Chapter 414: Rogue Knights
"Bang, bang, bang."
The sound of the carriage moving forward continued incessantly. It was a sound that could sometimes drive people crazy, but sometimes it was a pleasure to listen to.
The green fields were endless, with flocks of birds flying by, and occasionally one could see frightened rabbits or deer leaping high from the grass. Every time this happened, Carly and Anderson would always go chasing them. Sometimes they would bring back prey, but sometimes they couldn't even find the arrows they had shot.
But it is indeed a pleasant process, after all, no one would refuse to eat meat.
The wind came from afar, bringing with it the sound of arrogant horse hooves.
A total of fifteen riders rushed out from a woods ahead, howling like hyenas preying on the grassland.
"Put the carts sideways and form a formation based on the cart array!"
When the veteran Robert shouted, Zhang Yang had already urged his horse forward, untied the three imprisoned spears and placed them in the leather pocket on the side of the saddle.
The people who came were a group of higher-level, prestigious bandits, 4 rogue knights, 6 rogue squires, and 5 second-son wanderers, also called second-son explorers.
They all have noble status, and are all the second sons in the family. Since they have no right to inherit the territory, they are expelled after they reach adulthood. Some of the second sons will become regular soldiers of the kingdom like Tonks, or find ways to become knights in the regular army.
But there were still some second sons of nobles who were unwilling to be bound, so they wandered around the kingdom in groups, living a carefree life by extortion and robbery.
Therefore, they are called rogue knights, rogue squires and second-son wanderers. Of course, in their own eyes, they are taking risks, so they call themselves explorers.
There is no doubt that after Zhang Yang refused to pay the protection fee of 200 silver dinars, these scoundrels were ready to take action themselves.
Boom! The two sides approached quickly. Even if there were only 15 horses, the sound of their galloping was still amazing. The four most powerful rogue knights rode tall horses, wearing expensive and gorgeous plate armor, holding sophisticated weapons, which were more luxurious than the knights of the regular army. It was really that their business with no capital was too profitable.
Fifty meters, thirty meters, Zhang Yang suddenly pulled out a spear of confinement, and the four rogue knights on the opposite side immediately raised their shields and sharp lances, controlling their horses purely with their legs. The riding skills of these rogues were also amazing.
It’s a pity that what Zhang Yang is holding in his hand now is not an ordinary weapon, but the Spear of Confinement.
Twenty meters, ten meters,
They could already see each other's murderous eyes and even every subtle movement of their bodies.
At this moment, Zhang Yang lightly kicked the warhorse and slightly deviated, as if he was scared, but the next second he threw the Spear of Confinement in his hand high into the sky. This was not only a deviation from the target, it was a huge mistake.
However, Zhang Yang suddenly released a soul thread at this moment. Although he could not form a soul force field, it was enough to slightly change the direction of the Spear of Confinement within twenty meters.
At this moment, the Spear of Imprisonment that was originally soaring into the sky suddenly drew a curve from top to bottom, as if it had a spirit, and before the rogues on the opposite side could react, it pierced through the top of the helmet of a rogue knight.
A headshot! Too fast.
So much so that when Zhang Yang turned his horse's head and passed by these scoundrels, they had not yet realized what was happening.
In a flash, Zhang Yang threw out the second Spear of Confinement, which, like a swimming fish, pierced directly through the back of the neck of the second rogue knight.
After running a few dozen steps, Zhang Yang reined in his horse and turned it around. He was in a very happy mood because he had successfully obtained 750 experience points. The feeling of harvesting was so great.
On the other side, the gang of scoundrels looked as if they had seen a ghost. The situation where they were killed instantly by such a throw was just like encountering the legendary Black Knight or the Imperial Iron Ring Centurion in the farthest south.
But they were already in a difficult situation, so they charged again, but with their shields more tightly secured, hoping to be able to kill the monster in front of them with their numbers.
Zhang Yang felt no pressure at all and charged forward again. When the distance between them was only ten meters, the third spear of confinement flew up and killed another rogue knight instantly.
Then he turned and ran, for there was no javelin left in his leather bag, and his previous set of heavy javelins and ancient empire javelins were all destroyed in the battle.
"Catch him, I'm going to skin him alive!"
The last remaining rogue knight shouted angrily. Their eyes were sharp as well. When they found that Zhang Yang had no throwing weapons left, they immediately chased after him aggressively.
Well, that's a great target.
Zhang Yang deliberately slowed down his horse, and when the rogue knight was three meters behind him and he was ready to pierce him with his lance, he suddenly twisted his body, and the sapphire rune flying knife turned into a streak of blood and pierced into the rogue knight's left eye socket. He screamed and fell off his horse.
This time, the remaining scoundrels finally panicked, reined in their horses, turned around and fled in panic.
Zhang Yang did not chase after them, because the enemy was made up of pure cavalry, and if they were determined to escape, there would be nothing he could do to them, unless he also had a sufficient number of cavalry.
Unfortunately, this idea can only be kept in mind, because the cavalry was built with silver denarii.
With the 12 war horses he had acquired, he could only prioritize food for his, Carly's, Anderson's mounts, and the four undead horses. The rest of the war horses had to roam free. It was fine for a short period of time, but if it lasted more than a few days, they would have to lose weight.
However, if all the supplies this time are sold, perhaps we can train a few real cavalrymen.
At this time, Robert and others had already stepped forward excitedly to help catch the war horses and search for spoils. Zhang Yang had already taken out three spears of confinement before this. Looking at the spiritual patterns on them which had dimmed a lot, they could probably be used twice more.
But this time the spoils were really good, two sets of almost intact full body plate armor, one set of black iron-studded plate armor, one set of chain mail, an intact knight's bucket helmet, three pairs of leather gloves, one set of arm armor, two sets of black gaiters and combat boots, a red charge armored warhorse, a yellow pony, two imperial armored warhorses, 500 silver dinars, and a bag of women's jewelry.
All I can say is that these rogue knights are too fat.
Zhang Yang gave these sets of armor to veterans Robert, Norton, Tony and Bob.
As for Anderson and Carly, they had already changed into leather armor and chain mail during the last battle. Their professions did not allow them to wear heavy armor.
Now Zhang Yang still has the Death Knight's full body armor obtained by killing the Black Knight. This set of armor weighs about 120 kilograms, and no one in his team can wear it.
The prerequisite for strength is as high as 35 points.
He didn't intend to sell this set of Death Knight's heavy armor.
Next, Zhang Yang led the team to the city of Afendor. After camping outdoors outside the city for a night, he led the team into the city and sold the goods as quickly as possible at 70% of the market price. After all, these were goods of ill-gotten origin, and the sooner they were sold, the safer it would be, not to mention that they had offended a group of rogue knights.
Even so, Zhang Yang still earned 6,500 silver dinars. Adding the money he earned from selling the damaged weapons and equipment, as well as his original savings, the total number of silver dinars he had in his hands had reached 8,400.
This is really a huge sum of money.
But Zhang Yang then started making large purchases without even frowning.
First, I picked out a brand new female crossbow and two bundles of steel crossbow arrows for Carly, which cost 1,500 silver dinars, but it was worth it.
This weapon, which can be quickly strung on horseback, has considerable lethality. Combined with Carly's riding and archery skills, she can completely serve as a half ranger.
Then, Zhang Yang selected a short compound bow with high accuracy and particularly fast shooting speed for Anderson, as well as four bundles of conical arrows. He was destined to be trained as a ranger, which cost another 1,200 silver dinars.
There is no way, new weapons and equipment are so expensive, especially bows and crossbows.
Then, Zhang Yang selected a suitable shield and sword for Tony, and a two-handed broadsword for Bob, which cost another 1,800 silver dinars. They were planning to train the two of them to be his personal guards, so they couldn't be stingy.
Finally, Zhang Yang bought himself two sets of heavy javelins, which cost another 500 silver dinars.
Seeing that he was spending money like water, he had to sell five war horses and got 2,000 silver dinars.
Then he bought a cart, hired two driver, bought 20 bags of wheat, 100 giant black breads, a can of honey, 5 barrels of dark beer, a large bag of sausages, three bags of apples, and 200 kilograms of salted fish, which cost another 1300 silver dinars.
At this point, Zhang Yang still had 4,100 silver dinars left in his hands. He went straight to the most famous mercenary tavern in the city of Afendol. After some trial and investigation, he hired two Jatu wanderers and five second sons of nobles from the Northern Kingdom who were almost unable to make ends meet.
These can all be trained as cavalry, and most importantly, they are cheap, only 300 silver dinars per person to use for a whole year.
But in the end, Zhang Yang still spent a high price of 1,000 silver dinars to hire an old mercenary cavalry commander who was blind in one eye. It was not because of his martial arts skills, but because he had decades of experience as a mercenary.
After the recruitment was completed, Zhang Yang led his team out of Afendor City without stopping. But even though he acted quickly, what he was worried about still happened. About ten miles out of the city, Alec, the old mercenary cavalry commander who was entrusted by Zhang Yang with the important task of guarding and patrolling, reported with a serious look.
"Captain, we are being followed. If I am not mistaken, it should be those notorious rogue knights. I don't know how you offended them, but there are only two options now. First, we must return to Afendol City immediately and spend some silver dinars to bribe the officials of Duke Brunus. They should be able to mediate. Second, we must hire more powerful mercenaries, because the rogue knights are like hyenas on the grassland, crazy and cruel. They will chase us to the horizon."
(End of this chapter)
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