The new strategic plan gave Toman some confidence. From his point of view, this was a pretty perfect plan.
Tommen felt that the new emperor should have a strategic thinker beside him, or that the new emperor himself had this ability.
If it were just an ordinary war, he felt that his side's chance of victory was still quite high at this moment. But he didn't know why he always felt like there was a shadow in his heart.
It was obvious that this war was not an ordinary war, and they did not expect that the impact of those three policies would come so quickly.
Just as the First and Second Legions here were preparing to take the initiative to attack, Joel, a farmer from Lochiel Village, also came to the northern border.
At this time, after inquiring all the way, he had also confirmed the news of the rebellion of the First and Second Legions in the north, and roughly knew the current situation.
Sure enough, there is going to be a war. Joel is extremely anxious now. He doesn't know when Linton's army will attack or whether it will attack. But once the war breaks out, the northern side will probably become a battlefield. There are some people on the battlefield.
He still knows how dangerous it is.
Thinking of this, Joel traveled day and night, walking as fast as he could, and wanted to take his good brother back before the war started. Otherwise, even if he brought the news, if there was a real fight, whether they could successfully leave would be a question.
It’s hard to say.
However, Joel was not acting alone now. In fact, he met many people with the same purpose as him along the way. Most of them came here to deliver messages like him.
From their mouths, Joel also learned about what happened in other villages. It was basically the same as what he encountered, that is, the families of the first and second legions were taken away, and now they are waiting to be interrogated.
I've been given a month, why don't you hurry up and find someone to send the message?
Now the message team has gathered more than 70 people, and this is of course just one of them. Some of the people in this team are sent from the village like Joel, and some people can't come at all, so they ask the people who go to help carry the letter
There are even mercenaries.
Yes, as long as the mercenaries are given money, they will usually accept any task. Of course they will accept the task of delivering letters, so someone will pay them to go to the north to deliver letters. Although they know the danger, they don't shudder because of the money.
There are more than twenty mercenaries in the team that Joel is currently in. These mercenaries are not from the same group. Several of them have received the task of delivering messages. Everyone gathered together spontaneously. After all, the purpose is the same, so it can be regarded as a success.
A response.
This team has some fighting strength. In fact, they encountered some troops who looked like bandits on the road, but they didn't fight. I guess these bandits thought the idea was difficult, and they probably didn't think there was much to gain. Most of them were
It looks like the peasant team is extremely poor, so they might as well rob the caravan, right?
In this way, everyone took care of each other and arrived in the north smoothly. But they didn't know what to do next.
The people they are looking for are all in the army. Should they go directly to the military camp to deliver the message? They don't even know where the army is now. And they also know that the purpose of their coming is to bring their people back, those from the army
The officers probably wouldn't agree and would arrest them.
Fortunately, the first problem was solved immediately, because they soon met many people who were going in the opposite direction.
Similarly, the other team's small team looked like farmers. When they first met, both sides were very afraid of each other. But after asking, I found out that everyone was just ordinary farmers. The team on the opposite side was from the north.
Farmers, and they are from the same village.
There is going to be a war in the north, and of course they are afraid. Originally, they were planning to hide as before and just wait and see their luck, but I don’t know who said it. Now the Queen of the Imperial Capital in the south has issued a new decree, saying that it is from their side.
When people go to the south to open up wasteland, the land they create will be their own, and they will be exempt from taxes for two years, and the empire will also provide them with grain crops.
They were a little tempted by such good conditions. Although they were reluctant to leave their hometown, they were afraid of death if there was going to be a war.
So some people are moved, and some decide to stay. And those who are moved are usually discussed with the whole village. We are all just farmers and don’t have much knowledge. Most people just follow the crowd. If you go, I will go too. That’s it.
Several village leaders talked to each other, agreed and set off.
There are quite a few small troops like this, and Joel and his team were marching in the opposite direction, asking questions along the way.
Not to mention the environment of the main world, most of the news is spread by word of mouth, and everyone is used to this method. You will really gain something by asking all the way.
Some people said that they saw the army there before, so they walked in the direction, then asked again, and then walked again. They searched and walked for two days in a row, until... they were surrounded by an army.
Already.
Just by looking at the opponent's uniform armor, you can tell that what surrounds them is definitely a regular army. The opponent is also a team of nearly fifty people. Although the number is not as large as their group of messengers, the combat effectiveness is not at the same level.
Everyone has established a preliminary friendship along the way. Now this group of mercenaries actively formed a circle on the outside, including most of the farmers. But facing the regular army armed to the teeth in front of them, this group of mercenaries also knew the basics.
It's impossible to defeat him, and there's a high probability that he'll be destroyed.
The army on the opposite side was obviously not prepared to let them go. They were originally here to control the peasants who fled from the village, but they didn't expect to encounter this retrograde army, which was also armed. They didn't know what the opposite side was doing, but
Now this situation obviously needs to be investigated first.
Just when the two sides seemed to be about to fight, Joel in the team suddenly noticed a soldier in the opposite team.
He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly pushed away the mercenaries in front, rushed out of the defensive circle and shouted to the opposite side: "Gruto! Is that you, Gruto! I am Joel, Joel!"
"Joel?" The soldier opposite was indeed Gruto. He didn't notice it at first, but when he saw Joel rushing out, he saw it clearly. Although he had not been back as a soldier for a year, Joel's
Of course he still knew me when I was young.
The sudden situation made the atmosphere on both sides slightly relaxed, and everyone noticed Gruto and Joel.
"Gruto! It's good to see you! I'm here to take you back! Your mother, Jane, and Seral have all been arrested! Come back with me quickly, or they will be executed!"
Joel took advantage of the situation around him to become quieter and shouted quickly.