The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword
Chapter 84
At the beginning, fedot said that two people were riding behind him, which was actually inaccurate. Because one of them, the companion of the little knight, was almost lying on his horse.
This is an old man of about 50 years old. He has sparse black hair. The hair on both sides of his ears has been shaved, leaving only a pinch on his head. It looks very ridiculous. But if you see his face, no one can laugh. It was a lion like face. Although the old man closed his eyes because of pain, his divine majesty could still frighten ordinary people in the world.
"Such a person will not have companions." Che Chen looked at the old man''s face and flashed such an idea for the first time.
Obviously, the little Knight lied.
The clothes the old man wears are even more amazing. It was a golden scale armor. In this era of plate armor and firearms, few people wore this gorgeous but more bulky armor, which was almost as strong as the light half body plate armor.
In the position of the scale chest, there was faint blood color. It was obvious that the old man was seriously injured in his left chest.
The old man''s waist is tied with a belt made of gold, and the sword on the belt is also gorgeous. It is full of gemstones, red, green and yellow.
This whole person is a moving golden mountain.
Pedro was stunned. He dared to say that even the king of Spain could not do such luxury and spend money like land.
The little Knight jumped off the horse and helped the old man off the horse regardless of the eyes of the people. The old man was obviously conscious. When he got off the horse, the old man let out a painful groan because of the wound on his chest. But immediately, the old man endured it and went back.
Fatima and fedot jumped out of the carriage so that the little knight could more easily help the old man into the carriage.
And Chechen and Pedro also came up to help. The little knight took off his cloak and spread it on the carriage, and then let the old man lie on it.
"Thanks a lot." after everything, the little Knight thanked Cherchen and them.
"You''re welcome. We''d better hurry now. If we walk faster, we may be able to get to Polotsk before the sun sets," Chechen said.
"It''s impossible. It''s still a long way from Polotsk. It''s definitely not here today."
The little knight was obviously very familiar with this area.
"My name is Chechen. This is my uncle Pedro. That''s fedot and Fatima. We''re all mercenaries. I''m the head." Chechen said.
"My name is Michael. As for my last name and the identity of my companion, please forgive me for not telling you at the moment," said the little Knight named Michael.
"Let''s go first. Let''s talk while walking." Chechen nodded. Although he was full of curiosity about the old man''s identity, since Michael spoke in advance, he didn''t have much to ask.
In this era, who has no secrets.
The crowd moved on. Because the old man occupied the carriage, Michael proposed that fedot and Fatima could ride the old man''s horse together. But Fatima let fedot sit in the saddle of the carriage and ride with Cherchen.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what is your team going to Polotsk for?" Michael asked about the purpose of Cherchen and others going to Polotsk. In his opinion, although Chechen said that the four were mercenaries, if there were only four mercenaries in a mercenary group, the so-called "group" was really small and pitiful. Michael prefers to call them teams.
"In fact, we are not going to Polotsk. Our destination is to go to Werner to join the army of Prince yanush." since it is determined that the two men are Polish soldiers, Cherchen didn''t want to hide the purpose of the four men, so he directly said the purpose of going to Werner.
Michael heard the words of Prince yanush from Chechen''s mouth, and his face was shocked. But he soon covered up the past.
"Do you know Prince arnush?" Michael asked.
"No, but we all escaped from Smolensk and have a deep blood feud with czar Russia. We know that king yanushi just fought with czar Russia''s army, so we went to help."
"Then you''re late," Michael said with a sad tone.
"What did you say?" Chechen asked in surprise.
The others looked at Michael, too.
"The prince''s army was defeated by the czar."
The answer shocked everyone. Prince yanush lost the war, and the figure regarded by the head of Franco as the Savior of Smolensk was defeated by czar Russia.
"When did this happen!"
"Just a few days ago. To be honest, we were the subordinates of the prince. The prince led an army of 16000 people to fight a decisive battle with more than 80000 czar Russian troops. Although our winged cavalry broke through the enemy''s nine fold battle array, the impact was almost dissipated. The enemy surrounded us with several times more troops than our prince, and the troops were scattered. We are also good It''s not easy to break through. My companion stumbled and fell off on the way to break through, and the horse was injured. "
Chechen and Pedro were at a loss. Originally, they wanted to join the Polish army in Lithuania to fight back to Smolensk to avenge their companions in the mercenary corps, but now the yanush prince was defeated by the czar. What''s the point of them going to Werner again. Where is their revenge?
"Ladies and gentlemen, although the prince''s army has been defeated, victory and defeat is a common thing in the army. Our prince will regroup and fight the invaders to the death again. There will be no other choice in war. Because the prince is such a character, he only sees victory and will not tolerate failure. Therefore, it is time for you to go to Vilna. The Lithuanian army will be 100 I need people like you to take refuge. When my companion recovers in Polotsk, I''ll take you to Werner. "
Michael saw that Cherchen and Pedro heard that Prince yanush was defeated and his morale was low, so he hurried to encourage him.
The clank and sonorous words of the little Knight gave Chechen and Pedro confidence. Moreover, with the recommendation of Michael, a soldier under the command of King yanushi, Cherchen and others are more confident to join the army.
For fear of affecting the injured, the carriage did not dare to drive too fast. The party was much slower than before. Seeing that the sun was about to set, they had to find a place to rest for a night before they could continue on their way.
But in the wilderness, where are the cottages and farmhouses?
"Michael, do you know where there is a village near here?" Chechen asked. He mistakenly thought Michael was a native and should be more familiar with this area.
But Chechen misunderstood Michael. Michael is polish, but not Lithuanian. He led his troops from Minsk to werna to join Prince yanush to resist the attack of the czar. Therefore, Michael generally knew the distance of each town in this area, but he did not know and could not know the location of small villages and noble estates.