Lord of War

  Hongye Town is a small town with a small population. There are only more than two thousand people in the whole town. It is the smallest of the three towns in Pandaling of the original Darbyang Kingdom. Later, the territory was ceded to Asuna by the Kingdom of Darbion, but Asuna did not choose to accept it due to strategic considerations, so the people in the town could only start to form a militia regiment for self-protection, and then even more. A group of mercenaries came to help defend.

   After this, this originally unknown town was named Hongye Town because of the reason that "a maple tree is planted in the town, and red leaves fall every autumn."

  Hongye Town is rich in a kind of red maple fruit wine. This wine is not high in strength and not strong, but the taste is sweet and not greasy. It is very popular, so the tax situation in the town is actually not bad. In the past, it was also one of the important tax sources for Pandaling each year, but at that time the town only had to pay one-third of the town’s income, but since hiring a mercenary group, the town has nearly three-thirds. The income of the two goes to the mercenary group.

  In this regard, the town was not without complaints, but their militia group was unable to beat the opponent, and many disputes were severely repaired by those mercenaries who had actually seen blood. Fortunately, this mercenary group did not go too far, so the situation in Hongye Town is actually better than that of another town called Dabron. The situation in that town is really bad.

In fact, if there is a choice, no small town will invite a mercenary group or mercenary group to station for a long time. Who knows the character of these mercenary groups, if you accidentally invite a bandit bandit , The end will be a bit pitiful. It’s just that the three small towns of the original Pandaria are now a land of no owner, not protected by any lord, and they are so close to the wild land, it’s better to be bullied by your own people than to be burned and killed by outsiders in the wild land. The looting came well.

The stone wall of the small town was originally only two meters high and nearly 20 cm thick.

  But since a mercenary regiment was invited to garrison here for defense, the stone wall has been increased to nearly five meters, and the thickness has reached 50 cm. This height and thickness are naturally nothing compared to the real city wall, but it is enough to ensure that people below the upper silver can't easily turn over or break it.

  In the construction of defensive facilities, this mercenary group has done some hard work, but unfortunately, these tasks can only make this mercenary group look more like clowns. On the contrary, it’s not as good as the other two towns. They didn’t make any changes to the town’s stone walls at all. The wall’s additional expenditure in this area was invested in real fortifications.

  Of the three small towns, this one is the one that is most likely to successfully resist looting from the wild land.

  At the gate of Hongye Town, a few plain old men gathered here to chat. The content was a bit vague, but in the end they still got involved in the topic of the new lord.

   "I heard that our town was finally accepted by the marquise." An old man with a thin face suddenly said.

"What I heard, I saw with my own eyes a knight master delivered the official document to the mayor a few days ago." Another old man vowed, "Then the mercenary leader went to the mayor that night. , It is said that there is still a disturbance."

"Those mercenaries are becoming more and more arrogant now. It is time for a lord to take a good look." The thin old man who spoke at the beginning nodded clearly, "Look, what is the town called Luo... …"

   "Dabron." A little old man who kept pursing his mouth interjected.

"Even if there is a good name." The skinny old man was a little dissatisfied with the interruption of his words. He quarreled with his lips, as if he had forgotten what he wanted to say at the beginning. What’s the name? If it weren’t for the town’s first name, how would we name it here? According to me, wouldn’t it be good for us to call this place Puda before.”

"What if there is a name?" The old man who said that he saw the master knight took the words. "I heard that if the masters don't approve, it will be useless if we call them so happy, they won't What's the registration?"

  The little old man seemed to want to say something, but in the end he closed his mouth and stopped talking, just sighed helplessly.

"Where did I just say?" The skinny old man finally remembered that he still had something to say, "Anyway, that town is ruined. The group of mercenaries they found is simply a group of bandits and robbers. I heard that It seems that there was a battle with the small town next door a few days ago, and I don’t know how it turned out."

"Even if you know the result, what can you do?" The fourth old man curled his lips. He had a distinctly different temperament from the other old men. He seemed to have joined the army when he was young. No mercenary is a good thing."

  This is obviously a bit extreme, but for the old man's words, the other old men didn't refute or say anything more. They just looked at him with a little pity in their eyes, and then sighed again between each other.

  This old man did serve as a soldier when he was young, and it is said that he joined the regular army of the kingdom, not the private soldier of the nobility. When the two sons were grown up, they were burly and recruited as a heavy cavalry by the earl of the Kingdom of Darbion. It was a good thing to do, but no one thought that the war would suddenly break out, and then they would fight with the Principality of Ryan. In the battle of the Valkyrie, his two sons were killed on the battlefield. It was said that they were evaporated by magic directly, leaving no corpses.

  The old man fell ill on the spot. The younger son had no heirs, but the elder son kept a son, and now he joined the Hongye Town militia. However, when the appointment letter of the marquise arrived the other day, the mayor of Hongye Town proposed to end the contract with the mercenary group. As a result, the mercenary group, which has become accustomed to domineering, refused to give up easily. Instead, he asked Hongye Town to refuse. Obedient, as a result, a small-scale conflict broke out, and his grandson was also seriously injured in the conflict.

  Fortunately, my life was saved, and I just needed to rest for a while, which was a big burden for this old man’s family. Now, the old man has to start thinking of ways to make some money, so as to get some supplements for his grandson, so that his injury will heal as soon as possible.

"Hmph, I see, even if a new lord comes, it is not necessarily a good thing." The old man stubbornly snorted, "These lords are all abominable guys comparable to vampires, you guys. Can you guarantee that what they do is better than those mercenaries? I don't like these mercenaries, but compared to the lord sent by the marquise, I think these mercenaries are much more cordial.... Valkyrie? Bah. "

  The old man spit out thick sputum fiercely.

  So, the other old men lost the nature of conversation. They are actually a little worried about the new lord. After all, if the new lord is more abominable than these mercenaries, then it is better to continue to accept the rule of these mercenaries. At least they are all from Darbion and from Hongye Town. The situation is indeed better than that of Dabron Town, at least not to the level of sadness.

  It’s just that they are not as extreme as this old man. Apart from worrying about the new lord, they are somewhat expected.

   Just then, they saw a very burly young man running out of the town.

The height of this man is definitely more than 1.8 meters, but this is not the point. The point is that this man is holding a huge shield with a full side of 1.5 meters in his left hand and a long spear in his right hand. The feeling of thousands of people raised a cloud of smoke and dust.

There were originally a few mercenaries gathered at the gate of the town. They were the people responsible for charging the entrance fee to the town. In the past, the town did not have these rules, but only after this group of mercenaries came. There are fewer and fewer traders in small towns buying fruit wine. But now, when these mercenaries saw this burly man running, no one dared to intercept them, and they didn't even get in the way. They all chose to evade.

   "This man is too terrible." The skinny old man murmured.

   "This is the Northern Barbarian." The little old man frowned slightly and his voice was a little puzzled, "How come there are Northern Barbarians here?"

Then, a few old men saw that at one end of the horizon, two people, one large and one small, in hooded cloaks appeared, and when the northern barbarian ran to the two people, he stopped and seemed to be in Talking to each other.

  So, this strange trio walked towards Hongye Town while talking.

  "The report is long." Anno said with a smile while holding the half-length shield and spear.

   "How many times have you said it, don't be called You Chang, now I'm the boss." Xiao En sighed helplessly.

   "Good you mayor." Anno said with a serious face, "Report to you, I already know where the mayor's house is."

  Cecilia chuckled, then seemed to realize something, and quickly reached out her hand to cover her mouth, and it turned into a burst of snickers.

   Xiao En shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, I am too lazy to correct your problem.... You have been in the town for so long, what else do you know besides knowing the mayor’s house?"

   "Hmm." Anno frowned and thought for a while, "Master William said, in addition to asking about the mayor's house, it's best to try the mercenaries by the way."

  Sean suddenly felt a little headache: "Have you tried?"

   "Weak!" Anno said with a smug look, "I can play five each!"

  Cecilia suddenly felt that this is so familiar.

   And Sean felt that he only brought Anno and Cecilia, would it be too rash?