Wen Tesla took the mayor of Niuti Valley and sat on the edge of the fence: "Mr. Mayor, you might as well think about it. We are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered. What would happen if I kept saying 'this battle will be lost' all day long? What if I

What would it be like to cry with a sad face?"

"I know the dangers of this battle better than you." Wen Tesla held the arm of the mayor of Niuti Valley and said with a smile: "But we have to laugh, not cry. I laugh, and you cry. I cry.

, you still have to be scared to death?"

The officers laughed loudly, and the mayor of Niuti Valley also managed a smile.

Winters looked at the mayor and spoke sincerely and warmly: "I laugh because I want to set an example for the soldiers. I hope you can also set an example for the civilians in Niutu Valley and stop creating cliques to fight against me, okay?

?”

"Okay! Okay! I don't dare to do that anymore!" Mayor Niutigu's triangular scarf was wet with tears, and he nodded desperately.

"As long as you agree. Didn't you send your wife and children to Gevaudan the day before yesterday?" Winters said kindly: "I have brought them back to Oxhoof Valley for you. Didn't you also hide three horses for preparation?

Did you run away? They were all confiscated as well."

The mayor of Niutigu's eyes were black, and it was only Winters who supported him from falling under the watchtower.

Winters explained patiently: "It's not good for you to send your wife and children away during the war. You are the mayor of the town and have the responsibility to defend the territory. Once you run away, everyone else will follow you to Gevaudan, and the Cow Hoof Valley

There is no way to keep it. As it is now, [if we can keep it, let’s live together; if we can’t, let’s die together], that’s good.”

The tears that the mayor of Niutigu had just stopped burst into tears again.

"Don't cry." Winters comforted the mayor: "Don't worry, against the Teltown Department, strictly speaking, I have a complete victory so far. Do you hear me clearly?"

"Listen clearly." The mayor of Niuti Valley's eyes were swollen from crying: "The record is complete."

"Okay, it's good to know. Just tell everyone in Oxhoof Valley." Winters patted the other party's arm: "You can go."

The mayor of Oxhoof Valley had not yet recovered from the shock, and it was not until Bart Shilling signaled him that he woke up from a dream.

As if he had received an amnesty, the mayor of Niutu Valley turned around and left. When he stepped on the ladder with one foot, he heard the gentle voice of the tribune:

"Mr. Mayor."

The mayor of Niuti Valley felt as if he had been burned by hot charcoal. His body suddenly tensed up and his spine felt chilly: "Here! Your Excellency!"

"This battle is over." Winters smiled and waved goodbye: "Please hand in a resignation letter."

…

"This bastard, you really don't need to talk nonsense with him." Looking at the back of the mayor of Niuti Valley, Bart Shilling said angrily: "He is driving up prices and inciting the townspeople to fight against us. He should be punished.

Dismembered by five horses in front of everyone!"

"He wanted to escape to Gevaudan. The better we defended him, the harder it was for him to escape." Winters leaned on the railing: "So he tried every means to sabotage our preparations for war. This was just to steal a handful of wheat.

Burn down a barn'."

"How can such a person exist?"

Winters sighed softly: "There are quite a few people like this. It should be said... they are everywhere."

Several company commanders were depressed for a moment.

"But - after all, there are still many good people." Winters found that the atmosphere was not right, and laughed and explained to several people: "People are like the vast ocean. Although there is some dirty water, there are still more people who are kind."

Tamas, Bart Shilling, and Samkin exchanged glances with each other, looking a little strange.

"What's wrong?" Winters laughed: "Don't believe me?"

"It's not that I don't believe you." Tamas stood up bravely: "None of us... have ever seen the sea."

Winters took a deep breath and revised his words: "People's kindness is like the prairie. Although sometimes it will be burnt to scorched earth by a fire, sooner or later it will regain its vitality."

"We understand this!" Bart Schalling beamed.

Winters summoned the company commanders not just to observe the enemy.

"How's the collection of carriages going?" Winters suppressed his smile.

"Everything that can be collected has been collected." Tamas replied immediately, and he added in a low voice: "It's just that the forced seizure of carriages made the farmers a little resentful."

"Make a mark and register it. Tell them that if you borrow something, you will pay it back, and if you lose something, you will compensate it."

"Yes." Tamas raised his hand in salute.

Bart Xialing held the hilt of the sword and asked: "Are the villages near Oxhoof Valley going to be burned down?"

"No, there is no need to burn it here for the time being." Winters smiled and shook his head: "We can't burn everything, the people still have to live. If you burn one house now, you will have to pay for another one in the future. If you burn the house, it will hurt me.

In my heart."

The company commanders laughed kindly.

Immediately, Winters reassigned tasks to each company.

In the afternoon of that day, four companies of the Tiefeng County Infantry Regiment drove out of Niuti Valley and built small fortifications on the river bank.

There is also a logging team logging nearby trees around the Niuti Valley to build rafts and boats.

The fortress of Niuti Valley has basically taken shape. The new fortifications have completely wrapped the town of Niuti Valley. The next step is to continue to strengthen it - this part of the work is left to the civilians.

Samujin's volunteer brigade is stationed in Niuti Valley Town. Currently, their main job is...basket weaving.

At dusk that day, an unprecedented blue horsetail appeared on the hillside on the west bank of the Big Horn River.
Chapter completed!