Carry the Ring of Elden with you

She turned back into the hooded girl standing quietly behind Roland.

Before Roland could reach the door, he heard the voice of the noble and fat general of Gunther Kingdom.

"Get out of the way, you lowly knight! I want to ask your Roland for an explanation! Why do your Golden Dynasty soldiers hinder my men and rob the residents of Pulin City?" the fat noble shouted, his Standing in front of him were two guards who were also from Gunther Country.

These guards are different from the skinny-looking Gunther soldiers. Their faces are very rosy and their bodies look very strong.

Ikosela wore a Rodel Knight helmet, and looked coldly at the chubby ally and the two guards in front of him through the slits left.

The female knight in golden armor clenched the golden shield and knight's sword in her hands, and said in an equally cold tone: "I'm sorry, I'll repeat it again, Lord Roland is currently resting. If anything happens to you, I will notify you Lord Roland. Please wait until Lord Roland has rested before coming back. Now please go back and wait patiently."

The two guards saw the fat noble's eyes, and at the same time they took a step forward and stretched out their hands to deliberately push the female knight.

Since Ikosela had been following Roland and not exposed her strength, the fat noble thought that Roland, like those nobles in his country who like to play with some special hobbies, had found a woman with decent strength to act as a knight, so Icosela was not taken seriously at all.

It's not that there are no powerful female knights, but such powerful women usually hold important positions within the knights and will not act as someone's bodyguard alone.

Knight Rodel, who had regained his strength, moved faster than the two guards. Ikosela pushed the golden shield forward. The two guards, who thought the opponent was weak, only felt a huge force coming from the oval-shaped shield. The big shield came up, and the pushing arm felt pain, and he staggered and was pushed to the ground.

Just when they were about to get up, Ikosela's knight's sword was pointed at one of the guards and pressed against his heart. His tone dropped to freezing point and he warned: "If you don't do what you want, I will take your life directly. "

At this time, Roland opened the door and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Ikosela."

Ikosela heard Roland's voice behind her, and then moved the knight's sword away from the guard's heart.However, Knight Rodel still held the golden shield in his hand to protect Roland behind him, and looked at the three people in front of him warily to prevent the other party from doing anything to hurt Roland in anger.

"Watch your words, Gunther... uh, what's your name?" Roland got stuck mid-sentence. Just when the fat noble wanted to say his name, Roland waved his hand indifferently: "Forget it. It's not important. If you want to talk about status, Ikosela's status in our Golden Dynasty is probably much higher than your status in Gunther Kingdom. Well, according to the customs of your nobles, she can directly insult you. Challenge, are you going to fight her yourself? Or are you going to send someone to fight on your behalf, one of the two of them?"

The fat noble's self-introduction was interrupted by Roland, and his face turned sulky.However, he felt the indifferent gaze of Iko Sera and the guard who had just stood up and looked very embarrassed. He was not in trouble, so his face turned red.

The fat noble said: "Don't try to change the subject! I'm here to ask you why your soldiers want to stop my soldiers from looting the people of Pulin City!"

Roland was a little surprised. Has Rodia's matter been discovered?

Rodia naturally told Roland what he had done after seeing him in the city.

However, Roland's expression did not change on the surface. Instead, he asked the fat noble: "I didn't order my soldiers to stop your Gunther country from looting the city. Are you deliberately looking for trouble?"

The fat noble shouted angrily: "Yes, you didn't order your soldiers to stop us, but because of your order, all those damn untouchables took their belongings and ran to hide in the area under the jurisdiction of your Golden Dynasty!"

ah?Roland looked strange and was holding back a smile.He never imagined that it would turn out like this.

But Roland quickly suppressed his desire to laugh, coughed slightly, and said in a serious tone: "So you came to my place to cause trouble?"

"What else?" The fat noble said matter-of-factly: "If it weren't for your damn order, how could those untouchables come back! I promised that my soldiers could let go of looting after entering the city, but now you are like this What does it mean to do it?"

Roland shook his head: "Before I talk about this question, I happen to have something to ask you."

The fat noble frowned and shouted, "Don't change the subject."

"No, no, no, this matter is actually very serious in the bigger picture." Roland showed a hypocritical smile: "I heard from my general Edgar that your Gunther army disobeyed orders and attacked the central area of ​​the city without permission, which resulted in Your own vanguard troops suffered heavy losses, leaving friendly forces from other countries, including mine, to seek help.”

"Now it's your turn to explain why? Disobeying orders on the battlefield is very serious."

Chapter 91: Businessmen of Lulan Chamber of Commerce

The paunchy noble's face became ugly, and his original arrogance also disappeared a lot.

Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Roland. He smiled and said: "You can't tell me what decisions were made by the generals you sent without permission. That would be boring. Or do you want to express yourself but you can't help it?" Control the behavior of your subordinates? Then I can tell Princess Evanjielin about this and let the Holy Empire of France judge whether what you said is correct."

The fat noble was speechless for a moment. He raised his finger and pointed at Roland. He said "you" angrily and didn't know what to say.

The moment the fat noble raised his hand to point at Roland, Ikosela raised his knight's sword and pointed it at the latter, causing him to tremble.

"Please go back, it's lunch break now." Roland yawned deliberately: "There will be a tough battle in the afternoon. I will discuss countermeasures with others later, so I won't send him away."

The fat noble snorted: "Anyway, the number of soldiers brought by your Golden Dynasty this time is very small. I don't believe you can save the entire untouchables in Pulin City."

Then he murmured a few harsh words, such as "just wait for me", and left here with two guards covering their arms and twisting their fat buttocks.

Roland rolled his eyes angrily. He really didn't understand what this fat noble was so proud of.However, Roland should pay attention to what he said, because Roland did not let his soldiers stop the actions of friendly forces. He only asked the exiled soldiers to take care of the one-third of an acre of land they were responsible for.

"Has that noisy person left already?" Melina appeared from the door and asked softly.

Roland turned around and nodded: "Well, next I plan to go to the place where the exiled soldiers rest to see what's going on. Are you interested in coming together?"

Melina smiled and nodded: "Of course."

The place where the exiled soldiers rested was not far from Roland's house, and they soon arrived nearby.Before Roland could see what was going on, he heard noisy people coming from the other side, as if it was a market.

Passing a corner of a house, the sound of people's voices hit Roland's face like waves.He looked closely and found that the civilians of Pulin City with different expressions were crowded outside the place planned for the exiled soldiers to rest.

These civilians gathered together as families or friends. Carrying bulging packages or bags, they sat on the ground and looked uneasily at the exiled soldiers patrolling around and supervising them. They were full of confusion about their future.The men looked at the others with wary eyes, while the mother hugged her child tightly and coaxed her gently. From time to time, the shrill cries of the baby could be heard from the crowd.

Seeing these people, Roland immediately felt a little headache and helpless.

He saw Edgar who was talking to a homeless knight, and immediately walked to him and asked doubtfully: "Edgar, what's going on?"

Edgar noticed Luo when he was walking towards him. He first bowed hastily and gave instructions to the homeless knight before turning to Roland and replying with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, Lord Roland. This situation is difficult to deal with now." What I said should be due to my inexperience.”

"When we were cleaning up the Xicheng District, we rescued some innocent residents who were involved in the war. We didn't pay much attention to them at first. We treated their wounds and put them in a room to rest. But later, soldiers from the Gunther Kingdom looted the city. , causing many residents of Pling City who were hiding in their homes to flee. Later, some soldiers from the Austin Kingdom also joined the plundering process. We obeyed your order, Lord Roland, and did not go after discovering the behavior of the soldiers from these two countries. Stop them and instead patrol your own territory and spy on enemy movements.”

"But a group of civilians were chased by soldiers from the Gunther Kingdom. In a panic, they did not know which path they took to enter our territory. The soldiers from the Gunther Kingdom wanted to rush in to arrest people, but the patrolling soldiers thought they were going to force their way in. Although no one was killed in the confrontation between the two sides in our camp, it was seen by the residents, and somehow it spread, and more and more desperate residents dragged their families and families around our camp."

Roland nodded thoughtfully. He and others were indeed blind to the situation in Pulin City, and they were not as clear as the locals who had lived there for many years.

But this was enough to make Roland wary, and fortunately the ordinary residents got in.If there were powerful Pulin City defenders who had come around from a path that Roland and the others had not yet discovered, the situation would not be the same as it is now.

Edgar also saw Roland's concerns from the expression on his face, and continued: "I also considered that there might be some enemy spies among these residents, so I gathered them all on this relatively spacious street. Guard. The fat noble from the Gunther Kingdom came over and said that these residents were the private property of the Gunther Kingdom and wanted to take them all away. I am worried that there may be spies here. If they take the opportunity to escape and attack us behind, It would be bad to cause damage in the center of the city. So I simply rejected his request."

"That's why he ran to my resting place and shouted, haha." Roland thought of the fat noble and shook his head disdainfully, then continued to ask Edgar: "How many residents are there in total now?"

Edgar replied: "There are already more than 800. At least all the residents nearby have gone here. I don't know about the places further away."

"Will the exiled soldiers who are sent out for surveillance affect the attack in the afternoon?" Roland asked.

Edgar shook his head: "No, these residents seem to be afraid of our Troll Knight and the flying dragon Aqir, so they behave very honestly. So to monitor these people, we only need to divide three teams of exiled soldiers to look after each other."

"That's good." Roland pondered for a moment and said: "Let the exiled soldiers in charge of supervision tell these residents that after the battle in Pulin City is over, I will give them a new home. But if they dare to attack us when we attack Don’t blame us for being rude if you do some little tricks behind your back.”

Although what happened to these residents was innocent, it can even be said that they had some credit for it.However, Roland still understood that the top priority was to occupy Puling City first, rather than trying his best to appease these residents.

If Puling City is not captured by then, can Roland follow Liu Daer's example and run away with the pacified residents when he retreats?

Impossible, these residents would not turn around and betray their positions to the Pulin City defenders even if Roland burns incense.

These residents are now like a time bomb that will explode without knowing when. Roland does not have the time or patience to dismantle this time bomb, but he can first use threats to prevent these residents from acting rashly.

Edgar nodded. As the lord of a city, he could naturally understand why Roland did this.

"By the way, don't forget to send soldiers to check the packages and bags of these residents, and confiscate all iron tools that can hurt people, even spatulas. Make statistics and return them to them after the battle is over. Let's light a fire near them first to keep them warm and relax their vigilance towards us." Roland added uneasily.

Edgar nodded, saluted Roland and left to order the exiled soldiers who had finished their lunch to carry out what Roland said.

After receiving the order, the exiled soldiers quickly went into small groups to check the backpacks of more than 800 residents. They were intimidated by the sharp weapons in the hands of the exiled soldiers and reluctantly opened their backpacks for inspection.These residents breathed another sigh of relief when they saw that the exiled soldiers had indeed confiscated only iron tools that could hurt people, such as kitchen knives, and left other items completely untouched.

Moreover, there were indeed four or five spy scouts who sneaked in among these residents. When they wanted to attack and hurt people, they were easily captured and killed by the well-prepared exiled soldiers.

However, the residents of Pulin City, who had witnessed the loss of life countless times today, only instinctively screamed in surprise when faced with the actions of the exiled soldiers to kill the spies. In fact, even their eyes were numb.

"When the Shattered War broke out, the people of the Golden Tree in the border area were just like the numb-eyed residents of Pling City who had lost their home. They were full of fear for their future." Melina saw what was happening in front of her. , whispered beside Roland.

Roland nodded slightly and did not reply. He just watched the actions of the exiled soldiers quietly.

Not long after, the general from the Austin Kingdom came to the territory of the Golden Dynasty and found Roland under the leadership of the lost knight White.

The general of the Austin Kingdom was first attracted by the actions of the exiled soldiers, and then he looked at Roland with eyes full of admiration.

Don't get me wrong, he didn't admire Roland's attitude towards the residents.

In the opinion of the general of the Austin Kingdom, the behavior of the exiled soldiers was to gather the residents and then loot them in a unified manner. This was much more efficient than the method of his soldiers robbing everyone wherever they saw him. This was what he admired.

After returning to his own territory, he will also follow the example of a cat and a tiger and let his group of muscle-minded highland warriors learn this efficient looting method.

"What do you want from me?" Roland asked first when he saw that the general of Austin's attention was attracted by the exiled soldiers.

Roland's voice brought the general back to his senses, and he quickly said: "That's it, Alliance Leader Roland. When several of my soldiers were looting, they met a businessman who claimed to be from the central area of ​​the city and said that he wanted to surrender. , and I also know a small road that can lead to the center of the city. I am worried that the enemy may have sent a spy deliberately, so I came to discuss it with you, Alliance Leader Roland."

"Oh? It's interesting. Is there someone eager to surrender before we even start attacking the city center? What else did the businessman say and why did he come to surrender?" Roland asked with raised eyebrows.

The general of the Austin Kingdom immediately replied: "Well, he said it was because he heard the news that Lu Si'en, the general of Pulin City, ordered his soldiers to occupy his house, so he took his wife, daughter and property from the center of the city. He ran out of there. He said that he originally wanted to run to the Golden Dynasty's territory, but he didn't expect to be hit by us. He kept shouting that he wanted to see people from the Golden Dynasty, saying that he knew Lord Roland. My men were not sure what this businessman said. Whether it was true or not, I didn’t dare to touch him.”

"Know me?" Roland felt that things were getting more interesting. He was sure that he didn't know any businessmen from Pling City.

Roland touched his chin and said in a deep voice: "Bring him and his wife and daughter here to meet him first. I want to see what tricks he plays. Melina, Ikosela, I leave my safety to you. ”

Melina and Ikosela nodded at the same time.

The general of the Austin Kingdom was also very efficient. After a while, he led four highland warriors to escort the businessman, his wife and two daughters to Roland.

However, Roland frowned when he saw the familiar attire on the businessman.

"Leader Roland, I have brought all the people here. If what this businessman said is true, don't forget to give each brother a sip of soup if you have meat to eat. I will go back first." The general of the Austin Kingdom said to Roland with a smile, Then he called four highland warriors to follow him back.

This general knew very well that if the Allied forces wanted to capture Xia Pulin City, the soldiers of the Golden Dynasty were indispensable, so he hugged his thigh with peace of mind.

The four exiled soldiers immediately stepped forward to replace the four highland warriors, and placed their long swords on the necks of the businessman's family in front of them.

"Mom, dad, sister! I'm scared!" The merchant's youngest daughter, who looked to be only eleven or twelve years old, cried out in fright.

The businessman quickly shouted: "Don't hurt my daughter, I have important information for you. Don't hurt my family, please."

But Roland kept staring at the businessman's clothes and said nothing, as if he was immersed in some memories, making the businessman keep pleading.

"Roland?" Melina noticed something was wrong with Roland's mood and called softly.

Only then did Roland come back to his senses and showed an apologetic expression to Melina: "Sorry, I was a little distracted."

"Is this businessman... related to your previous experience, right?" Melina hesitated and asked.

Roland nodded and shook his head: "Yes, but not entirely."

Then Roland took a look at the businessman's family of four.

The businessman is about 50 years old, with brown hair and a standard gentleman's face. The brown coat he is wearing has some dust, which seems to have been stained when he was arrested by the soldiers of the Austin Kingdom.The merchant's wife is similar in age to the merchant, but her appearance still has charm. Her golden hair is carefully maintained and taken care of, and her clothes are also very luxurious. She doesn't look like she is fleeing.The eldest son and daughter are in their 20s and look and dress similar to their mother.As for the younger daughter's dress, she looks more lively.

Roland looked at the businessman and asked in a cold voice, "Are you a businessman from the Lulan Chamber of Commerce?"

Chapter 92:Beheading Plan

The already freezing temperature seemed to get even colder after Roland spoke, and the businessman couldn't help but tremble twice.He nodded cautiously and replied: "Yes, I am the vice president of the Lulan Chamber of Commerce branch stationed in Pling City."

"Hey, Vice President." Roland said without comment, and then glanced at the businessman's wife and daughter with cold eyes: "Let me hear what important things you have to say first. It's best for the sake of your wife and daughter. Don’t say something to fool me, and it better be something really important.”

The businessman swallowed his saliva and said with a smile, "That's natural."

Then the businessman nervously glanced at the surrounding exiled soldiers who were watching eagerly, and said: "Actually, there is a legendary great magician in Lu Si En's general residence. He wants to wait until your allied forces gather together... ··”

Before Roland could finish the businessman's words, he raised his hand and interrupted him rudely: "If this was all you wanted to say, I would have known it a long time ago."

After speaking, Roland looked at the exiled soldier, who understood and mentioned the merchant's married wife and two daughters, raised the long sword in his hand and made a motion to chop it down.

"No, no, no!" the businessman shouted quickly: "More!! I also heard that General Lu Si'en is waiting for reinforcements to arrive tomorrow, so he is delaying your capture of Pulin City as much as possible!! If you do it before tomorrow, If we still can’t capture Pulin City, we will be surrounded by the army of Charles Empire.”

Roland immediately took a step forward and grabbed the merchant's collar, making the merchant's wife and daughter look worried and frightened.

Roland asked seriously: "Who did you hear this news from?"

If what the merchant said was true, then it would make sense that Pulin City's defense force was weaker than he expected.However, it is not impossible that what the businessman said was false information in order to force him to speed up his attack on Pulin City, which would lead to a command error.

"Hawthorne, I heard it from Hawthorne." The businessman replied with cold sweat on his forehead.

Roland loosened the collar of the businessman's coat: "Who is Hawthorn?"

"Hawthorn is the son of General Lu Si'en. I have a good relationship with him, so he privately informed me that General Lu Si'en wanted to occupy our house. Then when I communicated with him, he mentioned this matter when he complained to me. The businessman quickly explained: "Lord Roland, everything I said is true. It is absolutely true."

Roland chuckled and said: "You have a good relationship with General Lu Si'en's son. It should be said that you have a good relationship in terms of money, right? Hehe, I can see that Lu Yi has taught me all the things I said well. You Lulan Chamber of Commerce The businessmen also learned well."

The businessman smiled sarcastically and did not dare to reply.

Just kidding, after the Charles Empire overturned twice against the Golden Dynasty, who still doesn't know about the trouble between Roland, the lord of the Golden Dynasty, and Lu Yi, the current president of his family's chamber of commerce.

But the businessman really had no choice. Originally, he just planned to hide at home and wait for the war to end, maybe selling some supplies that were urgently needed in the city and make some money. However, Lu Si'en occupied private houses and left the businessman speechless.

At first, when Hawthorn came to tell the news, he was a little hesitant. He just asked his wife to pack up and pay tribute, but he did not leave.Until he saw through the window of his luxuriously decorated house that his neighbor, whom he had often met before, was forcibly dragged out by the defenders of Pulin City and was ruthlessly killed by the soldiers after several angry protests. The businessman became afraid. , then he quickly took his wife and daughter with them, took the already packed gifts and ran away.

The businessman believed that the conflict between Roland and Lu Yi was their business, and he was not involved.And as the vice president of the branch, he had also heard about Roland's character, and he was not the kind of murderous person.

If he stayed at home, he would definitely be dragged out by the somewhat unscrupulous Pulin City soldiers who had received orders from the general. After seeing his familiar neighbors being killed, he did not believe that these soldiers would simply requisition the house.The people who sent the information obtained from Hawthorn to the Golden Dynasty had a high chance of survival if they surrendered, so the businessman decided to take a gamble.

This is also thanks to the bards hired by Roland who sing about the good people of the Golden Dynasty every day.

As a member of the Lulan Chamber of Commerce, although he is not allowed to enter the Golden Dynasty, the things produced and sold by the Golden Dynasty all over the country are high-quality and relatively cheap popular goods. Naturally, the businessman has also learned some basic information about the Golden Dynasty, otherwise he will I don’t dare to gamble either.

It can only be said that this situation is what Hawthorn is worried about. He knows what the soldiers in Pling City are like.Although the order issued by his father only said that the houses of these merchants without noble status would be requisitioned, it would definitely change when every soldier carried it out. Especially during this war, those soldiers would be more unscrupulous.