Chapter 50 Establishing Rules

Lind rode his horse and entered the simple camp built by the defeated troops of the Blood Shoes Brotherhood. The men of the First Cavalry were cleaning up the corpses in the camp. Counting the wounded in the camp, they had wiped out a total of 110 enemies this time. Seven people.

Although all the bandits in the camp were wiped out, Linde was not satisfied with the performance of the 1st Cavalry this time.

After Glory sneaked in and eliminated all the sentries and guards, the men of the First Cavalry only needed to quietly sneak in and eliminate the sleeping people in the camp. As a result, they were not able to complete such a simple thing smoothly. On the contrary, it alerted some bandits and even allowed those bandits to obtain weapons, giving them a chance to resist.

Although in the end these people who made a hasty resistance could not compete with the heavily armed First Cavalry and died in the hands of the First Cavalry, several cavalrymen were still injured, and one of them had his hand cut off. A combat force was lost.

Such a result naturally did not satisfy Linde. After this test, his evaluation of the 1st Cavalry was average, not yet excellent, and it would take a long period of training to change their fighting habits.

A glimpse of the leopard in the picture, the First Cavalry is like this, the Second Cavalry and the Guards may also need a period of training.

Originally, Linde planned to lead his men to fight for support after entering the area east of the Mander River, starting with cleaning up the smallest bandits, but now it seems that he needs to change his plan, at least while the cavalry team adapts to the new situation. Before learning how to fight, he must focus on training and combat as a supplement.

Thinking about things, Linde has arrived at the main building of the camp. Compared with other rickety houses in the camp, the main building is obviously more intact. Judging from the foundation, it should have been a building similar to an outpost.

After entering, the first thing he saw was a pile of coins piled inside. There were indentations and blood stains on them. It looked like there had been a battle here.

Bryn Hewen, who was cleaning these coins, saw Linde arriving and quickly stepped forward to report the situation.

It turns out that the current leader of the Blood Shoes Brotherhood was lying on the pile of money and sleeping. When the men of the First Cavalry approached, they accidentally collapsed the pile of money and made a noise. The leader was alarmed, which eventually led to the First Cavalry. The assassination team was not entirely successful.

Linde looked at the pile of coins. Although the appearance of so much money piled up was very visual, in fact, the money was not very much. Except for the top layer, which contained less than a hundred gold dragons, the middle ones were all filled with silver deer. , and it is a bad coin with a blackened surface and severe wear, not to mention the copper plate at the bottom. A rough estimate shows that the total value of this pile of coins is only a little over a hundred gold dragons at most.

However, Linde soon realized that his judgment was somewhat subjective. The championship bonus of 20,000 gold dragons gave him the illusion that the money was worthless, so that he did not take the more than 100 gold dragons seriously.

But in fact, let alone this kind of bandit group, even for the regular army under the great lord, one hundred golden dragons is a very large number, enough to support hundreds of people to live comfortably for several years.

"Everyone who participated in the battle this time will be rewarded with five silver deer. Those who killed the enemy or were injured will be given five more, and the one who lost his hand will be given twenty silver deer." Linde ordered: "Also, ask Is the one with the broken hand willing to continue fighting for me? If so, after his injury is healed, let the blacksmith make a prosthetic hand for his broken hand and transfer it to my side as a personal guard."

"Yes, my lord." Bryn Rivers responded.

Linde asked again: "During the battle just now, did anyone grab anything?"

Bryn Hewen was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, almost everyone grabbed it."

After hearing this, Lin De was silent for a moment and said: "When everyone has arrived, let the person who grabbed the things hand over all the things they grabbed, and then he will be punished with ten lashes and be executed in the middle of the camp so that everyone can see to be executed by the 2nd Cavalry."

"Sir, this..." Bryn Hewen hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to persuade Lind.

Lind turned to look at his cavalry captain and said, "This is an order."

"I obey your orders, my lord." Bryn Rivers lowered his head and responded.

Afterwards, Bryn Hewen announced Linde's reward immediately, and cheers rang out in the camp. Obviously, for these low-level warriors, no matter how high the honor is, it cannot compare with what coins can bring. excited.

However, they didn't know that there would be punishment later. At that time, they didn't know if they would still be as happy as they are now.

After about half an hour, the Guards, the Second Cavalry Brigade and the logistics team also arrived outside the camp. Although the camp was simple and many buildings still leaked, it was much better than being exposed to the rain in the open air. There were cheers. The sound also came out of their mouths.

With the entry of a large number of people, the cleanup work of the camp has also accelerated a lot. All the garbage in the camp has been cleared out, and all the corpses have been stripped and piled outside. No additional fires are needed. The animals living on this land Wild animals will clean up these corpses.

The logistics team repaired the leaky house, then began to clean up the harvested spoils and prepare hot food. The Guards also took over the defense of the camp.

Then, under orders, everyone gathered in the open space in the middle of the camp.

At this time, careful people discovered that the First Cavalry, except for a few people such as Bryn Hewen, were all standing in the center of the field, and they had no weapons in their hands. They all lowered their heads, with panic written on their faces, completely There's no sense of elation like getting rewards after a big win at the beginning.

Linde walked out of the main building, raised his hand to signal for silence, and then said loudly to the people in front of him: "I know that you have all been accustomed to fighting and robbing at the same time. Whoever robs belongs to whom. This is the tradition of war. , but no one has any objection to this, but I'm sorry, I don't like this tradition. In my opinion, just kill the enemy honestly during the battle, and your rewards will naturally be based on military merit statistics after the battle. "Rewards, don't take things you shouldn't take. These are my rules, and I hope my people can abide by my rules."

As he spoke, he stopped, looked at everyone's reactions, and then turned to the people of the First Cavalry and said, "Have you handed over all the things you robbed?"

The people of the First Cavalry didn't know how to answer. They looked at each other. Brin stood up and answered for them: "Reply to your lord, I have already handed it over!"

At this time, someone in the First Cavalry shouted dissatisfied: "Since we got the things through fighting, why can't they be ours?"

The shouter was originally hiding in the crowd, but what he didn't expect was that when he shouted out, the rest of the First Cavalry looked at him in unison and moved away from him. It left a lot of space around him, making him stand out.

Most of the people in the First Cavalry are those who came to King's Landing with Highgarden's team this time. When Lind was transferred to the Scouts, they all worked with Lind and accepted Lind's command, so they are very familiar with it. They knew Linde's character and habits well, so when Linde punished him, they all followed it honestly.

But there are still several people in the First Cavalry who are mercenaries hired in King's Landing. They obviously don't know much about Linde. They are used to freedom and don't know how to restrain their temper. If they are dissatisfied, they will directly ask questions. And now This man is one of them.

Being pushed out in this way, the mercenary couldn't help but have a look of fear on his face, but he still took a few steps forward and walked to Linde.

"You said that you grabbed something through fighting, so it should be yours," Linde looked at the other person calmly and said, "Then according to what you mean, if someone is stronger than you and snatches something from you, then It should be his, right?"

The mercenary was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

"Scar-Eye," Lind shouted.

Scar-eyed Mitt walked out of the crowd, saluted Linde and said, "Sir."

Linde pointed at the mercenary and said, "He is yours. What you can grab depends on your ability."

"Yes, sir." Scar Eye looked at the mercenary with a ferocious smile and walked over.

The mercenary seemed to be scared, lowering his head and not daring to look at Scar Eye. But when Scar Eye walked up to him, he suddenly pulled out the dagger hidden in his sleeve and stabbed Scar Eye in the chest. past.

However, Scar Eye had already anticipated the opponent's movements, and quickly avoided the mercenary's attack. At the same time, the spiked iron gauntlet hit the mercenary's neck hard, and the sharp thorns instantly penetrated into the mercenary's neck. It was stuck in the opponent's throat, and when it was pulled out, a hole was made.

The mercenary fell to the ground, blood kept coming out of his throat, his body was shaking, and he soon stopped breathing.

Everyone around looked at all this quietly, and no one raised any questions.

Scar Eye squatted down and searched the mercenary's body, and found the silver deer as a reward and some of his own money from him.

"Sir, these things should be mine, right?" When Scar Eye was about to put the things in his pocket, he seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly asked Linde.

"I just said, he is yours. What you can grab depends on your ability." Linde looked at Scar's eyes, then looked at the others, and said, "I'll say it again, when fighting, fight seriously. , you will not be short of the reward you deserve, I don’t want there to be a next time.” He paused, and when no one spoke again, he nodded towards Scar Eye and said, “Let’s start now!”

After saying that, those who were punished in the First Cavalry looked at each other, then spontaneously took off their clothes and stood up. The people in the Second Cavalry also stood behind each holding a whip. Under his command, he was whipped ten times.

After the execution, the men of the First Cavalry turned around and glared at the executioner behind them, and then were taken to the house for simple treatment.

Conflict between the 1st and 2nd Cavalry undoubtedly arose, which was not a bad thing for Linde and was also his purpose in having the 2nd Cavalry carry out the execution.

The weather in the next few days was also rainy as Brin predicted. The team was trapped in this camp. Linde's emphasis on food and grass played a role. Even if they were trapped, these hundreds of people would at least not need food. worry about what.

Although they are trapped in the camp, it does not mean that these soldiers can do nothing and be idle every day. Even if it rains heavily outside, they must complete the training plan formulated by Linde.

Fortunately, such days did not last long. After the fifth day, the weather began to improve and the rain became intermittent. At night, there were no clouds in the sky and the stars in the sky could be clearly seen.

"It looks like tomorrow will be a sunny day. I hope it won't be too hot." Bryn Hewen looked at the sky and was not happy because the rainy day was over. His experience in living in the wild all year round taught him that heavy rainy days are followed by sunny days. The temperature will be much hotter than a normal sunny day.

"Let the logistics prepare more water and fill everyone's water bottles." Lind ordered, and then asked Jon Bulwe: "Have everything been packed?"

"It's been packed up. You can hit the road directly at dawn tomorrow." After Jon responded, he asked again: "My lord, is there really no need to burn down the camp?"

Linde shook his head and said, "No, such a good camp should be kept for use."

"Will we come back?" Raul looked at Linde puzzled.

"I think you are talking about other people." Brin vaguely guessed Lind's idea and explained for him: "This camp is in a mountain col, surrounded by hills, and it is very well hidden. Those who wander on this land When the bandits see such a good unowned camp, they will definitely move here and treat it as a stronghold. We only need to come here to check from time to time, and we can regularly harvest a group of bandits without going anywhere. Look for."

"It turned out to be a bait." Raul said with a look of surprise.

At this time, Scar Eye, who was in charge of camp security, walked in from outside the camp, and in front of him was a poorly dressed prisoner.

"Sir, this guy sneaked close to our camp. After being discovered by us, he tried to escape, but we caught him." When he came to Linde, Scar Eye pressed the prisoner to the ground with force, and then asked Linde Report.

The prisoner looked at Linde in panic and explained: "Sir... Sir, I am not a bad person. I am just a farmer nearby who got lost on a rainy day and came here."

"Farmer? How could you be a farmer?" Scar Eye punched the prisoner on the head hard, then untied the cloth wrapped around his wrist, revealing the scorpion tattoo on his arm, and said, "I have never seen this before. Which farmer would have the scorpion mark tattooed on his hand?"

The Poison Scorpion Society existed more than ten years ago. At first, they were entrenched in the Royal Forest area, specializing in ambushing in the Royal Forest and robbing passing caravans.

However, with the emergence of the Royal Forest Brotherhood, they were driven out of the Royal Forest and could only stay in the mountains and hills north of Bitter Bridge, mainly robbing merchants on the Rose Avenue in this area.

Compared with the complete Blood Shoes Brotherhood, the number of members of the Poisonous Scorpion Society is not very large, with only more than a hundred people. According to the information provided by Wallis, it belongs to a small to medium-sized bandit group.

Seeing that his identity was exposed, the prisoner didn't make excuses any more and lowered his head so that no one could see his expression clearly.

Lin De ordered towards Scar Eye: "Scar Eye, I leave it to you. Before dawn tomorrow, I want to know why the Poison Scorpion Society sent him here, and where is the stronghold of the Poison Scorpion Society? In short, whatever he has in his mind, I will give him I took it out."

"Yes, sir." A ferocious smile appeared on Scar's face, and his eyes were full of excitement.