Chapter 37 Casting the Net (Part 1)
Ian's original plan was to cooperate with Black Falcon to arrange mercenary teams in all important inns, ports and villages on the north shore of Divine Eye Lake to hunt players passing through this area.
With such a big stall, he naturally didn't dare to get involved in the Black Fire Treasure. Firstly, he was too busy, and secondly, he was worried about messing up his relationship with Black Falcon.
Now that Black Falcon is dead and without the support of the mercenary group, he can only cast his net at two places in this inn and on the King's Avenue outside the inn (anyway, these are the only two places that are the focus, and the other places are at best It's a matter of luck), which almost no longer requires him to do anything himself.
Moreover, the powerful Black Falcon mercenary group is now involved in internal fighting due to the death of Black Falcon, so what reason does he have for not getting involved in the Black Fire treasure?
"But before discussing this issue, I need to arrange my original mission for you first." Ian changed the subject.
"Sir, what exactly do you need us to do for you?" Sir Grantham was obviously more proactive than before.
"hunting."
"hunting?"
"You can tell them, Martha." Ian did not explain directly, but decided to let Martha do it for him.
Soon, Martha told the story of how 'Sir Lucien' and the others came from King's Landing to capture the fugitives. I don't know if she had any selfish motives. She did not mention the reward offered by the queen.
"In short, your mission is to monitor this inn and the King's Avenue outside, and secretly capture the person I want." Ian took over.
"My people don't have horses, so I can take charge of the actions in the inn." Denzel spoke first.
"How many of you can ride a horse?" After Ian finished speaking, he changed his words, "How many of you can fight on a horse?"
"Three of them, including me, Lern the Cucumber, and Jimmy the Crotchless Pants. We used to be free riders, but the market was not good in the past two years, so we sold the horses."
"You are now free riders again. I will equip you with horses, as well as more sophisticated weapons, as well as chain mail or plate armor embedded in iron plates that can be hidden under the coat. These are all gifts from me. Ian said, looking at Grantham again, "Of course, you have them too."
"Your generosity scares me." Denzel was overjoyed.
"I will provide you with funds later, and you will arrange for people to go to the nearby castle to purchase them. After that, you and your two cavalry will join Sir Grantham's command. You will be responsible for squatting on the King's Road and chasing down those we are in." An inconvenient target in the inn.”
"Oh, I have no problem with Sir Grantham commanding us, but what about the rest of my men?"
"The others stay in the inn, under my personal command. Of course, before that, you need to choose a leader among them to be directly responsible to me."
"This will weaken my reputation, ser." Denzel objected.
"Aren't you going to be my attendant? Do you still care about your reputation in the mercenary team?"
"As you wish." Denzel choked, unable to find any other reason, so he had to lower his head to show his submission.
"Call the man in now, I want him to attend my war meeting."
After a while, Denzel brought in a strong man with a gray beard.
"This is 'Eric' Eric, a senior swordsman and my life mentor, hahaha," Denzel pointed at the person he just brought in and said, "I recommend him to take over my command temporarily. Mercenary team.”
Pickles, crotchless pants, dirty jokes, I have to take back your nickname of ‘Spiky’ because you are not qualified, Ian complained.
"Sir, it's an honor to serve you." Erotic Eric smiled at Ian, but just as he was about to speak again, he was ruthlessly interrupted by Ian.
"My first order is, don't tell dirty jokes in front of me."
"Oh, seven levels of hell," Nasty Duanzi pretended to be frightened, "I don't know that you are the son of a warrior, but I believe that the Archbishop is not even one-tenth as pious as you."
"My second order is, don't smile in front of me." Ian interrupted the talkative man again.
"As you wish." Xun Duanzi responded noncommittally, still with a playful and smiling expression.
"Then, you all remember every word I say next," Ian clapped his hands, signaling everyone to focus.
"What I want to capture is a gang. They are composed of a group of mercenary knights and wandering mercenaries. Among them are a few archers and perhaps ironmen. During the process of us chasing them, they all ran away. However, It's possible they could come here to regroup.
The mercenary knight among them wore a full set of chain mail, including chain mail gloves and greaves. The weapon was a half-hand sword, with only one horse and no attendants.
The archers used yew longbows, daggers as secondary weapons, no armor, and no horses.
The ironborn's weapons are three throwing axes, one of which is larger and can be used as a fighting axe.
Those wandering mercenaries wear leather armor, and their weapons are short swords and daggers."
"Sorry, Sir," Denzel couldn't help interrupting Ian, "Seven out of ten mercenaries are dressed like this."
"So, this is not all, be patient, my friend." Ian smiled, "For the candidates who match my previous description, what you need to focus on are the new faces and loners you have never seen before, and... Someone who looks very wary.
Your mercenaries are divided into two groups. The first group is all cavalry, commanded by Sir Grantham, and is responsible for monitoring the King's Road outside the inn. If a suspicious person who meets the characteristics passes by but does not enter this inn, follow him and find an opportunity to kidnap him back. I will personally identify whether the person is the fugitive I want to capture.
Second Group."
"I have a question, Jazz." Denzel interrupted Ian again.
"you say."
"What if any of the people we capture are not the prisoners you want?"
"This" Ian was stunned. He really hadn't thought about this issue yet.
Let the mercenaries arrest people according to these conditions. It is normal for people to be arrested by mistake. So what should we do with those who are arrested by mistake? It's definitely not possible to release them directly, so lock them up and wait until the hunting is over before releasing them?
"You have no intention of letting them go, right?" Denzel seemed to have guessed Ian's thoughts, "Sir Lucian, you and your companions come from the great Lannister family. Naturally, you don't need to consider those who were mistakenly The emotions of the knights and mercenaries were captured, but the mercenaries and I couldn't do this.
We have been operating here for a long time. If we arrest someone, no matter what the purpose is, we will have enmity with them. And if they happen to not be the person you want to arrest, it will make us uncomfortable if you let them go. . "