Two Sislav hunters were walking through the forest with bows and arrows on their backs. Mecklenburg County was a land dominated by plains, so there was basically no prey in the plains. Only some hares hiding in the fields jumped around. However, for these two Sislav hunters, the small animal such as hares could not satisfy them at all. What they longed for was to be able to catch enough for the whole family to eat a week of male elk. This animal with crown-like horns only appeared in the border forests of Mecklenburg County. To hunt in the forests of Mecklenburg County, you must serve as the chief for more than half a year before you can obtain a license.

The two Sislav hunters were father and son. They obtained a hunting license after serving as archers for the chief for half a year. This forest was under the jurisdiction of the Sislav city of Visma. After obtaining the license, they were allowed to enter the forest before they showed it to the mayor of the city. The animals in the forest all the way surprised them. However, most of them were birds and small beasts. The male elk did not see one. At this time, the experienced father took out a horn. The horn was blown like the sound of a doe in heat. The male elk would be attracted by this sound and entered the trap of death.

"Father, where do you look?" Just as they were walking and blowing the trumpet, a male elk finally appeared from the dense bushes, licking the leaves in the bushes with his tender tongue. The two hunters were excitedly bent down and slowly approached the elk. But at this moment, his son, who was slightly inexperienced, stepped on a piece of dead wood. The dead wood made a crisp crackling sound. The elk immediately raised his head alertly and turned to run deep into the forest.

"Chasing." The father knew that if a frightened elk could not be caught, it would probably make him have no gain today. He bowed his back behind him and called his son to chase him. The two followed the direction of the elk running away and chased deep into the forest. Gradually they heard the sound of the river, and the father stopped and took a breath. He did not expect that he would chase such a far place. This river was adjacent to the southern Earl Artemack, the territory of the Catholics. He thought that if he continued to chase, he might enter the territory of the Catholics, which might cause border disputes, but if he could not hunt elks, he and his son had been wasted for half a year. Just when he was hesitating, his son stood on a high cliff and held an outward-ext tree and shouted to him.

"Father, come and see where to see."

"What?" The hunter and his son stood on a high cliff. Under the cliff was a rushing river. On an alluvial delta formed eastward, a castle was actually located. The gate of the castle was placed with a suspension bridge, and many people were coming and going, and the trees were transported into the castle. The archers holding bows on the arrow tower on the city wall were on guard. Several soldiers holding spears at the gate were closely watching the people coming and going, and a flag was hanging above the gate.

"Father, whose castle is this? Why have I never heard you say it?" In the eyes of the young Slavic hunter, his father was knowledgeable and must have known which chief this castle located in the Delta belonged to.

"No, I have never heard of the opening of a new castle here. Since the great chief of Mecklenburg fell ill, his sons have lost interest in developing the territory. We must report the matter here to the chief. This must be the invaders. Look at the flag, it is clearly the Catholic noble seal." Because the father and son were very careful of concealment, the dense branches and leaves of trees covered their whereabouts. The soldiers of Arod did not know that they had been discovered by the Sislavs, but the castle had been established at this time. If the Slavs wanted to attack, they had to send a large amount of manpower.

The news brought by the two hunters surprised the mayor who managed the town of Wisma. He didn't know that the enemy's castle had appeared in his jurisdiction, which made him feel extremely unbearable. However, he was a little suspicious of the hunters' words. Perhaps they just regarded the temporary stronghold of some wandering Catholic knights as castles. These lowly people always exaggerated the words, and would talk about the dragons in the forest after being drunk.

"What should I do?" Mayor Jakash walked in his room with a frown frown. He was very satisfied with his fiefdom. The fur trade point in this town sold Nordic fur to the south. The fur business made the town prosperous. Although there were less than a thousand residents in the town, they were taxed one-third of the taxes in Mecklenburg County. He and his family lived here with satisfaction, and would continue in this way in the future. However, those damn Christian knights always violated the legal fiefdom they received from the Mecklenburg Chief. This harassment made him tirelessly.

"What's wrong? Father." At this time, Mayor Jakash's son strode in. He wore a fur hat on his head, a bearskin cloak, and a sword that only the nobles deserved.

"We found an invader at our border, right near the Count Artmark." Mayor Jakash said to his son, who was getting older, so many things were left to his son.

"Is it the man of Count Artmark?"

"No, according to my people, Count Artemack has been having a dispute with his lord recently, and he should not have the freedom or manpower." Mayor Jakash shook his head and denied his son's speculation. If it was Count Artemack's invasion, it would be an invasion of the entire Mecklenburg emirate. Count Artemack should not dare to provoke it without the strength.

"Where, I'll take some people to see." Mayor Jakash's son said to his father, holding the hilt of his sword.

"Okay, bring some archers and spearmen." Mayor Jakash assigned his son 10 archers and 50 spearmen. As the mayor of the town, he did not have a cavalry unit, but his infantry was abundant. Besides, in the forest, the cavalry would be in the way.

Mayor Jakash's son led a group of Slavic warriors, followed the hunter and his son to advance into the forest. After walking for a while, he found a castle in the delta of the river. They looked at the fortress that suddenly appeared like magic, the solid and tall walls, and the naturally formed moat. All of this made them feel that it was impossible to capture this building that could be comparable to the castle in the capital of Mecklenburg County. At this time, a rapid metal knocking sound was made from the arrow tower of the castle. As the metal knocking sounded, people outside the castle hurriedly ran into the castle. The wooden suspension bridge was quickly hung up, and the guards on the wall were running on alert. The archers shot arrows in the direction of the forest where the Slavs were located. The arrows fell into the river and splashed water. Occasionally, several shots into the forest and were blocked by the Slavs' shield.

"Go back, I have seen enough. This matter must be reported to Kang Tuoyi." Mayor Jakash's son frowned and waved his sword to knock out an arrow. He knew very well that with the power of the town of Visma, it was impossible to deal with this castle. He needed to report this matter to Kang Tuoyi, the son of the chief.

"Mr. Arod, we found the traces of the Sislas, and they wandered around our castle." At almost the same time, Johnberg reported to Arod about the Slav's actions. Arod quickly put on his chain mail with Julian's help. Arod quickly stepped out of the Saxon house with the help of his wife. The people in the castle looked a little panicked, which made Arod a little dissatisfied. It seemed that he should do some exercises when the enemy came in the future. When Arod climbed onto the wall, Mayor Jakash's son had already led his men away. The alarm made of iron hanging from the arrow tower worked, and it did not give the Slav's time to attack in the chaos.

"It seems that we don't have much time left. We have prepared all the reserves in our warehouse? I asked the craftsmen to make three bed crossbows." Aroud looked at the Slavs' figure disappearing into the forest. He turned his head and said to Julian. The bed crossbow was another new weapon made by Aroud, which was squeezed with a suitable proportion of wooden boards, bonded with glue made of fish floats, and then tied with a linen rope to form a huge bow. Then fix the bow on a large wooden stool. When used, place the wooden stool and put the special crossbow arrow on the bow and shoot it out. It is powerful and is a good helper for the Song Dynasty to defend the city walls. However, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the rate of fire is very slow.

"Yes, two have been completed, but our wheat seeds have just been sown, and if the enemy attacks, it is likely that they will not be able to take care of them." Julian said with regret. Since Arod asked the bakers to add alkaline wood ash water to the baked flour, the people in the Rage Lion Castle have fallen in love with soft barley or wheat bread. For this Arod asked the merchants to transport some seeds to sow on the fertile land outside the territory and are preparing to build a hydraulic mill. But now the Slavs have discovered the existence of Rage Lion Castle, and war will soon fall on them, and these things may be postponed.

"This is also impossible. By the way, let the craftsmen stop all the work at hand and start making whirlwind cannons." In order to make up for the rate of firing of the bed crossbow, Aruod was preparing to build some more whirlwind cannons. Although the power of the whirlwind cannons is not as far as the penetration and range of the bed crossbow, the rapid blasting arrow uses pebbles that can be found everywhere. However, Aruod is still racking his brains to think of more defensive methods. Now all his wealth and life are in this castle.
Chapter completed!