The next morning, after Sean finished breakfast, accompanied by Old John, went to the training ground behind the castle.

There are ten simple archery targets placed on the training ground.

A patrol team leader with a scarred face was practicing shooting seriously with four trainee knights and nine militiamen, holding crossbows.

After seeing Shawn arrive, these people bowed their heads and bowed.

"Good morning, Lord Lord!"

"Good morning!"

Sean glanced at the Scar Knight and asked, "Captain Zebra, how are they practicing?"

The trainee knight named Zebra said: "Now everyone has mastered the operation skills of crossbows, but they are just shooting accurately, so you may need to practice more."

Sean nodded, "Very good, let everyone hurry up and practice, don't worry about me, I'll just take a look at it."

"Yes, Lord Lord!"

Perhaps the appearance of the lord made these guys train very hard, holding crossbows one by one, and shooting at the targets at dozens of meters apart.

I have to say that the people Morris selected are indeed more flexible in mind and have strong acceptance skills.

In just under one day, these guys were able to control the crossbow skillfully.

At about thirty meters, the militiamen were shooting continuously with crossbows. Basically, at least half of the ten arrows in the cassette hit the target after shooting.

There were two young people, who performed particularly well, almost hitting the target.

After one round of shooting, everyone continued to remove the arrows on the target, patiently put them into the cassette, and continued to train to shoot.

Sean couldn't help but look at it for a while and found that these guys became more and more skilled as they practiced. A whole morning passed, and the number of targets they hit was several percent higher than when they first came.

Sure enough, the old saying is right, practice makes perfect.

Although those targets are large in size, the hit rate can exceed more than half of them from 30 meters away, which is considered very successful.

Of course, there is a difference between training and actual combat. As long as they exert half of their strength in actual combat, they will probably have a great deterrent effect.

What impressed Sean the most today was the two young people.

These two young people are not old, and may be both fifteen or sixteen years old. One has a sharp-mouthed monkey cheek and the other has black teeth. Although they are not very good at acting, their performance in training is a genius.

Sean saw them training for a morning and found that these two guys not only had a fast archery speed, but also had an outrageous hit rate, which was almost impossible to describe as a slight shot.

Seeing them so outstanding, Sean couldn't help but feel happy.

Seeing this, Old John on the side also smiled and said, "Master, it seems that you like those two young people very much."

Sean nodded, "The performance of these two guys is really great. Hey, that guy with a sharp-mouthed cheek looks a little familiar, a bit like the little Pierce in the castle."

Old John said with a smile: "He is the little Pierce who is responsible for shoveling manure in the stables, and he is a cousin with Tom who is rubbing the lamp stand in the castle, and the other young man is Gesel from the Black Dog's house."

"Black Dog's?"

Sean laughed in silence and said, "How could there be such a surname?"

But if you think about it carefully, as a child of a serf family, according to the regulations of this world, inferior people can only have low surnames, and it is normal for them to have black dogs, black cats, black pigs.

Thinking of this, he waved his hand.

Suddenly, the zebra knight who was commanding everyone to train in the distance immediately ran to the front.

"Lord, what are your instructions?"

"It's noon, let everyone have some rest."

Sean ordered Old John: "John, let the kitchen prepare more meat for everyone at noon, remember that everyone must have a large piece of meat."

Old John nodded, "Okay, sir, I'll make arrangements now."

Everyone standing not far away heard that there was meat to eat at noon today, and they cheered excitedly, especially those militiamen participating in the training, who were so happy that they kept praising the Lord.

I stayed in the training ground for a whole morning and didn't see Morris.

Sean asked casually: "Zebra, where has Knight Morris gone?"

Zebra replied respectfully, "Knight Maurice went to the border for inspection. In the afternoon, I will take over his inspection mission."

Sean nodded, saying nothing more.

After returning to the castle, he was having lunch when he saw Morris rushing to the castle in silence.

"Lord!"

"Captain Morris, you probably haven't had lunch yet, let's have a meal together."

"It is a privilege for Morris to be able to eat with Lord Lord!"

Seeing this, Old John, who was serving the side, immediately asked the maid to prepare a lunch and poured a glass of wine for Morris.

Morris took a sip of wine, wiped the wine stains on his beard, and breathed deeply, "Lord, we went to the border to inspect the morning and found traces left by the Fanged Thieves Group, and we were getting closer and closer to our territory."

Sean frowned, "It seems that the Fanged Thieves are hiding nearby and may appear at any time."

Morris nodded, "I guess they will attack our territory within two days at most."

Sean ate the bread and asked, "When do you think they will launch an attack?"

Morris thought for a moment, "According to the previous habits of the Fangs, they like to attack at night because they are not night blind, and sneak attack at night has great advantages. In our territory, except for me and Zebra, others have more or less night blindness, and they can't see clearly at night."

"Night blindness?"

Sean frowned, and he almost forgot about this important factor.

According to my understanding of this world, many people here do not eat animal internal organs because of their belief in the Creation Divine Confucianism. Some nobles do not even eat carrots, thinking that the plants growing under the soil are dirty and low-quality foods and are not worthy of the noble people.

Night blindness is mainly caused by malnutrition and lack of vitamin A. However, the two foods, animal viscera and carrot, are the highest vitamin A content.

As long as you eat these two foods frequently, the probability of night blindness will be greatly reduced.

Well, after the thieves are over, we must let these guys in the territory eat more animal offal and carrots.

Otherwise, they would be blind at night, and even if they were given a powerful weapon, they would not be able to play any role.

But this is not the most important thing. At present, the most important thing is to prepare as soon as possible and deal with the thieves who invade the territory at any time.

Thinking of this, Sean asked carefully: "Captain Morris, based on your understanding of the Fanged Thieves, what are their plans for attacking various manor territories in previous years?"

"It's all about attacking the castle..."

Morris held a large piece of bacon in his mouth and said vaguely: "Every time the Fangs thieves attacked the territory, they first attacked the castle where the lord was hiding. After entering the castle, they would massacre all the lords and their families, and then rob the gold, silver and finances, as well as food and livestock in the castle. When retreating, they would rob some cattle, sheep and other livestock from the serf's homes, and sometimes they would rob women and children."

"Stealing women and children?"

"Yes, women robbed them of insults and venting, and after they vented, they sold them to brothels, and children and they sold them to some evil wizards."

Hearing this, Sean frowned and said, "If that's the case, then we will be ready to welcome the thieves starting tonight."

Morris took a sip of wine again and said, "I think so too. Lord Lord, starting tonight, all the lights must be lit in the castle, and the walls in the yard must be filled with torches. In this way, we can minimize the impact of night blindness."

Sean nodded, "You can inform us later. After dark, all the personnel participating in the training must enter the castle to let everyone get familiar with the combat environment inside the castle in advance. Since the Fanged Thieves Group likes to attack the castle at night, we will set up an ambush in the castle and entertain them well."

Hearing this, Morris laughed and said, "Don't worry, Lord Lord, the Fangs thieves would never have thought that there would be twenty crossbows waiting for them in our castle."

When he heard about this, Sean reminded again: "Remember to warn everyone that everyone must not leak the crossbow, otherwise I will chop their heads."

Morris was shocked and said hurriedly: "I have warned them that no one except those involved in the training."

"This is the best!"

Sean said lightly: "After going out, let everyone step up their training, and at the same time teach everyone some combat skills for crossbow cooperation..."

Listening to what Sean said, Morris was stunned for a moment. Looking at the Lord in front of him, he suddenly felt a little unfamiliar.

Why do I feel that the Lord Lord seems to have changed a lot? Whether it is personality or thoughts, it is much more mature and comprehensive than before.

Could it be that he was humiliated by the Baron of Graystone Castle last time and was stimulated to change?

If this is the case, it is also a good thing.

Since the Lord is so hard and hard, as the Knight of the Black Hawk Territory, you must do your best.

Thinking of this, Morris sincerely suggested: "Lord, I have a suggestion!"

Sean raised his eyebrows, "Let's hear."

Morris said: "Since we are going to set up an ambush, we must be fully prepared and try our best to catch them all."

Sean nodded, "What does the Knight mean?"

Morris said slowly: "The walls of our castle are only two meters high, and they are all log fences. The primary target of the Fanged Thieves' Group's attack on the territory is definitely the Lord's castle. Therefore, as long as we dig dozens of arrow holes in the fence of the castle, we can not only avoid the attacks of thieves, but also use the cover of arrow holes to shoot and kill thieves."

Speaking of this, he paused and continued: "Lord should be clear that the personnel in our territory, whether in combat quality or experience in facing the enemy, are not as good as those cruel thieves who have experienced many battles. They are not as good as usual in training. Once they face those fierce thieves, I am afraid that everyone will feel fear and nervous. Once there are casualties, everyone will feel retreating at the last minute. However, with the protection of the fence, everyone has a much stronger sense of security and is not so nervous when fighting."

Hearing this, Sean lowered his head and thought for a moment, feeling that what he said was not unreasonable, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was very inappropriate, so he waved his hand and said, "Captain Morris, your advice is very good, but you forgot that very important point, we are facing the Fanged Thieves Group!"

Morris was stunned, "Lord, I don't understand what you mean."

Sean sighed and said, "The Fanged Thieves have been rampant on the border for more than ten years. As you said, these people are not only cruel and brave, but also very cautious and cunning. We were originally a bit abnormal when lit torches at night. If we were to dig a large number of holes on the walls around the castle, then a fool would guess that we were setting up an ambush, and there were a large number of crossbows in the castle. Do you think they would still attack them at that time?"

After being mentioned by the lord, Morris suddenly woke up and nodded quickly, "Lord is wise. It seems that I think it's too simple."

Morris's flattery made Sean feel very happy, and then said: "This time, facing the Fanged Thieves, we have no advantage except for the crossbow. Once they are aware of the abnormality, they will be very passive. The most important thing is that we now have no better way except waiting for the ambush with ease."
To be continued...