they meet. There are less than twenty cavalry in Count Holt’s team, and everyone wears a heavy cloak, covering all the armor that is not covered by the robe. In addition, they only have a saber on their waist, so these cold and hungry robbers think they can beat them as it should be by rights.

You know, there are more than forty of them.

“I think we should be able to rush to Touraine City before February. If the speed is a little bit faster, three days will be enough.”

“Really, why decide On February 1, it was too hasty.” Richard complained as he ran his horse.

Bassirio replied helplessly: “This is the rule established since the establishment of the kingdom, and no one thought that the war would continue into winter…”

He Before I finished speaking, I suddenly heard a rush of sky-splitting sound in the air. Several black spots hurriedly flew towards them while they were running. Richard reacted first, and the sword came out before the crossbow flew. , Actually directly split the crossbow flying towards Basilio in half in the air!

With more than four hundred proficiency one-handed weapons under the blessing of the system, Richard turned into a superb sword technique fighter. His operation made Basilio stunned, and in that crossbow. After being chopped off, he lost his strength and fell to the ground. Richard immediately stopped the horse, lowered his body, and shouted: “There is an enemy! Ready to meet the enemy!”

However, he shouted slowly. Before he warned, the two Holt cavalry in front had double arrows. The crossbow bolt pierced their outer robes and penetrated through the ring in the chain armor, but this also slowed the impact of the crossbow bolt, the arrow Just shallowly penetrate their flesh.

“Ah-damn it!”

The Holt cavalry who hit the arrow screamed and stretched out his hand to cover the injured part, broke the crossbow bolt, and threw fiercely on the snow. They can’t handle the arrow of the arrow temporarily, and they can only endure the pain to solve the enemy in front of them.

Seeing that this round of shooting did not kill an enemy, the bandit leader hiding in the snow forest could not help flies into a rage, fiercely scolded the few who were holding the crossbow machine. , And then ordered everyone to prepare to run. He just noticed that each of these cavalry was wearing chain armor, and the battle strength did not seem to be low.

Especially the young Knight who was in the lead, was able to drew his sword and cut it off while flying at high speed. If he was surrounded and attacked, I was afraid it would not be enough to deliver food.

So… slipped away.

Be cautious and not exaggerated is the key reason why they can live until now and not be wiped out. Seeing those silhouettes swaying in the snow forest gradually receding, so is Richard, who is holding a sword in his right hand like an enemy. He couldn’t figure it out, until the silhouette disappeared, he inserted the sabre back into the scabbard, indifferently said: “Put away the weapons, they are gone.”

hearing this, the cavalry all The weapons were put away, and the two arrow cavalrymen took off their robes and chain armor with the help of others, preparing to pull out the arrows on their bodies.

Basilio was stunned all the time, he looked at Richard in surprise, and then squeezed out a word for a while.