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The Doclopedia #3,568
I Have A Plan!: To Rob The Baron
Ladies, that swine, Baron Mendoza, is on his way to deliver a great deal of treasure to the Pope in Santa Rendoro. I mean for us to steal it from him.
He will pass through the Weeping Lady Woods in two days. Eight armed and mounted soldiers will precede his carriage, with eight more behind it. Then comes the treasure wagon, pulled by four horses and with a driver and three soldiers on it. Finally, that wagon will be followed by eight more soldiers.
There is no way we can fight twenty eight armed men in a fair fight. So we will make it a very unfair fight.
Sister Charity has been making a very fine grind of the dried chili peppers that have arrived from the Americas. A tiny amount in the eyes will blind even the strongest man for near to half an hour or more. Breathing it in is even worse and it will burn the skin wherever it touches. Those men, including the drivers of the Baron’s carriage and the baron inside, will be incapacitated in minutes.
At that point, the ten of us, wrapped tightly with cloth, wearing gloves, and with masks that will protect our lungs and eyes, will attack.
Their panicked horses will be uncontrollable, and most of the men will fall to the ground, where we can knock them out with clubs. We’ll have to act fast to cut the horses loose from the treasure wagon, but we can do it. After that, we wait for the air to clear, bring in our own horses, and make off with the treasure.
Yes, Sister Angelina? Kidnap the Baron? Hmmm…risky, but worth considering.
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