Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 469: The Church Warriors are seriously short of manpower, I want to regroup the troops!
Lama Wang and others did not think about it for long.As soon as the monk finished speaking, Theodora hurried in.

She pushed the half-open door open and it banged against the wall.Lama Wang's teeth ached for a while, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for the finely decorated door, fearing that it would break down.

But Theodora obviously didn't care about this.As she walked into the office, she shouted: "Master Wang, how many soldiers do you have here?"

She was still wearing the luxurious shirt used for banquets, but she didn't put on a long dress, robe or shawl as usual.Instead, she wore a short hunting coat, men's trousers, and boots, and her hair was pulled up and tucked into a lacy round hat.

In the impression of everyone in the church, Theodora has always been a very aura-filled young lady, who is almost at the opposite end of the spectrum from her carefree brother.She attaches great importance to image presentation. No matter what the occasion, she dresses very seriously and looks very calm, giving people a sense of grace and elegance.But this time, it looked rather hasty and the costumes were nondescript.

Coupled with shouting so uncharacteristically, everyone present became nervous.Even the sleepy scribes and priests immediately stood up and cheered up.

Lama Wang didn't react for a moment: "Soldiers? We are a church here, how can we have soldiers?"

"Did Guo Kang take away a group of people from you this afternoon?" Theodora asked: "It's your law enforcement officers and guards. That's enough."

"Oh, that's what I mean." Lama Wang nodded, glanced at Theodora, and then realized: "Ah? Mr. Guo went to find you? Is there something wrong? Or..."

"He hasn't come back yet." Theodora also calmed down a little and replied: "I found something was not right in the city, so I went up to the city wall to take a look, and sure enough I found that there was a fire in the south. I went to the Guo family house to call someone, Huang But the lady said he didn’t come back—she thought Guo Kang was looking for me.”

"Besides him, his sister didn't know where she went or came back. When I asked the servants on duty, they said that they only knew that Guo Kang went to church as usual in the morning, while Guo Ponu came after lunch. Suddenly he lost his temper and ran to find his father."

"Both of us felt that something was not right, so we split up to look for her. Mrs. Huang took her servants to the Ministry of War to look for her daughter. I changed my clothes and rushed here directly."

"I just happened to meet Father John at the gate downstairs. He said that Guo Kang did leave here in the afternoon and said he was going to investigate the case. His sister also went with him. I came to ask and see you. Is there any news here?"

"You mean..." Lama Wang also understood what she was worried about, but he frowned and pointed out: "Master Guo has a lot of people with him. The church has sent some capable forces, although the people Not much, but law enforcement is more than enough. Many priests from the Ross Church who came here for meetings also went with them. They are familiar with the situation there and get along well with the local people. Even if something happens, It won’t be against them.”

"You said there was a fire, could it be that they put out the fire?" He speculated: "Mr. Guo is an enthusiastic person, and our church often participates in public services on weekdays. If there is a fire in that place, they may indeed be there. .”

"However, there is always chaos near the fire scene. The focus of disaster relief is also how to organize residents to evacuate and put out the fire, rather than simply cramming more people in." When it comes to fighting fires, Lama Wang is also organized and seems to be very experienced:
"If you bring so many people to look for someone again, I'm afraid there will be even more chaos. You are also in danger, and the court will blame me later. Why don't you wait here for a while, and I will quickly send someone to ask about the situation and bring the Guo siblings to The two of you will change, and then send an official message to the night watchmen, asking them to quickly maintain order. Is this okay?"

"I think it may not be as simple as a fire." Theodora shook his head: "I looked from the city wall and saw fires in more than one place, and there was also a faint flow of people rushing towards the dock. Ordinary fires, not As for this."

"This...could it be possible to rebel?" Lama Wang was very surprised and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Don't doubt my eyes." Theodora said helplessly: "I originally wanted to mobilize more people. But you also know that after Queen Mother Helena, the military power of the Night Watch was separated. They Maybe I’ll give my stupid brother some face, but as for my mother and I, I’m afraid they won’t even be able to hide.”

"But, we really don't have many people here." Lama Wang said with a frown: "If a riot really breaks out, the cathedral itself will need to be strengthened. We store a lot of important documents here - not only church cultural relics and There are also a large number of files from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites. Among other things, just the fact that the religious registers were set on fire would shock the whole country." "Most churches and monasteries in the city have no special guards at all. The monks themselves take turns patrolling and keeping vigil to guard against thieves and the like. Only our cathedral and the church prison have guards, but with these few people, they can't move."

"Are all the law enforcement officers out in the field?" Theodora asked.

"That's just a few people." Wang Da Lama shook his head repeatedly: "Their daily work is to investigate cases, not to fight. When arrests need to be made, even in the remote suburbs of the countryside, usually only two teams are enough to conduct a raid. Really? If you encounter a large group of thieves, that is also the job of the army."

"There are church knights standing guard here. Last month, the mountain lords came to report on their duties and left some of their sons here, so there are more people recently. But they all work in shifts, and there are many places to stand guard. We Cathedrals are not even considered to have the highest level of security, and the orphanages run by the Queen Mother are all more heavily guarded than this one."

"If you want to recruit people, you have to call over all the people who are not on shift first, but even so, you can't actually spare much. Because it's the same over there, the city is really chaotic, so I have to send more people over there. People pass. Even the priests on my side have to be armed and stand guard. Otherwise, your grandma will have to fight with me..."

"If you really want to say that there are some who can move, there are some. This side of the cathedral is also the patrol area of ​​Varyag. Although they are not stationed in the temple, they come here from time to time. This group of people is considered to be hired by your family, and they should listen to you. Right?"

"This..." Theodora was also a little helpless: "I have sent people to the palace to call for people. Those who do not have to stay behind will follow me and they are gathering at the moment. But because of this, the manpower I guess I don’t have enough, so I came to you.”

"If you really want to mobilize troops, you should go to the Great Khan. Why are you looking for me..." Lama Wang felt a little unjust: "I am not in charge of fighting here..."

"Father drank too much." Theodora took a long breath and said expressionlessly: "Constantine also drank too much. Prime Minister Wang, General Guo Wu, and even the officers of various legions and brigade - everyone They all drank too much. Now the people in charge in the entire venue are as drunk as dead pigs, and only my mother and I are still awake. Who can I look for? "

"..."

"Give me as many people as you have." She finally said: "The Guo family's people have been emptied, and now no one is looking at their house. I also asked people to borrow servants from the Wang family and Li family's houses next door. I can probably gather a few dozen more people. No matter what, I have to go over there and have a look."

Seeing her resolute attitude, Lama Wang had no choice.

"Yes, I will try my best to recruit as many people as possible - if it's really not enough, I will use my old bones to support myself, and I will make it through." He explained: "But the church does have a shortage of staff all year round. Everyone used to I don’t care much about it. At least, give me some time to regroup my troops.”

"Then you gather together first. When you have gathered enough people, go directly to the avenue west of Zhulinfang and wait for me. I will go find more people." Theodora said.

Lama Wang quickly nodded in agreement.

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