Chapter 7 A surprising vision

Stronghold is located on the east side of the Red Lake Forest. It used to be the territory of the Osgrey family. However, with the decline of the Osgrey family and the death of the last Osgrey family heir, it has been controlled by the Rowan family.

However, this place is a bit far away from the Golden Tree City of the Luowan family, so it was entrusted to the Webber family of Lenghao Castle to take care of it.

However, the Webber family preferred to run their own Cold Howl Castle and did not care about Fort Firmness at all. Over time, the place became deserted and only a few refugees lived here.

Although Fort Firm is abandoned, this does not mean that Fort Firm is worthless. In fact, for those smugglers, Fort Firm is located in a very good location, because Fort Firm is located at the end of the Western Mountains. A secret mountain trail leads past the Border Patrol in the Reach to Corn City in the West.

Only experienced smugglers know this secret passage, and in order to ensure that this secret passage is not discovered and remains unimpeded, they even sent people disguised as refugees to occupy Fort Firm.

However, the smugglers disguised as refugees in Fort Firm are now all hung on wooden stakes in the castle. An army of three hundred people has now filled the castle, which is not particularly large, to the brim.

It is not difficult to see from the equipment on the body that this army of 300 people is composed of a regular army of 100 people and a miscellaneous army of 200 people.

The equipment of the regular army is relatively neat, and everyone wears leather armor and carries various types of weapons, and they have a dedicated logistics team to provide them with food and drink.

The miscellaneous soldiers wore a variety of clothes, some thickened their clothes to increase their defense, and some simply strung wooden boards together as armor, and the weapons in their hands were also various. Most of them were spears made of wooden poles, and a few were pitchforks and sickles. Except for a few captains, almost no one was seen wearing a sword. Obviously, they should all be ordinary farmers recruited temporarily.

Although this army deliberately put away its flags, it can still be distinguished from the obvious badges on some of the knights that they should all come from the Klein family of Red Lake City.

At this time, some people walked out from the only well-preserved hall in the castle. These people were all knights, wearing exquisite plate armor. Most of them held their heads high when walking, looking like a knight. Fighting cocks.

Among this group of people, there are two figures that are particularly eye-catching. One is the tallest among these people. He is guarded by the people around him in the middle. It seems that he should be the leader of this team, while the other person is following these people. Behind him, he is the only one not wearing armor, and he is second only to the tallest person in height, but these are secondary. What really attracts people's attention is his face, which stretches from his forehead, through his eyebrow arch, to his cheeks. There were three scars from the beast's claws. These three scars made the originally handsome man look a little cruel.

This team was organized by the Klein family to exterminate the bandits in the Red Lake Forest. The leader of the team was the famous Sir Joel Flower of the Klein family.

Originally, this team was supposed to be in the Red Lake Forest, together with the Rowan family of the Golden Tree City and the Oakheart family of the Ancient Oak City, to suppress the bandits hiding in the Red Lake Forest, but now they have arrived at the edge of the Red Lake Forest. Stationed at Fort Steadfast, this behavior was confusing.

Not only were outsiders confused, but even the knight attendants around Joel Fohua were confused. It was just that when the team moved, their trust in Joel made them not ask any questions, but after they settled here, it was over. After two days, someone among them finally couldn't help their confusion and asked.

"Sir, how long are we going to stay here," a knight attendant asked with concern: "Shouldn't we be annihilating the remnants of the Long family in the Red Lake Forest now?"

Hearing the knight's attendant's words, Lind, who was following the crowd, looked at the knight's attendant with a deep look. It was obvious that the knight's attendant had an ulterior motive in calling the bandits who fled here in the Red Lake Forest the remnants of the Long family. , after all, compared to encircling and suppressing bandits, encircling and suppressing the remnants of the Dragon family are more likely to attract the attention and favor of the new king Robert Baratheon, and the corresponding achievements during the encirclement and suppression process are also more eye-catching.

The little thoughts of the knight's attendants naturally did not escape Joel's eyes, but he didn't have any opinions on it. In fact, he had already felt something was wrong when he heard that the bandits in the Red Lake Forest claimed to be the remnants of the Long family. , there is no doubt that in front of the powerful new king, they need to do something to please the new king and show their current attitude, while also making it impossible for the new king to cause trouble for them.

"Our purpose here is to suppress bandits." Sir Joel glanced at his attendant and responded simply.

It's just that the people around him didn't understand the relationship between stationing at Fort Firm and suppressing bandits, and they all still looked confused.

Seeing this situation, Joel couldn't help but sigh, and patiently explained: "If you are surrounded by enemies, and you suddenly find a gap in the encirclement, what will you do?"

The attendants looked at each other, and one of the attendants tried to answer: "I will send someone to check whether there is any danger in that gap. If there is no danger, I will lead people to break through the gap. Sir, am I right?"

Joel did not answer, but nodded slightly and continued: "If you break out and find that all retreats are very dangerous, there is only one retreat that is relatively safe and can completely avoid the enemy's blockade, allowing you to quickly move to safety. This is a very secret place, and not many people know about it. What will you do at this time?"

"Of course we are..." Someone immediately chased him to answer, but in the middle of the sentence, he stopped, as if he had thought of something, and then said: "You mean the remnants of the Long family will break out from Fort Firm? "

Joel nodded, no longer hiding it, and said: "There is a secret smuggling mountain road near Fort Firm, which can pass through the Western Mountains, just avoiding the area around Red Lake City, and directly reach the mountains outside Corn City. In There should be many smugglers among those bandits. They must know this smuggling channel and they will definitely use this smuggling channel to escape encirclement and suppression. "

Hearing Joel's words, the knights also became excited. Obviously this was their best opportunity to establish meritorious deeds, but one of the knights was worried and said: "I remember that there were hundreds of bandits. Even if they We lost some people while escaping, but there are still more people left than us, and among them there are many defeated soldiers of the Long family's remnant party. These soldiers have rich combat experience, can we stop them? "

When the knights heard this, the excitement on their faces gradually faded, and their expressions became serious. Although they wanted to make achievements, the prerequisite was that they could survive on the battlefield.

After thinking for a moment, someone suggested: "This is not far from the Weibo family's Cold Howling Castle. How about we go ask the Weber family for help?"

This proposal was quickly approved by the knights, who all looked at Joel in unison, waiting for Joel's order.

However, Joel didn't say anything, he just motioned for everyone to follow him, and then continued to inspect the various teams in the castle, as if he didn't hear the suggestion at all.

Joel's actions confused the knights, but they did not have the courage to continue questioning Joel, so they could only follow Joel silently.

Soon the group of people inspected each team, and Joel also issued his order. Before they returned to the hall, Joel ordered his knight attendants to lead a team of people to check the surrounding terrain and look for them. Suitable for intercepting fleeing bandits.

However, before ordering the knights to leave, Joel stopped Lind, who was also planning to leave, and when they were the only two left in the castle hall, he asked Lind, "What do you think?"

"What do you think?" Linde was stunned, not understanding what Qiao Er meant.

"Ask the Webber family for help." Joel added.

Linde hesitated for a moment and said, "You shouldn't ask me such an important thing, right?"

"I want to hear your opinion now." Joel said without letting Lind go.

Linde was not polite and said directly: "I don't think we need to ask for help. The Webber family should take the initiative to send people to support us, probably later today."

After hearing Linde's answer, Joel, who was slumped in his chair, straightened up and asked with interest: "Explain why the Webber family took the initiative to support us?"

"It's very simple, in order to wash away the suspicion on myself." Linde gave a non-starter answer, and then explained in detail: "After those bandits robbed the Luowan family's caravan, they passed directly through it. The territory of the Weber family, but the Weber family did not make any interception, and just let these people enter the Red Lake Forest. Anyone can feel that there is something wrong, so even if the Weber family is so far away from the Red Lake Forest Recently, there is no one from the Weibo family in the team assembled by the Luowan family this time. It can be seen that the Luowan family in Golden Tree City no longer trusts this subordinate family of theirs. If the Weibo family does not want the Luowan family to settle accounts in the future, then he will definitely want to. Be more proactive and active in this bandit suppression, and we must eliminate these bandits completely even at the expense of manpower and material resources, without leaving any excuses for others to make trouble. "

Joel was also very surprised that Lind could give such a detailed answer, but he hid his emotions well and continued to ask: "Is that all?"

Linde was silent for a moment and continued: "The reason why you are stationed in Fort Firm is not only because it is the only way out for those bandits, but also because you want to create an illusion for the Webber family and make them think that you are the Rowan family. Assigned to monitor them, they will work harder to help us eliminate the bandits. "

At this moment, Joel could no longer hide his surprise and looked at Lind with a strange look, as if he was looking at a monster instead of a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old.

There is no doubt that Linde's performance just now has far exceeded the normal level, let alone a hunter like Linde who has never left a small village like Bai Village, even one who has received specialized training in the school city and has rich experience. A bachelor or an old knight may not have his vision and analytical abilities.

After taking a deep breath and calming down the strangeness in his heart, Joel asked again: "Do you think the Webber family is related to those bandits?"

Linde shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter whether there is any relationship now. What is important is that the Wieber family must prove that there is no relationship."

Joel said, "But I want to know if it matters?"

Linde pondered for a moment and said: "I personally think that those bandits should be secretly supported by the Webb family, but the Webb family did not expect that those bandits were bold enough to rob the Rowan family's caravan, and also killed one An important member of the Luowan family. I think those bandits should have had some thought when passing through the Weibo family's territory as usual, and did not tell the Weibo family the truth, hoping to drag the Weibo family into the water. When the Bo family got the news and realized something was wrong, it was already over. "

"Who taught you this?" Joel looked at Lind and asked, "This is not knowledge that an Orion can learn."

"Thank you for this, dad." Naturally, Linde would not tell the other party that he came from another world where knowledge and information exploded, nor did he say anything to Joel about the so-called blessing from a warrior among the seven gods. Such words directly spoke to Joel. People like Joel Fohua said that not only would it not have any effect, but it would cause unnecessary suspicion in the other party, so he directly attributed all this to Father Bain. This was also what he and Father Bain had agreed upon. of.

Joel seemed to believe Linde's words and said: "It seems that he really values ​​you. Not only did he help you find a good swordsmanship teacher, but he also hired a scholar to teach you. It seems that he put his unfulfilled wish back then It’s all on you.”

"Wish?" Lind asked curiously: "Sir, can you tell me about Father Bain?"

"Didn't he tell you?" Joel asked.

Linde shook his head.

"Actually, I don't know very well. I just heard some rumors." Joel leaned on the chair, thought about it, and said: "Back then, Bain and I both participated in the Mad King's Kingsguard's siege of the Kingsguard Brotherhood. In that battle, I was with Lord Barristan and had no contact with him. However, on the battlefield, I saw him leading his spear team to directly penetrate the defense line of the Kingswood Brotherhood and force the Kingswood. The Brotherhood had to retreat, which eventually led to the collapse of the entire front. Although in the eyes of others, the famous knights were the protagonists in that battle, and they were the force that influenced the battle, in my opinion, the real influence of that battle was on them. The one who had the key influence was actually Old Bain’s Spear Team.”

"Dad actually has such a brilliant record?" Linde was also a little surprised. Because of their relationship during this period, although in his eyes Bain's father is not very ordinary, he should still be far from a legend. But now it seems I did underestimate Father Bain's past. I thought that just participating in the battle to encircle and suppress the Kingswood Brotherhood was already a legendary experience, let alone making achievements in the battle.