Mercenaries Under the Sky

The magic calendar is 5 years, winter, March 27. Huayu Plain in southern Xinjiang, Ban Town.

In the vast grasslands of southern Xinjiang, Bancheng Town is a very typical human accumulation place. The town has two horizontal, one vertical and three avenues. The longitudinal avenue is connected to the side road of the mainland highway through a small dirt road. Nearly 200 houses are neatly constructed on both sides of the avenue. The houses are surrounded by residents' gardens, and the flowers are beautiful. On the periphery of the town, a short wall with a height of three meters is built. This short wall is usually used to prevent attacks by wild beasts such as small dragons and wild wolves. The high female wall, standing on it can effectively kill the enemy. Ordinary young thieves gangs dare not play such a small town idea.

Quietly, not just a poetic vocabulary, but also the name of a D-class mercenary regiment. In the southern frontier of the Holy See, the 400-person mercenary regiment already has considerable strength. Bancheng Township is the headquarters of the quiet mercenary regiment. Although the town is not large, the population is nearly 1,000 people. Although there are some scattered mercenaries to pick up here, but the local patrons usually assign large orders to quietly. It is not enough to support 400 high-level mercenary regiments, which is more than enough for the D-level mercenary regiments still quietly fighting in the middle.

According to the garrison agreement between the quietly and the Holy Holy See, 200 people must be retained in the town.

In fact, the Quiet Mercenary Corps has always done this. This is not how the mercenary commander cares about his credibility. The key point is that in such small towns, most residents rely on grazing and handicrafts for their livelihoods. These two main means of livelihood do not require young and strong labor. Of course, it is impossible to tie up the turmoil of the 17-year-old boy. It ’s better to ask quiet mercenaries to take their minds away than to make troubles, and there is basically no danger in the hometown-this is probably the thought of all residents, including the mayor. Therefore, of the more than 400 quiet mercenaries, about 150 are children of local residents.

The residents on the grassland generally have excellent eyesight. Although they are not as good as elves, they are much stronger than humans in other places.

The mercenaries standing on the town ’s low wall arrow tower suddenly saw a large dust in the distance, and the faces of several people changed. Unless a horse group, otherwise such an effect cannot occur. In the winter season, the town ’s herder ’s horse The flocks are raising winter fat on the edge of Pozi in the distance ...

The three arrow towers to the west sounded the alarm simultaneously, and the town was in chaos. When the two deputy commanders quietly headed home with more than 100 mercenaries quickly rushed up the Western Wall, the flying dust in the distant sky has already blackened half the sky ...

In order to ensure the suddenness of the **** night of the imperial capital, the Holy Vatican had just informed the hostility of the two countries to the big city at the moment-His Majesty the Pope ignored the speed of His Excellency Chi Aotian. Small towns like Bancheng Township haven't got any news at all. The two deputy commanders thought it was a large-scale horse thief intrusion. The two men's faces were so ugly that there were more than 200 mercenaries. How could they contend with thousands of horse thieves?

In the sky, the sound of a torn air came suddenly, and the mercenaries realized at this time that hundreds of oversized vultures were flying in the air, and a white knight was sitting on the back of the vulture under the vulture. , Is the four Eudemons Knights, the largest Eudemons-the dragons landed down, the Eudemons Knights wearing large black plate armor slowly pulled down the mask-turned out to be a black skull mask, in the mask A clear shout came from behind: "Chi Aotian, deputy head of the Tongyunguan family small mercenary regiment, drove the Black Dragon Knights to the Holy See. Here, the small town ahead will surrender within 20 minutes. "

Chi Aotian? Of course, the two middle-aged deputy commanders have heard of the name resounding in the sky. The deputy commanders of the five major A-level mercenary regiments. Such a name is absolutely shocking to say in the mercenary world. But ... The empire and the Holy See have always been in a harmonious relationship. How did the war get here?

"Your Excellency, the Holy See has lived in harmony with your country for hundreds of years. Why do you ..." The middle-aged mercenary still wanted to continue to ask, but unfortunately, the four Eudemons knights in front of him did not have any willingness to listen, leading the black oppressive mad The Eagle Knight quickly returned to the large formation in the distance.

The expressions on the faces of the two deputy commanders were even uglier than crying. The commander took the task and went out. Originally, he thought he could have a good rest at home, but he did not expect to encounter such a thing. Black Dragon Knights ... You can even add the words similar to the first combat power in the southern frontier of Eminor mainland before the name. Small mercenary group ... Although it has only been rising for less than a few years, the prestige has far surpassed the other four A-level mercenary groups, claiming to be the closest to the S-class mercenary group, and quietly not at the same level. To be honest, even if Quietly wanting to bend and merge into the small mercenary group, it is estimated that people have to pick all the mercenaries to pick out the unsightly and older ones. This is not an exaggeration. It is said that in the recent recruitment of new mercenaries by the small mercenary regiment, several children of the noble family had become lucky to become members of the mercenary regiment. But so be it. "

Cough ... Random thoughts about where to go ...

The two deputy commanders have just returned, and the 5000 knights have formed a formation outside Saka Town.

The masked knight screamed with hundreds of subordinates on the floor, and the huge body of the earth dragon stepped on the sparse green grass, and the red soil was scattered in the air.

"I count 5 times! Come out and surrender!" The Dragon Knight raised his right hand, and five white and tender fingers appeared in the air.

"5!"

"Your Excellency, can you tell us why?" The deputy head was flushed!

"4!"

"You must be reasonable!" The middle-aged mercenary cried in his throat!

"3!"

For the Black Dragon Knights, there is no difference between saying it and not saying it. According to the general soil protection treaty signed between the mercenary and the empire, for any reason, it must be kept for ten days. As a stationed mercenary regiment, no matter what flag the enemy on the opposite side is surrendering for whatever reason, surrender means betrayal, not only betray the treaty country, but also betray the mercenary! Therefore, under the pressure of soldiers, there are only two options, either surrender or resistance, without asking any reason.

In fact, the officers of the Black Dragon Knights did not expect the other party to surrender. The 5000 army swept across the grassland. Only the number of war horses and dragons had exceeded 10,000. The horses had 20 pounds of grass a day, which was only grass. If they only eat grass, the horses have no endurance. , A horse needs at least 3 pounds of black beans. Earth Dragon? Where is the vulture? These are all meat-eating things, and they eat a little bit, not to mention that the hungry dragons and beasts will eat people. In the grassland elf kingdom, I added some food, and in the past few days, I will see it bottoming out ... No one thought that the Huayu Plain, known as the language of birds, actually finds no place for bird shit. The town in front of us has already been used as a natural forage by military officers. Surrender is certainly good, not surrendering is not a bad thing!

"2!"

"1!"

While the skull mask knight yelled this number out of his throat, the two deputy captains behind him almost screamed the same word: "shoot--"

The ground-dragon knights violently picked up a strong crossbow mounted on the dragon beast.

A row of mercenaries standing on the female wall saw the crossbow and their souls flew!

The standard crossbow in the army is about 1.5 meters long. The inner side of the crossbow arm is the hardest tree-iron wood. The outer side is covered with iron tires. Iron wood is used to restore the flexibility of the crossbow body and then borrow the iron tires. Force, no one can directly pull the bow of the strong crossbow by hand. The crossbow arrow is 1.6 meters long, the iron blade part is 40 centimeters long, and the thinnest part of the arrow shaft is 3 centimeters. Not to mention that this kind of thing is used to shoot people, even the dragon has to make a detour. Grandma, is n’t the Black Dragon Knights always known as the real knights, how the **** did you use this kind of thing that only appeared against the dragons or lions!

The quiet mercenaries did not reflect it at all. While still thinking about a lot of things in their heads, a black shadow instantly swallowed a space of 100 meters long and a distance of 100 meters. For the strong crossbow, even one No need for seconds, the mercenaries on the female wall did not even see the shadow of the crossbow arrows breaking through, they felt the abdomen was heavily hammered, and the whole body flew diagonally to the sky until the moment of landing. I heard the booming bowstring sound when the raindrops fell on the gray ground.

The result of the 5 cm thick crossbow arrows penetrating the human body is that there is no suspense. All the internal organs are squeezed into a ball in a blink of an eye. After the crossbow arrows enter the body, the shaft immediately rotates rapidly, and the rear end of the crossbow arrow giant eagle flying feather Rotating and turning all the organs in the human body into meat, the mercenaries who were lifted off the ground were deprived of the right to make a final sound.

Not everyone became the unfortunate, but the quietly fortunate of the first deputy commander was not shot in the torso. Seeing the dragon of the Earth Dragon did not pay attention to the casualties, he took another crossbow arrow from behind and pulled The rocker pushes the arrow into the slot and immediately prepares to issue a new round of shooting!

"You! Executioner!" The middle-aged mercenaries burst into tears, and nearly a hundred mercenaries around them disappeared for a moment, and the enemy did not give any reason! It was only at this time that the middle-aged mercenary felt a burst of pain in his left arm. When he bowed his head, he found that a rapidly crossed crossbow arrow completely shot the forearm, and the blood spurs in the artery spouted out-- This is already the last moment of consciousness of middle-aged mercenaries. More than ten crossbow arrows tore the strong body of middle-aged mercenaries at the same moment!

After two rounds of strong crossbow shooting, there was no one living human on the low wall, and the low wall made of adobe was shot by a powerful crossbow arrow about one meter.

The vulture knight in the sky in the distance followed up, and the rain-like arrow feathers shone through the entire arrow tower in the west, and the mercenary responsible for the lookout was shot into the nail of the hedgehog. On the wooden board.

It ’s not that the Black Dragon Knights are awesome. Mercenaries and soldiers are basically two completely different groups. Soldiers are like sharp weapons. Once they are out of the sheath, they must bleed for five steps. The attitude of soldiers and thieves hopes that the negotiations can be delayed, and such an approach has been doomed to an ending.

More than 200 vultures quickly flicked down, the starlight on the short bow flickered, and all the residents in the town were frightened by the dead bodies in front of them. Except for the low crying of several children and the elderly, all the others Are hiding behind buildings. After confirming that there was no threat, the five or six knights jumped from the back of the vulture, pulled the iron latch, and the steel-clad ground dragon knight rumbling rushed in, and a strong crossbow with a death flame in his hand pointed at any A place where enemies may appear.

Several light knights galloped along the gate, and the middle-aged knight on horseback circling on the small square. The low voice almost enveloped the entire town: "Everyone listens, and immediately comes out of the house and puts their hands on Overhead, fast! Otherwise, there is no amnesty to kill! "

Several guards of the middle-aged cavalry led the mounts to shout commands along the main street of the town, and the black warhorse stepped on the stone pavement.

Faced with death, no one can restrain the instinctive fear of the human heart, let alone ordinary residents, trembling, one by one came out of the house, a considerable part of people softened under their feet, barely walked by the wall with their hands come out.

"Quick! Quick! Quick!" The light knight on horseback ordered impatiently!

More and more residents walked out of their homes, and it was only then that they found out that they did n’t know when the sky was full of vulture knights that had fallen on top of the house. path of. The bold people looked toward the distance with the afterglow of their eyes. The sky around the town was still flying with countless vultures, and there were countless knights on it.

"Who is the mayor?" The knight with a skull mask in the center glanced across the crowd's head.

The old man in his 50s was trembling and walked out of the crowd, daring not to raise his head. The sturdy legs and sharp claws of the ground dragon pierced the old man ’s eyes from below, and he could even feel the thick spray from the mouth of the dragon There was a strong smell, and the old man could not hear his own voice: "Yes ... I ..."

Snapped! A piece of black paper fell on the old man's feet.

The trembling hands picked up the paper from the ground and read it tremblingly. The old man's wrinkled face was uglier than crying. Really, when people sit at home, disaster comes from heaven!

There are only a few words on the paper: "The Holy Church despicablely attacked the capital of the Amy Empire, and the two countries officially waged war! Surrender to avoid death and resist the massacre!"

"How many households are there in this town?" The knight ignored the mayor's expression.

"Adults, a total of 240 households." Seeing Tucheng, the mayor's face was pale.

"In the small town, there are 200 strong laborers aged 18 to 35 to follow the army. Each person prepares two horses! A cart is provided for every three households. Each household produces 500 kilograms of grain or equivalent dried meat, and horse beans. It costs 500 jins. "The skull mask knight thought for a while and pulled out the horned bow feathers and strong crossbows from the two knights behind him ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ threw them in front of the mayor:" We are three days later When leaving, each household will pay 100 horned bows and feathers, and the whole town will pay 1,000 strong crossbows. No one is allowed to leave the town, otherwise, the neighbors will be killed together! , Kill the whole family! "

"Adult!" The old town mayor burst into tears: "We can provide food, but there are so many irons in the town that can be used for archery." This is the truth. On the grassland, the most missing is iron, a high-quality standard saber You can even exchange a big girl with a trained shepherd dog for local residents. The iron required for horn bows and arrows is at least two and a half.

"Are you sure it can't be done?"

"Sir, this fact is too difficult. We--" The mayor cried and instantly turned into a dying scream. A thick crossbow with a thick arm nailed the old man to the ground, and a few people behind the mayor froze. For a moment, burst into tears! Blood flowing slowly along the road.

"You! Be the temporary mayor! Can you complete the mission!" The black knight whip pointed at another old man.

The old man was scared and fell to his knees. The yellow liquid came out against the spurs of his pants and hit the blue stone road. The old man replied subconsciously with a crying cry: "Yes! Certainly!"

"Okay! Not count today. At 7 o'clock in the morning after three days, all the items are concentrated here." The knight's cold voice did not fluctuate like a thousand years of ice.

After that, the knights of the brigade roared and left along the town's avenue, and the soldiers on the eaves stepped on the vulture and soared into the sky.

If it were n’t for a corpse lying on the ground, there would n’t be any difference between the town and the peacetime ... At this time, all residents were convinced that if the equipment designated by the other party could not be delivered on time after three days, the town would be completely turned into history.