And in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains, on an unknown mountain road, a small group of sergeants in full body armor were chasing after them on horseback. As a guide for them on the deserted mountain road, there were scattered pieces of scratched clothing, as well as dots of blood on branches and grass blades.
Most of these sergeants were wearing chain shirts, blue and yellow diagonal striped smocks, and bowl-shaped iron helmets; they were holding sabers and flaming flag guns, and their faces were full of chilling and fierce demeanor; one of the knights in half plate armor held the hand of , even holding high a vertical banner with a shield and a standing red lion.
This also represents the emblem of the Merignate Hounds, an elite unit of the local regiment of Gulente Province in the Aquitaine region of the Holy Kingdom. As one of the few mountain cavalry in the various branches and provinces of the Holy Kingdom, they are best at hunting in the mountains and forests.
This time, they were specially dispatched from the coastal areas of eastern Aquitaine, across the Landes, Lot and other provinces, to the Pyrenees Mountains area in southern Aquitaine; in order to specifically deal with the people who were once in the Holy Kingdom. The traitor who has been around for a long time and the followers who follow him.
The few people who serve as guides for the team are also experienced local forest troops, from the border guard militia of the Pau Fortress. Therefore, they quickly caught several clues of the traitors and their followers who were running around the Pyrenees Mountains.
Amidst the constant blowing of horns and whistles, they chased their opponents like prey; more and more dropped kettles, leather armor, boots and leggings, scattered dried meat and other abandoned items were discovered. , and even a carriage that fell on the mountain road.
However, the few half-armored knights who were riding in the lead suddenly shrank when they saw this. In an instant, someone raised the conch horn and blew it hard; however, the next moment, he only blew out a mouth full of blood, and suddenly everyone was involved. There was a conch horn, and a cluster of arrows embedded in the neck fell down.
At the same time, the nearby mountain forest also continued to roar, as if it came to life in the blink of an eye, and with short and fierce arrows, those in the team of hundreds of people who were carrying hunting bows or hanging on their saddles were killed. The crossbow sergeant was given priority and knocked down in the mountain road.
However, the few knights who were deliberately ignored roared loudly and raised their swords as if they were insulted. They spurred their horses and whipped their whips and accelerated towards the sneak attack in the forest; but unexpectedly, in the grass beside them, a sudden Someone lifted the covering roof and waved a sword like lightning.
In an instant, the war horses whined and screamed one after another; the mounts of these sprinting knights were all bloodyly cut off by the big swords ambush in the grass, and they rolled to the ground. The knight who struggled to get up first was instantly beheaded with a sword.
Several ambushers jumped out of the grass, waving pickaxes, eight-edged hammers and hook-headed iron staffs. Almost in the blink of an eye, they attacked the remaining knights who were pinned under their horses. Knocking on the head and gouging the chest; or using a cone-headed sword to pierce the space between the armor and stomach.
They were so familiar with the road and cooperated so well that the riding sergeants who were temporarily blocked in the rear did not even have time to respond and rescue, and they already watched the leading knights being killed and injured on the spot. Just like waking up from a dream, Bao Xiao flew forward.
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However, several trees suddenly popped out from high places and rolled down among them. While knocking down seven or eight people who could not dodge, they also temporarily blocked and cut off the remaining mountain cavalry on the mountain road; Those who were hit by the sparse arrows dismounted to avoid them.
Therefore, a few hours later, in the unfavorable terrain where they could not deploy, the sergeants of the Merignat Hounds, who had lost the command of the leading knight and hurriedly responded to the battle, mostly suffered from the mountain ambush battle; only those who fell at the end of the team Several border guards managed to escape.
But as the mastermind of this thrilling and precise ambush, the former glorious knight of the Holy Kingdom and the chief knight of the Holy Golden Fleece Knights, and now the felon Rogero, did not show much joy at all; instead, his furrowed brows increasingly filled with sadness and compassion;
Not only because in this battle, he lost five more followers, and more than ten people were injured to varying degrees; but also because the pursuers killed here were undoubtedly all human beings, It is also one of the elite troops that has been passed down for many years in the Holy Kingdom.
Although he was pursued along the way, his followers all killed him, to some extent.
Some insensitivity and mechanical instinct passive response. In fact, after escaping from Barcelona with the help of those young knights, Rogrigo did not think about going into exile abroad.
Instead, he was hiding here and there to conduct secret investigations, hoping to get more evidence; at the same time, he was trying to use his own unique way to appeal and protest through the old channels of the Holy Kingdom. But the reality that followed gave him a heavy blow.
As an important member of the Knights of Glory/Knights who "fleeed in fear of crime" on the eve of the final judgment; not only was he justifiably excommunicated by the Archbishop of Galicia, but all his family properties, territories and titles were also confiscated , and removed from the pedigree.
The middle- and lower-class knights who participated in the rescue, and the related young radical association, the Brotherhood of Steel, were also declared as a rebel and conspiracy group; they were wanted, searched, and hunted; and when things got to this point, Rogge Li Gao has completely understood.
Obviously, his escape has become a pawn and trigger for a new round of political trends and palace struggles within the Holy Kingdom; it is no longer something that can be easily reversed by the individual power of others. Despite this, he still didn't want to flee abroad as others wished.
Therefore, just after the Holy Kingdom promulgated and posted a reward portrait of him at every intersection and town, Rogrigo unexpectedly turned south and came to the place where he had fought for a long time and achieved many glory. The battlefield junction area that once left a legend.
Here, he reunited his former subordinates and attracted many admiring followers; even the Saracens, who were once rivals and heretics, had people coming to join him and serve him. Even his former employer, the Emir of Zaragoza, extended an olive branch.
Offering a city as a place to stay. Therefore, when he acquired an armed force that changed the local situation in the border areas where he had fought in the south by expropriating/robbing monasteries, churches, and wealthy landowners, the attitude of the Holy Kingdom also seemed to soften.
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At this time, the changes in the celestial sphere that had occurred after hundreds of years came to this world again. With the frequent occurrence of strange and abnormal phenomena, a series of changes were brought to the Holy Kingdom and the Saracen princes; it also more or less verified some of Rogrigo's original claims;
Therefore, a member of the contemporary Lyon royal family who was familiar with him in the past sent him a private letter, promising to conduct a new pious review. And the Knights and the Archbishop of Britannia, who had nothing to do with the matter and had a relatively neutral stance, were re-formed as a collegial court;
This result undoubtedly greatly encouraged and cheered up the young knights who followed Rogrigo on the run; but both Rogrigo and the young knights underestimated the sinister nature of people's hearts, or in other words, some big figures within the Holy Kingdom had a strong desire for The malice he harbored.
Just when Rogrigo went to Valencia to meet the palace envoy from Britannia, he was once again ambushed by armed forces and arrested on the spot. With the help of a local mercenary team, Rogrigo was able to He was able to escape alone, but he soon received more bad news.
Because, he was soon accused of killing the palace envoy. Then, when he returned to the territory of Zaragoza, he was shocked to hear that his former employer, Emir Muamin, suddenly surrounded the city where his men were stationed and disarmed them after he left.
Rogrigo, who finally found a temporary foothold, was forced to embark on the road to exile; in the end, before being overwhelmed by the swarms of assassins and mercenaries attracted by bounties, he was overwhelmed by the swarms of assassins and bounties attracted by the mercenaries. He once again obtained another A favored minor Saracen lord helped.
However, when the merchant ship escaping across the sea passed the outer port of Barcelona, someone on the ship recognized his reward portrait, and high-security officers came to arrest him again. Although Rodrigo was able to escape again by relying on vigilance and caution, he also lost the opportunity to continue his escape at sea.
Just like fate, in a monastery where he was temporarily hiding, Rodrigo also accidentally met the woman who had been entangled with his destiny, Simone, the Countess of O'Dono Palace... What happened next , it can only be said that something went wrong.
In this silent thinking, Luo
Gregor returned to his temporary camp in the mountains with armor, mounts and other trophies. After arranging the task of moving the camp, he faced an exquisite small tent and whispered: "I'll find it for you. One
A horse to travel with, like this, you and your maid..."
"Should I still thank you?" However, a pale and pretty face with tears on his face and red eyes suddenly appeared in the tent. He stared at him and said hoarsely every word: "Take a chaste wife, Took her away from her holy husband?"
"No, Simone? That was just an accident." Rogrigo shook his head and said: "I just can't tolerate and accept that you continue to stay with a potential alien, and even eventually become someone in the palace. There may be those One of the monsters."
"That's enough!" Simone in the tent sobbed again: "Perhaps I shouldn't have been soft-hearted to you, let alone hesitate and let you succeed; now I have to make up such terrible reasons to slander and destroy Am I in a sacredly witnessed marriage?”
"Simone." However, Rogrigo was not angry. Instead, he sighed heavily: "The anomalies and monster examples you saw along the way are enough to prove my original remarks and that from the beginning There is nothing false about it,"
"Shut up, this is not the reason for you to frame and slander my husband for no reason." Simone was faintly excited: "He is a bloodline of an ancient family in the kingdom, and a royal minister who has served the palace for generations. How can he be involved in flesh and blood blasphemy in your mouth?" The ritual monster."
"This is just an excuse and reason you made up to betray the country and kill those priests and knights..." Rodrigo sighed again, obviously not believing what the other party said. But compared to her initial performance of seeking death and survival, at least she is willing to communicate.
However, Rodrigo continued to move forward, but on the next day he discovered that the corpses of people and beasts were scattered on the road ahead. Immediately afterwards, the border checkpoint at the end of the mountain road was already empty; only the ground was full. Drag marks and splatters of blackened blood.
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