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Chapter 33: Chapter 49: The Crusade Army

Now Lin Xiao is short of manpower, and these people can just take advantage of it to help him transport the iron ore to Fengshazhai.

You must know that Fengsha Village is not an ordinary bandit village. There is an iron mine there, and many kilns for iron and steel smelting have been built, as well as various workshops.

The most important thing is safety. Steelmaking technology is very important. If it is stolen by the Middle Kingdom, he will have no advantage.

It will become extremely difficult to fight against the Middle Kingdom, so the steelmaking technology must not be exposed!

Moreover, so much iron ore would not be able to be transported away for a while, and Lin Xiao was also prepared to lose the battle. He didn't want to lose so much iron ore, so he could just use Fengsha Village as a transit point.

It would be best if he defeated nature, and if he lost the battle, the loss would not be too great, and the iron ore would be enough for him to use.

Although there is a way out, Lin Xiao does not intend to abandon Huangsha Town and concentrate the labor force here to build the city wall.

At the very least, the original city wall should be reinforced to prevent Huangsha City from sending out cavalry. He currently only has infantry, and he has no advantage against cavalry.

Forcing the residents of the small town to work for him is naturally inefficient. In order to improve efficiency, Lin Xiao also formulated a piecework model.

The more work he does, the higher the pay. Even if the pay is not high, he is very generous to these common people.

In just two days, the city wall of Huangsha Town was reinforced, and there was no need to worry about being easily knocked down by cavalry.

A week later, the soldiers sent by Huangsha City finally arrived, there were 1 soldiers!

You must know that there are only 5 soldiers in the entire Huangsha City, which is the sum of all the nobles. It is incredible that they can send out one-fifth of their troops.

After all, the lord of Huangsha Town is Hui Shibang, a small cavalry, it is not worthy of their help to send troops.

What's more, this knight has just been robbed, and he is poor and white, so he is unlikely to pay any reward.

But Lin Xiao soon knew the reason, it was because he captured the iron mine.

The owner of the iron ore, Viscount Ella, has less than 3 troops. He can't send out all the troops. He can pull out [-] troops at most.

After exaggerated descriptions by the soldiers who had fled back, Lin Xiao's original strength of only 1 was said to be 2, all of whom were extremely fierce. In this way, their defeat became a matter of course.

In addition to his cronies being arrested, Viscount Ella had to ask other nobles for help.

But those stingy nobles won't help for free. Viscount Ella borrowed 1 people from the nobles with whom he had a good relationship.

Originally, the matter was over, but this Huishibang jumped out of nowhere and exposed the actual situation of the iron mine.

The small iron ore mentioned by Viscount Ella directly turned into a medium iron ore.

Viscount Ella has concealed this information for many years, in order to avoid being peeped by other nobles. After all, his iron mines are not strictly legal.

Small iron mines are relatively common. It is impossible for other nobles to snatch small iron mines that are not too expensive in order to offend him, but medium iron mines are different...

The nobles who were unwilling to send troops suddenly became generous and gathered nearly 1 troops, known as the just crusade army.

This made Lin Xiao, who had just learned of the enemy's strength, frowned. He originally guessed that no more than 5 soldiers had been dispatched, but he didn't expect that there were twice as many soldiers.

All his iron ore has been transported away, so he has no worries, and it doesn't matter if he withdraws at any time.

But when he saw that the incoming enemy army seemed to be not in one body, not only with different equipment, but also camped separately, he gave up his plan to withdraw.

It is much easier to deal with an army commanded by several generals than with one.

Moreover, the enemy's logistics is also a problem. When they ran from such a distance from Huangsha City, they didn't bring much food and grass, and they lasted for 3 days at most.

Lin Xiao can supplement it from Huangsha Town, and also brought a lot of food and grass from Fengsha Village, and it will not be a problem to persist for 3 weeks.

With so many advantages, it is naturally impossible for him to withdraw easily. At the very least, he has to bite off a piece of the other party's flesh to let the other party know that he is not easy to mess with.

If you want others to respect you, you don't rely on others' charity. Only when you hurt them will you face yourself.

Otherwise, if he wants to gain a foothold here, he will still be coveted by these feudal nobles!
First of all, these feudal nobles must not let these feudal nobles think that they are afraid, and the momentum must be displayed!
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao gave an order to dispatch 2 clone soldiers, preparing to confront the Zhongdi soldiers outside Huangsha Town.

The generals of the Crusade Army did not expect that the bandits hiding in Huangsha Town would dare to come out... Well, in their view, the occupation of Huangsha Town was just a group of bandits. After all, Lin Xiao did not use any name.

This kind of behavior can only be done by those robbers. However, when a robber captures a small town, he will usually loot it again, unlike him who does not leave after occupying it.

The nobles have benefited from the war, and they still need a name. Their name this time is to regain the territory for the lord of Huangsha Town, Hui Shibang.

Hui Shibang didn't send out a single soldier, and became the supreme general of the entire crusade army—in name, without any rights, that is, to have a name.

Even if Lin Xiao withdraws, the crusade army can still exist. After all, he provoked the authority of the nobles, which is also a reason for the crusade.

They are also very happy to run away to monks but not to temples, and they are also very happy to wipe out the bandit's lair and add some merit to themselves.

Before the start of the battle, a general came to the front of the formation riding a tall and high-quality horse. After coughing twice, he said: "The bandits on the opposite side invaded the territory of the Lord of the Gray World. A spy sent out told me that they The innocent civilians in the territory were brutally massacred, the women were forced to investigate, and several little girls under the age of 5 were not spared..."

Speaking of this, the general's eyes were red, as if he had seen the atrocities, his adjutant quickly handed over a handkerchief.

The general cleared his snot and continued: "They are all demons. Not only did they do these evil deeds, but they also killed our officer Bud. He also has an unborn girl. It's a pity that there is no father now. You are all Bravest warriors, let us drive these demons out!"

The morale of the Zhongdi soldiers, who were not very high before, greatly increased when they heard these words, especially the subordinates of Officer Bud, all glared at the enemy not far away, wishing to kill these 'demons' now!
Seeing the mobilization of the morale of the crusading army soldiers, several generals looked at each other in unison, ordered in unison, and launched an attack on the enemy.

Soldiers from several different forces seemed to be twisted into a ball at this moment, grabbing it like a big hand.

Lin Xiao frowned and looked at the enemy army. When did the other party send spies over? He has sealed off Huangsha Town, and it is impossible for outsiders to have spies sneak in.

These generals are too shameless, they blackmailed themselves like this before the war started, if it weren't for him, they were the parties involved, they almost believed it!

He originally wanted to take the officer he captured earlier as a hostage, but the other party refused to give him the chance at all.

Bu De, who was being crushed, was ashamed at this time, and it seemed that the nobles had given up on rescuing him.

Lin Xiao felt a little sympathetic to Bude now, he didn't have time to think about it, the crusade army had already killed the clone soldiers...

(End of this chapter)