When Zhou Qingfeng used the trick of "going deep into the enemy's territory", it represented the expansion of the war situation.
In the past, wars in the North were all fights between nobles. Fighting was almost like an outing and had nothing to do with the lower class. Anyway, no matter which master you changed to, the poor were treated the same.
Things have changed now.
The poor and slaves at the bottom, or the "insulted and persecuted people", this humble force was mobilized.
Lord Exxon, who ordered the attack on the village, died due to criticism. He tried his best but couldn't even defeat the 'Swift Shadow'. The mechanical dragon's steel teeth tore it into a pile of minced meat.
More than half of the troops led by Exon died in Zhou Qingfeng's ambush. Although many people escaped, with Banshee Castle's mobilization ability, they would have to wait until tomorrow or even the day after tomorrow at the earliest before they could gather the manpower to investigate.
Following Exxon's experience, the Buchi family would not dare to risk their lives again unless they gathered enough strength. This created a short time gap, giving Zhou Qingfeng an opportunity to operate from it.
There were more than a dozen villages around the road where the attack took place, and almost every one of them was retaliated and massacred by Exxon. It was useless to talk about ideals and beliefs at this time, just talk about how to survive.
Zhou Qingfeng dismounted and entered the village, personally leading the team deep inside. Surrounded by him were Xili, Lao Borg, Mahan and other friendly-looking members.
More than thirty spiritual slaves transformed into the appearance of ordinary women, wearing simple clothes, and went to collect the victims from house to house as rescuers.
"We came from Cold Wind City to resist the power of the Butchi family and their lackeys. This time the nobles suffered a big loss and dozens of people died. They will never give up and will definitely kill all the people in the area when they turn around.
village.
If you want to live, come with us. We will find a way for you to survive."
Adrian's hunting team all come from the lowest level, and they speak the words "resistance" and "survival" more vividly than Zhou Qingfeng. They themselves are living examples.
No food, no water, no safety, no escape route. Just talk about how to survive, and there will be a lot of answers.
The aristocracy was too exploitative, and had many conflicts with the poor, and the hatred was as deep as the sea. In the past, no one took the lead, and the aristocracy was too powerful, so the poor could only use their heads to butt the sword.
Now that the great Monsignor Hugo has come, the situation has become "liberated serfs". Coupled with the panic caused by the massacre, the poor have no choice at all, and immediately two to three hundred people are willing to join.
Zhou Qingfeng couldn't provide food and drink for these people. But yesterday he attacked the Buqi family's transport team and managed to get a lot of food.
As the backbone, Lingnu led a group of five or six poor people, who had a full meal first, picked up the captured knights and horses, and pushed carts with some rags. The morale was actually quite high.
In the past six months, the Harmony Chamber of Commerce has sent people around to do business, and heavy-duty horse-drawn carriages have carried bargains everywhere. Sometimes a kitchen knife or an iron pot can gain a friendship.
Zhou Qingfeng had the map provided by the Chamber of Commerce in his hand, as well as the guidance and protection of the underlying forces. He took the gathered poor people to the pre-selected wilderness camp.
The camp is more than 20 kilometers away from the Banshee Castle, not far nor close.
This was originally an abandoned village. Most of the rotten wooden houses collapsed, snakes and rats were hiding in the weeds, a large number of fallen leaves were deposited in the dry wells, unknown corpses could be seen everywhere, and ghosts were scurrying around from time to time.
The place was abandoned because it was haunted. Mondino exorcised the evil spirits that lingered here, turning the place into a secret camp.
Zhou Qingfeng has been lurking near the Banshee Castle for the past two days. The Chamber of Commerce's convoy has brought a lot of supplies to the camp according to the plan. In addition to food, currency, medicine, tools, there are also a large number of crude weapons.
"Adrian, I have a task for you and the hunting team." Zhou Qingfeng led the team into the camp and arranged for manpower to reorganize the camp. However, he called the 'Joker' alone to a dozen wooden boxes.
The first box was opened, and inside was a hundred forged daggers. The second box was 'Fire Glue' in a pottery bottle. The third box was 'Paralysis Potion', and the fourth box was strange when opened.
They are short cylinders.
The cylinder was about twenty centimeters long and two centimeters thick. It looked like a hollow piece of wood processed by a woodworking lathe. Zhou Qingfeng grabbed a cylinder, pointed it at the wooden box about five meters away, and pressed the button.
A slender crossbow arrow suddenly shot out from the barrel, making a soft thud and penetrating through a wooden board about half a centimeter thick. This power can only be used against unarmored targets at close range, and it may not be able to penetrate even if the clothes are thicker.
Adrian pulled the crossbow bolt back, looked at the cylinder again, and found that this thing was actually very crude. There was an elastic spring on the back of the barrel, and the crossbow bolt was pressed in from the front of the cylinder, driving the mechanism to reset and blocking the crossbow bolt.
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This thing has low power, short range, poor accuracy, and difficulty in loading. The biggest advantage is at best..., low cost?!
"I hope to use this as a training camp where all recruits will undergo five days of mental and skills training.
The sheltered poor people will learn the concept of resistance here, and also learn to use these revolutionary weapons." Zhou Qingfeng grabbed a 'cylinder', "Don't underestimate this thing."
Revolutionary?
Just kidding!
Adrian really underestimated this thing, he would never use such a bad weapon. Zhou Qingfeng continued: "The Butch family is much more powerful than the Long-Legs family, and they will not be defeated for a while.
We can't always have the chance to catch a team like Exxon. The enemy will become more and more cautious and fierce. They will use all their strength to fight us. This is a matter of life and death.
But our enemies are not only those nobles, but also their lackeys, their relatives, their attendants, and their die-hard servants.
There are many of these people and they are very harmful. But we don’t have time to kill them one by one. At this time, we need a special team to deal with them.
For example, there are usually only two or three tax collectors in the aristocracy, and they will appear regularly at rural markets to collect taxes in kind. Who would be prepared for a submissive peasant woman selling vegetables at this time?"
Zhou Qingfeng grabbed the cylinder in his hand again, "This is designed by Arcee, trying to be the simplest and cheapest. The carpentry workshop in Cold Wind City is working at full capacity, with a production capacity of thousands a day.
This thing is easy to carry, has good concealment, and is easy to train. You can throw it away after use without feeling distressed at all. You can also apply 'paralysis medicine' on the fired crossbow arrows in advance, which will be effective within two hours, and even a scratch on the skin can kill someone.
Even if it is captured, the enemy will not be able to use such a bad weapon, and it will do less harm to us. Therefore, it is very suitable for use by the poor. With it, the worry of the nobility's scoundrels doing evil will be greatly increased."
Adrian quickly understood Zhou Qingfeng’s intention. He grabbed another cylinder named ‘Free Crossbow’ and whispered:
"This thing is not used for fighting, and the people trained in this camp are not used to deal with nobles.
The people we train do not need to fight head-to-head. They can burn down a house, attack an enemy checkpoint, kill evil tax collectors, poison wells, and poison food.
It is not difficult to accomplish this. Without those aristocratic vassals all over the place, the lives of ordinary poor people would be much better. Our influence will naturally be greater."
Adrian thought about it and felt that the lord was really creative. But he thought too far and suddenly asked: "Sir Hugo, what if some poor people at the bottom of the world use this thing against us?"
Adrian actually shuddered to think that he might be killed by someone using such a crude weapon if he was not careful.
Zhou Qingfeng didn't care about this, "We only charge some 'reasonable burdens' from the poor, which is much more merciful than those nobles.
If the poor really use this thing against us one day, either we impose excessive taxes or it is instigated by foreign enemies. This means that there is something wrong with our management, and the root cause does not lie with the poor.
By the way, I have practical experience in mobilizing the masses. Do you know about the ‘complaint meeting’?”