king of the castle

Chapter 216 Annihilating the Horse Thief

Having the elves serve as outposts for him really saved Roger a lot of trouble. 【】After eliminating the first secret sentry of the horse thief, Elulin and Anel quickly eliminated another secret sentry. The road from Roger's direction to the horse thief's camp has been cleared. Unsuspecting horse thieves attacked.

"Annel and I can fight horse thieves for you." Hiding behind a big tree, Elurin said seriously to Roger, "As long as you don't embarrass Eve, it doesn't matter if we die."

After calming down for a while, the two elves regained a little courage, and their words were somewhat manly.But Roger just wanted them to find the way for him, and he didn't plan to let the elves be cannon fodder, so he immediately refused: "I will do the job of eliminating the horse thieves myself, just stay here obediently for me!"

Roger's words surprised all the elves.Now that they have completely fallen under Roger's control, even if he doesn't treat him as everything or sell him as a slave, the fate of being cannon fodder is inevitable.However, Roger actually took the initiative to take the risk, but left himself in the safe rear, which was completely inconsistent with his previous behavior.

"Stupid, didn't you think you guys would do this?" Looking at the surprised expressions of the elves, Roger said inwardly: "I won't let you rush ahead. It's nothing to die a few silly elves. It is a waste if you kill too many horse thieves, this is the power of the soul!"

Ever since he saw the excellent mobility of these horse thieves, Roger had plans to form his own cavalry.Level [-] castles can already build elementary stables, and the materials needed are relatively common. The most difficult thing to get is the power of the soul.So Roger had already made plans on the road, using the soul power of these horse thieves to build a primary stable, of course he would not let the elves intervene in the battle.

But the elves didn't know what Roger was thinking. They all thought that Roger was only afraid that he would be injured in the battle, so he would attack the horse thief alone.This made Roger have two completely opposite images in the hearts of the elves. One is a villain who is despicable and shameless and does not hesitate to use magic props to control them; the other acts alone in the face of battle to protect others. good man.At this moment, even Elulin was confused, not knowing how to describe this human being.

Roger didn't have the leisure to explain the elves' doubts. He quickly approached the horse thief's camp alone, leaving only the three elves looking at each other, completely confused about what the human was thinking.

The horse thief's camp was beside a river, and from the flow of this small river, it should also be a tributary of the Tula River across Kent.The river was flowing slowly in the Green Sea Forest, and it happened to turn a bend at this location. The large open space at the bend of the river was used by the horse thieves to build a camp.There are also abundant aquatic plants by the river, enough to support a large number of horses.

In addition, the Green Sea Forest is the traditional territory of the elves, and there are very few humans entering it. It is definitely the best place for horse thieves to set up a secret camp.

With the help of the cover of the woods, Roger approached very close to the horse thief camp.Perhaps because of their confidence in the secret sentry sent out, the horse thieves were very lax around the camp, so Roger was not found at all.

The so-called horse thief camp is actually a dozen houses made of logs, scattered in the open space by the river.There are two rows of simple stables a little further away, which are used to accommodate hundreds of horses for horse thieves.

Roger hid behind the big tree and observed carefully, and found that there were still hundreds of horse thieves in the entire camp. They obviously did not use all their strength when they launched the attack before.With so many people in the Green Sea Forest, it is already a force that cannot be underestimated. No wonder those prudish elves treat horse thieves who enter the forest completely.With the strength of an elf tribe, even if these horse thieves could be wiped out, they would definitely be seriously injured. If they encountered those slave-hunting teams of Fatian, they would really be in danger of exterminating their clan.

But to Roger, it was a good thing that horse thieves were plentiful.This meant that he could harvest more soul power, which was the most urgently needed material to continue building the castle.

The setback just now made Watson very angry, so as soon as he got back to the camp, he got into his room and drank alcohol.Now that the leader has gone to drink, the other horse thieves have also relaxed.Except for some people sleeping in the house, everyone else was drinking ale bought from other cities in the open space of the camp, talking loudly about previous failures.

Speaking of which, this was the only recent failure of the horse thieves, so many people felt aggrieved in their hearts, clamoring to gather more people to seek revenge on that caravan.They have always been the only ones who slaughtered and looted other people. They have never suffered such a big loss under the caravan. No wonder they have such thoughts.It's just that the horse thieves don't know that their camps have been discovered by the other party, and they will soon face disaster.

After getting a general understanding of the situation in the horse thief camp, Roger quickly took action.He quietly came to the stable, ready to take the first step.

Speaking of which, these horse thieves may have lived in comfort for too long, and their vigilance has been greatly reduced. Even in such an important place as the stables, only one person is assigned to stand guard.The sentry horse thief did not have the awareness of a sentry at all, not only did not hide in a place that was not easy to be found, but even got drunk with a wine bottle in his hand.

Roger took care of the fellow without difficulty, dragged his body into a corner and hid it, then cut the bridles of all the horses, and finally set fire to the haystacks in the stables.

Although these horses have been trained, they are not intelligent monsters after all, and they have an instinctive fear of flames.After the fire ignited, all the horses jumped out of the stables, instinctively gathered together and galloped forward.Many of the horses had their tails set on fire, driving them into a frenzy, jumping and screaming recklessly across the glade, running around like headless chickens.

"The horse is startled!" A horse thief first discovered the situation and quickly alerted the others.The entire camp soon boiled over. The horse thieves dropped their wine glasses and ran to stop the frightened horses in a panic. Everyone was extremely nervous.After all, they were horse thieves, and if there were no horses, everything would be over.Not only is he not qualified to be called a horse thief, but he also cannot use the horse's foot power to advance and retreat freely throughout Kent County as before, and his income from robbery will also be greatly reduced.So after knowing that the horses were startled, all the horse thieves were very nervous and tried their best to calm the horses down.

When the whole camp was in chaos, Luo Jie made a move.

Two rows of crossbowmen suddenly appeared on both sides of the camp and shot deadly arrows at the horse thieves who were already in a mess.These horse thieves were even wearing leather armor in the camp. After being shot by arrows at such a short distance, they all screamed and fell to the ground. Without exception, they were seriously injured and completely lost their fighting ability.

Seeing his companion fall to the ground with arrows deeply stuck in his body, the other uninjured horse thieves couldn't react at all for a while, and didn't figure out what was going on at all.Just when the horse thieves were in a daze, iron spear soldiers and long sword soldiers appeared among them at the same time.

These melee soldiers were in groups of three or five. Iron spear soldiers and long sword fighters cooperated with each other to hunt down and kill nearby horse thieves passionately.The camp was already in chaos, and many horse thieves didn't even bring weapons with them in order to chase the horses.These panicked guys ran into the heavily armed enemy who strictly followed orders, and the result was naturally predictable.Many horse thieves were pierced by iron spears, felled by long swords, and nailed to the ground by arrows without even a chance to resist.

In the first few minutes of the fight, the whole scene is simply a one-sided carnage.The panicked horse thief completely became a lamb at the mercy of the well-organized enemy.I'm afraid many people in the world didn't expect that the situation when they slaughtered the caravan in the past would repeat itself exactly.

Under the protection of a group of longsword warriors, Roger watched the situation on the battlefield. So far, everything has satisfied him.Most of the horse thieves in the clearing had been wiped out, while Roger's soldiers had only a few minor injuries, which did not affect their continued fighting at all.Roger also gained a lot of soul power because of this. If he continues like this, as long as all the horse thieves are wiped out, he will soon be able to build a primary stable.

However, the horse thieves had killed people and seen blood after all. Although they were caught off guard by Roger, some people soon calmed down and shouted loudly for their accomplices to join forces against the enemy.

At this time, those horse thieves running around were almost killed. Seeing that the enemies began to gather, Roger also ordered his soldiers to form a neat formation, preparing for a head-to-head battle.

The iron spear soldiers and long sword fighters quickly lined up. As the main force, the iron spear soldiers and long sword fighters faced the enemy's attack on the front of the battlefield.The crossbowmen lined up on the two wings of the formation, attacking the enemy continuously.

Compared with the horse thieves, the formation was much looser. They just lined up sparsely in two horizontal lines, with those holding small round shields in front and those without shields behind, fighting back with short bows in their hands.

Horse thieves are known for their mobility. Both the armor and the shield are light styles. At such a short distance, there is no way to defend against the attacks of longbows and light crossbows. Each round of shooting of crossbowmen can always kill several enemy.The horse thief's short bow is inherently less lethal, and Roger's soldiers are all equipped with leather armor and shields, so the horse thief's counterattack can hardly pose any threat to them.

Seeing that it would be a disadvantage to line up and shoot at the enemy, the horse thieves would naturally not stand there stupidly, and soon howled and charged Roger's soldiers.