Chapter 654: The Normans of Dog Days (Sincere Thanks to the Leader of the Alliance)

Leofric and Tophi were riding fast through the woods on horseback. The brutal Normans had sent a message to all the warriors. What else could they do except rush back home in anger? Two people riding on the same horse, one behind the other, ran desperately toward their hometown.

But unfortunately, they did encounter the Norman reconnaissance team Odgar said. Even more unfortunately, they encountered an elite reconnaissance team led by a knight on horseback. The red-haired Aiutelefo discovered He grabbed them, held his spear high and controlled the horses to rush towards the two of them.

However, Tofi and the others were thinking about the situation in their hometown, and they also knew that they could not contend with the knights who looked fully armed. The two of them turned their horses and ran away, while Aiutelefo chased after them desperately with a spear raised.

Since Aiutelefo was riding a tall horse from Normandy instead of Tophi's local English pony, it seemed that it would be a matter of time before he was caught up - this also made the two people who realized what would happen if this continued, gave up their horses. , running on foot towards the swamp with dripping water and silt, hoping to use the terrain to make the Norman knights give up their pursuit.

But they underestimated Aiutelefo's determination. After seeing the two of them get into the swamp, he simply got off his horse, gave up the spear in his hand, pulled out his Norman sword, and continued to fight behind them, panting. chase.

The tall and lanky Leocliffe nimbly explored the path for his best friend in front, but Tofi behind him accidentally got stuck in the mud, lost his balance and fell into the mud.

"Get up, work harder!" Leocliffe noticed his situation and wanted to turn around for rescue, but he was a step too late. Although Aiutelefo who followed closely behind him was wearing chainmail, he had to rely on his strength to rescue him. The long period of physical training had caught up with him. He raised his sword high and wanted to slash at Tuo Fei, who let out a desperate scream.

"Wait... wait." Leocliffe stretched out his hand to stop him desperately, "He is just a newly married husband who wants to rush back to the village to make sure his wife is safe."

"Newly married husband?" Aiutelefo asked. Only then did he have time to take a good look at the enemy he was chasing before - and found that the opponent was just two boys of fourteen or fifteen years old.

Tofi panted rapidly and looked at him in horror. Aiutelefo held his sword and looked at Leocliffe again hesitantly.

The two looked at each other for a moment. Leocliff raised his hands, threw his long sword to the ground, and made a surrender gesture. He bent his knees and knelt on the ground: "If you want to catch me, catch me, don't hurt him. "

The tip of Aiutelefo's sword kept shaking up and down in front of Leocliffe, and Tophi looked at him with eyes full of pleading.

Finally, Aiutelefo turned his head to one side, facing the distance a little, and said: "Let's go, let's go!" Aiutelefo, who felt soft and let the two of them go, gritted his teeth and turned back. Go.

At this time, the red-haired knight discovered that the jarhead knight Mordred was riding a horse by the swamp and looking at him.

Aiutelefo stopped. The Jarhead Knight crossed his arms and looked sideways at Aiutelefo with evil intentions in his eyes: "I doubt you have the courage to fight, my lord."

Aiutelefo looked at him angrily with his sword raised.

"You let those two soldiers run away, and you disobeyed the order. If the Duke knew about this, your family may pay the price for your disobedience." Mordred showed no sign of weakness, and he put his hand on On the hilt of the sword at his waist, he threatened Aiutelefo with a face full of jest.

Aiutelefo turned around helplessly and put the sword back into its scabbard. He was speechless and no longer argued with the other party about the issue of chivalry.

A few hours later, outside the village of Crowhurst, the two people who were running fast finally arrived at the entrance of the village, but their pace slowed down. As the Viking said, they smelled the ashes before they saw the village. They arrived late, and there was still gray smoke surrounding the remaining cottages.

Their footsteps were as heavy as their hearts. Not long after walking in from the entrance of the village, they saw the corpses of many fellow villagers, and one of them was a male corpse lying on his back, which made Leocliffe's heart almost unbearable. Suppressed, his expression looked a little dull, "This is my father." The wind blew the hair of the old man's corpse, and Leo Cliff wished that it was his father who was moving...

"Judith...Judith..." Tofi was shocked, thinking of his new wife, and ran towards his home with panic calls.

Leocliff walked towards the village. Wherever he looked, corpses of villagers were scattered everywhere. Almost all the men left in the village had been killed, and there were even a few children among them. Sad eyes slid across these young faces.

Tofi frantically searched for his newlywed wife, his mind filled with Judith's sweet smile at the wedding, but in the end he found nothing.

"I grieve deeply for you." Leofric said, turning his back to his best friend.

Tofi took off his cloak and sat on the fallen beam, his face full of helplessness and sadness: "How many days have passed since we got married?"

Leofric clenched his hands in confusion: "Two hours? I don't know."

In fact, the time was very short, but in Tofi's heart, it seemed that a long, long time had passed. His tone sounded like crying, "Our life is gone forever, our life is gone forever!"

Leofric's heart was full of anger: "What they did, they actually did such a thing to us, who are also believers in the Lord, in the name of the Lord!" He roared with grief and anger: "Bastards, bastards, Bastards...Normans as a dog, as a dog!" Leofric angrily kicked away the thatch on the ground and shouted to the sky.

"Who?" Because he had lost his weapon before, Leofric pulled out his protective dagger and pointed at the half-collapsed low wall of the blacksmith shop in the village. Allen walked out from behind the wall.

Leofric recognized Allen, UUReading www.uukanshu． ｎet but took it for granted and ignored the identity of the other party. He breathed a sigh of relief and put the dagger back into the scabbard. "You are a busker who is very lucky. You escaped."

But Tofi next to him opened his mouth wide, staggered back, pointed at Allen and yelled: "Witch, witch, witch... wizard!"

Leofric's eyes widened in disbelief. This time, without Allen casting a confusion spell, they immediately understood the terrifying identity of the other party - a wizard.

Allen ignored the two militiamen who looked frightened, and instead walked towards a burned and collapsed ruins.

It was as if there were invisible hands toying with the ruins of the walls, and the burnt beams and mud flew away, revealing the figure of a little boy whose clothes had been burned off, with only some rags still on his body. His eyes were dull, and he continued to cover his mouth and nose with the dry dark brown dirty cloth. His body was blackened by smoke, but it didn't look like he had suffered any signs of burns.

"Merlin, thank God you are still alive." Leofric ignored his fear of Allen. He strode forward and put his hands on the shoulders of the boy who might be the only survivor in his village.