Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard

Jiang Yi said with a very serious expression, obviously very concerned about this news.

Zong Shen's eyes lit up when he heard this, with a look of interest on his face.

What is most precious in the development of territory today?

Population definitely ranks first, especially farmers, who are the basic labor force and are a precious wealth and alternative resource.

If there are enough farmers, the amount of basic resources collected every day will be a large number.

Moreover, by consuming training books, farmers can be trained into soldiers. Compared with training books, farmers themselves are more precious.

Most of the lords now have more soldiers than farmers, and are still in the primary stage of development focusing on armed expansion.

The same goes for Zong Shen. There are more soldiers than farmers. He still has more than 20 training books in his hand, but he has been unable to put them to use because there are not enough farmers in the territory.

Rapid population accumulation will help put the territory's development on track quickly.

From an illegal settlement to a serious town, it has complete farming, breeding, trade, people circulation and other characteristics.

As for the control, Zong Shen is not worried. If he can really take over the villagers of Odo Village, there must be some heroic talents among them, just like the kobold chief controlling the kobolds.

In addition, the materials and wealth accumulated in the village are also hugely attractive to the current lords.

"Interesting, thank you for the information."

"There is a set of iron here. I will give it to you. You can take it to the [market] to sell it in exchange for some important supplies."

Zong Shen waved his hand and took out a set of irons and piled them in front of Jiang Yi.

A set of iron is 1000 parts of iron, which is exactly the upper limit capacity of a storage compartment.

It looked like a lot of iron to be piled on the ground all at once.

Jiang Yi was stunned for a moment. This was not a small amount. During daily collection, it would take three to four parts of stone to get one part of iron.

Zong Shen still has more than 50,000 pieces of iron in his hand, so giving a thousand pieces to Jiang Yi is nothing.

But for Jiang Yi, the meaning is different. According to the ratio of 1 to 2.5, this set of iron is equivalent to 2500 basic resources such as wood, stone and hemp. Even if the basic resources are not exchanged, it can be exchanged for other materials.

This thousand copies of iron resources is definitely a great gift.

Seeing that Jiang Yi didn't accept it, Zong Shen added generously.

"Take it, if you hang out with me, I won't treat you badly."

Hearing what Zong Shen said, Jiang Yi collected these iron resources and gained a deeper understanding of Zong Shen's strength and wealth.

Being able to give away a thousand iron resources without blinking an eye, how rich Zong Shen must be.

Jiang Yi accepted the resources, seemed to remember some information, and quickly added.

"I have seen similar situations happen in the [World Channel], and some lords have gained a lot of benefits from this."

"In addition to saving the village, if you cooperate with the crusade army sent by the indigenous forces during this period, you can also easily gain the favorability of the indigenous people. As long as the favorability reaches a certain level, you can spend mainland dinars to recruit a certain number of indigenous troops. .”

"Of course, there are also lords who have cooperated with heretics, churches, thieves, and bandits, but they are easily suppressed and punished by the indigenous people."

"In addition, there are not only farmers among the indigenous people in the village, but also a small number of heroic figures."

Jiang Yi told Zong Shen all the information she knew about the aboriginal village in one breath.

Lords actually have a lot of freedom. They can not only cooperate with the aboriginal kingdom forces, but also with the evil forces wandering everywhere. Basically, the choice lies in the hands of the lords themselves.

Including the situation in Odo Village, although most lords will think of fishing in troubled waters with the help of the Aboriginal Crusade Army, it is not ruled out that a small number of lords will choose to cooperate with the Calamity Raven Church.

After all, even a squadron of Bosbon's city army was destroyed at the hands of the Calamity Raven Church.

It is enough to show that this heretical force is not the kind of country chickens and dogs. It is strong enough to compete with the regular army of the indigenous people.

Now I am afraid that we need to wait until the giant city of Rentatus above Bospan sends out knights or a crusade to deal with the Calamity Raven Church.

The jurisdiction of the giant city is very large, and the mobilization of regular army troops will take several days even if they travel day and night.

Before the war breaks out, now is the best time to inquire about the situation.

Zong Shen already had plans in mind, and he was planning to go to Aoduo Village because he was free today.

"I want to leave now and go to Odo Village to check the situation."

"In one hour, it will be time for the crypt to refresh its intensity. My soldiers will stay here to help you clean up the monsters in the crypt."

Zong Shen thought for a while and told Jiang Yi his decision.

"Monsters are raging outside in the crypt, and it may be dangerous for you to go alone.

"How about I go with you? I know the location of Odo Village and can show you the way."

Jiang Yi actually asked to accompany him, but Zong Shen waved his hand.

"No, it's better for me to go alone so I won't be discovered easily."

"As for those crypt monsters, I'm actually not worried. They move too slowly."

Zong Shen explained casually, jokingly, he, Zong, was not worried about those crypt monsters posing a threat to him at all. Not to mention other means, just the ability to inspire demonic deterrence was enough for him to win over the crypt monsters. Walking around unscrupulously.

But of course he wouldn't make it so clear to Jiang Yi, and the devil's heart was also one of his trump cards.

Seeing how confident and determined he was, Jiang Yi didn't force herself any further.

He summoned Bajie and Mariel, told Jiang Yi to take good care of Mariel for him, and also ordered other soldiers to cooperate with Jiang Yi in territorial defense.

Then he jumped up, rode on Bajie's back, and left Jiang Yi's territory through the gap between the horses.

Bajie's huge body was like a small truck, arrogantly squeezing all the cave monsters in front of him aside, then raised his four hooves and ran wildly towards the west.

Those crypt monsters tried to stop him, but they were all knocked away by Bajie like bowling balls.

Jiang Yi, who was watching in the territory, was stunned by such a simple and crude way of walking.

Aoduo Village is located to the west of Jiang Yi's territory, which is also the southwest of Zong Shen's own territory.

At this time, Zong Shen had a golden arrow in front of his eyes, guiding his progress like a navigation system, and also marked the remaining distance very thoughtfully.

The whole journey is 33.6 kilometers in total. According to Bajie's speed, which is slightly slower than that of the prairie horse, at full speed, he can reach the vicinity of Odo Village in at most 40 minutes.

The cave monsters along the way were unable to stop Bajie's progress, and the smaller group of monsters destroyed him in a single collision.

If he encounters a relatively large group of monsters, Bajie will wisely choose to take a detour.

Even if he encounters a group of flying gargoyles, Zong Shen only needs to activate Demonic Deterrence to easily disperse them all.

On the way, he also passed through several territories and took a general look. They were generally at the level of six or seven soldiers and four or five farmers.

The most embarrassed one among them, the buildings in the territory were almost demolished, and he was hiding in the lord's courtyard with his men to resist.

The only elemental arrow tower stands in the small courtyard and shoots sharp arrows continuously.

At this time, Zong Shen passed by and activated the demonic deterrence, temporarily relieving his crisis.

The crypt challenge may affect the travel of many lords, but it absolutely cannot stop Zong Shen.

More than half an hour later, he could already see Odo Village in the distance ahead.

It was still several kilometers away from the village. In order to prevent people from the Calamity Raven Church from discovering it, Zong Shen did not choose to go directly to the village. Instead, he rode Bajie to a nearby grove on a slightly higher ground. The situation in the village can be seen from a distance.

The monsters in the surrounding crypts were all driven away by him using demonic threats to avoid affecting the observation.

From a distance, the overall size of Odo Village is much smaller than that of Xitano Village. According to Jiang Yi, the total population of Odo Village should be between seven and eight hundred, while the population of Xitano Village is nearly smaller. Three thousand, the scale of the two is very different.

Odo Village is a typical small village with a low sense of existence. Even traveling traders rarely stay. It is no wonder that it has become the first choice target of the Calamity Raven Church.

The Endless Continent has a variety of beliefs, and there are many churches with evil and extreme teachings. These churches are all called heretics. Their missionary teams wander around and often plunder indigenous villages to obtain believers and supplies.

The area around Odo Village was originally flat grassland, but now it has been dug into pits with varying depths and high density.

These pits are used to deal with the Knights. Any ground mount's speed will be affected to a certain extent when faced with such a dense pit. The Knights are the most mobile and deterrent troops in every giant city.

Obviously, these guys have a lot of experience in how to deal with the Knights, and it is obviously not the first time they have done this kind of thing of robbing villages and detaining people.

At the same time, it also shows that these guys do have something to rely on, and they look completely confident and will fight to the end.

The state army is generally composed of second-level soldiers and is the standing army of the state city, while the knights and expeditionary armies in giant cities are often composed of third-level, fourth-level and even a small number of fifth-level soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of the two is incomparable. The strength of the heretics of the Calamity Raven Church who occupied Odo Village is definitely not inferior to that of the giant city-level troops. That’s why they are so arrogant and can even easily destroy a 120-man city army. .

Judging from the strength of this group of disaster raven heretics, the current Odo Village is far from the current lord's concern.

It is even possible that even the punitive army and knights from the giant city will suffer.

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