My Wife Is Great Fief Lord

Chapter 29 Camps in the buffer zone

Gradually, there are more trees on both sides of the road. Walking on the mountainside of the mountain range, there is an endless forest below. Gervais entire group is about to arrive the westernmost part of his domain.

There are two roads from the Gervais territory to the Viscounty of Ranney. One requires a relatively long distance, but the road is flat and wide. A little off the road.

The other is the road that Gervais is taking now. Although it is closer, because it needs to cross the mountain range, the road is narrow and steep, and few people pass by here.

“Sir, you can reach the buffer zone by turning around the foot of the mountain.” The guard who shouted at this moment has already walked in the front, and the road here has been a lot longer because there are few people walking. The tall weeds, if no one is ahead to clear the way, the people in short shirts will occasionally get caught by the sharp weed leaves and scratch their skin.

The road that belongs to the middle of the mountain is not long, only more than one mile. This is because it belongs to the end of the mountain range. If it is the middle section of the mountain range, it is at least a thousand meters high and extremely steep. , there is simply no road for people to pass through.

The reason why Gervais took this mountain road was not because he was in a hurry, but to see what was going on in the buffer zone from a high place, and how Viscount Lenny was developing in the buffer zone.

The carriage and the horse-riding guards stayed by the side of the road. Now there are only 4 people in Gervais and his party. When they turned the corner that the guards said, the eyes suddenly opened up. What Gervais and the others could see in front of them was the boundless forest. The sea, there is only one avenue passing through the forest.

“Where is that place over there?” At this moment, an incongruous blank area appeared in the mostly green forest, and the range was quite large. In the middle of the blank area stood a camp quite abruptly. You can also see a little silhouette walking around in the camp.

“Sir, that’s in the buffer zone that belongs to your territory. When we came to patrol two months ago, the camp didn’t exist yet, but since last month, Benny didn’t bring us here. We’re patrolling here!”

The guards also saw the camp and were surprised, how in just one or two months, there was an extra camp of that size in the buffer zone, and it still belonged to him. The buffer zone on the side, as the guards stationed here, has never heard of Winterfell’s order to build a camp in the buffer zone.

“How can you be sure that it’s in our buffer zone?” Gervais asked because he didn’t know much about his territory.

“Look at that road, my lord, to that turn is the edge of your territory. There is a boundary marker there. When patrolling every month, Benny will take us there. That camp. So close to the buffer zone, it must be in your buffer zone.” The guard pointed to the road winding in the vast forest, and answered Gervais’s question with a very positive tone.

“Oh.” Gervais nods. Viscount Laney crosses the line and can sit tight. Standing on the mountainside, you can see that the camp is not small in scale. Although it is far away, the silhouette inside can be seen vaguely. Roughly counted, there are at least hundreds of people in it.

Although the fence of the camp is made of logs, it can be seen that a lot of thought was spent on the construction. The wooden tower was built, and there were obviously brackets inside the wall, so people could stand on top of the wall to patrol and guard, because Gervais clearly saw several people patrolling and walking on the wooden wall. There was only one gate in the entire camp, facing the direction of the road. The distance from the camp gate to the road is about one kilometer.

“Go, let’s go down and have a look!” Because of the distance, there was only so much to observe from standing on the mountain, so Gervais directed a few people to go and take a closer look.

After seeing the camp, Gervais dared to be 100% sure that there must be something good that Viscount Lenny discovered there. If it was a coal mine, it would be difficult to just bribe Benny and build the camp. Earn it back.

Not to mention, breaking the unwritten rules, risking a conflict with Count Jones, and overstepping the line to mine privately within the buffer zone on the Jones family’s side.

……

After walking for more than ten minutes, Gervais and the others finally came to the main road. In front of him was the border of his territory, where a large stone tablet stood.

Gervais approached the root of the stone tablet, which read Count Jones collar in large characters. This tablet was erected by the Count Jones family to demarcate the territory of the entire Count collar and other great nobles.

This world does not have an accurate map, so many times, when lords divide their territories, they use mountain ranges, forests, and rivers as dividing lines, but in the plains, stone tablets will be erected on the roads. to distinguish.

Standing at this stone tablet at this moment, Gervais and the others can no longer see Viscount Lanny’s camp, all around are dense forests, towering trees, blocking all vision.

Gervais took the lead and continued to walk along the avenue. After walking for about several hundred meters, he saw a trail entrance beside the road ahead. This trail entrance was the only road leading to the camp.

In order to prevent the Jones family from finding out about the camp, Viscount Laney bribed Benny to turn a blind eye.

But they have done a great job of concealing their eyes and ears. The caravans on this road, as well as the convoys buying coal mines, often pass by. If the camp is very conspicuous, then there is no need for Benny to report it, and sooner or later. will be discovered by passing pedestrians.

The entrance of this trail is just over one meter wide, just enough for people and horses to walk, and it twists and turns gently. the secret.

Gervais and the others would have been impossible to determine the exact location of the camp if they had not observed the mountain beforehand.

After turning from the main road to the trail, the guard just now opened the way, and Gervais walked in the middle.

At this moment, everyone is starting to be on guard, be careful, this place is already in the dark forest, no more than the territory of Gervais, whether it is guarding against wild beasts in the forest, or guarding against the dark sentry that may be placed in Viscount Lenny’s camp, it is very important. Needed.

Several people walked on the narrow and long path for more than ten minutes, and finally they saw the end of the path, and the front was very open.

If someone else enters by mistake, it will definitely feel like a world away, no one would have imagined that after walking this trail, there will be a place of charm and beauty inside.

“My lord, they seem to have spotted us?” When Gervais stood at the exit of the trail, more than two hundred meters in the distance was Viscount Lenny’s camp.

At this moment in the camp, a watchtower closest to the Gervais group had discovered their entire group, and the bronze bell on the watchtower used to issue the alarm was jingling.

“Since I’m here, I’m not going to make a sneaky observation. Let’s go up and have a look!” Gervais is not surprised, since Viscount Lenny attaches so much importance to this place, the camp is built like a fortress, and the guards above must be vigilant. Sex is also very high, although there is no dark whistle on the road, but in the open area of more than two hundred meters in front of you, as long as there is a living thing breaking in, it will definitely be found immediately.

“Sir, why don’t I go up and test first. It’s too dangerous for you to go up like this.” At this moment, the three guards were hesitant. There were only four of them in total. The Viscount’s camp is still in the dark. If Gervais comes forward, if there is any danger, it will be too late to run.

“It’s fine, let’s not get too close. I don’t think Viscount Laney dares to attack a noble.” Gervais shook his head, denying the guard’s proposal.

It wasn’t that Gervais wanted to be a hero, but the memory of the original owner told him that no one dared to blatantly kill a lord with a title, especially like Gervais, who was nominally the husband of Alice count.

If Viscount Lenny’s men dare to blatantly kill Gervais, then everyone in this camp will never see next spring, including their families, and even if Viscount Lenny doesn’t die in the end, his title will be lost. will be lost.

In order to maintain their rule, the nobles stipulated a lot of laws, some of which are aimed at the commoners and some are aimed at the nobles.

Nobles are noble and inviolable in this world. Even if they are nobles, if they kill a noble innocently, that nobleman will be punished. life to death.

If the two sides belong to hostile countries, in the war, even if the nobles are captured, they will be treated very well. After the war, they only need to pay enough ransom, and the nobles can still return to themselves intact. Of course, the premise is that there is no blood feud.

If Viscount Lenny wants Gervais’ life, he has only two options. The first is to have absolute strength, and he is not afraid of being counted by Alice after killing Gervais, or by the king. Obviously, a little Viscount does not have such strength anyway.

Then there is only the second way, which is also the usual method of the nobles, and that is assassination.

Where there are nobles, there are interests, and where there are interests, there are conflicts. If you want to put a noble to death and escape punishment, you can only use assassination.

Many nobles like to train dead men for this reason.

Gervais’ today’s itinerary, many people in the castle know about it, and Viscount Lenny’s envelope Thomas has also read it, and it is still in the study. If Gervais really happens to be unexpected, or disappears, That spearhead would be the first to point at Viscount Lenny.

Not to mention that Gervais also left a person waiting for the High Level in the territory.

This is the confidence of Gervais, he believes that Viscount Laney is just asking for money and will never dare to touch him.

“Stop. Who are you? Don’t blame us for being rude.” When Gervais and the others got closer to the camp gate, the wooden city wall with a height of five or six meters had already appeared. The station was full of well-equipped soldiers, and several of the soldiers had full bows and arrows. Among these soldiers, a big man in iron armor looked like their heads, and it was he who made the shouted.

(End of this chapter)