I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 181 Escape
"Damn Longfellow! How dare he launch a night attack!"

Viscount Gaskell's doubts didn't last long, but when he saw a large number of torches suddenly lit up outside the camp, and the heads of people moving in the flames, he immediately understood what was going on, and cursed loudly angrily.

His cursing sound drew Brook out of the camp. The latter looked at the crowd running towards this side, his face changed drastically, and he immediately reached out and grabbed his brother's arm, and ran towards the direction where the horses were parked.Only a few of the drunken soldiers spotted the raiding troops, and then screamed, trying to warn the people around them, but the drunken people ignored their shouts .

Disaster struck.

Gower's cavalry, led by Viscount Longfellow himself, walked with heavy steps, directly knocking down the low wooden fence that was more symbolic than practical, and then continued to rush into the camp at an unabated speed, killing those who were drunk The soldiers led by Dunla, who had no ability to resist, knocked down and overturned, and a few people who were still awake and wanted to raise their swords to resist were directly beheaded by the sharp knight's sword.Because it was a night attack, the Gore-led cavalry team did not use lances. Each of them brandished a sharp sword, slashing left and right, and beheaded the Dunla-led soldiers beside them.

Behind Gower's cavalry, the infantry who were defeated during the day rushed in, shouting and stepping over the fallen wooden fence. With the generous reward promised by the viscount himself, these obedient peasants and soldiers rushed into the camp as if they had been beaten with chicken blood at this time, wanting to kill and avenge the day.

But their plan was in vain after all. After being charged by the cavalry, Dunla led the infantry to lose their morale. No matter they were drunk or not, they all ran away screaming.Viscount Gaskell, who was about to get on his horse and escape in the simple stable, watched this scene with cracked eyes. He wanted to go back to rescue his soldiers, but Brook desperately stopped him. The loyal second son of the nobleman sincerely persuaded him .

"Brother, let's retreat first. As long as we return to Siraya safely, we will be able to make a comeback and avenge the despicable Viscount Longfellow!"

"Those my soldiers! My subjects! My wealth!" Gaskell shouted to the sky, his heart filled with unwillingness. "My honor was all destroyed overnight!"

Just when Brook thought he would go back stubbornly, Gaskell got on his horse, looked at the screaming camp with red eyes, and galloped towards the city of Siraya with Brook.

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At the same time, Antigonus and his party looked at the red that almost dyed half of the sky in the distance, and knew that the people who stayed in the camp were almost doomed, but they didn't feel much sadness, and some just escaped. Fortunately.

Especially Morse, the old hunter who was still cursing Tuttle who pulled him out just now, after seeing this scene, the whole person fell silent, making it impossible to know what he was thinking in his heart.Antigonus didn't have the heart to care about his own heart, he looked at the dark forest ahead, then at the two torches in the hands of the five of them, thought for a while, and said.

"We can't take the risk of staying here. It is inevitable that Viscount Gower's cavalry will sweep around the camp and capture deserters. Therefore, we have to travel all night to find a place to stay as soon as possible."

After Antigonus finished speaking, Tennyson echoed: "Antigonus is right, this place is still too dangerous, I know there is a small village not far from here, if possible, let's settle there first .”

The veteran was saved by Antigonus, and he has a high degree of affection for him.

"How far?" asked Antigonus.

"If there is no accident, we can start now and arrive tomorrow afternoon." Tennyson replied after thinking for a while.

Antigonus thought about it, the five of them brought out three war horses in total, and only two of them carried weapons. It was obviously impossible to go further away, and they might be robbed by bandits on the way.

Thinking of this, he asked, "Tennyson, if two people ride on the same horse, can the time be shortened?"

"This..." Tennyson hesitated for a while. He looked at the Morse father and son who had no horses, and then at the war horse under his crotch. After a while, he replied: "If two people ride together , then at noon tomorrow at the earliest.”

"That's how it is. Uncle Morse and Tuttle are sharing a horse with us. We must find a foothold as soon as possible and replenish supplies by the way."

Antico made a final decision.

The other four people didn't have much objection, and Morse and his son were embarrassed to huddle with the savior Antigonus, so they got on Tennyson's and Dean's horses respectively, and then, under the guidance of Tennyson, the five of them went to the horse. The village not far away marched through the night.

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the following afternoon.

Because of the delay on the road, Antik and the others arrived at the village more than an hour late. However, looking at the devastated village, Antik knew that his trip was wasted.

The village has been looted, or in other words, the entire village has been burned. There is no living person or animal in the village. There are corpses everywhere, and the thatched huts made of wood have been burned to the ground. Still smoking black ruins.

Antigonus silently turned over and dismounted, stepped on the burned black road, and when he stepped down, there was a crisp cracking sound, and the coke shattered.

"Here... who did it?"

Tennyson stared dumbfounded at all this, and asked aloud, but no one could answer him, because probably no one knew the answer except these villagers who had been killed.

Walking up to a corpse with a broken abdomen, Antigonus remained expressionless. Although the corpse had been burned, it was still easy to recognize that she was a woman from the physical characteristics of her body. Her organs were all scorched, and Antigonus couldn't tell what kind of torture she had suffered during her lifetime, but when he saw a mass of red flesh not far away, he knew it instantly.

This is an immature baby, almost a red lump of flesh, and there is a long blackened strip attached to a certain point on its body. Antigonus knew that it was an umbilical cord.

When he saw the baby, he felt that his breath had solidified. The atrocities he had only seen in books in his previous life were actually shown in front of his eyes, displayed freely and without any precaution. .

Even though Antigonus had been on the battlefield, killed many people, and developed a relatively strong heart, after seeing this scene, his so-called solid line of defense was broken immediately. He thought of Helen of the Vigina Palace. If Helen suffered With such treatment, he might go crazy on the spot.

"Damn it..." Antico swears subconsciously, but halfway through the swearing, he realizes that he doesn't know who to yell at, so he swallows the rest of the subject.

Taking a deep breath, Antico tried to calm down the anger in his heart. He turned to look at a few people not far away, and saw that the expressions on their faces were equally complex and varied, ranging from shock and anger to sadness and pity.

"This is a massacre that dehumanizes humanity." Walking in front of them, Antigonus's deep voice came, "I can hardly imagine that this is something that civilized people would do. On the Ograle Peninsula , even a savage would not be more cruel than this."

Listening to Antigonus's words, several Cattelans were silent. After all, the barbarians have disappeared now, and there is no possibility of committing such a crime except Cattelans.

But at this moment, there was a slight noise in the village. Antigonus and the others who heard the noise looked there reflexively. Following their gaze, two men in tattered short robes held The figure of the man with the weapon suddenly appeared. These two people seemed to have never expected that there were still living people here, and they were also taken aback. After reacting, they turned around and ran away.

When Antigonus saw that they were about to run, he quickly chased after them. Tuttle and Dean also followed closely. Looking at the three war horses behind him, he thought for a while, just in case, it's better to stay and watch the horses.

On the other side, Antigonus quickly chased after him. While running, he drew out the Siphus dagger hanging from his waist, and the knight's long sword he captured was hung on the side of his horse. Compared with the clumsy long sword, he still prefers the flexible short sword, which may also be due to the Macedonian blood flowing in his bones.But here, the nimble dagger brought him some convenience, and the food was better than these Catlans. Naturally, his physical strength far surpassed those two thin-looking people, and he caught up with them within a short distance. Two people.

Seeing that Antigonus was catching up with him, the two of them looked at each other, and they were not about to continue running away. They stopped one after another, pointing their weapons at Antigonus who was chasing behind him, and one of them shouted: "You damn thing Guy, since you want to die so much, then we two brothers will help you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a blur in front of his eyes. Antigonus went up without saying a word and kicked him out. The kicked person flew two meters away with a scream and fell heavily on the ground. Just passed out.The other person looked at his fallen companion with his mouth wide open, a little dumbfounded. When Antigonus walked up to him in a hurry, he realized that he screamed first, then turned around and wanted to continue. He ran, but was kicked from behind by Antico, fell into the mud, and was pinned to the ground by two Cattelan young men who followed behind.

Dean pinned him to the ground, immobilizing him, and said viciously, "You damn country bumpkin, why are you running? Could it be that you are also a member of the robbers?"

Hearing that the young man who was suppressing him actually said that he was a robber, the man quickly shouted: "No, I'm not a robber, I just want to come here to pick up cheap things."

"Getting cheap?" Dean didn't listen to his explanation, and pulled him up from the mud roughly. Disgusted of his filth, he pushed him in front of Antigonus. The man staggered and knelt In front of Antigonus, the pain under his knees made his face deformed.

Looking at this very weak robber, Antigonus asked condescendingly, "What's your name and where do you come from?"

"I, my name is Tao Te, from Kedian Village." The man who called himself Tao Te knew that the young man in front of him who single-handedly took care of the two of them was the other party's boss, so he replied uneasily.

Naturally, Antico didn't know where the so-called Kedian Village was. Don't forget that he was not familiar with this place, but he didn't bother about the other party's origin, and continued to ask: "You and that guy lying on the ground came What are you doing here? Don't tell me it's just a simple pick-me-up." Antigonus said while playing with the sharp Siphus dagger in his hand. The extremely sharp blade shone with a cold light, which could almost freeze people's blood. .

Taut was so scared by the sharp dagger that he almost peed out. He had only seen such a sharp weapon from his lord, so he quickly confessed everything about himself.After listening to his confession, Antico finally believed that these two people had nothing to do with the attack, uh... But in other words, with their weak fighting power and courage, there is not much possibility to do it. out of such atrocities.

However, the two of Taut didn't know who attacked the village. According to him, almost all the troops led by Gower were taken by Viscount Longfellow to attack Viscount Gaskell's camp, and it was impossible to send troops to rob them. To plunder such a small village off the battlefield, or in other words, if Gower won the victory in the end, this village may also be included in his rule, no matter how stupid Longfellow would be, he would not make such a plan After finishing the wool and then killing the sheep.

Excluding the fighting Gower-led army, there is only one possibility left...

Thinking of this possibility, Antigonus' expression suddenly changed. The Dunla Territory and the Trollope Territory are adjacent, so Antigonus fled directly to the Dunla Territory on his pack horse. That is to say, before The bandits who attacked the caravan where Antigonus was located may also cross the border between the two territories and come here to commit crimes.

"We might be in trouble."

Thinking of this, Antigonus said to Dean and Tuttle, maybe his complexion was not very good at this time, so that the two young people were frightened.

"What's the matter?" Tuttle and Antico had known each other for a long time, and asked boldly.

"The bandit group that attacked me in Trollope may have come here." Antigonus explained to him, "The village we are in is probably their masterpiece." As he said, he stretched out He pointed to the scorched ground.

Hearing what Antik said, the faces of both of them changed. Before they could speak, Antik continued: "We have to retreat first, meet them, and then go directly to Siraya."

Antigonus admitted that he was a little worried now, he was afraid that those robbers would not go far away, and would surround them and eat them while they were talking here.

(End of this chapter)