A not-so-glorious carriage drove through the dilapidated city gate. The streets were sparsely populated and the eyes of one or two people occasionally seen were full of resentment and despair. This was a silent protest against the miserable life.
Brettel City was not as dirty as Han Shuo had expected. It was only slightly better than the scenery he had seen along the way. A few lazy soldiers looked at the carriage entering the city indifferently, but they did not ask him about his origins and asked him to enter the city.
With the actions of the gold coins, it seems that Brettel City is indeed on the verge of death.
"Hi, where is the City Lord's Mansion?" Chester pulled the reins and asked a beggar-looking commoner with a smile.
The civilians who were lying in the sun lazily catching fleas on their bodies had a focused look on their faces, as if they didn't even hear Chester's question and didn't even raise their heads.
"One silver coin, where is the city lord's palace?" Chester, who was born in poverty, has a good understanding of the temperament of such poor people, and asked again with a smile.
As expected, adding a silver coin had an immediate effect. The newly deafened beggar seemed to have smelled the attractive fragrance of the gold coin. He suddenly focused all his attention on Chester, pointed in the direction of East Street and said: "
Walk straight for three hundred meters and you will see the tallest and worst mansion, the City Lord's Mansion."
A silver coin shone in the sunlight and slid down to the ground in front of the beggar. Chester did not thank him, but jerked his horse, and the carriage slowly left, heading straight for the city lord's palace.
The beggar hurriedly picked up the silver coin and held it tightly in his hand. Then he looked at the direction in which the two people left and murmured: "There are people coming to Brettel City. They are either businessmen seeking huge profits or that one."
Legend has it that the unlucky earl was such a poor fellow."
Once Brettel City is invaded, the city lord's palace will be the focus of attention. The walls of the tall buildings are not strong, and there are several holes that were blown by the explosion. It seems that they have not been repaired until Han Shuo's carriage drove into it.
.There are only less than five scattered maids and a dozen soldiers.
These maid soldiers were indifferent to Han Shuo who took over, and they did not have the enthusiasm and deliberate pandering that a subordinate should have. Of course, the welcome banquet normally held in other areas was even more impossible.
The City Lord's Mansion is at least five times larger than Han Shuo's residence in Ossen City. However, apart from its large area, this City Lord's Mansion is really useless. Since the City Lord is the first to leave in every invasion, there are often no soldiers stationed there.
The city lord's mansion was the first to be looted.
Some things that the city lord could not take away temporarily were lost in the attacks. What was ridiculous was that Han Shuo actually saw a piece of white jade floor being lifted up and taken away, leaving a large square and broken hole.
This allowed Han Shuo to imagine the real situation in Brettel City.
"Tell me about the current situation in Brettel City?" After sitting down in the dilapidated hall in the center of the city lord's palace, Han Shuo asked Dick, the person in charge of the dark curtain here, who came after hearing the news.
Dick was a forty-year-old man. He had an ordinary appearance except for the tall bridge of his nose. This was a characteristic of some mountain people in the local Brattle City. Dick bowed respectfully to Han Shuo and spoke in a somewhat awkward Imperial dialect.
Said: "When the previous city lord left Brettel City, he took away a total of 500 family soldiers. Currently, there are only more than 3,000 soldiers in the entire Brettel City. There are less than 50,000 or 3,000 residents in the city.
Multiple soldiers are simply not enough to guard the gates of Brettel City. What's more, these soldiers often escape faster than civilians. Brettel City's defenses have been damaged time and time again, and are now almost lost without funds to repair them.
Defense.
Most of the truly local mountain people in Brettell City live on several steep mountains around them. These mountains produce some valuable ores. Because the mountain people are very familiar with the terrain on the mountains, and the heavy troops in the mountains are indeed very difficult to attack,
, so they were able to resist every invasion from the seven principalities.
So far, Brettel City has actually been relatively safe. Because several grand duchies have experienced dozens of invasions, large and small, they all understand that there is actually no money to be made in Brettel City, and it takes time for them to come here.
The looting of Brettel City has not received the due rewards, so there have been no more invasions in the past few months.
On the contrary, the mountain people in some mountains around Brettel City guard the mines being mined, and have become the targets of attacks by some bandits and private soldiers. However, the mountain people who occupy the advantageous location are not as incompetent as the soldiers of the empire. So far,
They can barely survive in the mountains at such a slow speed..."
Under Dick's introduction, Han Shuo gradually came to understand the situation in Brettel City. After Dick finished speaking, Han Shuo glanced at a soldier in the city lord's palace and said: "Send all the soldiers in Brettel City to
Summon them all to me in front of the city lord's palace, I want to see what these soldiers look like."
"Yes, Lord Earl!" The soldier replied lazily, riding a weak horse slowly out of the city lord's palace.
"Sir, you will be disappointed." Dick shook his head and sighed, and said to Han Shuo.
"I know. But I want to stop being disappointed in the future!" Han Shuo said with a chuckle, then frowned and remained silent.
After nearly two hours, the soldiers scattered throughout Brettel City gathered in front of the city lord's palace in an unhurried, orderly and disciplined manner. None of these soldiers were too strong, perhaps because of
The food had a sickly look, and the mental state was sloppy and without a trace of military vigor, indicating that their combat effectiveness was bound to be vulnerable.
The long swords, bows and spears in each hand were all rusty and of low quality. Han Shuo even felt that a sharp weapon forged by dwarves could break all their weapons. Only one-third of the more than 3,000 soldiers were young and middle-aged.
First, the rest are all older and twilight old men. Who can expect such people to have fighting ability?
Han Shuo stood on the high platform of the city lord's palace and looked at it for a while. He pondered for a while with a sullen face. He grinned and said: "From today on, your good days are over. All soldiers over fifty years old will be eliminated from this team. I will
I will ensure your normal life.
The remaining soldiers will receive enough food to satisfy their hunger, and you will also receive brand-new weapons, armor, and war horses. Of course, you will also be tortured by cruel training, waiting for the next time the invaders come over to wash away the previous shame with blood. I have you.
Things are going to change in Brettell City."
The old soldiers below were making noisy noises. They were indifferent to Han Shuo's proposal to let them leave the army, but they were full of doubts about Han Shuo's guarantee to provide them with food and clothing. The young people looked at each other one by one, slowly thinking about the meaning of Han Shuo's words.
Don't know what he wants to do.
"My lord, are you serious?" Next to Han Shuo, Dick, the person in charge of the dark curtain, looked at Han Shuo in great surprise and asked.
"Lord City Lord, even if more than a thousand of us have obtained weapons and war horses, do you think that with such a shabby city wall, we can withstand the attack of 10,000 to 20,000 bandits or 350,000 to 50,000 regular troops from the seven principalities?" A rugged-looking soldier said
The bearded soldier looked up at Han Shuo and shouted.
"These are not your business. As a soldier, if you cannot stop the enemy's invasion, you will use your own heads to wash away the shame of failure. If you dare to escape alive and linger, I will slit your necks one by one with my own hands." Han Shuo.
He looked at the strong man coldly and scolded him.
"Lord City Lord, I think you should leave here as soon as possible. This place has been abandoned by the empire. Do you think you can change the current situation of Brettel City? Without about 100,000 elite elite soldiers of the empire guarding it, Brettel City can never be changed.
In this situation of being invaded, if you are looking for death, please don't take us with you, okay?" The soldier was extremely dismissive, turning a blind eye to Han Shuo's coldness and retorted enthusiastically.
"Whoosh!"
A dark brown luster flashed through, and no one could see clearly what passed through it. Anyway, the soldier who was Jiyang arguing with Han Shuo had a big head dropped like this, and the blood spurting out from his neck was like a paintbrush on the ground.
Draw bright pictures.
"From now on, all you have to do is obey the orders and act without any doubts. Even if you have any doubts, just keep them in your heart!" Han Shuo shouted with a mysterious and murderous tone, as ruthless as a cold and ruthless butcher.
The soldiers below were all silent.
A team of more than a hundred people riding bright war horses and holding bright weapons slowly drove towards the city lord's palace. Among them, a man covered in silver armor and holding a silver spear bowed slightly on the war horse.
He saluted Han Shuo and said, "Your Majesty, Earth Knight Vaquelan will serve you and obey all your orders."
Han Shuo didn't need to think too much to know that this Vaquelan must have been arranged by Lawrence. From this man, Han Shuo sensed the murderous aura of a tragic warrior and understood that this man must be a real soldier who had experienced hundreds of battles. He immediately had evil intentions.
He glanced at the soldiers from Brettel City below, and said with a smile: "Vaklan, from today on, they will be handed over to you, and you will train them in the most cruel way. I will not blame you if they unfortunately die during the training.