I know that I can’t look at things through colored glasses, but because there are too many unclear things in the Goddess Scripture that I learned before, and the old village chief has many concerns about the "conscription", I can't help but think about this.
Organizations such as the World Government Church Knights have a bad impression, and they always seem to be harboring some bad intentions to deceive people - so this morning when I heard that the recruiting officer came to this small village to recruit soldiers, the first thing that came to my mind was
As soon as I saw the image, I felt that the opponent should be a dozen fat-minded old soldiers. They should rush into the village, ride on their horses and beat the common people with whips in a domineering manner.
After death, each person will be given five experience points and no equipment will be dropped...
Based on the bricks Bingtis was carrying when he ran out, I think I’m not the only one who has this idea. />
When the results came out, it turned out that the recruiting officers were really not like this. Only three people came, and none of them were veteran soldiers. Look at their energy, their meticulously assembled armors and weapons, and their capable
With their temperament and motionless posture on the ground, these three people are obviously characters who can charge into battle with real swords and guns. They may also be battle-hardened. Moreover, they also include a handsome elf man and a royal sister-like figure.
Female officers - this world should not be interested in service with a smile and government public relations, but it is hard to say that one of the reasons why these two were sent out was to use their faces to refresh the recruits' favorability. This image is inconsistent with my previous guesses.
And their attitude is also very good. Although the thick soldier standing at the front as the spokesman looks like a rough man, he is quite polite when talking to the old village chief. He always maintains the rhythm of three sentences and nodding, but it is difficult to say
Is this because of military discipline or because of Ron's cynical face behind the old village chief...
The big silly guy opened the way in front of me, and I led a group of girls watching the fun and two little lolita who were not interested in following behind. I passed through the crowd easily: the big silly guy was really good at opening the way, he walked by
The place is so wide that a Xiali can drive in...
The sturdy big-headed soldier was arguing with the village chief when he suddenly felt a sense of pressure coming from beside him, and then his head became gloomy. He muttered: "Why did it just rain last night and have to wake up again this morning?"
Let’s have a game…”
Before he finished speaking, he turned around and saw an unknown creature like an iron tower standing next to him. He immediately took a breath of air. The two companions following him almost formed a defensive formation (I guess the reason why they didn't form a formation was because
(Not enough people). However, the big silly man smiled honestly at the three recruiting officers, and stepped aside more cautiously: This honest country man did not have the domineering power to match his own strength. He saw
The officers and soldiers wearing the armor of the Knights were just as terrified as any ordinary people, even though those three officers and soldiers would be as heavy as him if they had one piece of armor...
The old village chief stretched his neck to see me, with a wrinkled and wry smile on his face: The Gondor Empire has indeed not forgotten that there is an administrative unit here. The recruiters are here now.
At this time, the man standing at the front among the recruiting officers also recovered from the sense of oppression from the stupid big man. He said to the old village chief in a rough voice: "Old man, I have already explained the situation clearly to you.
, the imperial capital’s order is a death order, and cities and towns at all levels have the task of temporarily recruiting more soldiers. The ratio of recruiting soldiers here is one every five, men between the ages of sixteen and forty. One out of every five goes to the north.
The fortress reports that the remaining people will also be organized into militia on standby, training on a regular basis, and ready for war when the north and south fortresses cannot hold out. After we leave, people from the infantry regiment will come to station in each village to help you train and exercise. We
You must understand that this fight is not for anything else, it is for the whole world... Well, I won’t say this anymore, it is for the wives, children and three or five rooms behind you. You go back and discuss it. Prepare to be drawn.
."
After the recruiter said something, I immediately improved his image again: He is a very real person. I thought that the world was also following the old-fashioned path of leading soldiers to banditry, causing harm to the people, and depriving the people of their livelihood.
But what he said was down-to-earth, and I also heard the cruel side to the villagers of Songlin Village: the draw of a dice every five to one was the second most important thing, and the most terrible thing was the order that all the people from all over the country should mobilize their troops and strictly guard on the spot.
——The hidden meaning of this order is: no escape!
The Dark Moon War is coming, and the two sides of the Long Bridge Mountain Range closest to the Dark Moon teleportation point will naturally become the front line. We know that even at the foot of an active volcano, there will be people inhabited after a period of stability. The Dark Moon War took hundreds of years to come.
At one time, there were of course civilian villages on both sides of the Changqiao Mountains, and Songlin Village was one of them. Generally speaking, after troubled times came, the people must be displaced. People close to the front line moved to villages, towns, and even cities.
It is normal for people to flee their homes and move to the mainland, but now a death order from the Gondor Empire has the smell of blood: civilians on the front line are not allowed to evacuate, and militia groups are formed in place!
Civilians did not even have to flee, but were treated as soldiers and stayed in place to fight. This situation was rare. The background of such an order was either that the people's customs were extremely strong, or that the people in the imperial capital were crazy...
I can think of this, and other villagers can also think of it, so the crowd immediately became commotion after the recruiting officer finished speaking. However, despite the commotion, there was no bigger reaction. It seemed that people quickly and silently accepted this order from the imperial capital. The rest is
I’m thinking about who should be chosen in the lottery of every five to one. Based on the current situation, I think this lottery of every five to one is actually just a lottery to decide who will die first and who will die last. The recruiting officers have said: The north and south fortresses will not be able to bear it.
At that time - they knew from the beginning that the North and South fortresses could not hold it! This is definitely the experience of the past five wars!
I don't quite understand how a group of civilians without any military qualifications could accept such an order calmly. This must have been a civil uprising on earth long ago, but now it still depends on what the old village chief says.
The expression on the old man's face was gloomy. He had known that such a day would come, but he didn't expect it to come so soon. He rubbed his hands and discussed with the recruiting officer: "Of course you must obey the orders of the imperial capital, but you also saw that we
Such a small village has no crops and a small population. It relies on hunters to hunt every day. If 20% of the men leave in these two days, the remaining people will use half of their energy to train as militiamen all day long. Who can
Do you still want to hunt? If this is a place where food is grown, and there are not enough men, women and the elderly can still make do with farm work - but we don’t grow food here, and there are ferocious beasts that eat people in the woods behind the village."
What the old village chief said makes sense. A village like this that does not grow food at all and relies only on hunting in the mountains and forests is most afraid of being drafted. After the men in other places go to the front line, women and old people can do farm work, but there are very few
I heard that someone’s daughter-in-law teamed up with 20 or 30 old men and women to hunt bears in the mountains. What’s more, now that the imperial capital has issued an order for all villages and towns to form local militia groups, the manpower is even more insufficient. In fact, I think these hunters trained
It doesn't matter if you don't train. Those who can fight with wolves are not necessarily worse than soldiers in combat effectiveness. Of course, professional soldiers may still consider the issue of combat awareness. Facing the army from Dark Moon, who can fight with wolves, tigers and leopards?
I am afraid that the hunters may not necessarily have the courage to fight, so it is necessary to organize militiamen to conduct militarized drills.
However, it is still the same sentence: It is indeed great to save the world and fight against foreign enemies. But another problem that the common people have to consider is how to ensure three meals a day. This has nothing to do with bravery and consciousness - they are just ordinary people living an honest life.
The leading recruiter didn't seem to be an unreasonable person. He spread his hands in a bit of embarrassment: "I know, but what do you want us to do? We all have tasks."
Ron took a step forward. He finally didn't tie the priest's robe around his waist today, but he still didn't look like a priest with his arms open: "I am the priest of this village, and you must listen to me when I speak in the name of the goddess.
?”
The three recruiting officers nodded at the same time.
Ron organized his words: "That's what I mean. First of all, we are not afraid of death. After all, everyone knows that once the Dark Moon people come down, it will not work even if you are afraid of death. Everyone can only do their best. But here we are
There are only a few people in the village, and we really can't send many strong men. How about we make a discount and draw fewer men, and we can build up the militia group? At least if we transfer to the militia, the people will still be in the local area. No.
As for affecting the livelihood of the entire village..."
The recruiting officer continued to be embarrassed: "This is the imperial recruitment and nothing else. You said less draws can lead to less draws? Besides, you can give me a discount, how much discount is appropriate?"
Ron discussed it with the old village chief and tentatively stretched out his hand: "Is it 50% off? Change one-fifth to one-tenth."
The rest of us were dumbfounded at the back. Lin Xue poked Bingtis in the arm: "This is the first time I see the villagers discussing discounts with the people in the village..."
Bingtis nodded: "This is the first time I've seen a discount for a strong male."
The recruiting officer discussed with Ron for a while, but basically there was no progress. It seems that "discount" during the empire's recruitment is indeed unrealistic. But at this time, the stupid guy suddenly took a step forward. It was beyond everyone's expectations. This look
The big man who looked a little timid actually took the initiative to talk to the officers and soldiers: "There are only a few people in our village. How about this? I am very strong and can stand up to a group of people by myself. If you take me away, won't you be on a mission?"
The three recruiting officers couldn't help but glance at this big man with a strong sense of presence. At this moment, they saw the other man suddenly stepped forward and immediately jumped half a step back. Then the strong man in the lead realized what he was doing and looked up and down at the stupid big man.
While asking the old village chief: "What did he eat growing up? It must be enough for a guy like this to join the army..."
"Big man, do you really want to go?" The old village chief glanced at the silly big man, "Didn't you say that you were afraid of war and didn't want to be a soldier?"
Only then did I realize that the stupid guy had expressed this attitude to the old village chief long before we came. The topic of the Dark Moon War should be the most worrying thing for the border people in the past two years. The old village chief and the stupid guy
It is normal to have exchanges on this topic.
"I thought about it, no matter how powerful the people on the moon are, they should not be as powerful as the blind bear," the stupid man said in a rough voice, "I don't want to embarrass the village chief, nor do I want to embarrass the knights. They all
They are good people. Didn’t the Knights send food to the village during the snowstorm the year before last? And the priest said that the emperor was very kind to the people..."
I continued to be stunned: Why is this so different from what I imagined before? Is it agreed that the ruling class is collaborating with the church to exploit the people?
Later I figured out what was going on: this is a special world that is always under the threat of the Dark Moon War. The Dark Moon people are a group of demonic creatures that do not accept surrender or any foreign captives. Moreover, due to the regularity of the Dark Moon War,
As early as decades ago, the church and the ruling class knew what they were going to face. Not only did they know when to start a war, they also knew how big the war would be. In this kind of situation that is visible and tangible, and they will face it in their own lifetime.
Faced with the pressure, idiot rulers don’t even have a chance to come to power. As long as the national leaders who have had the courage to take office in the past two years have come to power with the consciousness of risking their lives to protect the country, how can there be such a peaceful peace?
Has Jiu been completely corrupted? This is the same as choosing a new commander in the city when there are millions of enemy troops outside the city about to attack. Can ordinary people dare to take power at such a juncture?
At this time, the recruiting officer spoke: "Big man, you may not understand that there are regulations on the number of soldiers we recruit. It does not mean that you can take up the quota of ten people just because you can match the strength of ten people..."
The stupid guy patted his belly: "I still have enough food for ten people."
The recruiting officer sweated on his forehead: "...but I have to deal with the commander when I go back!"
The few of us watched around for a long time, not knowing whether we should intervene or not. Of course, the recruiting officers were doing the mission. The villagers wanted to ensure that they could live a stable life for a few more days out of the awareness and mentality of ordinary people.
That's right, and more importantly, the atmosphere is still very harmonious. Although the two sides have differences of opinion, there is no situation of forced recruitment - which makes us outsiders embarrassed to speak. At this time, I hope that these three recruit soldiers.
The officials are fat-minded old soldiers. It would be great if they could bully the people. The star gold slate bricks in Bingtis's hands are almost ruined by her...
In fact, after the silly big man opened his mouth, I had already thought about it: there is such a mutant hunter who can easily get the whole village's rations. In fact, the people of Songlin Village don't have to worry about the shortage of labor in the village. As long as the big man stays, theoretically
Even if there are a hundred more old, weak, sick and disabled people, they won't be hungry, so many of them were just excuses. In the final analysis, the old village chief is unwilling to see his people being dragged to the front line to die: in the village closest to the Dark Moon Gate
To be stationed in a fortress is to count the days and wait for death.
In the end, Qianqian couldn't help but stepped forward and spoke: "Just do as the stupid guy said. Your goal is to fight anyway. Is it more profitable to recruit one super soldier or ten armed peasants? No need to ask, which one is more profitable?"
The red-haired female recruitment officer who had been silent before gave Qian Qian a curious look. In fact, she had noticed us outsiders who were incompatible with the surrounding villagers at first sight, and just regarded us as ordinary passers-by and did not speak.
Shi Qianqian suddenly jumped out. Of course, she could only talk: "Conscription is not a joke, nor is it buying vegetables at the vegetable market. Besides, this big guy said he can withstand several soldiers. That's up to our commander.
Admit it."
"It's simple," Qianqian rolled her eyes. I immediately knew that this girl had "immature ideas" again, but before I could stop her, she started discussing with the recruiting officer with her fingers, "You are expected to bring with you this time
How many people are leaving?”
"Depending on the size of the village, we will have to recruit at least fifteen strong soldiers, and possibly more."
Qian Qian clapped her hands: "You go back and ask your commander to send fifteen regular soldiers, and then let the stupid guy beat them all down. Isn't that enough?"
So Qianqian's "immature ideas" have always been very destructive. Do you think this idea is something that ordinary people can come up with!
Sure enough, the red-haired lady also stared: "There is a limit to joking! How could the Knights send a small team to waste on such a thing!"
Then before I could express my approval, the red-haired sister patted the handsome elf guy next to her on the shoulder: "Qiao, I leave it to you, let the big man beat you fifteen times. See what they said."
not real."
Everyone: "..."
The elf soldier known as "Qiao" looked at his companions dumbfounded: "Anna, with your brain, you will still be an Iron Knight in five years."
"What's wrong with my mind! Aren't you also an Iron Knight!?"
Seeing that the two of them were about to get angry over this topic, the strong man in the lead quickly smoothed things over: "Okay, okay, we'll talk about this topic later. The three of us were soldiers in the same year and have been iron knights for fifteen years, so we shouldn't expose each other.
this……"
The red-haired lady and the handsome elf boy glared at the strong man at the same time: "Shut up! You are the one who exposes me the most!"
"Pfft haha -" Bingtis finally couldn't stand it any longer. He took a step forward and pointed at the three cute recruiting officers with an imposing manner, "Shut up, everyone. I will go to that fortress with you for two days.
Chen, you guys are coming too."
I never expected that Bingtis would suddenly appear like this and not act according to the previous plan at all, but the expression on her face turned out to be serious: What is Sister Bing going to do?
"You?" The red-haired woman glanced at our group of weird people suspiciously, and Pandora and Viska also squeezed from the back to the front row at the right time, "You have children with you? Are you going to sign up to join the army?"
"You're just a fool to join the army. You can't even use our level of combat power." Bingtis tossed her hair in a domineering manner, almost sending Viska, who was closest to her, flying away. "Didn't you listen to what others said? Let's go to you."
How about playing the fortress for two days and solving the Dark Moon War thing by the way? This thing is too annoying. As for the recruitment matter - I didn't say that I would let the recruits report today anyway, right? Come back in two days.
Well, if conscription is still necessary at that time."
I hit myself on the head with my fist: After two days of dormancy, this female gangster is finally going to explode...